Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 492 The Rebellion
The autumn wind is howling and the sky is cool.

The incorporation of the rebels went smoothly, and at dusk that day, it was all over.

Cheng Yaojin and Qin Tian's troops were stationed in one place, and Li Luo's troops were stationed in one place.

As night fell, the wind got stronger.

In the barracks of Wing King Li Luo, Li Luo walked back and forth in the big tent.

Although he chose to bear it, but Qin Tian killed Li Yiyu like this, he still couldn't accept it, he was so aggrieved that he couldn't vomit.

"Come on!"

With an order, someone immediately appeared in the big tent.

"What are your orders from the lord?"

"I have a letter here. After you return to the capital, find a way to give it to Gao Shilian."

About Qin Tian and Gao Shilian's grievances, Li Luo knew a little bit, and he had a little contact with Gao Shilian, so if he told Gao Shilian about Qin Tian's killing and surrender here, Gao Shilian would definitely impeach Qin Tian in court.

Killing surrender has always been a serious crime, easily unforgivable. At that time, Li Shimin had to punish Qin Tian.

After the spies took the order, they retreated quickly, and disappeared into the night not long after.

At the same time, Cheng Yaojin's face turned red and he glared at Qin Tian in the camp of the Tang army.

He had endured Qin Tian for a long time, if it wasn't for recruiting those rebels, he would have quarreled with Qin Tian long ago.

"Tell me, why did you kill Li Yiyu? Have I ever told you that the Holy Majesty wants Li Yiyu to surrender, why do you still want to kill him?"

The anger in the big tent was a bit dignified, it was the first time Qin Tian saw Cheng Yaojin so angry, but he was still calm.

After sitting down next to him, he poured himself a glass of wine. Seeing him like this, Cheng Yaojin wished he could go up and whip him immediately.

"You... what do you mean?"

Qin Tian drank the glass of wine and said, "Duke Lu, don't you think Li Yiyu deserves to die?"

"He deserves to die, but the Holy Majesty wants to show that he is very merciful, so as for the old Eastern Palace party, as long as they are willing to surrender, the Holy Majesty will spare their lives, let alone Li Yiyu surrendered, you are killing and surrendering, do you know?"

Qin Tian nodded: "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, so it's okay to be merciful, but it's okay for those old parties who haven't rebelled, but not for those who rebel. If they can survive after rebelling, then the old party of the Eastern Palace will think that the rebellious The cost is very low, and they can rebel at any time, at that time, the successive rebellions, can the holy one come over?"

After saying this, Cheng Yaojin's expression moved slightly, and Qin Tian continued: "Rebellion is a capital crime, whether you surrender or not, you must die. Li Jiancheng's old party is still very loyal to Li Jiancheng, do you think he really surrendered? But because he saw that he couldn't defend Mengzhou City, he surrendered for his life."

"Of course, it's not ruled out that Li Luo asked him to surrender. After all, in their view, as long as they surrender, they can survive, and as long as they survive, they will have a chance in the future. But this Marquis does not allow them to have another chance. Li Yiyu still wants to Do things for Li Luo, then wait for the next life."

After finishing speaking, Qin Tian drank again, and then he didn't say any more, but at this time, Cheng Yaojin had already understood what Qin Tian meant.

Killing Li Yiyu was just to frighten Li Luo and cut off some of Li Luo's helpers, so that regardless of whether Li Luo would rebel in the future, it would be of great help to them.

Of course, the most important thing is to deter Li Jiancheng's old party and let them understand that if Li Shimin doesn't kill them, he won't kill them, but if they dare to rebel against the court, then there is only one consequence for them, and that is death.

"For what you said makes sense. In these cases, write a memorial and I'll send someone to send it to the capital. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to kill and surrender."

Qin Tian nodded. Not long after, a spy from the Tang army's camp also rushed towards Chang'an City.
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Li Yiyu's rebellion finally came to an end.

The next day, after Li Luo spoke a few words to Cheng Yaojin, he led his soldiers and horses to Huaizhou.

Cheng Yaojin and Qin Tian were not in a hurry to return to court.

The rebel army has been pacified, but many refugees who joined the rebel army have not been resolved. There are still some people who cannot eat enough in many places. These need to be settled properly before they can leave.

On this day, at the camp of the Tang army, Qin Tian ordered all the soldiers to be summoned.

"Now, the rebel army has been calmed down, and there is no need to continue serving as soldiers. However, the court needs soldiers and horses now, so I will give you two choices. If you are willing to continue serving as soldiers, I will accept you and return to Beijing. You continue To serve the imperial court, as long as you make military exploits, you will be rewarded by the imperial court. If you have great military exploits, you may be granted the title of marquis or prime minister. Of course, if you are willing to leave, I will give you some money and food, and then give you some land. Let them live a more comfortable life..."

Qin Tian muttered something, and then the subdued refugee rebels began to make choices.

The reason why these people joined the rebels was just to have enough food. Now that the imperial court has settled them, many people are still willing to return to ordinary people, to be ordinary people, and to live their own small lives.

There are many people like this, almost accounting for more than half of the rebels. What they want is stability. Whether they are rebels or are recruited by Qin Tian, ​​it is a last resort.

Now that there are better options, they naturally want to choose the risk-free one.

However, it is undeniable that among those refugees, some soldiers were originally passionate and wanted to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. After experiencing such a fight, they became more and more enthusiastic about killing on the battlefield, so these people When faced with such a choice, they still want to stay in the army and be a soldier.

After such a decision, there were only about five thousand people left in the entire barracks, who were willing to continue serving as soldiers, and more than half of the rest wanted to go back to live an ordinary life.

After making this choice, Qin Tian didn't say anything. Those who are willing to stay will be given military pay and registered in the register;

Those who are willing to stay don't need to be too troublesome, and those who don't want to stay, don't bother to distribute grain and grass, but it's a lot of trouble if they don't spend too much land.

A lot of land is unowned, and the unowned land belongs to the imperial court. It is better to say that these should be distributed, but to be honest, there are not many such lands.

So if they want to appease the almost 1 rebel refugees, it is obviously not enough to only have those unowned fertile land, so they can only find a way from other places.

Even if the land allocation is enough, it will take time to help them grow crops and so on.

(End of this chapter)