The imperial envoy, the eunuch, and the minister of the Duke of the Sea, acted decisively and decisively, and could not get any sand in his eyes. In just half a day, all the conspicuous walls in Yizhou City were posted.

Some say, "It is better to change customs and customs, and cutting off your braids is a person."

Some say "to change customs and promote new styles of the times";

Some say "Promoting development and renovation will benefit the country, the people and the future";

Some say, "I want a hair on my head, my wife, children and others."

All these words were written in black and white, and some servants shouted along the street with gongs, which immediately caused a sensation in Yizhou City. All the military and civilians discussed were the matter of cutting braids.

Yizhou is an important town by the Yalu River and is also a key place for Sino-North Korea trade transfer. There are many Korean merchants living in the city. When the Ming Dynasty officials ordered Jurchens to cut their braids and grow their hair, the Korean merchants would talk about it as an interesting thing.

Because the Jurchen barbarians and North Korea are enemies, North Korean businessmen applaud the fact that they cut their braids for the Jurchen barbarians.

Those who are erratic are even more eager to make trouble for the Jurchen barbarians in Yizhou City, so that they can see how the Ming Dynasty's heavenly soldiers killed the Jurchen barbarians.

Director Jin and his entourage, who were in the Korean ginseng business, just came from the other side when they passed by the city gate and saw officers and soldiers posting notices there.

Director Jin Hanwen was very happy to come forward and saw that it was a notice of the Jurchens' hair and modification. He was surprised.

Some followers who didn't know Chinese characters asked what the master wrote about the list, and Director Jin told them.

"The development and modification are urgent. From today on, it will only be limited to three days. All the Jurchens will be asked to cut off their braids. Zunyi is a good citizen of the Ming Dynasty. Those who hesitate and disobey will be punished as rebels. Those who escape and argue with clever words will never give up."

"Master, why did you think of asking the Jurchens to cut their braids in the Ming Dynasty?" Some followers were puzzled.

"You don't know that shaving hair is a custom of the Jurchens. It is said that it was there in the Jin Dynasty in the past and has not stopped for hundreds of years. Well, the Jurchens not only used this shaving hair as a symbol of their clan, but also used this as a symbol of whether other people surrendered to the Jurchens."

Although Director Jin is a businessman, he has been familiar with the classics and history since he was a child. In addition, he often came to the Ming Dynasty to do business, so he has some insights.

After hearing this, a follower said disdainfully: "The barbarians are just doing a lot, and they are the ones who have a braid on their head?"

"What do you know?"

Director Jin shook his head. He was talking to his entourage in Korean dialect, so he didn't worry about the Han people next to him listening.

He just heard him say, "The Jurchens are smart. Do you think, if the Jurchens shave their hair and the people who were defeated and conquered by them will not shave, over time, their clothes and clothes are different, can they unite their hearts? Then can the Jurchens rest assured that those people? They will be different after shaving their hair and leaving their braids. If one generation cannot be changed, it will be two generations. How many generations have passed, then those who were not Jurchens in the past will become Jurchens."

"Why? Do those people dare to forget their ancestors and their origins?" asked a follower.

"They just forgot that they only know that they are Jurchens now. Whether it is clothing or outfits, they are all Jurchens."

After saying this, Director Jin gave an example to prove his view. This example is the North Korean fugitives who have often helped the Jurchens cross the river to harass North Korea in recent years.

"Those individuals, do you think they are Jurchen barbarians or Koreans?"

"Bah, why are they worthy of being a Korean when they do things for the barbarians?"

Whenever he thought of those guys who were accomplices for the tiger and harmed his compatriots, Director Jin's followers were furious.

"That's it."

Director Jin turned his head and looked at the notice posted on the city wall, and said sincerely: "The Ming official who asked the Jurchens to cut his hair is a hero."

"What do you say about this, Master?" Some followers said inexplicably.

Director Jin smiled: "He ordered people to cut the Jurchen braids, which cut off their foundation, changed the Jurchen costumes, and dug their ancestral graves. In this way, the Jurchens and their descendants lived according to the customs of the Han people. How could they still remember their previous lifestyle? For one or two generations, just one or two generations, the Jurchens in Yizhou City are all Han people. The official wanted to use this method to completely eliminate the Jurchen disaster and never be afraid of the Jurchen barbarians rebelling. What is this kind of person not a hero?"

"What if the Jurchen barbarians don't want it?" said a follower.

"They can't be allowed to," Director Jin sneered, "What did the list say? Those who do not follow will be beheaded. People are afraid of death, and these Jurchen barbarians in Yizhou City have no choice."

"According to me, the dead Jurchen barbarians are good barbarians. Why do you have to do so much effort?" a follower blurted out.

"Many things in the world cannot be solved by killing people alone." Director Jin touched the head of the young man beside him.

Suddenly, an older follower frowned and said, "Master, what if the Ming Dynasty also wanted us Koreans to be the same as them?"

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Director Jin was asked by this question, and he had never thought about it.

As soon as the notice was posted, the Yizhou Guard Commander's Office took action, and a braid cutting point was quickly set up at the junction of streets and alleys in the city.

The first ones to be ordered to cut off the braid were the Jurchen surrendered by He Shiyi, with a number of about 800.

They were gathered together because many of these Jurchen surrendered people were used as Jurchen soldiers. In case of precautions, He Shiyi personally led his troops to take charge and ordered these Jurchen surrendered people to cut their braids.

Faced with the threat of the Ming army, the Jurchens surrendered people did not resist and accepted the fate of cutting the braids and modifying them.

The worst case did not happen, which made He Shiyi breathe a sigh of relief.

However, many Jurchen people cried secretly after their braids were cut. He Shiyi did not interfere much in this regard. In his opinion, as long as the Jurchen people were willing to cut their braids, he would be able to get his bus to Eunuch Wei.

He Shiyi treated Jurchens differently from the Jurchens who had long lived in Yizhou. He hoped that Jurchen residents could take the initiative to cut their braids at various streets and alleys, so the dispatched officials used persuasion and publicity as a means at the beginning.

But after half a day, only more than a hundred people took the initiative to cut their braids, and most of the other residents were waiting and watching.

Eunuch Wei, who was highly concerned about this matter, was very dissatisfied with He Shiyi's work efficiency, so he ordered Yang Huan to rush into the homes of the Jurchen residents with scissors, dragging the Jurchen man who was unwilling to cut his braids out of the home and forcibly cut his braids.

If someone dares to complain, the big knife flashed and openly intimidated: "You don't want to be my Daming citizen, may you be the rebels in Jianzhou!"

Under the pressure of Eunuch Wei, He Shiyi had to take the same measures. The overall process was quite smooth. After all, some of the Jurchens living in Yizhou had been in several generations, which was considered to be Chinese. Deep in their hearts, they were just a kind of nostalgia for the past and their ancestors.

Once this kind of nostalgia is linked to life and death, most people will choose to save their lives wisely.

The accident happened in Xicheng. An elderly Jurchen man was unwilling to cut his braids and claimed that cutting his braids was a life-threatening situation and did not pass the approval of the Liaodong Governor's Office.

The officers and soldiers in charge of cutting braids were afraid that they would be scolded by their superiors for being incompetent in their work, so they killed the old Jurchen man in anger and then killed six male men in his family.

When the killing begins, it will spread invisibly, and even a slight spread will cause serious consequences.

That night, more than 200 Jurchens in the city were executed, and He Shiyi felt deeply uneasy after hearing the news.

After the incident was reported to Eunuch Wei, he issued an order to string the heads of the executed Jurchens with bamboo poles and then hang them at the city gate.

Since then, there has been no more Jurchens refusing to change customs in the city. Two days later, the city fell into peace and there has been no more Jurchens with braids like rat tails behind their heads.
Chapter completed!