504 New Year 3
A buzzing sounded in the conference room, and everyone was talking about Xu Shiyang's decision.
There was nothing to discuss in the end. Although Xu Shiyang has been expanding the power of the General Staff, his influence in the Qi army is still irreplaceable. No one should object to his decision to deal with the prisoners in this way.
What everyone is talking about now is just gossip like selling Tartar women.
Except only Gongsun Sheng.
Just when everyone thought the way of handling the prisoners had been determined, Gongsun Sheng suddenly stood up and put forward his own suggestions:
The female relatives of the pseudo-Jin Kingdom were directly assigned to the meritorious soldiers as slaves according to their status.
He also proposed specific allocation plans such as:
The Queen of Jin Kingdom, the concubine presented it to the King of Qi;
The princesses and the legitimate daughters of the Bojilie family are given to Xu Shiyang;
The other princes and nobles were assigned to other members of the Qi family by rank, as well as senior officials of the Qi State.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked dark - so shameless.
Everyone is not stupid about the purpose of Gongsun Sheng’s proposal, and can be seen at a glance - it is simply trying to please the King of Qi and the Prince with the woman he was captured.
Xu Shiyang glanced at Gongsun Sheng with a laugh and cry, and said directly:
"veto."
He really doesn't want to take the harem of the Jin emperor for himself - what can he get if he wants women? Is it necessary to take advantage of these enemies' women?
Besides, the quality of the Jurchen Tartars is indeed not very good. I am afraid that the guys who peek at these women are because their identities were once very respected - it was exciting to play with the queen at will.
Gongsun Sheng's first proposal was rejected, and then he realized that Xu Shiyang was really not interested in it.
But he was not discouraged and immediately made a second suggestion about the captive:
Given that Qi State has no law to punish nine clans (Qi State is too short of people, so even ordinary death penalty is cautious and cautious, involving crimes of even sanitation, and those who are even sanitation are basically not involved in death penalty, but this law only applies to civilians or above and Han people), it seems too cruel to even sanitation and execution of all Tartar noble male children.
Gongsun Sheng’s suggestion is: 13 The following male Tartar children were castrated and sent to the royal palace as eunuchs.
Xu Shiyang understood that Gongsun Sheng wanted to use these prisoners to bribe himself and the King of Qi while fully humiliating the Tartars.
I don’t know which one would Wanyan Zong and his family choose between being castrated as slaves or being executed directly, but the probability of choosing the first path should be smaller, right?
Becoming a eunuch is bullied every day. It is better to die quickly after living this life in a miserable way.
Gongsun Sheng's proposal would not make Xu Shiyang misunderstand that he had any sympathy for the Jurchen Tartars, but it did solve a problem: Xu Shiyang did not allow Han people to enter the palace as eunuchs. Before, some of the Han people who were lazy and disgusted in Qi State were castrated and wanted to make a living in the Schönbrunn Palace. As a result, Xu Shiyang directly ordered them to be cut off for the crime of "great unfilial piety".
Therefore, the number of eunuchs used in Schönbrunn Palace has always been insufficient, and King Qi has complained several times.
It seems like a good idea to use Tartar boys to replenish the number of eunuchs, which can both humiliate the enemy and be practical.
Gongsun Sheng even further proposed that the source of the eunuchs who attacked Qi State would be determined in this way: Han people were not allowed to enter the palace, and eunuchs could only be given tribute by foreign tribes or directly captured boys.
In the future, these foreign boys with low status will not easily become powerful officials and threaten the dynasty of the Great Qi Dynasty. There is something Gongsun Sheng did not dare to say, but he did think: anyway, the eunuchs have low status and foreign blood. In the future, every eunuch he favored will be buried with him.
This can save a lot of trouble.
In terms of women, when it comes to Xu Shiyang himself, he can veto it.
But Xu Shiyang couldn't make a decision for his father, because although he was the prince and was sure to be the heir of the King of Qi, before the King of Qi abdicated, everything in the Schönbrunn Palace belonged to the King of Qi, not Xu Shiyang.
No matter how domineering Xu Shiyang is, there is no need to leave all this face to his father.
"Okay, since that's the case, then slightly change my order."
Xu Shiyang finally decided to make some compromises:
"Men and women over 13 years old should do as I said just now, killing women and selling them."
"A Tartar noble under the age of 13 will be sent to the palace to be a palace maid, and a man will be a eunuch."
"But one thing is that before handling it, you must find out your origins. The Han women who were plundered by the Tartars are not allowed to be slaves! They cannot be sold to the official!"
"Abide by the order!"
Perhaps people in this era will feel that women who were insulted by the Tartars are not chaste, but Xu Shiyang would not think so. It is the man's fault that it is impossible to protect women. As long as women do not take the initiative to surrender to the Tartars, Xu Shiyang does not object to them enduring humiliation for their sake (but they are not encouraged).
Xu Shiyang's words reminded outsiders at the meeting.
Representative of the Kingdom of Goryeo, a Goryeo official named Jin Ming suddenly stepped out of the list and knelt down at Xu Shiyang:
"Min Jin Ming, the lower minister, requested the prince to send a Goryeo girl who was abducted by the Tartars."
Although Goryeo paid tribute to the Jin Kingdom very early, the Jin Kingdom existed around the world for 32 years and still invaded Goryeo more than ten times, five of which captured Goryeo's capital and abducted countless women from the Goryeo Wang family and two groups of nobles.
Jin Ming saw that Xu Shiyang was willing to obey his subordinates' opinions and seemed not as domineering as the rumors, so he boldly asked Xu Shiyang to return the alive noble lady Gaoli to Gaoli.
Although even if the noble girl of Gaoli returned to China, she would probably only be alone in the nunnery for the rest of her life, just sending them back to China means partially cleaning up the shame left by the Tartars to Goryeo. It is a great political achievement for Jin Ming personally and will be of great benefit to his personal future.
That's why he made this request to Xu Shiyang regardless of everything, for fear that others would take away his credit.
Xu Shiyang looked at the Goryeo envoy who was kneeling at his feet and asked with a smile: "You only have the noble daughters who were taken away? What should they do with their children?"
In Qi State, children of the robbed Han girl can join the house with their mothers and then live as commoners.
"Please treat those evil seeds as Tartars."
Xu Shiyang nodded. As expected, everyone's views on these poor women were different from his.
"Yes, I agree to return the noble lady of Gaoli." Xu Shiyang agreed.
"Goryeo will never forget the kindness of the mother country of Daqi."
Jin Ming kowtowed to Xu Shiyang respectfully, and other Korean envoys quickly followed.
Xu Shiyang smiled distractedly. The hundreds of women were nothing compared to the property that Goryeo offered to Qi every year.
What's more, Qi State controls Goryeo's military, diplomatic, customs and other privileges. It is also appropriate to give some benefits to such a respectful vassal state.
Chapter completed!