Chapter 529: Hush Money

On the morning of the seventh day of the ninth lunar month, Zhao Ziliang led his army to arrive at Tuozhi City. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

When they arrived at the gate of the North City, Wei Meng and Mo Hezhu Tutun and the military generals of the Shi Kingdom came to greet them, Zhao Ziliang stopped his horse, and saw that from time to time there were soldiers of the Tang Army and the Shi Army carrying the corpses in strange clothes to the outside of the city to bury them, and couldn't help asking: "What's going on?" Those corpses don't seem to be big cannibals, right? ”

"Ahem!" Wei Meng covered his mouth and coughed twice, stepped forward and whispered, "General, those are the corpses of horse bandits and robbers!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was relieved when he heard this, nodded, and asked Mo Hetutun, "Have I arranged my accommodation?" ”

Mo Heji Tutun hurriedly saluted and said, "General, the accommodation has been arranged, and the general and the leaders can move in now."

Zhao Ziliang turned around and raised his hand and shouted: "The king of Shunyi has prepared a place for us to stay, the army is looking for a place outside the city to station, and the leaders of each department only bring their own soldiers to escort into the city to rest!" ”

The leaders of the various departments listened to Zhao Ziliang's words, and arranged for their cronies to take the army to find a place to camp outside the city, and they themselves entered Tuozhi City with their own guards and Zhao Ziliang.

Mo Heji Tutun is quite interesting, he let his palace out for Zhao Ziliang to rest, in fact, his palace is now empty, the only decorations are still moved in from the seized materials, and there is no palace maid, and the people who come to serve are some rough village girls and village women.

After repulsing the waiters, Zhao Ziliang picked up the teacup, looked at Wei Meng while drinking tea, and did not speak.

Wei Meng was uncomfortable, and his heart moved, and he knew the meaning in Zhao Ziliang's eyes, and hurriedly said: "The last general was about to report to the general, after the big cannibals entered the Tocharian and Zhaowu Kingdoms, they collected a lot of property, and these possessions were basically hoarded in Tuozhi City, after Tuozhi City was raided by us and others, these properties also came to our hands, according to our agreement with those horse bandit and robber leaders, after the city was broken, all the property and materials of the seized big cannibals had to belong to them, It's just that the amount of this property is too big, too big to imagine, the king of Shunyi is unwilling to give them all these treasures, and if they get this property, they can soon recruit troops and horses, and their strength will increase greatly, the king of Shunyi is worried that his rule will be challenged by them, so he promised the last general two percent of the benefits, let the last general help him solve those horse bandits! ”

Zhao Ziliang's face was calm, he took a sip of tea and said: "If the horse bandits get this property and use it to recruit troops and horses, their strength will threaten the rule of King Shunyi, which shows that the amount of this property is indeed not small, how much is it?" ”

Wei Meng shook his head and said: "The last general has seen it with his own eyes, and the specific amount cannot be estimated, but the last general is sure that if he uses this wealth to form 30,000 iron cavalry, he doesn't need to worry about military spending within ten years!" Nothing more, no less! ”

The teacup in Zhao Ziliang's hand trembled, and the tea spilled out. He laughed and said: "Sure enough, the wealth is moving, such a large amount of wealth, does he think he can swallow it alone?" ”

Wei Meng arched his hand and said: "So the last general suggested that he hand over this property to the general to dispose of, and send those leaders a little bit, so as not to instigate them and cause more trouble!" The king of Shunyi may come later to report this to the general."

Zhao Ziliang looked up at Wei Meng: "How much did you take?" ”

Wei Meng immediately bowed down and said: "General Mingjian, the last general has not taken a penny, the last general feels that if the general disposes of this batch of property, it is naturally indispensable for the last general, why should the last general be a villain in vain?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed at Wei Meng and said with a smile: "You seem to be honest and honest, but you are actually as careful as a hair!" That's all well and good, but you have to remember not to be too smart, because it will only hurt you! ”

"Yes, the general's teachings, the last general will take it to heart!"

Sure enough, not long after, Mo Heji Tutun came to ask for peace, Zhao Ziliang asked people to bring a stool and ask him to sit down, he sat down and said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, Xiao Wang has something to say to the general, please be the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand: "With the relationship between you and me, there is something to say directly!" ”

"That's fine!" Mo Heji Tutun nodded, immediately told the matter of the property, and asked Zhao Ziliang to dispose of the property.

After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang smiled and said, "King Shunyi, such a large amount of property, don't you want to be tempted?" Have you ever thought about hiding it, so that the strength of your stone country will increase exponentially! ”

Mo Heji Tutun smiled bitterly: "General, greed is human nature, who doesn't have it?" It's just that Xiao Wang knows that if I swallow this batch of property, as long as the news leaks, I Mo Heji Tutun will definitely not live for a few days, and my wife, sons, and daughters will also be killed! As long as people live, they can find ways to make money, but if people die, no matter how much money they have, they will be taken away by others, and Xiao Wang is not so stupid to cause death for such a batch of property! ”

Zhao Ziliang applauded: "King Shunyi can keep such a clear head in front of such a large batch of property, he is really not an ordinary person, Zhao admires!" Okay, since King Shunyi has decided to hand over this matter to Ben to deal with, General Ben will take this hot yam for you! In addition to your Shiguo, there are Bakhana King Asiran who participated in this battle, as well as the leaders of the ten tribes of the Western Turks and the leader of the Qarlu tribe, Qutu, how do you think this wealth should be distributed? ”

Mo Heji Tutun was embarrassed: "General, since Xiao Wang handed over this matter to the general to deal with, wouldn't it be okay to express his opinion on this matter?" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "It's okay, the disposal is up to me, I just let you put forward ideas and opinions, not that it will definitely be distributed according to your ideas!" ”

"If the general says so, Xiao Wang will casually say what he thinks!" Mo Heji Tutun touched his beard as he spoke, thought for a while and said, "General, if you want to follow the principle of fairness, the best way is, of course, to divide it equally!" However, if it is divided like this, many tribal leaders will definitely not agree, because they will contribute more and lose more in this battle, while some tribes will contribute less and lose less, but if it is not divided equally, those who have less will definitely not do it, which is another trouble! But seriously, if such a large number of property is used in a dispersed manner, it will not have much effect, but if it can be used centrally, the role it will play will be unimaginable! ”

"Old fox!" Zhao Ziliang scolded in his heart, this Mo Heji Tutun said a lot, but there was no specific distribution plan, but his last few words made Zhao Ziliang hear it in his heart.

The centralized use of a large number of assets can play a great role, and the decentralized use will be much smaller, which is the same as the reason that the later generations of consortia can obtain the greatest benefits by holding most of the money in their hands and investing, but if the money is distributed to the people, it basically has no effect, and the people will soon spend it.

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, and said to Mo Heji: "King Shunyi, give you a cheng, keep your mouth shut!" ”

Mo Heji Tutun didn't have the idea of getting a share, the Tang army and other tribal armies were all helping him fight, where was he qualified to share the spoils? Now that he can get a share, Mo Heji Tutun is of course overjoyed, but he knows that this is a hush money, so he hurriedly agreed: "Deal!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said coldly: "If the news leaks out of you, you will know the consequences!" ”

Mo Heji Tutun hurriedly said: "Understood, understood!" ”

After resting for a day in Tuozhi City, on the afternoon of the eighth day of the ninth month, Zhao Ziliang sent people to convene the leaders of the various departments to discuss matters in the palace of the king of Shiguo.

Among these leaders, only Moheji Tutun and Asirot have their own palaces, but the palace of Moheji Tutun is more spacious and luxurious than the palace of Asirand, so these leaders are quite curious after entering the palace, and they are watching everywhere like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

After these leaders came to the palace hall with all their hearts, Zhao Ziliang came over and said: "Leaders, I have summoned you here today because of two things to discuss with you: the first thing is that General Ben led his troops to the Zhaowu Kingdoms and Tocharian and his party, on the one hand, to attack the remnants of the Great Food Army in that area, and on the other hand, to the Zhaowu Kingdoms and Tocharian to proclaim the power of our Tang Dynasty, so I hope that you will lead your troops to accompany this general!" The second thing is that in this war, we have captured a lot, including gold, silver, jewelry, weapons, armor, bows and arrows, as well as grain and grass materials, and this general has long said that as long as you send troops with me, as long as there are captures, you can distribute the spoils! Now is the time for this general to fulfill his promise, but we have not yet counted a specific amount of the loot, so we can only temporarily formulate a distribution plan, and then distribute it to you according to the plan after the statistical results come out. ”

The last time he stepped on the strength department, Zhao Ziliang's distribution plan was very fair, and the tribes that sent troops together got a lot of benefits, so the leaders of these tribes all said: "The general is a fair and honest person, I am convinced!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, in that case, it is still according to the number of troops, the size of the merit, and the loss of the three items of spoils, what do you think of this distribution plan?" ”

The leaders glanced at each other and nodded, "Agreed!" ”

"If that is the case, you have no other opinion! Okay, General Ben asked more, the trophies included gold, silver, jewelry, weapons, armor, bows and arrows, grain, grass, and other supplies. If you only need gold and silver, it is very simple, just convert all the booty into gold and silver, if you choose grain, you can also, this general can buy grain and grass from the king of Shunyi and the Zhaowu kingdoms and distribute it to you, I don't know what choice you make? ”

It's already September, it's late autumn, and it will soon be winter, the winter on the northern grasslands is very cold, after the heavy snow covers, there is a lack of grain and grass, not only people can't eat, but livestock are also seriously short of forage.

Thinking of this problem, the leaders of the various tribes said that they only needed grain and grass, and several leaders asked for some bows and arrows and armor in addition to grain and grass. (To be continued.) )