Soon, Hou Junji destroyed Gaochang and captured the entire Qu Zhisheng clan and his civil and military ministers.
Originally, in theory, it was enough for his father, Ju Wentai, to come to Chang'an to dance alone.
But who let Ju Wentai die? Even Hou Junji would not ask Ju Wentai to perform a dance of the dead, so he could only let the entire court of Gaochang come over in person.
Of course, coupled with the local people of Gaochang, the entire Gaochang country was almost empty out of ten houses, and a large number of people were directly escorted back to Chang'an by Hou Junji.
However, as prisoners, don't expect much preferential treatment. Even people from the medical camp would occasionally come out to check on them along the way to ensure that they could march the next day, but that was all, and they naturally experienced inhuman treatment.
No one knows how many people there were in Gaochang at the beginning of the journey, but when they finally arrived in Chang'an at the end of November, only 250,000 people were left.
Before Chang'an City arrived, Fang Xuanling and Gao Jifu led people to welcome them out.
Since the Turks were expelled, the number of foreigners in Honglu Temple's hands has been greatly reduced. This has made Honglu Temple, which was used to living a prosperous life, begin to become financially strapped.
Although Honglu Temple has gradually begun to ask for the purchase of people on the grassland, as long as people with normal IQs on the grassland know that the people in their hands are their own strength and cannot be easily sold.
This made it suddenly more difficult for Honglu Temple to acquire the population.
Now 250,000 people have come and need to go through the corresponding procedures. Although this is the responsibility of Honglu Temple, given the character of the King of Wei, he will more or less give red envelopes to Honglu Temple.
Now everyone at Honglu Temple is looking forward to the Chinese New Year, so naturally they are quite active.
Hou Junji didn't know the truth inside, but Hou Junji knew clearly that a Gaochang man could earn 300 yuan in profit, and a woman could earn 100 yuan in profit.
There are now 250,000 people here, and Hou Junji feels like countless small coins appear in front of his eyes.
As for the way Fang Xuanling looked at Hou Junji, it was even more friendly.
Originally I only expected Hou Junji to be able to recruit 100,000 people, which was about it, but I didn't expect that this time it could actually increase to 250,000 people.
These people were given to King Wei, and I believe he must be very happy. As for being able to draw a little profit from them, it is naturally a happy event.
All in all, a situation was achieved in which everyone except Gao Chang was sad but everyone else was happy.
As for Gao Chang, as long as he can revive the dead and stand up to speak, then Datang will be reasonable and will give him a chance to speak.
It's just that the person who can speak is no longer there, so we can't blame Datang for being unreasonable.
Next, Hou Junji presented the prisoners to Guande Hall. Li Shimin held a banquet for three days, and everyone in the group became extremely drunk.
When the celebration was over, Li Shimin, considering the need to show more or less the benevolence of the Tang Dynasty and to appease the people of Gaochang, made Qu Zhisheng the Duke of Jincheng County, General Zuo Wuwei.
Then Ju Zhisheng did not dance this time and only performed the prisoner dedication ceremony, but Gaochang musicians joined Taichang, and the nine musicians were increased to ten musicians.
Of course, now that the celebration is over, the next step should be to enter the mode of suppressing military generals that civilian officials like to see.
This feeling is like, after you take a long time to go home, your parents will prepare a table full of dishes for you to enjoy on the first and second days, and then start to pick on you on the third and fourth days.
The raised eyebrows make you want to leave right away!
Immediately, there was a report from the imperial censor that the princes and lords gathered together to invade Gaochang and steal the treasures. The generals knew about it and committed theft, but they could not stop the gathering.
Then the hero was sent to prison, where he was asked to calmly reflect.
At the same time, people like Wang Xuance and Ashina Sheershou were rewarded because they did not participate in the robbery of Gaochang.
To be honest, under the government military system, it makes no sense to say that Hou Junji cannot prohibit soldiers from robbing and stealing.
But this is just a simple excuse, just to suppress Hou Junji's raised tail and arrogant arrogance.
The Tang Dynasty suppressed military generals who had contributed to the destruction of the country to a certain extent. To a certain extent, this was a problem left over from history.
When Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks, he was suppressed by domestic civil servants.
Li Jing, on the other hand, was a very cool person. He remained unmoved in the face of all kinds of suppression. He even handed over his military power and refused to interact with anyone. His body also began to suffer from various illnesses.
But when the Tang Dynasty needed Li Jing, Li Jing directly said that all his illnesses were cured. He watched me perform the massacre of Tuyuhun, and then after fighting the last battle to destroy the country, An An An retired with wolfberry in his arms.
This gave the civil servants the habit of thinking that everyone was as easy to talk to as Li Jing.
In addition, Hou Junji was a general and a prime minister, and he had been reading a collection of classics and history, which made the officials think that Hou Junji had understood that his imprisonment was just a formality.
If there is a war after you come out, you will still be the commander-in-chief of one side and become the second generation military god of the Tang Dynasty.
No, just a few days after Hou Junji was imprisoned, Cen Wenwen, on behalf of the civil servants, spoke in a formal manner:
"Gaochang is in a coma. Your Majesty orders you to gather the others and defeat him within ten days, and then deliver it to Dali.
Although you have gathered yourself and hung a snare, you are afraid that people in the country will suspect that your majesty only recorded his faults and neglected his achievements.
Upon hearing the order, I will send out troops with the main purpose of defeating the enemy. If he is able to defeat the enemy, he may be rewarded even if he is greedy; if he fails, he may be punished despite being honest.
Therefore, Li Guangli and Chen Tang of the Han Dynasty, Wang Jun of the Jin Dynasty, and Han Qinhu of the Sui Dynasty were all guilty and punished. The masters were rewarded for their meritorious service. From this point of view, among the generals, the honest and prudent ministers are rare and greedy.
There are many.
Therefore, Huang Shigong's "Military Situation" says: "Enable wisdom, courage, greed, and foolishness. Therefore, the wise are happy to achieve their merits, the brave are eager to pursue their ambitions, the greedy are eager to gain, and the fool does not care about death."
'Fu is willing to record his small labors and forget his big mistakes, so that the king can be promoted to the court again and ready to drive again. Although he is not a pure and honest minister, he still has a greedy and foolish general. In this way, your majesty will show his virtue even though he bends the law.
, even though Junji and others have been forgiven, they are more outstanding."
The steps were handed to Li Shimin's feet, and Li Shimin let Hou Junji go.
Li Shimin naturally thought that this matter was over. Hou Junji's temper had been tempered and tempered, and he was still the number one tough guy under him.
After all, Hou Junji is different from others. He started out as a personal guard of the Prince of Qin and was trained by Li Shimin.
From having nothing at the beginning to the present Duke of the Tang Dynasty, even Li Shimin wanted to train Hou Junji as the second generation of Li Jing.
The entire model is exactly the same as that of Li Jing. It is precisely because of the slight suppression that he can be entrusted with important tasks when it is activated later. To a certain extent, this can be regarded as a failure rather than a success.
But there are a few small problems here. First, Hou Junji's personality is different from Li Jing's.
He has the qualifications to become the second generation military god, but he cannot become the second generation Li Jing.
After Li Jing was praised by Yang Su, he worked hard throughout the Sui Dynasty until he was forty years old, and finally worked under Li Yuan who had reported the rebellion. How could Li Jing be careless?
Even if you suffer a little loss, consider it a blessing.
When his subordinate Su Dingfang was affected, Li Jing didn't dare to help him. He only used the opportunity to leave Su Dingfang to Li Tai and arrange for him to stay in Youzhou, which was considered an explanation.
But since Hou Junji followed Li Shimin, he has always had smooth sailing, but he has never had such an experience.
All in all, Li Shimin believed in his friendship with Hou Junji, but he did not expect that Hou Junji's character was more rebellious.
As for the second point, Hou Junji's money is gone, well, the money Li Tai used to buy Gaochang prisoners.
Because the soldiers' rewards must be paid out in time, Li Tai knows this best.
Therefore, he had prepared the money order long ago. Basically, as soon as these Gaochang prisoners arrived, Li Tai entrusted Ma Zhou to hand over the money order to Fang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling deducted the portion from the imperial court and distributed it to the military.
When several senior military officials saw that Hou Junji was in jail, they thought that Hou Junji was gone. In addition, their familiarity with Hou Junji was far inferior to the money tickets they received, so they decisively distributed the money to the soldiers first.
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As for who got Hou Junji’s share? I don’t know. How much? I don’t know.
In short, by the time Hou Junji came out, all the money had been distributed.
At this point, it is impossible to spit out the money to Hou Junji.
After all, even if these military generals are not as good as the status of Hou Junji, each of them is either a prince of the country or a county prince, or at worst, a marquis.
One person can't stand it, but a group of people face a Hou Junji who has lost his power, so what should everyone be afraid of!
Therefore, less than a month after returning, Hou Junji went from being the commander-in-chief of an army with great glory to becoming a prisoner.
When the Hou Junji came out, their power was gone, their military power was gone, their wealth was gone, and even the colleagues who had known each other in the past were gone.
Hou Junji has never suffered such a big setback in his life. Although he has seen the light of day again, he can't swallow this feeling in his heart!
No matter what, Hou Junji's matter has more or less come to an end. Whether Hou Junji likes it or not, this is the imperial court's suppression of him, and it is also the only way for him to become the second generation military god. At least without anyone
Before you commit rebellion, I'm afraid you won't be able to change.
Of course, the aftermath of the Gaochang incident is actually quite large.
In addition to Hou Junji being affected, someone accused Xue Wanjun of having an affair with a Gaochang woman. Xue Wanjun refused to accept the accusation and asked to confront the Gaochang woman.
Fortunately, Wei Zheng warned Li Shimin about the significance of the dispute between the general and the woman who had lost her country, and Li Shimin was somewhat persuaded.
Then what happened next had a little to do with Li Tai.
When Hou Jun's horse fell sick, Zhao Yuankai, the commander-in-chief of the march, personally dipped his finger into the pus and sniffed it. The censor decisively played Zhao Yuankai's song to flatter him, and he was originally going to be demoted to the governor of Kuozhou.
However, Ma Zhou admonished that this matter should be used as a warning to others, and the trend of flattery should not be allowed to increase. He was demoted to Zhengzhou Bijia, which was to be promoted to the fifth rank, which was slightly worse than the original provincial governor who was lowered to the fourth rank.
Even so, Zhao Yuankai was still grateful to Ma Zhou and realized more deeply that he was an organized person.
The current King of Wei is Henan Yin. He can still be taken care of more or less by Zhao Yuankai in Zhengzhou, and he may have a chance to be promoted in the future.
But if he was demoted to Kuozhou, then he might really die in Kuozhou.
And Ma Zhou knew that Zhao Yuankai was talented. When he was raising ducks with Li Tai, although he was very busy, it was undeniable that Zhao Yuankai's contribution was also considerable.
He had been training in Xiazhou for several years, and was originally planning to be transferred to Sinong Temple, but later he discovered that Zhao Yuankai was talented in leading troops, otherwise he would not have been allowed to be the general manager of a state.
Normally speaking, a person who is capable of literary and military skills, dares to be extraordinary, and flatters his superiors should do well in any dynasty.
But he happened to come to the Zhenguan Dynasty. The Zhenguan Dynasty valued character, integrity, and direct advice.
People like Zhao Yuankai who habitually flatter their superiors can only be said to be born at the wrong time when living in such an era.
If he had been in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he might have been Zhao Yuankai who replaced Li Linfu.
But the first step for the King of Wei to leave the Yue Palace was the opportunity provided by Zhao Yuankai. Now that Zhao Yuankai was forced to go to Kuozhou, as a member of the King of Wei's party, he had to help Zhao Yuankai no matter what.
This is a simple favor, but no one can blame it.
As for how to deal with Zhao Yuankai in the future, it depends on King Wei's opinion.
If the King of Wei wanted to use him, Ma Zhou would just keep an eye on Zhao Yuankai. If the King of Wei didn't use it, Zhengzhou would be a better place to provide for the elderly than Kuozhou.
Li Shimin could finally see Ma Zhou's thoughts.
Although Ma Zhou was generally dedicated to serving the public good, many matters involving Li Tai were biased towards Li Tai due to his background in the Wei Palace.
These things are human nature and Li Shimin can tolerate them.
After all, Ma Zhou and Hei used the Palace of Wei as their first step to enter the court, and then Heihe turned against others, so he was taboo to use it himself!
Therefore, as long as it did not involve issues of principle, Li Shimin would turn a blind eye.
After all, Ma Zhou's behavior was quite in line with his own temperament, and he had risen from a grassroots level to an important minister in the imperial court. Li Shimin was still very optimistic about it.
And with the handling of this matter, the entire aftermath of Gaochang is finally over.
Of course, while Li Shimin was dealing with the follow-up to the Gaochang incident, Li Tai's attention was focused on Yuhang Agricultural University, or more accurately, his tea.
In recent years, as the benefits of tea have been continuously revealed, whether it is Youzhou or Xihaizhou, the desire for tea is almost ravenous.
But even though Li Tai had planned as much as possible in advance, he still underestimated the demand for tea in surrounding areas.
However, the land in Guangzhou cannot increase production significantly in a short period of time. After all, Li Shimin is eyeing it and wants to transport a large amount of grain to Youzhou for storage, so tea from Yuhang is his greatest expectation.
Chu Suiliang did not disappoint him in the end. Tea from Yuhang began to pour into the big market of Luoyang in large quantities.
Li Tai also consciously began to promote Yuhang green vegetables. No, it should be West Lake green tea.
The most important thing is to warm up for next year's Luoshui Game. After all, whether West Lake Green Tea can gain a reputation is related to Chu Suiliang's own achievements.
For Chu Suiliang, his road had already been paved, and all he lacked was an opportunity to return to the court in an upright manner.
And this opportunity is next year's Luoshui Game.
However, as the court sorted out Gaochang's affairs one by one and sorted out the court's tax revenue this year, Fang Xuanling's owl-like eyes suddenly discovered the sudden increase in taxes in Yuhang.