Zhao Si looked at Xue Puti standing in front of him.
He is of medium stature, not majestic, but looks very fierce. Anger is vaguely visible between his eyebrows and eyes, and his hands are thick-jointed. Sometimes they are placed beside his trousers, and sometimes they are carried behind his back, making him look a little anxious and uneasy.
"Sit down, I won't eat your food for free. If anyone comes, bring it over." Zhao Si greeted.
The attendants brought a jar of wine and half of the sheep and quickly placed them on the bonfire, then added some brought wood and baskets of coal to the bonfire.
After pouring it in, the fire suddenly started, making everyone's faces even redder.
After waiting for a while, the mutton was roasting sizzlingly and the aroma was overflowing.
Zhao Si pulled out his short knife, cut off pieces of roasted mutton, and handed them to the officers and soldiers sitting around. They stood up with a sudden flick, and took the mutton flattered, as if they were reluctant to eat it for a long time.
"Eat! Eat it while it's hot! There's also wine. It's rare to give you two days off, so you can eat meat and drink wine." Zhao Si said.
"yes!"
Zhao Si turned his head and said to Xue Puti: "I heard that your boy has a lot of complaints?"
Xue Boti, who was biting meat, suddenly stopped and raised his head to look at Zhao Si, a little panicked. Su Wenshu next to him seemed to be choking and coughed violently.
Zhao Si handed over a water bag, "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
Su Wenshu quickly took the water bag, Gudong Gudong drank a few sips, and his cough slowly subsided.
"Who do you have a complaint against? Is it because the reward is insufficient or the reward is unfair?"
Xue Boti quickly replied: "In reply to Your Majesty's words, the reward will be generous and the reward will be fair. I will have no complaints at all!"
Zhao Si looked at him for a while, then turned to look around, raised his finger and pointed at the clearly distinguishable scene, and said: "I know your complaints, and I know the complaints of Jingsai Division Yan Yun and the Han Army. Tell me, what happened?
How many injustices have been done for you to complain like this."
Xue Boti and Su Wenshu remained silent.
Zhao Shi shouted rudely and asked: "Say!"
Xue Boti was startled, lowered his head and spoke.
"When I was studying in the military academy, my colleagues often called us Yan people and northern barbarians. During the assembly performances and the various departments' teaching reviews, we were always put at the end of the station, or assigned the dirtiest and most arduous tasks. I
After participating in the battle to recapture the Taedong River..."
Xue Boti hesitated for a while and then said hesitantly: "We Yanyun and the tribes of Liangliao were arranged at the forefront... There are no walled houses there, only field tents. It is freezing cold in the north of Goryeo, and our colleagues
Hundreds of people froze to death and thousands suffered frostbite... But when the spring came to counterattack, other units took the lead and rushed out..."
Zhao seemed silent and speechless.
The reorganized troops of Yanyun, the Han Army of Liangliao and the Bohai Navy were at the forefront in the cold winter, and it was also the most difficult place. Not only did they need to monitor the Goryeo Army, there would also be small-scale battles from time to time, and they also had to fight against the bad weather.
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After the most difficult period was over and the Goryeo army was on the verge of death, other troops rushed forward to take credit. Without Yan Yun, what would have happened to the troops of the two Liaos?
Is this fair?
It's definitely unfair! We suffered the most, but got the least credit in the end. When judging military merit, they won't look at how long you stayed in the wild during the cold winter. They will only look at how many beheadings and how many prisoners were captured.
All kinds of injustices like this caused people like Xue Puti and others to feel resentful.
"It is my responsibility to run the army unfairly, and I am ashamed of you."
Zhao Si raised his right hand, pressed his palm down, stopped the two of them from defending, and continued: "Yanbei and the two Liao lands, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, have wandered away from the Central Plains and suffered in the hands of the Khitans. Over time, the Central Plains have
On the contrary, the military and civilians regard them as aliens. I am aware of these discriminations and prejudices, and I have been working hard to correct them..."
"There are so many things going on, and there are so many problems that I wouldn't know about unless they jump to my eyes. Especially the unfair treatment you suffer, it's all done in secret, and it's all about the darkness of people's hearts that you can't see... It seems insignificant.
, but for the Song Dynasty, it was a major event that shook the foundation of the country."
Zhao Si assured Xue Puti and Su Wenshu: "Don't worry! I will definitely handle these matters smoothly, and will not let you be wronged again, nor will I let the people of Yanyun and Liangliao be discriminated against. I will definitely let you
Stand tall and proudly say that I am also a citizen of the Song Dynasty."
"Your Majesty!" What else could Xue Puti and Su Wenshu say? Especially Xue Puti's eyes were red, and tears almost burst out of his eyes.
"Okay, let's not talk about these depressing things. How is the arrangement at your home?" Zhao Si asked, changing the subject.
"Your Majesty, our family is doing well. We have been given jobs and land, and other villagers have also been given land to set up households. In recent years, the government has provided money and effort, hired workers to overhaul water conservancy, and also mobilized everyone to volunteer to help build water conservancy projects.
Contribute to the construction of our hometown. The canals and rivers that have been abandoned for many years have been repaired and completed."
"Not only that," Su Wenshu also added, "Yanyun Station has also made great efforts to regulate rivers. Rivers such as the Sanggan River that had harmed the area in the past have been enclosed in solid river channels. There are also various ponds and reservoirs built under the guidance of the Water Conservancy Institute.
, stored in summer and released in winter... and the improved seeds issued by the Agricultural Science Institute... The weather has been good in the past few years, and every villager has a warehouse full of wheat and a box full of money. The common people say it is thanks to the blessing of the Holy Emperor...
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Zhao Si raised his head and smiled, "It's all you who have created a happy life with your hard-working hands. I deserve this credit."
At the beginning, he insisted on using poisonous tactics to get rid of most of the Yanyun, Liao, Han, and Bohai families during the Ping Liao period, just for today. If he doesn't get rid of them, how can he allocate land to the people who surrendered?
Most of the land occupied by the Khitan nobles in Yanyun and Liangliao areas is pasture. They are an enemy country, and confiscating enemy assets is a matter of course. Those Han, Bohai local aristocratic families, will surrender when the situation is not good. You will definitely surrender after surrendering.
Instead of taking their land by force, they must be given positions and benefits.
Instead of giving benefits to these people, it is better to get all their family property, together with the confiscated former Liao official land, imperial village, and noble land, and give it to the people of Yanyun and Liao, so as to gain a wave of loyalty and stabilize the basic market.
It was the distribution of fields to the vast number of soldiers and civilians, the granting of agricultural tools, cattle and other production materials, and the continuous development of water conservancy to ensure agricultural production, which in turn made the Yanyun, Liao and Han families, and the Bohai Navy civilians resentful of discrimination and prejudice.
But for the officials of the Song Dynasty, loyalty was respected - these measures were all carried out under the banner of Zhao Shi.
These Han people and Bohai people were included in the new political system, and they had to find spiritual sustenance for their future actions. It happened that Zhao Si was really good to them, and it could be said that he gave them food and clothing, so Yan Yun, the soldiers and civilians of the two Liao Dynasties
He is regarded as a great benefactor and a savior who rescues them from suffering.
This is why Xue Boti remains extremely loyal to the government no matter how unhappy he is.
Zhao Si accompanied Xue Puti and Su Wenshu after drinking a few glasses of wine and toasting each regiment of the Jingsai Division. After staying for more than an hour, they got up and went to the nearby Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Division and Xiaoqi Camp. After staying there for more than half an hour
, returned to Helin City.
"What do you three see?" Zhao Si turned around and asked Jing Ling Sanhu who had been following behind.
"Father, I never thought that there was such a shameful thing happening secretly." Zhao Kuo said angrily.
"Father, these conflicts require further measures." Zhao Lian was much more mature than before.
"My son, I now somewhat understand why my father insisted on moving the capital to Beiping City." Zhao Geng replied quietly.
Zhao Si turned to look at him and secretly made up his mind that the expedition to Persia and the proposed marriage to the Byzantine royal family must be included in the plan and preparations started.
