Nine hundred and eighty-third section of the transformation of prisoners (1)
More than three hundred miles south of Chang'an City, this place belongs to Shanglin Garden.
This place is called Xuxian County, and Xuxian means the border.
In other words, this is one of the boundaries of Shanglin Garden.
After here, going south, it is no longer within the scope of Shanglinyuan.
However, today, the name of Yixian County is just superficial.
This is because Shanglinyuan has already crossed Yixian County and penetrated into Yaxian County and Yulin County in the south.
However, the location of Yixian County has therefore become more important.
Yixian County has great geographical advantages.
Fengshui flows from its southeast, and Zhuoshui flows from its north.
Downstream of Yixian County is the construction site of Kunming Pool, the largest water conservancy project in Guanzhong.
Today's Kunming Pool project of the Han family has attracted worldwide attention.
Its scale is enormous.
According to the design and construction schedule, after completion, not only the Fengshui and Jishui near Kunming Pool will eventually be regulated and managed by it.
Even water contamination and waterlogging can affect it.
It will become a giant water conservancy project to regulate drought and floods in the surrounding area of 300 miles.
Since the energy is so large, its scale and number of workers are naturally unprecedented.
In order to dig Kunming Pool, the Han Dynasty conscripted 100,000 people not only for two consecutive years, but also during the winter season when farming was slack.
Even in normal times, a large number of laborers are hired and driven to work here.
Its scale is second only to the former city of Chang'an.
However, its construction time was longer than that of the Chang'an City Wall.
Now, it is the busy farming season.
Therefore, the main workers of the Kunming Pool Project are either poor people who come here for generous rewards, or criminal prisoners or slaves.
Naturally, the Huns prisoners of war who were captured in the Battle of Mayi two years ago are also indispensable.
And Yixian County is the area where the Shaofu guards and manages the Huns prisoners of war.
In the winter two years ago, the Han Dynasty won a great victory in the Mayi area.
In total, nearly 20,000 Huns prisoners of war were captured.
After these prisoners of war were captured, they were first screened in the prisoner of war camps in Jinyang and Taiyuan.
Those with special skills were mainly good at herding or delivering livestock. Those who used to be slaves in the Xiongnu were sent to various pastures of the Han army and became treasures.
Even today, many people have obtained the Han Dynasty household registration book and become a glorious Han Dynasty citizen. They have even been given land and houses, and arranged for girls to be their wives. Generally, they are mainly female slaves or older sisters who have quit working in Huajieliuxiang.
The remaining people, mainly strong men who were soldiers, were uniformly sent to Chang'an and placed in various institutions of the Shaofu.
The luckier and smarter ones were selected to join the Han army and served as sparring partners for the Han army's cavalry.
But there are very few such people.
Among the 20,000 prisoners of war, only a few hundred had that luck.
As for the others?
The young master said that he was short of manpower!
The total number of prisoners of war who were scattered to Yixian County was approximately 8,000.
These people are mainly prisoners of war from the original Zhelan tribe and Aries tribe, and of course there are a small number of prisoners of war from King Youxian's own tribe.
In order to house these prisoners of war, the Han Dynasty established rows of prisoner of war camps on the sandy ground in the southeast of Yixian County.
These prisoner-of-war camps are generally made of wood or earth and rocks.
Of course, every hundred steps, there will be a bungalow built with bamboo and wood and paved with bricks and tiles.
This is the residence of the overseers.
Unlike other places, the supervisors here were also Huns.
But not prisoners of war.
Rather, they were those crooked melons, cracked jujubes and miscellaneous beards who married into the Han family with the Beihai family a few years ago and were used as extras.
Of course, there are also a small number of Guiyi Hu people who come from more noble families.
Li Zhe is such a Hu man who returned to Yiyi.
The Hu people from Guiyi had a high political status in the Han Dynasty.
They are regarded as nobles and enjoy many privileges.
The two who climbed the highest even became the elders Jiuqing and Tejin.
Others include princes and princes.
Of course, there are two types of Hu people in Guiyi.
One is that they are indeed Hu people, and the other is a Chinese who fled to the Xiongnu for livelihood or to avoid war.
Li Zhe belongs to the former.
This can be seen from his appearance. He has a round face common to Huns, with raised eyebrows, enlarged nose, and a light yellow color to the beard and hair around his lips.
For this reason, when he was a child, he was often ridiculed by his peers, saying that he was a Huangxunu.
But at this moment, in the eyes of the Huns prisoners of war, every move he made was a representative and symbol of the dream of the Han Dynasty.
Li Zhe lowered his head slightly and looked at the Hun prisoner of war who was looking at him enthusiastically and worshiping him with admiring eyes. Li Zhe felt great satisfaction.
He knew very well what these prisoners of war were longing for.
So, he picked up a piece of wheat cake on the plate in front of him, handed it to the prisoner of war, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "When barbarians enter Xia, Xia will become Xia. Work hard to reform. One day, your descendants may also be able to
Be like me, wear a crown and feathers, and be an upright citizen of the Xia!"
The word transformation was invented by an unknown Huns.
It is said that that person is one of the dowry slaves of Mrs. Xia today.
After coming to the Han Dynasty, he felt the compassion and kindness of the Holy Emperor, so he vowed to be a loyal slave of the Han Dynasty.
Under his leadership and inspiration, the original batch of Xiongnu dowry slaves worshiped the Emperor of Han as a god and worshiped Weiyang Palace every morning and evening, just like the Xiongnu worshiping the sun and moon.
At the same time, they also work actively every day and study the Han language seriously.
When the emperor heard about it, he was very happy and made him the fifth official. He also gave him a Han surname and a Han name.
Since then, the word "reform" and its meaning have been widely known in the Shaofu.
In particular, after the Battle of Mayi, the Shaofu listed the term "reform" as a basic principle for the management and control of Xiongnu prisoners of war.
Supervisors like Li Zhe have been trained and indoctrinated into the key points and main ideas of the transformation work.
To sum up, there are actually three points.
Article 1: All Huns, or all barbarians, are guilty.
Because of their serious sins, God Taiyi punished them by letting them be born in Siyi without the blessings of the Emperor of China.
Let them be abused and whipped by the tyranny of the Xiongnu Chanyu and the nobles, and their descendants will not be free.
He even had to be skinned and cramped by the Hun nobles, and was extremely humiliated.
This second article follows the main theme of the first article.
The main point is that although the people of the four barbarians have sinned against Heaven, God has the virtue of good life. The number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is forty-nine. Therefore, the Tangwu Net has three sides.
The Emperor of China was ordered by Heaven to govern the world on behalf of Heaven.
Morality, mind, and sense of mission.
Therefore, the emperor of China could not bear that the barbarian people lived in dire straits.
Therefore, he decided to extend his blessings of rain and dew to the people of Siyi and save them from the fire and water.
However, the people of the four barbarians have sinned against Heaven and have not repaid their sins.
I want to be blessed by the emperor of China and become a glorious man.
They must first atone for their sins.
So how to atone for sin?
This is the point of Article 3.
Of course, through labor or obedience, or fighting for the Emperor of China, we can save more of the barbarian people who were ruled by the tyranny of the Huns.
In this way, God will recognize them and, in turn, their sins will be washed away.
Under this transformation policy, not only many Huns prisoners of war were brainwashed and accepted this statement.
After all, most of the Huns' prisoners of war were not nobles in the Huns.
They also belong to the dominated and exploited classes.
They also carry a heavy burden of contribution.
They even live in precarious grasslands, and their lives are far more miserable than those of the poorest people in China.
When Chinese people encounter disasters, they can at least receive relief and relief from the government.
But on the grassland, when a clan or tribe encounters a natural disaster, more than half of its population and livestock will often die.
It was impossible for the newborns back then to survive!
In the past, when they were in the Xiongnu, they were often told by shamans and tribal leaders: This is the anger of the God of Heaven. You have offended the God of Heaven, so you will suffer disasters. Please pray to the God of Heaven!
Now, in the Han Dynasty, I am taught this way by my compatriots who share the same culture and race.
That was of course a sudden realization.
What's more, the supervisors used leather whips to drive them to work.
But on the other hand, he used food and occasional care and concern to quietly win over them.
The whip is enough to make most people accept the other party's rhetoric and brainwashing in such an environment.
Now, most of these Huns prisoners of war are convinced that they were indeed guilty of sins in their previous lives when they were born on the grasslands, and were therefore punished.
So, everyone was busy reforming.
Moreover, the role model is right in front of them.
Those overseers and nobles who have the same skin color and speak the same language as them are the best examples of successful transformation.
No prisoners of war want to be like these noble people, wearing comfortable silk and linen straight-skirted deep clothes, eating sweet and delicious food, and living in spacious and comfortable houses.
His wives, concubines, and children lived a happy and comfortable life.
When you get sick, there are doctors to diagnose and treat you; when you have troubles, there are officials to help you.
More importantly, there was also the canonization and award from the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!
Especially the canonization and awards from the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!
In the eyes of prisoners of war, it even surpasses everything!
These prisoners of war have never had such specific goals, life plans and spiritual sustenance as they do now.
In their eyes, the transformation was successful, their sins were washed away, and they were able to enjoy and be tainted by the favor of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. This was the first step.
Obtaining canonization and awards from the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is the ultimate goal.
the reason is simple.
This is a characteristic of the Huns or all nomadic peoples.
No matter what the situation, they need a master.
The stronger the master, the more at ease they will feel.
Is there any more reliable and stable job than being a slave, a minion, or a hawk for the Emperor of Han Dynasty?
there is none left!
Even Li Zhe is dreaming that one day he can be received by the emperor, rewarded, and canonized.
Even if it’s just the lowest title! To be continued
