According to the tradition of revising the official history, breaking the capital and capturing (killing) the enemy chief is the destruction of the country!

Now, Hongzhou, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, has been broken, and Li Yu and his family have been captured, which means that the flowery Southern Tang Kingdom of the Li family has been destroyed!

At this moment, Li Zhongyi's mood is naturally extremely happy, and he even walks with a shoe wind!

"Your Majesty, the Southern Tang Dynasty has been destroyed, and all the grain in the south of the Yangtze River belongs to our country!"

Yang Wushuang, who also knows the secretary of the General Staff, made an unprecedented big shot, and the shooting was quite tortuous.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, the food and financial resources in Jiangnan are of course what he wants. In fact, the greater advantage of Jiangnan is actually the large population.

Unlike the Qiang Han Dynasty, which adopted the basic national policy of apportioning the land into the mu and has abolished the poll tax, whether it is the Southern Tang Dynasty or Wu Yue, they are still collecting the poll tax.

As long as the poll tax is collected, there will inevitably be a phenomenon of concealment and non-reporting, or under-reporting.

According to pre-war estimates, the total population of the entire Jiangnan region, that is, the Southern Tang Dynasty plus Wu and Yue, should be between 20 million and 25 million.

The population of the entire Qianghan Kingdom is only more than 40 million people, and if you add the population of the entire Jiangnan, I am afraid it will be at least more than 60 million people.

In addition, Shu had a population of nearly 10 million, and the Liu Han regime in Jinyang also controlled a population of more than 2 million.

According to the statistics of the reunification of the Central Plains in the future, there will be at least 70 million people.

70 million Han Chinese, this is definitely not a small number. You must know that a few hundred years later, when the so-called Kangqian Dynasty was prosperous, the total population of the entire Celestial Empire was only more than 100 million.

After removing the population of women, the old, the young, the sick and the disabled, even according to the conversion ratio of 30 people to support one soldier, Li Zhongyi can easily feed an army of one million people.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Zhongyi to adopt the method of fishing with all his might and using force with all his might. According to the strategy of sending 50 soldiers to one soldier, there was no problem in organizing a standing army of 300,000 men armed to the teeth.

Historically, after the Han regime was overthrown by the minority regime, the reason why it was not exterminated was that the huge population base actually played a crucial strategic role.

"Alas, it's a pity, the population is still too small!" Li Zhongyi's attention to population far exceeded that of previous rulers.

After all, farming, land reclamation, expeditions, the development of primary industry, the revitalization of commercial trade, and the fishing at sea (river) all require a large number of strong laborers.

More importantly, when colonizing overseas in the future, it will be able to fight and occupy it for a long time, and a large number of adult immigrants will also be needed.

By the time Li Zhongyi rode the "Little Blood Kill" and rushed back to Hongzhou City, the sky was already bright. The battle in the city is over, and the King's Banner has changed on the top of the city!

"Right Pavilion, how many enemy troops are there in Hongzhou City?" Li Zhongyi turned around slightly and asked He Dabei with a smile.

He Dabei, who also knew the secretary of the General Staff, replied without thinking: "Back to the emperor, there are about 34,000 people, between 40,000 and 40,000. ”

"The soldiers of our army who entered the city were only more than 10,000 people, and it was only more than two hours before the battle in the city ended and completely defeated the enemy who was several times larger than our army. Hehe, the combat effectiveness of the Southern Tang Army is really worrying! Li Zhongyi's mood is exceptionally good, and it is inevitable that he is a little complacent.

"The soldiers of Jiangnan are good at writing poetry, but they are not good at marching and fighting!" Yang Wushuang's sycophants are simply shameless and limitless.

Yang Wushuang said that he was talking about the soldiers of Jiangnan, but in fact, he was alluding to Li Yu, the lord of Jiangnan.

Han Xianglan on the side couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, these subordinates of her man usually hardly make sycophants.

However, when it came to the critical moment, when Li Zhongyi was in a great mood, his subordinates were more likely to be sycophants than the other!

"Hehe, tell me about it, what kind of title should Li Yu be given?" Li Zhongyi involuntarily floated a title in his mind, which was a very famous title, which was once recorded in the history books.

"Give back the knighthood?" He Dabei's eyes widened, and he said dissatisfiedly, "If you don't kill him, it's already extremely cheap." ”

"Yes, it is already the emperor's great favor to Li Yu." Yang Wushuang didn't expect that Li Zhongyi would actually plan to give Li Yu a knighthood

In the Li family's army, those who have no military merits are not knighted, which has become an iron law in the order, and even Li Zhongyi's sons still have no knights, let alone Li Yu, who broke the country?

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, those who have no military merits are not knighted, that refers to the serious titles in the imperial court rules and regulations, such as Weiyuan Marquis, Yongyi Bo and other famous weapons.

As for the title that Li Zhongyi intends to reward Li Yu, it is a title that is in name only, even insulting, and cannot be easily awarded to others.

After entering the city, Li Zhongyi noticed that the blood stains on the streets had not yet been completely cleaned. Above the streets, there is a disgusting smell of blood!

As the saying goes, it's better to be a peace dog than to leave people!

However, peace is important, but in order to calm the troubled times and unify the whole territory of China, the use of force has become the fastest way to achieve peace!

Although Hongzhou is the new capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is particularly desolate because of its remote location and the lack of prosperity.

The scene on both sides of the street, not to mention compared with the prosperous Kaifeng, even Jinling, the old capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, is far inferior!

Hongzhou City is not big, and soon, Li Zhongyi appeared in front of the palace surrounded by everyone.

"Your Majesty, the criminal minister Li Yu and his family are all restrained in the Shaoji Palace. The temple near the left side of the Taiji Hall has been simply cleaned up, and it can barely stay. Zhang Sanzheng, the commander of the pro-tooth battalion, stepped forward quickly and saluted.

Li Zhongyi nodded, Zhang Sanzheng was his confidant after all, and he knew a little about his temper and habits.

According to common sense, as Li Zhongyi's supreme status in the world, and as a victor, he should naturally settle in the most prominent palace in the palace, that is, the Taiji Palace.

"I'm a little tired, lead the way." Li Zhongyi wanted to repair Li Yu immediately, but he thought about it, Li Xiaoliuzi has become a caged bird, a turtle in an urn, and he is worried that there is no chance to repair it?

After settling down in the Taiji Palace, Li Zhongyi summoned Han Xianglan and instructed her to wait for bathing and changing clothes.

After sleeping soundly for a few hours, Li Zhongyi got up refreshed, and Han Xianglan waited for him to take a bath and change clothes, and then sat down at the dining table.

The virtuous bamboo lady is ready to eat. I saw that on the small dining table, there were a variety of all kinds of food, which made people can't help but have an appetite.