At the same time as the good news of the Battle of Yanjin came, a copy of Shi Min's recital was placed on Shi Hu's table for him to read.

The first battle was successful, that is, the rebels were defeated, and the main force of the rebels was almost wiped out, Shi Hu couldn't help but be overjoyed, but Shi Min's song from the front line made Shi Hu's brows frown, and his face was as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

However, in the end, this was Shi Min's request, and it was considered for the foundation of the country, Shi Hu did not dare to be sloppy, so he summoned his most trusted advisers, Shen Zhong and Shen Bian, into the palace to discuss this matter!

Shen Bian heard of Shi Min's request, and after congratulating Shi Hu on the victory, he said: "Great King, the minister thinks that the matter that the Metropolitan Governor is considering is not unreasonable. In the battle of Yanjin, more than 200,000 soldiers were killed, and if they were all killed, I was afraid that they would lose the hearts of the people in the world. Not to mention, this battle, a battle to counterbalance the rebellion, is itself an internal friction carried out by the national strength of our Great Zhao State, and the internal friction will become more and more serious, and the national strength will decline! ”

"Shen Zhong, what do you think?" Shi Hu groaned for a moment, and then put his eyes on Shen Zhong, who bowed his head and was silent on one side.

Shen Zhong replied, "Your Majesty, Shen Bian is right. After more than 20 years of hard work by the first emperor and the king, the population of the Central Plains has only recovered, and there has been a slight improvement, if the king insists on killing these more than 200,000 soldiers, I am afraid that there will be many widows in the country, how many children will have no father, so the people's hearts will be chaotic. If the king wants to wipe out the nations and establish the great cause of unification like Qin Shi Huang and Han Gaozu, it is impossible to have young and strong soldiers as a source of soldiers! ”

"Therefore, the minister also asks the king to be lenient for the sake of the hundred-year plan of my Great Zhao Kingdom and the great cause of unification. Wouldn't it be better to punish only the evildoers, and release these soldiers after the war, so that they can be discharged and returned to the fields, or they will be guilty of meritorious service? ”

The "first emperor" in Shen Zhong's mouth is Shi Le.

In fact, there are two "first emperors" in the state of Zhao State, Shi Le and his son Shi Hong, the latter reigned for four years, but he was just a puppet emperor in the hands of Shi Hu, which was not worth mentioning.

Therefore, Shi Hong has always been ignored by the world, and his sense of existence is extremely low.

At the beginning of Shile's uprising, he often levied righteous valleys on the captured dock barriers, and sometimes obtained military rations by plundering. Around 313, the method of rent-to-rent exploitation was adopted.

Shile ordered the prefecture and county to inspect the household registration, levy the land tenant survey, and stipulate that the household should pay two horses of silk and two pieces of grain.

Called the queen of Zhao, Shi Le paid more attention to agricultural production, and often sent envoys to follow the prefectures and counties to persuade farmers to teach mulberry. Therefore, at the beginning of Shihu's reign, renting Yin Guang, the middle warehouse of Yedu had millions of rented grain imported every year, and a lot of grain was also stored in the warehouses along the water.

The state of Zhao adopted the policy of dividing the Hu and Han people, set up a large single to rule over the ethnic minorities, and set up special official positions to manage the resignation and entry and exit of the Hu people, and even forcibly stipulated that the Han people were called "Zhao people" and the Hu people were "national people", and it was strictly forbidden to call the people Hu as Hu.

Both Shi Le and Shi Hu followed Liu Han's method of migrating people, and moved the people of the conquered areas to their ruling centers Xiangguo, Ye and their surrounding areas in order to control them. In addition to the administrative system of the prefectures and counties, the rule of the people also existed in the form of military organizations and the system of appropriation of the population.

Thanks to some of Shile's policies, although the Li Shu of Zhao has been living in dire straits, but he can survive anyway, and the population has increased to a certain extent, compared with the population of the Three Kingdoms period, but more than half of them are Xiongnu, Xianbei, Di, Qian and Qiang, and the Han people account for the vast majority of all ethnic groups.

The current Shi Hu did not realize the danger of the Han people to the Zhao court, and when he reacted, he deliberately "forced the Jin people", which seriously damaged agricultural production, made the class contradictions and national contradictions increasingly intensified, and uprisings continued to occur.

Shi Hu waved his hand and said, "Why don't I know? But Shen Bian Shen Zhong, do you two know that the current big trouble for the imperial court is Shi Xuan's rebels, if they don't take Yecheng for a day, if they don't kill Shi Xuan for a day, if they can't put down the rebellion for a day, they can't be at peace, and the domestic turmoil will not stop. ”

"And now, although Shi Min led the army to break the rebels in Yanjin and almost annihilated the main force of the rebels, the rebels have deployed heavy troops in Handan and Wu'an. If our army has no surplus food, I am afraid that it will not be able to sustain itself, and we will not be able to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this, Shen Bian bowed his head and said: "The king is worried that our army will be frustrated and will not be able to quell the rebellion as soon as possible?" ”

"Not bad. Before the war, I had already collected a lot of grain, but if I raised more than 200,000 soldiers, I am afraid that it would not be able to support it for long. Moreover, these soldiers are unattached to the hearts of the people and difficult to manage, if they are dismissed on the spot, and return to the camp of the rebels, continue to fight for the tiger, and block the king's division, what will happen? And to manage so many soldiers, it is impossible not to draw some troops to guard them, so how can we ensure that our army can be overwhelmed, take Yecheng in one fell swoop, and put down the rebellion? ”

Hearing this, Shen Zhong and Shen Bian's father and son looked at each other, and then, Shen Bian stood up and said: "King, since the matter of seeking leniency for the soldiers was proposed by the Grand Duke, why not let the Grand Governor solve it on his own?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The immediate priority is to quell the Shixuan Rebellion. Please ask the king to let the governor of Dadu make a military order, promising to break Yecheng within three months, kill Shi Xuan, and put down the rebellion! Otherwise, these more than 200,000 soldiers will not be able to raise, and they will only be killed. ”

"Good!"

Shi Hu's secret letter was quickly delivered to Shi Min's hands.

Can it really be done to put down the rebellion in three months? To be honest, Shi Min has no bottom in his heart, but in order to leave the more than 200,000 soldiers, Shi Min can only agree to come down.

Hungry and desperate people are terrible, but many of those who have fallen into stroke are Han Chinese!

In order to maintain the vitality of the Han family, so that he would not be subject to the Hu people in the future and be reduced to the point where there were no soldiers available, Shi Min had no choice but to risk losing his head and make a military order.

If within three months, Shi Min can't drive straight in, break through Yecheng, take down the head of the traitor Shi Xuan, and put down the rebellion, then he will come to see him!

Shi Min is not the kind of person who likes to suffer, and he does good deeds without leaving a name, this is not his consistent style!

No, in order to deter and manage these soldiers, Shi Min set up a prisoner of war camp in Yanjin, like a prison of chickens and dogs, and locked up more than 200,000 soldiers in the prisoner of war camp.

At the same time, Shi Min also planned to make an example of the monkeys, gather the soldiers, and pull out all the generals above the centurion level in the rebel army, kneel in front of these soldiers, and make an example of killing one by one.

Shi Min climbed the high platform in full view of everyone, overlooking the rebel soldiers below with all kinds of frightened expressions.

In the past, everyone knew how the Zhao army treated prisoners of war, and it was obvious to all, and the Zhao army generally treated prisoners of war by killing. In the pre-Qin era, the conquests between the nations also paid attention to war etiquette, and regardless of victory or defeat, they would exchange their respective captives and pawns, or pay money to ransom them.

After the Qin and Han dynasties, the etiquette completely collapsed, and everyone did whatever it took to win and strike at the enemy's roots, among which massacre was a necessary means.

Especially in this chaotic era, all countries believe in the law of the jungle and regard the law of the jungle as a guideline!

Therefore, every time a city was captured, the army would go on a killing spree, slaughtering the unarmed Li Shu, and robbing the women as tools and food for childbirth. The original land of the Central Plains was all fishy, like a tribal battle on the grassland, with no rules!

And for the defeated side, a pawn is not the same as a prisoner of war.

Prisoners of war surrendered as a last resort, while prisoners of war were captured in battle. The nature is different, and the treatment you can get is different, but the murderous Zhao Jun can kill if he wants to kill whether he is a prisoner of war or a pawn.

Fortunately, Shi Min's reputation is not bad, and among the generals of Zhao who have always been thirsty for killing, he is the most "good" general. This time, Shi Min was able to make so many rebel soldiers surrender, in addition to the fact that the rebels were indeed cornered, Shi Min would not kill innocents indiscriminately.

However, at the moment, there are so many pawns, I'm afraid that Shi Min himself won't be able to be the master!

Shi Min looked at the rebel soldiers below, and said solemnly: "Rank, I am the great Sima of the Great King Qinfeng, and the governor of the internal and external armies Shi Min!" Three days have passed since the Battle of Yanjin, so you must be worried about what your fate will be, right? The reason why I can't give you an answer is because I can't make my own decisions about this matter! More than 200,000 soldiers, do they kill or stay? ”

"Today I can tell you that your life and death are your own choice! I have asked the king for your life, and I want to spare your lives and make meritorious deeds! God has the virtue of a good life, who is not raised by his mother's father? Who doesn't want to live well? But to live, to live, you must have capital! ”

"I, Shi Min, have done my best to you! Now is a year of famine, and there is not much food, so how can you manage it? To keep or to put? I, Shi Min, have promised the king to let you live, but the premise is that within three months, Yecheng must be captured and the Shixuan Rebellion must be quelled, otherwise my Shi Min will be killed! ”

"See these people?"

Shi Min pointed to the rebel generals who knelt in two rows, about five hundred people in disheveled clothes and armor, and were mentally exhausted.

"They are generals above the rank of lieutenant in the rebel army! In this battle, our army only punishes the first evil, and can be lenient for the general rebellious soldiers! I know that you are all coerced strong men! Before that, you were either peasants working in the fields, or hawkers shouting in the city, or fishermen and rangers, and you did not want to rebel from the bottom of your heart. ”

"Therefore, the king is willing to open the net and spare you from death! At the same time, I hope that you will obey my management, and those who disobey will be dealt with by military law! ”

Then, Shi Min waved his hand and threw an arrow down.

"Owl!"

"Poof! ......" The rebel generals who knelt in two rows under the high platform were suddenly cut off their heads, and many people were cut off again because of the blunt knives, and they were cut again, just like killing chickens, the blood flowed like an injection, and the bloody scene not only made people tremble, but also made people sick to their stomachs.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers present knelt down tremblingly!

Immediately afterwards, Shi Min made a clear plan for the more than 200,000 soldiers.

The coerced soldiers, or the wounded soldiers, were left in Yeonjin and strictly controlled according to the armor protection system.

The armor protection system created by Shi Min can be described as ingenious.

The original armor protection system was that a number of families were compiled into a first, and a number of A were compiled into a guarantee. The chief of the guarantee is established, and the chief of A is set up. So that the ruler can exercise layers of control over the people.

The essence of the armor protection system is to turn the whole country into a big prison cage through the joint protection and joint sitting law. The joint guarantee is that the households cooperate with each other, and the mutual guarantee does not do common things, that is, one family has a "crime", nine families will be punished, and if they are not raised, ten families will be jointly and severally guilty.

And now, in order to effectively manage so many soldiers without imprisoning them and wasting too many troops, Shi Min decided to use the armor protection system to manage it.

In other words, with an individual as a unit, ten people are A, and a chief is set up, and ten A is a guarantee, and a chief is established.

If one person commits a crime (escapes), all nine people in the same A will be killed by the company if they do not report it. The same is true for more than 10 people running within a guarantee.

In addition, in order to end the war as soon as possible and use cannon fodder, Shi Min also recruited people who were well-trained in stroke reduction or had been in battle for a long time, so that they could make meritorious contributions.