Chapter 473: Purging Goguryeo

Some other Goguryeo ministers, including those who were famous among the common people, were all transported back to Chang'an, and some of the evildoers were beheaded on the spot. Li Xiang had only one policy towards Goguryeo, which was to completely accept it and never take it back. No more tricks are allowed.

In the past few days, the people of Goguryeo have become numb. They have killed countless people. Whether they are generals on the battlefield in the past or some scholars in Goguryeo now, Li Xiang will kill them directly. This is also for the Tang Dynasty to be more capable. Poor management here destroys all the cultural heritage here. Of course, they have no cultural heritage, and most of them plagiarize the Tang Dynasty.

In the past few days, Niu Jinda and Su Dingfang have not been idle. They have turned the entire city upside down, just trying to find out some valuable things inside. This time we send troops to attack Goguryeo, and it will cost a lot of money. It's not a small number. The cities in the north are all extremely poor. Except for an empty city, they don't have many good things. Now that we have captured the capital of Goguryeo, we have to search carefully.

There will definitely be a lot of bloodshed during the search, but this is the prerogative of the victor. General Li Jing did more excessive things when he was in the Turks than he does now. Any man who is higher than the wheel will be killed. , compared with the Tang army back then, we were much more harmonious. As long as we had money, we would not kill people.

In order to survive for themselves and their families, a large number of Goguryeo people began to betray their country and friends. As long as there were wealthy places in the city, they were reported. These people were also branded with the same name. They were Datang’s local friends, your actions will not be let down. In the next period of time, you can all become supervisors.

It was the first time for them to hear this term, so many Tang soldiers explained to them that in the future, Goguryeo could only develop agriculture and animal husbandry, and there was no need to develop other aspects. All the people in Goguryeo were transformed on the spot. As servers, supervisors supervise these people to do their work.

Such reforms surprise many people. If this were the case, wouldn't it be a retrogression of society? However, Li Xiang also reported to the court that this should be the case for at least five years. Anyway, we are going to implement militarized control in Goguryeo, so in these five years, we have to earn military expenses, and wait until five years later By that time, Goguryeo's society had stabilized slightly, and we divided states and counties here, and then dispatched local officials.

Of course, if there are people from Datang who are willing to come here, we can also provide certain preferential policies. For example, if you don’t have land in your hometown, you can get a hundred acres of land for free when you come here. And they are all very good land. In addition to giving you this hundred acres of land, you can also choose two young girls to be your wives. In addition, you will be given five to seven laborers. Your future task is to be a landlord here. .

This is also done to master this place faster. Of course, there is a prerequisite for doing this, that is, the Tang Army must support him. If the Datang Army does not support him, just because he is an ordinary person here, it is estimated that the family The two wives can also kill him.

After many people living at the bottom heard the news, they immediately prepared to go to Goguryeo. When the Tang Dynasty captured the land in Jiangbei, Li Xiang also promulgated such a regulation. Unfortunately, not many people came because everyone I don't think this is a victory. It is very likely that Goguryeo will fight back.

Now that even the capital of Goguryeo has been occupied, it means that the country of Goguryeo no longer exists. It is impossible to live in my hometown. How many grains of grain can be left in a year by farming for the landlord's family? It is better to go to Goguryeo. Give it a try, although it is more dangerous there, but if you survive, it will be equivalent to buying a family fortune for future generations.

Although it is the early years of the Tang Dynasty and the situation of domestic land annexation is not serious yet, many unemployed people can still be found in various places. These people can no longer survive where they are. After hearing about the law promulgated by the imperial court, they immediately arrived They would register with the government, and after passing the physical examination, these people would go to Goguryeo, and the court would collect half of their income in Goguryeo.

Although the tax is relatively high, these people are very willing. After all, they did not bring anything with them except their bodies, and they did not pay any money to the court to buy land. The court had already Allocating these things to them is simply equivalent to using nothing. If you don't hand over half of the harvest to the court, then your conscience may be dark.

Li Shimin and the ministers of the DPRK also agreed with Li Xiang's strategy. On the one hand, it can alleviate some conflicts in various places. On the other hand, it can also rule Goguryeo well. The most important thing is that it can also increase the revenue of the national treasury.

One war almost depleted the national treasury. These goodies transported back from the capital of Goguryeo not only filled up the national treasury, but most importantly, they also increased the tax revenue of the national treasury next year, and some unemployed vagrants from various places also had After the war, the top officials of the imperial court were very happy.

Five days after occupying Goguryeo, Li Xiang divided his army into small teams. Each team had about fifty to one hundred and fifty soldiers. Their task was to start repeated patrols around the area. They left the military camp in the morning and visited two or three soldiers. Come back in the next day and gather all the people in the area you patrol. Anyone who dares not to enter the concentration camp can be classified as a rebel and will be killed at the next clearing.

Although this was a bit excessive, Li Xiang had to do this in order to stabilize Goguryeo as quickly as possible.

For Li Xiang, it may bring him notoriety, but for the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, this is what must be done. Among all the young and middle-aged people of Goguryeo, Li Xiang selected 50,000 supervisors. They are the most important. The rulers at the bottom were used to rule the people of Goguryeo. When the Tang army took it back, they would extend their tentacles into the social strata of Goguryeo to help the Tang army manage the people of Goguryeo and find out among the people. resisters, and then kill these resisters and their families...