Chapter 272: Interests vs Benevolence

Ouyang sighed again, but at least the water attack plan that even he approved of was already in his sights. Soon, the next day, an official document came out. Chen Gui will temporarily step down from his post as the magistrate and take charge of the deployment of all relevant materials, and the plan was secretly sent to Zhang Jun, the commander of the Hebei Military Road. At the same time, the Military Aircraft Department also made a slight adjustment to its strategy. The two-way forbidden army commanded by Han Shizhong no longer has the pressure of time. Han Shizhong could follow the plan, Jinzhou would not move, and the Linhuang army would advance, so as to achieve the strategic concept of driving away the enemy in Tongzhou, or forcing the enemy in Tongzhou to fight a decisive battle, and the casualties could be controlled to a minimum. Originally, according to the original plan, Tongzhou had to be taken in September, and it was impossible to completely rely on Linhuang's pressure on the Liao army.

The Jurchens obviously did not understand the intentions of the Song army, and suddenly stopped at the fifty-mile position of Huanglong Mansion and set up camp, and the camp tent was completely defensive. Under the mobilization of Zong Han, the few spies of the Jurchens in the Song Dynasty began to move frantically to investigate the military situation.

Jurchen spies, most of them were installed by Wan Yanlan as the princess of the Great Song Dynasty during the Song and Jin honeymoon periods. There were a lot of people, but there were not many people on the table, and the outstanding ones were all dug up by Ouyang in that operation. Either the gun shoots the first bird. The remaining part, although still under the command of the Jurchen court, but there are no outstanding talents, after an attempted theft case, a dragon was dug up by Zhang Xuanming, and in the end, there were more than 20 people, all mediocre.

The order for this major item of materials was all in charge of Su Qian, and the explanation to the merchant was: the list of the voyage caravan to be sold, and the transportation was all completed through the shipping company of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce, and Zhang Jun sent a personal guard to monitor the transportation of materials from *** to the front line. All goods were sealed in large wooden boxes, and those who opened them were beheaded. Although these can be kept secret, it is not possible to keep them secret when logging on the front line and mobilizing craftsmen to build trebuchets. However, for trebuchets, the Jurchens were not too worried.

Now the territory south of Huanglongfu has been controlled by the Song people, although there are still guerrilla behaviors, and small-scale riots with the Jurchens, but after all, it is currently a military management system, and the Jurchens can't make much trouble for a while. But sooner or later, the army will have to be evacuated, so what will be done with this territory? Or how to deal with the Jurchens and Song people, Jurchens and Jurchens, and a small number of Bohai people and Khitan people in the occupied areas. This was the hottest topic in the court in June.

Unlike the Western Xia, the Western Xia was greatly influenced by Confucianism, and the Western Xia was also subjected to a certain degree of linguistic and cultural aggression. And the number of rulers is not large, there are more than 20 ethnic groups in the original Western Xia, although the Han people are not the largest ethnic group among them, but they are also the forefront of the ethnic group.

The Jurchens are another matter, and the local area is basically dominated by Jurchens. More than ninety percent of the people are Jurchens. Language barrier, communication difficulties. Moreover, the Jurchens are strong and their brains are not good enough, not only because they are generally not highly educated, but also because of the custom of intermarriage of some of the same clan before their parents, which restricts the development of IQ. Otherwise, the first thing Wanyan Aguda will do after taking the throne is to put an end to the backwardness of intermarriage.

Moreover, according to the report of the Ministry of Households, the Jurchens were very indifferent to the Song people, and it was very difficult to register as residents, and the Jurchens had a natural resistance to other ethnic groups. Some chiefs also said that they could submit to the Song Dynasty, but they had to ensure that their tribes had their original gathering places, and that they did not agree with their own people learning Chinese and their own people becoming Han Chinese. Not to mention the collection of taxes, as well as the conscription of the Jurchens into the army.

This is a relatively serious practical problem, so Zhao Yu issued an official document, all civil officials above the seventh rank must say their views on the rule of the Jurchen, and the military generals only encourage the table, not force.

By mid-July, the tables were almost all concentrated everywhere. It can be summed up in a few ways. First, the military forced separation, the relocation of some Jurchens to the southern Song Dynasty, and the dispersal of them to various places. Second, local military coercion, any tribe that does not become a Han nationality will be regarded as a hostile tribe and exterminated. Exterminate the Jurchen population. Migrate the Song people in, assimilate the Jurchens who did not resist, and ensure that the number of Han people exceeds the number of Jurchens.

The third is to cure gold with gold. An influential Jurchen was appointed as the head of the Jurchen Alliance, and this head was to exercise unified management over the Jurchen household registration and the Jurchen tribes.

The fourth is to use the method of Song Zhijin to set up a pacification division in the occupied territory, and all the administrators are Han Chinese, just like the Bashu side, to maintain friendship with the Jurchen chieftains, let them come to *** the daily behavior of the Jurchens, and adopt some entrapment policies for the Jurchen tribes, so that they can slowly integrate.

Fifth, all the Jurchens will be relocated to one place, live together, and implement autonomous management, and the surplus land will be settled by the Han Chinese.

When the Liao ruled the Jurchens, they used means to make their tribes kill each other. The most famous means is Hai Dongqing. Haidongqing is a kind of eagle, and the Liao people asked the Jurchen tribes to exchange this eagle for food, salt and other daily necessities. But Hai Dongqing is very flexible, and in order to get living materials, the tribes often fight each other for a little eaglet. Of the seventy-two Jurchen tribes, there are actually sixty-eight left, and one clan was still wiped out.

Another way is to force the Jurchens to move inward and become *** truth, but it turns out that even *** truth cannot be completely assimilated. Therefore, the sixth method is to adopt the Liao strategy and encourage the Jurchen tribes to kill each other.

The seventh is to educate with benevolence and virtue, and some people even say that after defeating the Jurchens, the Song army should return to the country. But don't underestimate it, there is still a certain market for this statement.

Among these official documents, there are several people whose official documents are very noticeable. The first is Ouyang, the second is Han Shizhong, the generalissimo of the Fourth Route Army, as well as the prime minister Li Gang, Xue Shan, who has lived in the Jurchen land for a long time, Jin Si, who has been promoted to a five-rank general, and Jin Si, who served as a general on the Hebei Military Road, Zhang Jun, the chief general of the Hebei Military Road, Su Qian, the imperial court counselor who represents the interests of the Chamber of Commerce, Chen Dong, the Qing doctor on behalf of the Tai students, and the official document of Zong Ze, a straight person.

Although the officials of the world are on the table together, everyone knows that the above people are the ones who really have an impact on the emperor. These are either famous, with brains. Either they are familiar with the Jurchen habits, or they can influence the direction of the future Jurchen occupation and rule. Of course, there are also Jinshi who are rushing to take the exam this year, whether they will be sent to the Jurchen place to be the magistrate of the county is also a problem they are worried about.

I don't know if Zhao Yu influenced everyone's attitude, or if the voice of the masses affected Zhao Yu. At the beginning of August, except for Generalissimo Han Shizhong and Jin Si, who avoided suspicion, these people who were concerned were announced to go to Beijing en masse.

The management of Khitan land was simple, and some states in the southern part of the Dihe River had completely transitioned to the formal management of Song land without any trouble. The Si family led the merchants to settle in these places smoothly, and so far, it is relatively stable. The Khitan people also expressed an attitude of obedience to fate, although there were occasional dissatisfaction words, but they were all within the normal range. On the other hand, on the Jurchen side, there is no need to talk about public security, there is chaos, theft, robbery, and even attacks on the army to loot supplies. Once they succeeded, they mixed back into the tribe, or fled to the Changbai Mountains, and the army did not have much energy to pursue. Jurchen is also a social phenomenon, there are many elderly and children, a small number of women, and very few young men. The original Qingzhuang had already been looted to the north of Huanglong Mansion. The imperial court did not know how much food and money would have to be invested in this place to pacify the locality, so the argument of giving up the Jurchen occupation was not full of nonsense.

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"There is still a difference between Jurchen laborers and Jurchens. The Jurchen laborers have been away from the tribe for a long time, and if they are of Han nationality, they can become Han Chinese, and the scale of tens of thousands of people is easy to digest. Ouyang Dao: "But the Jurchen tribe has strong cohesion, the chief has natural rights, and due to the large number of people, the local conditions are very poor, and there are not many girls who are willing to change their household registration, because after they change to Han, not only can they not enjoy the rights enjoyed by the Han people, but also detached from the living environment of the tribe." "Unlike the Jurchen laborers, firstly, they formed new agglomeration units with no cohesive force, and secondly, with the identity of Han Chinese, they could move away in search of a better life.

Xue Shandao: "The opinion of the lowly position is that the opinion of the Jurchen chief is the most critical. The three chiefs captured by Jin Si were all more cooperative. But now is not the time of war, and the tribe is living in the Hui tribe. Attempts to force intervention by violent means will inevitably lead to conflict. ”

"So the general's opinion is, kill and obey." Zhang Jun said: "These are mostly old people, children and women, even if they are sent to the interior to break away from the tribe, they will not survive, and they will disturb the place." ”

Zhao Yu said: "General Zhang, if it is so simple, I don't need to let everyone put down their official business and come to Tokyo." I don't care about the life or death of the Jurchens, but I don't want to kill them simply, because you know, those old scholars talk to me every day about benevolence, and what kind of soldiers are fierce. Unauthorized killing is against heaven and harmony, and yesterday there was a fourth-grade official, who was about to get old, and he was still crying and begging in front of me, and he had to hit the pillar. He should enjoy it, and he can be a martyr, but I will become a tyrant who has forced his courtiers to death. ”

Li Gang hurriedly changed the topic and said: "The minister still thinks that it is better to cure gold with gold." Appointed the Jurchens as local governors. Turn the Kingdom of Jin into one or two states, under the control of the chief of the largest pro-Song tribe. ”

Su Qian shook his head: "That businessman has no benefit at all." Whoever dares to go to that place to open, who dares to go to that place to sell goods. Since the war has been won, of course, it will occupy an area. Your Majesty, if the Jurchen is still in charge of the Jurchen, we don't have to work so hard. Giving their land to those who can use it can not only enrich the treasury, but also move the people to prosper the place, and finally completely summarize this land into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"The merchant is shameless in his pursuit of profit, saying that he has exhausted the good of the country, but he does not mention his own good." Chen Dong was dissatisfied: "Weichen feels that it is still a good strategy of the border clan. Placing military officers, heavy management of towns, light management of tribes. ”

"Weichen feels that what Su Qian said makes sense." Ouyang said: "Especially the last point, the territory will be expanded. If there is still the title of Jurchen, in case there is another perfect fight, will my Da Song also come to protect Gangda? And because the Jurchens are difficult to manage, don't you care? Because they are unruly, we have to give in? Now that the Jurchens have been defeated, Weichen thinks that if he is still so polite, it is better to ask General Zhang to withdraw the troops besieging Huanglongfu and return to the Song Dynasty. Our army spent grain, grass, and gold, and lost many lives, and even dragged down the economy in the Song Dynasty. The result is still the same. ”

Chen Dong said coldly: "What does Lord Yiou mean?" ”

"Young men and women of Han nationality migrated to the interior to work, the elderly and children were driven to live in one place, and the imperial court provided food, and half-full rations were given every three days for three days. The children grew up and migrated to Han nationality until they finally disappeared the Jurchen people. Ouyang said: "We tolerate the border tribe because the border tribe is uneasy, and thousands of tribes even dare to whip their horses, force me to trade in the Great Song Dynasty, and detain the Qin Cha as a hostage." If you don't take advantage of the weakness of the Jurchens and the power of rich civil strife to ban them, there will be endless troubles in the future. We can't just keep the name out of the shame and leave the problem to future generations. ”

"Stop!" Zhao Yu saw that everyone was arguing and said, "Generalissimo Han's official letter to me basically agrees with Ouyang's opinion. The principle is not to allow the Jurchens to gather into gangs, the Jurchens have their own language, and most of them do not understand Chinese, which is the most troublesome. And what Su Qian said is also reasonable, I worked hard to defeat the Jurchens, not just to make them surrender, and to have a chance to make a comeback in the future. For thousands of years, foreign invasions of our Central Plains have not stopped, and every time the Central Plains spends national strength to defeat them, most of them are seeking peace. It's better to be a benevolent and righteous king, and the four seas will be peaceful, but a hundred or even decades later, they will come again. ”

Zhang Jun said: "In fact, foreigners are also helpless, their land is barren and it is not easy to plant. It can only be nomadic on all sides. But if the weather is bad, in order to survive the winter or survive the famine year, you can only loot the Central Plains. ”

"Yes, it's because of this helplessness." Ouyang Dao: "So Weichen thinks that he must take advantage of his illness and ask for his life." They can't be given another chance to make a comeback. ”

Chen Dongdao: "My Great Song Dynasty adheres to Confucianism and has always governed the country with benevolence and righteousness. It's not what Lord Ou said, how much it costs, just for the greater good. The purpose of waging war is to cut off the threat of foreign danger, not to usurp the property of others, which is contrary to the words of the saints and is no different from a robber. ”

"Presumptuous!" Zhao Yu shouted.

"Wechen is guilty." Chen Dong confessed: "But Weichen insisted that it was inappropriate to occupy the country, not to mention the aborigines, the Liao people had ruled the Jurchens for nearly two hundred years, and in the end, it was under the persecution and helplessness that they raised an army against the Liao." ”

Soon the camp was divided, and Su Qian and Ouyang insisted on occupying land to drive out the people and distribute land to merchants and landlords. Chen Dong and Li Gang believed that at most, they could only adopt the attitude of treating gold with gold, putting benevolence and righteousness first, and also gave examples to show that Emperor Wen of Sui had the ability to occupy other people's land, but finally gave up, and his benevolence and righteousness were highly evaluated from the Tang and Song dynasties. The military generals represented by Zhang Jun said that they could not give too many gathering places to the Jurchens, and they did not give advice on how to implement them. In the end, Zong Ze has not yet expressed his opinion on the remaining Zong Ze.

Zong Ze saw that everyone was looking at him, so he cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, it depends on how you look at it." There is some truth in what they said, and there is a truth in what Master Lee Sang-chan is also saying. Danchen thought that the opinions of General Zhang and General Han were the most pertinent, and what Lord Ou was worried about was that the foreign race would not be destroyed and would become a disaster in the future. Lee Sang-sang is for His Majesty's fame. It is better to add the Jurchens to Han nationality in this way, but not to split their group. Set up Han officials and manage. ”

Why has this guy become two-faced, Ouyang wondered, and then thought about it, no, this guy has inherited his original character and maintained an attitude that everyone is offended, these words not only have no position, but also offend all the people here. You must know that your purpose is to enter the country commercially, and finally sinicize the land, which is not only profitable for businessmen, but also brings great benefits to the country. The guy vetoed it. Li Gang's purpose is to move less, and it is best not to use the guns of the soldiers, so as to settle the matter and quietly gain the reputation of a benevolent and righteous country. This guy also vetoed that.

Everyone looked at each other, but Zhao Yu laughed with a 'poof', Zong Ze is indeed like a legend. But he immediately remembered his rude courtier, coughed and said: "My opinion is that it is true that the Jurchens cannot be gathered, this is the bottom line. But it's better to use fewer guns, and it's certainly best to get some benefits. ”

This is a good old man, everyone agrees. Everyone understands that the positions of several people here are too different and it is difficult to form a unity. Everyone has a point, so everyone knows the end of this matter, which is *** vote. Sure enough, Zhao Yu said: "The day after tomorrow, everyone will comment on their opinions in front of hundreds of officials. I will give you a little more time, a month, a month later*** to vote on the Jurchen policy. It's up to the courtiers to decide, what do you think? ”

What else can you do, no matter how reasonable you are, you can't defeat the truth that the minority obeys the majority. Ouyang remembered a fairy tale, saying that there was a country where everyone drank crazy spring water, but the king didn't. In the end, everyone thought that the king was crazy, and the reason was because he did not drink the crazy spring water, and finally the king was forced to be helpless, and finally he also went crazy, so everyone thought that the king was the best king. The obedience of the minority to the majority is only a vote and attitude, but it absolutely does not represent who is right and who is wrong.

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After Su Qian and Ouyang left the palace, they had a drink of two glasses, and Su Qian asked his own question: "My lord, which decision do you think was the last?" ”

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"Your Excellency?" Su Qian saw that Ouyang was distracted, and shouted again.

"Huh? Oh! Ouyang asked in a low voice: "Do you think it's a bit contradictory to vote in January?" ”

"What's the contradiction?"

Ouyang Dao: "You think, everyone is paying attention to things now, and it should have been decided quickly, and you see that these civil and official documents are in ruins, not only to let a master like Zhang Jun come back, but also to let all localities go to the table, and now they have been given another month to consider voting, what do you think the emperor thinks?" ”

Su Qianyi said: "Listening to what the adults said, it is indeed a bit famous. The emperor is a good man in the court, and he doesn't express his position or oppose it, so is it necessary to make a big break to bring everyone together? And my lord, I suspect that His Majesty has released the rumor that the opinions of the few of us are the most important. ”

"What does the emperor want to do?" Ouyang scratched his hair and doubted: "We can't figure out the matter of the holy will, we still have to find a master to discuss the following." If you know what the emperor means, this matter will be easier to handle. ”