After waking up and learning that 840,000 people were chasing Liao soldiers out of the Song Dynasty, they didn't say a word for a long time.
He brought 800,000 people here to be killed by the Liao soldiers.
But they didn't expect that the Liao soldiers would be wiped out as soon as the eight hundred thousand people exerted their strength.
The next two days.
Wang Sui and Yang Wenguang led their men and waited nervously at the border of Song and Liao.
Waited for two days.
The first group of common people who went to chase the Liao soldiers returned, numbering about 15,000.
One or two Liao heads hang on each person's waist.
The reason why we say they are Liao people is because some of them slaughtered the heads of Liao people, not Liao soldiers.
With only one head, no one can tell whether they are soldiers or civilians.
Wang Sui and Yang Wenguang did not reprimand them. They just registered their lives and achievements as agreed before, and confiscated their horses and weapons, but did not touch their other trophies.
From then on, Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui led people to guard the border.
People come back every day, and no one comes back empty-handed.
Ten days later.
More than 300,000 people returned to the Song Dynasty.
However, the number of heads they sacrificed exceeded 600,000.
However, the number of Liao soldiers who attacked the Song Dynasty this time was only 200,000.
One month later.
There were 700,000 people who returned to the Song Dynasty.
They brought back the heads of Zhang Jian and Wu Shuda, as well as the heads of all the officials sent by the Liao State to serve on the Southwest Road, as well as the heads of all the tribal leaders and tribesmen on the Southwest Road of the Liao State.
After collecting the heads of all the generals and officials of the Liao Kingdom's expedition to the Song Dynasty, as well as the heads of all the prominent people on the Southwest Road.
Wang Sui and Yang Wenguang knew one thing clearly.
The southwest road of Liao Kingdom was completely killed, and the remaining more than 100,000 people may not be able to come back.
Yang Wenguang sent a troop of troops to check the southwest road of Liao Kingdom and confirmed the matter.
Apart from headless corpses, there was not a single living creature on the southwest road of Liao Kingdom.
Cattle, sheep, wild animals and other livestock were eaten clean by the people who rushed out.
Wang Sui was frightened and immediately dispersed the people who had returned and dispersed them to places as quickly as possible. At the same time, he ordered the local government to strictly monitor them in accordance with the law.
Subsequently, Wang Sui and Yang Wenguang discussed and established three temporary local troops, entered the Southwest Road of Liao State, and took over the Southwest Road of Liao State.
I thought that this matter would be completely over.
But he didn't expect that those people who had quit their citizenship would cause trouble again after returning to their places.
There are millions of people undergoing labor reform in Xingqing Prefecture and other places.
Although there were some people who quit their citizenship in the past years, they were not many, and each one of them either quit their citizenship by virtue of studying or by virtue of their good performance.
So the prisoners are envious, but not jealous.
Because through their own efforts, they accomplished things that others were unwilling to do, and they successfully demobilized.
But during this war, the people who participated in the war not only deregistered themselves, but also exchanged their military exploits for their family members to deregister. Suddenly, nearly 1.5 million people deregistered. Some people not only deregistered, but also obtained houses, fields, cattle, etc.
Sheep and other rewards were given, and some people obtained official status through them.
For a time, other people undergoing reform through labor were stimulated.
Government offices in various places were immediately surrounded.
Urgent reports were sent to the office of Weifu Mansion in Heishan one after another.
Wang Sui and Yang Wenguang looked at the urgent reports, one big and two big.
Yang Wenguang sat in the main hall of the Yamen, rubbed his eyebrows, and said with some worry: "Inspector Wang, what should we do now?"
At present, Song and Liao are at war. The Zhenbei Army cannot move without permission until the war is over.
Therefore, Yang Wenguang could not lead his troops to suppress the people undergoing labor reform who besieged government offices in various places.
However, millions of people who have been reformed through labor are besieging government offices in various places. As time goes by, something will definitely happen.
If it is not resolved as soon as possible and someone takes the opportunity to instigate it, government offices in various places may be overthrown and millions of people who have been reformed through labor will turn into mobs.
Millions of people turned into mobs. Not only would the Northern Territory of the Song Dynasty suffer, but the hinterland of the Song Dynasty would also be implicated.
Wang Sui looked miserable, "At first, I just wanted to use the people who had been reformed through labor to help you defend Weifu Mansion in Black Mountain... But I didn't expect..."
Yang Wenguang sighed and said: "I didn't expect them to be so cruel. Not only did they kill all the 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Liao Kingdom, they even entered the southwest road of the Liao Kingdom and slaughtered all the Liao people inside."
Wang Sui nodded sadly.
Yang Wenguang took a deep breath and stared at Wang Suidao: "But now is not the time to talk about this. What we have to do now is how to appease the millions of people who have been reformed through labor.
If you are comforted well, everything will be fine. If you are not comforted well, disaster may be imminent.
At present, the two battlefields where Guan Jia and Privy Council Kou are located have not won yet.
If there is trouble in our northern border, it will most likely affect the two battlefields where the officials and Privy Council Kou are stationed.
Inspector Wang should know what determines the outcome of those two battlefields."
Wang Sui nodded painfully.
Those two battlefields determined the future status of the Song Dynasty and indirectly affected the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty.
So there is no room for error.
Seeing the sad faces of the two of them, Wang Yi pondered for a moment and said: "Those people who have been reformed through labor are besieging the local government office. All they want is my Song Dynasty household registration. It is better to give it to them first and appease them. After the war is over,
Take care of them again."
"No!"
"No!"
Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui spoke almost at the same time, with some fear on their faces.
Yang Wenguang glared at Wang Yidao: "If I can easily give them my household registration in the Song Dynasty and let them taste the benefits, then why won't they besiege the local government again and again and cause trouble for the local government?
More importantly, more than 800,000 people who had been reformed through labor fought desperately with the Liao people and injured more than 100,000 before they obtained the household registration of the Song Dynasty.
If we can easily give the Song Dynasty household registration to those people who have not contributed to the labor reform of the Song Dynasty.
What will those people who worked hard to obtain household registration think?
If they unite to seek justice from us, how should we deal with it?
They have now obtained my Song Dynasty household registration, and they are upright Song people.
If they besiege the local government office, we can only watch.
If we kill someone without permission and cause a civil uprising, the officials will personally hold us accountable.
At that time, it is very likely that both your and my brains will not be saved."
Those who hold the household registration of the Song Dynasty are the common people of the Song Dynasty.
All the officials in the Song Dynasty were very kind to the people.
The common people committed the serious crime of beheading. If it was necessary to behead, the officials of the Song Dynasty would personally examine it.
If someone kills people without permission and no one is held accountable, it may just go away.
But if someone pursues it, they will definitely investigate it thoroughly.
Therefore, once the 1.5 million people who had resigned from their citizenship surrounded the government offices in various places and demanded justice, it would not be easy for Yang Wenguang to deal with them even if he led the Zhenbei Army there.
In the Song Dynasty, when people besieged government offices in various places, the court would definitely send ministers to inspect the situation.
When the minister arrives at a place, if he finds that there are too many people besieging the government office and it is difficult to disperse, he will first kill one or two local government officials to calm the anger of the people.
Although privately officials bully the common people to death, officially, the common people are the biggest.
It is not difficult to see from the fact that the people in Bianjing City repeatedly violated some of the rules set by the royal family, but the royal family seldom held them accountable.
Therefore, once people gather to make trouble, it is very difficult to deal with it.
Once someone kills someone with a knife, a civil uprising will occur.
The imperial court will definitely kill a group of officials who caused the civil unrest and give an explanation to the people.
After Yang Wenguang finished reprimanding Wang Yi, Wang Sui solemnly said: "The reason why the imperial court can gain the support of the people is because some legal provisions established by the imperial court must be implemented once they are issued.
Unless the people do not agree with it, or there are errors in the legal provisions issued by the court, the legal provisions issued by the imperial court are iron laws.
It is an iron law that everyone in the government and the public must abide by.
If the court orders are changed overnight, it will easily break the trust of the people.
The court has broken its trust with the people, and the people will no longer trust the court.
If the people don't trust the imperial court, they have no fear of the imperial court.
If they don't have any fear of the imperial court, they will dare to do anything.
Resignation of nationality by virtue of military merit, renunciation by virtue of study, and renunciation by virtue of good performance have been observed by the people who have been reformed through labor for several years.
They have accepted this rule.
If we break the rules and give them benefits, they will naturally be happy to see the results.
But if we give them benefits again, we will deal with them in turn.
They will definitely unite as one to deal with the imperial court.
Therefore, your method cannot help us solve the trouble at hand.
It can easily lead to the disaster of beheading us."
Under the scolding of Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui, Wang Yi realized that he had come up with a stupid idea, and immediately admitted his mistake and said: "It was because of my humble duty that I was reckless."
Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui both sighed and said nothing more.
The people who had been reformed through labor besieged the government. They had too many concerns about how to deal with it, and they really didn't know how to solve it.
Methods such as differentiation and co-optation are of no use at all.
Millions of people cannot be solved by dividing them and drawing them together.
After being silent for a long time, Yang Wenguang suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "How about...give them the knife and let them out..."
When Wang Sui heard this, his heart trembled and he stared at Yang Wenguang in horror.
More than 800,000 people poured into the Liao Kingdom, and there was no one alive on the southwestern road of the Liao Kingdom.
Millions of people poured into the Liao Kingdom, and it was hard to say whether there would be any survivors left in the western border of the Liao Kingdom.
Cut off one head to escape the country, cut off two heads to separate the enemy.
The more you cut, the greater the reward.
Those guys came out of the Song Dynasty, and when no one was restrained, they became so jealous that they dared to kill even their own people.
In the Song Dynasty, killings of good people and taking advantage of merit occurred every year.
After the Song Dynasty, it became more common to kill good people and take credit.
Once those guys are released, the killings they will cause will probably be shocking.
Yang Wenguang seemed to see Wang Sui's worries. He said solemnly: "It is better to let them go out and harm the Liao people than to let them stay in the Song Dynasty and harm the Song people, right?"
Wang Sui said in a trembling voice: "That's 2.3 million people, not 230. If they dare to go out, they will never come back without cutting off one of their heads."
Yang Wenguang stared at Wang Sui and asked, "Do you have a way to prevent them from making trouble?"
Wang Sui gritted his teeth and could not say a word.
He couldn't help it.
If I could help it, I wouldn't just sit here.
Even if Lu Yijian and three other people arrived, there would be no way to solve the problem, let alone him.
If Kou Ji arrives, Kou Ji will most likely choose the same method as Yang Wenguang.
After Wang Sui was silent for a long time, he suddenly looked at Yang Wenguang and said in a deep voice: "If...if they had committed such atrocious crimes...your and my official careers would probably stop here..."
Once those people are released and a heinous crime is caused, the blame will be placed on Wang Sui and Yang Wenguang.
Because they released people.
When the time comes, the name of human beings and demons will fall on them.
If they carry the reputation of being a human killer or a human demon, the two of them will not be able to get promoted in the future.
People in both the government and the public do not want to see human slaughter, human demons and the like appearing in the Chui Gong Hall.
People like this can only stay on the border all their lives.
The two of them have now reached the top of the local official hierarchy.
Further up, you will enter the center and return to Beijing to report on your work.
Once you bear the name of human slaughter and human devil, you will have no way to return to Beijing.
You can only stay in one place for the rest of your life, and you won't be promoted for the rest of your life.
Yang Wenguang heard Wang Sui's words and said solemnly: "I, Yang Wenguang, have pledged myself to the country from the day I joined the army. I don't care about life or death, so how can I care about some small reputation."
Wang Sui smiled bitterly, "I'm not the kind of person who can't bear to lose his reputation. I just think that you are still young and have a long career ahead of you, so there is no need to ruin your future over this matter."
Yang Wenguang shook his head and smiled, and said: "I have already reached the rank of Duke, where can I be promoted? Apart from fighting, I know nothing else. Even if I enter the center, I will not be able to fight others, so I might as well stay here and feel comfortable.
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Wang Suichang sighed and said: "I'm afraid I will have to stay here for the rest of my life. Li Di promised the rest of his life to Hexi and became an old scalper in Hexi. I also promised the rest of my life to Xingqing Mansion and other places.
Be an old scalper in the Northern Territory of the Song Dynasty."
Yang Wenguang bowed his hand to Wang Sui and said, "If someone attacks me in the future, you have to help me stop him."
Wang Sui laughed out loud, "You are not an ordinary petty official. If someone really wants to deal with you, I can't stop them."
Yang Wenguang smiled but said nothing.
He asked Wang Sui to help him stop him, but it was actually just an excuse.
He actually wanted Wang Sui to remind him when something happened.
The biggest rival of Wu Chen is Wen Chen.
Civil servants have evil means and evil hearts.
Yang Wenguang knew that he was no match, so if a civil servant really wanted to deal with him, Wang Sui would naturally need to take care of him.
Wang Sui's answer was also very interesting. He seemed to have rejected Yang Wenguang, but there was an ulterior motive behind his words.
He told Yang Wenguang that if an ordinary low-level official gave Yang Wenguang trouble, he would naturally help with the cooking.
But if someone whose status is higher than his makes things difficult for Yang Wenguang, there is nothing he can do.
"I'm going to write a document, and you prepare weapons for them. There are so many of them, so we can only release them in batches. And after they leave our Song Dynasty, we will give them weapons to prevent them from backlash."
After Wang Sui smiled, he said in a deep voice.
Yang Wenguang nodded.
Afterwards, Wang Sui wrote down the documents and sent them to various governments.
Yang Wenguang began to prepare weapons for those people.
The Weifu Mansion in Heishan did not have enough weapons, so Yang Wenguang sent a letter to the Iron Smelting Department in Xiazhou to mobilize a group.
Afterwards, people from various prefectures slowly gathered in Black Mountain Weifu Mansion.
Yang Wenguang ordered people to take them out of the Song Dynasty, gave them weapons, and allowed them to leave.
Half a month later.
More than a million people left Weiford House, Montenegro.
The reason why there are only more than one million is because the remaining people are almost all old, weak, sick and disabled.
They can't go to the battlefield, let alone fight with others.
Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui ordered people to build a military camp on the border of Song and Liao.
The two of them stood in front of the barracks, looking at the endless prairie in the Liao region in the north, and sighed.
"I don't know how many crimes they will commit..."
Wang Sui sighed.
Yang Wenguang said in a deep voice: "I don't care how many crimes they can commit, I just want to know how far they can go."
Wang Sui thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "It's hard to say...it's hard to say..."
Seeing this, Yang Wenguang didn't ask any more questions.
The two of them were guarding the border.
Wait for them to come back.
There have been huge changes in Weifu Mansion in Heishan, and Zhao Zhen, who is far away in Youzhou City, and Kou Ji, who is far away in Yumen Pass, do not know about it.
Because it would take at least a month for the documents submitted by Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui to be delivered to Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.
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Hexi.
Outside Yumen Pass.
The plague had been brought under control, but in the end, out of the more than 200,000 prisoners in Koji's hands, less than 100,000 were left.
Of the 20,000 soldiers of the Song Dynasty, more than 6,000 were killed by the plague.
Everyone who has experienced this plague has a deep understanding of the horror of the plague.
Kou Ji led the remaining people and stood outside the three huge tents, looking at the blazing fire and letting out a long sigh.
After experiencing a plague, he felt firsthand the insignificance of human beings.
In the face of the plague, human life is worse than a piece of grass, more like an ant, left to be harvested by the plague.
From the time the plague was bred, to its birth, to its outbreak, more than 300,000 people died in front of Yumen Pass alone, not counting other places.
Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi were isolated from the plague by the Le River for more than half a month.
From the news they sent back one after another, Koji learned that a full 150,000 people died in the barracks by the Le River.
In addition, less than 300 of the soldiers previously sent by Zhong Shiheng to garrison Suoyang City, Guazhou City and other places died.
Under their strict control, the plague killed nearly half a million people.
If they let go, half a million people might not be able to stop them.
"Finally we drove this evil spirit away..."
Kou Ji let out a long sigh.
Under the strict control of the sword, all those who were suffering from the plague or those who might be infected with the plague were killed.
All the corpses were burned.
All items used by those infected with the plague were burned.
The plague finally stopped.
More than 300,000 soldiers and horses led by Jiao Siluo and Yuan Shan also approached Yumen Pass.
"Privy Minister Kou, according to reports from spies, more than 300,000 soldiers and horses led by Jiao Siluo and Yuan Shan will arrive at Yumen Pass in one day. Supervisor Du asks you to return to the pass to take charge of military affairs."
An assistant officer from the Hexi Prefecture Yamen stood not far behind Kou Ji and bowed to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji ignored him, but turned his head to look at a captain not far away, "When will Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi arrive?"
The captain bowed and said: "Zhong Tongzhi and General Chen have led their troops through Guazhou City. It may take another day and a half to get here."
Kou Ji frowned slightly, "Tell them that I will see them at Yumen Pass within one day."
The captain was stunned and looked at Kou Ji with some astonishment.
Kou Ji glanced at him and said calmly: "This is an order from the Privy Council!"
The captain trembled all over and said decisively: "Here..."
After the captain agreed, he decisively mounted his horse and went to Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi to deliver the order.
After the captain left, Kou Ji said calmly to the assistant officer of the Hexi Prefecture Yamen: "You take the soldiers and the Black Khans into the pass first, and I will rest here for a while."
The assistant officer hurriedly agreed and led the soldiers and the black Khan people towards the pass.
Both the soldiers and the Black Khans bowed respectfully to Kou Ji before leaving.
The soldiers saluted Kou Ji because Kou Ji was the privy envoy of the Song Dynasty and the first person in the military of the Song Dynasty.
The Black Khan people saluted Kou Ji because Kou Ji was their divine envoy.
Kou Ji did not deliberately package himself as a divine messenger, but after the Black Khan people learned of Kou Ji's identity, they decisively regarded Kou Ji as a divine messenger.
Because the Black Khan King Yu Sufu abandoned them, but Kou Ji took them in and saved them.
They felt that Koji was spreading light to them on behalf of God.
Of course, the reason why the Black Khans recognized the identity of the Divine Envoy Koji so quickly was because someone was secretly inciting them.
There are still smart people among the Black Khans.
They knew very well that it would be more beneficial to them to recognize Kou Ji as the envoy of the gods than to regard him as the leader of the enemy.
God's envoys are their own people to them.
As long as they knelt down and licked them thoroughly enough, the divine envoys would also be merciful.
The leader of the enemy is not one of our own.
That is the enemy who controls their power of life and death.
Once they show hostility to the enemy who controls their power of life and death, the other party is likely to send them to the guillotine.
After all, they watched helplessly as Kou Ji pulled out some people who were suspected of being infected with the plague and beheaded them.
If you kill one or two people, they won't be afraid.
But Kou Ji killed more than a hundred thousand people without even frowning, so they couldn't help but be afraid.
After all, there are only over 100,000 of them alive.
Kou Ji knew the little thoughts of the Black Khans, but ignored them.
After the soldiers and the Black Khans entered Yumen Pass, Kou Ji looked at the scorched earth outside Yumen Pass and said with a complicated expression: "Next year... we will definitely be able to grow good crops here... I hope there will be no more plagues here in the future...
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Kou Ji carefully inspected the land where more than 400,000 people were buried, and after confirming that there were no hidden dangers, he rode his horse into Yumen Pass.
Afterwards, there was a battle with King Jiao Siluo of Qingtang.