In late November, when the two victories in Hedong reached Xianyang, they triggered a city full of people to tell each other, and the people of Guanzhong were overjoyed, as if they had returned to the scene of the first emperor's eastern expeditionary army destroying a certain country more than 20 years ago.

"The regent will be able to sweep the Six Kingdoms again?"

"What six countries, just some bandits, look at what they have become of the West River!"

Thanks to Heifu's public opinion propaganda, the tragic appearance of Xihe was exaggerated and told to the people of Guanzhong, so that they had a painful heart, and I heard that the various troops of the Xihe Division, after calculating the head, piled up several Dajingguan with the enemy's head by the river, and they couldn't help but exclaim!

Some people even shouted: "The remnants of the Six Kingdoms that the First Emperor did not kill cleanly, this time he will definitely slaughter them cleanly!" ”

This "nationalistic" sentiment exaggerated many Qin people, and the confusion since the civil war was swept away.

But when the officials from the Kwantung region heard about it, they had a different feeling.

There is even a doctor from Qi Di Fu Sheng proposed that the division of the West River does not leave prisoners, and the practice of killing all of them is too extreme, and he further proposed that the system of the first merit should be abolished, on the grounds that the first merit of the Qin people is "too barbaric", too appalling, and it should be as civilized as in ancient times, at least it should be counted by cutting off the right ear.

Even Fu Sheng himself didn't expect that his book was really valued by the regent, and he also ordered him to go to the side hall to make a statement, only to enter the door, but he saw that the regent seemed to be smiling, with a posture of watching a play, and there were many prison officials from Qin who were born in Qin Di glaring at him, including Sima Xin, who had just returned from Hangu Pass, and he was all the way to Fu Sheng.

"Zhuru, who told you that only Qin Cai is beheaded?"

What followed was a long debate, although Sima Xin was greedy for money and unprincipled, but he still had some ability and knowledge, from the Spring and Autumn Period when the Qi people cut off the heads of the Wu people, and said that the rules of Qi Gong's attack were: "Those who get a song will be given a ransom gold." It proves that Qi is not a "civilized country", but it is only fifty steps and a hundred steps.

"The only difference is that Qin's beheading is fair and just, so the Qin people donate armor to the enemy, taking the head on the left and the captive on the right. Qin and Shandong's pawn, Yu Mengben's and coward's husband, pressed by gravity, and Juwu won it and the baby! ”

Sima Xin said to Heifu: "Regent, the first merit is the foundation of the Qin army, if it is as this Confucian said, it will be even more unfair, the ears of women and the ears of young and strong, stained with blood, it is not so easy to distinguish, and it is just that women and children are also slaughtered." “

After all, in order to compete for the first level, there are not a few weapons that are waved at him, and Heifu has not experienced it.

Fu Sheng could only admit this, but emphasized that the armies of kings in ancient times, such as Shang Tang and Zhou Wu, could do it, so they could go from west to east, from south to north, without thinking about it, and the army would win without fighting.

In Fu Sheng's view, since the regent is the rule of a saint, he should follow suit.

"Bloodshed." But Heifu said these four words, which is a question that all the Confucian scholars who advocate the ancient Nioh cannot bypass.

"Yin Zhou Yi Dynasty, the battle of Muye, there was no less bloodshed, Yu also heard Zhang Cang say, there is a chapter of the Book of Zhou, saying that after the war, King Wu of Zhou killed the widows of Yin Shang nobles, as many as tens of thousands, and countless people became slaves."

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the so-called gentle and elegant, etiquette and music system was just a nobleman to a nobleman, and he could toast and drink a poem on the battlefield, and when he saw that he was going to lose, he declared that he surrendered, and he would be well entertained - because the nobles could exchange for ransom.

As for the Chinese soldiers who eat ashes behind the butt of the chariot, the savages, the cannon fodder, and the wheels of the nobles, it is impossible for them to stop in front of you......

"The gentleman is not seriously injured, he does not capture Ermao, the ancient army is also, not to obstruct the pass, although the widow is dead, he does not drum and does not form a column......"

Heifu shook his head and said, "That sounds good, but we are not Song Xianggong, and we don't want that kind of stupid pig-like benevolence and morality." ”

"It's impossible to repay grievances with virtue!"

In the eyes of the people of Xihe, this is not a simple battle, but a battle of revenge. The Chu army that caused the greatest damage to the West River was the Chu army, and the Wei army followed, after all, Zhang Er was born as a ranger, and the so-called Wei army under his command was also dominated by light heroes and bandits, and the order was extremely poor, causing great damage to the east and west of the river.

"Since they can come to Xihe and raise the butcher's knife against the people of Xihe, then they must have the consciousness of dying under the butcher's knife as well......"

Heifu deliberately turned a blind eye and listened to the army without leaving prisoners, and annihilated all the enemies in Pusaka and Ruicheng.

In the end, the only ones who could survive were those who were born in Hedong and were forced to be thieves.

Fu Sheng finally got bored and walked away, but his boss Uncle Sun Tong was witty and brought up the theory of the Ram faction to prove that it was right:

"The Father's Father, the Buddha wears the heavens together; Brothers, do not fight against soldiers; Travel, different countries. ”

"Therefore, the people of Xihe take revenge on their parents, brothers, families and neighbors, but also!"

Lu Jia's proposal to Heifu was much more thoughtful: "Regent, today the people of Xihe have killed all the prisoners, because they have slaughtered Xihe. As far as the minister knows, many Chu, Wei, and Zhao thieves wreaked havoc on the West River, and it was because more than ten years ago, his father and brother died under the sword of the Qin people, and they were beheaded as the first meritorious ......"

"The Qin army did not aim weapons at the elderly, weak, women and children, and never slaughtered the city." Sima Xin still argued strongly.

"My family is in Shouchun, more than ten years ago, the Qin army entered the city, although the city was not slaughtered, but the house was broken, and there were still a few people who robbed the clothes and silks. In the end, he was able to cut off his head as a reward. ”

"After all, there are not many regents who can restrain their subordinates, my neighbors were robbed by such chaotic soldiers, after a battle, everyone was obedient, and this was the case back then, if the division of Xihe is now allowed to enter the Wei land, after they kill the red eye, can they still abide by military law?"

As a native of Shouchun, Huainan, Lu Jia was deeply impressed by the war, and he thought that this theory of encouraging revenge was problematic.

It is like a wheel of hatred, turning repeatedly and never stopping, pushing the two sides to intersect. As a result, the people of the Six Kingdoms did not accept Qin, Qin could take its land, but could not win its heart, and the two sides took revenge repeatedly with resentment, and finally the grievances became deeper and deeper......

"Do you really have to slaughter the people of the homeland of the Six Kingdoms, this wheel of hatred, this way of pushing the blade, can it be stopped?"

The debate in the hall continued, but Heifu was a little distracted, and he suddenly remembered that the first tough battle he participated in was the Battle of Waihuang in the 22nd year of Qin Shi Huang.

At that time, he was still the head of the house, and kicked open the house, only to see the old man and a shivering young child inside.

They are most likely the family of some light knight who died under the sword of the black man.

Heifu didn't move, he shuddered and begged to die, and the old man bowed his hand, withdrew, and closed the door for him.

It was a small incident in his life, but after 17 years, Heifu suddenly wondered, what happened to that child?

Did he grow up?

Do you still remember the Qin soldier who broke into the door back then, but retreated politely? Do you still remember the revenge of your father and brother being killed?

Now, like Zhang Er's father and son, he remembered the old feud, took up arms, stood in Zhang Er's army, and slaughtered in the West River, and now he has become a rotten human head in the Jingguan on the riverbank......

Or do you honestly stay outside, carrying a hoe to cook the fields, and doing small business?

"I wish it was the latter......"

Heifu sighed.

History has come full circle, is what he is doing now a new beginning, or an old reincarnation? keeps saying that they want to break the law of historical cycles, but in fact, even this endless chain of hatred is difficult to cut with a sword......

After a long time, Heifu stopped everyone's argument and said: "Feng Chang is right, if everything is as it was more than ten years ago, and it is not easier, even if this battle is won, it will only be another conquest that can be combined but not condensed!" ”

He glanced at the disobedient ministers in front of him, and said loudly:

"But I think that what can stop this wheel of hatred is not a unilateral revenge with virtue."

"It's order and time!"

Everyone was stunned, and Heifu said again:

"Eight thousand, fifteen thousand, all as a view of Beijing, the big river is red, the people of Xihe should also relieve their hatred and dissipate their anger?"

He asked the scribe to take notes, and announced:

"From December onwards, the execution of prisoners by the armies will be regarded as a private fight! In the future, the non-commissioned officers captured prisoners and beheaded them, and for officers, capturing 10 prisoners was equivalent to 11 levels of beheading. ”

"When a captive is captured, he or she will be tried by a military judge and sentenced to death, retained or released, depending on the crime for which he or she was committed."

No one is a saint, it is impossible to forgive the enemy, even Confucianism, the bottom line is only to repay grievances directly.

Then let them, bear the iron fist of the Great Qin state bureaucracy!

Replace sensibility with reason.

Let the public trial replace the private punishment, this is the consistent rule of the Qin State, and it is also what Heifu likes most about her.

The captives will be punished for murder, robbery, rape, robbery, and treason, and they will all end up with death.

As a result, the military judges will be very busy, and the "school" that Heifu has just re-established in Yunyang Palace, those young judges must be trained in batches, and then immediately go to the front line to observe, record, and finally personally participate in the trial.

There is no time to carefully screen, the principle is that it is better to kill the wrong than to let it go, and encourage mutual reporting, and those who have done the above things in Xihe will die worse than beheading.

And Zhang Er, Xiang Ji, Kuaiche and others will be listed as war criminals with the most heinous crimes, and their trial will definitely be publicized by everyone, and they may finally enjoy the same treatment as Zhao Gao......

Sima Xin and other Qin officials raised their hands in favor, and Lu Jia also strongly agreed with this method.

"The Father is not punished, and the Son is resigned, but also. The father is punished, the son is reinstated, and the way of pushing the blade is also. ”

In a word, if a parent dies of legal punishment or retaliation for his or her own sins, the child cannot take revenge...... This is a supplement to Confucianism's "great revenge", in contrast to "the national feud can be restored for the ninth generation!" ”

Heifu also added several principles and sent them to the front line for the Han Shin army occupying Hedong to strictly enforce.

"Whoever is punished, not the people, but the people, our army goes east, not for slaughter and revenge!"

"Do not slaughter the city, do not kill the old and weak, do not slay the crops, and do not kill the soldiers of the six nations in the West River, but only punish the evil, as long as those who are willing to lay down their arms, their sins can be forgiven."

At most, a tattoo on the face, as a slave, it is better than being killed.

And for the ordinary Qiantou who are nervous, Heifu still has a big gift for them......

"Wait for the world to be unified again, tattoo all the anti-thieves who should be punished, put on brown clothes and hair......" he smiled secretly:

"I'll abolish most corporal punishments!"

……

And when this court meeting was over, Heifu called Lu Jia and the others and comforted them:

"Don't worry."

"I understand what you and other Kanto people think."

The Mo family hopes that everyone in the world can love both, love other people's sons as their own sons, and love other countries as their own countries, so that the world can be in harmony.

But if Heifu said that the story can only be told after the first decree of the world is unified and the die-hards are eliminated physically and mentally.

About the descendants of Yan and Huang, about the story of great unification......

Hundreds of years, generations of repeated speeches, can make all living beings believe that they belong to the same country, the same clothes, and not enemies who cannot live under the same roof.

"I'm not trying to stop this wheel of hatred."

Heifu came to the Jiuding Hall alone, facing the magnificent Jiuding displayed in the hall, this summer solstice treasure, just like its caster expected, raised his hand and made an oath!

"I'm going to smash this wheel!"

……

But some people are still tirelessly pushing this wheel forward.

At the end of November, when the first snow fell in Guanzhong, the news that Han Xin had beheaded Zhou Shu and captured Anyi was transmitted back from the front line, and Zhang Er fled north to Pingyang to join the Zhao army, there was also an urgent report from the south.

"After Xiang Ji recovered Huainan, he led his division westward and launched an offensive against Hengshan and Nanjun......"

Hearing that his hometown was in some danger, Heifu frowned:

"Running back and forth for more than a thousand miles, it's really non-stop, Xiang Yu is thinking...... Wai Wei to save Zhao? ”

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PS: There is only one chapter today, because Sister Chiling, who helps me navigate the Gaode map every day, is married...... Phew, in fact, there is no feedback from sand sculpture readers to lift the spirit, the customer service lady said that 0 points recovered, and I don't know if it's true or false.

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