Xingqing House

In the main hall of the palace, the vocal music is melodious, and several young beauties are dancing.

Calm down and appreciate, the party women are still very different from the Central Plains women, with high noses and deep eyes, quite exotic.

On both sides sat a few magnates in the city and the magnates from Huaizhou who came to surrender, and the army of Liang Guo came, and the news of Renli's withdrawal had spread.

Some of the party elites in Huaizhou fled with them, but there were also many people who were accustomed to a comfortable life and were unwilling to abandon their family business, so they prepared gifts to surrender. As long as Da Liang is not prepared to completely exterminate the Dangxiang clan, they will be useful to these surrendered Dangxiang people.

Chao Yong saw that all the dignitaries in the city had arrived, so he waved his hand to let the dancing women and musicians retreat.

The hall immediately fell silent, and all the Western Xia magnates also immediately looked at Prince Liang sitting on the throne obediently.

The party members in Xingqing Mansion have all become bald, and the party members from Huaizhou are still bald in front and have hair on the back of their heads, and the people in the two state capitals can be said to be clear at a glance.

Chao Yong said with a smile: "Dangxiang's dance is good, although the Xia Kingdom is dead, but the Dangxiang clan can still continue to reproduce." As long as you surrender to my Daliang, the land, grassland, party and Han people can all own it, but all the Han people in your family must be released. ”

When all the party members heard that they could get the same status as the Han people, they were all overjoyed, and the Han slaves in the family were all released long before they came, and they also sent some money to compensate those Han people, which was enough.

"Thank you for your kindness."

Chao Yong looked at the bald and half-bald man kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile: "Get up, as long as you can contribute to the court, not only can you keep your original land and pasture, but the court will not hesitate to reward you." ”

The implication is that only by making contributions can we continue to own land and pasture. Otherwise, the girders will be retracted.

Most of the cultivated land in the Yinchuan Plain is in the hands of the party magnates, but most of the cultivators on weekdays are Han people, although there are also many unemployed vagrants in the party people, but the Han people are better at serving the land.

When the Western Xia were there, they were powerful and could own a lot of land, but now that the Western Xia is gone, they naturally know that the Great Liang will not let them own that much land.

Even if they were the first to surrender to the Great Liang, the people who could keep all the land in the end would inevitably be a minority. So a lot of people want to be a minority. Gossip to show loyalty, to say their own role.

In short, they can help Daliang appease the party members in Huaizhou and make it easier for Daliang to govern Huaizhou.

When everyone was rushing to speak, they saw that the prince of Liang above frowned slightly, and hurriedly quieted down.

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Then please appease the people on your behalf." In a day or two, our army will arrive, and then I will divide my troops to take Huaizhou. It is dispensable to appease the people, and those who do not want to submit to my Liang must have fled. As long as the people left behind don't treat them harshly, they will naturally not make trouble. ”

The party magnates in Huaizhou didn't expect Prince Daliang to easily see through this matter, and they didn't dare to deny it.

Chao Yong looked at everyone's expressions and knew that there were not a few people who fled. He also said: "If you want to make meritorious contributions, gather all the troops and horses to fight for my beam." As long as you get the merits of war, the court will not lack your reward. For you party members. Compared with farming and grazing, it is easier to obtain a harvest by conquest. ”

As soon as the words fell, someone immediately said: "The villain is willing to gather his clansmen and fight with the prince." ”

The rest hesitated. They all chimed in.

As long as they are not fighting against the Liang army, which has firearms and crossbows, they are not lacking in courage.

Chao Yong nodded with satisfaction. Pointing to the first person to speak, "What's your name?" ”

This is the first time Chao Yong has asked the names of everyone from Huaizhou, and the names of the party members are awkward, but Chao Yong is reluctant to ask more, even if he asks, he can't remember everything.

The man hurriedly said, "The villain rewards the cloth." ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "You will be responsible for the recruitment of troops in Huaizhou, and you will be given two days to form a team of soldiers and horses to temporarily take charge of the defense of Huaizhou." ”

Seeing this important task, he immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Prince Xie is promoted." ”

The other party members saw that they were the first to respond, and they got such benefits, and they all regretted it in their hearts.

Chao Yong asked the people of Huaizhou to step aside, and said to the bald magnates of Xingqing Mansion: "What can you do for Daliang?" ”

Everyone in Xingqing Mansion was enthusiastic about the cloth, and they rushed to say that they were willing to form soldiers and horses.

Chao Yong saw that only one of the old men in front of him didn't rush to speak, and couldn't help but point at this person: "Can't you do anything?" ”

Renduo Baozhong had the idea of surrendering to the Song Dynasty in his early years, but Cai Jing did not do things well, so Li Qianshun caught the messenger who delivered the letter, and Renduo Baozhong was also dismissed from his military post by Li Qianshun and moved to Xingqing Mansion to supervise.

The prince of Daliang broke the armies of Chage and Li Qianshun, and raided Xingqing Mansion, and Renduo Baozhong knew that Western Xia was going to die. I thought of a way to regain authority early, and I didn't bother to take the lead with everyone, and when I saw the prince asking, I bowed and saluted, and said: "The villain Renduo Baozhong once commanded the army for Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army, and led the southwestern tribe. Although he has been dismissed by Li Qianshun for many years, Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division are still controlled by my Renduo family. If the prince can trust the villain, the villain can go to recruit Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and then lobby the Gansu Military Division and the Xishou Baotai Military Division. ”

Chao Yong also remembered that the seed master said that Renduo Baozhong had such ability, and said happily: "Okay, if you can recruit Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, I will give you a baron, and the soldiers and horses of Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division can also be commanded by you." If you can recruit the other two commanders, you will be given a viscount. ”

Renduo Baozhong didn't know the level of these titles of Daliang, but he was already satisfied with the soldiers and horses who could command Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and bent down and said: "Thank you for the prince's trust, the villain will go to Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and there will be news back within twenty days." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "Don't worry, it's almost noon, I have already asked people to prepare a banquet, and it's not too late for everyone to prepare after eating." ”

A group of people were busy thanking the prince for the banquet.

Chao Yong saw that the rest of the people in Xingqing Mansion were still staring at him, so he said: "Whoever recruits the soldiers and horses will be led by whom, and then reward them when they have their military exploits." ”

When everyone heard that the prince did not hold an official position, they couldn't help but be a little disappointed. However, the soldiers and horses they recruited were led by them, which was equivalent to giving them military power, and it was not difficult to get official positions in the future.

A bald fat man said in a skillful Chinese dialect: "The villain is willing to give money and food to the army." ”

Although Daliang laid down Xingqing Mansion, he didn't get much grain and grass.

More than half of the land of Western Xia is desert, only the Yinchuan Plain is suitable for farming, and then there are some narrow areas along the river such as the Hexi Corridor, so it can be said that Western Xia is not a place rich in grain.

Li Qianshun dispatched 600,000 soldiers and horses this time, but he squandered most of his savings over the years.

Now the grain and grass in Xingqing Mansion can only support 50,000 soldiers and horses for more than two months, barely enough to support the autumn harvest.

The grain and grass sent by the various departments to help the army had not yet been settled, and Chao Yong originally planned to buy it from some big businessmen, so he invited a few big businessmen from Xingqing Mansion to come.

Just a little drowsy, someone brought a pillow, Chao Yong did not refuse, thought for a while and said: "If you can give 100,000 yuan or 20,000 stone of grain, I can give you a baron." ”

Nowadays, the price of rice in the Central Plains is about two stones, but the grain production in Western Xia is small, and Shaanxi is only barely self-sufficient, only Sichuan and Jiangnan have abundant grain, and the loss and freight are very large when transporting grain from these two places. Transporting 30,000 stone of grain to Western Xia may cost more than 100,000 yuan.

Of course, whether it is a wealth of 100,000 guan or 20,000 stone of grain, it is a huge wealth, and the baron can only receive 100 guan from the imperial court a year, and the baron is the lowest title, and the next generation will become white again if he subtracts one level. Moreover, the officials of Daliang are not exempt from commercial tax, so it can be said that there is no benefit to the title of Daliang.

However, the title has a fatal attraction for merchants, who have accumulated endless wealth and will seek to advance in status, but they have not had this opportunity before. Now when he heard the prince's personal promise, he immediately responded positively. Even if the title does not have any power, but the lord and Bai Ding go to the government to do the same thing, and the treatment is definitely different.

"The villain is willing to give 100,000 yuan."

"The villain is also willing to give 100,000 yuan."

"The villain is also willing to give 100,000 yuan."

After Chao Yong led his troops to capture Xingqing Mansion, he only cleaned up some of the large households in the city who were unwilling to hand over their weapons and shave their heads, and most of the large households were not violated.

Because Chao Yong knew that the homes of many border generals were in the capital, if he accidentally copied their families, it was not clear that the generals who were ready to surrender would lead their troops to resist, so he did not rob the big households, but just let them release all the Han slaves.

In the Song Dynasty, commerce was developed, and there were many merchants with a fortune of millions of yuan, and corrupt officials such as Cai Jing and Zhu Mian had hundreds of thousands of acres of land alone, and they could earn tens of thousands of yuan every year by collecting rent.

However, Chao Yong didn't expect that there were so many rich people in Western Xia, and as soon as he spoke, six people responded.

However, except for the fat man who spoke first, everyone else was a party official. Although the rest of the merchants were also very greedy for the title of Daliang, they had no choice but to be shy and couldn't take out this lot of money and food.

The other people are all tribal leaders, but the power and wealth of Western Xia are concentrated in the hands of tribal leaders, although 100,000 guan is also painful for them, but they can get the title of Daliang, and they also have a talisman. But they should spend money to buy peace.

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Okay, as long as you pay enough money and food, I will go to the court and give you titles and honor guards." ”

In order to show the dignity of Lord Daliang, Chao Yong made people formulate a set of flashy aristocratic etiquette, and different titles have exquisite ceremonial guards, but it is also a large expense to maintain these ceremonial guards. Even if the idle officials obtained the knighthood, they did not have enough financial resources to support them to display every day, so they could only use the honor guard on some important days. (To be continued)