Zhang Liao and others were startled at first, and then their faces turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"***, are the barbarians good at learning?"
Zhuge Liang looked at the barbarians in front of the city gate tower. As expected, the envoy who led them took out the peace agreement that had been prepared long ago.
Throughout the ages, there has been a rule not to kill envoys, let alone holding the peace agreement in both hands, obviously giving in.
As a last resort, Zhang Liao had to order the city to be opened and asked local officials to welcome the people in.
During this process, many people expected that the barbarians would just pretend to surrender. It would be better to sneak into the city and join forces with the army outside the city.
Unfortunately, after overthinking, the Hu people were determined to surrender and negotiate for peace this time.
"It's all in vain."
The convoy returns to Luoyang.
Lu Su was leaning on the soft leopard skin couch in the carriage, holding a bottle of wine in his hand and complaining drunkenly.
Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fazheng, and Lu Xun looked at each other. Fazheng rubbed his eyebrows and said, "It's not in vain. We all gained a lot from this frontline plan, didn't we?"
Zhuge Liang looked at Fazheng and smiled without saying a word.
Pang Tong leaned against the car window, shaking his head and saying: "There is a saying in the art of war: a soldier who subdues the enemy without fighting is a good person."
Lu Xun, the youngest, knelt down on the soft couch with restraint and listened to the conversation of several younger brothers. His face was filled with confusion, relief, and reluctance...
Luoyang.
The news of the Hu people's peace talks quickly spread to all the people.
At this moment, the people in the city realized that while they were welcoming the New Year in full swing, there was a war on the border.
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.
As for the Hu people negotiating peace, this was not a rare thing as early as Emperor Huan's period. This was how the Huns came from the north and south of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Compared with the northern Xiongnu, the southern Xiongnu were semi-integrated into the Han Dynasty, and even became part of the northern frontier army's combat strength.
[To tell you the truth, I have been using Changing Source to read books and catch up on updates recently. Changing Source can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. It can be used on both Android and Apple.]
However, there are always some coquettish girls who like to cause trouble and take advantage of their father's weakness to gain freedom; when his father becomes stronger, they will come again to mess with him.
After Wei Cheng learned the news, he immediately asked all the aristocratic families to take action.
Nothing else.
Reclaim wasteland, build roads, build bridges, open rivers...
Everywhere requires a lot of labor, and it's time to test the brainwashing skills of each academy.
Only when people are in a crowd and have nothing to do will they think wildly.
Therefore, Wei Cheng plans to solve the problem fundamentally.
"The thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, except Liangzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou, the other ten states will each bring back 200,000 people."
Government Hall.
Wei Cheng looked at Wei Min who was on the right and said: "The Ministry of Civil Affairs must fully cooperate with the states, especially in the appointment of personnel. Try to select people from southern families to work as servants in the north, and people from northern families to go south as officials."
Wei Min bowed and accepted the order.
Wei Cheng looked at Xu Ding again and said: "The Ministry of War will send people to the grassland as soon as possible. The first batch will take 600,000 people to Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou to prepare for next year's spring plowing. After all,
The transition from herdsmen to farmers requires a period of adaptation.”….
"Then there are the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry."
As soon as Wei Cheng finished speaking, Xun You and Hao Dadao stood up together. One of them was the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu and the other was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
As for why Hao Dadao was able to sit in this position, it can only be said that he did not avoid relatives when he promoted talents.
"The Ministry of Revenue needs to transport a batch of grain north as soon as possible. It is better to provide help in times of need than to add icing on the cake. Taking advantage of the fact that the Hu people are hungry and cold, sending them some warmth will also facilitate the next move of the Ministry of War."
"The Ministry of Industry must speed up the production of various agricultural tools as soon as possible. Before the spring of next year, all states and counties must meet their quota of agricultural tools. The top priority is to make full preparations for spring plowing."
Xun You bowed in response, stood up and said, "There is one more thing.
Please inform Mr. Wei."
Wei Teng nodded slightly.
Xun You said: "The large number of Hu people moving into various states and counties will inevitably arouse public anger and cause unnecessary disputes. I sincerely request Wei Jun to issue a change of clothes order to force the Hu people to wear Han Chinese clothes and hairstyles. Those who do not obey will be skinned and imitated, and they will be issued a uniform."
Lingnan."
Wei Cheng's expression changed and he looked at Xun Or.
Xunyou raised his eyes slightly and smiled without saying a word.
After Wei Cheng was silent for a while, he said loudly: "That's right."
Three days later.
People from several aristocratic families in Hedong gathered together to discuss how to "relieve the Hu people."
"The conditions offered by my great man in this peace negotiation are so harsh. I think the barbarians will most likely not agree to go south."
"Hmph, wouldn't it be better if you don't want to? It would save us from wasting our food rations."
"You can't say that, that little ration is nothing compared to the labor."
The Xie family member said with great wealth: "My Xie family has a bumper harvest this year in more than a dozen farms. It is more than enough to support tens of thousands of Hu slaves, hahaha."
People from several other aristocratic families rolled their eyes.
A wealthy middle-aged man sitting on the east side took a sip of warm wine and said, "Who is still short of food now? The key now is, if the Hu people are unwilling to move south, what should we do?"
"Brother Pei, do you have any good ideas? We can't let Lord Wei order the military department to forcibly escort the barbarians to the southern states and counties, right?"
"It's not impossible, but I'm afraid a lot of people will be killed or injured on the road." Someone agreed.
At this time, there was a knock on the box door.
Everyone looked back and saw Wei Zhao bowing his hands and saying with a smile, "Sorry everyone, Wei is late."
"Hahaha, Brother Wei is joking. Brother Wei is the Minister of Rites, so he is no match for ordinary people like us."
"You, Pei Laoliu, are still so distant when talking to each other. Fortunately, I have brought you good news."
Several people were overjoyed when they heard this, and stood up to greet him. Their attitudes changed completely. Especially the elder of the Pei clan, who happily pulled Wei Yao to sit down, poured the wine himself, and handed over a hot towel to wipe.
hand.
Wei Yan enjoyed the service with peace of mind, and then said bluntly: "Don't say that I don't take care of you. For the first batch of two million Hunu, the states will be allocated 200,000, and Hedong will receive 200,000 alone. I, Wei, don't want any of them.
It’s all a benefit to you.”
"Two hundred thousand?" Several people were overjoyed and raised their glasses in toast.
Wei Yan also raised his wine glass and responded with a smile: "Not long ago, an army of 100,000 troops invaded the border. No one went back, and they also brought 100,000 herdsmen with them to the south. Now they have been arranged to the east of Hedong, just waiting.
I’m being helped by everyone.”
"I, Mr. Pei, will help you. I, Mr. Pei, are willing to help 100,000 people."
"Go away, 100,000 people? Who gave you the courage?"
"Let's divide it evenly. I, Mrs. Xie, don't want much, just fifty thousand. I happen to need some more manpower at the coal mine."
"One hundred thousand barbarian cavalry, you want them to go mining?"
The old man of the Xie clan raised his eyebrows, took a sip of wine with disdain, and said: "I only recognize the strongest soldiers in the world, Tiger Soul Dragon Mountain, so what about the barbarians' cavalry? Will we have to cultivate wasteland in the spring next year?"