Chapter 499: Recruitment is the top priority
When the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs heard this, they immediately understood and worked hard not to get promoted or make money for other reasons.
The officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs were all personally selected by Li Si. Some of them were officials who governed the Li Neishi Mansion, and some were officials selected by Li Si from other places. Even Zhaojia Village found several capable people as officials.
Therefore, most of the officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs are Li Si's confidants, and only a few of them are noble people.
Now that Li Si has discussed the stakes, everyone is full of energy.
After arriving at the dock, the main purpose of the household department is to screen.
The last time the people who bought the ship were all court officials, so there was no need to do any screening, but this time it was different. This time there were not only court officials, but also former nobles from other six countries, their own merchants buying ships.
No one knows what they will do after buying the ship, because Da Qin also knows nothing about the sea.
What if all the remnants of the Six Kingdoms fled overseas?
Others didn't know, but Li Si knew that Xu Fu just led three thousand boys and girls to Japan. Two thousand years later, Japan committed an unimaginable heinous crime against China.
If all the remnants of the Six Kingdoms are allowed to escape, who knows what harm they will do to China in two thousand years.
No matter what, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms will be imprisoned in Da Qin. Only after everyone returns to Da Qin can the court feel at ease and let them go to sea.
In fact, Li Si thought a little too far. The reason why Xu Fu was able to stay in Japan for so many years was because China had never thought about going to sea. They focused all their attention on the countries in the Western Regions and the territories they owned.
Another point is that the emperors of the past dynasties of China claimed to be the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty. China is a state of etiquette and should not bully the weak, turning all dynasties near China into tributary states.
Although these vassal states would pay tribute every year, the court would also give rewards to the vassal states every year, sometimes not as much as the rewards.
So for China, this is not a good thing. It is very likely that a bunch of white-eyed wolves have been raised, and they will bite back one by one when China becomes weak.
There are countless such examples in Chinese history.
Li Si didn't know the specific things in the future, but he knew that Japan had committed heinous crimes in China.
"Colleagues, we will interrogate every citizen today. Anyone who does not know the situation at home will be captured and will not be allowed to board the ship."
"promise."
Immediately, tens of thousands of people lined up outside the pier.
"Where do you live?"
"Who's at home?" Kan Shula
"How many children do you have?"
"What are the names of the neighbors?"
"..."
People in the queue were stunned when they heard this answer, but they soon started to answer.
Some people answered correctly, some answered wrongly, and some even did not answer at all.
Those who answered correctly boarded the boat one after another, while those who answered incorrectly or did not answer were taken away by the soldiers.
This phenomenon frightened the people who were waiting in line. They didn't know why they were taken away. They only heard the people who were taken away kept shouting that they were wronged.
Those who answer correctly will not be able to board the ship immediately, but will need to be searched. Ordinary people will never have any weapons on them.
But the remnants of the Six Nations are different. They will try their best to bring weapons on board. Only in this way can they have a chance to dominate overseas.
If they don't have weapons, can they really do business with others when they go to sea? They don't know everything about the sea.
So another group of people were intercepted. Fortunately, there were enough soldiers at the dock and no bloodshed occurred at the dock.
It is also possible that the reputation of the Qin army is too great, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, who have been hiding like mice recently because they have no country, have lost their original vigor, so once they are discovered, they will not resist immediately. But run away.
But how could they escape from the dock that had been surrounded for a long time.
Among the tens of thousands of people, 3,000 people who were unaware of the problem and who had hidden weapons were captured.
After these three thousand people were arrested, there was a panic on the scene. The remaining law-abiding people were afraid. They thought that the court was going to let them go to sea to seek death.
However, Li Si comforted everyone and calmed down the originally panicked people.
Finally, they were arranged on their master's ship and began to train and learn maritime knowledge. If the court did not teach maritime knowledge and train them in navigation, I am afraid that 7,000 people would go to sea and not many of them would be able to come back alive.
The common people took things as they came, and did whatever the officials asked them to do, as long as they could be paid.
So many people want to go to sea because the wages are very high. It may be one year or two years. I heard that they can buy their own house in Xianyang City after they come back.
Under the secrecy of the imperial court, for three consecutive days, Li Si captured a total of more than 10,000 remnants of the Six Kingdoms. This group of people may have been forced, or they may have been voluntary, and most of them were just for a bite of food.
For them, Ying Zheng originally planned to kill a hundred of them, but Li Si believed that the number of people in Da Qin was now sparse, especially due to the continuous wars, resulting in fewer and fewer men, but many women.
Now that more than 10,000 people have been killed, although they are enemies, they are just ordinary people. If the court wants to bring the remnants of the Six Kingdoms home, it must let others see the kindness of the First Emperor.
Not only to free the more than 10,000 remnants of the Six Kingdoms, but also to give them land, houses, women and the means to do business.
Li Si also suggested that these more than 10,000 people should be trained first, in groups of 100 people, to train them in farming, breeding, cooking and other skills.
You can ask Qin An for details on how to deal with it.
Ying Zheng thought Li Si was speaking for a group of enemies and was very unhappy.
Li Si immediately explained that he believed that these more than 10,000 people were all men. If they stayed, they might add 10,000 people to the Qin Dynasty next year, and 20,000 people in three years.
What's more important is to treat this group of people well so that they can better recruit the remnants of the other Six Nations.
Although their combat power is not as strong as the soldiers of Great Qin, they can still be regarded as a fighting force. As long as they are led by a capable general from the imperial court, they can serve Great Qin.
In the end, Ying Zheng was persuaded by Li Si and temporarily let the more than 10,000 remnants of the Six Nations be trained, and the rest would be done after they came back from the village.
And this matter was announced to the world by the imperial court. As long as the people were willing to surrender, the imperial court would give land, houses, grain, and wives.
Anyway, they don't have to worry about life problems. At the same time, people with skills and knowledge can be used by the court, and even develop overseas together, etc.
As soon as the news spread, the whole Qin Dynasty was abuzz with news.
For a time, many people from all over the Qin Dynasty, especially from the Six Kingdoms, came to the Yamen to surrender.
This group of people are basically labeled as the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, but they are not the real remnants of the Six Kingdoms.
