At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

Listening to Ren Hao's remarks, all the ministers looked as if they were not going to listen.

Zhao Pingan snorted and said sarcastically, "Ren Sikong, you are really eloquent. You might as well stop being the Sikong of the Ministry of Revenue and become an envoy of the Han Dynasty to persuade the whole world to join the Central Plains."

"Since you are so open-minded, Ren Sikong, why don't you go and try to persuade the barbarians in the civilized Yi land and see whether they will welcome you with fine wine or swords."

All the ministers followed Zhao Ping'an to play tricks on Ren Hao, and then the old Confucian scholar Ma Qian also advised the emperor: "Your Majesty, the barbarians are fierce and rough and do not know etiquette. They are not of our race and their hearts must be different. We must not accept them."

"Yes, Your Majesty. The living customs of the people of Linnan are completely different from those of the people of the Central Plains. If the two meet, not to mention the contamination of their blood, this will definitely cause trouble based on their customs."

Other Confucian scholars also echoed the voice, citing the example that the different cultural customs between the Central Plains and Linnan were similar to the difference between a southern orange and a northern citron, and they all put on a stubborn face.

Facing the chattering in the court, Wen Yan impatiently slammed the imperial desk and said, "That's enough! Shut up, everyone!!!"

As the emperor slammed the table and spoke, all the ministers stopped talking and shut up, and the whole court fell silent.

Wen Yan glanced at the ministers in the court and asked, "Since you all say that you don't want these 500,000 Linnan residents, then tell me, where should we fill the missing residents in the Central Plains?"

"Your Majesty, the fiefs of the King of Qinxi, the King of Dongjin, the King of Pingqi, and the King of Chu and Yan are all inherited from the Central Plains. We can borrow some residents from them and migrate here." Chen Lang stood up and gave advice.

The other ministers all echoed their support, and they all felt that Chen Lang’s proposal was a good one. After all, the fiefs of these four kings were inherited from the Central Plains, and the people in the counties were all from the Central Plains.

"It's so easy to say, why don't you go and borrow it for me?" Wen Yan snorted. This was a completely bad idea.

Asking them to borrow people is like walking a sheep into the tiger's mouth, waiting to be eaten.

All the ministers shut up, even Chen Lang, who proposed this idea.

It's fine to let them come up with some ideas, but if they are really asked to go, they will lose their confidence.

After all, if you ask the prince to borrow someone, he will definitely put forward a lot of conditions.

"Your Majesty, Sikong Ren is an eloquent man. The matter of borrowing people can be left to him." Zhao Ping'an did not advise the emperor with good intentions, but intended to push Ren Hao into a trap.

"I believe that with Sikong Ren's ability, this will be something he can do easily." Chen Lang and other ministers also nodded in agreement.

Looking at the shameless looks of the ministers, Li Shiji was really amused by them.

"Everyone, do you still have any shame? Since this initiative was proposed by Minister Chen, why should our Lord Sikong do it?" After Li Shiji stepped out and confronted everyone, he set his sights on Chen Lang who was standing in the Ministry of Rites.

After Chen Lang joined forces with the other five ministers and the Censorate to make a fruitless appeal a few days ago, he had no choice but to compromise and come to the Ministry of Rites to work and retire.

Seeing that the ministers were about to quarrel again, Wen Yan slammed the imperial desk again to stop the quarrel.

The court asked ministers to discuss and solve problems, not to quarrel and create problems.

"That's enough, stop arguing."

"I have made up my mind and decided to accept the 500,000 Linnan residents."

"Since the whole world belongs to me, no matter they are barbarians or barbarians, they are all my subjects." Wen Yan made a decision and accepted Ren Hao's proposal.

After all, it is an unrealistic idea to borrow people from other princes, and the 500,000 captured Linnan residents are the most practical.

Even if this involves some risks, it is achievable.

"Your Majesty is wise." Ren Hao and Shen He both praised him.

Shen He was genuinely happy that the emperor could accept the residents of Linnan.

After all, he is from Linnan.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not feasible. Once the residents of Linnan are allowed to move to the Central Plains, it will destroy the bloodline of the Han Dynasty."

"If this big man assimilates into Linnan's blood, should he be called a Han Chinese? Or a Yi Chinese?"

At this time, the old Confucian scholar Ma Qian jumped out again and brought out his theory of bloodline, trying to obstruct the emperor's decision.

This so-called bloodline theory is simply an absurd and closed-minded idea to Ren Hao, who has received modern higher education. The orthodoxy of China has never been based on bloodline since ancient times, but on cultural inheritance.

But given the limitations of this world, bloodline inheritance is more important than cultural inheritance.

Because the concept of people of this era is that blood carries culture, rather than culture carries blood. This means that except for the Central Plains, all other places are barbarians.

"Your Majesty, although Linnan is far away and is considered a barbarian land, it is actually of the same lineage as the Central Plains."

"The fiefdom of Linnan King Liu Hao, Xiangnan, was originally the Jingchu Kingdom destroyed by Zulong. At that time, the land of Linnan was an uncivilized wilderness with few people."

"Before the State of Jingchu was destroyed by Zulong, a large number of people fled to the Linnan areas to escape the war. When the State of Jingchu was conquered by Zulong in one fell swoop, almost all the people of Jingchu fled south to the Linnan areas."

"The original natives of Linnan were the people of Jingchu and the original natives of Linnan, and the current Linnan people are actually a fusion of the original people of Jingchu, the original natives, and the Han people who migrated south with Nanxiang King Liu Pi."

"I am the descendant of the fusion of the natives of Jingchu and the Han people." Shen He introduced the origin of the Linnan people to the emperor and the ministers, and hoped that the ministers would no longer insult the Linnan people as monkeys that had just come down from the trees.

"Minister Shen is absolutely right. I can testify to this." Li Shiji also stood up. After all, he had been to various places in Linnan when he was exiled.

After development and civilization by successive kings of Linnan, life in Linnan is actually no different from that in the Central Plains, with only slight differences in language and living habits.

But despite Shen He's explanation, the ministers still sneered and still insisted on their own way, stubbornly believing that they were just a group of monkeys who had just come down from the trees, and that the people of Jingchu were just flattering themselves.

Although the ministers did not listen, Wen Yan did.

After all, putting aside Ren Hao's irresponsible side, he was indeed a good minister who was both a teacher and a friend. He not only taught her a lot of things, but also broadened her horizons and thoughts.

When Wen Yan learned that the people of Linnan originated from the people of Jingchu, he very much agreed with Shen He's statement.

Linnan and Zhongyuan were originally of the same lineage, but because of wars and road closures, they faded out of the Central Plains and were misunderstood by the world.