Four hundred.

Say send, send.

It's no wonder that the Cabinet came to report it in person.

Even Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was in a hurry.

Actually, he had good intentions.

If Zhang Jingyi lets all these captives go, there will be few people who will be held accountable afterwards, do you really think that those stalker imperial historians are easy to provoke?

As long as you grasp this mistake, no matter how much credit you have, they can also attack countless times!

When the time comes, this stain may be settled sooner or later.

This kind of thing, people like Cui Chengxiu, have seen a lot, in the two hundred and fifty years of the Ming Dynasty, there are so many people who have made great contributions, but as long as they are not careful, they will be killed.

Because...... You will always have a stain, and you can always be caught, and this stain continues to be expanded, until everyone in the world begins to spread such gossip, then, you Zhang Jingyi will not be able to wash it clean even if you jump into the Yellow River.

Therefore, Cui Chengxiu hurriedly came to play, hoping that His Majesty would issue an order to stop the team of envoys.

As long as the captives are stopped, brought back, and the canonical punishment is cleared, and the head is passed on to the nine sides, then this matter will be over.

Emperor Tianqi looked very surprised at this time, he didn't think that Zhang Jingyi was such a kind person, and he handed over these Jiannu captives to Zhang Jingyi, which also proved his trust in Zhang Jingyi.

It's just that...... As soon as Zhang Jing did this, he didn't know what to do.

At this time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse couldn't help but remember that his silver was gone, so he couldn't help but scold: "I won't spare him." ”

said this, but still hoped that Zhang Jingyi could give a reasonable explanation.

Half an hour later, Zhang Jingyi entered the palace to meet him.

He saluted the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and then said, "Your Majesty...... It seems that his face is a little haggard, I don't know who angered His Majesty? ”

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but want to scold in his heart, I thought of those stocks, I didn't sleep all night, and I worried all night for the sake of Liao's salary, you are embarrassed to say such things now.

At this time, it can be said that the new accounts and the old accounts are in front of him, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned and said, "I heard that you have released all the captives?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Jingyi replied very seriously.

At this moment, Huang Liji and Sun Chengzong on the side looked at each other, both showing worried looks.

Cui Chengxiu was anxious: "It's so good, why did you release it?" That's 400 Jiannu! Once the tiger is released and returned to the mountain, it will cause endless harm. What's more, let the Jiannu envoy bring it back to Liaodong...... This...... Isn't Zhang Qianhu worried that someone will sue Zhang Qianhu for fornicating with slaves? ”

Zhang Jingyi said very directly: "If I fornicate with slaves, then in this world, who else does not fornicate with slaves?" ”

This is still very confident, you can doubt others, but if you want to doubt me Zhang Jingyi, this is a big joke.

Zhang Jingyi immediately looked at the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and said with a solemn expression: "Yes, the minister did this, but the minister did it precisely because of ...... I realized the deep meaning of the incompatibility between His Majesty and the Jiannu people, so I dared to do so. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse couldn't help but be suspicious, and said, "My deep meaning? ”

Zhang Jingyi said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty killed Amin in front of the envoy, and the minister knew that His Majesty and Jiannu were already incompatible, and there was absolutely no possibility of peace. ”

Zhang Jing paused, and then said: "The so-called battle to the death is to use all means to win the victory!" No matter what price you pay, any method you try, any means, as long as you can add even the slightest chance of victory to victory, you must use it up, and you will never leave any behind. ”

As soon as he said this, the expressions on everyone's faces became even more puzzled.

Zhang Jingyi continued: "These prisoners, the minister let them go, but the military department is here, and the news may not be clear. The ministers divided the more than 400 captives into three kinds of people, one of them: the military attache of the Han people on the Jiannu side, such people...... Naturally, they are going to die, and the minister has ordered the four Han military attaches to be beheaded, and their heads are still hanging outside the Qianhu House in the new city! ”

"To kill them is to tell everyone that whoever fights for the tiger will surely die, and there will be no accommodation! These military attaches are like this, and so is Li Yongfang, if someone is for glory and wealth, then ...... Sooner or later, I will settle the final score. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded: "What about the second type?" ”

"The second type is ordinary soldiers, these soldiers are all Liao, what can they do? Their family and parents live in Liaodong, they don't know what the truth of the family and the country, they only know that they want to serve as soldiers and eat food, and they have to support their families, they are just enslaved by the Jiannu and those Han military attachés, if we even kill these people, then ...... Those Han soldiers who are attached to Jiannu and follow Jiannu, do they dare not do their best? After all, if the Ming Dynasty wins, they will die sooner or later. Kechen released them back intact, not only that, but each of them also distributed three taels of silver as compensation after they returned to Liaodong in the future, so they would definitely think that if the Ming Dynasty won in the future, the Ming army would not embarrass them, and might even give them preferential treatment, and when he really arrived on the battlefield one day, would they still be willing to do their best? ”

"What's more, so many people go back, what happened to them in the capital will naturally spread ten, ten to hundred, and everyone knows that I remember their same clan and clan and refuse to kill them, these ordinary Han people are bound to be shaken."

"To be a military attache is death, but if you only follow the Jiannu people as soldiers to eat food, you can consume the food of the Jiannu people, no matter whether the Jiannu people win or lose, it has nothing to do with them, but anyone who cares about the Ming Dynasty was once their parents' state will definitely not fight to the death. But once the Han people's military spirit is shaken, the Jiannu people will inevitably be suspicious of these, and the contradictions between the Jiannu and the Han people in Liao already exist, and once these contradictions expand, for my Ming Dynasty, there is only benefit, no harm. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse listened attentively at this time.

He felt more and more that Zhang Jingyi was a very thoughtful person, so he said: "Also, what about those Jiannu people, why did they even let them go?" ”

Zhang Jingyi said calmly: "These people, of course they have to be released!" The minister said that between the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu, there is no room for turnaround, in order to win, any means must be done, and the third kind of treatment is these Jiannu people! Minister...... Tell me the truth, minister...... Before they were released, they had blinded the eyes of the nearly 200 Jiannu people. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly gasped.

And Huang Liji, Sun Chengzong and Cui Chengxiu also listened to it at this time.

Only the Emperor of the Apocalypse couldn't help but say, "This ...... Why? ”

"Consume them." Zhang Jingyi said in a cold tone: "If you blind their eyes, they will never be able to ride horses or shoot arrows!" They returned to Liaodong, what will the Jiannu people do to them? If you feel that they have become waste, you will abandon them directly, but after all, these people are of the same race as them, how can you abandon your own people? Deliberately snub them? But snubbing them will definitely make people feel cold! These Jiannu people, but they risked their lives to enter the pass, and they didn't dare to say that they had made any great contributions, but they also had hard work. But the people who are the leaders actually abandon them, so why don't the Jiannu people chill? ”

Therefore, it was assumed that the chieftains of Jiannu would not only not kill and abandon them, but would even give them special honors. These blind slave builders have become invalids, they can't even take care of themselves, so they can only be carefully taken care of all their lives, and how many people are needed to take care of a blind man and live a good life? Let the ministers settle this account, their grain needs at least three or five families to hand over surplus grain and livestock to ensure abundance! In other words, these two hundred people may need to waste the income of a thousand families in terms of sustenance. ”

Not only that, but they could not take care of themselves at all, and they needed two slaves to take care of them at all times, so it would cost four or five hundred manpower for these two hundred people. At the very least, if there are no 1,500 or even 2,000 households, these people will not be able to live a solid life. The minister let go of 200 wastes, but put 200 more burdens on the Jiannu people, so why not? ”

"What's more, the Jiannu people saw that those Han soldiers came back intact, and they also got the minister's travel expenses. And their same clan and clan of the Jiannu people, but they have become blind, but become a burden, this upper level of Jiannu chieftain, although very sober and sensible, naturally know that at this time still need to rely on the Han people, in order to stabilize Liaodong, and with the help of the Liaodong Han people's military resources, can continue to fight with my Ming in Liaodong. But those lower-level Jiannu people are only afraid that they will be more indignant in their hearts, and if someone spreads a little rumor, the contradictions between each other will only be more intense. ”

"Your Majesty, these measures of the ministers are all a little bit of consuming the strength of the Jiannu people, a little today and a little more tomorrow, regardless of any means and costs to weaken the Jiannu, in order to ...... It's the outcome of this one. Naturally, the minister acted without authorization, and indeed died, and asked His Majesty for forgiveness. ”

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, he was moved.

This hand is really clever to the extreme.

It can be said that people make the best use of it.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at Zhang Jingyi, who had a sincere expression, shook his head and said, "I have already handed over these Jiannu captives to you for disposal, but I never expected that your plan would be so far-reaching!" But I, after listening to Zhu Qing's words, speculated in vain, and seemed to be unable to hold my breath. ”

This is indeed the truth of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Zhang Jingyi said: "This is called divide and rule, the art of war has clouds, attacking the heart is the top, attacking the city is the bottom, in fact, all along, the Jiannu people have used various means to shake the morale of the Liao people and the border army, how can I be controlled by people everywhere?" They can do it, we have to do it better than them, they put everyone in danger, we make them anxious! ”

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