"Beiyi has always been a big problem in the country, easy to calm down, but difficult to govern." Yang Yi asked, "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Yi bowed down and said: "According to the minister's opinion, this matter is very easy, it is nothing more than to kill first and then kill, and if you are afraid of killing, you will naturally accept it." ”

Yang Yi was silent when he heard it, and he was afraid of the people but not virtuous, of course, this is also due to many reasons, it is not easy to survive in the vast grassland in the north, and with this survival environment of the fittest, the temperament is also like this.

At this time, Du Zhen got up and said, he had a different opinion: "The counties of the state are full of 100,000 people living in Beiyi, how can they be killed?" The minister thought that it was advisable to use the two counties to directly serve as the commander of the complicated area of Beiyi, and to coordinate it with the county guard, which could be pacified and pacified. ”

This is the method of hitting first and then pulling, which is commonly used, and the emperor has always used this method a lot.

"The minister opposes it, this method is good, but it will make my tens of thousands of troops contain in the state, which is absolutely not good." Li Mi immediately stood up at this time to object.

Yang Yi ordered another Hanlin and asked, "Chen Qing, what do you say?" ”

"I just heard the words of several adults, all of them are reasonable, the minister thinks, first with the army to deter, order each to protect the border, and then divide the troops to choke the dangerous places, the Beiyi tribes are divided and surrounded, during which only the fence is repaired, not to fight, and the grain will be ripe in the middle of next year, the army will plunder, and the hunger will force the Beiyi out of the mountains to survive, and it can be used to collect the cage." Chen Shou got up at this time and said.

This method synthesized the above opinions, and several people immediately scolded secretly, but at this time, they looked at Yang Yi together and begged him to decide.

Yang Yi has been thinking about it for a long time these days, and recalling how some famous ministers he had seen dealt with it, at this time, he had already decided to make a decision, stood up, and said: "This year is the winter of the first year of the Mandate of Heaven, if the yuan has not been changed at the beginning, it is now ten years of Jingyao, and in another month or two, it will be the eleventh year of Jingyao, I think of this, and my heart is uneasy!" ”

Speaking of this, he sighed for a long time, and without waiting for everyone to reply, he said: "Now Beiyi lives in the mountains and forests, relying on the deep ground, and the henchmen are not at peace, and it is difficult to go far, but the thieves in the Central Plains and Jiangdong have undergone great changes, and the strong enemy is still on one side. I have lived up to the pride of the ancestors of the past, and I have also failed to live up to the ambition of the ancestors, how can I do this? ”

At this time, Yang Yi's eyes were blazing, and at this time, the snow outside the hall was a little smaller, but it still fell one after another, with a remarkable heroic aura.

Li Mi and other ministers naturally knew Yang Yi's aspirations for a long time, and according to the finances of the Han Dynasty in recent years, looking at the world, it was also outstanding, and it was a corner of peace, but Yang Yi moved to Hanzhong, naturally for the Northern Expedition, which the ministers had long recognized.

At this time, they were still excited, and they got up together and said: "Your Majesty has this ambition, which is the luck of all the people!" ”

I wanted to say more, but I was intercepted by Yang Yi: "Your opinions are all good, but this matter of merging the state, including solving the Beiyi problem, must take a year!" It's only a year! ”

"Shhh These words caused all the ministers to gasp.

Pingxi merged with the state for a year, and according to the military strength of the Han Dynasty today, no one is afraid, but everything in Beiyi must be pacified within a year, which is too shocking.

Yang Yi drank the tea sent by the waiter, smiled at everyone, and said: "You may seem that I am in a hurry, but if it takes tens of thousands of soldiers and several years, this will give Jiangdong and the Central Plains a chance, and it will be difficult to fight in the future." ”

"In extraordinary times, I already have a proposition, and I will say a few points for you to listen to."

At this point, all the people could not stand still, but they stood up and saluted together to hear the decree.

"As soon as the spring of next year begins, I will move to Hedong, lead a large army to the expedition, and flatten the state in one fell swoop."

This is the time of the founding of the country, the military power is the heaviest, this can not be given to others, when the world is pacified, then there is no need for the monarch to run around like this.

"Secondly, along the way, if any Yi people dare to send troops to hinder them, my opinion is very simple, defeat them first, and then take the men and women of their tribe captive, and punish them to the mines of iron, coal, copper and other mines as slaves, or open mountains to build roads, and dig river dams."

"Aren't the Shaofu and the Ministry of War short of slaves? Isn't this coming, you can use it, and the real meritorious home is also very rewarding! ”

Hearing this, all the ministers couldn't help but move their bodies uneasily, Du Zhen raised his head in shock, and wanted to speak, but when he saw Yang Yi's face was blue, staring fiercely, and suddenly remembered the matter of his teacher, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak.

This is not in line with the way of Confucianism, but in the face of such a fierce monarch, he can only be patient for the time being and find the right time to advise.

"Don't think that my heart is too ruthless, if I am not my race, my heart will be different, if I dominate the world and the four seas are peaceful, I can be like Emperor Wu and calmly transform it, but I don't have time, and the Han doesn't have time, not to mention that you invade the territory of my Han Dynasty, and you have this encounter, which can be regarded as retribution."

Seeing that these core ministers had no objections, Yang Yi was slightly satisfied, and finally suppressed the unhealthy tendencies of Confucianism.

"All the priests in the Yi clan, the old and the people who know the Yi culture, all of them are killed, and the women can be assigned to the families of meritorious soldiers as slaves. Isn't it that there are few people in the fields, and there is a lack of cattle, and many soldiers have hundreds of acres of land, but because the population in the family is not abundant, they can't plough much, so this can be done by domestic slaves. ”

"If they are interested and do not come to block the road, they must also be ordered to obey the order, send men as pawns, and live in the mountains, I will move them to the plains, and let them die in battle, and there can only be Chinese Chinese and Chinese rituals in the clan, at least in my generation, this is a national policy!" Yang Yi looked at the ministers and said.

This is the national policy of borrowing from the country of freedom, and it is also because of this national policy that the country of freedom was finally established in a foreign land, a nation that dominates a continent and has been inherited for thousands of years, and it has passed away with the wind.

The founding father of the nation of the free nation instructed: "If the Indians appear near the white settlements, the whole country will be flooded and even destroyed...... Do not listen to any advice for peace until the Indian Reservation has been effectively destroyed. ”

A later commander also instructed that in war, the Indians would destroy some of us, but we would destroy all of them...... The people of our country must seek to exterminate the Indians or drive them where we do not go!

Another ruler of a free nation ordered the hanging of a large number of Indian clergy and political leaders.

Another ruler of a free nation said, "A dead Indian is a good Indian!" ”

The extinction of the Indians fundamentally solved the national problem in the free country, and there were originally 25 million Indians, but in the end only 240,000 remained, and they were on the verge of extinction.

"Whether it is killing, enslaving, or dying in battle, since I have the mandate of heaven, I have the responsibility to eliminate all the tribes of Beiyi within my generation and merge them into my race." Yang Yi also got up at this time, looked at the ministers and said, "In this way, we can live up to the expectations of our ancestors and ancestors!" ”

After finishing speaking, the side hall was silent, and Chen Shou first kowtowed to the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise, and the minister thinks that this policy should be done, at this time, whether it is appeasement, moral education, or razing to raze, it is not fundamental, let alone a good policy." "Jiujiu Library

"If Beiyi is a countryman, he practices Han etiquette and speaks Chinese, but it doesn't matter, but the Wei thieves have stolen the territory for decades, and they are generous to the Yi tribes, so that now the Beiyi tribes are powerful, and there is a faint tendency to unite, if they are not destroyed in one fell swoop, it is that the henchmen are not peaceful, and it is difficult to go far, and they will be destroyed in one fell swoop when they are not truly united and have no real king!"

"What Your Majesty said is all right, in the humble opinion of the ministers, although there are millions of people in Beiyi, but the real backbone is only 100,000, and most of the rest are just attached to it, as long as these 100,000 people and their henchmen can be destroyed, or demoted to slavery, or sent to the army to die, it can make the north as stable as a mountain, and the minister thinks that it is better for the people to cry than to cry!"

When Yang Yi heard this, he sighed and said: "What Chen Qing said is extremely true, now that there is no reason to work for several years and pay millions of dollars, so let's do it." ”

The core of the Yi people must be killed, not a single one remains, and the men in this generation of Yi people must die, and then the next generation of Beiyi can quickly integrate into the country.

For the Qiang people, it is to do this policy, in just three years, it has achieved great results, disobedient people, all exterminated their tribes, all reduced to slaves, obedient, also moved to the land of Hehuang, or the Western Regions, or the southern Xinjiang and so on.

For the Han nation, open up the territory and expand the territory, after all, it is better for the people to die than to die for the people, and someone will die.

It's just that many Confucian scholars may be dissatisfied, but nothing happens at this time, so it is just right to follow these people to expand the territory together.

After a pause, Yang Yi said again: "Lone Fei is only domineering, this woman still has young children, scattered in my Han Xunchen family, presumably only for a few years, they only speak Chinese, so the next generation can become tenants, and in a few generations they can become Chinese." ”

"I'm not a tyrannical king!" Speaking of this, Yang Yi glanced at everyone, looked at the outside of the hall, and said with a smile: "I have done this, since I know that after thousands of years, I will hurt my virtue and reputation, but for the sake of the Han Sheji and the people, I still have to do this, and this responsibility is naturally borne by me and Sheji, don't be afraid." ”

The ministers listened to Yang Yikankan's words, but their backs were like thorns, originally this strategy should have been offered by the courtiers below and used by the emperor, so this notoriety would be borne by the courtiers, just like Shang Ying and Chao Cuo back then.

Shang Jun doesn't need to say much, but it's a pity to be wrong, in the seventh year of Gaozu, Chao Cuo was born in Yingchuan, and when he was young, he studied Legalist thought under Zhang Hui.

After the imperial court recruited people to study the "Book of Shang", Chao Cuo was sent by Taichang and was ordered to go to Jinan to follow Fu Sheng to study the "Book of Shang", accept Confucianism, and after returning from his studies, he was appointed as the prince and the doctor, and was later promoted to a doctor.

Chen said that the prince should be proficient in the method of governing the country, which was appreciated by Emperor Wen and worshiped as the prince's family order, because Chao Cuo can speak well and be good at analyzing problems, he won the love and trust of the prince Liu Qi, and was praised as a "think tank" by the prince's family.

In the eleventh year of Emperor Wen, the Xiongnu repeatedly invaded the border, harassed Di Dao, Emperor Wen sent troops to conscript, Chao Cuo took the opportunity to Emperor Wen on the "Words and Soldiers", put forward the view of "attacking the barbarians with barbarians", pointing out that the equipment in the battle against the Huns should be strong and sharp, the soldiers should be elite soldiers, and the generals should be proficient in military affairs, and the monarch should mainly choose good generals.

Emperor Wen appreciated it and gave Chao Cuo an edict as a reward, but did not adopt Chao Cuo's suggestion to take the initiative.

Chao Cuo then went to Emperor Wen on "Guarding the Border and Persuading the Peasants", proposing to use economic measures to encourage immigrants and use the method of immigrants to resist foreign troubles, which was adopted by Emperor Wen.

As a result, Chao Cuo went to "Recruiting People and Putting Down the Truth", and put forward specific measures on how to resettle the lives of immigrants.

In the fifteenth year of Emperor Wen, when Chao Cuo was appointed as the prince's family commander, Emperor Wen ordered the ministers to nominate virtuous, square, and literary scholars, and Chao Cuo was elected as a virtuous man.

At this time, Jia Yi was dead, and among the more than 100 people who participated in the countermeasures, the answer to Chao was the best (that is, "Raising the Virtuous Countermeasures"), which was deeply praised by Emperor Wen, and was promoted from the prince's family order to the middle doctor.

Since then, Chao Cuo has written to Emperor Wen many times, putting forward proposals to cut the princes and reform the decree, although Emperor Wen did not adopt it, but he appreciated his talent very much, the crown prince Liu Qi was very much in favor of Chao Cuo's suggestion, and Yuan Ang and other ministers did not like Chao Cuo, and opposed it.

Later, Emperor Wen died, and the crown prince Liu Qi ascended the throne, which was both Emperor Jing; Promoted Chao Cuo to the internal history, Chao Cuo repeatedly met Emperor Jing alone, discussed national affairs, Emperor Jing obeyed his words, and the degree of favor exceeded Jiuqing, and many laws and regulations were revised and made by his hands.

Prime Minister Shen Tujia was jealous and resentful, on the grounds that Chao Cuo had chiseled the temple wall without authorization, and reported to Emperor Jing to execute Chao Cuo, Chao Cuo got the news in advance, Shen Tujia failed to succeed, so he had to apologize and retreat, and soon fell ill and died.

In the second year of Emperor Jing, Chao Cuo once again stated the sins of the princes to Emperor Jing, asked to reduce the fiefdom, take back the side counties, and proposed to cut the feudal domain.

Shang Shu's "Cutting Strategy" pointed out: "Today's cutting is also the opposite, and not cutting is also the opposite." Cutting it, its counter-urgency, small disaster; If you don't cut it, it will be too late, and the disaster will be great. ”

The chapter was sent, and Emperor Jing ordered the ministers, the princes and the royal family to gather to discuss, because Emperor Jing favored Chao Wrong, no one dared to openly oppose it, only Dou Ying disagreed, and since then he has formed a grudge with Chao Cuo.

Emperor Jing's edict: to cut down the Changshan County of the King of Zhao, the six counties of the King of Jiaoxi, the Donghai County and Xue County of the King of Chu, and the Yuzhang County and Huiji County of the King of Wu.

Chao Cuo changed the thirty articles of the decree, and the princes were in an uproar, all of them strongly opposed and hated Chao Cuo.

Chao Cuo forcibly cut the feudal domain, taking a great risk, Chao Cuo's father's persuasion was ineffective, and he committed suicide by taking poison.

More than ten days after Emperor Jing issued the order to cut the feudal domain, Wu Chu and other seven countries rebelled in the name of Zhu Chao Cuo, which was for the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu.

When Dou Ying entered the palace, he asked Emperor Jing to summon Yuan An, Yuan Ang had been the prime minister of Wu State, so Emperor Jing asked Yuan An, Yuan Ang thought that the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu was not enough trouble, and asked Emperor Jing to retreat from others, and offered advice: "The purpose of Wu Chu's rebellion is to kill Chao Cuo and restore the original fief; As long as the mistake is cut down, the envoy is sent to announce the pardon of the Seven Kingdoms, and the fiefdom that has been cut back can be restored, and the rebellion can be eliminated without bloodshed. Emperor Jing was silent for a long time and decided to sacrifice Chao Cuo in exchange for the princes' retreat.

So he named Yuan Ang too often, and asked him to secretly rectify his outfit and send an envoy to Wu State.

More than ten days after Yuan Ang's advice, Prime Minister Tao Qing, Lieutenant Chen Jia, and Ting Lieutenant Zhang Ou jointly wrote a letter to impeach Chao Cuo, proposing that Chao Cuo be beheaded all over the house.

Emperor Jing approved this passage, at this time Chao Cuo did not know, so Emperor Jing sent the lieutenant to Chao Cuo's house, issued an edict to deceive Chao Cuo to go to the court to discuss matters, the carriage and horses passed through Chang'an East City, the lieutenant stopped, read the edict to Chao Cuo, and cut Chao Cuo, when Chao Cuo was still wearing court clothes.

After Chao Cuo's death, Captain Deng Gong returned from the front line to report the military situation, and Emperor Jing inquired about the progress of the negotiations.

Deng Gong thought that the princes rebelled, and the Qing monarch was just an excuse, and the killing of Chao Cuo blocked the mouths of the loyal ministers internally, but avenged the princes and kings externally, and the rebellion would not be quelled. Emperor Jing thought so, worshiped as the lieutenant of Chengyang, and then Emperor Jing sent an edict to crusade, and won the victory in less than three months.

This is a record in the history books, there is a lot of reputation, the real situation, but it is passed on by word of mouth, not seen in the book, just like the Shang Jun back then, Shang Jun died, then the country is safe, who wants to put forward such a strategy regardless of themselves, then they will be in absolute danger, and they may encounter backlash at any time.

However, at this time, Yang Yi said this, and the ministers in the palace could neither talk about shame nor shame, nor joy.