Chapter 269: To Kill or Not to Kill

"Uh...... This one? ”

was asked whether the Huns should be killed, Ying Zheng looked left and right, and couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Yawn ......"

"Oops! This chair is really hard to sleep on, and you have to add a soft cushion on both sides when you turn around! ”

Just when Yingzheng was undecided, Xiao Zhengtai yawned and rubbed his small waist, as if he was not sleeping very comfortably.

But the big guy who snored just now really listened to it!

"That's right! Ask the little boy, the Huns were pacified by him, and this matter should also be solved by him! ”

Regarding Xiao Zhengtai's complaints, Yingzheng not only did not have a trace of gloom, but grinned.

This kid has the most ideas, and he will definitely be able to get an idea!

"What...... What asks me? ”

Xiao Zhengtai had just opened his eyes, still confused, and he didn't know what they were talking about.

"Little boy, just now Your Majesty saw Mao Dun, that Mao Dun said that the people of the grassland will not surrender to Daqin at all, and those people will rebel in the future, and the generals advocate killing them all, and Wen Chen is worried that it will cause dissatisfaction among other countries and does not support the massacre, what should we do?"

Meng Yi stood up and briefly recounted what had just happened.

"What do you think about this?"

Ying Zheng's eyes fell on Xiao Zhengtai, with a little expectation.

"What do you think? If you want to kill, Erchen has already killed him when he was the Huns, so why wait until now? ”

Xiao Zhengtai couldn't help but roll his eyes and rubbed his sleepy eyes again.

"But if you don't kill it, you can't keep those uneducated Hun people in the future, and it will take even more effort when the time comes!"

General Kang Anping said worriedly.

"This is like when I pacified the Six Kingdoms in Great Qin, weren't those people also seven unhappy and eight not angry? How about now? Aren't you honestly a citizen of Great Qin? ”

Xiao Zhengtai said as he tidied up his messy clothes.

"But this is different, the people of the six countries have been educated, and most of their habits are the same as my Great Qin, so they are not strong, but the Huns have always been idle in the grassland, I'm afraid it's not easy to manage!"

"Yes, my Great Qin has developed rapidly, treating the people of the Six Kingdoms equally, giving them potatoes, rice and other high-yielding plants, so that they can be fed and clothed, what reason do they have to rebel? The Huns are different, they are all grasslands, and even if they are given high-yield grain, they will not be able to grow grain! ”

The other two generals also spoke, and their tones were all disgusted with the Huns.

"The Xiongnu territory is vast, and there are many people living there, if they are all killed, it is absolutely impossible to rely on soldiers to garrison them alone, not to mention that other countries are eyeing this land, and the funds for these soldiers alone are a lot of money every year......!"

Xiao Zhengtai shook his head, disagreeing with the words of the two, "If we kill all the people, when we attack other countries in the future, we will definitely be resisted by the strength of the whole country, and that will be the real trouble!" ”

"But what do you think would happen if we only fought against the soldiers, did not kill the captives, did not kill the people, and gave them food, books, and taught them Middle-earth culture?"

"Haha, if that's the case, some people who are dissatisfied with our country may open the gates to welcome us when war comes!"

The old minister Feng Qu stroked his beard and laughed.

This is similar to the previous battle of Lingnan, those people who were dissatisfied with Zhao Tuo's tyranny, when Win Feiyu led the troops to fight, they all stood on his side, so that Lingnan could be taken down in two days without much effort!

"That's right......!"

Xiao Zhengtai snapped his fingers and continued: "The original Great Qin was only a small area the size of a palm, and the number of people was very small, if a country was destroyed and all its people were killed, then the population of my Great Qin would definitely not be as large as it is now, it must be less and less, and it would be impossible to unify the six countries one day!" ”

Before he invented the thermal weapon, the two countries fought each other with swords, and casualties were commonplace.

In addition to the normal birth, old age, sickness and death, the new population must not have died as much, how did Daqin develop to such a large number?

"Well, Fei Yu has a point......

Ying Zheng nodded very approvingly, "I need land in Daqin, but if no one uses it, then what's the use of more land?" ”

"Before, the Xiongnu sent envoys to my Daqin, wanting my father to open up trade between the two countries and communicate with each other, in order to develop the economy of their grassland, and now their Xiongnu territory is ours, so the two countries must trade, as long as the people of the Xiongnu are fed and clothed, how can they rebel?"

The neatly dressed little Zhengtai, with small hands on his back, stood on top of the main hall to reason with a group of ministers who couldn't make up their minds.

"Take the grain that our local people have worked hard to grow to supplement those Hun people, it is better to let the soldiers garrison!"

In a column of generals, an unwilling voice sounded.

"Who said they were going to use our food to supplement them?"

"Didn't you just say that, little boy? We must give them food, books, and food, and we must communicate with each other to make them rich! If they are rich, won't our Great Qin be poor? ”

"The wealth of the Xiongnu does not mean that our Great Qin will become poor, and we can develop together!"

"What do they Huns have? There is nothing else at all except raising horses and sheep! ”

The general's face was full of disgust.

"That's enough......!"

Xiao Zhengtai blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate those sheep, but they can create a lot of wealth!" ”

"Wealth? How can it be? If we can really create great wealth, why do the Huns always come to rob us of our grain? Isn't it because there is no food, and it is not enough to eat mutton? ”

The Xiongnu feed on meat, and it is fine in spring and summer, but in winter, cattle, sheep and livestock are not enough to eat, and there is no meat, and the herdsmen are reluctant to kill, so they can only be hungry and find a way to grab things in the surrounding villages.

If those cattle and sheep can really create wealth, will they still live such a miserable life?

"That's because they don't have brains and can't use them flexibly!"

Xiao Zhengtai smiled indifferently, revealing a row of snow-white small milk teeth.

"Flexible? Left is just a matter of more sheep and less sheep, how else can it be used? ”

The ministers cast puzzled glances.

"First of all, I have less grassland in Daqin, and the people are mainly farming, so the price of mutton is very high, and ordinary people can't afford it!"

"But the Xiongnu are just the opposite, cattle and sheep are everywhere, the most commonly eaten is beef and mutton, so in the Xiongnu, grain has become a luxury, if the two countries are interconnected, I Daqin will sell grain to the Xiongnu can be sold at a good price, and the Xiongnu will sell cattle and sheep to Daqin, you can also make a lot of money, in this way, not only make the best use of things, but also increase income!"

Xiao Zhengtai explained to everyone with a relaxed expression.