Han officials

Chapter 84: Killing and Destroying the Heart [15]

The next day, in Bengshan City.

Wei Zhe and Taishi Ci were seen sitting casually under a big tree, while Xi Zhicai and others were also sitting on the ground.

"There are seventy-eight states in the Three Kingdoms of Korea. The larger states have over ten thousand households, and the smaller states have thousands, totaling nearly two hundred thousand households." Wei Zhe calculated for a moment and suddenly asked, "How many are left now?"

Taishi Ci couldn't help but look helpless when he heard this. How could this be calculated?

However, Xi Zhicai thought about it and said hesitantly, "Counting those who died of starvation and battle, the population of the Three Han should have been reduced by half. Even if there are still survivors in the wilderness and mountains, they won't be too many."

Hearing this, Wei Zhe frowned slightly: "So there are still 500,000?"

Wei Zhe found that he had underestimated the human instinct for survival.

Even if there is no food, people can eat anything to survive.

Whether it is wild vegetables or tree bark, whether it is running in the sky or swimming in the water, as long as it can be eaten, people who are about to die of starvation will not let it go.

If not for this, there probably wouldn't be so many people from the Three Kingdoms of Korea left.

However, Xi Zhicai thought about it and shook his head, saying, "It shouldn't be that many, maybe 400,000 people."

As more people died, the survival pressure on the people of the Three Kingdoms of Korea was actually reduced.

Xi Zhicai drew a simple map on the ground and explained, "I heard that tens of thousands of people from the southern coast are sailing to the Japanese islands, burning, killing, looting, and stealing food. Now the Japanese are suffering terribly."

You have to know that it is basically impossible for someone who can live to this age to be weak and sickly.

These tens of thousands of Dongyi people who struggled to crawl out of the hell on earth can be said to have given a great shock to the Japanese island.

But Wei Zhe didn't bother to care about what was happening across the sea.

After hearing Xi Zhicai's answer, Wei Zhe considered for a moment whether to kill a group of people.

But after thinking it over again and again, he gave up the idea.

There is no other way. Killing the surrendered soldiers is too damaging to political credibility. It is better not to do it if possible.

Since we can't kill them, we have to put more effort into managing them.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhe suddenly became thoughtful.

It's true, Wei Zhe actually has a rough idea based on his years of governance experience:

Power and virtue are used together, and Han and barbarians live together.

The people were registered and the villages and communities were re-established.

"What do you think?" Wei Zhe looked at everyone with deep emotion and said, "If we implement this policy to pacify the people, the Three Kingdoms of Han can be pacified within fifty years."

It just so happens that there are refugees everywhere in Qingxu, and there is no shortage of Han people willing to migrate.

Although Wei Zhe could not afford to migrate hundreds of thousands of people at one time, the court did have the ability to do so.

It doesn't even need to be too many, just half the number of Han people who are the indigenous people of the Three Kingdoms of Han would be enough to assimilate the Three Kingdoms of Han.

After all, the barbarians of the Three Kingdoms of Han were also an agricultural people, not as different from the Han people as the Huns.

As long as everyone speaks Chinese, takes Chinese names, follows Chinese customs and practices, over time, the water will drip through the stone, and after two or three generations, they will naturally all be Han people.

When Taishi Ci and the others heard what he said, they were impressed and immediately applauded and cheered.

However, Xi Zhicai thought about it and suddenly smiled and said, "How about adding another sentence?"

"Which sentence?"

"Attack the heart and eradicate the roots, and return to one's roots!" Upon hearing this, Wei Zhe immediately guessed something, but the generals were confused.

Seeing this, Xi Zhicai didn't keep the secret and said directly: "Although the Three Kingdoms of Korea have been destroyed, the barbarians' nature is hard to change. If they are not guided, I am afraid that some rebellion will inevitably arise in the future."

"But if we can make these people stop considering themselves Dongyi people, the risk of rebellion will naturally be much smaller."

Upon hearing this, Taishi Ci was immediately surprised and asked, "How is this possible?"

"It's easy, just trace it back to its origins!" Xi Zhicai explained with a slight smile, "During the Western Han Dynasty, Gojoseon was destroyed by the Yan people Wei Man. The last king, Gojoseon, fled to the Three Han lands and spent several years unifying them, proclaiming himself the King of Han. Although Gojoseon's rule ended within the second generation, Gojoseon still ruled the Three Han lands for decades."

At this point, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but laugh and said, "If that's the case, aren't these the descendants of Jizi?"

Wei Zhe smiled knowingly when he heard this and immediately understood Xi Zhicai's intention.

It’s true, Jizi is indeed the most suitable candidate.

After all, after the demise of the Shang Dynasty, Jizi led thousands of Shang Dynasty veterans to settle in Korea.

From this we can see that the Gojoseon Kingdom actually has the same origin as China.

After the demise of the Gi Dynasty of Joseon, the last king Gijun led thousands of remnants to unify the Three Kingdoms of Han.

In this way, the people of the Three Kingdoms of Korea can naturally be said to have the same origin as the Chinese, and are not the Dongyi people.

After all, the real purebred Nori people no longer exist in the land of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhe immediately had a new inspiration: "That's quite true. In the future, when we register the people and re-establish the village community, we can build another Ji Temple and appoint a temple priest to perform all kinds of sacrificial rituals. Let him preach the origins of the people of the Three Han every day. In this way, perhaps after two generations, there will be no more Dongyi people!"

After all, the need for sacrifice exists objectively and is a spiritual need.

If the Han people do not fill the gap, the Dongyi people will naturally perform sacrifices according to their old customs.

When Xi Zhicai heard Wei Zhe say this, he immediately agreed with him.

"If this is the case, this strategy will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort!"

Neither Xi Zhicai nor Wei Zhe were worried that this strategy could not be implemented.

After all, Jizi was recognized by Confucius in "The Analects" as one of the "Three Sages of the Late Yin Dynasty"!
There is even a record in the "Book of Documents" that after the fall of Shang and the rise of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou once asked Jizi how to govern the country in accordance with the will of heaven. Jizi then taught King Wu the "Hong Fan Jiu Chou" passed down by Xia Yu.

For Confucianists who advocate the rule of the Three Dynasties, Jizi is not only not an outsider, but also one of the ancestors.

Under such circumstances, if anyone dares to say that the Ji Temple is an obscene sacrifice, I am afraid that even the greatest scholars in the world will be the first to disagree.

However, after talking about these things, Wei Zhe always felt as if he had forgotten something.

It was not until Gongsun Zhao asked Wei Zhe expectantly whether he wanted to follow the example of the great general Dou Xian of this dynasty and find a famous mountain in Byeonhan to engrave a stone to commemorate his achievements that Wei Zhe suddenly realized.

You should know that Huo Qubing's Fenglangjuxu and Dou Xian's Yanranlugong are both top honors in the hearts of military generals.

Although the Three Kingdoms of Han could not compare with the Xiongnu, it was still a great power outside the Great Wall.

If Wei Zhe had followed the example of his predecessors and done the same thing, perhaps they would have left their names in history.

So, facing Gongsun Zhao's expectant gaze, Wei Zhe shook his head without hesitation.

Just as Gongsun Zhao was feeling disappointed, Wei Zhe smiled proudly and said, "Why bother repeating what others have said? Now that we have pacified the Three Kingdoms of Han, we should find another way to demonstrate our achievements!"

If Wei Zhe also followed Dou Xian's example and engraved stones to record his merits in the Three Han states, then future generations would only remember Dou Xian, and no one would care who was the second person to engrave the stone to record his merits!
This is not something Wei Zhe said nonsense, but many generals did the same thing after Dou Xian.

Many cliff carvings that have been passed down to later generations were influenced by this trend.

Hearing this, the curiosity of the generals was instantly aroused. They wanted to know how Wei Zhe was going to show off his martial arts skills...

(End of this chapter)