Strictly speaking, Liu Ming didn't have any good ideas! But wasn't this man afraid of Jiale? In the end, Liu Ming was really forced to come up with a solution that was not a solution!
When Liu Minggang knew that Huangfu Song wanted to kill the Yellow Turban prisoners, he naively thought that as long as he explained to Huangfu Song that these Yellow Turban pawns were just deceived or coerced by the Yellow Turban cult, they were a group of pitiful people, and their crimes would not lead to death. Huangfu Song then
These Yellow Turban prisoners will definitely be spared.
Who knew! After Liu Ming advised Huangfu Song sincerely, he was actually questioned by Huangfu Song!
Huangfu Song said: "How did Han Guang come to say this? In troubled times, it is important to use heavy codes! It is an ancient saying! Today, the yellow turban thieves are causing trouble, and they should be slaughtered as a warning to the world! How can we let it go so easily, so that future generations can follow suit?"
Cao Cao also agreed with Huangfu Song's words: "What General Huangfu said is absolutely true! If we let these Yellow Turban rebels go, not only will it be difficult to educate the ignorant people, but it will also inevitably lead to criticism from the court! What's more, there will inevitably be some Yellow Turban cultists among those prisoners.
Diehards! We would rather kill ten thousand people by mistake than misplace one of these unruly people!" After Cao Cao finished speaking, he looked at Liu Ming and said to himself: I didn't expect that this Liu Ming was actually a kind and pedantic person.
This person! I overestimated him!
Liu Ming was squeezed out by Huangfu Song and Cao Cao one after another and had nothing to say. But in Liu Ming's mind, he quickly thought about what he knew about how to deal with prisoners! What about the Geneva Treaty, the affirmation of treating prisoners well, etc.
It’s no longer possible!
Finally! On the premise of ensuring the survival of these Yellow Turban prisoners, Liu Ming came up with a somewhat damaging method. Of course, this method can even be said to be a bit bad!
At that moment, Liu Ming smiled and did not answer what Huangfu Song and Cao Cao said. The small laugh at the beginning gradually evolved into a big laugh! Huangfu Song and Cao Cao were laughing so hard that they felt a little hairy. I wonder why Liu Ming was laughing?
Is there any flaw in what they just said? Otherwise, how could Liu Ming laugh like this? However, after the two of them thought about it carefully, they felt that they did not say anything wrong. However, they also felt that Liu Ming had not said anything wrong since they met.
, has always lived up to his reputation, and Liu Ming's talent has been shown in several battles. Liu Ming will never laugh without reason!
Huangfu Song and Cao Cao were puzzled by this and were in a bit of confusion! Huangfu Song couldn't calm down at first, so he pretended to be unhappy because he had a higher official position than Liu Ming: "Han Guang,
Where does the laughter come from? Is there something wrong with us? If so, Han Guang, please speak clearly."
Cao Cao also spoke up and said, "That's exactly what it is! Brother Han Guang, if you have something to say, you might as well say it clearly and let us understand."
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had always been by Liu Ming's side, and of course they were by Liu Ming's side at this time. Previously, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw Liu Ming interceding for the Yellow Turban prisoners. Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei didn't agree with it, they were in touch with Liu Ming.
After a long time, I got to know Liu Ming well as a person, and I also knew that this was due to Liu Ming's nature! I still admire and admire Liu Ming's noble character of benevolence from the bottom of my heart. After all, people still appreciate noble and beautiful things.
Although you may not necessarily do what you yearn for, except for perverts, no one will think that this is bad!
When Huangfu Song and Cao Cao rejected Liu Mingde's request, Guan and Zhang didn't get much success, but later Huangfu Song and Cao Cao questioned Liu Mingde, which really made Guan and Zhang very angry.
Liu Ming didn't say anything, and Guan Yu stopped Zhang Fei's impulse. He just prepared to gather people in advance.
But when Liu Ming burst out laughing, Guan and Zhang immediately relaxed.
Zhang Fei also glanced at Guan Yu, meaning: Second brother, did you hear that? The eldest brother smiled like this again, Huangfu Song and the others just stared at him and talked!
Guan Yu also gave Zhang Fei a look of affirmation! That means: Needless to say, we'll just wait and see.
Guan and Zhang looked at each other, smiled and prepared to watch the show.
Liu Ming would often laugh out loud when he was unable to impress others. He developed this habit after reading "The Deer and the Cauldron" written by Mr. Jin Yong, a master of modern martial arts novels!
Liu Ming read this book and was greatly inspired by the description of Wei Xiaobao's nonsense skills! He also tried what was described in the book: when encountering something difficult to explain, first laugh to confuse the opponent's position, and then take advantage of the opponent.
When you have self-doubt, organize logical relationships and language, and wait for opportunities to convince the other party.
After the experiment, it can be said that this method has excellent results! Liu Ming succeeded repeatedly! This habit was developed. When he quarreled with Yang Jun later, Liu Ming used this method to succeed again and again! And Guan Yu and Zhang
Fei listened a lot and got used to it. As long as Liu Ming smiled like this, he was not far away from Liu Ming's success. So he was ready to watch the show!
Seeing that Huangfu Song and Cao Cao were confused, Liu Ming was no longer so confident. Then he stopped laughing and said calmly: "Han Guang is not talented, so he thought that both of them are wise and resourceful people! Unexpectedly,
But I misjudged the two of you."
When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes seemed to tighten. But then he couldn't see anything. He seemed to be indifferent to this.
But Huangfusong was really a little unhappy, and said in a deep voice: "Why did General Liu say this?"
Liu Ming saw all this in his eyes and said slowly: "Mo Zi said: When ordinary people act, they do not do anything for benefit, but righteousness. And we and other people in the world also act like this. Anyone who benefits others and ourselves will benefit everyone.
Do it! Anyone who benefits others and harms himself, a wise man will do it! Anyone who benefits himself and harms others, a villain will do it! And those who harm others and harm oneself, I am afraid only fools will do it! Now General Huangfu wants to massacre these surrendered prisoners,
This is an example of harming others and not benefiting oneself! How can I not laugh?" After Liu Ming finished speaking, he was secretly proud and said to himself: Having been in contact with Yang Jun, a descendant of Dharma and Mohism, for a long time, he can now quote scriptures.
After hearing Liu Ming's words, Cao Cao seemed thoughtful and continued to remain silent.
But Huangfusong was really annoyed!
"Du! I am executing these Yellow Turban rebels to serve the imperial court! It is also to save our army, which has very little rations left! How can you say that I am harming others but not benefiting myself!" Huangfu Song said with a bit of embarrassment.
Liu Ming said calmly: "General Huangfu, don't be angry. We will discuss matters, regardless of people. You can listen to me and speak slowly."
"Speak!" Huangfu Song said angrily.
Liu Ming continued: "Previously, General Huangfu said that in troubled times, heavy codes should be used! Otherwise, it is not enough to warn the world. But in fact, among the Yellow Turban believers, there are many who coerce and follow them! And to warn the world, we only need to kill the bandit leader.
Yes! With the erudition of General Huangfu, haven’t you heard that when one man dies, one family cries, ten men die, and hundreds of villages hear about it. These innocent soldiers in yellow scarves who were dragged in and forced to become thieves all have parents, brothers, and sisters.
If we all lost our lives, and were executed by you and me as prisoners who were unable to fight back, I don’t know how many people would cry bitterly? And I don’t know how many people would feel resentful. With the millions of Yellow Turbans now
Everyone, if we are all pacified and killed, wouldn’t the whole country hate us? For this reason, we have lost the support of the people in the world for the imperial court. In this way, wouldn’t we become the imperial court’s slaves?
sinner?"
Liu Ming's words made Huangfu Song and Cao Cao take a breath of cold air and click their tongues. Who would have thought that Liu Ming could actually get here.
Liu Ming took one look at their expressions and was satisfied, and then said: "Killing prisoners is unlucky! In ancient times, whoever killed prisoners would have a good ending? Qin Zhibai made countless achievements, and in the battle of Changping, he tricked and killed Zhao Zhao
With 400,000 soldiers, the State of Zhao has been in decline ever since, but it can be said that its achievements are unparalleled in the world! However, it is impossible to escape from the car torn apart! Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, is invincible and unparalleled in the world, but after trapping and killing 200,000 soldiers, he cannot escape.
Kill yourself in Wujiang River!"
Huangfu Song and Cao Cao were stunned again. You must know that what Liu Ming said is true. There are lessons from the past, so Huangfu Song and Cao Cao naturally have to weigh it. What's more, the theory of ghosts and gods is illusory.
Something! However, we have to guard against it!
Liu Ming once again looked at their performance with satisfaction, and then said: "The people! The foundation of the country! Today's Yellow Turban thieves are all our Han people, but they are ignorant, deceived, and forced. If you don't want to educate,
Kill them all! This may inevitably shake the foundation of our great Han Dynasty! And from now on, if the Yellow Turban thieves are captured, they will not be able to escape death; but fighting to the death will only have a chance of survival. The Yellow Turban thieves must work together and fight to the end! Everyone is of one mind.
, is still unstoppable, and the number of Yellow Turban thieves is more than tens of thousands! It is conceivable that our army suffered casualties under the trapped beasts still fighting! In this case, wouldn’t it be foolish for us to slaughter these Yellow Turban prisoners now? "
At this point, Huangfu Song and Cao Cao were speechless and dumbfounded by what Liu Ming said. They could only nod and agree. The two of them never expected that Liu Ming would draw so many truths from such a nonsense! Just like Liu Ming did.
In other words, wouldn’t he have become a very sinful person?
Huangfu Song and Cao Cao were puzzled by this! But Guan Yu and Zhang Fei secretly raised their thumbs and said to themselves: Brother, it's high! It's really high! It's really high!!!
After Huangfu Song was speechless for a long time, he finally said: "Han Guang is really an astonishing talent. He can even think of such profound things. I am ashamed of myself! If Han Guang hadn't reminded me today, I would have almost made it down the mountain."
What a disaster. I really have to thank Han Guang. But now that we have little food and cannot afford to house these Yellow Turban prisoners, what can we do?"
Liu Ming had long expected that Huangfu Song would ask this question. So Chengzhu replied with all his heart: "General Huangfu, since we cannot afford to raise these Yellow Turban prisoners, we cannot let them go, let alone kill them! But have you ever thought about whether they can
Can it be sold?"
"Oh, how do you say this?" Huangfu Song asked in confusion.
Cao Cao also pricked up his ears and listened with interest.
Guan and Zhang were also puzzled by what Liu Ming said.
Liu Ming said calmly: "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people have been in dire straits. The powerful and powerful people everywhere have been plundered. There is a shortage of manpower at the local level. As for our Han Dynasty, many people have been robbed of treasuries in various places. Now that the imperial court has sent us to put down the rebellion, it is even more...
It consumes the treasury. It can be said that the treasury of our Han Dynasty will be empty now."
Huangfu Song nodded. Did he know that the imperial treasury was empty, or did he suggest to the imperial court that he should give the Zhongzang money and Xiyuan stables to the soldiers. But what does this have to do with the current prisoner problem?
Cao Cao seemed to understand something after hearing this.
Liu Ming continued: "The flags, golden drums, horses, grain and other materials captured by our army in each battle are all our army's victory items, and the general has the right to dispose of them. This prisoner is also our army's victory item. Life and death are left to the general."
Of course, the general has the right to dispose of these captives. Now if we sell these captives to local powerful people and let them buy them as slaves and servants, we can not only enrich the local manpower, but also use the money from the sale as capital.
Military use! From now on, when the remaining Yellow Turbans fight with us again, they will know that not only can they not die if they are captured, but they will also have a way to survive, so they will have no determination to die. Our army can easily defeat them! Moreover, today's Holy Majesty,
I love the way of doing business, and when I learn that General Huangfu can open up another way of making money for His Majesty, His Majesty will not blame us, but will reward General Huangfu!" Here Liu Ming secretly blames us and rewards us!
The use of generals implies that everyone is responsible for the disaster, and the credit is attributed to Huangfu Song, which can be said to be well-intentioned.
Huangfu Song was not a pedantic person at first. After careful consideration, he felt that this matter was very certain, so he praised Liu Mingdao: "Han Guang's strategy is unpredictable! It is all based on the theory of the world! This is very good. I
The Yellow Turban prisoners of the army should be dealt with as Han Guang said!"
Cao Cao was also secretly shocked when he heard this. He said in his heart: Liu Ming is indeed a profiteer who sells wine, but his heart is so vicious! What a strategy! What a calculation! I am definitely not as good as him! Now it seems that I was not a high-ranking person before.
If you overestimate this person, you will actually underestimate him. You need to be careful in the future!
Liu Ming saw that they all agreed with his plan. He thought: In this way, although these yellow scarf soldiers can be saved from death for the time being, they will definitely become slaves trapped in dire straits in the future! He doesn't know what will happen to them in this way.
Are these Yellow Turban soldiers good or bad?
Liu Minggang sighed a little, but due to his character, he immediately thought a little irresponsibly: Who cares? We will talk about it later. The big deal is that we will launch a slave liberation movement when the time comes. Anyway, he has already shouldered the responsibility of revitalizing Huxiao Villa and leading everyone to make contributions.
Responsibilities. If you have too many debts, don’t worry about them. If you have too many lice, don’t bite them! Who do you really care about?
However, Liu Ming's kindness also made Liu Ming want to help some Yellow Turban prisoners. So Liu Ming said to Huangfu Song: "General Huangfu, since I made this proposal first, I am willing to buy 10,000 prisoners for a thousand coins each."
, for military use.”
Huangfu Song laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "These Yellow Turban prisoners were all obtained by Han Guang and Meng De. How can they be bought? You two should each get 10,000 prisoners and take care of them on your own!"
Cao Cao quickly said: "We all serve under the general, and of course the general deserves the most credit! These Yellow Turban prisoners should belong to the general!"
Several people gave each other some advice, and finally Liu Ming and Cao Cao were each given 10,000 Yellow Turban prisoners, and Huangfu Song was given 15,000. The rest of the prisoners were from powerful families such as Huangfu Song and Cao Cao, who came to contact Yanzhou's powerful people.
Sell it out and get money for military use!
At this point, the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan, Dongjun, and Runan have been wiped out, and the siege of Sili has been resolved.
And Liu Ming had just spent a few days of relaxing days chasing the remaining members of the Yellow Turbans, and then fell into the surprise and depression brought by two letters one after another!