There were about 100,000 surrenders on Baideng Mountain, of which about 80,000 Turks, and about 20,000 were Liu Heita's Xia army, as well as some of the former Liu Wuzhou, Gao Kaidao and others from Daibei. They all surrendered to Qin with the Turks.

All 100,000 people were killed, and the emperor thought it was too wasteful.

Wang Ziming, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, squeezed over, "Your Majesty, I also think that killing is too wasteful. All 100,000 prisoners are young and strong. At the beginning of the founding of the country, all of them are in ruins, not to mention that the world has not been unified, so it cannot be wasted. I think that all these 100,000 prisoners should be demoted to official slaves, and then they will be dispersed and sent to various places to cultivate land and mine."

Xiao Yu said that this was too cruel. Although he did not kill him, 100,000 people were demoted to slaves, which was too untransmitted.

"Your Majesty, I think that you should rule the world with kindness, and treat these Hu people with enlightenment and education as the main focus."

Xiao Yu has always disagreed with many of the emperor's actions. For example, Luo Cheng's policy on Goguryeo outside the pass is now a strategy of destroying the country and destroying the race. He captured people as slaves and seized his land to farmland, which basically means to destroy the country and nation.

In his opinion, a true wise monarch should not be so fierce and cruel. He should only attack a small number of the upper nobles of Goguryeo. He originally adopted more Goguryeo people as the people of the Qin Dynasty in the Central Plains, and then he had to share land and give them land so that they could live and work in peace and contentment.

However, the emperor ignored his suggestions at all.

The emperor had only one reason for his reply. Goguryeo was established outside the pass for seven hundred years. From a small tribe to the overlord of the pass, they expanded countless territory and built countless castles in the past seven hundred years. The most important thing is that the Goguryeo people had their own civilization ideas and their population reached an astonishing five or six million.

For a huge ethnic group with its own long-standing culture, it is very difficult to assimilate, especially outside the pass. Outside the pass, it is difficult for the Han people to surpass these Goguryeo people in a short time. So once the strength of the Central Plains court declines, the Goguryeo people outside the pass may be restored. This is not a speculation, but has evolved like this countless times in history.

Just as the Han people in the Central Plains have been conquered, they have never been completely assimilated. Why? The large population base and the long history of civilization have created their fundamental principle of never being assimilated.

Luo Cheng didn't want to leave trouble for his descendants, so when facing the Goguryeo people who were not often rebellious, he simply came up with the most ruthless and direct strategy.

Now he plans to do this to the Turks.

Although many dynasties in history often defeated these northern nomadic tribes and placed them on the frontiers, and even moved to the Central Plains.

But almost the exception is that their placement is placed by the entire tribe, and even their lifestyle has not changed. Some moved in and out of herding horses, raising cattle and herding sheep, and still live a tribal life, so their moving in and out of the way has not changed their nature as the Hu people.

This kind of internal migration can only be useful for a while. Once the dynasty weakens, it will inevitably become the Five Barbarians invading China again.

It is even more recent that the Qimin Khan was the Sui Dynasty who supported the dynasty and moved inward to Dingxiang, the south of the desert, and handed over the land north of Mayi to the Qimin Khan, but it only maintained the loyalty of the Qimin Khan generation to the Central Plains. Shibi Khan was only the second generation, but it turned out to be reversed.

Luo Cheng had studied these things for a long time and thought about finding a reliable solution instead, but he couldn't find them after thinking about them, so he simply broke them and established them.

Killing is a waste, and letting go is not true kindness. So let them all be slaves and pay the price for the mistakes they have made for the rest of their lives.

"Shangshu Wang registered all these prisoners. Half of the prisoners will be rewarded as military merits and rewarded to the meritorious soldiers of the Northern Expedition, and the other half will be sent to the official work workshops of Shaofu Temple as official slaves and salt farms in various mines."

As the emperor's brother-in-law, Wang Ziming was very concerned about the emperor at this time. He said, "I thought I could capture three parts of the prisoner, and one third was used as a reward for the soldiers who had made contributions to the Northern Expedition, and they were rewarded as slaves. One third was sent to the government's workshops, mines, etc. as slaves. The remaining one third was presented to His Majesty, and they were sent to the emperor's private imperial farms and mines to work in the workshops."

Xiao Yu stood up and objected, saying that the prince was not divided by public or private. The implication was that even if these prisoners were demoted to slaves, they should be the property of the court and should not be the private property of the emperor.

But Wang Ziming did not give in and argued.

In the end, Wei Zheng and other prime ministers also expressed against their will, that the emperor personally led the expedition and commanded the suppression of the Turks, and made great contributions, so one-third of the slaves should be presented to the emperor. This matter was finally decided.

"Your Majesty, there are no less than 100,000 war horses."

Wang Ziming said again.

Now, Wei Zheng, like Xiao Yu, refused to give in and insisted that war horses were very precious. Even if the Turkic war horses were hungry, they could still be recovered as long as they were well raised. How could the emperor need to divide so many war horses?

Wei Zheng took the initiative to propose that from these 100,000 war horses, the emperor would select 3,000 best horses to be sent to the imperial horse farm for raising, and the private property of the emperor's imperial horse stables, and the rest would be distributed to various imperial pastures for raising.

Luo Cheng did not object to this. After all, although horses are good, they cost a lot. Raising a war horse is not low.

"The soldiers of the Northern Expedition can give priority to purchasing these war horses, each person is limited to two, and give a preferential price."

The soldiers and soldiers of the palace need horses, and the court also needs horses, but horses are kept in the hands of the government, and they also belong to the court's combat power. Therefore, Luo Cheng was very happy that the soldiers would buy these war horses and were willing to give discounts.

As for the seized weapons and armor, they will all be included in the Weiwei Temple. They will either be stored in the arsenal or rebuilt.

Zhishili brought Suni and a group of Turkic nobles over here.

The emperor looked at the large row of Turkic nobles kneeling in front of him, but he just smiled coldly.

"Master Wen, read my edict."

Wen Dalin stepped forward to read the edict.

The edict was read out, but Suni and other nobles were stunned.

All demoted to slaves?

Then what else do they surrender?

Why did such a result come true?

"Your Majesty, why did we surrender?"

Luo Cheng only answered two words, "It's too late!"

The power of Zheng has lost his mind and is also dazed. Didn’t the Central Plains Dynasty always pay attention to mercy? They have already surrendered and given up, so why are they still cruel?

"His Majesty?"

"I have given you a chance, but no one cherishes you. I have to fight to the end. When the mountains and rivers are over, I also want to imagine my kindness and generosity. Do you really think that I am so easy to deceive?"

Zhidui cried bitterly, and many Turkic nobles also cried in despair. Soon the imperial edict was read to all the Turkic prisoners, and the prisoners cried in a whole lot.

"Oh my God, save us and save your people!"

But their crying was not responded. The only responses were the spears and bows of the Qin soldiers. They wanted to escape without any worries, but they didn't dare to fight back. They had to scatter teams of scattered groups, tied up ropes and strung together, and sent them to one prisoner camp after another, waiting for the unknown and confused fate arrangement.

"Your Majesty, Liu Heita shouted and asked for a meeting." A guard reported.
Chapter completed!