In its heyday, Luoyang had a population of one million in just one city. It was undoubtedly the largest city in the world, and it was the best in both politics and economy.
After experiencing a series of events such as the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Xiang Yu's massacre of the city, the population of Luoyang dropped significantly during these turmoils.
After the Han army retook Luoyang, the population of Luoyang had shrunk to more than 500,000, only half of its heyday.
Later, after the Han Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty, due to the constant war in the Central Plains, a large number of Central Plains families moved to Luoyang and Chang'an, which also brought a large number of emigrated people to Luoyang.
Lu Zhi and Yang Jian's recuperation policy, coupled with Dong Zhuo's forced reforms, finally allowed Luoyang to gradually recover from the trauma of the war, and its population gradually recovered to nearly 700,000, making it still the most populous city in the world.
But in this battle against Dong, Luoyang was hit hard again and was almost destroyed by the war again.
After the Kwantung Allied Forces surrounded Luoyang, the turmoil in Luoyang never stopped.
First, the aristocratic families in the city rebelled, but were easily suppressed by the Liang army. Later, Jin Yiwei and Hei Bingtai teamed up to set fire to the Liang army's grain depot, and then later, Yang Jian prevented the enemy from setting fire before retreating...
War is essentially a matter between soldiers, but it is always inevitable that it will cause harm to civilians.
Yang Jian didn't want to be beaten, so he just slapped his butt and left, but it was hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang who paid for his behavior.
Yang Jian's fire directly burned down more than one-third of the buildings in Luoyang, causing nearly 200,000 people to become disaster victims with nowhere to live. More than 100,000 people either died in the fire or died in the previous
in the midst of turmoil.
Nowadays, the population of Luoyang is less than 500,000. If Qin Hao hadn't ordered to focus on saving people, I'm afraid this number would have dropped significantly.
For the Kwantung Allied Forces, the more than 200,000 disaster victims in the city are undoubtedly a huge burden.
The supplies of the coalition forces are already very tight. If they are responsible for the rations of these twenty victims, the coalition forces may face the risk of running out of food in advance.
It was impossible for Qin Hao to watch these 200,000 people starve to death. After all, these people would accept his rule in the future and would provide him with a source of tax revenue and troops.
Disaster relief still needed to be provided, but the princes would definitely not be willing to pay for food and money, and the supply of money and food in Nanyang was also very tight, so Qin Hao could only focus on seizing the city.
It is strange to say that Yang Jian fled lightly this time. Although he set a fire before escaping, he did not burn the treasury, armory and other warehouses. The Liang army searched the Luoyang family's seizures, but all fell into the hands of the coalition forces.
So Qin Hao waved his hand and directly ordered all-out disaster relief, and all the expenditures were seized and deducted.
Although this move will arouse dissatisfaction from other princes, it can only be dissatisfaction. It should be noted that now that the alliance of princes is about to split, Qin Hao will of course take advantage of the fact that he is still the leader of the alliance to reap as many benefits as possible.
In addition to the fact that the treasury was not burned, there was another very strange thing. Before leaving, Yang Jian ordered the massacre of all the family members in the prison camp who participated in the rebellion.
Logically speaking, Yang Jian was eager to escape, so was it necessary to deliberately execute these people? Besides, leaving these people behind would also bring endless trouble to Qin Hao.
But the result was that Yang Jian not only killed these prisoners of war, but he also killed them so cleanly that not even a single one was left alive.
This made Qin Hao a little confused. Of course, the more confusing thing is still to come.
"What? You didn't kill Li Shimin, but captured him alive?"
After listening to Nong Yu's mission report, Qin Hao asked with a shocked look on his face: "Li Shimin led you to escape to the entrance of Tiangong's treasure, and it is about whether the entrance of Tiangong's treasure will be exposed, so you don't dare to take action against Li Shimin easily."
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"Yes." Nong Yu nodded seriously.
Qin Hao's expression also became a little exciting. He never expected that he ordered the killing, but his men captured Li Shimin alive.
Compared with killing, it is definitely more difficult to capture alive, but this also shows that there have been great changes.
For a moment, he also realized that Qin Hao didn't have any dislike for Li Shimin. On the contrary, he admired Li Shimin very much. It was just because the other party hindered his hegemony that he had to get rid of him by any means.
If Li Shimin had died, Qin Hao would not mention this person, but now that he is still alive, he has to consider a headache.
How should we deal with him?
Is it killing?
Or kill?
Qin Hao didn't need a reason to conclude that he must kill him. After all, Li Shimin's threat was too great.
But we can't kill him now, after all, it involves God's treasure.
"How did Li Shimin know the location of the entrance to Tiangong's treasure?" Qin Hao asked with a frown.
Qin Hao always thought that Zhang Sheng knew where the entrance to Tiangong's treasure was, but the fact was that Zhang Sheng, Zhang Jiao's heir, did not know, and Zhang Jiao only told this secret to one person, and that was Zhang Liang.
Only Zhang Liang in the entire Can Ming knew this secret, and Zhang Liang regarded this secret as Can Ming's last declaration of surrender and would never reveal it until the last moment.
So, where did Li Shimin know this? Qin Hao was puzzled by this.
"Could it be that Li Shimin obtained one of the Yitian Slaying Dragons, inferring from the key?" Tian Yan analyzed.
Qin Hao immediately denied: "Impossible, Yitian Slaying Dragon is just a key, and there is no clue about the entrance."
"This is strange." Tian Yan frowned.
"Could it be..."
Qin Hao kept simulating in his mind all the details of the events in Luoyang described in the intelligence.
Li Shimin's "God's Blessing" was activated while he was being chased. However, according to the descriptions of Nong Yu and others, Li Shimin's escape into the royal treasury was thrilling but his life was not in danger...
As soon as he thought of this, Qin Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought to himself: "Li Shimin's method of activating Tianyou this time was not to call in experts to save him, but to allow him to accidentally open the secret passage mechanism hidden under the treasure house.
Li Shimin didn't know the location of the entrance before, but he took advantage of the opportunity and used it as a threat to temporarily save his life, so Li Xiuning definitely didn't know the entrance to the treasure."
If he really thought so, Li Shimin's activation of "God's Blessing" this time actually told Qin Hao the location of the Tiangong's treasure.
At this thought, a coldness flashed through Qin Hao's eyes, and he secretly said: "Li Shimin, your biggest trump card has been exposed. I want to see how you continue to struggle to the death."
After Qin Hao took a long breath, he smiled at Nong Yu and said, "Take me to meet Li Shimin."