Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

When the army entered the Yanmen Pass, what greeted the Gyeonggi camp was cheers from the front of the northern frontier, and the common people were warmly welcome.Every sergeant in the army raised his head high and puffed out his chest, accepting the praise of everyone like a hero.This is what these bloody fighters deserve, and they should be praised for defending their homes and the country!

At the end of the whole team, the nobles who followed into the customs were not treated so well.Not to mention accepting cheers, it would be good if they were not charged with ineffective combat.As soon as they entered the city, they were busy looking for doctors with better medical skills to treat their injuries. Jia Amnesty even asked Jia Lian to find him a famous doctor for bone injuries. Lost a leg, even lost his life!

Jia Amnesty is terrified now, he has heard of the horrors of amputation, for an injury like his, it is not enough to lose just one calf, but the whole leg may have to be lost.

He once heard those military doctors say that if the amputation is done, it is not absolutely guaranteed to be safe and sound, not to mention the dangers in the process of amputation, whether he will die of bleeding, even after the amputation, the possibility of death is very high Yes, he doesn't want to die at all!Better to die than to live...

Jia Lian is no longer afraid of spending money at this time. He who loves money the most is spending money like water. He has to do everything possible to save his father's life.It's not how filial he really is, nor is it because he cares about his father's life and death. In fact, the relationship between Jia Lian and Jia She is just average, emotionally.But the key point is that Jia Amnesty still has the title of third-class general on his head!

You know, if you want to attack the prince in Dajing, you need to have the credit of beheading. Although Jia Lian went out with Jiangyuan's army once and had a face-to-face encounter with the enemy, he didn't have a beheaded capital, it was just a foil.

This is not something that happened when Jia Amnesty "joined the army" back then. Jia Daishan helped him to cheat, randomly captured a few prisoners and chopped them up.On the entire battlefield, there were either the difficult-to-communicate Yuezhi people or the sergeants of the Gyeonggi Daying under Jiang Yuan's command. It was absolutely impossible for anyone to lie for him and make up a military exploit for him.

If there is no beheading, there is no beheading, and if there is no military merit, there is no military merit. If his father Jia She has something wrong, he kicks his legs, according to the Dajing law, he will have no title to inherit at all, and he will become a commoner immediately. !

How can Jia Lian, who has been a child of Jiaoliang since childhood, bear to become a commoner?Grassland grassland, civilians are like grass, anyone can bully, anyone can be ignored.Ordinary civilians are not as comfortable as slaves from high-ranking families. Seventh-rank officials are in front of the prime minister, but what do grass-roots people rely on?

He could see the other ordinary children of the Jia family clan, crying and begging for some money and food from the east mansion and the west mansion, and bowing their knees to the servants in the mansion, living an extremely humble life.He had also seen his ineffective second uncle Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng was still a junior official from the ninth rank, so it should be good, but who in the whole capital valued him?

If he really became a commoner, wouldn't he even be inferior to his second uncle?He doesn't like reading, he doesn't have any fame to protect him, he only has the false title of an acquaintance, but what's the use of that?According to the Dajing Law, the false title can only be engraved on the tombstone or the spiritual tablet, and it is useless at ordinary times. Even official uniforms are not allowed to be worn. How is this different from ordinary people?

This fear of the future drove him to find a doctor to heal Jia Amnesty. Now he dare not ask for anything, but only asks his father to be as blessed as the queen mother for three thousand years, and to live longer than Peng Zu's eight hundred springs. The better... In this anxiety, he even forgot about the loss of his little finger, as if the pain between his ten fingers and his heart didn't exist.

No one at the border took the nobles seriously, and even Situ Sheng didn't care about the lives of these nobles.In his opinion, it may be a little exaggerated to say that the crimes of these nobles are too numerous to be recorded. There may be injustice for beheading all of them, but it is definitely cheaper for them to confiscate their homes and exile.

Not cleaning them up is just that His Majesty the Emperor is too lazy to do anything, and he doesn't want to make too much noise while the Supreme Emperor is still alive.But in this situation, squeeze their surplus value, even if they are full of civil and military officials, they can't say a word. As a nobleman, you should go to the battlefield. If you don't make it, don't attack the nobleman. …

Forget about those uneasy nobles, the most urgent thing is to arrange the captives and transport the captured supplies.Situ Sheng and Jiang Yuan have already put all their energy into these matters, thinking about how to properly dispose of the captured personnel and the seized gold and silver. There is trouble.

How to deal with gold and silver treasures is easy. Those northern barbarians don't know goods, or only know hard currency. Except for a small part of the treasures they have accumulated, the rest are gold and silver artifacts. You only need to send someone to weigh them and record them. After filing the case, send some sergeants to escort them back to the capital, recast them into official silver and gold cakes, and put them in the treasury.

With Lin Jun in Beijing, no one dared to stretch their claws at the treasury. They would be afraid of being punished if they took the initiative to return Ku Yin. If they dared to attack Ku Yin, they would have to be killed by this "cool official"!

This matter only needs to send a careful official trusted by Situ Sheng to weigh and record, and with a trusted general leading the escort, it seems that there will be no trouble.It's just that if there is a mess, the big deal is to clean up the officials again, and he is not afraid of killing people.

Everything else is easy to handle, but these captured living people are different. They must have a specific resettlement method. They can't stay here to eat food, and they can't all gather at the border to cause trouble.

Jiang Yuan had already thought of this application method, he pondered for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, I have an idea, but I don't know whether to say it or not, and I don't know if Your Majesty is willing to be cruel."

"What's the idea? Tell me quickly." Situ Sheng rolled his eyes in his heart, and said that you have already said it, so why don't you keep your mouth shut?None of the ideas you came up with, Jiang Yuan, Jiang Qingyuan, required great courage and ruthlessness. I never saw you swallow it back. Shut up and say what you want. Anyway, you will gain the prosperity of the Jingguo with overnight fame. , it is worth it no matter what.He can kill corrupt officials in his own country, does he still care about treating captives in foreign countries cruelly?

"Your Majesty, do you still remember how Yuan became the No. [-] scholar?" Jiang Yuan changed the topic, and answered the question quite irrelevantly, but judging from his expression, he knew that he didn't mean to show off his background.Also, is it interesting to show off the background of the number one scholar to the emperor?He said that just to remind Situ Sheng of his memories.

"Zhuangyuanlang?" Situ Cheng frowned, recalling carefully.Jiang Yuan saved Situ Sheng's life. After learning his name and origin, Situ Sheng never let go of any information related to him.At the beginning, Situ Sheng had collected and read the albums of Jiang Yuan's articles when he became Huiyuan and the number one scholar, and thought that the articles were well written.

The original answer sheets are still placed in the study in Situ Sheng's palace for him to read occasionally and keep as a souvenir. How could he forget it?

"That article on how to irrigate farmland with canals from Luoshui River?" Situ Sheng asked suspiciously.

"That's right." Jiang Yuan smiled slightly, and continued: "At the beginning, the Longshou Canal led the Luoshui River to pass through the Qili Shangyan Mountain, so that more than [-] nearby fields were irrigated, turning the old fields into today's fields. You can grow rice and other crops in the field, and the yield per mu has increased several times. It is a good thing to build the canal. It is beneficial to the people and the country. It should be the top priority in state affairs, but why has no one proposed to build it after that? How about a channel of this scale?"

Everyone knows that if you want to improve the yield per mu of saline-alkali land, the most effective way in this era is to divert water for irrigation, and use a large amount of water to wash away the saline-alkali components in the field. Only by doing this can the low-yield fields become rich Ueda.This scientifically proven method has been widely used both in ancient times and in modern times, and Jiang Yuan also learned about it when he was doing farm work in his previous life.

But the ancient times were not as good as the modern ones. In modern times, as long as water pumps were used, water could be pumped from wells to irrigate farmland, but how could there be such facilities as water pumps in ancient times?It cannot be said that it has no effect at all, but it basically has no effect. In this era, the best way is to build water conservancy projects, divert river water to wash the land, and drain the silt. As a fertilizer, the yield per mu of land can be increased.

But in ancient times, did water conservancy projects mean that they could be repaired?

Situ Sheng replied: "The construction of Longshou Canal took seven years, and [-] strong men were recruited to serve in corvee. It was completed. During this period, countless money and food were spent, and thousands of people died in the labor of building the canal. Therefore, although the Longshou Canal The canal can irrigate thousands of hectares of fertile land and benefit the people of one side, but it still makes it difficult for the court to make up its mind to build other canals."

When the Taishang Emperor was in power, he was surprised when he did things. He felt that he should pay attention to horse administration, but he got the method of raising horses but couldn't persevere.He felt that canals should be built, so he built the Longshou Canal according to Jiangyuan's plan, but he also disliked that the construction speed was too slow, and it cost too much money to hurt people.Situ Sheng didn't dare to repeat the same mistakes. It's better to be careful and serious when doing such a big thing, and don't think about what happens once.

Money is still secondary, the key lies in the casualties of personnel.So what if it's even modern?During the construction of water conservancy projects and tunnels, some collapses occurred from time to time, and it is normal for a few people to die. There are such news every year, not to mention that in the Jing Dynasty, all manual work, even excavators and blasting / demolition technology did not exist. when?

The scale of Longshou Canal is not too big, it only mobilized [-] strong men, and the construction time is only seven years, which is relatively smaller than some world-famous water conservancy projects and the dams of the Yellow River and Yangtze River that have to be started every year on many.But even so, with the well and canal method elaborated by Jiang Yuan, it can only reduce the number of deaths. Many people still died of various accidents, and even died of overwork.

People in this era are too easy to die. The medical level is not good, and there are no anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics. Once injured or caught cold, people will die within minutes.

It doesn't matter if you build a city wall, build a road, build water conservancy, build a dam, anything will kill people.The problem of money and food can be solved by the salt industry, taxation or even confiscation. Anyway, there is money in the treasury, which can be used for the people and invested in construction.The emperor Situ Sheng didn't like to enjoy himself. He didn't like to build palaces and practice palaces. Why not use them to build the country?Anyway, on this point, Situ Sheng's consciousness is higher than Jiang Yuan's.

But what is the solution to human life?In this era without large-scale machinery, it is useless even if Jiang Yuan and Lin Jun go to battle together. They will study together with Mohist masters and water conservancy experts from all over the country. The damn people will still die...

"Qingyuan, you mean?" Needless to say, Situ Sheng already understood Jiang Yuan's meaning. Of course, Dajing's own citizens feel sorry for anyone who dies, but those captives and even slaves are the best young men. ?

Jiang Yuan lowered his voice, not caring how many lives his words would take.Some things are inevitable, either sacrificing your own life or sacrificing the lives of others. If you were you, which would you choose?Think about the countless corpses of people from the Central Plains buried under the Great Wall. Could it be that the fortifications were not repaired because people were going to die?In the same way, water conservancy projects must be repaired, no matter how many people die!Otherwise, once the population of Dajing increases and the grain production cannot keep up, what should we do?Starve people to death or force people to revolt?

How many Chinese laborers have been killed by the American railway industry?With the rise of Europe and America, how many black slaves died without a burial?Even Washington, the founding father of the United States, asked a dentist to pull out nine teeth from the mouth of a black slave and implant them in his own mouth because of tooth loss.

Great people are like this, you really don't think people are too kind...

In the technological background of this era, the feudal system is the most advanced system at this time. It is impossible for people to talk about equality and morality in this era. This is something that can only be discussed after technological progress.In today's society, once equality is talked about, it will really be chaotic. At that time, the whole world will go into war, killing countless people.

All social systems exist dependent on the level of science and technology, empty talk is absolutely inappropriate, and the system cannot be changed without the development of science and technology.Jiang Yuan didn't have the ability to produce future technology in the Jing Dynasty. He didn't know steelmaking, and he didn't know chemistry at all. So if he wanted to make the country prosperous and strong, he could only use the methods that can be used in this era, such as letting the people of the defeated country The captives built aqueducts.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jiang Yuan nodded, "They will be the best manpower. If they are used, there will be no need for the people of Dajing to bear the pain of corvee, and there is no need for the people to come After sacrificing his life, the northern barbarians can be used instead, this is the best way I can think of."

They can't be put back, because once they are put back, they will let the tiger go back to the mountain, and sooner or later they will become stronger again and bully the people of the Central Plains.Where did the nomadic peoples of the past dynasties come from?Isn't it caused by the division of ethnic groups such as Donghu and Huns/Nu, or after they multiplied and thrived in Central Asia?You must not be soft on the enemy!

all killed?

This is even more impossible.Not to mention how much it was a waste of human resources for them to kill all the captives, and no matter what the court would say about His Majesty's "brutal act", if they really killed them all, there will be people in the future Surrender when facing the Jing army?They all refused to surrender because they were afraid of dying, and even made a desperate blow, if they fought desperately, how many people would the Jing army die or injure for this?

They can't be killed, they can't be released, and they can't be arbitrarily absorbed into the country, or give them land, and treat them as Chinese.

Why?A group of people who were defeated in the war had brought disasters to the people at the border gates of the Jing Dynasty.If a surrender would treat them as Chinese people, and even give them land, what would Dajing's real Chinese people think?How to balance?Repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?As for the foreign captives, we must make them fearful, and make them dare not fight against Dajing, or else we can gain benefits if we do the right thing. Wouldn't it be necessary to increase countless enemies?

It is necessary to make full use of them, but it is also necessary to give them a hope of life.Then let them repair water conservancy or build cities. Anyway, they are not Dajing's own people, and they don't feel bad when they die, and they can save some money and food, isn't it great?

While building these projects, they sent people to collectively brainwash them, ordering them to speak the Central Plains dialect and not to converse in Beiman or other languages.After washing and washing, after several generations, can they still retain the civilization of the Northern Barbarians in their minds?It was naturally assimilated by the Central Plains.

Jiang Yuan gave this process a "tall" name - "labour reform".Situ Sheng held back a smile and agreed to the name, thinking it was very appropriate.

His Majesty the Emperor agreed with Jiang Yuan's idea, and ordered that all slaves who were born in Jingren, who could prove their identity, could immediately return to common people, and the government would distribute money and food to return to their hometowns.The rest of the northern barbarians, regardless of clansmen or slaves, will use ten people as a household, ten households as a family, and ten families as a guarantee, and implement militarized management.

Anyone who works hard and works without compensation for five years without making any mistakes can be released from the status of a prisoner of war and receive the same treatment as the prisoners of the Dajing Dynasty. The treatment is the same, and he becomes a member of Dajing.

However, those who escaped in the first five years will be sentenced to be cut in half if they are found, and they will be punished even if they are in full armor, and they will be punished by a staff of eighty.If someone escapes in the next five years, the person who escaped will be sentenced to an additional five years and be sentenced to eighty sticks.Therefore, strict laws are used to prevent these captives from escaping, and they are ordered to monitor each other by continuous punishment, so that no one dares to mess around.

Although these orders seem harsh, there is also tolerance.Situ Sheng ordered that if any of these captives died of injury or illness while working, the sentence for a relative or friend could be commuted by five years.

Such orders are still very strict for ordinary northern barbarians, but for those slaves captured by the northern barbarians, it is simply the gospel brought by the gods.

The slaves of the northern barbarians are not so easy to be.In the Jing Dynasty, the law at least stipulated that the owner who killed the slave who sold himself as a slave without reason would be sentenced to exile. If the slave was killed because of unclean hands and feet, he would also be fined 20 taels as a slave. burnt and buried silver.

Although in the eyes of modern people, it is still somewhat inconspicuous, no matter how you look at it, it is unequal, but in ancient times, it was considered to be protecting the interests of slaves. Who asked him to sell himself as a slave?Forcing a good man to be a slave is a felony, and once found out, he will be cut in half. This is also to protect the common people, but if he can't survive himself, he sells himself as a slave. The Jing Dynasty's law is enough.But in the Northern Man country, there is no such saying.

In the northern barbarian country, the status of slaves was even inferior to that of livestock.Because livestock is the food and wealth of a tribe, it can create a lot of value, and it is an existence that everyone cannot do without, but it doesn't matter if you have slaves or not.

So in the northern barbarian country, it was very common for slaves to be beaten to death, and it was commonplace for slaves to be killed for no reason.The system of the northern barbarians is still at the stage of slavery. When the master dies, the slave is even buried alive. Life and death are nothing more than a word from the master. Who treats them as human beings?

Slaves were not regarded as wealth by the northern barbarians at all, but worthless consumables.In terms of trading, ten slaves can be exchanged for one cow or one horse, and they can't get much food and clothing on weekdays.Some harsh masters don't even give slaves food for three or four days, anyway, they just catch them after starving to death. Isn't there enough people in the world?Unless these slaves are female, good-looking, and accepted as concubines by their masters, they will die of exhaustion, starvation, illness, and death within two or three years at most.

Therefore, Situ Sheng's order is the hope of life for these suffering slaves.As long as you work for ten years, you can obtain the status of a commoner, instead of being slaughtered and killing slaves who don't need a reason. Is there anything happier than this?

The work punished by the Jing Dynasty was much lighter than what they had to do when they were slaves of the northern barbarians, and the food and clothing they got were several times more. Even if they died in the work, they could make their relatives faster This is already the best result, and they have no extravagance.

Seeing the last batch of captives being sent away, and the last cart of gold and silver taken away, Jiang Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The affairs of the battle at Qingli Lake were not completed until today, and this was already the tenth day since he returned to Yanmen Pass.Jiang Yuan chuckled. He didn't know how the fleeing northern barbarians were doing and when they planned to move to the border.

According to the captured captives, there is only a little food left around the left virtuous king, and the right virtuous king is no better than him. There are a lot of foreign animals, but they can barely supply them. It's just for the winter by itself, not enough to support other tribes.

Now the Beiman Kingdom is short of food and materials, and it has entered October, the weather is getting colder every day, and there was even a snowfall yesterday, they can't last long.

Jiang Yuan's calculation was right, the people of Beiman Kingdom couldn't take it anymore.

People live a lifetime, what they need and think is nothing more than basic necessities of life.Don't worry about clothing and clothing, food and housing, either of which is enough for the people of the northern barbarians.The colder it is, the more food and blankets are needed to maintain body temperature. This is only the needs of humans. The livestock also need enough forage to feed them, otherwise they will starve to death?

Originally, the herdsmen of the Beiman Kingdom had stockpiled a lot of forage for cattle and sheep at Qingli Lake before the Shepherd's Conference, but they were in a hurry to retreat to avoid the pursuit of the Dajing Dynasty, so how could they have time to go? Take those bad hay?After they escaped, they hid all the way, and it was snowing when they settled down. It was only then that they realized that they had not prepared enough forage for the livestock.

Now the people of the northern barbarian country are completely dumbfounded. Do they have to watch their livestock die first before they die of freezing and starvation?Can you survive this winter?