"You are an official of the Han Dynasty, but you are not the master of the people of the Han Dynasty, what do you say I want you to do?!" The more Liu Hong said, the more angry he became.

"Your Majesty's anger, Your Majesty's anger!"

Seeing that Liu Hong was anxious, the official hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. The other officials accompanying him also felt that it was not a matter for the emperor to beat the officials in front of the public, and they all stepped forward to persuade them.

Don't look at Liu Hong's hands and beat people, but his breath didn't come out. You must know that because of the influence of his previous life, he hates this kind of official who does not distinguish between inside and outside.

"If you don't make decisions for the people, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes! An official like him who does not make decisions for the people, we Han resolutely cannot use it! ”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty said yes." Listening to Liu Hong's words, the other officials nodded one after another, but the official sat on the ground and couldn't get up anymore.

Liu Hongli ignored that official, he knew that the Han Dynasty had always had a tradition of deceiving the upper and lower, and now that this one has been exposed, those who have not been exposed, may not be as serious as it is. Therefore, he asked directly to the person next to him: "Is this Changsha man just an isolated phenomenon, or is there still a lot of it in Dahan?" ”

As soon as Liu Hong asked this question, all those officials looked at me, I looked at you, and they refused to say more. As soon as he saw these officials like this, Liu Hong was annoyed.

"What, what can't I say?!"

"Your Majesty, as far as Weichen knows, there are many such things." Seeing that Liu Hong wanted to be anxious again, Jia Xu stepped forward and said: "Don't talk about other places, there are Changsha Man, Wuling Man, Lingling Man, Jiangxia Man and so on in this Jing and Hunan region alone. ”

"Made, there are one or twenty?!" Hearing this, Liu Hong was taken aback. You must know that these foreign races, even if there are only a few thousand people in a tribe, there must be tens of thousands of them if they are counted as one or twenty. What's more, it is absolutely impossible for these foreign tribes to have only a few thousand people in one tribe. "Why are there so many barbarians, didn't I give an order a long time ago and issue a mission for those mercenaries to capture these barbarians?"

Hearing Liu Hong's question, Jia Xu hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the mercenary management regulations of our Han Dynasty only allow mercenaries to carry out this kind of armed mission outside the country and in the areas that have just been occupied. Therefore, these barbarians who live in the hinterland of our Han Dynasty and live with our Han people have not been cleaned up. ”

"That's not going to work!" Liu Hong said: "Didn't they all say, how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch!" In the hinterland of our big man, there are still so many hidden dangers, and now if we don't get rid of them, are we still waiting to raise tigers! ”

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty said yes." Regarding Liu Hong's statement, Jia Xu quite agreed. However, after thinking about it, he still asked again: "But Your Majesty, these barbarians are different from those foreign races, they have lived in our hinterland for generations, and they have been living with our people for a long time. If we don't get rid of them all, I'm afraid it will cause a big shock. ”

Liu Hong thought about it, and what Jia Xu said was also the truth. Because they have been mixed for a long time, many barbarians have actually been sinicized, like these people, if they were eliminated together, it would be a pity.

"Let's do it, let's thoroughly screen it in our Han Dynasty first, no matter what Dongyi, Xirong, Nanman, Beidi, as long as it is a foreign clan in our Han Dynasty, one is counted as one, and all of them will be cleared." Looking at Jia Xu, who kept nodding, Liu Hong continued: "Since many of these foreigners have already mixed with our people. Therefore, I gave them a choice. If they are willing to join our Han and become Han people, then they will be completely dispersed and distributed to various places, so that they can be completely integrated into our Han Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty, what if they don't want to?"

"Don't want to? If you don't, it's even easier. Our big man is short of labor everywhere, and he just grabbed them all into slaves. Speaking of this, Liu Hong smiled, "I just think that the canal we are visiting this time is a bit short." After capturing them as slaves, the northern end of the canal was extended to the Hunshui River, and the southern end to the Lancang River. In this way, the waterway passage from Jiaozhou to Jizhou can be completely opened. ”

"Your Majesty said yes." Hearing that Liu Hong wanted to extend the canal, Jia Xu felt that it was necessary, "The current canal is designed according to the territory of our Han Dynasty. Now Jiaozhou in the south and the prairie in the north have been completely merged into the Han Dynasty. Such a canal seems a bit short. If the canal is extended and Jiaozhou and the grassland are thoroughly communicated, the development of our Han will definitely be more rapid. ”

"Yes, both the north and the south are the granaries of our Han. If there is no canal connection, only land and sea transportation, transportation is always not so convenient. Originally, the railway was the best way to solve this. However, the construction of railways was limited by the production of steel, and the speed could not be accelerated. In this case, it is not as cost-effective as using these free labor to build the canal. ”

The officials next to him were now dumbfounded. They looked at Liu Hong and Jia Xu singing and harmonizing like this, and they couldn't understand why, didn't they study the conflict between barbarians and men, and how did they talk about extending the canal.

A minister next to him, looking at Liu Hong, who was secretly proud, boldly stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, how to deal with the situation here?" ”

After being reminded by this minister, Liu Hong remembered that he hadn't dealt with the matter here. Liu Hong looked at those barbarians and said directly: "Who of these barbarians has the final say, bring him to me." ”

Before Liu Hong's words fell, a sturdy man with his upper body exposed, wrapped in animal skins, and bird feathers on his head was brought to him.

"You are the leader of the Changsha Barbarians?"

In the face of Liu Hong's questioning, this man looked very arrogant, and said without caring at all: "I am their leader, Emperor Han, if you have anything, just tell me." ”

"**, this guy is like a leader, not to mention anything else, his confidence is definitely enough!" Looking at this guy like this, Liu Hong smiled, "You are now living in the hinterland of our big man." Do you think that your tribe is a people of the Han Dynasty? ”

Hearing Liu Hong's words, the leader said with a calm face: "Emperor of the Han Dynasty, we are the people of Japonica and the descendants of Pang. This is our territory, we have lived here for generations, and you are just invaders. How can we be your people? ”

Looking at this guy, who is still stubborn, Liu Hong shook his head for a while. However, this matter, after all, is related to the fate of a tribe, Liu Hong is willing to give them another chance, so he said to the leader: "You don't think about it anymore?" Why don't you discuss it with your people again? (To be continued.) )