From the second village onwards, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces were in charge.
There were more than 100 young men and more than 200 young women, leaving a group of more than 400 old, weak, sick, and disabled people. It was not troublesome to deal with them, and there were not many of them. If the Qin Army took action, they would be quickly dealt with.
But now it was the Japanese Self-Defense Forces who took action. Ishikawa Hideichi was responsible for this task with 500 people from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. Anyway, he was very nervous. He had the right to hold a sword, but whether he could use it was really a problem.
According to the requirements of the Qin Army, he completed the registration and selection in this village. Then he ordered the young men and women, as well as the old, weak, sick, and disabled, to be divided into three groups, standing on the left, middle, and right respectively. He let the men go back to their houses, and then ordered the women and the old, weak, sick, and disabled to be taken away.
Just like last time, when they saw their children, wives, and parents being taken away, the men immediately rushed out in panic to ask for an explanation.
"This is a routine registration and inspection. Don't rush over, calm down! Calm down! "
He desperately tried to calm the men who were rushing over. He also wanted to calm himself down, but unfortunately, he failed. He couldn't do it.
"If they don't kill people, they will kill you."
Chai Guozhu's cold words echoed in his ears.
The noise grew louder and louder, and the movements of the people became more and more violent. There was even a man who tried to grab his sword.
He instantly pulled out his sword and cut off the head of the man who tried to grab his sword.
There was a moment of silence, followed by a volcanic eruption.
"What are you waiting for? Fight if you don't want to die! "
In a brief moment of panic, the members of the Self-Defense Forces raised the wooden sticks in their hands and hit the men who tried to rush over, the old, weak, sick, and disabled, as well as the women who tried to escape, holding their heads and rolling on the ground.
The scene was quite lively and interesting.
Chai Guozhu and Liu Tai watched from the side, and a satisfied expression appeared on their faces.
"This is indeed very convenient. What I am worried about is that if too many people are killed, will His Majesty's plan to build the Great Way be hindered? These are all strong laborers. "
"It doesn't matter. Our country has a population of tens of millions, and there are at least a few million strong laborers. It's not a big deal to kill tens of thousands of them. We have to make them feel fear so that they will be obedient and not cause trouble. There are quite a lot of them, and if they cause trouble, it will be somewhat troublesome."
Chai Guozhu nodded.
"That's right. Let's do it this way. Let's expand the number of Japanese Self-Defense Forces and let them do the screening and capture. Then, we'll organize people to transport the people that Your Majesty wants back. Hahahaha …"
As he spoke, Chai Guozhu suddenly laughed.
"What's wrong, General Chai? What's so funny?"
Liu Tai looked at Chai Guozhu.
"It's not funny. I just think it's interesting."
Chai Guozhu laughed and said, "His Majesty is actually thinking about those bachelors who can't find a wife. Getting women from Japan to be their wives. They don't have to spend money to get a wife to sleep with. I don't know how happy they will be."
When he said this, Liu Tai couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahahaha, His Majesty is really protecting the world. This is indeed very popular. Furthermore, it can solve the problem of surplus population in Daqin and increase the population of Daqin. This is not the first time that His Majesty has said that the population of Daqin is too small during the Imperial Conference."
"Is one million too many or too few?"
Chai Guozhu found it hard to understand Xiao Ruxun's thoughts. "With so many people, food will be a big problem. Although it's said that many children bring many blessings, they still need to eat."
"His Majesty said that with the amount of land in Daqin, as well as the newly introduced potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and other high-yield crops, we can feed about twice the population. His Majesty said that he hopes to see the population of Daqin grow faster and more rapidly in his lifetime.
Moreover, the more population, the more soldiers we can recruit. His Majesty plans to fight to the death with the Northern Barbarians to completely solve the problem of the Northern Barbarians. We don't know what price we will have to pay for that battle. Now, His Majesty is already living frugally to save on military expenses. Only when the people have more children will there be more successors. "
Liu Tai said slowly, "His Majesty is wise and farsighted. His thoughts are far above us. Right now, the dynasty really needs people and money. Everywhere is being repaired and built. We don't know when it will end. Sending these Japanese to Daqin will let Daqin take a breather and rest."
Chai Guozhu nodded.
"That makes sense."
Liu Tai also understood Xiao Ruxun's meaning. Xiao Ruxun had clearly written his intentions in the imperial edict. It was to get rid of the Northern Barbarians. It was to get rid of the Northern Barbarians and solve the problem that couldn't be solved for thousands of years. It was to completely get rid of the danger hanging over Huaxia's head.
Daqin had the power, military, and national power to do so.
However, Xiao Ruxun also had to be wary of the cause of the collapse of the Qin Dynasty. Too much control and mobilization brought about excessive use of the people's power. Once the people's power was used too much, it would cause dissatisfaction among the people. Thus, the old nobles of the six states took the opportunity to incite the people to cause trouble. This caused the chaos after Qin Shihuang's death.
The Emperor's strong control over the land was also a worry in this aspect.
The lesson of the collapse of the Qin Dynasty was something that Xiao Ruxun needed to seriously think about and learn from.
For this reason, Xiao Ruxun chose to go out and transfer the crisis. He transferred the pressure of the people of Daqin abroad. He kidnapped prisoners of war from abroad to return to the country to work. After defeating a country, he kidnapped its people to work. In short, he gave the people a chance to rest and build up their strength.
The people who had just been liberated from the shackles of the landlord gentry and owned their own land needed a good rest and a breather.
At the beginning of the year, the Battle of Liaodong and the Battle of Bozhou had already exhausted the people once. They also needed to rest. If they were continuously used to work, they would also be dissatisfied. At that time, no preferential policies would be effective.
This time, the abduction of the Japanese to work was to give the people a chance to rest and build up their strength. Using Japanese labor to do big projects would allow the people of Daqin to rest, grow more land, produce more food, and have more children. After the repair of Dachi Road was completed, he believed that Daqin would have a new look.
During the days when the army was out on an expedition, Xiao Ruxun was also quite busy in the palace. It was also his unshirkable responsibility to deal with the logistical supply problem of the army expedition. The army was fighting in the front, and he could not let the army not even have food to eat.
Since he began to deal with the army's logistics himself, he clearly knew how important and serious the military expedition was. It was a thing that cost a lot of money, energy, and could easily disturb the people.
Fortunately, under his strict control, the army's military discipline was very good. The army never disturbed the people when they marched and fought. He also ordered that all places must build marching barracks in the designated areas according to the regulations for the army to stay at night. He tried his best not to disturb the people in the cities and villages.
The food problem was also very serious. Many times, the transportation of food had to rely on local people to work as laborers. It was easy to delay the farming season.
Although the Ministry of War and the Cabinet fully supported him, Xiao Ruxun still felt very pressured. The workload was very heavy. The Palace of Heavenly Purity was still far from returning to a simple Emperor's palace.
Fortunately, good news came one after another. The army's progress was smooth and irresistible. This made Xiao Ruxun feel that it was worth it no matter how hard and tired he was.
The best news came on the fourth day of the fifth month of the second year of Longwu.
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