Four hundred and thirty-eight chapters cruelty equals kindness
"Boy, how does it feel to be a conqueror?" As soon as he walked to the gate of the palace, he saw a large group of people kneeling there, not daring to raise their heads. Mercy had never occupied a big city in person, and Hong Tao wanted to educate him how to deal with this scene.
"Hehehe... Anyway, it's better than being beaten..." Ci Yuan Zuo smiled foolishly at this time. There were so many people, local officials and rich people kneeling at their feet. He had never experienced it. This feeling was completely different from being kneeled down by a large group of slaves.
"Close your broken mouth and don't laugh like a fool who has never seen the world. The more you are, the more you should cover up your emotions and not let them know your true thoughts. The more mysterious you are, the easier it is for them to surrender. When necessary, you have to use blood to make you more respected and afraid. If you are me, what should these people do? They are all officials and family members of the former Sultan." Hong Tao simply stopped and pointed to the group of people in front with his chin.
"Kill it! I understand! They are burned to death on the dock, and all the residents here have to watch!" Otherwise, if adults are the targets of children's imitation, it is useless to educate children, just talking with their mouths. You teach your children all day long to be honest, but you will talk to colleagues, units, and neighbors without any trouble, and the children will definitely follow suit. The same is true for compassion. The method he adopted was exactly the same as what Hong Tao did in Kalamba Port.
"Kill them all?" Hong Tao didn't expect that compassion would be so cruel.
"...Why don't you keep the young people and the children and only burn the old people to death, women?" When Ciqing heard Hong Tao's question, she immediately realized that there were flaws in her treatment method. She tilted her head and thought about it, and then made another change.
"Why do you want to leave young people and children to burn the elderly and women to death?" Hong Tao really didn't understand this time.
"Young people can work as slaves, but the elderly and women are useless!" Merciful answered Hong Tao's question completely according to the idea of catching slaves.
"Your damn is just a life as a captain, and your father's brain has not been inherited. What should be killed is the young people and children, and they are the biggest uncertainty factor in the future. If we kill their parents, brothers and sisters, can you expect them to grow up and not harm you? The elderly and women are just accessories for men here. Keeping them can show your magnanimity and will not cause trouble for you. Who is willing to be with someone who kills innocent people? Killing people can establish authority, but you have to come up with a suitable reason and also suit the local customs and habits. Now you think immediately, give me, no, not me, but give the residents here a reason to kill them!" Hong Tao was a little disappointed with compassion. This child has not developed much in the future. It is not that he is not loyal enough, nor is he not smart enough, but that he lacks great wisdom. This is born and difficult to change the day after tomorrow.
"...You'd better tell me, I really can't think of it." Compassion has an advantage, or it's the family tradition of the Ci family. It's shameless and doesn't want it at all. If you don't know, you'll say you don't know.
"Look, lions know? A group of lions only allows one adult lion. If this lion is defeated by another lion, then all its underage children will be bitten to death by the new lion. This is for the sake of pure bloodline. The same is true for people. We are the new lion, and the Sultan King is the original old lion. If he is defeated by us, his children cannot be kept, because keeping them will cause unnecessary thoughts to some people with hearts, which will cause greater trouble in the future. Killing them looks cruel, but in fact it protects ourselves and the people here. Even if someone wants to rebel, he cannot find a very suitable reason, unless our governance here is really too bad. Do you understand this truth?" Although Hong Tao does not expect that compassion can become the commander of the empire in the future, what should be told to him must be explained clearly. It is his problem to understand whether he can understand or not, and whether he can explain it clearly is his responsibility.
"I understand, I will kill all their families and kill them. No one will use them as a guise in the future, right? Then your Majesty... will the girl still kill?" Ciqing seems to be really not the material for being a leader, and she still doesn't understand it very much.
"Have you ever heard of a queen?" Hong Tao's little eyes began to glar again. He was very annoyed to discuss the problem with the fool.
"I haven't heard of it... a woman can still be a king?" Mercy, a ignorant thing, has also made up materials for herself.
"It seems that I should talk to Weng Ya. Just this thing in your mind is still counting as the commander of the Royal Navy? Let's go home and read the book for a few years. Don't eat or go to bed until you finish reading it. Disappear from my eyes, I'm dizzy when I look at you!" Hong Tao was really sad for Cixi. Why did he give birth to such an ignorant thing? If it weren't for Cixi's sake, he should have thrown him into Carl's castle to count the birds.
Merciful is not afraid of anything, just afraid that Weng Ya knows that he is not doing well outside. If the emperor complains in person, he will have no good life when he goes home. He dare not spread this anger on Hong Tao, so he can only take the Sultan's family. Originally, he only planned to kill Sultan's close relatives, but now he has no such kindness. Not only will the Sultan family men in the palace kill all the men, but they are also escorted to search the city. All families under the age of 40 will be caught on the dock and poured mixed oil on the sky lanterns. Everyone in the city has to watch it. Those who dare not watch it will be treated as resistance and deal with it.
"Lao Sai, why didn't you plead for them this time?" Hong Tao ignored the mercy and did not care about this bad guy. He did not think of this bad guy. The murder was made by Mercy and the charity emperor. Not only allowed the remaining old men, but also allowed them to continue living in the palace, but also allowed them to choose their future ways. Those who want to go home were paid for travel expenses. After dealing with these people, Hong Tao rubbed his cheeks that had already been sore and suddenly remembered something. What was the old man Sayed?
"I heard the conversation between Your Majesty and the General. You handled it very correctly. When the Sultan organized people to attack your camel caravan, they were already dead. It would be no benefit to keeping them here. They are Allah's sinners and deserve punishment. It is the greatest forgiveness to them that your Majesty can bury them in fire according to our customs. There are four more Sheikhs who are more suitable for the Sultan. The most important thing is to choose a successor as soon as possible. I wonder who Your Majesty likes more?" Said said that it was entirely out of public interest and did not believe that Hong Tao was killed. When he was attacked in the camel caravan, the old man probably hated the Sultan here to death. On this issue, he and himself were allies on the same front.
"If the patriarch of the Alin family is suitable for this position, I tend to be more towards him. Their family has been dating with the empire and maritime merchants for many years. They have a better understanding of each other and the communication is smoother, which is good for the future here. If he is let to be a sultan, then you can discuss it and I will not interfere. But I have a condition. If the new sultan you selected cannot satisfy the residents here in the future and cannot satisfy the empire, then I have to bring the warships again. I am afraid I will not be so polite at that time." Hong Tao clearly expressed his wish in front of Alin, which can be regarded as an explanation and warning to his family. As for who to be a sultan, there is actually no big difference. If you can overthrow it once, you can overthrow it a second time.
"Then let Duwad Sheikh be the one who will be held tomorrow. I will hold a meeting. Now I will talk to them and let them come out and take His Majesty's army to the city to comfort the local residents, and don't let them have other ideas." Sayed was very satisfied with Hong Tao's attitude. It is already very good for a conqueror to give the right to the conquered. He can't ask too much.
"Arin, don't leave first. Said is enough to go alone. You have another important task. Although the old Sultan is dead, his family power has not been completely cleared. I just asked those women that he has a tribe in the west, which belongs to his younger brother. Now you need to take my army to wipe out this tribe. I will give you seven hundred people, plus your Bedouin friends, which should be enough?" Hong Tao understood the word "slaying roots" very thoroughly. Not only did he need to eliminate the roots, but he even had to burn the scattered seeds. You can't be afraid of trouble in this kind of thing.
"Enough, I know that tribe, there are less than a thousand people." His father is about to be the king of the Sultan. He will be the prince in the future. Metini is not here, and he may never come back to fight with him. Then he will be the future heir of the Sultan. Just for this reason, he has to work hard. This is not for Hong Tao, but for himself. Even if Hong Tao doesn't go, he has to remind Hong Tao to go.
According to the Arab rules, the women in the Sultan's family were all Hong Tao's spoils, which belonged to him. However, Hong Tao had no interest in these queens, concubines, and the younger daughters were burned to death by mercy. What's the use of getting a lot of wives to go home? After inquiring about the rules here, Hong Tao sold these dozens of women to Alin's father, all of which became his harem. This was a custom in the Arab world. The possession of the enemy's wife is the most glorious and a symbol of identity, which is the same as the new lion king occupying all the female lions. Moreover, these women are not all good things. Most of them come from the Sheikh family in other tribes. Marriage was originally a political means in ancient times. Accepting them was partly equivalent to showing goodwill to those tribes.
Of course, there are also shameless people who are unwilling to surrender to the new Sultan. This is even better, so fight. With the help of tribes loyal to the new Sultan, Hong Tao's Ceylon army and Marines now fight wherever they are. All tribes have no power to fight, not only have a big gap in weapons, but also have no advantage in numbers.
Chapter completed!