Wanli 1592

Chapter 1257 How Merciful Your Majesty Is

In the afternoon, all the Japanese prisoners of this batch arrived, landed and prepared, and handed over to Yuan Huang to lead the soldiers to take them all away.

Afterwards, the chief of staff asked someone to prepare to go back with Jia Guangnan, but Jia Guangnan stopped him.

"Dong Weng, don't you want to go back? The people have all left."

Indeed, it was getting late at this moment, and the common people had already enjoyed themselves, and most of them left, only the government and some troops remained here.

"There are still people who haven't come!"

Jia Guangnan looked at the vastness on the sea with sharp eyes.

"and also?"

The chief of staff also looked over, and sure enough, after a while, masts appeared on the sea level, one, two, three, and then dozens of masts, and then a huge hull appeared.

"Sure enough! Dong Weng, didn't Yuan Huang leave? Then this is..."

"They are all old, weak, sick and disabled."

The chief of staff was stunned: "Old, weak, sick and disabled? Then why send them here? Isn't it a waste of food?"

Jia Guangnan shook his head.

"These old, weak, sick and disabled are specially sent here for waste."

The chief of staff was at a loss.

"Wa has a population of tens of millions. Even if I conquer and destroy it, how will it be governed? Have you ever thought about it?"

When Jia Guangnan asked such a question, the chief of staff understood a little bit.

"Extremely difficult to govern."

"Yes, it is extremely difficult to manage. Therefore, His Majesty decided to give them a good weight loss. At present, the two most important and most urgently needed roads in Daqin are the Liaodong Dachi Road and the Northwest Dachi Road. These two big Chi Roads are urgently needed. There is a large amount of labor, so strong labor must be used closely on these two major roads.”

Jia Guangnan said: "However, the other few roads also need manpower to repair, but Daqin doesn't have so much money to build six roads at the same time, so we can only start with the important ones, and use the old, weak, and sick to repair the unimportant ones." However, as for how long these old, weak, sick and disabled can live and how much they can repair, that is not within our scope of consideration."

The chief of staff was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"So that's it, the meaning of losing weight is..."

"Yes, these old, weak, sick and disabled are of no value. After being attacked by Daqin, Daqin will also be responsible for their food and drink. This is impossible. The worthless waste should be squeezed out of the last ounce of labor and then consumed. , His Majesty plans to use this method to consume all these old, weak, sick and disabled."

When Jia Guangnan said these words, his tone was very cold, without the slightest warmth.

The Chief of Staff was terrified.

"How many people will die here?"

"Is there still a small number of people who died in the past and present? When Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal and Emperor Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, there were too many people who died, and even the country was destroyed. Your Majesty referred to the experience of previous dynasties. , knowing that it is impossible to be immortal, then we have to let the Japanese pirates die instead of the people of Daqin."

The chief of staff suddenly became much more receptive.

"So that's the case, His Majesty's benevolent heart can be learned from the world!"

"Yes, how merciful His Majesty is..."

Jia Guangnan shook his head: "Okay, let's get ready and send this group of old, weak, sick and disabled to the south, where they are waiting for people at the construction site, and then, you follow and tell the person in charge over there that this group of old and weak The sick and disabled have one meal a day, and the dead are burned with fire, leaving no corpses."

"understand!"

The chief of staff nodded yes.

A little later, Jia Guangnan returned to Tianjin City, wrote down all he saw and heard today into a melody, and reported it to Xiao Ruxun.

After dinner, Xiao Ruxun was taking an examination of Zhenbang's knowledge in the study of Qianqing Palace. He was about to ask about the "University" chapter, and then received this memorial.

"Li Sheng, take a look at this memorial."

After reading it, Xiao Ruxun showed no expression, and handed the memorandum to Li Sheng in front of Zhenbang.

"Your Majesty... this... this old slave dare not..."

"This is not state affairs, this is my private matter."

Xiao Ruxun asked Li Sheng to watch it.

Only then did Li Sheng take the watch, carefully read it, and after a while, he turned pale and said, "Your Majesty, this Yuan Huang..."

"Bring it."

Xiao Ruxun took the playing table again and handed it to Zhenbang: "Zhenbang, come and take a look."

Xiao Zhenbang has a deep memory of Yuan Huang. During the three years in Myanmar, Xiao Zhenbang was also a disciple of Yuan Huang and completed his enlightenment under Yuan Huang's teaching.

So Xiao Zhenbang took the playing table, looked at it, and then carefully changed the playing table to Xiao Ruxun.

"Father, teacher...he didn't say these words on purpose, did he?"

Xiao Ruxun looked at Xiao Zhenbang's expression and nodded.

"Yes, of course he didn't mean to say these words. Your Teacher Yuan is an upright person. He will be sure of what he thinks is correct. Follow this way and never compromise. Zhenbang, You have to learn from Teacher Yuan's spirit."

Xiao Zhenbang nodded.

"Yes, father, the child understands."

"Well, go back and find your mother. It's getting late, so I'll recite another book and go to bed."

Xiao Ruxun waved Xiao Zhenbang out of the study.

Only Li Sheng and Xiao Ruxun were left in the study.

"Li Sheng, do you think I was too lenient and nostalgic for Yuan Huang, which made him feel confident and dared to say such outrageous things in front of my officials?"

Xiao Ruxun's question made Li Sheng feel cold all over.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Huang's question is your decision."

"Yes, I decided it myself. It was I who decided to let Yuan Huang survive and continue to work, because at that time, I really felt that I could not forgive him and many people, and I felt ashamed."

Xiao Ruxun paused for a while, but Li Sheng didn't dare to answer.

"However, I have discovered more and more that some people like to rely on my little grace and guilt towards them, and repeatedly do things that make me lose face. Tell me, is it right or wrong for me to do this? Is it right? Isn't it too tolerant, so tolerant that some people feel that they can say whatever they want without any scruple?"

Xiao Ruxun's next words became more serious, and Li Sheng vaguely noticed some emotional changes in Xiao Ruxun.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"First issue an order to reward Jia Guangnan with money and cloth, and tell him that I am very satisfied with him and I have seen his loyalty."

"According to the order."

Li Sheng nodded.

"Then... you go and call Shi Zongwei, the left servant of the Organization Department."

"According to the order!"

Li Sheng went to call someone immediately.

Soon, Shi Zongwei, the left servant of the Organization Department, arrived at the study of Qianqing Palace to meet Xiao Ruxun.

"My minister Shi Zongwei pays homage to His Majesty!"

Shi Zongwei is also one of the officials that Xiao Ruxun personally promoted, and he is very capable of handling affairs. The Central Organization Department, Xiao Ruxun's main tool to control the government, is Xiao Ruxun's arrangement for him to do daily management.

"Shi Qing, I ordered you to investigate the candidates for the Prime Minister of Lu Song, have you found the right one?"

Shi Zongwei immediately said: "Return to Your Majesty, after careful screening, I have selected three suitable candidates, all of whom are serving in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the one I think is the most suitable is Chen Youming, the ambassador of the Daqin Embassy of the Luzon Kingdom. "

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"Li Sheng, send an order to the Central Investigation Department, ordering the Central Investigation Department to bring Yuan Yan back for corruption and dereliction of duty, and put him in the investigation department's prison."

"...The old slave obeys the order!"

Li Sheng was taken aback, and immediately replied.

"Ok!"

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and said to Shi Zongwei: "Then, Shi Qing, you go back and prepare the relevant materials, and order Chen Youming to take over as the Prime Minister of Lu Song, maintain Lu Song's state affairs, and then order someone to take over the post of ambassador."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Shi Chongwei did not hesitate.

(End of this chapter)