Chapter 0910 Daizhou, a place that produces both heroes and warriors
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Li Yuanji smiled in response, turned to look at Li Shimin who was accompanying him and said with a smile: "Second brother, do you think he is dealing with me?"
Li Shimin rolled his eyes and said nothing.
Now that he has lost his power, what can he say to his former ministers?
Xue Shou was even more embarrassed. Li Yuanji asked his former master to come out to judge the authenticity of his words. He really wanted to strip him naked and expose him to the sun.
He knew very well that it was Li Yuanji who was beating him.
Seeing that Li Shimin was unwilling to speak, Li Yuanji immediately looked at Xue Shou and said, "You, don't use these superficial words to deal with me. You said that the affairs of the other five and a half states are none of your business. Do you believe it?"
The other five and a half governors were also Li Shimin's old subordinates.
Xue Sheng is one of the leaders under Li Shimin, how can he not understand them?
If something happens to them, why don't they tell Xue Shou and tell him?
Without Xue Shou nodding, without Xue Shou making up his mind, they dared to treat those prisoners as human beings?
Before Xue Shou could speak, Li Yuanji said again: "As for you saying that you will work hard to reduce the loss, you didn't say to what extent. Do you want to deal with me with one or two, or a hundred or ten?
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Xue Shou was shocked. In addition to being more embarrassed, he was not ashamed. He had experienced strong winds and waves, so he was not frightened by these words. He immediately said confidently: "I just used Turks."
I just treat them the same way I deal with the Han people, and I don’t think this is wrong.”
After the Turks plundered the Han people, their treatment of the Han people was much crueler and bloodier than that of the six northern states.
So it makes sense for Xue Shou to say that he was fighting tooth for tooth and eye for eye.
In the impression of many people, literati are gentle and kind.
But in fact, the men of letters are far more ruthless than the men of martial arts.
The only difference is that the literati before the Song Dynasty were cruel to others, while the literati after the Song Dynasty were cruel to their own people.
Although Xue Shou was a civil servant, he was a civil servant of the Tang Dynasty, so it was reasonable for him to say such things.
This may seem extremely cruel and vicious, but in fact it is much kinder than the prairie people.
In history, the Huns went south, the Hu people went south, the Turks went south, the Mongols went south, and the Jurchens went south, all of which caused huge killings in the Central Plains.
The vegetable man, the two-legged sheep, the wheel chop, etc. were all invented by the prairie people against the Han people.
Needless to say, the Cai Man and the Two-Legged Sheep, the wheel chop was invented by the Mongols to deal with the Han people.
So before the rise of the Mongols, there was no concept of wheel-cutting.
Even if there is such a thing, there is no such saying, and this behavior is not widespread.
In comparison, when the Jurchens went south, although they did not invent anything specific to the Han people, the Jurchens were far more cruel than the Mongols because they massacred the city, killing both young and old, even the children who were lower than the wheel.
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The killings they committed were not much different from those of the devils.
This is also the reason why the Han people resisted the Jurchen rule for hundreds of years.
So Xue Sou's ruthlessness is not ruthless, and there is nothing to criticize.
But the Tang Dynasty is now in short supply of people. If there is free labor available, it must be used wisely. It is really too much to lose nearly half of it at every turn.
Changsun Wuji is now almost extorting barbarians in order to coax them to come down from the mountains and help him farm the land.
Xue Shou and others have a lot of free labor to use, but they don't know how to cherish it. This is really shameful.
"Having said that, if the prisoners are overwhelmed and gather in crowds to cause chaos, how will you deal with it? It's impossible to abandon the army here to help you suppress those prisoners, right?
Then will the Tang Dynasty continue to conquer the Turks?
Also, what you have done in the northern border is so excessive, what if it spreads to the Turks, and the Turks resist desperately when facing the conquest of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Yuanji stared at Xue Shou with a straight face and asked.
The prisoners were overwhelmed and started to cause chaos, which was not a big problem.
But it was a big problem to arouse the hostility of the Turks towards the Tang Dynasty and to resist desperately when the Tang Dynasty conquered the Turks.
As long as anyone has the will to die, the energy he can unleash is far greater than before.
It will be difficult to defeat a group of people who can burst out with far greater energy than before.
Even if you have a powerful army and advanced weapons, it is very likely that your ship will capsize in the gutter.
This is also an important reason why many sieges adopt the strategy of encircling three ques and one.
Therefore, the behavior of Xue Shou and others must be stopped.
Otherwise, it would easily affect the Tang Dynasty's subsequent war against the Turks.
Xue Shou was not a war novice. He understood the deep meaning of these words and realized the seriousness of the matter, so he was convinced. He bowed with sincerity and said: "It's your minister Meng Lang. I almost missed your highness."
Regarding this important matter, I will go back and discuss with the governors of the other five states so that they can be more merciful to their prisoners."
Li Yuanji nodded with satisfaction.
As long as Xue Ting listened to his words, if he didn't, then he would have to use some means to make Xue Ting listen to his words.
"I've said almost everything that needs to be said, let's go back to camp."
Li Yuanji smiled and gave instructions to Su Dingfang and others.
Su Dingfang agreed with his hands, ordered the front team to become the rear team, and escorted Li Yuanji and his party back to Daizhou camp.
Daizhou camp is located in Daizhou city.
Because Daizhou was newly recovered by the Tang Dynasty from the Turks, there are no people in Daizhou. The same is true in Daizhou City. Now it has only regained a little vitality and has not yet fully recovered.
Therefore, setting up the camp in the city will not disturb the people.
Daizhou can be said to be a heroic state. Many familiar heroes in history have fought fiercely in Daizhou. Daizhou has also produced many famous and powerful armies in history.
For example, the famous generals of the Yang family once fought fiercely in Daizhou, and famous powerful armies in history such as Jingsai, Jianxiong, and Zhenwu were also located in Daizhou.
Among them, Zhenwu was a strong army set up by the Jin people, while Jingsai and Jianxiong were both set up by the Han people.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It can be seen that Daizhou is a place where heroes are produced, a place where heroes can become famous, and a place where strong soldiers are produced.
However, today's Daizhou does not appear to produce heroes or strong soldiers at all.
After years of torture by the Turks, in Daizhou today you can only see some working prisoners and soldiers running on the official roads. There are very few common people passing through. Even those who are dressed as common people are mostly merchants or businessmen.
of servants.
After seeing the majestic Wang Jia, not only did he not come forward excitedly to kowtow and salute, but he hid far away, not even daring to show the corners of his clothes.
Because they were hiding in nooks and crannies, they were already suspicious. If they exposed their heads or clothes, and let the guarding soldiers see them, they could easily be caught on the spot as assassins, or shot on the spot.
This death is in vain, there is no chance to complain.
His family wanted to seek justice for him, but they could not find a government office that could administer justice.
"The border city of Daizhou has been established for a year, and the annual revenue is still quite high. Why is the city of Daizhou so depressed?"
There were no hurried pedestrians, no merchants coming and going, and no signs of shop openings or flags. Li Yuanji couldn't help but turn his head and ask Su Dingfang who was accompanying him.
It stands to reason that the border cities of Daizhou have developed. Even if the population of Daizhou cannot skyrocket and restore the vitality that it had before the Turks occupied Daizhou, there should still be some prosperous scenes.
After all, when merchants do business in the Daizhou border city, they also need to eat and drink, and they also need to arrange manpower and rent space to store goods.
There are not that many places in the border city for them to place their accompanying servants, and there are not that many places for them to store their goods, so Daizhou City is their first choice.
With their presence, some businesses in Daizhou City can be restored anyway.
But now you can't see a single shop in Daizhou City, which is really contrary to common sense.
When Su Dingfang heard this, he said with some shame: "Originally, there were many merchants and their servants staying in Daizhou City, and there were also small merchants and hawkers who made money from those merchants and their servants, but since Master Liang sent people
After the surprise attack on the border market and your decision to conquer the Turks, they felt that business could not be done in a short period of time, so they left Daizhou City with their goods and servants.
If you had come earlier, you could have seen them leaving Daizhou City in a hurry."
Li Yuanji curled his lips and said, "So I came late?"
Su Dingfang said awkwardly: "I don't dare. I failed to manage Daizhou well and let His Highness down."
He is a commander of a large army, and his mission is to fight, not to develop the local area. Therefore, if the local area does not develop well, it has little to do with him.
But when it comes to this, it seems that he is a little ignorant if he doesn't admit his mistake.
"It's not your fault, it's the common people and merchants who don't have confidence in us. If they have confidence in us, even if the business in the border market cannot be done in the short term, they will stay and do business in Daizhou.
So we have to work harder and make the people and businessmen have confidence in us."
Li Yuanji said with emotion.
The business in Daizhou is not limited to the border market. Without the border market, merchants can still do other businesses.
For example, open a store in Daizhou City to meet the daily needs of some resting soldiers in the army.
For example, you can purchase some captives, reclaim wasteland in Daizhou, and expand your business.
Landlords and so on.
As long as the common people and merchants have confidence in the imperial court, they can find a living in Daizhou.
But they didn't, which means they have no confidence in the court.
Their lack of confidence does not mean that they do not believe that the imperial court can defeat the Turks, but that they do not believe that the imperial court can protect them when fighting the Turks.
After all, when there is a war, it is a collision between countries.
Those in power will not care about the gains and losses between a city, a place, a grass or a people.
What the superior wants is a comprehensive victory. If a city, a land, or a part of the people can be sacrificed in exchange for a comprehensive victory, then no superior with some wisdom will hesitate.
