The news of the complete victory in the Liaodong battlefield reached Chang'an, and there was great joy throughout Chang'an, with hundreds of thousands of people beating gongs and drums to celebrate the victory.
In fact, Li Ye received a message from Feige six days ago that the Khitan was destroyed. He was more concerned about the whereabouts of Yelu Salade. Zhang Dian had already led 500 cavalry to chase him.
The descendants of Yelu Salade created the Khitan and Liao Kingdoms, which brought serious disasters to the Central Plains Dynasty. There was also the Blackwater Mohe, which was renamed the Jurchen Tribe when it arrived in the Liao Kingdom, and the Mengwu Tribe in Shiweizhong, which was also the name of later generations.
Hidden danger!
At this time, Du You said at the door: "Your Majesty, Wei Xiangguo wants to see you!"
Li Ye nodded, "Invite him in!"
After a moment, Wei Jiansu hurriedly walked in, bowed and saluted: "Old minister, your Majesty is here to attend!"
"Xiangguo, please sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wei Jiansu sat down and said with a smile: "First of all, congratulations to Your Majesty, the Liaodong war has been a great victory and has come to a successful conclusion. The next step is to deal with the aftermath. What are your plans?"
Li Ye smiled lightly and said: "The aftermath is nothing more than land and population. I plan to build two governor's offices in Liaodong, one in western Liaoning and one in eastern Liaoning, with 50,000 troops stationed in each. The governor of western Liaoning will be appointed by Zhang Dian, and the governor of eastern Liaoning will be appointed by Zhang Dian.
Nan Jiyun takes up the post, and as for the Khitans and Xi people, they should still be arranged according to the rules of the imperial court."
Wei Jiansu nodded, "It is your Majesty's duty to establish the Governor's Palace. Weichen had no intention of intervening, but during the resettlement plan for the people, Weichen received a report from Liaodong officials. Guo Ziyi detained hundreds of thousands of unmarried young women among the Khitan and Xi people, and prepared
Rewards are given to the three armies, does your Majesty know about this?"
Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "Of course I know about this, but there is a slight discrepancy between what I said to the Prime Minister."
"I am willing to listen attentively!"
Li Ye walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "The Khitan fought foreign wars every year, and originally there were not many men. In the end, we suffered a heavy blow, and almost all the young and strong men were lost. Both the Khitan and Xi were dominated by women.
, even if there are some men, they are still old and young.
The Tang Dynasty has abolished slavery, and it is unrealistic to turn them into slaves. It happens that many of our soldiers are unmarried, so I told Guo Ziyi to divide all the unmarried women in half, and give half to the Liaodong soldiers to marry, so that the soldiers can stay in Liaodong with peace of mind.
, Prime Minister is a marriage, not a reward. In addition, after the soldiers get married, each of them will be rewarded with three hundred acres of land in Liaodong, so that they can stay in Liaodong with peace of mind."
Wei Jiansu felt a little ashamed and said: "I see, I have misunderstood Your Majesty!"
Li Ye smiled again and said: "Just now I said that the young unmarried women of the Khitan and Xi people should be divided into two parts. One half will be left for the Liaodong soldiers, and the other half is about 130,000 people. I intend to give it to the Helong and Anxi soldiers."
, this is also a long-standing difficult problem in the frontier. Many Anxi soldiers are almost forty years old and have not yet started a family. If these 130,000 young women are sent there, this long-standing difficult problem will be completely solved.
Therefore, I repeatedly told Guo Ziyi that noble women do not have to be killed, and soldiers are never allowed to abuse women. If we get hundreds of thousands of innocent women, we can solve the big problem of border soldiers. Moreover, both Khitan and Xi women can speak some Chinese.
After getting along with each other for a few months, we will be able to communicate."
Wei Jiansu gave a thumbs up, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Li Ye smiled apologetically and said: "I forgot to tell the political affairs hall about this matter. The responsibility lies with me. Please inform the Liaodong officials immediately!"
"Weichen will arrange it immediately!"
Some readers may have asked whether a foreign woman marrying a Han will affect her bloodline. In fact, only some famous families care about it, and ordinary people don't care about it.
Since the Han and Tang dynasties, patrilineal blood has been the dominant force. After Khitan women married Han soldiers, they would quickly adapt to their identity, wear Han clothes and regard themselves as Han people.
At this time, Wei Jiansu said again: "Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report!"
"Please say!"
"King Nanzhao has come to Chang'an!"
Li Ye quickly asked: "Are you here already?"
"I just arrived this afternoon. Honglu Temple notified Wei Chen, so Wei Chen came to ask for instructions from His Majesty."
Li Ye told Du You: "Go and invite Zhang Xiangguo!"
Left Prime Minister Zhang Li also arrived in a hurry, and Du You took him into the imperial study.
"The humble minister Zhang Li is here to see His Majesty!"
"Zhang Xiangguo has arrived just in time. We are about to talk about Nanzhao. Please sit down first!"
Zhang Li sat down, and Li Ye said to the two of them: "I won't see King Nanzhao for the time being. You can talk to him. According to our conditions, we can make some adjustments in the details, but we will not give in on the four major principles."
The four major principles are: first, restore the boundaries of Tianbao nine years ago; second, Nanzhao is not allowed to have troops, and the Tang army is stationed in Nanzhao; third, Nanzhao inherits the hostages in Chang'an; fourth, Nanzhao's minerals belong to the Tang Dynasty.
Wei Jiansu nodded, "Weichen also thought about it. In addition to the four major principles, there are other details that can be discussed. One is the issue of garrison salary burden, and the second is the demarcation of fertile land in Yaozhou. Weichen remembers that Tianbao nine years ago
, half of the fertile land in Yao City belongs to Nanzhao, and half belongs to the people of the Tang Dynasty, which can be negotiated."
Li Ye nodded, "We can bear the military salary ourselves, but this is a concession to the salt tax!"
"Wei Chen understands!"
At this time, Zhang Li said again: "Your Majesty, there is also the issue of compensation to the Han people, but their treasury is empty, so it may be difficult for them to compensate."
Li Ye said coldly: "Killing officials, robbing Han women, and taking young men as slaves cannot be solved by apologizing. They don't have money to compensate, so they can use land to compensate, and the fertile land in Yao City can be compensated to the victims!"
The two of them camped together.
Li Ye said calmly: "Don't rush to negotiate now, let them have a good understanding of the situation in Liaodong. Nanzhao has not been destroyed, and the Tang Dynasty has been very tolerant."
As night fell, several oxcarts arrived at Huai'en Temple. Huai'en Temple is located in the southwest corner of Xianyang County, close to the city wall. It is relatively remote. Compared with the famous temples in Chang'an, Huai'en Temple is indeed shabby. The temple is dilapidated and the monks are not good.
many.
But its only advantage is that it has a six-story pagoda covering an area of two acres. This is a stone pagoda left from the Northern Zhou Dynasty. This pagoda is also the tallest building in Xianyang.
In the past two days, Huai'en Temple has received a big deal. A pilgrim is willing to pay one thousand guan of sesame oil to borrow the pagoda for two days.
The abbot and the monks couldn't stop laughing. It was as if the Buddha had appeared and a windfall came from heaven, a thousand guan of money! They couldn't receive a hundred guan of money in a year, not to mention only borrowing it for two days, and lending it for two years.
no problem.
The woman who borrowed the pagoda claimed to be a widow, and she needed to borrow the pagoda to worship the soul of her dead husband. She rejected the temple's offer to perform a salvation ritual for her husband.
Another condition was that the temple should be closed before dark, and all the monks should stay in the monk's room. They were not allowed to go out before dawn for fear of disturbing her husband's ghost.
This condition was not excessive, and the host agreed immediately. Moreover, Hua En Tower was in a separate compound. As long as the courtyard door was closed, no one knew about the situation of Hua En Tower.
There is another important reason. The borrower is a Han woman. If she were a Hu, the host would still borrow the money. After all, he couldn't refuse the money of one thousand guan, but he still felt uncomfortable.
More than twenty maids brought nearly a hundred boxes into the tower, moved them all the way to the sixth floor, and arranged them on the sixth floor.
As the night progressed, countless women came from all directions. After entering the compound, the door was closed.
On the stone pagoda, the lights of the six-story pagoda were lit up, which was particularly dazzling. One hundred and twenty female disciples stood on each floor of the pagoda, all kneeling on the ground. There was a special large candle on each floor, and the candle was engraved with
The logo of the three swords in the iron circle lights up, which means that the leader is in the light and can feel their worship.
There are not only candles on the top floor, but also an offering table, on which are enshrined the Three Swords with a Golden Ring made of gold. They are much larger than the Three Swords with a Golden Ring that were previously confiscated at Kongsberg Mansion, weighing a hundred kilograms. This sign is the second in weight.
The Golden Ring of Samarkand and the Three Swords.
At this time, no one could have imagined that there was a petite black shadow hidden in a big tree not far from Wynn Tower.
The petite black shadow is also a young woman. Her name is Zhang Fengjiao, a native of Xianyang, and she is a bounty assassin. The internal guards have put out a bounty of three thousand dollars to find organized hundreds of women.
Zhang Fengjiao's home is nearby. She is a local snake. Of course she was going to look for clues in Xianyang County. Unexpectedly, she saw the lights on the top of the Wynn Tower from the roof of her home, and a woman's figure was shaking. You must know that this is a monk temple.
Ah! Isn’t it weird that a woman appears in the middle of the night?
She immediately rushed to the Wynn Tower and climbed up to a big tree closest to the stone tower for observation. She saw an extremely strange scene. Every woman was dressed in white, with disheveled hair and bare feet, kneeling before a big candle.
, there are more than a hundred women!
She actually realized that she was going to get rich, and this must be the reward from the inner guard.
Zhang Fengjiao was very shrewd. She was not in a hurry to report the news. When she saw a dozen ox carts parked outside the gate, and the driver was dozing and waiting for someone, she climbed onto the bottom of one of the carts and clung to it.
Half an hour later, the worship ceremony ended and all the women dispersed. Anga and dozens of his confidants got on the bullock cart and took away some important items. They would collect the candles and the like tomorrow. Anyway, they borrowed the stone tower for two days.
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The bullock cart started slowly and drove towards the compound where they rented. Lin Qu'er was very nervous all night, but nothing seemed to be abnormal. Everyone was asleep and no one cared about what happened in the Wyanta.
The ox cart arrived at the compound, everyone returned to the compound, and the ox cart turned around and left. At this time, a petite black figure silently came out from under an ox cart and hid behind a big tree.
After the bullock cart went away, the dark shadow looked at the compound, then turned around and disappeared into the darkness.