Although Su Ce had lived a peaceful life in the past two years, fighting broke out from time to time in other places in Daqian.
Although these foreign wars ended in victory in Daqian, after the victory, there were still a series of problems that remained unresolved.
For example, how to place those prisoners?
Regarding the issue of how to deal with the captives, Daqian's court has not yet made a decision. Previously, the captives were demoted as slaves and sold to various trades.
However, since this year, these slaves who were prisoners of war have rebelled dozens of times and killed their masters in half a year.
The court is currently arguing about how to deal with it, and this is also related to the Battle of the Northern Campaign. During the First Battle of the Northern Campaign, some of the Jiuhu escaped, and almost 200,000 people were captured by Daqian. Now they are all scattered to Daqian's mansion. .
If the frontier army would normally keep some of them in exchange for captured soldiers, the number of prisoner-of-war slaves entering the interior every year would be no more than 50,000, but the 200,000 Jiuhu slaves made the slave market in Daqian saturated, although they were all sold at low prices at that time. , but now it's causing trouble.
We can no longer suppress the large number of Jiuhu prisoners of war, otherwise they will not survive. The reputation of bloodthirsty cannot be thrown on the emperor Zhao Yumin.
Zhao Yumin and the ministers of the three provinces and six ministries were enjoying the summer heat in the palace, and at the same time they were debating how to solve the problem. After all, national policies could not be changed overnight.
Even though the prince was assassinated this time, Zhao Yumin did not return to Chang'an because he was discussing this matter.
Finally, five different methods were proposed. Which one to choose? Each emperor and minister of Daqian had his own reasons. Even Zhao Yumin, the emperor of Daqian, could not make an independent decision. The ministers and prime ministers of the three provinces and six ministries needed to formulate national policies in accordance with the ancestral system. It can only be implemented after 50% of the votes are cast. The fear is that it will shake the foundation of the country.
And now the method with the most support only has 30% of its supporters.
This was originally the palace of Nashu, but Zhao Yumin was in trouble because he had quarreled with the prime ministers of the three provinces no less than ten times in the past few days.
Dai Wen, the Prime Minister of Shangshu Ling, Li Xin, the Left Chancellor of Zhongshu Ling, Dou Ping, the Right Chancellor of the Zhongshu Ling, Wei Xian, the Secretary and Provincial Secretary, and Zhao Yumin, the Emperor of Daqian. Five people, five ideas.
There was a lot of quarrel, among which Prime Minister Dai Wen had the loudest voice.
Li Xin, the prime minister on the left, and Dou Ping, the prime minister on the right, like to kill each other with one word.
Li Xin, the Prime Minister of the Left, believed that the Zhongshu Province had not yet understood the quarrel.
Right Prime Minister Dou Ping believes that the Zhongshu Province has not finished the quarrel, and our subordinate provinces cannot quarrel.
Literary Minister Wei Xian believed that the secretaries supervised the collection of books from all dynasties in the Central Plains. They had looked at the books and had some ideas.
Prime Minister Dai Wen shouted in a loud voice, "Secretaries and Supervisors should not cause trouble. I, Shangshu Province, want to remove a few of the six ministers first. These people are disobedient and do not support the Prime Minister. This Prime Minister is obviously not happy."
Other ministers, hold your neck high and refuse to remove me from office. Come on, fellow surnamed Dai, try it. The six ministries have vetoed the minister's order before.
It is impossible for Zhao Yumin to make a will to kill prisoners, and as an emperor, he certainly cannot act recklessly.
But how to relocate these 200,000 people? Zhao Yumin also had his own idea: "Place them all in the Western Regions, separate the chiefs, and lead their tribes, and then there will never be any trouble."
It means moving them all to the Western Region and setting up different tribal chiefs so that they cannot be subordinate to each other to prevent them from being twisted together and posing a threat to Daqian. Only in this way can stability be guaranteed forever.
This is the first opinion, which can be summarized in nine words: set up the Western Region, manage it separately, and take tight precautions.
The ministers represented by Shangshu Ling Dai Wen said: "Please change the Anxi Protector's Palace to the Western Regions Protector's Palace for the sake of restraint. This is a long-term strategy to stabilize the border."
Dai Wen had many considerations, and this was only part of them. His overall idea was to gather 200,000 Jiuhu captives and arrange them at the border of the Western Region, so that they could guard the border of the Western Region for Daqian.
But Dai Wen did not deny Zhao Yumin. He believed that even if they were allowed to guard the border, they would still have to be divided into different tribes, which had achieved the purpose of dividing them.
This is the second opinion, which can be summed up in nine words: guard the border, divide into tribes, and be slow to accept.
The suggestion given by Dou Ping, the provincial minister under the sect, was completely different from the above two people. He said: "The nature of Rong and Di is like an animal... Leaving China alone will be harmful rather than beneficial... Move to the Western Regions, divide its land, analyze its tribes, By dividing the power between the weak and the weak, he can be easily restrained, so that he can always be a vassal and protect the border fortress forever."
What Dou Ping means is that it is of no benefit to us that foreign tribes such as the Jiuhu remain in the Central Plains, because we must always be on guard against their rebellion. It is better to let them move to the Western Regions and divide them into different tribes to contain each other, fight with each other, and internal friction with each other. This way They no longer have the energy to attack us.
This is the third opinion, which can be summarized in nine words: strong isolation, mutual attack, and internal friction.
Li Xin, as the Secretary of the Central Committee, thought there was nothing wrong with their previous approach, saying: "The king is to all things, and the heavens and the earth have been passed down, leaving behind everything. Now that Jiuhu has come to me, how can I abandon it and ignore it... Give them a livelihood and teach them the etiquette and justice, and after a few years, they will all serve as our people."
What Li Xin means is, since these Jiuhu have surrendered to us (been captured), how can we do without them? We should move them to the inland, let them give up their herding tradition and learn farming from the Central Plains people, and then we will teach them After a few years, they were assimilated by us and completely became our Daqian citizens.
This is the fourth opinion, which is to change the soup without changing the medicine. It can be summed up in nine words: move inland, change farming, and assimilate.
But the most cruel thing was Secretary Wei Xian’s scorn for other people’s opinions. Wei Ping said:
"Jiu Hu was a bandit and a thief for the common people. Fortunately, he is destroyed now. Your Majesty has surrendered him. He cannot bear to kill them all. It is better to let them return to their homeland and not to stay in China. Fu Rong Di has a human face and a beast's heart... All those who have surrendered today are Nearly 100,000, and after a few years, the number will be doubled. It will definitely be a heart disease, and you can't regret it!"
The first half of Wei Xian's statement is very similar to what Dou Ping said. He believes that the Jiuhu people have "human faces and animal hearts" and cannot be trusted.
Since Zhao Yumin couldn't bear to kill these 200,000 prisoners, he must not let them stay in the Central Plains. Because after a few years, the 200,000 people turned into 300 million, doubling the number, so many "white-eyed wolves" were The hinterland of Daqian will definitely become a serious problem in the future. If it is not dealt with early, it will be regretted.
Although this kind of statement is only made by Wei Xian's family, it is very sharp. It can be summed up in nine words: a white-eyed wolf will definitely cause trouble and cannot be left behind.
The prime minister, the left prime minister, the right prime minister, the literary prime minister, and the emperor all felt that they were justified. The six ministers led the left and right ministers into the hall, and they all chose sides to support. For a while, the palace was in an uproar.
Zhao Yumin was sitting in the court, panting. Five ideas were presided over by someone, and political opinions were the least likely to be compromised. This represented the governance style of the department. Even the emperor Zhao Yumin himself had his own governance style.
After the quarrel, although Zhao Yumin felt that Li Xin and Wei Xian's words represented two extremes, their plans were far-reaching and could be a national policy for a century.
Li Xin was deeply influenced by Confucianism since he was a child. Scholars called him a great Confucian living. The fourth opinion he put forward was to assimilate foreign races. The pattern was huge, and Zhao Yumin was a little moved.
But when he thought of what Wei Xian said, if these Jiuhu people lived in the hinterland of Daqian for a long time and could not be controlled well, they would rebel, Zhao Yumin hesitated again.
In fact, Li Xin and Wei Xian are at two extremes. One is completely accepting, and the other is completely rejecting. As a result, the two of them disagree with each other's suggestions the most, and they argue the most fiercely.
Wei Xian used the example of the Hu people going south to invade China to refute Li Xin's views, while Li Xin used the harmonious relationship between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Southern Huns to refute Wei Xian.
After all, Zhao Yumin wanted to be a benevolent king, and after expanding the vote, he finally chose the "big picture" strategy proposed by Li Xin and received the support of more than half of the people.
The national policy had been decided, and Wei Xian shouted: "Corrupt Confucianism and ruin the country!" He took off his crown and left, no longer serving him, and doing whatever he wanted, and the honest people in the library were also anxious.
However, the national policy had been decided, and Wei Xian's suggestions were eliminated. The three provinces were independent of each other and ignored each other. However, they still followed the procedures, resolutions, deliberation, and issued six documents.
To relocate these Jiuhu to Hebei and other places, even if Wei Xian took the crown and put up the seal and said: "It must be a heart disease, you can't regret it." It will not change the national policy.
Zhao Yumin finally ordered that 200,000 captives be bought back, moved to various wastelands, taught planting, and then assimilated to Jiuhu.
redemption!
The Minister of Hubu looked at Zhao Yumin and said that the Ministry of Hunan would have to pay for it at the end of June. It was only the end of July and the Ministry of Hunan had to pay again.
Hubu:Bingbu, what do you think?
Ministry of War: Haha, it’s a sunny day today. I’m standing here to watch. It’s not about money, but it’s about life. There are millions of soldiers in the government. Try it!
Household Department: I’m angry, but the money still has to be given, but this year the Household Department won’t allocate a penny to internal funds.
No, there will be none in the next ten years!
200,000 Jiuhu slaves. The Ministry of War made 800,000 yuan last time by selling these captives. This money is now being paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Why, I am almost losing money from the Treasury Department's coffers.
The Hubu Gong Cao of Chang'an City tapped the gold, silver and copper coins in the treasury: I'm afraid these are large copper coins from thirty years ago. They need to be dug out and dried. Someone will come to move the copper coins out and move these gold and silver in. , there are rats running around in the money bank.
Zhao Yumin felt a chill on his back. When he saw the blushing face of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, he pretended not to see the aggrieved eyes of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and shouted to the officials with a smile: "Tonight, taking advantage of the south wind going down the mountain, I will drink wine from the meandering water!"
Zhao Yumin was thinking about his expenses. He had spent a lot of money recently in leaving the palace. He didn't have much money saved from his own money last year. He only had enough money to hold three more banquets.
Another day, ask someone to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and collect his monthly salary for the twelve months this year.