Chapter 1657: Once and for all (Part 2)
The surrendered soldiers of Linyi State secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Zhuge Di and Liu Rengui talking and laughing happily. Although I don’t know what the two of them were talking about in low voices, since they are harmonious and harmonious, everyone’s lives must have been saved, right? After all, the melee that night and the brutal massacre just now had frightened these people out of fear.
Thinking back, perhaps we should also thank Jiadu for killing the king and usurping the throne?
If not, these people would have followed King Fan Zhenlong to fight to the death with the Tang Army. Just thinking about the Tang Army's invulnerable armor and the powerful bows and crossbows flying all over the sky that could penetrate gold and cracked rocks makes people secretly gulp. , Gods and Buddhas protect you...
At this moment, these soldiers looked at Zhuge Di with eyes full of reverence and gratitude. If this man hadn't come out of nowhere to join forces with the Tang Dynasty, they would probably have become the victims of the Tang army.
As for why Tang Jun, as an ally, just started killing them?
Didn’t they say it was an “accidental injury”...
Liu Rengui looked up at the ruined Sangha Puluo City and said with a frown: "Now, His Majesty the King, please lead the soldiers to clean up the mess. The weather is hot and once a plague breaks out with so many corpses, it will be a huge disaster." ”
Linyi Kingdom is a place where smog is raging, and the weather is humid and hot. If so many corpses are not handled properly or in time, a large-scale plague will definitely break out. Liu Rengui didn't bother to care whether the indigenous monkeys were dead or alive, but after all, this place was only a few dozen miles away from Da Nang. If a plague ravaged Da Nang, it would be a big mistake.
"I understand..." Zhuge Di responded quickly. Liu Rengui called him His Majesty the King. He did not dare to call himself the king without knowing the meaning in front of Liu Rengui: "These corpses will be collected and buried."
Liu Rengui added: "It's just that the ruins of Sangha Puluo City are almost razed to the ground, so many people have died, and there are no residents left. It is really not suitable to continue to be the royal city of Linyi Kingdom."
< br>
Zhuge Di opened his eyes and looked around, feeling frightened in his heart.
Where is this still a royal city? I'm afraid this is just the way it is in mythical regions...
With such dilapidation and incompleteness, even if it takes fifty years, it may not be able to restore its former prosperity, not to mention that after this battle, Lin Yiguo will face the embarrassing situation of more women than men, and its productivity will be greatly reduced. Even if it takes a hundred years to recuperate, It may not necessarily lead to population growth.
Because during this period, the people of the Tang Dynasty would not sit back and watch the population explosion of Linyi State. From time to time, they would cause incidents like the current one, in which tens of thousands of young and strong residents died in one day...Sheep were raised here, and the wool was sheared layer by layer. , will never be satisfied.
Zhuge Di couldn't figure out what Liu Rengui meant by this, so he had to ask tentatively: "Then Governor, what do you think should be done?"
Liu Rengui: "Rebuilding this city is too labor-intensive. It would be better to build a new city next to Da Nang as the new royal city."
Zhuge Di sighed and said: "It's good, who knows how prosperous Da Nang is? If the royal city is adjacent to Da Nang, the entire Linyi Kingdom can be the glory of the Tang Dynasty, and there can be more stable income... But where is the money now?"
Not to mention money, even the civil and military ministers died cleanly in this massacre.
The treasury must have been looted. The money in the treasury may have gone into the hands of the rebels at first, but now it must have flowed into the pockets of the Tang army. Didn't you see the Tang army searching and picking over the corpses?
Zhuge Di is now a bare king, with no money, no ministers, and only a few thousand surviving soldiers who have long been frightened...
Liu Rengui smiled very profoundly: "It's okay, the Governor's Mansion will lend it to you and just repay the interest on time. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. We Tang people have said we support you, so we will support you to the end. If you want people to give people, give money to people! Not only that! I can lend you money to build a new royal city, help you reorganize the court, appoint civil and military ministers, and even help Lin Yi train the army!”
Zhuge Di's smile was filled with tears: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Governor. The Tang people are really good friends of the Linyi people. This kindness will be remembered by the Linyi people for generations to come. This friendship will never be abandoned by future generations..."
You will pay for the construction of the royal city. I am afraid that this huge sum of money will not be repaid in a hundred years. It is simply breaking the bones and sucking the marrow. It is up to you to reorganize the civil and military ministers of the imperial court. If you are not a merchant aristocrat who is close to the Tang people, how can you have a chance to rise to power? You actually have to train the army... After this training, will it still be Lin Yiguo's army?
Zhuge Di finally figured it out.
The Tang people used his and Jia Du's greed to play a cruel trick on them, and even sent out a large army to massacre the entire royal city, completely destroying the foundation of Lin Yi State, and also used a series of means to permanently control Lin Yi State and make it become The purpose of Tang Dynasty's vassal...
At present, although the Tang Dynasty people are giving money and efforts, they have taken Lin Yiguo under their command once and for all.
However, he did not know that there was still a strange policy waiting for him: "Tang people can have three wives and four concubines, but natives can only marry one"...
*****
Songping County.
The rebels completely captured the city. Li Zhuangzhi abandoned the county government office and the general government office, and instead established a temporary government office in Guluo City.
Guluo City is located in Songping County. It was the capital built by King Anyang of the Ouluo Kingdom 700 years ago. After the Jiaozhou General Administration Office of the Tang Dynasty moved here, Songping County was established and the city was rebuilt to include Guluo City. A hundred years ago, when the Wanchun Kingdom was founded, Guluo City was used as its capital, which was of extraordinary significance to Li Zhuangzhi and other descendants of the Wanchun Kingdom.
As for Songping County, even though it was a hundred times more prosperous and prosperous than before due to the influx of a large number of Tang people, Li Zhuangzhi and others still looked down upon it...
Under the banner of "recovering the Wanchun Kingdom", the rebels went smoothly and successively captured several nearby counties. Many powerful people from various places came to rely on them, including local indigenous people with surnames such as Li, Wu, and Chen. These natives don't have much land, and their wealth is even less. They are as smooth-minded as monkeys in the mountains, but they are brutal and brutal by nature. If you push them into the battlefield, they are the best soldiers...
Li Zhuangzhi had no reason not to accept it.
In Guluo City, Li Zhuangzhi sat at the top and said to Li Wuqing with a smile on his face: "Annan is the Annan of the Annan people. Even though the Tang army is fierce, they cannot act arbitrarily in our territory. A hundred years ago, the sages in order to resist The brutal rule of the Central Plains Dynasty rose up and established the Wanchun Kingdom. Now, we We should also resist the oppression of the Tang people for the sake of the well-being of thousands of Annan people! Although my family is Han, we have lived in Annan for more than ten generations and have long been connected by blood to this land. My dear brother, you are a local aboriginal. Start fighting against the Tang people and take your destiny into your own hands!"
Although the Wanchun Kingdom has not been officially restored and he has not ascended the throne as king, the rebels regard him as the best choice for king. Apart from him, who else has his prestige and strength?
These words were impassioned and described the bright future of being the master of one's own affairs, but Li Wuqing obviously did not pay attention to this...
"Mr. Li, I led the tribe to respond to the uprising because I respected your character and was willing to encourage you. To be honest, we aborigines have lived a hard life for too long, and now you are leading us to fight, knife head What does it mean to lick blood? We natives are all destined to die. We are not afraid of death as long as we die well.”
You Han people and Tang people all have the same ancestors and blood. Whoever overthrew whom, who killed whom, has nothing to do with the half penny of us indigenous people. We only care about whether we can have meat to eat by following you?
Li Zhuangzhi narrowed his eyes, stroked his white beard and smiled.
Who said that the indigenous monkeys are all stupid, stupid and stupid? Look at what a talent this Li Wuqing is, he also knows how to give subtle hints...
He looked down on the natives from the bottom of his heart. These guys were just savages, like monkeys, they were lazy and incompatible with the hard-working and shrewd Han people. I never know how to obtain wealth with my hands, but I just think about how to get it for nothing, and even kill and rob.
But the great cause of restoration is the most important thing right now. Even these indigenous monkeys must be won over as much as possible, even if they are sent to the battlefield as scapegoats...
After pondering for a while, Li Zhuangzhi said: "You and I both grew up on this land. How can we distinguish you and me, and how can we distinguish between high and low? The Wanchun Kingdom is the paradise of the Annan people, so naturally they should be treated equally! As long as you fight bravely, you can win Due to their meritorious deeds, a certain person must issue an edict to the whole country, allowing indigenous people to hold official positions, with the same status as Han people..."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him shouted: "Absolutely not!" (End of Chapter)