Swish... Everyone looked at Zhang Quan. Faced with such a dire situation, could Zhang Quan really give any advice
Zhang Quan said calmly, "I have three plans.
The best strategy is to ask Your Majesty to send someone to announce that we are willing to take in all the people of the State of Cai, resettle them, and forgive past mistakes.
The people of Cai are just crazy out of despair; if they are given hope, they will definitely settle down. After experiencing this change, many geniuses will definitely appear among the people of Cai. In order to quell the complaints of the people of Chen, we can appropriately impose a three-year retention tax on the people of Cai.
But this would bring us into direct confrontation with the Shang and Tang kingdoms.
The middle strategy was to issue an imperial decree to the people in the remaining areas of the country, all soldiers, merchants, etc., allowing everyone to go out to capture slaves, and all the wealth seized during this period would become their personal property.
Use permanent benefits to induce everyone to fight.
In this way, we can certainly prevent this chaos. We can even use the slaves of the State of Cai to exchange for the resources of the Shang Kingdom.
However, this move may cause some families to expand too much, and even lead to robbery, indulgence of evil, etc.
The worst strategy is to build numerous defense lines, layer upon layer, and clear the fields. Especially focus on defense in natural barriers such as abysses, mountains, and rivers. And purchase arms from the Shang Kingdom.
This move will inevitably lead to fierce conflict, and the casualties will be incalculable. A large number of deaths will harm the harmony of nature!"
With Zhang Quan taking the lead, the remaining officials suddenly became "smarter" and put forward various suggestions, many of which were noteworthy.
The Crown Prince of Chen, who was sitting next to his father, saw all the officials had such expressions, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. The Crown Prince saw it very clearly, these ministers were not really helpless, but they did not dare to "be the first bird" and were afraid of making mistakes.
As a result, with the "silly boy" Zhang Quan taking the lead, these ministers began to become "smart".
Soon, various opinions emerged, and finally a practical and perfect solution was concluded: it was necessary to build strong defenses and clear the fields. Secondly, the emperor should also offer amnesty to the rioters, and at the same time encourage the people of Chen to "pick up" some slaves and wealth.
These are all the summaries of Zhang Quan's opinions; but the ministers also have new opinions, which is - differentiation.
It is impossible for more than 50 million rioters to be united. You can divide them and use various rewards to cause civil unrest among them.
For example, killing one rioter could redeem one's sins; killing two refugees could earn one the right to reside in the State of Chen; killing three or more would count as military merit...
For example, if you lead ten people to surrender, all of them will be innocent, and the leader can get a certain reward. If you lead a hundred people to surrender, you can be rewarded with military merits...
In addition, there is also the option of asking for help from the Shang Kingdom. According to the ministers' opinions, the Shang Kingdom would not come to support us; but with this excuse, our Chen Kingdom can openly accept all the people of the Cai Kingdom, and the Shang Kingdom will not be able to ask questions in the later period!
In fact, asking for help from the Shang Kingdom was to shut the Shang Kingdom up.
After all the conditions were discussed, Chen State immediately started to operate. Chen State was not a foolish country like Cai State. The rise of Shang State and the demise of Qi State had greatly stimulated Chen State.