Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 129 Fire Wall and Kang
Chapter 28

"What? Ask Shibi Khan?" Yang Zebo said dumbfounded: "Shibi Khan? How is this possible? If we contact Shibi Khan privately, the court censor will definitely impeach him!"

Diplomatic power is a symbol of a country's sovereignty.Although the Tang Dynasty was first established, it was not the Republic of China, and the feudal town had no diplomatic power.Besides, Chen Ying is just an ordinary general, as long as Li Yuan makes an edict, he can only hand over power obediently.

Now that he knew that this was not his job, Chen Ying was pragmatic and would not casually take these responsibilities on himself.As long as the issue of the imperial court is involved, it is called political correctness to not touch it if you can.

However, Chen Ying is not the kind of owner who is willing to suffer.He thought for a while and said, "The hat of scheming with the enemy is too big, and my head is too small to bear it. However, we don't need to worry now. The thing that needs to be urgent should be Turkic Shibi Khan!"

"Shibi Khan?" Yang Ze asked suspiciously, "What is he in a hurry for?"

"We have captured 3 of them now. If he doesn't care about them, people's hearts will be scattered!" Chen Ying said with a dark smile: "As long as people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team! We still have enough food. Eat, and with so many horses captured, there will be no food shortage in three to five months."

Yang Ze nodded: "I heard that Shibi Khan is not a generous master!"

"Isn't Shibi Khan, Li Yuan is?" Of course, Chen Ying can only think about this, and must not say it, otherwise it will be a disaster for the family.Chen Yingdao: "Actually, I'm really afraid that he will spend money to redeem these captives!"

"Afraid of redeeming them?" Yang Ze was a little speechless to Chen Ying at this moment: "What's the use of keeping these barbarians?"

"What's the use? It's very useful!" Chen Ying asked inexplicably, "Yang Changshi, how many people are there in the six counties of Lingzhou?"

Yang Ze was silent for a while and said: "At this time, there are 410 households in the six counties of Lingzhou, with a total of more than [-] households and more than [-] mouths."

Chen Ying asked again: "During the previous dynasty, how many people were there in Lingzhou?"

Yang Zedao: "In the previous dynasty, there were 740 households, 21 and more than [-] households."

"In just a few years, the population of Lingzhou has dropped by 18%!" Chen Ying exclaimed, "Nearly [-] people, where have all these people gone?"

This is a very profound question. Yang Ze knew it well, but he dared not answer it directly, because it was too taboo.However, Chen Ying said: "Hu and Han live together in Lingzhou, and it is not easy to live in Lingzhou. Some people fled back to the pass, and some died. More people actually turned Hu into Han!"

Yang Ze nodded. He also noticed this similar phenomenon.

In fact, the problems that caused this situation were mainly related to the court authorities.In the last years of the great cause, the Sui Dynasty was full of wars, and the court gradually lost control over the localities.In the inland states of the Central Plains, officials were killed to rebel, or they went to the mountains to escape.

But in Lingzhou, it is a plain, and it is also a border plain.The situation is far worse than inside the pass.The deterrence of the imperial court is weakening, and the Hu tribe took advantage of the situation to riot, rushing to the state to attack the government, killing people and committing all kinds of crimes.

Most of the Han people living in Lingzhou are lower-class people, and they lack a strong backer.When the imperial court could not protect them, in order to survive, they could only attach themselves to the surrounding barbarian tribes and become their slave labor.Of course, if you want to talk about Huhua, you can't say Huhua is Huhua, but after a long time, it will become true for a long time.

Chen Yingdao: "Lingzhou has been the territory of China since ancient times, and there is no room for loss, otherwise you will be ashamed of your ancestors. However, if you want to keep Lingzhou, you can't do without the population!"

"The manager wants it?" Yang Ze understood Chen Ying's meaning a bit: "The manager wants to turn Hu into a man?"

"That's not true!" Chen Ying shook his head and said, "We Chinese people are the most dominant nation in the world. Whether it's desert, Gobi or grassland, as long as there is land, we can take root and survive. It is convenient, if you open up wasteland, you can reclaim hundreds of thousands of good fields. As long as you have the land, you don’t have to worry about the people from the mainland not moving to Lingzhou. As long as there is food and people, what’s so terrible about mere Turks?”

Yang Ze said with a bitter face: "But the current weather can't cultivate barren land!"

"Of course it's not that urgent. What we need to do right now is wipe out the stragglers around Lingzhou and restore order!" Chen Ying said, "We'll use these captives to reclaim wasteland when the next spring begins."

Since Lingzhou City was surrounded, government orders cannot leave Lingzhou City.Not to mention that Lingzhou has six counties under the jurisdiction of Huile, Hongjing, Huaiyuan, Lingwu, Mingsha, and Feng'an.

Now that Huaiyuan has become Shibi Khan's king's camp, not to mention that Chen Ying only has more than [-] troops, even if he is given [-] troops, he will not be able to regain Huaiyuan.

Ordinarily, Chen Ying is only the general manager of the march, not the general manager of Lingzhou. It is the responsibility of the general manager of Lingzhou to clear the land and restore law and order.But Chen Ying didn't want to go back to Chang'an city for the time being.For Chen Ying, the real guns from the Turks are far more difficult to guard against than the hidden arrows from Chang'an City.

Although Guo Zihe, the governor of Lingzhou, was unable to take care of things due to injury, Yang then exercised the power of the governor of Lingzhou in sequence.He has no soldiers or generals in his hands, and he is powerless to deal with those scattered Turkic soldiers or local bandits.

The burden of clearing up the Turkic stragglers is not light, and Chen Ying has too few troops.Fortunately, due to the real break of the siege of Lingzhou, no Turkic troops were found around Lingzhou, and the Turkic people were captured, and the people of Lingzhou cheered heartily.

It was late at night, and the whole Lingzhou didn't seem to settle down at all.Firecrackers sounded from time to time in the entire city. The firecrackers of this era are not in the form of later generations.Instead, saw the bamboo, put saltpeter in the middle, and throw it into the brazier to burn, which will make a bang bang sound.

It wasn't until this time that Chen Ying realized that today is actually the last day of the first year of Wude.Wearing armor, Chen Ying and Liang Zan patrolled the barracks. At this time, no matter whether they were soldiers or prisoners, their hearts were quite stable.

For the wounded soldiers or dead horses seized from the battlefield, Chen should divide the horse meat. Ordinary people in Lingzhou will have ten catties each, and those who were injured due to guarding Lingzhou will be divided into twenty catties. Put two sheep.

There was no other way. Chen Ying couldn't take all the captured items on the battlefield. They had to be handed over to the military commander of the imperial court's Ministry of War for inspection of his military merits. Therefore, within his authority, he could do a little bit of trickery.

At this time, the lights in Lingzhou were brightly lit, and Chen Ying watched with great interest the people in the city cheering heartily.Seeing the happy smiles on the faces of all the soldiers and civilians, Chen Ying felt a sense of accomplishment.

However, when Chen Ying walked to the door of a house at the intersection, there were no lights in the house, and it was very conspicuous during the season of celebration in the whole city.Indistinctly, Chen Ying heard choking sobs coming from the room.

"Could it be that the government embezzled the horse meat he rewarded? This family has no firewood to burn and no meat to eat?"

Chen Ying, who has been a man in two lives, hated corrupt officials very much. In his previous life, he had no official position and had no choice but to do anything.At this time, he can take the Shangfang sword that Li Jiancheng invited him. If the officials are really corrupt, he doesn't mind some bloodshed on this New Year's Eve.

"Call the door!"

Before Liang Zan could call for the door, the door suddenly opened from the inside, and an old man in ragged clothes was sitting on the hall floor. The old man's ravine face was more like a piece of dead tree bark because of his depression.

Chen Ying leaned over and asked: "Dare to ask the old man, Lingzhou doesn't distribute horse meat, why are you still worrying at home?"

　Chapter 2V is also the third update today. The script has been submitted today, and we will rest on Saturday and Sunday.

　　
　
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