Zhao Hanzhang didn't expect them to have this understanding and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. From a practical point of view, what they said was correct.
But the reality does not mean that it is right. Liu Yuan, the founding emperor of Han and Zhao, obviously also realized this, so he hoped that the Huns and Han people could be as close as one family.
Although Liu Yuan was a Huns, he accepted Han culture since he was a child. He was a hostage in Luoyang when he was young. His Chinese cultural literacy was not inferior to that of a Jin person, so he highly respected Han rule.
Zhao Hanzhang believed that the reason why he named the country Han was not only because he believed that he was a descendant of the Han Dynasty and inherited the rule of the Shu Han Dynasty (although it was an excuse), but also because of the education he received since childhood.
Now that he had just founded his country, he advocated using the Han to control the Hu.
Even though he launched wars to attack Luoyang for two consecutive years, in fact he has been restraining the troops under his rule, hoping that they would not offend the people and win over the people's hearts to achieve the goal of "proclaiming Han to cherish the people's respect".
He wanted to put himself in the same position as the Jin State to replace the old with the new. If one dynasty wants to replace another dynasty, it must break through its capital and destroy its country.
What Liu Yuan wanted was never to establish a Xiongnu Khanate. What he wanted was to replace the Jin State and unify the entire Kyushu.
At present, the contradiction between the Xiongnu and ordinary Han people is not irreconcilable. Liu Yuan's rule over the Han people was also gentle at the beginning, but his people were disobedient one after another. The characteristics of the nomadic people, after grabbing the territory, they robbed the Han people.
He plundered property and was more accustomed to managing the people as slaves.
Even Han generals like Wang Mi showed no mercy in killing Han people, let alone plundering property and people.
After a few more years, they killed more people, and the conflicts between the Han and the Xiongnu could no longer be reconciled. Only then would he give up using the Han to rule the Hu, and then implement the "Hu-Han divided rule."
When people are classified into different classes, the Huns are the first class and are superior to all other ethnic groups. The Han people seem to be the lowest class, but in fact the most oppressed and looked down upon are the Jiehu.
Otherwise, Jiehu would not have established his own regime in order to fight against the Xiongnu.
Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes and thought, now the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom have already had this trend. It seems that even though he proclaimed himself emperor a year early, Liu Yuan still failed to control the situation.
She raised her lips, Jiehu had always been a slave of the Huns, the Han people were miserable, and their treatment was actually worse than that of the Han people.
The Huns look down on the Han people, but they learn from the Han people's culture. They know in their hearts that the Han culture is good. This is an attitude of inferiority and looking down on the Han people;
As for Jiehu, he is proud and contemptuous from the bottom of his heart.
But is Jiehu worse than the Xiongnu?
No nation is worse than any other nation. They all have the characteristics of their respective nations in their blood. Will Jiehu always bow his head and admit defeat?
It's just that the time has not come yet.
Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes and thought, his mind turned over and over again, and he quickly made up his mind and asked: "Li's Wubao has already raised food and grass for you, why do you want to kill them all?"
Cheng Da said: "I can't wait to obey orders."
He said: "The general asked us to raise food and grass, so we raised food and grass. He asked us to arrest people, destroy forts, and loot property, so we had no choice but to obey."
Zhao Hanzhang didn't know how much he believed it, so he asked: "Where are the looted properties?"
Cheng Da pointed to the middle tent, which was the tent where the general ran out just now. The things inside had already been taken away by Zhao Hanzhang. She looked back and said, "Are they gone?"
Cheng Da shook his head, "The people here are very poor. There is still some money in Li's Wubao, but not much. Everything that can be robbed has been robbed."
Zhao Hanzhang asked: "Is there anyone left in the family?"
Cheng Da was startled and asked Zhao Hanzhang, "Are you Han people still going to our country to arrest our relatives? This is a war and our families should not be affected."
Zhao Hanzhang sighed deeply and said: "In this war, you and I are just innocent soldiers involved. Although you kill my Han people, I am willing to give you a chance to live."
However, Cheng Da was not moved and responded calmly.
He and his companions had experienced many such things. He surrendered and was a prisoner. If Zhao Hanzhang thought they were a burden, it would be normal for him to trap and kill them;
If you think they can be used, they are just changing from slaves of the Huns to slaves of the Han people.
He and his companions changed their masters several times. When the general lost, they went with the new general. The new general looked down on them and either killed them or drove them to the front line as human shields. He
People around me die one after another, this is normal.
They never had a choice.
So Zhao Hanzhang meant not to kill them, but to keep them as slaves?
Cheng Da, who was already numb and thinking that one more day to live was just one more day, hesitantly thanked him, "Thank you, General."
But I still have doubts in my heart. I don’t understand what this has to do with his family?
However, he still replied: "There are also mother and younger brother who haven't been home for many years. I don't know if they are dead."
So if you have the ability, go to Han and capture the people, so that they can know whether they are still alive.
Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Can you farm?"
Cheng Da blinked and became even more puzzled. Wei You beside him had already said first: "Yes! I can grow wheat and beans!"
Zhao Hanzhang smiled at them and said: "Then you can stay and serve as soldiers for me. Then I will give you some land and cultivate it when there is no war. When you have money in the future, you can bring your family over."
Cheng Da and the others looked at Zhao Hanzhang blankly, then came to their senses and asked quickly: "Divide our land? Should we farm it for the general, or..."
"Just like the soldiers under my rule, you are soldiers, you don't have to pay taxes, and everything produced from the fields is your private property."
"Can we have private property?"
The slaves' body and mind belong to their master. Even if they have property now, they can lose it when the master needs it.
Zhao Hanzhang said: "Of course, you have it. Even I can't seize your property unreasonably."
The five people were silent, not knowing whether to believe Zhao Hanzhang.
But what difference does it make whether you believe it or not? Anyway, they are all prisoners now.
But there was still a glimmer of hope and warmth in their hearts. Zhao Hanzhang asked more questions, and they became more cooperative. For example, "Qiao Xi is cruel. The reason why he suddenly asked us to plunder the Han people is because he heard that Wang Mi was collecting food and grass."
We looted a lot of property, and he was jealous, so he also asked us to rob the Han people and hand over all the looted property to him."
He added, "Qiao Xi has been unable to capture Guancheng for a long time. He is afraid that the emperor will blame him, so he is planning to dig the Dongfeng Canal and flood Guancheng with water."
When Zhao Hanzhang heard this, he smiled slightly, leaned forward slightly, and looked at them seriously, "Are you going to dig?"
"It's not easy to dig," Wei You said, "We followed orders and dug a little bit. It's almost winter now, and there is little river water. If we dig, it won't flood the entire Guancheng, but the fertile fields underneath will probably be washed away."
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I forgot what I wanted to say to you, but I always felt that I had something to say to you last night, but I didn't write it down at the time, and I forgot about it after one night.
Alas, I can only wait and see when I remember it in the future.