Of course, even if they defected to the Tang Dynasty anyway, these former Ming high-ranking officials don't expect to get any good treatment, those are the best, and the best is to give a vacant position at most, and then place them under residential surveillance.

However, more of them continue to be under house arrest, and they don't even have a false position.

As for when I will be free, it will definitely be later!

Zhang Yue's fate in the future, it is estimated that it is similar to many high-ranking officials of the former Ming Dynasty who were captured by the Tang Dynasty, and it will not be long before there will be a letter of Zhang Yue's blood to control the puppet Ming Dynasty, saying how bad the former Ming is, he did not see the facts clearly before, and has been deceived for many years, and now after seeing the glory and greatness of the Son of Heaven, he will suddenly wake up, from now on, he will definitely serve the Tang Dynasty well, and resolutely fight against the remnants of the puppet Ming Dynasty!

Then this article, whether it is written by Zhang Yue himself or ghostwritten by the great writers in the court newspaper department, will be published in the Tang Dynasty newspaper and let the world see it.

When people all over the world see it, they will have an understanding: Wow, even Zhang Yue has surrendered, my Datang is really awesome!

But in fact, what will happen to Zhang Yue? If nothing else, he will be imprisoned, even if he really takes the initiative to kneel and lick the Holy Son of Heaven and Datang, but the best treatment is house arrest.

Freedom, he probably didn't expect to get it in his life.

Since Zhang Yue was caught, his fate, except for a few parties, is estimated to be no one cares, even Li Xuan, who had just returned to Jiujiang, got a report from Hanyang, saying that after he caught Zhang Yue, he didn't pay much attention.

Catch it, catch it, it's nothing remarkable.

Today's Datang is no longer the Datang of a few years ago, in the past, they were very excited to be able to seize a prefect or something, and the whole world knew that our Datang had captured a prefect of the Ming Dynasty.

But before the Tang Dynasty, even Jinling and Youzhou were conquered, and even Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Shaowu committed suicide because of defeat.

If you really want to talk about it, Zhang Yue's previous official position is not as good as these high-ranking officials!

In fact, in the past, Datang was like a poor dick, and he finally made a little money, and he couldn't wait to let everyone around him know that Lao Tzu was rich, you should come and envy and hate me!

But after this gets richer and richer, I will slowly not deliberately show that I am rich everywhere, because at that time, you don't have to say it yourself, everyone knows that you are rich!

To put it simply, it's still pretending to be forced, but in the past, it was by bragging, and now it is relying on strength!

As for not pretending to be forced, it is impossible, if they can't pretend to be forced, why are they working so hard to unify China!

After catching Zhang Yue, there will naturally be people to deal with related affairs in the future, such as conducting public opinion propaganda to shake the confidence of the remnants of the supervising standard who are still digging up resistance.

Especially to let those military and political officials of King Jing's regime know that you see, Zhang Yue is finished, he has succumbed, and you still resist a fart, so you can simply surrender.

After arriving in Jiujiang, Li Xuan did not stay in Jiujiang for too long, but only stayed in Jiujiang for a day, and this day of stay still allowed the soldiers of the Guards to rest a little bit.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he Li Xuan naturally took a comfortable special royal boat all the way, or took a large carriage directly on land, whether it was a boat or a carriage, the comfort was naturally nothing to say, even the civil and military ministers who came with him did not have to worry about fatigue and other problems.

But for ordinary Guards soldiers, as well as many retinues, it was not very pleasant to travel hundreds of kilometers.

Moreover, in order to ensure strategic security, the officers and men of the Guards did not all take ships, but were divided into two parts, one part of which took the land route on the shore and one side took a boat.

Needless to say, walking hundreds of kilometers, even if it is only a dozen kilometers a day, but it is tiring, even if it is a boat, it is a lot of people crowded into one boat, don't expect any comfort.

And the Guards are his guards pro-army, Li Xuan naturally will not ignore the feelings of ordinary soldiers, this is very necessary to go for a while, stop for a while, so that the soldiers can rest and rest.

Otherwise, Li Xuan would have taken a boat all the way down the river to the east, and it wouldn't take long to return to Jinling.

But will Li Xuan throw down the guards and then run back directly by himself?

Impossible!

Without the guards by his side, even if Jinling City was the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan would not dare to go back alone, who knew what kind of things he would face after he went back.

What if there are any careerists in Jinling City who want to kill themselves?

You must know that the current Li Xuan is a person who has a son, and after killing Li Xuan, the courtiers can support one of the princes to ascend the throne as the emperor, and use the body of the founding hero to hold the young lord hostage, which is not too cool.

Even if Jinling City is safe, if there is any accident on the way, for example, an official or general along the way is crazy and wants to kill him, or there are large-scale bandits or the like who want to intercept him.

In short, there are many possible accidents!

Although theoretically speaking, these accidents mentioned above are unlikely, Li Xuan does not want to take even the slightest risk.

So no matter where he goes, he takes the Guards with him!

If he didn't take the guards with him, no matter whether he went out to fight in person or went back to Jinling City, Li Xuan didn't feel at ease!

Well, to put it bluntly, it's a fear of death!

However, an emperor who is not afraid of death is certainly not a good emperor.

Under the feudal centralized system, the monarch died, no matter what the reason for his death, but it would definitely cause political turmoil, even civil strife, splits, etc., so for the sake of the country and the people, Li Xuan felt that he couldn't die!

For the sake of the stability of the country and the safety of the people, Li Xuan let the soldiers of the Guards rest for a day in Jiujiang before continuing to return east with the Guards again!

And if nothing else, after three or five days, I will rest for a period of time somewhere along the way, Anqing, Taiping Mansion Dangtu County, these places are possible.

The Holy Driver's return to the east, this matter is naturally the most important thing in the Tang Dynasty at present, and it is even more important than the subsequent Southwest Campaign.

At present, the Southwest Campaign is already the third stage of the war, that is, to completely control the Hubei region, including the recovery of Anluzhou, Jingzhou, De'an, Xiangyang and other areas, and finally Chen troops in Badong!

As for the follow-up attack on Sichuan, that is the fourth stage!

And the complete recovery of western Sichuan and parts of Yunnan is the fifth stage of the end!

The Privy Council of the Tang Dynasty prepared a five-stage battle plan for the Southwest Campaign, and dozens of senior combat staff officers worked together to make suggestions and constantly adjust the five-stage battle plan.

But since the end of the second phase of the battle plan, in fact, the next three stages also belong to the closing stage, Zhang Yue's 150,000 superintendents have been killed half, and this half of the superintendents are still the real elite main force in the superintendents, although the rest are also called superintendents, but the quality of personnel and equipment must not be so good.

Therefore, whether it is from the tactical details or from the overall strategic point of view, in fact, as long as the follow-up southwest campaign is fought step by step, there will basically be no problems.

Li Xuan was also very relieved to hand over the follow-up operations of the Southwest Campaign to the Privy Council and to the front-line generals!

But Li Xuan's return to the dynasty is definitely more important in comparison!

Li Xuan is not an ordinary person, his return to the dynasty is of great political significance!

Before Li Xuan's personal expedition, although he still controlled the military and political power remotely, he was not in Jinling, and many things were always difficult to handle.

So now, Jinling City actually has a lot of government affairs waiting for Li Xuan to deal with.

For Li Xuan, these things are just ordinary government affairs, but for the entire Tang Dynasty, they are very important and will affect the fate of countless people.

An ordinary letter, Li Xuanzhun is not accurate, it can decide the fate of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people!

For example, the recent issue of land rent reform in Jinling City that has aroused discussion among many officials has a huge impact, and many people in the world are paying attention to it.

Why, because the Ministry of Agriculture proposed a rent reduction plan for official land!

In the past, the land rent of Guantian was basically based on the difference of each place, and each local yamen formulated different plans on their own, and this plan basically referred to the local field rent level, and under the local field rent level, it dropped slightly by a little bit, but it was only a little bit lower, not too little.

This rent is not high, but it is definitely not low, because according to the harvest of an ordinary year, the rent of official land accounts for about 50 percent of the harvest, and some land in better condition, such as high-quality paddy fields, will reach 70%.

Although it sounds like an exaggerated proportion, there is no way, it is so high, and after paying the rent, the tenants no longer have to bear the agricultural tax, because the agricultural tax of the Tang Dynasty is not levied on the farmer, but on the landowner, the owner of the official land is the government, and the tax is also paid by the government, and it has nothing to do with the tenants who rent the official land.

As for the landlords of the people, the tenants also do not pay taxes, and the taxes are paid by the landlords.

The agricultural tax, on the other hand, accounts for about 30 percent of the harvest in an ordinary year.

Then some people will say that the land tax of a certain dynasty is only 5 percent, or even lower, but if you count all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, deliberate apportionment at the bottom, and so on, you will find that it is normal for peasants to pay 70 percent for a year of farming.

In addition, there is a key point is that the agricultural tax is the same as the field rent, it is a fixed number, not a fixed proportion, for example, the peasants rent a piece of official land, the annual rent of one or two silver, then this one or two silver is fixed to death, regardless of whether you have a bumper harvest or a reduction in production, you have to collect, in the actual implementation process of the past few years, there have been many cases where a certain place has been affected by natural disasters, and the land has been reduced on a large scale or even without harvest, and the peasants who rent official land cannot pay the land rent.

However, the Ministry of Agriculture has now proposed that it should reform on the basis of the existing one, and no longer implement a fixed land rent system, but instead collect land according to the actual output of the land and according to the rated proportion.

For example, if a piece of land has 100 buckets of grain for this year's harvest, then 50 buckets of grain will be charged as rent, and if the yield is reduced and the harvest is only 10 buckets, then only 5 buckets of grain will be charged.

When the Ministry of Agriculture put forward this idea, it was based on the idea of 'harvesting more in good years and less harvest in bad years', but when this plan was first put forward and it was not submitted to the cabinet for discussion, the Ministry of Agriculture itself fell out first.

Some people believe that this can greatly reduce the peasants' burdens without affecting the income from official land rent.

However, some people believe that there are too many loopholes in this plan, which will greatly increase the burden on farmers and cause huge losses to the state treasury.

In the past, the fixed field rent was charged, and the field tax was charged as much as the field, which was simple and clear, but according to the actual harvest, it would be a big trouble, and how to determine the actual output was a big problem!

For example, if a farmer only collects 10 buckets of grain, you have to say that people have 20 buckets of harvest, and they have to collect it according to 20 buckets, which is not nonsense.

For example, if a farmer collects ten buckets of grain, and then only says that he has received one bucket, that is even more nonsense!

Although there are many problems, it is undeniable that the Ministry of Agriculture, on its part, has done its best to reduce the burden on the peasants, especially the landless peasants, while maintaining the agricultural tax of the state treasury and the income from renting from official land as a whole.

Li Xuan, who was still on the road, did not say anything after receiving the report on this matter, and directly stayed in the middle and did not send it!

If you want to deal with this matter, you have to wait for him to go back to Jinling City to deal with it!