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Chapter 300 You can only make a fortune if you make a fortune
Soldiers from the Dingling Department and the Mohe Department pushed chicken carts and lined up in a long line to the granary in Baiyan City one by one, and then came back with a full load one after another.

Li Chongjiu and the generals felt that the trip was worthwhile when they saw this full of food and grass.As the saying goes, it is not easy to come to Liaodong, let alone be soft-hearted, as much as you can grab, anyway, the reinforcements in Liaodong City have been defeated by Li Chongjiu, and there will be no more movement in Liaodong City. , is also on the south line, so there is nothing to worry about.

So Li Chongjiu released all the cavalry and dispersed to patrol and plunder the cities of Goguryeo.All the cities in eastern Liaodong were in emergency and warned, and the flames of war suddenly raged.

Li Chongjiu stayed in Baiyan City for three days, and then felt that it was almost done, and began to return to the army.

Because there is a lot of food and grass, the rooster carts are not enough. Sure enough, the sacks of each soldier are also useful. Li Chongjiu ordered that anyone with a horse should carry five shi of rice, and the soldiers should carry three shi of rice. Down.

The cavalry plundered all the food they took with them. As for the captured Goguryeo soldiers and civilians, there were more than 2 people, and they also took them with them to move south.These Goguryeo people were exiled from their homeland, and many of them showed sadness.

Along the way, Li Chongjiu's army walked slowly, making a circle between the cities of Liaodong.On the top of the city, the Goguryeo army saw Li Chongjiu's huge army, which looked like an armed parade. The soldiers of the whole city were huddled in the city and did not dare to fight.

In the end, Li Chongjiu led the army across the Liao River and returned to Liaodong, all the way smoothly.
It was only later that I heard that Goguryeo was facing Lu Yizhi Wende at that time. He personally led the three tribes of the southeast and the north to rush back from the southern line against Silla, as well as the two reinforcements of Mohe and Khitan, a total of 15 troops. Behind Li Chongjiu, when the vanguard cavalry chased to the Liaohe River, it had been two days since Li Chongjiu's army crossed the river, and suddenly they couldn't even hope to sigh.

Li Chongjiu's victory over Goguryeo again not only made Li Chongjiu's prestige in the grassland even higher, but also shocked the various tribes in Liaodong, especially the Khitan and Mohe tribes in Liaodong who were swinging between Sui and Liao. Army, this new rising force now seems to be able to wrestle with Goguryeo.

Sumo Mohe, in particular, was split during the Sui Dynasty. One part of Tudiji was attached to Sui Ting, while the other part was attached to Goguryeo. However, the Goguryeo people have always treated the people of Sumo Mohe very badly, forcing them to pay ginseng, Mink fur, famous horse, bead, handsome eagle, beeswax, linen and so on.

Therefore, under this oppression, many Sumo Mohe tribes wanted to betray Goguryeo. This time they saw Tudiji's reuse in Li Chongjiu's army, especially the generous rewards given to Liaoxi Mohe this time, and the compensation for the fallen soldiers. They saw how sincere Li Chongjiu was to the Mohe people.

So under the instigation of Tudiji, the people,

When Li Chongjiu's army returned to Liaoshui, there were three Sumo Mohe tribes with no fewer than a thousand people who came from afar to go to Tudiji and asked to cross the south of the river together. The largest one even had as many as 3000 people. .In addition, there are also many people from the Dingling clan who deliberately come to Nantou to attach themselves to Cui Xu.After the two reported to Li Chongjiu, Li Chongjiu asked them all to resettle their new clansmen in Liaoxi County.

After that, Li Chongjiu's army passed through the White Wolf River Valley and arrived at Liucheng.The fans will start the spoils distribution meeting, and Li Chongjiu will still take half of it himself, and distribute the rest to the fans.As for the more than 2 Goguryeo people who were captured with them, the generals hoped that Li Chongjiu would continue to give them slaves, but this time Li Chongjiu didn't think so.

Li Chongjiu's decision was to place these Goguryeo people in Shanggu and Yanmen counties.These two counties have not recovered from the destruction during many wars, so they are extremely short of people to work, and many fields are barren.So Li Chongjiu decided to let these Goguryeo people resettle and farm in the two counties.

As soon as Li Chongjiu mentioned this opinion, he was opposed by all the generals.Most of the opponents were the generals of the Han people. They believed that in the past few decades, the Goguryeo people and the Han people fought against each other, so they forged a big enemy.Before Li Chongjiu didn't kill them, it was a great grace to survive. You must know that they killed all the prisoners of the Sui army and built them into Jingguan.

They were careful to resettle the Goguryeo people as civilians, and they might raise tigers in the future.Bite Li Chongjiu back.

But Li Chongjiu did not have this worry. Historically, after the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, all the old people of Goguryeo were moved from the southeast of Liaodong to the Central Plains for resettlement.

History has proved that Han culture has a strong assimilation function, and these Goguryeo people are gradually Sinicized.Not only did the Tang Dynasty not be wary of them, but they also reused the Goguryeo people who were very good at fighting. In the middle Tang Dynasty, the Goguryeo warrior group was already an important combat force in the Tang army as the "multinational force" at that time.

During the Anlushan Rebellion, Wang Sili and other Koguryo warriors were loyal to the Tang Dynasty and fought fiercely with the rebels.Among them, the most famous Goguryeo general was Gao Xianzhi, the most famous general in the world at that time.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu decided to move these Goguryeo people to the south to Shanggu and Yanmen counties. Zhao Wansan, Chen Ke, and Gao Chu were responsible for this matter.

Li Chongjiu decided to organize these Goguryeo people into military households and farm according to dictation, but they do not have to pay taxes.Shanggu, the land of Yanmen, can grow two seasons of wheat. I believe that the life of the Goguryeo people will be better than that of Liaodong, and what they do is to serve. Once they are recruited, they must fight for Li Chongjiu for the army.

The people of Goguryeo were speechless when they heard that Li Chongjiu would not sell them into slavery and became military households, because this was already the greatest grace for them.

After returning to Ji County, all the officials came outside the city to congratulate Li Chongjiu on his victory over Goguryeo and his return to Liaodong, but Wei Zheng was the only one who could not.

I heard that Wei Zheng, the county magistrate, was sick at home.Li Chongjiu knew from the bottom of his heart that he was rewarding the three armies in Ji County at the moment, but he himself came to Wei Zheng's mansion that night.

When Li Chongjiu came to Wei Zheng's mansion, Wei Zheng was revising official documents in his clothes.

Li Chongjiu didn't want to report to others, so he went into the mansion and said, "Why should Wei Juncheng work sick?"

Wei Zheng looked up at Li Chongjiu, but didn't speak, and continued to correct the official documents.Li Chongjiu touched a soft nail, but he was amused, and he was not polite at the moment, he directly picked up the drink on Wei Zheng's table and drank it, and read Wei Zheng's revised official document.

After Wei Zheng wrote another article, he stopped writing and said, "Please forgive me, Mr. Gu. Wei doesn't like chatting with others while dealing with official business."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Why is Wei Juncheng not here today?"

Wei Zheng said with a trembling beard, "Mr. Shanggu wants to hear the truth or lies."

"But it doesn't matter."

Wei Zhengchang sighed, and said, "Mr. Shanggu, do you still remember what we said when you called me?"

"remember."

Wei Zhengyan said: "At that time, I told you that the reason why I gave up Wei Guogong and voted for you Shanggu Duke was because Li Mi refused to accept my words. The sheriff, originally thought that the Shanggu Guild thought I was serious and would obey me, but he did not expect Wei to stop the wine shop and set up a warehouse for many times, but the Shanggu Lord did not accept it."

Speaking of this, Wei Zhengyan said: "How is this different from Li Mi's treatment of me at the beginning? I have no ambitions to display. I really don't want to be the county magistrate anymore."

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Could it be that Wei Juncheng's official position is just to display his ambition?"

Wei Zheng pinched his beard in silence for a while, and said: "A real man doesn't take anything other than fame and fortune, I don't love profit, but I also want to leave a name in history, so as to comfort my life.

Li Chongjiu said in his heart that this famous official in history was so thoughtful. Could it be that this famous official in history was a person who sold his name and sold his integrity?
Speaking of this, Wei Zheng paused and said: "Emissary Li, I know that everyone in Zhuo County praises Wei as a capable official, a dry official, and he is diligent in doing things. Except for sleeping for two hours a day, he is always in bed. Work in the yamen. If they know that Wei is a famous person, will they see me clearly?"

Li Chongjiu saw that Wei Zheng also looked distressed, and said immediately: "A friend of mine once told me that one should think about benefiting one side when serving as an official. What are the concerns of countless Wei Juncheng, but you are in your position and work hard. It is what everyone sees, it is for the benefit of the common people, so why not, whether it is love for the name or love for the people, are you right?"

Wei Zheng suddenly said after hearing this: "Mencius said that the people are the most important, the community is second, and the monarch is the lightest. As an official, you should think about benefiting one side, and Wei is a favorite name, but as long as one piece is for the people and the community, why care about other things?" Mr. Shanggu's words really made Wei feel ashamed."

Li Chongjiu laughed out loud.

Wei Zheng unraveled his knot, and immediately said: "In this case, Wei has to stick to his own opinion. To set up a wine shop privately and use grain for wine is to waste the granary and despise the people's livelihood instead of setting up a righteous warehouse. In the future, natural disasters will cause the people to suffer. Therefore, no matter whether it is for himself or for the people, Wei must ask Lord Shanggu to agree to Wei's request."

Li Chongjiu thought for a while and said: "What Wei Juncheng said makes sense. In the past, we didn't set up righteous warehouses, but we were worried about not having enough food. Now I have broken Liaodong, and the food won can support [-] troops for half a year. There is no need to worry about military rations. In this case, Wei Juncheng might as well use two-thirds of the rice grain in Zhuojun's granary as a righteous warehouse. As for one-third of the rice grain, it can be used for flat purchases."

Pingzhun is to stabilize prices, while the law of buying and selling is that officials buy rice in good years and sell rice in bad years.

This was used by Li Kui in the Wei State during the Warring States Period. It was used to protect farmers and suppress business, to combat hoarding, to prevent rice from being too expensive to hurt the people, and too cheap to hurt the farmers.

After hearing this, Wei Zheng jumped up, clasped his fists and said: "It's settled like this, Mr. Shanggu, you must be quick to whip your horse with your words, and you must not go back on your word."

Li Chongjiu saw that Wei Zheng was worried that he would go back on his word, so he laughed and said, "It's the so-called wealth that can make you a good product. In the past, when there was a shortage of food, I didn't dare to agree like this, but now I have enough food and grass, so Wei Juncheng will let it go." do it!"

"Promise!" Wei Zheng agreed loudly.

(End of this chapter)