Fenghou

Chapter 623 Settlement
Just as Zhang Jun was leading the army to attack Liu Guangshi, Chen Qing also led the army back to Jingzhao.

Chen Qing immediately rewarded the troops who participated in the war with [-] guan and [-] bolts of silk.

Another batch of meritorious generals was promoted, Liu Cui, Gao Ding, Niu Gao, and Liu Qiong were promoted to deputy commanders, and Yang Zaixing was promoted from deputy commanders to commanders.

Among them, Li Muqing was promoted to the commander of the upper army, and he was the only general who was promoted two ranks in a row.

The reason is that he did something that Chen Qing admired very much.

After flooding the [-] Jurchen army, Li Muqing did not follow Chen Qing's order to kill all the surviving Jurchen soldiers. Instead, he captured thousands of surviving soldiers who were not drowned, and then interrogated them. All the above-mentioned Jurchen soldiers were executed. These soldiers basically participated in the war of aggression against the Song Dynasty.

The young soldiers and generals stayed behind and captured more than [-] people, including eight thousand commanders and two ten thousand commanders, and the main general Wanyan Helisa was also captured.

Li Muqing's approach was obviously more rational and more valuable, and Chen Qing greatly appreciated it.

In the prison, Chen Qing saw Wanyan Helisa who was imprisoned in solitary confinement. He was sitting unkempt on a pile of straw in the corner with iron shackles on his hands and feet, as if he had just cried, and the tears in the corners of his eyes were still wet.

Chen Qing was funny. Although this Wanyan Helisa was very fierce on the battlefield, conquering everything and making countless achievements, he was very timid and afraid of death. When the Song army cavalry wanted to stab him to death, he was so frightened that he begged for mercy. He was spared by saying that he was the Lord's general drink Lisa.

Chen Qing smiled faintly: "General Lisa, I didn't expect that our first meeting would be on this occasion!"

"Are you...Chen Xuanfu envoy?"

Wanyan Lisa suddenly rushed over, his hand and foot shackles clattered, he grabbed the thick wooden fence and said anxiously: "Xuanfu envoy, I have value, very high value, the Kingdom of Jin will definitely be willing to redeem me, I implore Xuanfu envoy Negotiate with Jin Guo."

“I speak Chinese well!”

Chen Qing smiled and said, "What's your value, tell me?"

"My tribe has a population of tens of thousands, and my family has a great influence in the Wanyan tribe. It is because of my family's support that Wanyanchang was able to become the prime minister."

"Can you exchange for the Supreme Emperor of Song Dynasty?"

Wanyan Helisa looked sadly, "I'm afraid not, but it can be exchanged with other royal families of the Great Song Dynasty."

After a pause, Wanyan Drinking Lisa said again: "If you add me and Wanyan Qi, you can return to the old prince Zhao Zhan."

Chen Qing didn't know that there was another prisoner named Wan Yanqi. It seems that the identity of the prisoner was concealed!
"Who is Wanyan Qi?"

"He is the eldest son of Wanyan Zongwang, and a commander in chief."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Why don't we make an exchange first! If you testify against me who is Wanyan Qi, I'll put you under house arrest and arrange two Jurchen women to serve you, how about it?"

Wanyan and Lisa were stunned for a moment, Chen Qing didn't know that Wanyan Qi was also captured, didn't he expose him?

Chen Qing said again: "If you don't want to, it's the same if I let other prisoners of war testify. I gave you a chance, but you didn't take it."

"I promise!"

Wanyan Helisa was afraid of losing this opportunity, so he hurriedly said: "The commander with a big black birthmark on the back of his neck is Wanyan Qi. He is about twenty years old. He is the eldest son of Wanyan Zongwang. He joined the army for the first time. .”

"Is there such a person?" Chen Qing turned around and asked.

The jailer hurriedly said: "There is such a person, a Khitan commander in the register, named Yelu Shousu."

Wanyan Helisa quickly explained: "It's him. His mother is Yelu Yuliyan, Princess of the Liao Kingdom. His Jurchen name is Shou Su. His father Wanyan Zongwang gave him the Chinese name Wanyan Qi."

Chen Qing nodded, and said to Prisoner: "Put them under house arrest at the Master's Terrace, and find some Jurchen women from the tailoring yard to serve them."

The Song Army captured Fengxiang Mansion and captured more than [-] Jurchen family members, most of whom were women. They are currently working in various workshops. If the Jin people are willing to exchange the captured Han people, Chen Qing will not. be opposed to.

In fact, they are not the only ones. When Wan Yanhe Lisa retreated [-] troops from Guanzhong last year, they were ambushed and intercepted by Chen Qing, and [-] Jurchen soldiers were also captured. They are currently mining in the mine. Together with the captured Jurchen soldiers, As for the family members, there are more than [-] people.

Next, it is necessary to use these prisoners of war to make a fuss.

As soon as Chen Qing returned to the official room, Jiang Yanxian found him. Jiang Yanxian handed a thick account book to Chen Qing and said with a smile: "This is the income and expenditure account that Xuan Fu envoy wants."

This is because the various income and expenditures caused by the Jinbing invasion were obvious, there were dozens of pages, and Chen Qing was overwhelmed by the various expenditures, he closed the account book and asked with a smile: "Just tell me directly! How much did you lose?"

"The expenditure is [-] million guan, not counting the reward of [-] guan and [-] bolts of silk. Most of it is the pension expenditure. Calculated at [-] guan per person, the total is [-] guan. Others It is all kinds of food materials and manpower expenditure. One hundred and fifty thousand civilians were mobilized before and after, and each person paid two guan. This is [-] guan. It consumed [-] guan, as well as food, supplies, meat, etc., almost [-] guan.”

Chen Qing sighed secretly, war is fighting for money, that's right.

"What about the income?" Chen Qing asked again.

"The income is not much, it is armor, horses and weapons, and the conversion is about [-] guan."

"In other words, we lost more than [-] yuan in this war?"

Jiang Yan nodded first. "Indeed!"

"Wait a minute!"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "And the prisoners of war? Jin Guo used money and wealth to ransom people, [-] people, and each of us needs [-] pennies in ransom. Does it make ends meet?"

"What if the Kingdom of Jin refuses to redeem them? No one has come to negotiate with the prisoners of war from last year."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "That's because they want to destroy us and save people directly, so they don't need to take ransom. Now stealing chickens is not enough to pay a handful of rice. The population of Jurchens is not large. How could they not cherish these prisoners of war?" ? Don't worry! The messenger will come soon."

Seeing that Jiang Yanxian still had a helpless expression, Chen Qing got up and said with a smile, "Call Zhang Sima, let's have a drink together."

The three came to East Street, which is the most prosperous commercial center in the entire Jingzhao City, including the three-mile-long East Street and the East Street Wazi, which covers an area of ​​nearly [-] acres. East Street is a gathering of various high-end restaurants, teahouses and shops. It is a place where people above the middle class like to visit.

But Wazi, located in the middle of Dongda Street, is very popular among the people at the lower level. Everything here is very down-to-earth. There are more than [-] small shops for food, clothing and housing. You can eat enough for a dozen yuan, and you can also eat meat. , You can find a bunk for five Wen and get a good night's sleep.

You can even go to the innermost Xiaohua Lane for more than [-] Wen, which is very popular among soldiers.

However, in the past few days, the East Street is full of scholars who came to Jingzhao to rush for the exam. In ten days, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Spring Examination and the Jingzhao Taixue Entrance Examination will be held. People from all over Bashu, Xihe Road, Shaanxi Road, Hanzhong More than [-] scholars from other places will take this exam.

It is said that those who pass the exam will be awarded directly to the real lack of officials. It is because of this rumor that many people travel thousands of miles to try their luck, and the imperial examination of the Lin'an court will be next year, which will not affect the imperial examination of Jingzhao.

Tianranju restaurant was almost full, all of them were scholars who came to rush for the exam. Chen Qing and the others came to a small courtyard behind, and several beautiful maids stepped forward to take off their coats.

Besides Jiang Yanxian and Zhang Xiaohou, Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao also followed.

Chen Qing sat down and said with a smile: "I'm treating guests today, it's the same as last time! I like it very much."

Zhou Kuan gave some instructions to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper immediately arranged to serve food and drinks. Zhou Kuan took a sip of tea and saw that Jiang Yanxian was still frowning, so he smiled and said, "If you win the battle, you will definitely make a lot of money. Don't worry about Jiang Changshi anymore."

Jiang Yan picked up the teacup and smiled wryly, "I can't think of any other way to make money other than slapping the golden man hard when redeeming it?"

Chen Qing also took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Speaking of winning battles and making money, I remembered something. I have invited Cao Changchun, the chief of the Yellow-headed Uighur, and his wife to visit Jingzhao. It may be coming in two days. Shi arrange it and try to be as grand as possible.”

"No problem, I will arrange thousands of people to go to the streets to welcome them, but what did the Xuanfu envoy invite the yellow-headed Uighur chief to come to Jingzhao? I'm a little curious."

Chen Qing said lightly: "To discuss a big matter!"

(End of this chapter)