War is a money-burning machine, this is true, the thousands of dragon horses on the Huaixi battlefield not only swept away the lives of many rebel soldiers, but also swept away a large amount of real money and silver in Chang'an, the treasury is increasingly depleted, in order to get money, Li Chun is anxious, scheming. Once, Wu Yuanji looted a large amount of people's fat and ointment, and amassed a lot of wealth; Now that Huaixi has been pacified, facing such a huge amount of wealth, what choice will Li Chun make, will he swallow this big windfall?

The news of Wu Yuanji's capture reached Chang'an, and Guanglu Shaoqing Yang Yuanqing was extremely excited. Because, Yang Yuanqing used to be Wu Yuanji's subordinate officer, and once tried his best to dissuade Wu Yuanji's betrayal, offended the empty-eyed superior, and the whole family was killed cleanly, only Yang Yuanqing survived because he happened to report to work in Chang'an. Yang Yuanqing, who was full of interest, immediately ran to Li Chun, and said with his eyebrows: "Huaixi has been in business for many years, and there are countless rare treasures, I know where they are hidden, I am willing to go to Huaixi in person, and I will definitely be able to find them." Li Chun looked at Yang Yuanqing, smiled slightly, and said, "I am crusading against Huaixi to eliminate harm for the people, not to seek treasures there." ”

The windfall is in front of him, just don't want it, Li Chun also gritted his back molars and sprinkled a lot of silver to reward meritorious soldiers and appease the people of Huaixi. Because, Li Chun knows very well that at this time, people's hearts are the most important thing. And the quickest and most effective way to clean up people's hearts is to let them really see the benefits. Therefore, despite the distress to the point of trembling, Li Chun still took out a large amount of property from the empty treasury. The question is, what if the treasury really can't take out so much? Therefore, Li Chun personally promulgated a series of edicts: meritorious soldiers need to be rewarded, and returned soldiers need to be appeased, then distinguish ranks, reward meritorious deeds, of course, the main thing is to add officials to knighthood, and do not need to spend too much cash; As for their families, the state treasury cannot afford to pay so much for a while, so they will be paid in installments to supply them with clothes and rations for five years; The officers and soldiers who are disabled by injuries have to be raised by the state, which does not need to pay too much cash, and can give them peace of mind, so why not; The people of the counties of Huaixi Prefecture, who suffered from war, were exempted from military service for two years; The towns around Huaixi have more or less suffered from the pond fish, so they will be exempted from the summer tax for the next year as a sign of comfort.

When the edict was issued, the people of Huaixi were naturally rejoicing, like a spring breeze; But Li Chun, who is the Son of Heaven, looked at the empty treasury, but he was not happy at all: Huaixi, a small Huaixi, a small Huaixi, a small land with only three states in its jurisdiction, has been fighting against the central government for four years! If it weren't for Pei Du's volunteering to supervise the battle, if there was no Li Guangyan's life-and-death fight, if there was no surprise attack by Li Yu's whimsy, I don't know when this battle would have been fought! Now, four years of counterinsurgency have emptied the treasury of the Tang Empire, and Li Chun has to take out a lot of real money to soothe the fragile hearts of the people of Huaixi who have been ravaged by war. All of this is due to Wu Yuanji, as well as those eagles and dogs and minions under him. Therefore, the people of Huaixi certainly need to be comforted, and those who cause disasters must also be punished, the most severe! Otherwise, how can you be worthy of your four years of hard waiting? "Kill! Kill! Kill! Li Chun's eyes flashed with hatred and anger, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out three words.

Just do it, Li Chun immediately sent an envoy, his cronies, confidant eunuch, Liang Shouqian, to Huaixi. Accompanying Liang Shouqian to Huaixi, there was also a long list, a long list of deaths. Li Chun sent Liang Shouqian to tell Pei Du that the people who appeared on the list should all become dead people. Holding this death list, Pei Du smiled and told Liang Shouqian: "No! ”

Pei Du's reason is very simple, but it is very convincing, killing too much, it is likely to cause panic, and even cause a mutiny in the army, which is certainly not the result that Li Chun wants to see. So he had to give up. However, others can ignore it, there is one person, Li Chun is unwilling to let go no matter what, because this is a person who is more hated than Wu Yuanji, he is Wu Yuanji's fast son-in-law, Huaixi general Dong Chongzhen, if it were not for his obstruction, Huaixi may have been pacified, and the finances of the Tang Empire would not be so stretched. This time, Pei Du did not object, but Li Yu stood up and told Li Chun: This person can't be killed! Because Li Yu once promised him to spare his life, he can't be honest as a man, so Dong Chongzhen can't be killed! Li Chun looked at Li Yu, sighed softly, and said faintly: "It's okay for me to kill Wu Yuanji, right?" This time, neither Pei nor Li Yu objected.

In November of the twelfth year of Yuanhe, under the Duliu Bridge, Wu Yuanji's huge head was cut off with a knife, and the bones rolled down the red dust. Huaixi finally returned to the embrace of Datang. At this time, the people of the Tang Dynasty, who were immersed in joy, suddenly remembered that many years ago, a warlock named Sang Daomao had issued a prophecy: "The year name is Yuanhe, and the thieves will be cut off!" Now, the warlock's prophecy seems to have come true.