The words of the captives were transmitted to Zhu Zilong through Jiang Hai, which made him laugh dumbly on the spot. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Only then did Zhu Zilong remember that hundreds of years ago, especially during the Renaissance, it was popular for many countries in Europe to pay money and go home after being defeated.

Also called the ransom system!

In the past, before knowing this information, to be honest, Zhu Zilong felt that his three views and cognitive views were really completely different from those of Westerners.

In the thousands of years of history of my heaven (dynasty), there is rarely a record of paying money to give you home.

Even if there is, it's only a one-in-a-million possibility, and maybe it will give the black to the black.

Zhu Zilong thought about the reason and thought that there might be several reasons.

First, the ancient Chinese military style was to take pride in dying in battle, and it was regarded as a great shame to be captured or returned after being captured, and there were many people who would die directly rather than go back.

Second, unlike in Europe, there was very little money to ransom prisoners. (Not in this habit)

In China, after the war at every turn, it is a large-scale massacre of prisoners, just from a literal point of view, there is a precedent and an example, just like a person who kills only about a million in vain.

Third, the ransom money in Europe was used to ransom the nobles, and it was the private property of the nobles, and the king had no right to interfere.

In China, you try?

China is different, where officials call themselves ministers, that is, slaves of the emperor. The property of an official can also be considered the property of the emperor (state). Without the emperor's approval, your payment of a ransom is tantamount to treason.

Therefore, the Chinese do not have the saying of going home for the ransom of defeat!

Sometimes, it's really scary to get used to being a force of nature.

King John II of France during the Hundred Years' War between England and France, after John's defeat at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, was captured by the Black Prince Edward and taken back to England, leaving his son Louis I, Duke of Anjou, as a hostage.

John II returned to raise ransom, but Louis fled, but John II strictly followed the creed and voluntarily returned to England as a hostage, and died a few months later, so he was called "John the Good".

(I've never seen such a foolish king, his son ran away, and he went back as a hostage again, just for the sake of an agreement?) Can such a person be a king? ）

However, compared to this.

Zhu Zilong wanted to know why in medieval Europe, there were often kings and important ministers who were captured by the enemy at every turn.

This TM is completely unscientific in China!

King Stephen was captured in the war, and King Richard the Lionheart was captured on his way back from the Holy Land and imprisoned in a German fortress for a year. After being ransomed, he was killed by random arrows in France in 1199.

Isn't the king the most well-guarded man? Why are they still captured and killed by enemy troops? Did the kings of medieval Europe like to charge ahead?

So, Zhu Zilong, who returned to the room, picked up his laptop and inquired.

There is no network, but when I traveled back and forth, I downloaded a large number of Chinese and foreign historical materials many times, and turned my laptop into a small Baidu for home use.

He wants to try to see if he can find the answer to this problem in the stored large hard disk space data.

Hey, don't say it yet.

Massive downloads,There are really all kinds of information on this.。

Zhu Zilong looked at it carefully, and then he suddenly realized.

The reason is simple:

First, from a purely military point of view.

Battles in the Middle Ages were generally dominated by cavalry, especially heavy cavalry composed of nobles, who charged first.

The Knight's primary concern is loyalty, honor, and riding in the first rank of the ranks. In order to strive for personal glory, achieving a comprehensive victory on the battlefield has been reduced to a second place.

As the object of knightly loyalty, the king of course always regarded himself as the most powerful knight, charging in front and enjoying in the rear, striving to play a vanguard and exemplary role.

Of course, opponents also like to try to capture the opponent's big boss, which can not only boost morale and disrupt the opponent, but more importantly, can ask for a lot of ransom. (Does this count as becoming a copycat pig teammate because of faith?) ）

Second, from the point of view of social and military structure.

At its core, feudalism was absolute allegiance to one's lord himself.

In a kingdom, only the king is the lord to whom all the people in the country are allegiated. If you want to mobilize an army of tens of thousands of people, in addition to spending money to find mercenaries, not any nobles can be gathered casually, and the king must personally lead the team.

This is not like China, where there is a bureaucratic in charge of the military. (The size of the country and the institutional structure of the reason!) ）

In China, you can't get back with money, you can only exchange things for things and people for people.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang captured the sister of the Great Khan in a tug-of-war with the Mongols, and the Mongols kidnapped Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter.

After intense negotiations, the two sides finally exchanged hostages. It's just that giving birth to a daughter always suffers, and the old Zhu daughter who came back married hastily, because she is no longer a virgin (female).

What a tm pit daddy!

"Pass my word to Jiang Hai, and say that I agree to let some of the Dutch pay a ransom and go home, provided that they confess to the excellent prisoners of leniency. In addition, if you can pay the money and go home, don't reach the verge of bankruptcy, don't easily agree! ”

The next day, Zhu Zilong put down an order that seemed to be very humane, but was actually very undisciplined.

With this order, the natural ransom scheme is initiated.

It's just that the whole process really can't make people feel pleasant, and the Ming soldiers with bayonets look at these Dutch prisoners with cold eyes. It's like looking at the fat pork on the board!

According to later statistics, only a part of the Dutch officers paid the ransom and waited for the final time to go home, which made Zhu Zilong make a lot of money.

It can be said that these Dutch officers, who have worked hard for more than ten years, have all handed over their old capital. It's really hard work for more than ten years, and I returned to the pre-liberation period overnight!

And those captives who did not have the money to redeem their freedom, and Zhu Zilong did not allow him to go home with the ransom.

There was nothing good waiting for them, and they arranged for the collective to go to the ravines, to work as coolies in the mining areas of the old forests.

Zhu Zilong was afraid that they would despair, and arranged a salary for them. It's just that salary level, if you want to save money and wait until the day of freedom, unless there is a miracle or meritorious performance, it is estimated that you will also get the age in your life, you must retire and wait for death to be possible.

Sweat!

Of course, if you can give a way to live, it will be considered a great favor for Zhu Zilong, and he will be replaced by an orthodox Ming general, or a person with a violent personality.

Most likely, these Dutch captives would have to die even if they paid the money. I worked as a coolie, and I had no food.

That's what makes life worse than death!

(In feudal dynasties, captives were really not looked at.) The same is true of the Ming Dynasty, many officials and generals, who believe that money and things are worth more than human life. However, Zhu Zilong is a modern person in the end, and no matter how decisive he is, it is impossible to be indifferent to the level of good luck. ）

Besides, in Zhu Zilong's cognition, there is no pure garbage.

Garbage is just misplaced, and once it is in the right place, garbage can be turned into treasure.

------ (To be continued.) )