If at this time, the noble families from all over the country were to fan the flames behind the scenes, the world would be in chaos.
Then the Qin Dynasty will be faced with internal and external troubles, and will be faced with a situation even more severe than the invasion of foreign enemies.
Cai Jing disagreed and said, "We have opposed many of Your Majesty's policies, thinking they were all foolish. But the fact is, we were wrong.
I have considered this matter from other angles. Your Majesty's favorite thing to do is to do the opposite of what is recommended, and it always works.
From this perspective, Your Majesty believes that the aristocratic families of our Qin State will not be willing to become slaves of the Jin State."
Cao Cao asked curiously, "What do you mean, Prime Minister?"
Cai Jing continued, "What Jin lacks the least is aristocratic families. Moreover, the current situation in Jin is that the emperor and the aristocratic families jointly rule the country.
It's far worse than the situation in our Qin State. Do you think the aristocratic families in Jin State will allow the emergence of a family that could disrupt the balance in their country?"
Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, "I see. The Prime Minister is saying that the aristocratic families of Jin will not allow the aristocratic families of Qin to survive unscathed.
On the contrary, they will also hate the aristocratic families of my Great Qin, and my Great Qin aristocratic families will naturally think of this.
Therefore, they have no choice but to support Your Majesty's decision. May I ask the Prime Minister, is this true or not?"
He is still very young now.
He is far from reaching the peak of his career as Emperor Wu of Wei.
Therefore, it is not easy to be able to associate so much with Cai Jing's few words.
Cai Jing smiled and said, "That's exactly what I mean. What really interests me is the last sentence in the imperial edict issued by Your Majesty.
Local soldiers can be allowed to freely enter and exit brothels, gambling houses and other places before the war begins.
This is a precedent that has never been seen in our Great Qin, but on second thought, it is understandable.
Your Majesty has always loved his soldiers like his own sons. The battles with Jin and Chu will certainly be extremely severe, and many soldiers will be killed or injured.
Your Majesty's purpose in doing this is to make the soldiers feel the emperor's grace and thus boost the morale of the entire army.
only..."
Having said this, he looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Cao Cao took over the conversation and said with a smile, "The Prime Minister is worried that if something like this were recorded in the history books, it would have a negative impact on Your Majesty?"
Cai Jing nodded helplessly.
The historian of the Qin Dynasty was Sima Qian.
This is a donkey's temper.
We will never easily change existing true events that have already happened.
Cao Cao shook his head and said, "In my opinion, the Prime Minister is completely overthinking things. Your Majesty never spares even the smallest details. Besides, isn't Sima Qian the one who always respects Your Majesty the most? He should be able to handle the situation properly. If that doesn't work, we can give him some advice later."
Cai Jing said: "Let's wait until the war is over. I hope that the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty can bless us and help us win this battle."
At this point, even Cao Cao remained silent.
Suddenly, Cai Jing remembered something and blurted out, "There is a place in Shandong called Liangshan Marsh.
On Liangshan Mountain, there was a group of bandits who gathered together and called themselves the 108 Generals of Heaven and Earth. They were led by a bandit named Song Jiang.
Who do you think this Song Jiang is?"
Cao Cao searched all his memories but had never heard of a person named Song Jiang, so he shook his head in confusion.
In his opinion, they were just a group of bandits. Even though they claimed to have 108 generals, they were just a mob.
Cai Jing said bluntly: "A few years ago, when Your Majesty was traveling on the rivers and lakes, you went to Jiangzhou and someone wrote a poem in opposition to you.
The person who wrote the anti-word was Song Jiang. When His Majesty learned about this, he not only did not blame him, but also laughed it off.
These things were told to the Prime Minister by the Jinyiwei not long ago."
Cao Cao asked, "Prime Minister, do you mean to send an army to wipe out this group of Liangshan bandits as we march north?"
Cai Jing stroked his beard and said, "It's probably not easy to wipe them out. This group of Liangshan bandits is said to have gathered 70,000 to 80,000 people. Their power is quite huge."
"That's a bit troublesome."
Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "However, I have a great general under my command named Pang De. If I give him 100,000 soldiers, I think he can solve this problem within a month or two."
Hearing this, Cai Jing shook his head and said, "If it were about wiping out the bandits, I wouldn't have said so much to you.
Not long ago, the bandit leader named Song Jiang sent someone to contact the Jinyiwei, and then Lai Junchen found the real boss.
He said that the last time Song Jiang wrote a poem against the emperor, His Majesty did not blame him, which made him feel His Majesty's kindness.
Therefore, I want to take advantage of this period of national war to bring all the people of Liangshan to surrender to the imperial court. I have been hesitating about who to send to recruit them.
"So that's what happened."
Cao Cao said sternly, "Prime Minister, if we recruit the Liangshan bandits, from today on, their every word and action will represent the Great Qin Army.
If they had behaved badly before being recruited by the imperial court, it would have affected the court's prestige among the local people."
Cai Jing said: "There is no need to worry about this. I have already sent people to investigate them. Not only do they have no bad deeds, but they often fight against violence and protect the good, even under the banner of acting on behalf of heaven.
Incorporating them into the imperial court has been a decision I have considered over and over again. Now the imperial court is in need of people, and after recruiting them, I will hand them all over to Zhu Di.
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