Chapter 0858 The whole country of Liao has been messed up into a pot of porridge
After Kou Ji saw off Krui and Yuan Shan, he followed Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing back to Hexi on his donkey.
The journey lasted several days.
The group arrived at Xiliang City, Hexi Prefecture.
Xiliang City experienced a military disaster, and the damage was not serious.
Li Di evacuated all the people in Xiliang City before the war and emptied everything in Xiliang City. Therefore, when the Qingtang soldiers appeared in Xiliang City, they found that Xiliang City was an empty city and there was no one in Xiliang City.
Stay tuned.
After the war, Li Di immediately used horses to carry the people's things and moved the people back to Xiliang City.
So Xiliang City has regained some of its popularity, but it's still sluggish.
The Song Dynasty and the Black Khanate, Liao soldiers, and Qingtang soldiers fought fiercely from winter to the summer of the following year, missing the best opportunity for planting.
After the people returned to Xiliang City, they immediately started a new round of tree planting and crop planting under the arrangements of the government.
Hundreds of thousands of Heihan captives were temporarily recruited by Li Di and were helping the people of Hexi plant trees.
They are not worthy of growing crops.
Because they have lived by plundering since they were young, they don't know how to take care of crops at all.
Therefore, Li Di did not arrange for them to plant crops, for fear that they would cause trouble to the people.
When Kou Ji led his soldiers and horses into Xiliang City, he saw black Khan people planting trees in the mountains, in the fields, and in the wilderness.
The common people were bent over and working in the fields.
Xiliang City seemed to have returned to its pre-war state overnight.
When Kou Ji entered Xiliang City, he saw that some shops had opened in Xiliang City. He couldn't help but sigh: "Li Gong is indeed a good minister. In just a few days, Xiliang City was completely empty."
It has been restored to this scene.”
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing rode their horses beside Kou Ji. They did not pay attention to Kou Ji's praise of Li Di, nor did they agree with him.
At this moment, both of their minds were focused on Chen Yaozi.
Kou Ji led his troops into Xiliang City and just settled down.
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing found a reason to leave Xiliang City and went straight to Yangguan.
Kou Ji knew that the two of them were going to Yangguan to find Chen Yaozi, so he did not stop them.
After Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing left.
Kou Ji began to count his achievements in this battle.
With the help of dozens of documents, Kou Ji reluctantly counted the merits of the soldiers who participated in the war.
After a clear inventory, Kou Ji did not waste time and decisively converted the soldiers' merits into actual rewards.
Those who were promoted were promoted, those who were given land were given land, and those who were given money were given money.
Except for some titles and some official positions above fifth rank that require Zhao Zhen's review, Kou Ji can make a decision on the rest.
After rewarding the soldiers.
Kou Ji gradually sent local soldiers and horses from various places back to his hometown.
They will not be needed in future wars.
They can't do much if they stay in Hexi, so they might as well go back and take charge.
When the soldiers returned home, Kou Jidong used the Emperor's Sword given to him by Zhao Zhen, wrote many documents, and sent them to the local governments, asking the local yamen to truthfully place the meritorious soldiers, injured soldiers, and those who died in the battle.
The soldier's widow.
In order to ensure that there would be no disclosures in the middle, the soldiers would not be chilled.
Kou Ji wrote many murderous words in the document, and sent several cronies to the local area to personally supervise.
A blink of an eye.
Seven days have passed.
In addition to the local soldiers of Hexi Prefecture, the only remaining troops in Hexi are the Yongzitou Forbidden Army, Yongxing Army, and Zhenxi Army of Yongzhou.
Zhong Shiheng, Di Qing, Chen Yaozi, Li Di and others appeared in Xiliang City together after Kou Ji had arranged the local troops.
Hexi Fuyamen.
Kou Ji is processing the rewards for the Forbidden Army soldiers.
Zhong Shiheng, Di Qing and others entered the prefect's Yamen together.
As soon as they entered the Yamen, everyone in the group saluted.
"I've met Privy Councilor Kou..."
Kou Ji put down the pen in his hand, waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite."
The group stood up.
Kou Ji asked them to sit down, stared at Li Di and asked, "Can the people in Shazhou, Guazhou, Suzhou and other places be properly resettled?"
Li Di solemnly said: "All of them have returned to their places of origin. Some houses and fields in Guazhou and Shazhou were severely damaged. I'm afraid it will take until after autumn for the people to be completely resettled."
Kou Ji pondered and said: "This time, in order to deal with the powerful enemy, we strengthened the walls and cleared the country, which indeed had a great impact on the people. However, I have already petitioned the officials to reduce the taxes in Hexi.
In addition, you also took away a lot of cattle and sheep from me and gave them to the people as compensation.
I believe the people will recover soon."
After a pause, Kou Ji continued: "However, it may take a long time for the orchards to recover. In order to compensate the people, each household will be given another horse. With the help of horses, I believe it will be easier for the people to work."
When Li Di heard this, he couldn't help but curl his lips and said: "Even if you force some horses to be given to the people, the remaining horses are not something you can easily digest."
Kou Ji glared at Li Di, "If you think the people don't need it, I can take it back."
Li Di smiled dryly and said nothing.
Although there is no shortage of horses in Hexi, most of them are owned by public servants, followed by horses owned by large landowners mainly named a certain bandit.
Although the people have been herding horses and sheep, most of them are working for others.
If horses are needed on weekdays, they are borrowed from public horse farms or from the horse farms of big landowners.
Now that Kou Ji is giving away horses to the people for free, he is giving benefits to the people. How can Li Di refuse?
Cattle, horses, mules, donkeys and other livestock are equipped with various farming tools, and their farming efficiency is extremely high.
People in Hexi already have plenty of fertile land.
Naturally, livestock is needed to help.
Seeing that Li Di had stopped talking, Kou Ji didn't bother to argue with Li Di. He continued: "There are indeed too many horses seized this time. If they are sold to the hinterland of the Central Plains, they may not be able to be sold out in an instant.
So I decided to reward some of the horses to local soldiers in exchange for military merit.
When giving rewards, try to reward them at a price that is 30% lower than the market price.
In this way, they can be regarded as a reward for their contribution to Hexi."
Most of the local soldiers are local children, and most of them come from poor families.
Can't afford a horse.
Kou Ji rewarded them with horses for almost nothing through military merit rewards, which was of great benefit to them.
After they bring the horses back, whether they use them at home or rent them out to others, they will bring a small income to the family.
They participated in the battle in Hexi and gained more or less credit.
After returning to the countryside, you can more or less be allocated some land or some money.
So Kou Ji didn't have to worry about them not being able to raise horses.
After Kou Ji finished speaking, Chen Yaozi couldn't help but said: "Even so, we still have a large number of horses that need to be settled."
As soon as these words came out, everyone had different expressions.
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing looked as though the matter had nothing to do with them.
Chen Yaozi frowned slightly.
Li Di said with emotion: "Once upon a time, in the Song Dynasty, one horse was used as five horses, and the shortage of horses was such that everyone would frown when they mentioned horse politics.
Unexpectedly, in just a few years, I, the Song Dynasty, would have so many horses that I couldn’t use them all.”
Kou Ji did not follow Li Di and Chen Yaozi in sighing. After hearing what they said, he said solemnly: "I will sell the remaining horses to some poorer government offices and let them use the horses to help them."
Agriculture promotes agriculture.”
"They don't have money..."
"It doesn't matter if they don't have money. It won't be too late to repay the court when they have money. I will report this matter to the officials and ask them to issue orders to local governments."
"..."
As soon as Kou Ji said this, Li Di and others had no objection.
Kou Ji continued: "The problem of horses has been solved, and the remaining problem is the problem of prisoners. Before I leave, I will send the Black Khan people into Qingtang and let them help us clean up Qingtang.
We only need to give them a horse and a knife, and we don't have to worry about the rest.
Later, Li Gong could set up two border markets on the border to provide for the black Khans.
The cattle, sheep, horses, gold, silver and jewelry they grabbed in Qingtang can be taken to the border market and exchanged for food, drinks and other items.
As for how to exchange it specifically, Mr. Li can arrange it according to the market price."
When Li Di heard this, he nodded with a bright smile.
Hundreds of thousands of black Khans went out to rob, and the things they robbed could only be taken to Hexi for digestion.
Hexi is still very satisfied with this.
This matter is very beneficial to Hexi, and Li Di is naturally happy.
Kou Ji continued: "The prisoners in Qingtang will be managed under military control for the time being."
Li Di hesitated for a moment and said frankly: "There is no extra land for them to plant in Hexi now. Some planned forest lands must be planted with trees and must not be cultivated.
So if they stay in Hexi, it will be a burden."
Li Di has gained some experience in desert control over the years and knows that trees are very important to many places close to the desert in Hexi, so he does not allow areas where trees should be planted to be reclaimed into fertile farmland.
Kou Ji said slowly: "I have already considered this matter. You can ask someone to take them to the west. The territory of the Uighurs in Xizhou, Yizhou and other places close to our Song Dynasty can be invaded."
Li Di looked stunned and was about to speak.
I heard Kou Ji continue: "Feel free to occupy it boldly. As a victorious country, we, the Song Dynasty, have the right to decide the ownership of all the territories of the Black Khanate.
If the people of the Black Khanate are dissatisfied, let them lead their troops over and we can fight again."
Li Di opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Ko Ji so tyrannically added the territory of the Black Khanate to the Song Dynasty. I wonder how the people of the Black Khanate will feel when they find out.
It's basically like turning a blind eye and letting the Song Dynasty take over.
Anyway, they couldn't defeat Da Song, their robber neighbor, so they could only let Da Song bully them.
The only thing they can do is to pray to their true god and ask Song Dynasty to be gentler when bullying them.
If we were to act blindly, the soldiers and horses composed of their Black Khans might be the first to rush into the territory of their Black Khanate.
After Kou Ji decided on the placement of captives and horses, he specifically told Li Di, "Be more rigorous when issuing the Song Dynasty household registration to the Black Khans and Qingtang people.
Those who have not made major outstanding contributions will definitely not be issued a Song Dynasty household registration.
If they want to become common people of our Great Song Dynasty and enjoy the blessing of our Great Song Dynasty, they must first make contributions to our Great Song Dynasty.
Only in this way can we become a qualified citizen of the Song Dynasty."
Li Di couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this and said: "How big of a major and outstanding contribution do you mean? If we measure it according to the standards of the court, I'm afraid they will never be able to obtain the household registration of the Song Dynasty."
Kou Ji glared at Li Di and said angrily: "Do you have enough women to marry them?!"
Li Di shut his mouth instantly.
No!
There are also people of the Song Dynasty who are given priority.
When Kou Ji saw that Li Di was no longer talking, he continued: "We have finished talking about political affairs, now let's talk about military matters."
Kou Ji's eyes fell on Zhong Shiheng, Di Qing, and Chen Yaozi, and asked: "Have you three discussed who will lead the troops to Youzhou City?"
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing stood up almost in unison.
Chen Yaozi hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Seeing this, Kou Ji asked curiously: "General Chen doesn't want to go to Youzhou City?"
Chen Yaozi said with a look of resentment: "I want to, even in my dreams. But I can't go."
Kou Ji asked unexpectedly: "Why?"
Chen Yaozi glared at Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing fiercely without saying anything.
Li Di snickered from the side and said: "The old guy doesn't dare, because he is afraid that his children and grandchildren will be beaten."
Kou Ji looked at Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing in shock, "Did you threaten him?"
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing shook their heads decisively.
Seeing this, Chen Yaozi stood up and slapped the table, yelling, "You are not the son of a man! You dare to do it but dare not admit it. How can you have the dignity to gain a foothold in the Great Song Dynasty!"
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing both rolled their eyes.
Chen Yaozi glared at Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing angrily and complained to Kou Ji, "Privy Councilor Kou, you have to make the decision for me. In order to force me to stay in Hexi, they actually threatened me with my children and grandchildren."
Not the son of man! Not the son of man!”
Kou Ji said with a look of astonishment: "They still dare to threaten you?!"
There are three outstanding figures in the old Chen family.
The three brothers were all high-ranking officials in the Song Dynasty.
Although the boss has passed away, there are countless disciples left behind.
The second child is now in charge of a department in the court and is a strong candidate to be the next governor.
Although Chen Yaozi himself joined the ranks of military officials, when he had been hanging out among civil servants before, he had made many good friends with courtiers and had many old disciples.
It would be good if Chen Yaozi didn't threaten them.
Do they dare to threaten Chen Yaozi?
"Privy Councilor Kou, we haven't done anything. Don't listen to this old man slandering us."
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing said with serious faces.
Chen Yaozi was shaking with anger.
Li Di couldn't help but say something fair, "The two of them did threaten Old Man Chen. If it were in the past, they would naturally not dare to threaten Old Man Chen.
Because they dare to threaten Old Guan Chen, Old Guan Chen has countless ways to kill them.
However, things are different now.
The Privy Council became independent and was no longer influenced by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.
It only belongs to the privy envoys and officials.
Even if they offend Mr. Chen, they are not afraid of retaliation.
And they are all your people, even if Mr. Chen wants to take revenge on them, he still has to ask you whether you agree or not."
After hearing what Li Di said, Kou Ji couldn't help but roll his eyes.
The quarrel lasted for a long time. Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing were pretending to be powerful. They used their and Zhao Zhen's prestige to bully Chen Yaozi, an old man.
Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing raised their heads and raised their chests, showing no sense of shame for bullying Mr. Chen.
Kou Ji glared at the two of them and said: "General Chen and you are colleagues, how can you threaten your colleagues? It is even worse to threaten others with their children and grandchildren.
General Chen is also a man who understands justice well.
If you show affection and reason, will he compete with you for the opportunity to go to Youzhou City?
Why not quickly apologize to General Chen.
If you dare to threaten someone’s family again, you will be punished by military law.”
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing almost said nothing and apologized to Chen Yaozi.
Chen Yaozi felt quite satisfied at first, but the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He stared at Kou Ji and asked, "You are not willing to let me go to Youzhou City?"
Kou Ji's words just now seemed to be partial to Chen Yaozi, but if you look closely, you will find that Kou Ji was actually partial to Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing.
When Chen Yaozi heard this, he was naturally unhappy.
Kou Ji said frankly: "I didn't stop you from going to Youzhou City. It's just that compared to the war in Yanyun Land, this place is more important. Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing each have their own advantages and disadvantages.
The two of them are capable of fighting and have strong opinions.
If they stay in Hexi and take charge, they will definitely not be able to cooperate with Mr. Li.
Maybe they will even quarrel and fight each other.
You are different. You can talk to Mr. Li well. You will definitely give in when you need to give in, and you will definitely persist when you need to persist.
With you in charge of Hexi, I can rest assured."
Chen Yaozi said dissatisfied: "Don't give me eye drops. I joined the army just to fight. But it has been five or six years since I joined the army, and I have only fought in one battle."
Now, I am sixty.
If I don't go to Youzhou City to fight, I might never fight again in this life.
If there is no war to fight, then why would I join the army?"
The more Chen Yaozi talked, the angrier he became, and in the end he even showed some grievances.
Kou Ji sighed inwardly and didn't know what to say.
The old guy has been preparing for the war for decades.
The blood in my heart has been burning for decades.
Now that it has been extinguished like this, it is indeed a bit cruel for the old guy.
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said: "General Chen, taking charge of Hexi is not as simple as sitting in command. Then after the Black Khans enter Qingtang, there will be successive battles in Qingtang.
You have to prevent them from crossing the border and hurting people, and you have to send the soldiers frequently to the plateau to adapt to the climate on the plateau.
When the Black Khans have cleared out most of the people in Qingtang, you will have to lead troops into Qingtang and fight the remaining Black Khans and Qingtang people inside.
When the time comes, you will be the one to fight the battle, but I’m afraid you won’t be able to win.
So you don’t have to compete with Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing for the opportunity to go to Youzhou City."
Chen Yaozi was stunned for a moment, stared at Kou Ji and asked, "Am I going to destroy Qingtang by myself?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Chen Yaozi hesitated for a moment, glanced at Di Qing and Zhong Shiheng, and said, "Won't they come here to take credit?"
Kou Ji said resolutely: "I won't agree."
Chen Yaozi sighed, glared at Di Qing and Zhong Shiheng, and muttered: "I'm giving you an advantage..."
Seeing this, Di Qing and Zhong Shiheng saluted Chen Yaozi.
"Thank you so much, General Chen!"
Seeing this, Kou Ji also let out a sigh of relief.
After everything is arranged properly.
Kou Ji and others got busy.
Li Di was busy helping the people resume farming, Di Qing, Zhong Shiheng and Chen Yaozi were busy reorganizing their troops, and Kou Ji was busy negotiating with the Black Khans.
Kou Ji wanted to send hundreds of thousands of black Khans into Qingtang, so he naturally had to negotiate carefully, select some obedient people, and install some supervisors.
Otherwise, it would be great fun if hundreds of thousands of Black Khans suddenly defected after he left.
Kou Ji selected nearly a thousand people among the Black Khans and placed nearly a thousand more people there.
Then he dispersed those Black Khans who had experienced the plague with him and had no doubts about his identity as a divine envoy, and placed them among hundreds of thousands of Black Khans.
Later, Kou Ji divided the Black Khans into thousands of groups and put them into Qingtang.
In order to avoid any accidents along the way, Kou Ji stayed at the border and watched them enter Qingtang one by one.
During this period.
Zhong Shiheng, Di Qing, and Chen Yaozi have already organized their troops.
Chen Yaozi led 50,000 Yongzhou forbidden troops and 30,000 local soldiers from Hexi Prefecture, and rushed all the way to the border of Shazhou and Xizhou Uighurs to take charge.
Not only that, he also drove nearly 100,000 Qingtang soldiers into the Xizhou Uighur territory and began to plant trees, open up wasteland, cultivate fields, herd horses, and herd sheep.
In order to stimulate his enthusiasm, Kou Ji also gave Chen Yaozi and his soldiers certain benefits.
There were more than 100,000 Qingtang soldiers, and everything they gained from clearing the wasteland within two years belonged to Chen Yaozi and the soldiers and horses under Chen Yaozi's command.
In this way, Chen Yaozi and the soldiers under Chen Yaozi will naturally spare no effort to urge the prisoners to work and create more value for them.
After Zhong Shiheng and Di Qing organized their troops and horses, they led their troops and horses to leave Hexi and rushed to Youzhou City.
They didn't wait for Kou Ji.
Because they were leading an army forward, even if they took the lead, they might not be able to reach Youzhou City before Kou Ji.
After Kou Ji sent all the Black Khans into Qingtang, it was already seven days after Di Qing and Shiheng led their troops to leave Hexi.
After Kou Ji handed over the rest of the affairs in Hexi to Li Di and Chen Yaozi, he left Hexi with his troops, personal officials, and personal officials.
Kou Jicai just left the border of Hexi and entered the territory under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Prefecture when he heard a piece of news that made him look confused.
"The entire Liao Kingdom has turned into a mess!"
Shaanxi Prefecture.
Binzhou Station.
After Fan Zhongyan learned the time of Kou Ji's entry, he rushed to the inn in advance to wait for Kou Ji. After seeing Kou Ji, he said with an unclear expression.
Kou Ji washed the dust off his body and asked, "What's wrong with your hair?"
Fan Zhongyan sighed and said: "Yang Wenguang and Wang Sui, I don't know if they have eaten the courage of a bear's heart or a leopard's courage, or what happened. They actually put nearly a million scapegoated people from Xingqing Mansion and other places into the
to the Liao Kingdom.
He also promised them that they could use the heads of their enemies to get rid of their nationality, be promoted, win rewards, and win good farmland."
Speaking of this, Fan Zhongyan took a breath and said in a deep voice: "After those guys entered the Liao region, they lost restraint and went crazy killing each and every one of them.
The northwest and southwest roads of the Liao Kingdom were completely destroyed by them.
Now they are wreaking havoc in the South and North Beijing Provinces of the Liao Kingdom."