Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

Chapter 410: Protect The Spring Plowing Of Millions Of People? Or To Save The Lives Of 200,000 Priso

After it was determined that Zhou Wang Zhu Ru would be responsible for containing the smallpox plague that infected the 500,000 Northern Expedition troops and 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

No matter it was the civil and military officials present, or the imperial doctors such as the Imperial Medical Order, they all couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

After all, this time involves the life and death of 500,000 Northern Expedition troops and 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty. If things develop to an irreversible point.

To be honest, none of the civil and military officials present can afford it!!!

At least you risk your own life, at worst your whole family, and even your entire clan will have to be buried with the 500,000 Northern Expedition troops and 200,000 Northern Yuan prisoners!!!

And now Zhou Wang Zhu Di is holding it up, as long as Zhou Wang Zhu Di doesn't die because of it.

Then those of them who are only responsible for execution, not for making decisions, will lose their jobs at most, but their lives are still somewhat protected.

"Of the more than 50,000 cattle seized during the Northern Expedition, 20,000 were left in Yingtian Mansion for vaccination against cowpox."

"The remaining 30,000 cattle are still not enough to meet the cowpox vaccination needs of the 500,000 Northern Expedition troops and the 200,000 captured prisoners of the Northern Yuan Dynasty."

"At least 50,000 to 100,000 cattle are needed for vaccination against cowpox!!!"

Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang on the throne with bright eyes. If he lacked so many cattle, he would have to requisition a large number of cattle from the common people.

The cattle owned by the common people are basically farm cattle.

But it is already mid-February, and people's spring plowing is about to begin.

If the people's cattle are requisitioned now, it will definitely affect the people's next spring plowing!!!

And it is not just the spring plowing of thousands or ten thousand people that will be affected. The lack of fifty to one hundred thousand cattle will affect the spring plowing of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people!!!

And once it affects the spring plowing of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, then a series of things including the grain harvest of these hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, the tax collection of the court, etc., will all be affected! !!

By then, these hundreds of thousands or millions of people may go hungry in the first half of this year, or even the whole year, due to the lack of assistance from cattle, resulting in a reduction in grain harvest!!!

This is also the reason why in the era of agricultural society, it was illegal to slaughter cattle without permission.

Because farming cattle is so important to the common people!!!

So now we are faced with a question: should we protect the lives of 500,000 Northern Expedition soldiers and 200,000 prisoners of war from the Northern Yuan Dynasty? Or should we protect the spring plowing of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people?!

When Yan Changqing thought about this issue, Zhu Yuanzhang and most of the civil and military officials present also thought about it.

"Why don't we just kill all the 200,000 Beiyuan prisoners?!!"

"First, curb the spread of smallpox plague."

"Secondly, at the same time, we also try to reduce the number of cattle that need to be requisitioned, so that the people's spring plowing will be affected as little as possible."

Chang Mao, Duke of Zheng, who was left in the capital by Zhu Yuanzhang before the Northern Expedition and was not sent out, suddenly spoke up and suggested.

Immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as all the civil and military officials present, turned their attention to Chang Mao, Duke of Zheng.

However, most people either looked at Zheng Guogong Chang Mao with inexplicable meaning, or looked at Zheng Guogong Chang Mao directly as a fool.

Chang Mao, the Duke of Zheng who made this suggestion, couldn't help but frown.

【Is there anything wrong with my suggestion?!!】

[Isn’t it the best choice to trap and kill the 200,000 Bei Yuan surrendered prisoners?!!]

[It can not only curb the spread of smallpox plague, but also reduce the number of cattle needed to vaccinate cowpox, and reduce the impact of spring farming on the people as much as possible!!!]

[Moreover, didn’t that Qi Bo just say that he would kill the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were infected with the smallpox plague and surrender the prisoners of the Northern Yuan Dynasty?!!]

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chang Mao with disappointment.

[His mother-in-law, Boren, was so heroic, how could he have such an idiot son?!!]

[Yan Changqing just gave an example before to show that the Imperial Physician Ling and other imperial physicians could not bear the weight of the lives of 500,000 Northern Expedition troops and 200,000 Northern Yuan prisoners of war!!!]

[But you, his mother-in-law, actually took it away?!]

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang felt extremely wise for his decision not to send Chang Mao out together during the Northern Expedition.

After all, if Chang Mao was really to be sent out, he would definitely have to lead the army by himself as he inherited from Chang Yuchun.

And judging from Chang Mao's current performance, I am afraid that one general will be incompetent and the three armies will be exhausted!!!

Although most civil servants and generals knew why they could not kill the 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty, it was Chang Mao, the Duke of Zheng, who made this suggestion.

Song Lian, who was the head of the civil servants on the side, walked out with a sigh, bowed his hands towards Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Your Majesty, we cannot kill the 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty!!!"

"Even if we have the chance, we will do our best to save all the prisoners of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who are infected with the smallpox plague!!!"

"Because once the 200,000 prisoners who surrendered to the Northern Yuan Dynasty are killed, the popular support of all the Mongolian Yuan people who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty before the Ming Dynasty will be lost!!!"

"By then, the people of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty who have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty will no longer be able to live peacefully under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. They will inevitably turn into bandits and cause chaos everywhere!!!"

"At the same time, it will also arouse the determination of other remaining Mongolian and Yuan forces in various parts of the Ming Dynasty who have not surrendered to the Ming Dynasty to fight to the death!!!"

"But what if we, General Enkezoliktu and other remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, deliberately infected 200,000 Northern Yuan prisoners with the smallpox plague, and tried to make 200,000 Northern Yuan captives die from the smallpox plague together with countless soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty? ”

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"And after the Ming Dynasty learned about this, they did their best to save the 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty with all their strength, and spread the news together.

"Then the people's hearts and minds of the Mongolian Yuan people who have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, or the people's hearts and minds of other people who have not yet surrendered to the Ming Dynasty's remaining Mongolian Yuan forces, can all return to the Ming Dynasty!!!"

After all, the people of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, as well as the other people of the remaining Mongolian Yuan forces who have not yet surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, are really not loyal to the high-ranking officials of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Most of the people in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty were actually just outsiders.

At most, they will fall to the Ming Dynasty only if the wind of the Ming Dynasty blows on them.

But now as long as it is spread that the top officials of the Beiyuan Dynasty deliberately allowed 200,000 prisoners of the Beiyuan Dynasty to be infected with the smallpox plague, then the Mongolian people will take the initiative to move closer to the Ming Dynasty without waiting for the wind of the Ming Dynasty to blow on them again!! !

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After all, if you follow Bei Yuan, you will be deliberately infected with the smallpox plague by Bei Yuan.

And by following Ming Hun, you can get Ming's best efforts to treat you.

Those Mongolian people knew who they should choose to hang out with, even if they voted with their feet.

This is why from the beginning to the present, Zhu Yuanzhang and most other civil servants and generals have not actually said that they will give up the 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

At least not under forced circumstances, Zhu Yuanzhang and most of the civil servants and generals would not choose to give up the 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

At most, compared with the 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the 500,000 Northern Expedition troops, Zhu Yuanzhang and most of the civil servants and generals chose to treat the 500,000 Northern Expedition troops first, and then treat the 200,000 prisoners surrendered by the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang withdrew his gaze from Chang Mao, turned to look at the civil and military officials and ordered:

"Immediately send an order to the local area to urgently recruit 500,000 Northern Expedition troops and 200,000 cattle from the people of the nearby state capital where the Northern Yuan prisoners were captured. Be sure to recruit more than 50,000 cattle!!!"

"All the cattle collected - keep a record and tell the people that at this time next year, the court will definitely give them back a cattle!!!"

"In addition, for the people whose grain production has been reduced due to the recruitment of cattle this year, the imperial court will compensate them for the amount of grain production that has been reduced compared to previous years. We must not let the people suffer because of this!!!"

When it was time to make decisive decisions, Bao Yuanzhang never lacked the determination and ability to make prompt decisions.

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