"Your Majesty, 46,779 captives have been executed, 1,677 of whom are the elite main force of the Xilu, 35,986 are the auxiliary soldiers recruited by Timur during the Eastern Expedition and the Semu people from the Central Plains who took refuge with Timur, and the rest are from the Xilu.
Among the local Mongolians and Westerners who took refuge after Alashankou, they were found to be collaborators." Xu Huizu stood in front of Yunxi and said with a bow.
"I remember that we captured a total of more than 38,000 Xilu main force, auxiliary soldiers and Semu people recruited. How come there are more than 1,000 people left who have not been executed?" Yunxi was sitting at the table at this time and criticizing the prisoners transferred from the capital.
An important but not urgent memorial. After hearing Xu Huizu’s memorial, he stopped writing and asked.
Xu Huizu had previously reported to Yunxi that he would be lenient with the captured locals. At that time, he said: "Your Majesty, the local Mongols or Westerners who took refuge with Timur were not valued by Timur, and most of them were not.
He had never insulted or mistreated the captured Ming people; and they did not believe in the Tianfang religion, so they were still people who could be redeemed. Furthermore, His Highness the King of Qin was also in urgent need of labor, so I thought that we should deal with the local Mongols and Xifan people.
Open up."
"Screen them, let them report internally, let the Xilu who are about to be killed report, those who are at fault will be executed, and those who are not at fault can be spared." Yunxi said after thinking about it.
Therefore, Yunxi was not surprised at this time that many captured local Mongolians and Westerners were not killed, but he was a little puzzled that more than a thousand captured Westerners were not killed, so he proposed to wait
Xu Huizu’s explanation.
"Your Majesty, during the attack on the Acropolis, more than 500 Western captives were captured, so a total of 1,935 people were not executed by my order." Xu Huizu continued.
Yunxi didn't speak anymore this time, but raised his head and glanced at him. The meaning was very clear: explain clearly quickly, I am not in the mood to wait any longer.
"Your Majesty, among the people who I have ordered not to be executed for the time being, more than a thousand are Semu people who were exiled from the Central Plains to the northwest. However, these Semu people are not the Tianfang and Cross believers who were exiled by Your Majesty. They call themselves a group of people.
The people of Ji Le Ye Ren. They believe in Yi Ji Le Ye Sect, and their customs are very different from those of Tianfang believers, so I ordered that they not be executed for the time being." Xu Huizu said quickly.
"The Israelites who were exiled to the northwest as Semu people from the Central Plains?" Yun He was surprised.
"Israel?" Xu Huizu thought for a while and realized that the pronunciation of "Israel" and "Yi Shi Le Ye" were similar. Yun Xi should be talking about Yi Shi Le Ye people.
As soon as he rolled his eyes and was about to speak, he heard Wang Gong, who was standing next to Yunxi, shouting: "Israel has a very good name. I read it several times and found that it sounded much better than the previous name. Your Majesty gave it a good name."
! A decree should be issued to formally declare that from now on, it is forbidden to call them a group of people, and they should be collectively called Israelites."
"Haha, okay, I decree that their official name will be the Israelites. The religion they believe in will be called Judaism." Yunxi said with a smile. Wang Gong's flattery was very good.
Wang Gong agreed, and after receiving permission, he went out to find someone to draft an imperial edict.
"Since they are Israelis, forgiveness means forgiveness." Yunxi knew that the contradictions between the three Abrahamic religions were deep. Although the Tianfang religion rarely took the initiative due to the weakness of Judaism, it was also discriminated against and should not persecute the Han people.
Chance.
What's more, he vaguely felt that he had an opportunity to take advantage of these Israelis. Although he hadn't figured it out yet, he decided to spare them.
"However, we need to investigate carefully. Anyone who has abused or insulted the people of the Ming Dynasty will be executed without mercy." He added.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu agreed quickly.
"Why were those hundreds of people pardoned by you?" Yunxi asked again.
"Your Majesty, these more than 600 people are divided into two parts. One of them was left behind because I thought it had a special use." At this point, he raised his head and looked at Yunxi: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the night attack on the camp?
beast?"
"Are these people in charge of those ferocious beasts?" Yunxi was surprised.
He then added: "What are those ferocious beasts? How many of them are there left now? Are they likely to reproduce?"
Yunxi was very curious about what these animals that looked like lions but were definitely not lions were. At the same time, he also had the idea of using such animals in his heart. Animals are different from people and do not have any beliefs, so they can be used
use.
"Your Majesty, this animal is a kind of dog, which they themselves call the Caucasian dog."
"According to the captive dog breeder, this dog is native to a place called the Caucasus, so it is called the Caucasus dog."
"When grown up, Caucasian dogs can be as tall as three feet, and even shorter ones can be more than two feet tall. They weigh nearly 200 kilograms and have a strong physique. They are used as shepherd dogs by herdsmen in their place of origin. They are very powerful. A Caucasian dog can be as tall as three feet.
Dogs can deal with two wolves. At the same time, their noses are sharp and they can smell unusual smells from a long distance." Xu Huizu introduced.
Yunxi felt like he had heard of this kind of dog, but after thinking about it carefully he couldn't remember it. Yunxi scratched his head and continued to ask: "How many dogs do they still have? How many can they reproduce?"
"Your Majesty, due to the attack on the camp in the past few days, many Caucasian dogs were killed and injured in their hands. Now there are only more than fifty. Among them are more than thirty male dogs and nearly twenty female dogs."
"I ordered all Caucasian dogs to be brought back to the capital. I want to find people who are best at raising dogs to raise them." Once this kind of dog is trained, it is better than a bodyguard to prevent someone from trying to sneak in and assassinate.
At the same time, Yunxi slapped his head: 'Why did I forget to train the police dog! Once the police dog is trained, it is more useful than people in arresting criminals or patrolling, and the cost is not necessarily high. How stupid.'
"Fortunately, it's not too late to start now. After a while, we will issue an order all over the country to search for big dogs in the territory under our jurisdiction and send a pair to the capital. The barbarians will also send dogs so that they can use the dogs to offset the money they should pay."
He thought.
"Check those who raise them carefully to see if they have abused or insulted the Han people. As long as those who have not done such behavior are willing to convert to Buddhism, pardon them and send them to the capital together." Yunxi ordered again.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu bowed and agreed.
After saying this, Yunxi began to imagine the use of dogs again. Speaking of which, Tamerlane was also quite creative and even formed a dog team. This is probably the earliest example of large-scale use of animals for military purposes in the world.
Well. Since he can form a team of fierce dogs, so can I. Once these Caucasian dogs are well trained, we will form a team of fierce dogs and distribute them to various guard posts, especially in places with high mountains and dense forests. The range of security can be expanded a lot.'
'It is also very useful for police use. From now on, trained police dogs will be used to guard the prisons at night. If the prisoners want to escape from prison, they will bite them to death and pull them down!'
'The same goes for catching criminals. Dogs can run faster than people. The more complex the terrain, the more advantageous it is. Moreover, the nose is still sharp and can keep up with the prisoner from a distance. However, the police dog that catches the prisoner needs to be trained more, in case it happens in a busy city.
It would be bad if a criminal accidentally bit an innocent passerby.'
‘There is also the guarding of the palace and the presence of Trumen when I am away. Although dogs can also be tired, they can sense whether strangers are coming through their scent, so it is very useful to cooperate with the guards.'
‘…’
Yunxi thought a lot about the use of dogs. After a while, he came back to his senses and repeated his instructions: "Remember to send these Caucasian dogs and the people who raise them to the capital as soon as possible. I will write to the queen and ask her to send them to the capital."
The dogs are settled."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu could only agree repeatedly.
Having said this, Yunxi was about to wave his hand to ask him to leave. But before Xu Huizu could speak, he suddenly remembered the previous sentence and asked again: "Yes, Xu Aiqing, you just said that part of the reason is for raising these Caucasians."
Dog people, why are the other people you are temporarily not executing?"
"Your Majesty, these people whom I have not ordered to be executed are all herdsmen recruited by Timur as auxiliary troops on the land of Samarkand west of Alashan Pass."
"I made a careful investigation and found that from each tribe there was one person who had not insulted or abused the Han people. The rest were all executed, leaving a total of more than 300 people. All of these people are willing to convert to Buddhism."
"What to do with them?" Yunxi asked. Of course he knew that many of the captured Western captives were willing to convert to Buddhism to survive, especially after hearing about Fang Sheng's death after being struck by lightning. And these people were willing to convert.
It is true that some Buddhist people have never bullied Han people.
But it was too difficult to identify such people one by one, not to mention the possibility of others committing perjury, so he implemented the policy of "it would be better to kill three thousand by mistake than to miss one person" and ordered them all to be executed.
Those Israelis can be easily identified, and those who raise Caucasian dogs have an irreplaceable identity, so they can survive. What is the use of these temporarily recruited herdsmen? To raise horses? He has many Mongolians on his hands.
People were raising horses for the Ming Dynasty, and among them were Dibaonu, the grandson of Emperor Yuan Shun. There was no need for these herdsmen.
But Xu Huizu suddenly took a step forward. Although he still lowered his head, his voice was slightly louder: "Your Majesty, I am keeping them here in order to carry out your Majesty's previous plan."
"My plan? What plan?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, this is your Majesty's far-sighted plan to spread Buddhism in the Western Regions." Xu Huizu continued.
"This plan?" Yunxi couldn't help shouting, and then he reacted and ordered all the waiters in the tent to go out, pulled down the door curtains, and stood guard outside the tent to prevent anyone from entering without his permission.
After they all went out, Yunxi asked in a low voice: "Can my plan still be implemented?"
"I think it can still be implemented, but some changes are needed." Xu Huizu said.
