Chapter 442: A Million Bones

"Your Majesty, General Su Lang has really wiped out the Xue Yantuo Division! Then this position of Anton's protector ......"

Zhang Yunwen said to Li Shimin with a smile.

Thinking of the gamble with Zhang Yunwen a few days ago, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile and said, "You...... Hey, I don't even know how to say hello! When you were in Chang'an, you volunteered to go to the battlefield, but now I give you a chance to stay on the battlefield, but you have to do everything possible to push back, really, I don't even know how to say you! ”

Zhang Yunwen still said with a hippie smile: "This time, that time!" When I was in Chang'an, I dealt with chores every day, which was monotonous and boring, so Weichen asked to go to the battlefield! But now, Wechen has been fighting on the battlefield in Liaodong for more than half a year, and he wants to live a peaceful life again! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen say so lazy, Li Shimin shook his head helplessly: "Since I have promised you, I will definitely do it!" That Su Dingfang has merit in destroying Xue Yantuo, and he deserves a heavy reward! Let him be the protector of Anton! ”

Zhang Yunwen was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

After breaking off a matter of his heart, Zhang Yunwen's heart suddenly relaxed a lot.

At this moment, the voice of the chamberlain came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty the officials such as Tobe Langzhong, Duzhi Langzhong, and Kurabe Langzhong!" ”

"Please come in!"

I saw five middle-aged people wearing light red official robes entering the main hall, which was none other than the Lang Zhong of the household department. According to the Tang law, the household department among the six departments has four departments: the household department, the degree branch, the gold department and the warehouse department, and Lang Zhong is the chief of the department, responsible for the monk Lang Shangshu, from the five products.

Li Shimin went east to Goryeo, and these officials from various household departments also followed. They followed, but it was for the purpose of checking the population and land of Liaozhou and Fuyu Prefecture, and recompiling household registration and other matters of people's livelihood.

As soon as they saw Li Shimin, these officials bowed at the same time and said, "I've seen Your Majesty!" ”

After Li Shimin signaled that he didn't need to be polite and got up, these people saw Zhang Yunwen next to him, and also bowed his hand and greeted: "I've seen Lord Zhang!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly returned the salute.

After the greetings were finished, the household Langzhong took out a piece of music from his sleeve and said: "Your Majesty, now the household registration and land of Liaodong have been thoroughly investigated, and the total number of households is 86,278, the population is 386,100, and the land is 5,420 hectares. Well, the above data is the strength of the officers and soldiers stationed in Liaodong gathered by Xia Guan and others to find out, due to the urgency of time, there should be untruths. In addition, Wechen collected information on the livelihood of the people in Goryeo and carefully checked the figures, and the population was 3,520 more households, 67,650 more people, and the number of land was also different, more than 300 hectares. ”

When this Tobe Langzhong talked about these data, he opened his mouth and came, obviously fully prepared.

Li Shimin heard the words of this household langzhong, but he smiled: "My Tang Dynasty conquered Goryeo, and its war dead population, fleeing population, hidden population, and many other things have not been incorporated into it, so it is normal for this population to be smaller." I believe that as long as I can spread benevolence and educate all sentient beings, then all people will return to their hearts and live and work in peace and contentment, just around the corner! ”

As soon as everyone heard Li Shimin's words, they immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous!" ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin's heart was also very happy, and he saw that he was so smiling that he couldn't even close his mouth.

When Zhang Yunwen heard the report of Tobe Langzhong, he always had doubts in his heart. The entire land of Liaodong is only more than 5,400 hectares, which is too little! After the founding of the People's Republic of China in later generations, he organized people to develop the Northeast, turning a Great Northern Wilderness into a Great Northern Warehouse and becoming the country's first grain base. And the land here is also very fertile, and it is so black that it is oily. How can it be only 5,000 hectares?

100 acres is one hectare, and the more than 5,000 hectares of land are only more than 500,000 acres, and the difference between the granary of later generations is too great.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunwen immediately asked the Hubu Langzhong: "Xu Langzhong, this land is only more than 5,000 hectares, are you wrong in your statistics?" When I was on the first line of the Liao River, I saw that on both sides of the Liao River, the terrain was flat, and there was no end in sight. ”

Seeing that it was Zhang Yunwen who spoke, Xu Langzhong did not dare to slack off, and explained: "Although this Liaodong land is flat, there are many swamps and forests in it, which are not suitable for farming, so it cannot be included in the ranks of arable land!" ”

Zhang Yunwen shook his head: "Xu Langzhong, I suggest that you better count these forest swamps and record them as reserve farmland!" If the population increases and the arable land is insufficient, the people will surely cut down the forests and drain the swamps to dig up the fertile land. If you hadn't written it, wouldn't the newly opened land have become a place of seclusion at that time? ”

Xu Langzhong was stunned: "Lord Zhang is thinking about it very much, it is the negligence of the lower officials!" As he spoke, he turned to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, please also ask Rong Weichen to re-survey the land of Liaodong and Goryeo!" ”

Li Shimin nodded: "Xu Aiqing, this matter is very important, you have to do it well!" ”

That Xu Langzhong and the rest of Langzhong bowed at the same time and saluted: "Oh! ”

After Xu Langzhong finished his report, the rest of Langzhong also stepped forward and reported their progress one by one, such as the Goryeo treasury inventory, the rivers and water conservancy of Liaozhou and Buyeo, and so on. When Li Shimin listened to these reports, he listened attentively.

When these Lang Zhong finished reporting and left the hall, Zhang Yunwen also bowed and left.

Time passed slowly. On this day, Su Dingfang led more than 7,000 soldiers across Sasu and marched towards Pyongyang City. However, on the south bank of Sashui, they saw a scene that touched their hearts.

These days, it has rained heavily for four days in the upper reaches of the Sashui River, and the Sashui water is overflowing, and the flood is surging for a while, like ten thousand horses galloping, mercilessly washing both sides of the Sashui River. Standing on the north bank of Sashui, seeing the yellow turbid river foaming at the water, even Su Dingfang couldn't help but take a step back.

In the face of such a flood, the pontoon bridge above the water could not withstand it at all. As soon as the flood began, fishermen on both sides of the river collected the fishing boats used to build pontoon bridges. At this time, above the water, there is no board in the water.

Su Dingfang had no choice but to set up a camp on the north bank of Sashui, wanting to wait until the flood receded before crossing the river.

And so on, I waited for three days.

When three days later, when the calm of Sashui was restored, Su Dingfang recruited nearby people and boats to transport the army across the river.

As a result, boats and ships shuttled back and forth on both sides of the Sashui River, transporting more than 7,000 Tang troops to the south bank.

Su Dingfang and the others arrived on the south bank of Sashui first, stood by the river, and looked at the boats shuttling on the river.

Suddenly, Su Dingfang heard a commotion behind him, turned his head immediately, and looked behind him.

"General Su, General Su come and see!" Hearing only one soldier's voice full of panic, Su Dingfang was curious, and when he stepped forward to take a look, he couldn't help but gasp.

I saw that on the sandy land by the river, which was less than ten feet of water in the Rissa, more than 20 hollow skulls were half-hidden in the sand. The contrast between the white bones and the yellow grains of sand is so stark.

Su Dingfang took a deep breath and asked, "What's the matter?" How can there be bones here? ”

One of the soldiers replied uneasily: "When I saw that there was grass growing here, I led the horses over to graze them." Unexpectedly, as soon as the horses gnawed, they tore off the skins of the soil, revealing some white things. Curious, the villain opened it and saw these skulls! ”

At this time, there was a commotion behind him, but it was two soldiers who were pointing their knives and guns at several middle-aged fishermen, and asked loudly, "What are these bones?" Why are there so many bones here? ”

The middle-aged fishermen looked frightened and said something loudly in Goryeo, but no one could understand it.

"Forget it, don't embarrass them!" Su Dingfang said lightly, "I know what this is!" ”

Hearing what Su Dingfang said, the soldiers collected the swords and soldiers, let go of those Koreans, and turned to Su Dingfang's side and asked, "General, do you know these bones?" Look at the dense appearance below, who knows how many there are below! ”

Su Dingfang turned his head, looked at the river, and said expressionlessly: "Three hundred thousand!" 300,000 bones are buried on both sides of this Sashui River! ”

The soldiers were full of doubts, and they were about to ask questions, but they saw Su Dingfang say slowly: "In the seventh year of the Great Cause, Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty conquered millions of soldiers in the world and crusaded against Goryeo. When I was twenty years old, I followed my father-in-law to secretly contact righteous people everywhere, and together they raised a banner against Sui, so I did not participate in that war. During that expedition, 300,000 people reached Sasu, where they were attacked by the Goryeo army, flooding 300,000 Great Sui soldiers. Only 2,700 escaped. 300,000 people died in Sasa. These bones must have been the original Great Sui soldiers! ”

Listening to Su Dingfang tell the past in such a heavy tone, there was silence on all sides. These soldiers are only twenty or thirty years old, most of them were born in the Wude period, and they only learned about the past events in the Great Cause period from their parents. Now, when I see the bones all over the ground, the kind of vibration can be imagined.

"So, General, what are we going to do?" A soldier asked softly.

"What else can I do? There are at least 100,000 bones here, and the bones of the former Sui soldiers scattered in Liaodong are more than a million. ”