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Text 917. The Emperor¡¯s Fury (Part 2)

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    Soon, under the leadership of the staff of the Military Affairs Department led by Jing Wen, the entire Liaodong City became a state of chaos.  Originally, Li Shimin promised that those officials who surrendered could temporarily hold their original posts, but now they were all pulled out one by one and their homes were ransacked.  As long as there was a slight resistance, he would be killed on the spot.  As for the many people who thought they should not be arrested, they were all arrested.  And they took these surrendering officials to a crowded place in Liaodong City, obviously intending to question and kill them on the spot.  "The deputy city lord has countless rebels and intends to assassinate the emperor and the generals of the Tang Dynasty. The crime is unforgivable. Therefore, the emperor ordered us to punish them according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty by killing the nine tribes. The males of the nine tribes must be beheaded. The mastermind, Ling Chi,  And the women of the family entered the Tang Dynasty Qinglou. As for those who knew and refused to report, the whole family was beheaded as a warning. I hope everyone can cooperate with the Datang army in the future and not cause trouble to the Tang army. Now, let's start the execution!  ¡± With a large number of hands and swords falling, hundreds of heads were chopped off.  As for the last one, it was the prisoner responsible for Ling Chi.  They all have to use sharp knives to cut off the flesh piece by piece.  This kind of Lingchi usually needs to be tied tightly with a fishing net, and then separated with a knife.  However, this kind of punishment is very cruel, so most people will not use it.  Even if it was a domestic rebellion, Ling Chi was not used.  And now the first ones to "enjoy" it are actually the Goguryeo people.  When Jing Wen saw that Ling Chi was about to be executed, he took the initiative to leave.  "Sir, don't you take a look?" a staff officer asked.  "What are you looking at? If I saw it, I might not dare to eat meat for two months!" Jing Wen complained.  The staff officer had nothing to say. After all, this kind of Ling Chi was very bloody and cruel, so Jing Wen had better not look at it.  After all, if you watch it, you will really not dare to eat meat for two months.  And even many executioners dare not look at Ling Chi like this, so the cruelty of this punishment can be said to be unprecedented.  Jingwen arrived at the city lord¡¯s private residence.  Then I saw Duan Zhixuan, the Minister of Service, responsible for checking and counting some wealth.  "General Duan, have you found anything good?" Jing Wen asked.  Duan Zhixuan immediately said: "This city lord is really a rich man, and he has plundered so much wealth. Look, he has tens of thousands of acres of land alone, and the antiques and jades in his home are worth more than one million yuan.  . A city lord has more than one million gold, so how much wealth does Goguryeo have?" Jingwen immediately said: "Liaodong City is a big city, so it is not surprising that other cities have so much wealth.  There is so much wealth, but generally speaking, all the wealth in Goguryeo is worth hundreds of millions. However, these wealth are mainly concentrated in the big families of Goguryeo, so we should not focus on it.  For those ordinary people, this will not be good for our future rule and will damage the reputation of our Tang Army. " Jing Wen knows that most of the wealth in this world is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people.  After all, this has always been a historical law, and it does not mean that you can change it if you want to.  And even if Lao Maozi later engaged in communism, in the end the public wealth was concentrated in the hands of a small number of officials. This is actually the case.  Therefore, these Goguryeo nobles are wealthy, which also shows that Goguryeo is not actually a remote place.  If people are robbed, it will not only affect the image of the army among the people.  And it will also corrupt the military style.  Therefore, it is enough to just check the wealth of those high-ranking officials and nobles. This will not corrupt the morale of the army, and the harvest will not be small, which is much greater than robbing the common people.  "This Goguryeo city lord originally surrendered. According to the emperor's kindness, his wealth will not be confiscated. But now that he knows and refuses to report it, don't blame us for being ruthless. Therefore, he must be killed. Their wealth will also be taken away.  Deposit it into the treasury of the Tang Dynasty. Then according to the previous agreement, it will be divided among the soldiers, officers and generals, and even the common people who invested in the war stocks." Duan Zhixuan said.  And as for the wealth currently found in the homes of these Goguryeo officials.  They already have more than three million yuan, which is already one-third of the military expenditure raised.  In fact, the Tang Dynasty came to loot collectively this time, but it was not the common people who were looted, but the high-ranking officials of Goguryeo.  If these high-ranking officials surrendered voluntarily, Datang would not be able to divide their wealth.  But now they actually know the information and don't report it, which means they are seeking death.  Therefore, Jingwen also confiscated their wealth, and then prepared to distribute it as spoils of war to the people who invested in the war and bought war stocks.  Just one Liaodong city could collect so much wealth, which is enough to show how huge the profits can be from conquering a country.  And with wealth, soldiers can be stimulated to continue fighting.  Because these soldiers can also get twoThe war stocks of stocks can get dividends when the time comes.  As for the generals who lead the troops and the civil servants who are responsible for organizing the civilians in the back, they can also obtain war stocks accordingly, so that they can also receive dividends.  Under this dividend system, everyone can work harder on fighting and transporting.  After all, the more trophies the frontline troops get, the more dividends they can get.  Jing Wen also hopes that those Goguryeo people will surrender less, so that the Tang Dynasty may gain more wealth, which will make those who buy war stocks richer and richer, and then form a virtuous cycle of conquest.  Not long after, Jing Wen returned to Li Shimin after beheading those who participated in the assassination, as well as those who did not report the incident.  "Your Majesty, those rebels have been executed, what should we do next?" Jing Wen asked.  And Li Shimin said: "What else can be done? Continue the attack and completely destroy Goguryeo!" Li Shimin originally just wanted to regain the territory and destroy Goguryeo.  But now Li Shimin also has a personal vendetta against Goguryeo, that is, this Goguryeo wants to assassinate him, so there is absolutely nothing to say.  Goguryeo will undoubtedly die, and the high-ranking officials and nobles of Goguryeo will probably not end well.  Jingwen understands this very well, and so do the senior generals. They definitely have no intention of letting Goguryeo go, because they almost assassinated them before!  Soon, the soldiers who attacked Liaodong City were summoned again and prepared to continue the battle.  They will continue to move northeast, attack directly from Liaodong to the Korean Peninsula in later generations, and capture Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. 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