Beigong Boyu watched Liu Xin raised his hand and patted Niu Fu to death. Li Ru was scared to death. His soul was gone. Just as Beigong Boyu was thinking about how Liu Xin would deal with him, he suddenly heard this call, as if it were a sunny day. With a thunderbolt,
In desperation, Beigong Boyu had to "dongdongdong" and kept knocking his head, saying: "Adults spare the younger ones, the younger ones are neither the adult's opponent nor can they answer those questions. The grown-ups really don’t. To relieve the qi, I chopped off the small head. Don't let the small one suffer those sins, the small..."
Before he finished speaking, he felt his shoulders sink, and the light from the corner of his eyes hurriedly glanced at him. He had already seen Liu Xin's hands pressed on his shoulders, and he couldn't say anything anymore. Bei Gong Boyu joined him. He is not very afraid of death. His backbone is much harder than Niu Fu and Li Rulai. He just doesn't want to die as ugly as Niu Fu and Li Ru, but Liu Xin's hand has already made Niu Fu's head. It bloomed, and both hands pressed down at the same time, what the result would be, Bei Gong Boyu could not even think about it, so she closed her eyes helplessly.
Just when Beigong Boyu felt desperate, he suddenly felt loose. Not only did Liu Xin's hands leave his shoulders, but even the ropes tied to his body were scattered on the ground.
Just listen to Liu Xin's words: "Bei Gong Boyu, get up and talk now,"
Bei Gong Boyu realized that his whole body had been drenched with sweat, and there was a burst of tightness in his lower abdomen, and he was about to urinate. He looked up and saw the three things in the middle. Bei Gong Boyu realized that , The most panicking thing in my heart is worrying that I will be eaten by Liu Xin cooking.
When he got up anxiously, he heard Liu Xin say: "Bei Gong Boyu, if I remember correctly, you should be the leader of the Qiang people,"
Bei Gong Boyu didn’t know what medicine Liu Xin was selling in this gourd. He hesitated for a moment, and said, “My lord, the little one is the leader of the Qiang tribe, but it’s only introduced by the various tribes of the Qiang tribe, so it can’t fully represent the sons of the Qiang tribe. Min, the small one should bear the faults committed by the small one. Please adults don’t commit crimes to the people of the Qiang people. The small ones dare not ask the adults for forgiveness, but only ask the adults to let the small ones die with more dignity."
Liu Xin unconsciously looked up and down Beigong Boyu a few more times, and said with a smile: "Bei Gong Boyu, I didn't expect you to be a bachelor."
Bei Gong Boyu said in a puzzled way: "Back to the adult, the young one has already married, but it's not a bachelor."
The bachelor Liu Xin said of course meant that Beigong Boyu could be considered a good man, but that he didn’t mean to beg his wife. However, Liu Xin didn’t want to explain anything to him. He just followed his words and said, “Oh, You have already married, so good, when you go back, say hello to your family for me,"
Beigong Boyu couldn’t help being stunned when he heard these words. He was able to be elected as the leader by various tribes of the Qiang tribe. He naturally had some talents. How could he not hear the overtones in Liu Xin’s words, he hurriedly said, "Is your lord’s meaning to Let go of the little ones,"
Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "I didn't want to let you go, but I didn't intend to punish you from the beginning. I also know about the situation of your Qiang people. The Qiang people have lived in Liangzhou for generations. In the past, Han officials have treated you quite a lot. The oppression did not change until Dong Zhuo was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou. This is probably one of the reasons why you are willing to send troops to help Dong Zhuo. However, if you think about it carefully, whether it was when Dong Zhuo was appointed as the governor or other people were there. As an official in Liangzhou, the lives of your Qiang people have improved a little bit. If you have a chance in the future, you can go to Jingnan to see. The barbarian people there are similar to your Qiang people in the past, but their lives are now. Compared to you can say that one is in the sky and the other is underground,"
While listening to Bei Gong Boyu, he moved his brain quickly, analyzing the true intentions of Liu Xin's words. From these words, Bei Gong Boyu can feel that Liu Xin's goal is definitely not only to win Chang'an. It's that simple, I'm afraid Liu Xin's next move will point to Liangzhou. Dong Zhuo is dead, and loyalty to him has no practical meaning, and Beigong Boyu also witnessed the strength of Liu Xin's army and continued to work with him. Confrontation, except to catch the lives of the Qiang people in vain, is of no benefit. Thinking of this, Beigong Boyu no longer hesitated, fell on one knee, held a fist at Liu Xin, and said, "Bei Gong Boyu thanked him. The adult’s grace not to kill, the adult, but what is the driving force, Beigong Boyu will never give up. If the adult can trust him, he is willing to go back and persuade the various tribes of the Qiang tribe to look forward to the leaders."
Liu Xin did not expect Beigong Boyu to be so interesting. He is the leader of the Qiang tribes. With his words, the hope of conquering the Qiang tribes will naturally increase. However, Liu Xin will not bet all the treasures at Beigongbo. With regard to Yu’s promise, he still needs to continue to administer some strong medicine to completely bind the various tribes of the Qiang tribe to himself, so he nodded and said, “Bei Gong Boyu, if you can think like this, that’s great, tell the truth. You, I have sent troops to take Xiaoguan, the next step is naturally to march into Xiliang, Dong Zhuo is almost wiped out now, taking Xiliang is just around the corner, don’t worry, the various tribes of the Qiang tribe are also the people of my big man, and I treat them. People from all tribes in Nanban can confirm that they will treat the Han people the same."
Both the Qiang nationality and the Nanban are ethnic minorities of the Han Dynasty. They used to be oppressed by the Han officials. Liu Xin was able to promise to treat them the same way as the Han people, and immediately made Beigong Boyu overjoyed, even Dong Zhuoren. When Liangzhou governor did not do it,
Beigong Boyu suddenly crawled on all fours and bowed to Liu Xin respectfully and said: "If adults can treat the Qiang people like the Han people, when they return next time, they must build a sanctuary for the adults to worship at four o'clock and pray. My God protects your lord’s life in peace,"
Liu Xin could hear that what he said was definitely from the bottom of his heart. He quickly lifted him up, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Bei Gong Boyu, Jiansheng Temple is unnecessary, but I still have one condition. "
Bei Gong Boyu leaned back and said, "My lord, please tell me,"
Liu Xin nodded and said: "You are the leader of the various tribes of the Qiang tribe. From now on, you must restrain the people, and you can no longer gather crowds as bandits and looting everywhere."
Beigong Boyu showed a dilemma and hesitated: "Returning to the Lord, I can only guarantee that I will be one and I will never rebel. As for the ministries, they can only try their best to persuade them, but they dare not make promises to the adults."
Liu Xin's face sank and said, "The laws of my great man are equal to the Han people and the Qiang people. The Han people cannot bully the Qiang people, nor can the Qiang people bully the Han people. I will never let anyone dare to make trouble. You can explain this clearly to them,"
Beigong Boyu arched his hands and said: "The adults do not know that the Qiang tribes have always been half-plowing and half-grazing, but mainly rely on grazing for their livelihoods. Salt, iron, gold, silver, cloth and other items need to be purchased from the Han people, but the court did not allow it. The Qiang people trade privately. When these items are in short supply, they can only grab them, so even if I am the leader of the various ministries, I cannot stop them."
In fact, there are deeper reasons for this. The Han Dynasty prohibited private transactions between the Han people and the ethnic minorities. The original intention was to better control these ethnic minorities by regulating the supply of salt, iron and other materials, so that they had nothing to do with the imperial court. However, in actual operation, a small number of gentry families used their power in the court to monopolize the trade between Qiang and Han. The Qiang people lacked gold and silver. For urgently needed items such as salt and iron, they could only use cattle, sheep, horses and this The merchants opened by several gentry families exchanged. These gentry families took the opportunity to lower the prices of Qiang people’s cattle, sheep and horses, and made high profits from them. In order to appease the Qiang people, they would often buy and win over the chiefs of the Qiang people, but the real people of the Qiang people The interests of Qiang people cannot be guaranteed. Many Qiang people who cannot exchange salt and iron cloth can only satisfy their needs by looting Han people, which further deepens the contradiction between Qiang and Han people.
Liu Xin also understands these situations. He has always advocated equal trade and will not allow these monopolies, so he said without hesitation: "You can rest assured that since the people of Qiang and Han people are treated equally, of course, it also includes transactions. Wait for me to take control. Given the situation in Liangzhou, fairs will be set up in various places to allow the Qiang people to trade freely with the Han people. After you go back, tell the Qiang tribes that as long as they raise more cattle, sheep and horses, they can live a good life without looting."
The realization of free trade between the Qiang and Han people is something that the people of the Qiang tribe have been looking forward to for several lifetimes. Liu Xin did not expect to make a promise easily. This made Beigong Boyyu a little impatient, and said repeatedly: "There is an adult. So, what is there to worry about Beigong Boyu? From now on, my life is an adult's. As long as the adults explain it, Beigong Boyu will go in the water, in the fire, and never frown, Bei Gong Boyu will now return to Liangzhou and tell the people of this good news to the people, please let them go."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "What are you doing in such a hurry? It's not too late to wait for the news from Xiaoguan to come, and then bring your people with you."
Bei Gong Boyu said in surprise: "My lord wants to put my people back,"
Liu Xin laughed loudly: "Why, if you don't put them back, will it be impossible for me to raise them for nothing,"
In the eyes of the Qiang, Man, and Huns, the captives are slaves and will become their private property. In Beigong Boyu’s eyes, Liu Xin let tribe leaders like them go back, naturally in order to buy the hearts of the tribes through them. Those captive Liu Xin is impossible to release, so I was so surprised,
In the past, Liu Xin was also reluctant to let go of these captives easily. All captives are important resources and will be sent to the engineering team to participate in forced labor. Liu Xin had to do so. After all, the Han Dynasty was still in a farming society. The concept of "Israel" has not yet been liberated. Except for the compulsory recruitment of civil servants, not many people would think of building roads, building bridges and building houses as a specialized profession.
But the situation is different now. The engineering team has grown to 100,000 people. Some of these people are prisoners who voluntarily stay behind, and some are ordinary people who voluntarily ask to join. They work in the engineering team. If there is no family, the whole family is not hungry. , You can also save a lot of money to marry a wife in the future. If you have a family, your monthly salary is enough to support the family. The family members can also follow the engineering team to do some laundry and cooking work, earning two money to support the family. The current engineering team is quite stable, and there is no need to send prisoners to supplement the labor force, so Liu Xin does not need to keep these prisoners anymore.
Today’s good news is one after another. Beigong Boyu no longer knows what to say. Suddenly, a soldier outside the door said loudly: “I’m here to tell the lord, Xiaoguan is here.”