Chapter 1694 The court is full of vested interests
Smart people will find the problem in Cai Boyi's words. This is a huge temptation, and it is also a demon who pushes the Khitan into the abyss. It is not unacceptable to nominal tribute. The Khitan has reached this point and what else can maintain the dignity?
As for the Han people, the Khitans would not withdraw, so why did the Khitans seek this? Because the productivity and commercial trade brought by the people of the Song Dynasty are exactly what the Khitans need today.
The cultivation techniques, irrigation methods, and even living habits of the Song people were things that the Khitans needed to learn, but other conditions were too harsh for them.
For the Khitans, the garrison was simply living under the surveillance of the Song Dynasty, and they lost their freedom like prisoners.
Moreover, the Khitans did not allow any more military armor, which was something that the Khitans could not accept. Everyone put down their weapons and surrendered to the rule of the Song Dynasty. Wouldn’t it be a prisoner of the Song people?
If it is unfair in the future, and there is no power to stand up and resist, this will never be able to turn over!
The Khitan's court in the military fort fell into a dead silence, which was exactly the effect Cai Boyi wanted. To be honest, everything was paving the way for the last few hints.
The official's orders actually mean these things: to surrender, pay tribute, disband the Khitan army, garrison the Song Dynasty, and live with the Han family.
Only by doing these things can the Khitans truly enjoy the same treatment as the Han people. Otherwise, why should the Song Dynasty teach Khitan children according to their aptitude? Why should the Khitan laborers be equally paid, why should the Khitan elderly be treated preferentially, and why should the Khitans be given housing?
What the world believes in is never morality, benevolence and righteousness. Only power can become eternal and an inbreakable "real thing".
The Song Dynasty has given the best treatment for the Khitans. If the Khitans still stubbornly want to fight against the Song Dynasty, there will be only one result, and everything will be lost now.
At that time, there would be continuous troops, and the Khitan would be conquered every year. The millions of troops in the Song Dynasty could not afford it, but for hundreds of thousands of troops, the Song Dynasty could fully support the army of hundreds of thousands, without even effort.
As you think about it, under the continuous conquests of the Song Dynasty, the Khitans would only become more and more helpless. The little capital they had just accumulated would be plundered by the Song Dynasty, and the cavalry they trained would be ruthlessly killed.
But these are nothing. Cai Boyi still remembers the way the official said those four words, and he really changed from a noble god to an evil ghost underground.
Genocide………
Cai Boyi had never heard of these four words, but it was easy to understand from the literal point that he wanted to completely kill the Khitans, even the Khitans in the Song Dynasty were no exception.
This method is too cruel and even contrary to the heavens. Every year, in addition to attacking the Khitan army, it also has to attack and kill all Khitan tribes, and even all the tribes seen on the grassland.
The official said that he wanted to be the "Yugong" who was scolded by billions of people. He would use the power of the Song Dynasty to massacre all visible people on the entire grassland for several generations, and gradually migrate the people of the Song Dynasty to the grassland.
This is the most thorough and fundamental solution.
Cai Boyi imagined that scene. At that time, the grasslands would be covered with cities of the Song Dynasty, both large and small, and the people grazing were all Han people, both old and young. In this way, the Khitans and Tatars on the grasslands would only become less and less, and eventually disappeared cleanly.
Even if there are survivors, they will take the initiative to turn themselves into Han people...
But he never dared to say this here. At this time, the Khitan court officials had already begun to argue. As expected, with such generous conditions as the Song Dynasty, some people were reluctant to leave and even willing to compromise.
This is the best result that Cai Boyi expected. He just planted a seed, a seed of temptation. As long as they are planted in the hearts of the Khitans, they will have a day to grow healthily.
Until the cruelty of reality can no longer suppress it, these demonic flowers will swallow the "human heart" in one bite.
The civil officials of the Khitan were basically Han people. Although they are no different from the Khitan now, their education and ideas are still the Confucian style, or in the words of the official, they are "castrated" Confucianism.
What they thought in their hearts was more about their own family, or the people of the world, rather than the real interests of the heavenly family and the emperor.
In their words, everything seems to be for the people and the Khitan, but in fact it is just to be greedy for life and fear death, because the existence of these people is valuable. Even if the Khitan is gone, they are still court officials, but the loyal emperor has changed.
So what if the dynasty changes? Although they cannot become high-priced officials in the Song Dynasty, their lives will only be better than they are now. Therefore, they have a way out and can stand at the highest point of morality and talk about the "Confucian way" and the "people in the world".
Can they represent Confucianism? No! Can they represent the people of the world? Nonsense!
They are just a group of...what is the official? Oh! Cai Boqi remembered, "vested interests"!
Suddenly, Cai Boqi felt that these Khitan civil officials were very disgusting, and even the idea of even trying to win over these people was weak. Compared with the civil officials of the Song Dynasty, these people were really far from that.
After so many years of imperial examination reform, the civil officials of the Song Dynasty have long been "transformed" by the official's ideas. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism are naturally indispensable, but they must not be pedantic or selfish.
"The journey of the great way is for the public", these four words are engraved on the stone tablet in front of each academy, but the meaning has been changed.
The civil officials of the Song Dynasty must put themselves in front of the people of the world. While obtaining power, they must also accept supervision from the people of the world and become those who work hard to seek welfare for the people of the world.
Instead of putting yourself high above the literati and wise over the people.
Although it seems ridiculous, you can understand the profound meaning of it with just a little thought, and it contains the most profound sayings. With the disappearance of the aristocratic families and the decline of the generals, another class slowly disappeared in the Song Dynasty.
The scholars and officials, the high inheritors and heirs who were originally ruled by the Han Dynasty, disappeared. They may have accumulated wealth and reputation, but in the Song Dynasty, privilege disappeared without a trace.
Zhao Zhen said, "The emperor violates the law and commits the same crime as the common people!" Although it is a bit arrogant and impossible, it also completely loses the protection umbrella of rights for the scholar-official class.
And in the Song Dynasty, officials were punished with crimes of crimes first, which was an inevitable trend.
Cai Boqi suddenly understood why the Khitan lost so much and why the lost never turned around. Not only did the Song Dynasty have money, firearms, plate armor, and resources, but also because the people of the Song Dynasty stood higher than the Khitans.
Chapter completed!