A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1017 This is the kindness of a woman
Luzon.

The shogunate located in the castle, the two pavilions and the three courtyards all have offices here, and the state government office is next door.

In the East Pavilion courtyard,

Dongge Youjiu Zhao Yi was busy in the office. The Wu family consolidated various strongholds in Luzon and established prefectures and counties. Dongge was responsible for all administrative affairs. The affairs were very busy, especially because the organization was not perfect and there was a shortage of manpower everywhere. .

Official documents piled up on the docket, all waiting for approval.

The governor Wu Chengzhi was only ten years old and could not handle Luzon affairs personally. The Duke of Jin came forward to form the Luzon shogunate and handed over the administration, military affairs, and finance to the two cabinets and three houses respectively. Luzon was quickly getting on the right track.

"Mr. Zhao, it's lunch time. Let's go to the cafeteria to eat together."

At the door, Zuo Jijiu Tang Fengxiao appeared. This dark-skinned Kunlun slave always smiled and was polite to everyone. He looked like the Kunlun slaves who worked hard at Luzon Wharf, but he was like Lian Zhao. Colleagues that Yidu has to respect.

"It's already noon in the blink of an eye," Zhao Yi sighed as he sorted out the documents in front of him. He really forgot the time when he was so busy.

"Let's go, let's go. We have to be busy with official duties, but it's also important to fill our stomachs. I heard that a sheep was slaughtered in the cafeteria today and there will be stewed mutton for dinner." Tang Fengxiao said with a smile, "Although the seafood in Luzon is delicious, but every day When I eat it, I really miss the mutton in the north, especially the Tan sheep from Shuofang Lingyan, which is so delicious. It’s a rare opportunity.”

Zhao Yi got up and walked out.

He and Tang Fengxiao had no friendship before. Although they both worked for the Wu family, Tang Fengxiao used to work in Qianjintang and other Wu family firms for a long time. However, Tang Fengxiao became a famous businessman in the world outside the Wu family, and even held a position in the court. Outside the Ministry of Industry.

Now the two are partners, responsible for the administration of the East Pavilion of the Shogunate, and they are working well together for the time being.

Tang is a bit fierce-looking, but he is usually very polite and gentle. He doesn't like to argue or be tough.

“What day is it today and a sheep is being slaughtered?”

"When good news comes, it's natural to kill a sheep to celebrate."

"Good news?"

Tang Fengxiao smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao has been busy in the house all morning. He hasn't heard the good news from Mo Yi yet."

"Did you win?" Zhao Yi asked, then smiled, "Alang personally fought, so it is natural that we won, but the speed was a bit fast. Alang and the others should be Moyi who arrived yesterday, and the news of success was reported today."

"Well, Duke Wu arrived yesterday and defeated the enemy in a battle. The news of the victory was only sent back in the morning. The main reason was the delay on the road."

canteen.

The news of the good news has spread, everyone is smiling, and the canteen specially slaughtered a sheep for a meal to celebrate.

There are hand-caught mutton rice, water basin mutton soup, boiled prawns, pan-fried hairtail, and even steamed crabs, as well as three vegetables.

Extraordinarily rich, just like the Chinese New Year.

There are many yamen in the castle. At this stage, each yamen is newly built and the canteen is not yet complete, so for the time being, we will eat in the large canteen.

All government officials and clerks are together, but they are divided into two areas: officials and clerks.

The cafeteria provides a free lunch at noon.
Zhao Yi and Tang Fengxiao both went to the window to order dishes. Today there were eight meat and vegetable dishes. They also ordered a little of each, and then found an empty table to sit down.

Everyone also knew that these two wine worshipers had high status and did not dare to disturb them.

"Mr. Tang, what are the specific circumstances of this battle? Do you have a detailed report?"

Tang Fengxiao first drank a few mouthfuls of the mutton soup, which tasted just right, the deliciousness of the beach sheep from his hometown. The green fresh chopped green onions sprinkled in the soup made the soup even more delicious.

I drank a few big mouthfuls of soup and then a piece of mutton.

Satisfy.

"Actually, there is nothing to elaborate on. This battle is just a mantis trying to block the car. Those natives are overestimating their own capabilities. They thought that the Panlaka clan has thirty-three large families united, and the total number of families exceeds three hundred, with a population of tens of thousands. , who has dominated the plains on both sides of the Panlaka River for a long time, thinks that he has more,

Yesterday's battle was really nothing worth describing in detail. It was just crushing, pure crushing. As soon as Duke Wu led his fleet to arrive, he landed directly ashore, and then defeated thousands of people in one rush.
To defeat the enemy, just charge.
To put it more precisely, Li Keyong, who was given the surname of the country, defeated them with eighteen cavalry in his office."

Defeat the enemy in an instant,

The Luzon army spent more time chasing the captured and defeated army.
Thousands of barbarians fled in all directions, just like thousands of pigs being slaughtered. It took a lot of effort to block them all and capture them.

This battle was won beautifully,

The Luzon Army was first established, and this was the first battle.
There were basically no casualties.
The results of the battle were astonishing. They defeated and captured all the enemies several times their size.

The siege of Moyi has been solved,
For the Panlaka tribe, this is the end.

"Thousands of people were captured at one time?"

"Well, all the people gathered in Panlaka to surround Moyi were captured. Now Duke Wu leads his troops and is sailing along the river to wipe out all the villages in Panlaka."

Zhao Yi was surprised when he heard this.

He has always been a businessman and the shopkeeper of the Wu family. Whether he was in charge of a medicine shop or a trading house later, war is far away from him.

But now he has become the shogunate's Dongge sacrificial wine, a Luzon official, and even one of the minds on administrative matters.

He asked, "Then this war will be over soon. How does Duke Wu plan to deal with the aftermath?" Tang Fengxiao smiled, "Why does Duke Zhao have this question? Pan Laka took the initiative to provoke the war. Now that the war is over, they will naturally have to bear the responsibility." The consequences of starting a war.”

What are the consequences?
Needless to say, the Panlaka tribe has been wiped out from now on. Those thirty-three big houses and almost three hundred villages below, whether it is their upper-level leaders, the middle-level people who are attached to them, and the lower-level people, Slave, there is only one result,
All will be captured and made slaves.

The gold and copper resources on Moyi Island are very rich, but mining requires a lot of manpower. Now it can just solve the problem of lack of miners. With so many mining slaves added at once, the output can be greatly increased.

Zhao Yi was peeling the crab and was a little distracted.

Suddenly I felt that war is so cruel,

"Tang Gong, the entire Panlaka clan, including their slaves, must be tens of thousands of people, right? It's a bit cruel to rob them all as slaves, isn't it a bit cruel?

And I think the other indigenous people in Luzon are definitely watching this war between the Panlacka tribe. We defeat them, then destroy their tribe and demote them all into slaves. Will this lead to death? Hu Bei, will the Luzon natives unite to resist us? "

"If all the natives are enemies of us, then Luzon may also be in trouble next time. Can we consider killing a group of people after the war, and pacifying another group, so that the Panlacka people can submit to Luzon and make their families uniform? , tax service?”

The main island of Luzon is big enough, and there are many islands outside the main island.
Although the natives are weak, they have many tribes;

The most important thing is that Zhao Yi believes that although Luzon is now making every effort to immigrate here, the population growth is still too slow.
They have only established twenty-four strongholds now, including the four new strongholds that were added just this month. They rely solely on immigrants from the Central Plains. It is too slow and they cannot develop a land as vast as Luzon.

It would be better to conquer and absorb some natives, as long as they are willing to surrender and be organized into households. There is no need to kill them all and take them all as slaves.

Tang Fengxiao smiled after hearing what he said.

"The man who was in charge of Qianjintang before Mr. Zhao was in the medicine business. It is said that there was a couplet on the door of the first drugstore in Qianjintang, which said, "I wish there would be no suffering in the world, and I would rather put medicine on the shelf to make a living. Those who work in this business really look at it." Having gone through too many human sufferings, my heart is charitable.”

He put down his chopsticks and said to Zhao Yida seriously, "But when governing a place, even governing such a large fiefdom for Sanlang, you must not be too kind, otherwise it will be a woman's kindness and weakness.

Zhao Gongdang also knows a saying: Compassion does not control military affairs, justice does not manage finances. "

"This war was started by the Panlaka tribe, but even without the Panlaka tribe, we would have had a war with the indigenous people sooner or later.
To them, we are outsiders after all.

As for us, since we are here, we must control this place. This place is already under the rule of the Tang Dynasty Empire. Even Jisu Prefecture is part of the Tang Dynasty.

This is already a hereditary territory granted to Wu Sanlang by His Majesty the Emperor.

Why did Lord Wu personally take part in this battle and bring Saburo with him?

That's because this battle must be fought, and it must be fought decisively and won beautifully, without being sloppy or hesitant. "

"I also understand what Mr. Zhao said. We can adopt those policies when dealing with other tribes in the future, but now, this time, we cannot.
It has to be hard, it has to be ruthless enough, and there is no room for compromise. "

"The Panlaka clan must be wiped out, and the entire clan must be reduced to slavery. This is a shock and a clear example."

Zhao Yi felt his scalp was numb.

He could understand what Tang Fengxiao said, but he was still a little complicated in his heart.

a long time,

He asked Tang Fengxiao, "What will we do next in Dongge?"

"This battle will be over soon. The Panlaka tribe will be wiped out. Most of the captives may stay in Moyi mining. As for the merit test and rewards after the war, that is the business of the Western Pavilion.
We, Dongge, are responsible for administration. After the destruction of the Panlaka tribe, we, Dongge, can prepare to take over some of the 300 or so villages they originally had, and immigrate them to cultivate them, or sell some to immigrants, or sell them to some businesses for trade. Tuen,"

After this battle,

Although there are still many natives on Moyi Island,
But the strongest tribe on the island was wiped out, and the largest plain on the island would fall under Luzon's control.
Moyi will usher in opportunities for rapid development and may even become the fifth county in Luzon.

Dongge is responsible for administration, and they will definitely need to send more manpower to Moyi Castle.

The two of them chatted while eating,

The war will be completely over, but no one will think that there will be any recurrences or surprises. All the young and strong men in Panlaka were destroyed on the battlefield of Moyi Castle, and they were all made prisoners. The remaining old and weak women and children in the villages With a small amount of young people, what kind of waves can they stir up?

"There are more than 300 villages, and there is a lot of ready-made farmland. Next, we can arrange a large number of immigrants there,"

"You can also sell part of the land immediately,"

No matter how it was dealt with, Dongge, the Luzon shogunate, suddenly had 300 more villages in his hands, ready-made villages, and a lot of fields.
Zhao Yidao said, "This time the Lu Song Army won such a big victory and captured so many prisoners. When the time comes, they will be rewarded according to their merits. They will have to pay money and silk, and they will also reward Xundian. It will be a big expense. Xuntian is ready-made." Wow, this money is quite a lot of money.”

"Don't worry about the money and silk. Those captives sold into the mines as slaves will get a large amount of money and silk immediately. It will be more than enough for the reward and it can also replenish the treasury." Tang Fengxiao said.

"By the way, there is one more thing. Duke Wu asked the person who delivered the good news to bring a message, saying that there are many baby buffaloes on Moyi Island. They are naturally short and very special. They are also considered a local specialty. Duke Wu said that he would send a batch of them. Go to Chang'an to pay tribute to Your Majesty and the Crown Prince. Let us prepare and arrange for ships and personnel to escort it to Guangzhou Hongdao Port, and then send it to Chang'an via Guangzhou. "

"Are you just sending the little buffalo? What about the captives? Do you want the elders and clan chiefs of the Panlaka people to be sent to Chang'an?"

Tang Fengxiao shook his head, how could he send the natives of Luzon to Chang'an, especially the elders and chiefs of the Panlaka tribe who were at war with the Wu family? Do you all know the truth about Lu Song of the Wu family?

Sending some small buffaloes is a tribute souvenir to show your affection. It may even make the emperor think that after seeing such small buffaloes that will not grow up, Luzon is really just a desert island in the sea, and even the cows are just To be able to grow so big, the place is very poor and there is no illusion of development potential.

None of Panlaka's prisoners of war could leave Luzon.

Zhao Yi finally came to his senses. He lowered his head and ate the food in silence. Tang Fengxiao also continued to enjoy his favorite mutton. He felt that Zhao Yi was not bad.

(End of this chapter)