Li Qi has been going south a few days ago, mainly because of the sequelae of Zhao Jingyan. Now that Zhao Jingyan has passed the pain of this first month, he also wants to go there and meet Yue Fei and the others as soon as possible. After all, he is the commander-in-chief and is always hiding behind here. Then
What is the difference from Cai You and others?
In the early morning of that day, when it was still bright, Li Qi and others set off from Yizhou in a mighty manner. Du Ming and other Cognac officials arrived fifty miles away from Nancheng before stopping, until Li Qi and others disappeared.
Within sight, I headed back home.
Not long after, Li Qi and others arrived in Guangyuan Prefecture.
At this time, Guangyuan Prefecture has not recovered from the war. There are traces of the war everywhere, and there are ruins and ruins everywhere, just like the original Daming Mansion. Of course, Daming Mansion is much worse than here.
After all, Damingfu was the second most developed city in the Song Dynasty.
"Master Jun, please don't, please don't, I beg you, I beg you, please don't--"
Just as he arrived outside the city, Li Qi suddenly heard a wailing sound in the distance. He couldn't help but open the curtains and looked around. He saw a woman kneeling on the ground holding the feet of a soldier and crying loudly.
Zhao Jingyan glanced out the window and asked curiously: "What's going on?"
"I am not sure as well."
Li Qi frowned slightly, obviously feeling a little unhappy. He was about to ask someone to ask, when suddenly a group of people came towards him.
In a moment, the team came to the front of Li Qi's team.
"Sir, this is Wang Ming, the leader of the Dragon Guard Army."
"I was just looking for him."
Li Qi opened the car curtain and walked out, saying: "Call him over."
"yes."
After a while, Wang Ming came over on horseback, clasped his fists and said, "For this humble position, please see the Privy Councilor."
Li Qi pointed his hand to the left and said in a bad tone: "What's going on?"
Wang Ming turned to look. After a moment, he turned back and said hurriedly: "Report to the Privy Envoy, that woman is acting like this because our people want to burn the bodies of her relatives, because the fire pit is over there."
Li Qi heard this and asked curiously: "Burn the corpse?"
Wang Ming said: "This is the order of the palace commander. According to the imperial medical officer, the corpses after the war must be burned as soon as possible. They cannot be left for a long time, otherwise diseases are likely to occur, so we dug a big pit there to collect the corpses.
Get up and burn."
Gui Jiulang, who was sitting in the carriage behind, walked out at some point. He nodded and said, "This is the right thing to do. The corpses left behind after the war are actually the most deadly. If the corpse is left to rot for a long time, it will be careless.
The entire city may be affected by the plague."
Li Qi nodded slightly and asked again: "But it has been more than a month and you are still burning corpses. How many people died at that time?"
Wang Ming said: "The Privy Council did not know that in fact, all the people who died at that time had been burned long ago. However, many people were not dead at that time, but were seriously injured, but--but there was a shortage of doctors in Guangyuan City.
.Those who are being burned now are those who died of serious injuries.”
Li Qi said in disbelief: "I gave you so many doctors, and you told me that there are no doctors?"
Wang Ming hurriedly said: "The Privy Council has misunderstood. Most of the doctors have followed the palace commander to the south, leaving only a few here to take care of our wounded soldiers in the Song Dynasty. As for the wounded soldiers in Jiaozhi, we are really unable to treat them, so we have to rely on the city
People should take care of each other."
This world is such a reality, and the same is true for Yue Fei. He still needs to continue fighting. It is impossible to leave the entire medical team here. Moreover, if he does not kill those soldiers, he is already kind enough. It is impossible for him to let his doctor ignore him.
The soldiers went to help the soldiers in Cochin heal their wounds. No one would do such a thing.
Li Qi also understood this in his heart and said: "Although this is not your fault, at least you should use your brain a little bit. What do you eat with your mouth? Why don't you explain it clearly to the people here and appease them?
Just know how to burn, burn, burn, look at what it looks like, and what others will think when they see it. It must be because our soldiers of the Song Dynasty raped women. I don’t want you to study any national plans and do superficial things.
Will it tire you out or what? If anything happens, I will have to burn you."
It is indeed a shame to see ghosts.
Wang Ming was sweating profusely from being scolded, but he was already used to it. The Longwei Army was the earliest unit led by Li Qi. Who had not been scolded by this ghost? He hurriedly said: "You know your crime because of your humble position."
He knows very well that you must not explain at this time. The more you explain, the more serious the consequences will be.
Li Qi snorted heavily and said: "You are still guilty of the crime. I will be watching here today. I want to see if you are really incompetent or if you are too lazy to talk."
When Wang Ming heard this, he wanted to die. Li Qi's words directly drove him into a corner. If he settled the woman, wouldn't it prove that he was lazy? If he couldn't settle it, it would be even worse.
Doesn't it prove that he is indeed incompetent, but he understands that when working under Li Qi, only those who are capable will be the ones with the best skills. He already had some concerns in his mind and quickly galloped over.
Li Qi really stood on the carriage and looked at him.
Kaijiro smiled and nodded, quite appreciative.
Zhao Jingyan also bowed out of the carriage, looked at Li Qi with a hint of dissatisfaction, and said: "You are the same, this matter is not their fault, why do you bother to make things difficult for them."
She is no better than Ji Hongnu and the others. As a politician, she naturally has her cruel side. In her heart, the lives of the people of the Song Dynasty must be higher than the lives of the people of Jiaozhi. She doesn't think there is anything wrong with Wang Ming's actions. Now this
The battle is still going on, there are too many things to do, and who can do everything?
Li Qi sighed and said: "Yan Fu, this is indeed not their fault, but why can't he do a better job? A soldier must not only know how to fight, he must also have higher qualities and learn how to fight."
Think about it, only a highly qualified army can be invincible. Don’t underestimate this detail. If they can learn to pay attention to these details from this incident, I can guarantee that the Song Dynasty will benefit from this for hundreds of years.
.”
Zhao Jingyan chewed Li Qi's words carefully and gradually fell into deep thought.
After a while, the woman finally stood up and followed the soldier towards the fire pit. Apparently she accepted this fact.
Wang Ming also came back on horseback, looking at Li Qi with an embarrassed look on his face, not daring to say anything.
Li Qi snorted and returned to the carriage without saying a word.
It was really terrible! Wang Ming let out a long breath and almost collapsed. He would rather follow Yue Fei to the front line to fight than face the ghosts here.
When I arrived at the city, I could describe the view in one word - miserable!
I saw dozens of ordinary people sitting on both sides of the street doing nothing, shrinking back and looking at the soldiers passing by in formation with fearful eyes.
In front of several houses, more than a dozen people were lying next to the corpses and howling loudly.
There were also several old people kneeling in the middle of the street, kowtowing to whom they didn't know and begging for help.
Some people are busy helping their relatives heal their injuries. Although they don't understand medical skills at all, they can only rely on themselves in this situation.
Some people were starving and fainting on the street.
The child's simple eyes lost the brightness that originally belonged to them. He looked around with the broken bowl. Seeing so many people coming towards Li Qi, he immediately disappeared into the alley.
Because the Song Army has just recaptured Guangyuan Prefecture, there is no government here and it is all controlled by the army. Therefore, the entire Guangyuan City is still in a state of paralysis.
This is not the first time Li Qi has seen this kind of scene. After all, Daming Mansion was much more miserable than this. Looking at all this, he didn't say much. He just felt a little emotional.
After going to the Guangyuan Prefecture Government Office for a short rest, Li Qi and Zhao Jingyan, led by Wang Ming, went to inspect the city.
After a round of inspection, Li Qi, who had a big head, couldn't help but curse: "Those bastards ran away after beating them and left me this mess. I became their wet nurse, specially for them."
Wipe your butt, it’s really unreasonable, I’m so angry.”
Wang Ming said cautiously: "Privy Councilor, the Commander-in-Chief also planned to transport these people to the country, but our manpower is really not enough, and the Commander-in-Chief is afraid that like the Jin Army, there will be turmoil among these prisoners during the transportation.
That’s why I chose to do this.”
When Wanyan Zongwang captured Pingzhou, he did not have enough manpower to escort the local people and prisoners back to Beijing, so he could only let the surrendered soldiers escort the surrendered soldiers. However, before they left Pingzhou, the surrendered soldiers rebelled and defected to the mainland.
Song Dynasty also caused the Zhang Jue incident.
Yue Fei was afraid of this. After all, there were not many soldiers stationed in the Guangyuan Prefecture area. If there was an unrest, troops would have to be mobilized from the country to suppress it, which would be a big loss.
Li Qi sighed and thought to himself, expansion, expansion, the most difficult thing is not how to win the battle, but the work after the war. After pondering for a while, he shook his head and said: "It is not possible to continue like this. Guangyuan Prefecture must be opened as soon as possible.
, so much labor is left unused here, and if it is delayed for one day, the court will lose one day."
Zhao Jingyan sighed: "There is nothing we can do about this. Before Jiaozhi is destroyed, who can guarantee whether the people here have surrendered to the Song Dynasty? If it is opened rashly, if someone has evil intentions, it may cause disaster."
Li Qidao: "People? The people here can't even take care of themselves. Will they still remember the hatred of the country and the family? I don't believe that the ideological realm of the people of Jiaozhi is higher than that of the people of the Song Dynasty. I always believe that money is king.
Loyalty to the king and patriotism are all empty talk. If I had enough money, I could buy even the King of Cochin."
This person really only has money in her eyes. Zhao Jingyan sighed in her heart. If she said that, Li Qi would definitely be dissatisfied. There are obviously beauties! Zhao Jingyan sighed: "But where do we get the money?"
Li Qiyi smiled and said: "I believe that Yue Fei is not so greedy for money that he took the money to go to the south. Wang Ming."
"The humble duty is here."
"The money from Guangyuan Prefecture should still be in your hands."
Wang Ming said: "Since the fleet has not arrived yet, it is temporarily kept by the humble post."
Zhao Jingyan asked curiously: "What are your plans? This money must be given to the imperial court, and Yizhou is also waiting for this money."
Li Qidao: "I know that. I just plan to borrow it temporarily. Don't worry, someone will pay for it."
"who?"
"merchant."
Li Qi smiled softly and said: "These people have nothing to do. They just think about it all day long. If they think about it, they may cause big troubles. So we must find something for them to do, but I don't agree with using oppression."
, This will actually promote their rebellious mentality. We must give them both kindness and power, give them some benefits, and let them experience the happiness of being a citizen of the Song Dynasty, so that they will naturally submit to the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Jingyan asked in confusion: "Then what exactly are you going to do?"
"Give money, give food, build roads, open up wasteland."
Li Qidao: "This southern area is too desolate. If we want to get rich here, road construction is the top priority. Although we can force them to do things with swords and guns, this is not a long-term solution and violates economic principles, so I plan to use the imperial court first."
Contract all the land here in our name, hire these people to open up wasteland, pay them monthly wages, and give them food. This is what they need most at the moment, and I think no one will refuse."
"But this requires a lot of money."
Li Qi chuckled and said, "I told you, there will be people who come here voluntarily to pay for the imperial court. The imperial court will definitely make a profit without losing any money." As he said that, he saw Zhao Jingyan's doubtful face, so he explained: "I gave it to Qiniang a long time ago.
Send him a letter and ask him to organize the merchants to go south."
Zhao Jingyan frowned and said, "Are you sure those businessmen will be willing to come to this remote country?"
Li Qi half-joked: "I said there is gold here, do you think they will come?" (To be continued...)