Daqian has indeed made great strides recently, and Xiao Yi is also thinking about it. The pressure caused by those places is too great, and officials have too much burden, and it is easy for them to give up their jobs. Not long after, Zhang Jianzhi came over and said: "Your Highness, how many important people are there?" I would also like to ask Your Highness to review my memorial and a few other matters."
The unimportant matters will naturally be handed over to the Six Ministers for resolution in the Political Hall.
"But what's the matter?"
"A few days ago, His Highness ordered his ministers to sort out the issues regarding the barbarian prisoners of war in the North. It was found that there were quite a few dead, which aroused some complaints from the people in the Protectorate."
"How many people died?"
"So that His Highness will know that there were originally 180,000 prisoners of war in Daqian who were distributed in various directions for hard labor. As of August, there are still about 157,000 prisoners alive."
"Ahem!" Prince Xiao Yi choked. This problem is a little serious.
In fact, many of these prisoners of war are relatives of the people who now live in the Protectorate.
But they themselves were prisoners of war, and most of them had blood on their hands.
It's definitely not possible to just put them back.
First of all, there is no way to give an explanation to those Daqian soldiers who died in the battle. If they directly let their enemies go back to live a happy life, wouldn't they have died in vain?
Secondly, let them go back like this. There are 180,000 people, and most of them are young and strong. If they are restless when they return to the place, they are simply looking for trouble for themselves.
Putting it back was impossible.
Prisoners of war should be treated as prisoners of war. Many mines have been opened in Dagan and they are short of manpower.
These people became ready-made miners.
But I didn't expect that it would take more than a year.
More than 20,000 prisoners of war died.
Wang Jiefu, the Xuanfu envoy of Hedong Road, came directly to apologize.
Outside the Wuming Pavilion in the East Palace, the afternoon sun was particularly harsh. Wang Jiefu had been kneeling on the stone steps not far away for a while.
Finally, Eunuch Sanbao got the order, came over to help him up, and said: "Your Highness, the Xuanfu envoy from Hedong Road came in to give you a reply."
Looking at the dusty Wang Jiefu, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
You must know that this man was recommended by the elder, directly participated in the palace examination, and then reported his duties as the censor. He soon became famous all over the world. He was a rare capable minister who served the people and the country.
In just one year, he was promoted to be the chief envoy of the same province. After that, he was appointed as the envoy of Xuanfu.
Now that he is less than thirty, he is already a feudal official.
But it is a meteoric rise that no one can match.
But.
Look at this person's ability, it is unmatched by anyone.
When he was at Yushitai, he was able to single-handedly detect more than a dozen corrupt officials.
Among them, there were several times when he risked his life while investigating.
Almost died.
Some people call him desperate Saburo.
The corrupt officials hated Fang Zhongcheng to the core, and they hated Wang Jiefu to the bone.
Hedong Road is now also prosperous under Wang Jiefu's management. The second road built by Daqian is the Anbei Protectorate, Shuozhou, Jinyang, Longde, Jincheng, and Jingshi.
Of course, the most important thing is that Jinyang, Datongguan, Linfen and other places on Hedong Road are rich in coal.
Coal is now the fourth most important industry in Daqian, along with white salt, iron, and tea.
Wang Jiefu was well prepared, stretched his muscles a little, and entered the Wuming Pavilion. Xiao Yi asked: "Why did so many prisoners of war die?"
Wang Jiefu lowered his head and said: "Your Highness, please punish me. I knew that these prisoners of war had the people of the Protectorate behind them, but I failed to restrain the mine director and captain. As a result, more than 20,000 people died in more than a year, resulting in The people in the Duhu Mansion are dissatisfied."
"Da Qian must also give an explanation to the people of the Protectorate about this matter. As an envoy, I should be punished."
In fact, we really can't blame him for this matter. He is a scholar and has never been on the battlefield. In addition, he is the Xuanfu envoy, even though he is the chief executive and the official of the frontier.
But these prisoners of war are now assigned to the mines, and some are going to build the Great Wall.
Some of the people in the North had been oppressed by the barbarians in the North.
In the previous dynasty, the emperor was directly trapped in Jinyang and was almost killed by Mengyuan Khan.
If the princess of the previous dynasty had not interceded and stated the stakes, once the Central Plains Emperor died, the Central Plains people would definitely fight with Meng Yuan to the death.
Someone will definitely use this as an excuse to seize the throne, seek power, and seize the throne under the pretext of marching to the north to avenge bloodshed.
Seizing the throne is nothing. The key is that he must destroy Meng Yuan and clear his name.
Not a good deal.
Otherwise, the previous emperor would definitely kill himself.
In recent years, the barbarians in the North have been burning, killing and looting in the North.
Also after this.
The previous emperor regarded this incident as a lifelong shame and began three campaigns against the Northern Barbarians. As a result, the country was destroyed.
Now, these prisoners of war have become prisoners and coolies.
Naturally, the local mine directors and lieutenants, as well as the local miners, were regarded as inappropriate persons.
Resistance happens all the time.
But they were shackled, and one by one they had already lost their souls due to the pain of national subjugation.
This resulted in the death of more than 20,000 prisoners of war in more than a year.
No matter how angry Wang Jiefu is in his book business, he will know that he is in trouble after getting this data.
After hearing this, Xiao Yi sighed and said, "I know that this incident was not at fault on your part, but because of the national policy."
"It's impossible to just put these prisoners of war back, but it's also impossible to feed them for free."
"When something like this happened, I actually thought of it when I first decided on this strategy."
"But now that something has happened, you still have to bear the infamy."
Wang Jiefu quickly raised his hands and said, "I am willing to be punished."
It is impossible for His Royal Highness to take the blame for this matter. No matter what, His Highness must be the one who wants to win over the people.
So only courtiers like him stood up.
Otherwise, the people in the Protectorate's Mansion will definitely have complaints, and the people's hearts, which have finally settled down, may be unstable because of this.
"The Xuanfu envoy of Hedong Road, who fails to restrain his subordinates, will be fined for one year and his grace will be reduced by half."
At the same time, training, evaluation, education, etc. for these prisoners of war were also introduced.
As long as they are good performers, have learned the Chinese dialect, and are honest, they can be released slowly.
This is also the general trend.
The dispute between the Northland and the Central Plains.
This has been going on since the pre-Qin period.
It continues to this day.
There must always be a period of relaxation, and there must always be a truly unified world.
Daqian can accommodate non-Han people such as Liao people, Miao people, and Tujia people, but can't it accommodate the Mongolian and Northern Yan people?
Since we are recreating the prosperous age of Daqian, since we are uniting the world, it is natural to give these prisoners of war a chance to reform.
We also need to appease the people of the Protectorate.
Otherwise, this sea of blood and hatred will only become deeper and deeper, becoming more and more difficult to eradicate.
The willfulness of a big country and the sorrow of a small country are nothing more than this.
