Chapter 0010 Coolie
Listening to Xiao Rong's question, Qu Yunmie replied calmly: "Of course, we should kill them all to comfort the souls of the people of Yizhou in heaven."
Xiao Rong knew he would say that, but he still shook his head sadly: "Absolutely not!"
Qu Yunmie turned his head immediately. His eyes didn't look suspicious, but rather like he was saying, "If you say no, then it's no?" ...
Xiao Rong said: "Mr. Yu's previous remarks were somewhat extreme, but they were not completely wrong. The unrest in Yizhou cannot be blamed on the king. However, the king initially fought killing with killing and did not kill all the people. This left a hidden danger that was taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives."
Qu Yunmie: "Then I will just kill them all this time, right?"
Xiao Rong: "...Easier said than done. The land of Bashu is naturally dangerous. Once the local tribes hide there, who can find them from outside?"
Qu Yunmie was disdainful when he mentioned this group of people: "What kind of local tribe are they?"
Xiao Rong: “…”
Indeed. This group of people were not the remnants of the ancient Shu and Ba kingdoms at all, but the Hu people who invaded from the Western Regions 130 years ago. After changing their names, they occupied Yizhou and proclaimed themselves emperors, but they were driven out of power within a decade. Since then, they have been hiding from place to place and claiming to be local ethnic groups.
Moreover, this kind of thing was common throughout the Central Plains. People later called this period the Great Migration of Ethnic Groups. Every foreign race had the dream of entering the Central Plains and ruling the people of the Central Plains. But after every foreign race really entered the Central Plains, the first thing they did was to give themselves a Central Plains name, learn the Central Plains dialect, and marry a Central Plains person.
These people in Yizhou, let's call them Tu people, most of them have the surname Li. The Xiongnu people have the surname Liu, the Shanshan people have the surname Wang, and the Xianbei, who are more educated, all changed their names to sound nice, such as Murong, Tuoba, and Yuwen.
In the end, although their regime failed to survive, their bloodline did remain in the Central Plains forever...
Xiao Rong used his luck and didn't argue with Qu Yunmie about this verbal advantage. "Your Majesty should know one thing: don't pursue a desperate enemy. Killing them all will make them lose their last hope. Then they will do anything. If you keep them alive, they won't fight desperately because the way forward is not yet cut off."
The more Qu Yunmie listened, the more he felt something was wrong: "Do you want me to let them go?"
Xiao Rong groaned, "How can that be possible? They committed such a heinous crime, why should we let them go?"
Qu Yunmie: "Do you still want me to support them?"
Xiao Rong was puzzled: "Why would Your Majesty do such a thankless task?"
Qu Yunmie was confused: "Then what do you want me to do?"
Xiao Rong smiled slightly: "I hope the king can tie these people back. You don't have to be too nice to them on the way, just don't let them starve to death. All the way from Yizhou is actually a screening process. If they can arrive at Yanmen County honestly, the king can give them a grace and exempt them from the death penalty, and let them repay the king by performing corvée labor."
Qu Yunmie: “…………” Good guy.
He immediately felt something was wrong when he looked at Xiao Rong. He didn't expect that Xiao Rong, who looked gentle and elegant, could be even darker than him!
He usually killed people with just one blow of the sword and never tortured them. Xiao Rong didn't torture them either, but this sounded like it was no better than torture.
Xiao Rong was still talking: "The people hate foreigners, but they have sympathy for their compatriots. Naturally, these farmers have killed people, and the people may hate them, but I still suggest that the king distinguish between the two sides and give the farmers some preferential treatment, because no one knows when there will be people who can't make a living and decide to rise up after hearing a few slanderous words. Compared with Nanyong, the king's people are really too small. If the king raises the banner of not killing those who surrender and being prisoners can get some preferential treatment, then the prisoners will surrender faster, and those ordinary people, seeing that the king treats the prisoners so well, will naturally think that the king will treat them better. At that time, it is unknown whether the whole family will move away."
Qu Yunmie seemed calm, but in fact, his heart was like a tsunami, with waves after waves. ... It was unexpected that he could still do this.
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