As soon as Han Kuangsi said these words, Yelujing, an emperor known for his cruelty, took a breath.
Yelu Xiyin, Gao Xun, Xiao Qian, Yelusha and other veteran generals who have been on the battlefield for many years and are decisive in killing can't help but change their colors.
Not to mention a scholar like Xiao Siwen who reads books from sages.
Xiao Siwen couldn't help but asked: "Is this method too vicious?"
Han Kuangsi was displeased and said sternly: "What is viciousness? The Central Plains is our old enemy of Liao, and the two are destined to be unable to coexist. Even if you are not life and death, it is still a situation where one is strong and I am weak, and the other is weak and I am strong. It is impossible for the two to coexist. Strong. Leaving Shunzhou, Jizhou, and Tanzhou to the Central Plains will only enhance the strength of the Central Plains."
"The stronger the Central Plains are, the weaker we are in Daliao."
"How stupid it is to make your enemy weak while you are weak!"
"Besides, our national policy of Daliao has never failed the people. Shangjing is a vast land with few people, and the people of Yanyou are good at farming. I moved them to Shangjing, gave them land, exempted them from taxes, and helped them repair their houses. They care about Homeland, no problem. We can choose a place in Linhuang Mansion and build an identical city for them, also called Shunzhou, Jizhou or Tanzhou."
Han Kuangsi's voice became louder and louder as he spoke, full of anger, and he felt as if he was a bastard who was lacking in resources.
Yelujing originally hesitated when he went south to rescue Youzhou.
As a sleeping emperor who was greedy for pleasure, Yelu Jing did not have much ambition, unlike Taizu Yelu Abaoji, and unlike Taizong Yelu Deguang who had the ambition to conquer the Central Plains and drink from the Yellow River.
I just want to be the emperor of Khitan in the Northeast, hunt and drink, stay up late at night, sleep comfortably during the day, and live a comfortable and comfortable life.
The gains and losses of Youzhou are not important in Yelujing's heart. The control of the Khitan over the grassland is the first priority.
Zhou Dynasty invaded Youyan on a large scale. After Yelujing received the request for help, the first thing he thought about was whether it would affect his control of the Khitan.
Han Kuangsi claimed that he had the talents of a king and he should be as successful as his father Han Zhigu.
It's just that both the current emperor Yelv Jing and the previous emperor Yelu Ruan were both conservative people who prioritized consolidating the throne and never expanded their territory.
Han Kuangsi only hated that he had so much talent but had nowhere to put it to use.
It was rare to encounter an invasion from the Great Zhou Dynasty. Han Kuangsi immediately realized that this was a God-given opportunity. He tried various methods of persuasion and successfully persuaded Yelujing Yujia to personally conquer the country.
As a result, the two armies fought, and the Khitan suffered repeated setbacks. Nearly half of the 100,000-strong army was lost, and 400,000 livestock fell into the enemy's hands.
After defeat after defeat, Han Kuangsi was filled with grief and anger.
He did not find the reason in himself, but was angry that Xiao Siwen was incompetent and allowed the Central Plains to capture Youzhou easily. He also complained that Yelujing could not hold up the wall with mud, and turned a blind eye to his suggestions to expand iron kites and train siege infantry.
At this point, Xiao Siwen, a fool who has done bad things, still has the face to say that he is vicious?
If the Han family hadn't put everything on the Khitan, how could they not stand out based on their own talents?
Xiao Siwen was speechless due to the rebuke. Seeing that his friend was furious, he did not speak, but kept frowning.
Seeing Han Kuangsi's words, Yelujing became a little angry and said hurriedly: "Han Xiangwen, don't be angry, what you said is indeed reasonable. I am not a cruel king, and I will not treat my people of Daliao badly."
What he said made everyone in the hall laugh secretly.
If you are not cruel, who else can be called cruel?
This established the strategy of burning the city and relocating the people. Naturally, the first person to be notified was Liu Tinggao, the governor of Shunzhou.
Liu Tinggao is a Han nationality, but he is not a Khitan-ized Han nationality. He has not entered a high-level position and is not qualified to participate in such meetings.
After making this plan, all the military officials went down to prepare.
When only Yelvjing, Han Kuangsi, and Xiao Siwen were left in the government office, Liu Tinggao called him to the government office.
Yelvjing didn't even think of listening to Liu Tinggao's opinion, and directly issued an order asking him to appease the people and convince them.
After hearing about the move of burning the city and forcibly evicting the people, Liu Tinggao changed his color instantly and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that this method will greatly disappoint Your Majesty. It is not appropriate!"
Yelujing frowned slightly when he heard this, and then looked at Han Kuangsi.
Yelujing was cruel, but he was not unloving of the people.
He is a contradiction.
He doesn't like women, and even gets upset when he sees women. All the people who serve him around him are eunuchs.
But he was extremely harsh on these eunuchs. When a close servant went home privately, he killed his entire family.
Drinking too much, killing a few officials who are serving you for fun, killing people in dreams.
The valet who had been with him for ten years injured his chicken, so he killed the valet...
He is such a bastard, but he treats the people very well, and he often introduces policies to treat the people well regardless of Liao and Han Dynasties.
Therefore, history gave him a very pertinent evaluation: "If you save corvee and despise wealth, people will enjoy their lives."
When Liu Tinggao said that he would lose popularity, Yelvjing was a little shaken again.
Han Kuangsi secretly hated him and said, "Isn't Liu the governor also a person who moved north? Could it be that he is also dissatisfied with Daliao?"
Liu Tinggao's expression suddenly changed and he hurriedly said: "I dare not, I dare not forget the kindness of Emperor Taizong."
Liu Tinggao was originally an ordinary teacher in Wuzhong County, Jizhou. The Liao soldiers captured him and took him to Shangjing when they were raiding grass in the valley.
Liu Tinggao found that these people, who were kidnapped by the Khitans and brought to Beijing, had not been treated in any way.
The Khitans kindly gave them fields, helped them build houses for them to live in, and even named the places where they lived according to the proportion of their numbers.
For example, the county where he was located was called Wuzhong County, because the majority of the people in Wuzhong County were plundered.
Because of Liu Tinggao's good literary talent, the Khitan people directly made him the county magistrate.
Inexplicably, he became an official in the Liao and Han Dynasties. Liu Tinggao accumulated a lot of management experience. Finally, he was favored by Yelu Deguang, Taizong of the Liao Dynasty. He was promoted step by step and became the governor of Shunzhou.
Therefore, Han Kuangsi said that Liu Tinggao was a person who migrated to the north.
Liu Tinggao did not dare to say anything anymore and obeyed his orders.
After leaving the government office, Liu Tinggao felt more uncomfortable the more he thought about it.
Compared with being a teacher and now occupying the position of local governor, Liu Tinggao is contented and sincerely serves the Khitan.
The current situation is so bad that Yelujing intends to go north, and Liu Tinggao also plans to move his family to Shangjing and live a down-to-earth life as a Liao-Han native.
However, Han Kuangsi's move hurt Tianhe and had already touched the bottom line of Liu Tinggao's own morality.
Han Kuangsi's talk was just nonsense, and it was just to deceive idiots.
The Khitan's policies towards the Han people were indeed not bad, and it could even be said that the people were treated equally.
Liu Tinggao also knew that if the people of the three states really came to Beijing, there would be no doubt that they would live and work in peace and contentment.
But the question is how to get there?
At that time, he was captured by the Khitans who were working in the grass valley and brought to Shangjing. Some 400 people were captured, and more than 180 of them died on the way.
You must know that the Khitan captors selected adult men and women who were free from illness and disaster.
Shunzhou and Tanzhou have small populations, but Jizhou is a big state, with more than 200,000 people living in the three states.
Such a large-scale migration, covering thousands of miles, with difficult and dangerous roads along the way, how to solve the problem of food and water sources?
How many people can actually make it to Beijing alive?