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Chapter 2. Too hasty

Later, someone reported to the emperor that there was something to discuss. Liu Yin looked at his departure back and sighed secretly.

Although the Southern Emperor did not deny his proposal, Liu Yin also realized that he was too anxious and was unwilling to be nervous. However, he did not regret it. All he said was in public interest, but not for personal gain. He was worried that he was suspicious of his own and suspected that his motive was impure.

Although Liu Yin had never experienced the tragic war between the Mongols and witnessed the tragic situation of the massacre of the city, he witnessed the painful life of the people under the rule of the Mongolians and the oppression, and also experienced the humiliation of being bullied by the Mongols as inferiors. Isn’t this hatred between them eliminated overnight?

Looking at the Southern Dynasty emperor in front of him, Liu Yin sighed secretly. Thinking that this young man suffered the pain of destroying the country because of the Mongols' invasion in the south when he was young, his brother was captured and plundered to Dadu as the king of the country. Countless concubines and palace maids in the palace became playthings under the crotch of the Mongols, and his relatives of the royal country were slaughtered. This was not only a hatred for destroying the country, but also a hatred for destroying the family. How could he easily let it go?

Furthermore, although the Southern Emperor escaped from Lin'an when the country was destroyed, he also lost his comfortable life and embarked on a road of displaced. During this period, he was chased by the Mongols and experienced the tragic incident of the emperor's brother's death on his way to escape. He also witnessed the scene of countless soldiers and civilians being slaughtered, and witnessed the tens of thousands of clan relatives and scholars in the bloody night in Quanzhou fell under the iron hoof of Mongolia.

After that, Yang Lianzhenjia, the president of the Jiangnan sect of the Yuan Dynasty, burned down the old palace of the Southern Dynasty and stole the imperial tombs of Shaoxing of the Southern Dynasty. Not only did they excavate the tombs of thousands of clan relatives and important officials who were buried with the past dynasties. They also dug up several imperial tombs, stole treasures for burial, and expose the corpses to the wilderness. Digging ancestral tombs among the people is an irreconcilable grudge, letting them go to the imperial tombs.

When the Southern Dynasty invaded Jiangnan, it was reported that all the Mongols and Semu people captured in the war, whether they were officials, civilians, or soldiers, were killed, and their property was confiscated, and they even killed the Pu clan. Although they were restrained after entering the Central Plains during the Second Northern Expedition, the captured Mongols and Semu people were also incorporated into hard labor camps and engaged in dangerous and heavy labor.

It can be seen that the hatred between the Mongolian Yuan and the Southern Dynasties is unforgettable. How can it be easily resolved? It is not a matter of day or night to let go of the knot. In addition, most of the important officials and officials of the Southern Dynasties experienced the battle of the destruction of the Mongolian country. They also experienced the pain of the country's destruction and family destruction. They lost their relatives again and again in the pursuit of the Mongolian Yuan, and their hatred for the Mongols was also profound.

As for which family of soldiers and generals in the army had no relatives died in the massacre of the Mongol Yuan, many of them even applied to join the army to fight against the Yuan Dynasty in order to avenge their blood and revenge. It is precisely this way that they can continue to fight one after another without fear of sacrifice and vow to kill the Tartars.

Liu Yin also understood that the Southern Dynasties were all vowed to avenge the country and family hatred with the belief of "tooth for tooth, blood for blood" to avenge the country and family hatred, so that they could only unite together, and they were united intent on expelling the Mongols from Jiangnan and then attacking the Central Plains in the north. Once the Southern Dynasties emperor gave up hatred and sought reconciliation with the enemy, they would lose the people's hearts and the army's hearts, which would lead to years of failure in their efforts.

At present, the Southern Army is about to capture most of the capital. At this decisive moment, even if the Southern Emperors were broad-minded and could let go of national hatred and family hatred, they would never forgive their enemies. Moreover, their suggestions were more like scholars' enthusiasm and were as unrealistic as castles in the air and could not start to implement them.

Liu Yin sat in the Pavilion and Gaku for a long time, thinking about how to completely eliminate border troubles, live in peace with the barbarians in the north, so as to achieve China's unification and achieve great achievements. However, after thinking for a long time, there was no immediate solution. The hatred between them may take decades and generations to eliminate.

Thinking of this, Liu Yindun felt that the answer with the Southern Emperor was too superficial, lacking long-term planning and calculations, and was a little too hasty. However, the Mongol Yuan court was about to overthrow. Once the Southern Dynasty did not change its current strategies, it retaliated against the Mongols and even the Semi people who were stranded in the Central Plains. Continuing to use troops on the grassland and imitating the "reducing" and blockade policies in accordance with the previous dynasty, it could only deepen each other's hatred.

Although Liu Yin was a great scholar in the Central Plains, he also lived at the bottom of society. He knew that the so-called top Mongolians and Semu people were not all powerful people, but more common people. They also had to fill their stomachs with hard work. Whenever they fought, they were often signed as soldiers and prepared their own armor to go on the battle. This also became a heavy burden for them. For this reason, they even had to pawn items and borrow from the Otu people.

Most of these ordinary Mongolians and Semu people who lived in the Central Plains were second or third generations. They had their own customs and gradually accepted the customs of Han, learn Chinese, Chinese characters, wear Hanfu, and acted no differently from those of the Han people in the Central Plains. The Mongolian civilians who were neighboring him were not all vicious people, and everyone could live in harmony.

Many Mongols stranded in the Central Plains did not participate in the Battle of the Destruction of Song, but now the Mongol Yuan was defeated, and they became the targets of revenge and paid the price for the brutality of their ancestors. Liu Yin walked along the way and saw too many Mongols and Semu people being robbed, their property was taken away, their wives and daughters were raped, and then killed. However, these perpetrators were often not the soldiers of the Southern Army who invaded the Central Plains, but ordinary Han people. It can be seen that the only people who hated the Mongols were not only the people in Jiangnan, but also the Han people in the northern region who were ravaged by the Mongols.

However, Liu Yin felt that these ordinary Mongolians and Semu people were equally innocent. They or their ancestors were also driven by Mongolian powers to invade the Central Plains. Those who should be punished rather than these ordinary people. However, before the arrival of the Southern Dynasties, most of the powerful had already fled north with their families and their families, and those who were left were all these Mongolian civilians who suffered disasters.

Liu was unable to change the situation, but felt that he should speak out for these innocent people and ask for their lives, but he was not a victim of national hatred. To protect them, he must first persuade the emperor of the Southern Dynasty to prevent the occurrence of the tragedy of revenge and avoid mutual conquests between the two tribes from generation to generation.

But to achieve the results he wanted, Liu Yin understood that it was impossible to achieve it by relying solely on the words of the saints and a few great principles. Instead, the emperors of the Southern Dynasties and the ministers of the Southern Dynasties understood that there were better and more effective ways to conquer the grassland, avoid wars between the two tribes, and benefit from it.

Thinking of this, Liu Yin took the paper and pen on the case, and put the pen on it, and wrote on it, "Human nature can be good, and the Xia is transformed into the barbarians, and the ancient ways are...' His writing is like a spring, and his pen is like a dragon. He wrote down what he thought, analyzed the current situation, looked forward to the future development of war, and proposed a strategy for national reconciliation to avoid war.

First, it is written that the Song Dynasty is currently strong in its military power and economic prosperity, and it has already secured a victory, and the recovery of the Central Plains is close to the point. The Mongol Khan is stupid, officials are corrupt, and tyrannical, and people are suffering from the people's livelihood, and the court and the country are full of complaints, and has lost the protection of God. The Song Dynasty promotes the righteous army, and attacks tyranny is exactly what the people want, but killing innocent people indiscriminately damages the virtue of nature.

Then Liu Yin continued to write, "Like Mongolia, although the semen is not a Chinese race, they are born between heaven and earth. There are many people who can know etiquette and are willing to obey the people, which are no different from those of me, Chinese."

Therefore, during the expedition, we should instruct the soldiers in the army to not kill people wherever they pass and on the day under the city, do not kill people's wealth, do not destroy people's residences, do not kill oxen, and do not plunder children. Some people may abandon orphan orphans in the camp, and parents and relatives come to ask for help. Now the prisoners of the fake Yuan Dynasty and surrender to others should move inside, so that they can subdue the teachings of our Chinese sages, gradually understand the etiquette and morality to change the customs.

Those who come back from Yuan Dynasty should be sincere and treat them without doubt. They should give them kindness, but they still want to take kindness with them. They should not say that jackals cannot be tamed. For seniors with a skill, they can be retained. They may be recruited as soldiers and give them great benefits. They will follow the army north to fight for the country and fight against rebellion, so that they can sincerely submit.

The Mongolian and Seme people stranded in the Central Plains should treat them as nationals, treat them equally regardless of heights, and urge local officials to protect their lives and private property, and strictly prohibit others from robbing them. According to the law, they should not be taxed and should not be subject to excessive labor service. If they are allowed to follow them in business, they should be taxed according to the rules, and they should not be treated as otherwise.

As long as people can do their best and respect their customs, the people's hearts can be regained and the borders can be set, which will surely make enemies surrender and depend on them, and the conflicts between the two tribes are eased, laying the foundation for long-term stability. Over time, we can see that the customs of the Han Dynasty, understand etiquette, communicate with marriage, and practice sages, and then the two tribes will be integrated and difficult to distinguish between each other.

Regarding the remnants of the Mongol Yuan who had escaped into the depths of the desert, Liu Yin's suggestion was not only to fight rebellion and to become a war against invasion. He emphasized the importance of border trade, because those rising heroes urgently needed to conduct border trade with the Central Plains: on the one hand, on the other hand, the lower the political organization level of the grassland world, the more powerful people on the grassland need to strengthen their authority by maintaining trade with the Central Plains.

However, he did not recommend the adoption of a completely open trade state in the Han and Tang dynasties, because it means that those grassland upstarts can deal with the Central Plains dynasty on behalf of the entire grassland world. Once they obtain the iron and even firearms needed for the war, they have the strength to launch a war of aggression again, so the scale and type of trade must be restricted.

In addition, because the Mongolian conquered the Jin and Southern Song Dynasty was the first time in the history of the grassland world, the painful memories and fear brought by the killing were all unexperienced in the Han and Tang dynasties. Although they would occasionally plunder in the border areas, they were usually satisfied with profit from maintaining trade order and the additional gifts of the Central Plains regime, and sometimes they would hire mercenaries to fight against other enemies for the Central Plains dynasty.
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