Chapter 196: King Liang's Methods
The next morning, in the palace of Yanqi Wang, the main officials and princes and nobles of Yanqi were "invited" to a meeting by soldiers with knives. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the main hall, the heads of these Yanqi countries were silent one by one, not knowing what fate they would face next.
They waited in the hall for 20 minutes, but no one came out. The more this is the case, the greater the pressure on everyone, and many people's psychology is almost unbearable. Whether it's dead or alive, and don't give a happy word, isn't this torture?
At this moment, Yang Kang shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness King Liang has arrived!" ”
Then, Liang Wang Li Su walked in accompanied by Su Dingfang and others. The people of Yanqi hurriedly stood up to greet them.
Li Su went to the king's throne, and instead of sitting down, he had a chair moved and sat down under the throne.
He did not dare to sit on this throne. He has watched too many movies and TV series, and if he sits on this throne, it is inevitable that some people will make a fuss, saying that he has the idea of becoming his own king. For the sake of a broken chair, he didn't dare to take this risk.
Next to him, Li Su asked someone to set up a chair and asked Su Dingfang to sit down. With this small move, Su Dingfang's heart was warm. He felt the respect that His Royal Highness King Liang had for him.
Li Su shot at the officials and nobles of Yanqi with his eyes, just like Kong Yingda swept his students back then, and it felt very cool.
Finally, he spoke. He said: "From today onwards, the Yanqi Kingdom does not exist, it is now part of the Tang Empire. ”
Needless to say, everyone understands that they don't care about this, only about their own fate. Therefore, no one spoke out.
Finally, Li Su said: "As for how to treat you, someone has given this king two ideas: one is to kill you all. At this, he deliberately paused.
At this time, many people were so frightened that they almost fainted, and some people were scared to pee. The smell of urine filled the hall.
Finally, someone couldn't help it and asked, "Your Highness, what about another idea?" ”
Li Su said: "There is another idea, which is to let me treat you well. I really couldn't make up my mind, I didn't know which way was better. ”
At this time, a nobleman stood up and said, "Your Highness, the latter one has a good idea. Everyone agreed, saying that the second idea was good.
Li Su said: "I'm still a little undecided, I don't know what Vice Marshal Su thinks?" As he spoke, he looked at Su Dingfang and squeezed his eyes at him.
Su Dingfang understood, and said sharply: "Your Highness, why are you so troublesome, kill them." ”
When Du He and Yang Kang heard this, they pulled out their horizontal knives with a "Cang Lang" sound.
At this moment, someone immediately knelt down. Seeing someone taking the lead, he hula-la-la-la, and fell to his knees. The cries rang out in bursts.
Li Su saw that it was almost there, so he said, "Everyone, please get up, what are you doing here?" I would not agree with the first opinion. Rise up, everybody. ”
After everyone sat down, Li Su said: "Give birth, we have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, I don't need to treat you like this, I am ready to accept the latter opinion." ”
Everyone was relieved when they heard this.
Li Su said: "I have an idea, I don't know if everyone agrees. ”
Someone hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please speak." ”
Li Su said: "First of all, the original king, it is obviously inappropriate to continue to stay here, I am ready to ask His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to canonize him as an earl, and give him the Earl's Mansion in Chang'an, so that he can enjoy the prosperity of the capital of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know what everyone thinks?" ”
When everyone saw that the king had been so arranged, their hearts were reassured, and they unanimously agreed.
Then, Li Su said: "As for you, I plan to let you still hold your original official position, and your treatment will remain the same. The original nobility also retained the title of nobility, but it had to be re-canonized by the imperial court. Your property is yours. Anyway, everything remains as it is, what do you think? ”
At this time, the officials and nobles of Yanqi were relieved, as long as their interests were not affected, whoever became the king would be the same. Now, they basically have no psychological resistance to Yanqi's merger into Datang.
There was unanimous agreement.
Li Su said: "But it's ......."
As soon as he said this, everyone became nervous again.
Someone immediately said, "Your Highness, please tell me if you have any questions, and we will all cooperate." ”
Li Su said: "We are now a family, and I plan to exempt everyone in Yanqi from paying taxes for one year and reduce everyone's taxes for two years." In short, I will do my best to benefit you. However, I need your cooperation. ”
The atmosphere at the venue was lively, and everyone said: "Your Highness, please tell me something, and we will cooperate with all our hearts." ”
Li Su said: "I will leave here with my troops immediately, but after I leave, in the original national defense force of Yanqi, if someone has bad intentions and rebels, it will affect everyone." If you are me, will you rest assured? ”
At this time, the Yanqi people all understood that King Liang was fighting the idea of this Yanqi army.
In fact, among the officials of Yanqi, the officers of the Yanqi army who were most worried about their fate were the officers of the Yanqi army, and they hurriedly expressed their intention to obey the dispatch of His Royal Highness King Liang.
The generals of the Yanqi army, in addition to the prince, set up two generals on the left and right. General Zuo said: "Your Highness, we are willing to join the army of the Tang Dynasty for you to drive." ”
Li Xuan, the king of Liang, was overjoyed and said: "Okay, I agree to your request, this time Yanqi will send 3,000 troops and 1,000 laborers to follow me on an expedition." ”
Although the officers are reluctant to go out to fight, it is better than being suspected and killed. So everyone stood up and said, "Yes!" Everything is under the orders of His Highness! ”
The rest is easy.
King Liang ordered that all officers and soldiers of the army signed a pledge, and if they betrayed the Tang Dynasty, their families would be reinforced. The families of the officers and soldiers also signed a guarantee agreement, and if the officers and soldiers rebelled, the guarantor would be held responsible.
More than 10 local officials have also signed a letter of responsibility, and he will be held accountable if there is a rebellion in his jurisdiction.
Now, everyone is responsible, and even if the officers want to rebel, the soldiers will not follow them.
In order to reassure them, King Liang promised that he would treat the Yanqi army equally, enjoy the military merit system of the Tang Dynasty, and would not let them be cannon fodder casually.
The army stayed in Yanqi for two days, waiting for the Yanqi army and local officials to sign a letter of responsibility. The Tang army also rested and replenished during this period.
Su Dingfang suggested to report the victory to the imperial court, but was stopped by King Liang, he said: "The fewer people who know about our actions, the better, go back to report the victory, it will inevitably attract attention, and wait until the Western Turks are defeated." ”