In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 555: Didn’t treat them as human beings at all

He reported to Zhao Yi that Jinyiwei has set up hundreds of households in towns with a population of more than 10,000 households in Daming Province. Those with less than 10,000 households have two or three Jinyiwei members. They are working locally or pretending to be businessmen. Or local government officials, living quietly throughout Daming Province, there are a total of 1,186 Jinyiwei personnel in the province.

Xu Qi only said a number, but the roster of Jin Yiwei would not be handed over to Xu Yi. The list of officials from the whole province would be shown to Zhao Yi by Cui Shusi, the production envoy.

After hearing what Xu Qi said, several officials around him also looked at each other.

The Intelligence Department and the Jinyiwei of the Song Dynasty were separate and not the same department, but all the civil and military personnel present knew that outside the territory of the original Song Dynasty, the Jinyiwei and the Intelligence Department basically had some relationship.

Anyone at the scene may still have a part-time job in the Intelligence Department, including Qin Zhonghu who is next to Zhao Yi.

The servants in Governor Zhang Xuan's home may also be from the Intelligence Department.

The Intelligence Department of the Great Song Dynasty was so pervasive that even the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty hated them.

Jin Yiwei does not represent the Intelligence Department, but he is just as annoying as the Intelligence Department.

Although it is annoying, everyone can also understand that it is the Intelligence Department that is constantly collecting the situation ahead. Many things in Da Song Dynasty are going very smoothly, and they can even be one step ahead.

After everything was reported, Zhao Yi sat there and thought for a while, and finally asked: "In Daming Province, where is the fiercest resistance now?"

This time Chen Xiaodao and the others made no sound, and everyone looked at Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan is the governor, responsible for the military, political and civil affairs of the entire Ming Dynasty. He is the real leader. Before Zhao Yi came, he made the final decision on all matters. After Zhao Yi came, he still had to make the final decision on most things.

Zhang Xuan immediately stood up and said: "Back to King Yan, we are still near the original ancient city of Yazide."

The ancient city of Yazd in central Persia is the birthplace of Zoroastrianism. When the Song army attacked various cities, the resistance here was the fiercest. Later, the Song army became furious and directly fired various incendiary bombs, burning the whole city in less than an hour. , the city couldn't stand it anymore and finally surrendered.

After entering, Song Jun discovered that there were more than a hundred Ao Temples in the city, and there were still sacred fires burning in the Ao Temples. It didn't take long for Song Jun to extinguish the so-called holy fires.

This directly angered the Zoroastrian believers in the city and started to cause chaos, but they were quickly eliminated by Liu Zheng's troops.

Seeing that they could not defeat the Song army, these people retreated to various places and continued to organize resistance.

Last year, the Song army officially renamed the ancient city of Yazid to Qingzhou and razed hundreds of temples and temples in the city, further angering many Persians in and around the city.

The Persians around them started to resist one after another, but they were suppressed one after another.

Currently, the Song Army is stationed in Qingzhou with 10,000 troops, which is the largest garrison among all the original towns in Persia. It is to guard against intermittent resistance everywhere.

Zhao Yi heard this and said slowly: "I went from the Persian Gulf to Daming City, passed through many towns, and met many local people. What I saw and heard, everyone still spoke the local dialect?"

Having said this, Zhao Yi's face turned grim: "Governor Zhang, our Song Dynasty has conquered Persia for more than a year. Do you think it is okay to let it continue to develop?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned. He didn't know what Zhao Yi meant. He had to say: "The imperial court is confiscating local books and forcing locals to learn Chinese. However, this cannot be done in one step. As time goes by, it will definitely slow down in the future." Those who are slow to change—the younger generation of Persians, under the guidance of our Song Dynasty—"

"No need to teach." Zhao Yi interrupted him directly and said coldly: "Kill anyone who speaks the local language in public, reads local literature, or talks about local affairs."

"As long as tens of thousands of people are killed, these untouchables will naturally become honest. They will take the initiative to learn Chinese and Chinese characters without our teaching."

How could Zhao Yi have so much time to slowly change it for them? He could just come up and do it.

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was shocked, and all the civil and military officials present changed their expressions.

When the three princes Zhao and Rui from the official family came out of town, no one expected that the most ruthless one would be the youngest Prince Ming.

Moreover, Zhao Yi said that the locals were untouchables in public, which even Zhao Yurui would not say in public.

It can be seen that in Zhao Yi's eyes, he does not regard the locals as human beings at all.

"This -" Zhang Xuan and Uncle Cui looked at each other in disbelief.

It had only been more than a year since the Song army conquered Persia. Because of Zoroastrianism and learning Chinese, the Persians were already dissatisfied. They rebelled everywhere and were not stable enough. Zhang Xuan and Cui Shu seemed to want to take things slowly. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yi I'll be ruthless when I come.

"Usually those who rise up to cause rebellion are mostly wealthy people and officials. There were rebellions even after more than a year after the Song Dynasty pacified Persia, which proves that when they entered Persia, the killing was not thorough enough." Zhao Yi said calmly.

"My government pacified Tubo, pacified the Jin Kingdom, and recaptured the territory occupied by Mongolia in the north. The relevant officials and local powerful landowners were almost wiped out. Do you think how many ordinary people will join forces to rebel?"

"The imperial court conquered Persia and distributed the land of the lords to the people. The people would not rise up and cause chaos. Now there are chaos everywhere, which proves that the killing was not thorough enough."

Zhao Yi was already criticizing Liu Zheng, the commander-in-chief of that year, in disguise.

Liu Zheng was not here at this moment, and Zhang Xuan's expression changed again.

Indeed, when the Song army entered Persia, they were not as ruthless as before, because many places in Persia surrendered. Once they surrendered, Liu Zheng could not kill them in large numbers. Many Persians had their property confiscated, but they were not killed. Chaos creates hidden dangers.

Of course, although Zhao Yi is the king of Tibet, many rights are still in the hands of Zhang Xuan and others. After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Xuan: "What do Governor Zhang think?" This was to get his support and consent.

Zhang Xuan was silent for a while, not wanting to offend Zhao Yi, because Zhao Yi seemed to be in more trouble than Zhao Qi.

"Just do as King Ming says." He quickly compromised.

Uncle Cui seemed silent, sighing secretly in his heart, now he was going to kill many people again.

But what Zhao Yi said next shocked them even more.

"Qingzhou is the birthplace of Zoroastrianism, and the resistance around it is the most intense. We can't just sit there and wait for resistance to start to extinguish it. When-"

Zhao Yi talked about several policies in one breath. The first was to offer a reward in Qingzhou City, let the Persians report Persians who were former Zoroastrian believers, arrest them directly, and then kill a group of them outside Qingzhou City as a filial piety to the police.

It doesn't matter whether they participated in the rebellion or whether they were Zoroastrian believers. As long as someone reported them, they would be killed.

Moreover, Zhao Yi said that if no one reports it, pretend that someone has reported it, let people pretend to be reporting, and then take money in public to encourage reporting.

The second development was that the local Persians became the Song Dynasty people and joined Zoroastrianism.

"Don't rush this process, take your time and give him several opportunities to make meritorious deeds. For example, when Song Jun went to arrest someone, he reminded the top management of the Zoroastrian Cult and asked him to gradually climb up. After a few years, he can wipe out the senior management of the Zoroastrian Cult in one fell swoop. "

Xu Qi hesitated when he heard that Jin Yiwei had been thinking about doing this, but it was difficult to find someone who was willing to help Song Jun do this and who was trustworthy.

The Persians are different from the Jin Kingdom, the northern Khans, and the Tubo people. They have existed for too long, and their nationality is different from the Song people. It is difficult to identify with and be willing to help the Song people. Even if they are willing, the Song people don't trust them very much, especially It's about doing this kind of thing.

"Third, aren't they all divided into Baobao and Dabao now?"

Zhao Yi continued: "We need to use the continuous sitting method."

"If there is a Zoroastrian believer, if no one reports and is discovered, kill them all. A Dabao has Zoroastrian believers. If no one reports and is discovered, kill all Dabao."

There was a loud bang on the scene, and everyone was shocked. Zhao Yurui, an official, had never done this kind of thing. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yi, who was only fourteen years old, actually wanted to do this.

The Song Army now organizes ten households into one Bao, one hundred households into one Bao, and one thousand households into one village.

According to Zhao Yi, the continuous sitting method should be used. If no one in the same household reports and is discovered, all the security guards will be killed, or even a hundred households in the big security guard will be killed.

Before everyone could recover from the shock, Zhao Yi added: "We can select a few protectors from around Qingzhou and kill them first regardless of whether there are Zoroastrian cultists or not. If the news spreads, the protectors will not dare to hide." Zhao Yi is really ruthless. According to his intention, he will kill a few guards first to scare the monkeys. It doesn't matter whether there are Zoroastrian or not.

The fourteen-year-old Zhao Yi shocked everyone in the civil and military circles. His methods of doing things were even more radical than those of Zhao Yurui back then.

The civil servant Uncle Cui seemed a little unable to accept it. After all, he was cultivated in the early Southern Song Dynasty culture.

At this time, he stood up and said cautiously and bravely: "Your Highness Prince Ming, I believe that things should be done slowly rather than urgently, and we should proceed step by step."

As soon as Zhao Yi arrived, he was going to kill a lot of people, sit down and report, and the place would only become more and more chaotic.

What he meant was that it was best to do it one by one and not make a big mess.

Zhao Yi immediately asked, "Chief Cui, do you think this king is too ruthless?"

Uncle Cui seemed silent, lowering his head and remaining silent, which was tantamount to acquiescence.

"I will say it again."

Zhao Yi repeated: "People have absolutely no respect for gifts and alms, but for swords and guns."

"Your kind words, various notices, documents, patient education, and distributed grain fields will only arouse them to greater resistance."

"There is only one word for these aliens: kill."

"Put the knife on their necks and tell them to go east, but they won't dare to go west."

"My eldest brother, the emperor, has a larger territory than us in the Hanzhou provinces, with a population of less than five million. Although the annual grain tax is far less than ours, the commercial tax and other income are no less than us."

"Population is important, but in the face of stability, everything else seems unimportant."

Stability is paramount. Zhao Yi believes that only by raising a long sword can he suppress and conquer all resisters.

These words were full of murderous intent, and the implication was that Zhao Yi believed that there were five or six million people in Daming Province.

Hiss, all the civil and military personnel on the scene took a breath of air.

The little prince is ruthless, much more ruthless than the official.

Zhao Yi insisted on killing him. Although Cui Shusi objected, he still had to get the support of the governor, the capital commander Chen Xiaodao and other generals.

Zhao Yi was of course aware of his power, and finally said: "When I came here, my father also said that I cannot and do not have the right to be arbitrary. If there is anything we can't agree on, let's vote. Come on. , those who agree with this king’s approach, raise your hands.”

After that, he raised his hand first.

The scene was quiet at first. Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. Uncle Cui seemed to be hunched over, apparently unwilling to surrender.

Zhao Yi looked at Chen Xiaodao and Zhang Xuan.

Both men have military power in their hands.

When Chen Xiaodao saw Zhao Yi looking at him, he knew that he was forcing him to raise his hands. Chen Xiaodao thought for a while, gritted his teeth and raised his hands first.

When Zhang Xuan saw this, he had no choice but to raise his hand.

Then Jinyiwei Qianhu Xu Qi also raised his hand.

In this way, the only people who could vote on the spot were Cui Shusi, the commander of the system, and Zhao Shu, the prefect of Ming Dynasty, who did not raise their hands.

Four to two, Zhao Yi's plan was approved.

Zhao Yi was in a good mood and continued: "Our dynasty has conquered Persia. In addition to asking the locals to learn Chinese, many Persian traditions have to disappear."

"The Persian Gulf cannot be called the Persian Gulf."

"Starting from tomorrow, it will be officially renamed Da Song Bay."

This group of people didn't have any objections. Liu Zheng wanted to change the name when he settled here.

Zhao Yi held a small meeting alone with everyone and talked for about half an hour.

Half an hour later, everyone came out of the Governor's Mansion one after another, first seeing off Zhao Yi, and then everyone unexpectedly let out a long sigh in unison: "Hey."

Uncle Cui looked at Zhang Xuan with dissatisfaction: "The Governor should not condone Prince Ming and go on a killing spree. Now that we have started, I don't know how many people will die."

According to the laws of Zhao and Rui, the King of Tibet did not have absolute control over the local area, so as long as Zhang Xuan and Cui Shusi unite, they can oppose Zhao Yi.

Zhang Xuan didn't want to offend Zhao Yi, so he had to smile bitterly: "I'm not the first one to raise my hand."

Next to him, Chen Xiaodao also smiled bitterly: "You are all good people, I will be the bad guy, hey."

Several people joked with each other and went home.

Chen Xiaodao and Xu Qi, a member of the Jinyiwei Qianhu family, were traveling together. This Xu Qi was also a young man from the royal palace in his early years.

Both came on horseback and rode side by side.

Xu Qi looked around and saw no one, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Commander Chen has been following His Majesty in the early years. According to Commander, which of the three princes is the most like an official?"

Chen Xiaodao looked expressionless, looked at him calmly, and then said: "They are all similar."

"..." Xu Qi was speechless and said nothing more.

Of course, Zhao Yi looks the most like him, Chen Xiaodao thought.

Although Zhao Yurui had never done such a cruel thing, Chen Xiaodao had seen the cruelty just now from Zhao Yurui.

Zhao Yurui released the fourteen-year-old Zhao Yi, who was the most like him.

Zhao Yi, who returned to Prince Ming's Mansion, changed his clothes and called Qin Zhonghu: "Let's go, take a few people and go out for a walk."

The current palaces of the Tibetan princes in the Song Dynasty are very small. In addition to the two battalions of guards, the number of maids and servants in the house is limited and cannot exceed fifty.

Therefore, Prince Ming's Mansion does not occupy a large area and does not have many people. In addition to guards, there are less than ten maids and servants in Zhao Yi's Mansion.

Qin Zhonghu's face changed slightly when he heard this: "There are rebellions everywhere in Daming Province. Your Highness should go out less?"

"What are you afraid of? I just arrived in Daming City, and most people outside don't know about it. Even if they know, Lai City is still relatively safe."

The former city of Rai was ruled by the Mongols for a long time, and later it was ruled by the Song army. The city experienced many wars. As the provincial capital of the Ming Dynasty, it was purged relatively thoroughly, and there was basically no turmoil.

(End of this chapter)