Of course, General Zhao also knew about this situation, and was quite helpless, "Hey, as a Celestial Kingdom, you must have such magnanimity. You can't pursue him closely, otherwise you will be looked down upon."

"Who is being despised?" Li Yuanqing sneered, disapproving, with a rebellious look on his face, "Aren't they the civil servants in the court who are full of benevolence, justice, morality, etiquette, justice and shame? They open and close their mouths to promote peace talks. They think they are doing great things for the Zhou Dynasty.

Peace was obtained. But if there are no soldiers on the frontier fighting regardless of life and death, where will there be peace? In short, the general feels that he cannot deal with the prisoners of war as before, and he will have to let the Xiyun Kingdom bleed. Next time he wants to tear up the peace agreement, he will have to

Consider whether you can bear the price of failure."

General Zhao was stunned, stopped, and looked at Li Yuanqing. He knew that Li Yuanqing had great strategies, tricky tactics, and unexpected surprises. He might be able to come up with a different and good way. "Yuan Qing, what good way do you have? Let me tell you."

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If it was useful, he immediately wrote to the emperor's brother-in-law in the capital.

Li Yuanqing saw that General Zhao was concerned and replied respectfully: "General, first of all, you must understand that these prisoners came to invade us from the beginning, not to be friendly guests. Therefore, we do not need to be merciful. These are the soldiers who worked hard to capture them.

Yes, if they want to go back, they must pay for it."

"We clearly mark the price, and we don't deceive anyone. The prince is one hundred thousand taels of silver, the county prince is 80,000 taels of silver, and so on according to his status. An ordinary soldier is worth 20 taels of silver per person. These 40,000 people can give us a great Zhou

Bringing millions of taels of silver. We have enough military expenses for the war. With this money, let's update our weapons and give more pensions to the soldiers below, okay? We spent so much money to make Xiyun Kingdom surrender. Next time

When you break the contract, you have to think about whether your family has enough compensation money?"

General Zhao thought about it carefully, and it made sense. If the Emperor of Xiyun Kingdom was unwilling to pay to redeem these noble sons, his throne would probably not be stable.

But soon, General Zhao thought of the difficulty, "The adults in the court probably won't agree and think it's unkind."

Li Yuanqing snorted coldly and argued with reason, "General, the Xiyun Kingdom was the first to tear up the peace treaty. They are the party at fault. They are the ones who started the war. When doing business, if you are not trustworthy, the deposit you paid will not be refunded.

, not to mention that the two countries are at war! The erring party can get away with it by confessing and saying a few nice words, but of course it won't work."

"After all, we, the Zhou Dynasty, were forced to fight, and we had to spend various military expenses and pensions. Secondly, this move has a deeper effect. The Xiyun Kingdom cannot take out millions of taels of silver at once, so it can only redeem it.

To redeem some of the people, to redeem the princes and other nobles above, will definitely chill the hearts of the soldiers at the bottom."

"The low-ranking soldiers below are redeemed, but the nobles above do not agree. Those people's families are powerful in Xiyun State, so there will definitely be trouble. Finally, those civil servants said that there are so many prisoners and it is a waste of food and grass. Let's let them work.

If you don't work and don't give food, you won't be able to support these people in vain. You can achieve many things with one stone. It will be a pity to let such a good thing go like this."

After General Zhao heard what Li Yuanqing said, he was shocked. He really wanted to know what Li Yuanqing looked like.

He actually came up with such a good way, not only to speak to the outside world, but also to shut up those old ministers internally.

General Zhao was so excited that he reached out and patted Li Yuanqing on the shoulder again, "Yuan Qing, you are so smart that you can come up with such a good idea. I understand what you mean, and I will write it down later."

, eight hundred miles to rush back to the capital. Don’t worry, this is your idea. This general will never forget your contribution and will definitely report it to His Majesty."

Li Yuanqing respectfully replied: "Thank you, General."

At the celebration banquet, the generals from all walks of life showed envy when they saw Li Yuanqing following General Zhao.

In the past, they were still not convinced that Li Yuanqing could be appreciated by General Zhao, but now Li Yuanqing has convinced everyone with his real military achievements.

Victory after repeated battles can no longer be used to describe Li Yuanqing. He must win every battle, and it is a big victory.

In the past six months, the most dazzling person in the entire military camp was Li Yuanqing, and the one who achieved the most military honors was Li Yuanqing.

Now that General Zhao is carefully cultivating Li Yuanqing, Li Yuanqing's future will definitely be bright in the future.

It is better to make friends with a promising young general in advance than to make enemies.

Because drinking is not allowed in the military, even if there is a celebration banquet, the food will just be more and taste better.

General Zhao thought that Li Yuanqing had not slept for two days and two nights because of this battle, so after eating, he asked Li Yuanqing to rest.

Li Yuanqing was indeed very tired, so he had someone prepare hot water for a bath.

When Li Yuanqing was drying his hair by the fire pot, his attendant Liu Kui came over with a small package.

Liu Kui said respectfully: "General Li, this is a letter from Cuiyang County in the south of the Yangtze River."

Li Yuanqing took it without looking up, "When did you receive it?"

Liu Kui replied: "Half a month ago! You were fighting outside at that time."

Opening the outer package, there were seven or eight letters inside.

The top letter was very thick, so Li Yuanqing opened it and took a look.

There are words and pictures on it. Looking at the name on it, it turns out to be a letter written by my youngest daughter, Li Nan.

Draw a sweet potato and rice, and then there is an arrow behind the two, which are replaced by gold and silver ingots.

There's more than one, it's a bunch of small ingots.

Li Yuanqing understood clearly that this was something grown at home and sold for a lot of money.

Although the painting is not very pretty, it is also quite childlike.

The second letter is from Li Xiaobao, who is a twin of Li Nan.

The letters written by Li Xiaobao are not paintings, but written words. When it comes to simple words, they are relatively regular, but when it comes to complex words, they are very large. They write about things at home and hope that his father will come back soon.

Li Yuanqing looked at the letters written by the children, and his heart fluctuated.

Originally, he didn't know how to face the children and wife left behind by his original body, Li Yuanqing, but after seeing these sincere letters, he felt that he could not stay out of it.

Although he cannot accept his original wife, if Li Yuanqing's wife is willing to remarry, he will support it.

As for these four children, he not only has to give money, but also spends energy to live up to the sincerity of the children.

Until the last letter, when Li Yuanqing saw the words on the envelope, his pupils shrank, he blinked, stretched out his big rough hands, and gently touched the beautiful fonts of silk flowers on it.

This... this font looks very familiar!

These are the words of that little girl!

Li Yuanqing quickly opened the envelope, and there were two folded pieces of thin letter paper inside. The words on them were very simple.

Li Yuanqing recognized it. This was that girl's handwriting.

When he saw the signature, it said Liu Pan'er. These three words made Li Yuanqing beat his chest and stamp his feet.

I originally thought they just had the same name and surname, but I just thought it was a coincidence and they couldn't be the same person.

But now it seems that he is still ignorant.
Chapter completed!