Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 564: Payment
According to Li Yue's edict, everything that could be moved in Dragon City was loaded into trucks and taken away. The Murong family's palace was demolished, and the stone and wood were left and sent to the Zimeng River in the north to build Daning City, completely renovating this area. The geomantic treasures of Donghu, Yuwen and Khitan have become the pastures of Daliang.

As for the utensils in the palace, they were all parked outside the city one after another, as far as the eye could see.

Even though the people of the Yan Kingdom were poorly dressed and decent, the royal family of the Yan Kingdom were extremely rich. Any family could easily dig out tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass, hundreds of livestock, more than a thousand servants, gold, silver, money and silk. There are countless more.

Li Yue also organized a torture camp and handed it over to Yang Lue to search for fish that had slipped through the net.

There are so many members of the Murong family, it is impossible to kill them all.

There are still many city lords and powerful chiefs in the city. After the death of the Yan Kingdom, they are of little value to Daliang.

The only thing that gave Li Yue a headache was that there were too many things and he couldn't take them back, so he had to temporarily build wooden carts. All the Heiyun soldiers who went on the expedition shared some.

Cui Jin, Jia Jian, and Lu Bozao brought the troops to the town. Those who were willing to stay were given [-] acres of pasture or [-] acres of fertile land each. Houses were built by the court and distributed with cattle and farm tools. Each family had three slaves. .

From now on, the town army was only responsible for fighting wars, suppressing local barbarians, and multiplying the population. Farming and herding were completed by slaves.

Daliang had a special slave register and laws governing slaves.

This prevents the slaves from revolting due to excessive oppression, and also gives the slaves a little hope that their heirs can escape from slavery and become children, but still have a personal dependence relationship with their masters.

It's not that Li Yue reversed history, but that slaves are common in this era.

At that time, Duan Rilu, the leader of the Duan clan, and Shi Le were all slaves.

Existence is reasonable, and times have their own laws. Many people who cannot survive can only survive by relying on nobles, nobles, and chiefs.

Similarly, foreign races that cannot survive in the grasslands and Liaodong can rely on the people of Liang and the common people as slaves.

This is actually a process of assimilation.

The pay camp achieved great results. Murong Cingjia alone produced 10,000+ stones, grain and grass, and gold, jade, money, and silk were equivalent to 4000 million yuan, which was more than the treasury of the Yan State. He was truly wealthy and could rival the country.

This does not include his family's servants, fields, tribes...

In view of Murong Ping's outstanding contributions, Li Yue gave him the title of Shizhong, Zuopushe of the Ministry of Revenue, and Jiandehou, in recognition of his accumulation of so much money and food for Daliang.

The greed of human nature sometimes leaves Li Yue speechless.

How can there be a complete egg under the nest?

If the country is gone, how can he keep his wealth?
If they had fully supported Yue Wan and Murong Ke's reforms, they would not have fallen to this point.

However, this kind of thing happens again and again in history...

"Murong Ping is greedy, how can he be granted the title of marquis? Zuopushe of the Ministry of Household Affairs is an important position and cannot be given away lightly."

Cui Jin was the only one who dared to talk to Li Yue like this.

Li Yue thought the same thing. One of the main reasons for the collapse of the Jin Dynasty and the Yan Kingdom was that there were too many princes. Although Murong Ping was granted a false title, it was not easy for the soldiers who charged into the battle.

The key point is that Murong Ping's reputation in the Yan Kingdom was really bad. He sold firewood and sold water and accumulated money as thick as a hill. In other words, the soldiers and common people of the Yan Kingdom had to pay him for a sip of water or a handful of firewood...

In history, the Yan army's 30-strong army was defeated by the Qin army's [-]-man army, which was all due to him...

From now on, he will be the servant of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and a grain of mouse droppings will ruin a pot of porridge.

"What brother said is true." Li Yue followed the good example and immediately revised it. Since Murong Ping liked gold so much and even wore a sultry golden armor after losing a battle, he simply made him a Jin Zi Guang Lu doctor as a reward for his praise.

In the old system of the Han and Wei dynasties, those with gold seals and purple ribbons were called Jinzi Guanglu Doctors, and those with silver seals and green ribbons were called Yinqing Guanglu Doctors.

Gold and purple are three, and silver and green are three.

It is regarded as a recognition of special contributors.

"From now on, I will entrust Liaodong to my brother!" Li Yue handed over his hand.Cui Jin has grown a short beard, and his demeanor has become more elegant. In terms of appearance, he can be said to be the best in Daliang. Although he has a high position, he is low-key and cautious. He is completely different from Wang Meng. As long as he nods and joins the Cui family, he will be the best in Daliang. A force, but it has kept a distance from the Cui family for so many years, and has an excellent reputation in the local area.

Although his ability is not that good, he is stable enough and good at defense. He is Li Yue's sworn brother and is the best person to guard Liaodong.

"I'm afraid it's difficult for me to do this job alone. Your Majesty needs to send someone else."

"Haha, brother is so humble."

"It is not out of humility that Liaodong will be reorganized and there are thousands of things to do. I can protect Liaodong from foreign troubles. However, if Liaodong wants to achieve great governance, it must be a great minister of agriculture." Cui Jin said seriously.

Da Sinong is also Zhou Qian.

He is responsible for most of the transformation of the Central Plains from scorched land into fertile wilderness.

If you want to run Liaodong, you must have this person.

In the future, the sea route will be smooth, and the grain and various materials produced in Liaodong can go directly by sea and be directly connected to the Central Plains canal system.

Even in later generations, the huge Liaodong is a treasure land.

"Yes, but I will give it to Da Sinong to rest for half a year, and then go north." Li Yue's "Huang Liang Ancestral Instructions" after Li Yue added another article: Don't give up Liaodong.

The ancestral motto of Emperor Hongwu was that he would not conquer this or that, and would restrict the country to death.

Li Yue, on the contrary, pointed out the direction of development for Daliang. It can take decades or hundreds of years to advance slowly, but it must be done...

History is always moving forward, and those who remain stubborn will perish.

"One more thing. There are many people in Xianbei, Liaodong. Your Majesty promoted Murong Ping instead of Murong Wei, which is disrespectful to Daliang's dignity and magnanimity." Cui Jin cupped his hands and said.

"Feng Murong Wei?" Murong Wei had always had no sense of presence, and Li Yue had almost forgotten about the mother and son.

"Your Majesty, please don't forget that Murong Chui is our general on the left."

As the Liang Kingdom regained You, merged and annexed the Yan Kingdom, more and more Xianbei people came under their rule.

Their hearts need to be won over.

Historically, the Sima family treated Liu Chan kindly, and Huo Yi, the governor of Southern Central, led six counties to surrender, and he was determined to guard the southwest for the Jin Dynasty.

With a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, it is still necessary to use both strength and softness to deal with Murong.

Moreover, among the Xianbei tribes in Liaodong, there was more than one Murong clan, and it was necessary to grant Murong Wei a title to appease them all.

Even the likes of Zhang Ping and Liu Guo were granted marquis status. Murong Wei really wanted to treat them well and set an example for the Tuoba family and the Fu family.

"Murong Wei can be granted the title of Duke of Changli County. He can worship the Yan family and the ancestral temple, provide food, clothing, housing, and transportation. He can use the etiquette of the King of Yan. He can also be granted the title of Mrs. Yan of the Hun clan."

Anyway, Murong Wei and Kezu Hun moved to Yecheng, and there was no harm in keeping them in captivity under their noses.

After the business talk was over, Cui Jin was left to have a drink, recalling the days when he was struggling to survive on Black Cloud Mountain, as if it was a lifetime ago.

"It's a pity that brother...is not here..." Cui Jin still couldn't forget Meng Kai.

They almost starved to death in their early years, and it was Meng Kai who fought with his knife everywhere that allowed the two of them to survive.

"Meng Kuan is eleven this year. He is both civil and military, and extremely brave. In two years he will be able to contribute to Daliang." Li Yue regarded Meng Kai's children as his own.

"In this case, brother, you can rest in peace!" Cui Jin poured a bottle of wine on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Governor, report on the battle of Xuantu." Cui Hong bowed and reported outside the hall.

(End of this chapter)