Four hundred and seventieth chapters preferential treatment of prisoners
After taking the prisoners back to Shibao City, Song Yang immediately asked Zhao Yang to divide the Tubo people into three parts.
A team of nobles, chiefs, and lords numbered more than forty people.
The civilian team consisted of more than 1,300 people.
The remaining three thousand or so were all slaves.
"First send the slaves and civilians to Shancheng, let Lao Fang lead people to teach them what common people are, and let them know the benefits of working with common people."
"Tell them that common people have fields, food, and housing, and publicize our Daqian land-dividing policy in place, so that they can fully understand the gap between Tibetan slaves and common people and ordinary people in Daqian!"
"Let's renovate it for three months first. We'll see what happens after three months."
Song Yang arranged the whereabouts of slaves and civilian prisoners with a wave of his hand.
Song Yang wanted to kill the remaining dozens of leaders directly.
Later I thought, I might as well try to change them from slave owners to feudal landlords.
At any rate, it can be considered an improvement.
So the slaves had already set off, and the nobles were tied into one group and sent to Shancheng together.
Fang Zhe has been in Shancheng recently and did not come to Shibao City with him.
After arriving in Shanzhou, Song Yang asked Fang Zhe to take charge in Shancheng. Firstly, he unified the dispatch of military supplies and logistics. Secondly, he also used Shanzhou as the center to straighten out the military and political affairs of Longyou garrison such as Kuozhou, Shanzhou and Hezhou.
During the previous period, Fang Zhe mainly took over the areas to the north of Longyou Road such as Liangzhou, Ganzhou and Guazhou. Now he is taking advantage of this opportunity to also take over the areas to the south of Longyou Road.
After sending away the prisoners, Shibao City immediately became clean again.
That night Dusongdezan came to ask for permission. He wanted to see the prisoners.
Song Yang waved his hand and refused.
"You can't see anyone until the matter between us has been settled."
So Dusongdezan had no choice but to go back to his residence and rack his brains to think of something he could come up with that would impress Da Gan.
On the other side, Mu Chi, who had fled back to Damomen City, finally gathered the remaining defeated soldiers.
One point, one hundred and sixty-five thousand.
That's a direct loss of 30,000 people.
In a battle at Shibao City, three or four thousand were killed by Da Gan and more than five thousand were captured.
Altogether, there are less than 10,000 people.
The remaining ones who were missing were the slaves and peaceful militiamen who took advantage of the chaos and ran away during the retreat.
Mu Chi was furious and immediately sent people to capture the deserters.
Of course, there is no hope of strengthening the defense system of Damomen City in order to withstand Daqian's firearm attacks.
After these important matters were arranged, Mu Chi immediately called for Ma Ji, and together they wrote a battle report and a letter asking for help to the National Preceptor Dingchi Gongjia.
In the days that followed, Mu Chi stepped up patrols, fearing that Da Gan would attack.
On the other hand, he was actively seeking ways to resist firearms. Through businessmen, he learned about some cases of firearms warfare.
It's a pity that businessmen don't know much, and the conclusion they finally draw is still difficult to resist.
The only thing that reassured Mu Chi was that Daqian's soldiers and horses did not attack.
"Maybe it's because of the fear of miasma!" This was the comfort Mu Chi gave himself.
In fact, Song Yang had already returned to Shanzhou with Dusong Dezan.
He taught Zhao Yang and Wei Nan the defense of Shibao City, and he took Yu Ming back to Fucheng to train the prisoners.
Originally this matter was left to Fang Zhe, but Fang Zhe's claws went numb when he saw so many prisoners.
He has no experience in this area.
They must not be beaten or scolded at will, and personal property must not be confiscated.
And it doesn’t mean that the prisoners are captured and sent to the rear to be well-fed and housed. That’s it.
The most important thing is education and transformation.
Song Yang had requested preferential treatment for the prisoners.
So Fang Zhe, who was confused, wrote a letter asking for help to Song Yang.
Song Yang also realized that no one in Daqian had experience with this kind of thing.
After all, treating prisoners preferentially is essentially a political job. Fang Zhe has no experience, so Song Yang can only do it himself.
In this way, Song Yang returned to Shancheng. He wanted to personally train the prisoners and let them know what it means to treat prisoners preferentially.
"The core of preferential treatment for prisoners is to educate them, not to impress the enemy with good food and drink alone."
"What is the biggest advantage of our Daqian compared to Tubo? It is the system!"
"Slavery is completely outdated in this era and must be completely eliminated."
"And how is Daqian's system better than Tubo's system?"
"For example, when the land was divided, it goes without saying that the Tubo slaves had no private property at all."
"For those civilians, how much property do their families have? One or two sheep? One or two horses? Or one or two yaks?"
"No! As far as I know, the lives of most of the common people in Tubo are not much better than those of slaves. They may only have a little more personal freedom than slaves."
"So what we have to do is to compare them with the general public."
"As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. Let them see the lives of the people in Daqian, and let the people in Daqian see the misery of the Tubo people."
After Song Yang returned to Shancheng, he immediately held a meeting to arrange the prisoner education and transformation work for Fang Zhe, Yu Ming and others.
He first described the meaning and methods of preferential treatment of prisoners, and then detailed these methods based on the actual situation.
For example, slaves are divided into three, six or nine grades.
Those who have some progressive ideas are placed in the first echelon, and those who are willing to be slaves and have no ideological awareness are placed in the second echelon.
Then each echelon allows the slaves to elect some representatives, and these representatives will be brought into the lives of Daqian people, allowing them to see with their own eyes what real Daqian people live.
Even in a state capital like Shanzhou that had just taken over, Song Yang had absolute confidence in this.
Shanzhou was previously managed by Song Xi, who also made certain achievements in governing the people and government.
After the natural disaster, the contradiction between man and earth disappeared directly.
Song Xi also used the method of dividing land to win over people's hearts.
Almost no one in Shanzhou can get more than twenty acres of land.
Nothing else, Shanzhou is a large place with a small population.
The per capita allocation will naturally be more.
There are also some herdsmen in Shanzhou who do not know how to farm and usually make a living by grazing.
These people were allocated pasture, and each of them was allocated fifty acres of pasture!
This number is simply astronomical and unimaginable to the Tubo people!
Song Yang knew this, so he felt free to let the prisoners see and understand.
Only by breaking down their dependence on the slave system from within can these people transform into an important force in overthrowing the slave system.
"So, we have to rehabilitate them. Not only do we have to rehabilitate them well, but we also need to directly return some civilians and prisoners with advanced ideas back to Tubo."
"What will they do after they return to Tubo? Continue to be Tubo's civilians and prisoners? Will they be willing to do so?"
“They will definitely spread the word to their neighbors, relatives and friends about what a great job they are doing!”
"That's what we're trying to achieve!"
Song Yang made a long speech, which made Fang Zhe and Yu Ming surprised. They didn't expect that he had such great knowledge in handling prisoners.
"Starting from tomorrow, the preferential treatment of prisoners and the transformation of prisoners will officially begin! Adjourn the meeting!"