Hearing Li Shimin's words, Wang Wendu was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand what His Majesty the Emperor meant, but he had already reported the matter, and it was none of his business how to deal with it, so he immediately bowed down and received the order. There was nothing else to do with him next, so Li Shimin waved him to retreat, but he sat in the tent and pondered.

"Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu, I only knew that you were an old stubborn before, but I didn't expect you to hide so many things from me, it seems that I really underestimated you before." Li Shimin's eyes showed a fierce light, and he muttered to himself with hatred.

As one of the most outstanding emperors in history, Li Shimin's heart is naturally very shrewd, Xiao Mo has been dead for more than ten years, and his subordinates will definitely not appear at Li Yu for no reason, the only connection between them is Xiao Yu. First of all, Xiao Mo is the nephew of Xiao Yu's clan, and the relationship is relatively close, and at the same time, Xiao Mo is the grandfather of Princess Li Yu, and only through Xiao Yu's relationship can Li Yu be involved with the remnants of the Liang State who had been destroyed more than ten years ago.

In fact, although Li Shimin was a little uncomfortable in his heart about Li Su's subduing Xiao Miao's subordinates, he was not too angry. On the contrary, he hated Xiao Yu, in his opinion, Xiao Yu, as his own courtier, had an inextricable relationship with the remnants of Liang State, and Xiao Miao's subordinates were probably introduced to Li Yu by him.

This is because Li Shimin wronged Xiao Yu, although Xiao Yu harbored Wenxin's mother and daughter, but he didn't know about Huli's gang, after all, the virtuous concubine was not simple, she knew that she had to keep a hand in everything, so she naturally wouldn't tell Xiao Yu all the secrets. And no matter how clever Li Shimin was, he would never have thought that Xiao Wenxin, the daughter of the Xiao family, would have such an amazing identity, and the marriage between Xiao Wenxin and Li Su was facilitated by him.

The overall situation of Goguryeo has been decided. The Yuan clan had been defeated, and the next day as soon as the sun was halfway out, all the Tang troops had already assembled early, and then under the personal leadership of Li Shimin, they entered the city from the main gate of Pyongyang City, and entered the royal city of the original King Rongliu along the main road, and then ordered the various armies to take over all the key places in the city. At the same time, a brutal purge began for the Yuan clan and its vassals.

In fact, just last night, there was a peak of suicide in Pyongyang City, mainly some important people in the Yuan clan and vassals. These people knew that as long as the Tang army entered the city, they would definitely not end well, so it was better to choose a way to die. Some of them were ruthless, and even their wives and children were killed. so as not to be insulted by the Dons.

Of course, there are only a few people who have the courage to commit suicide, most of them still hold a little luck, huddle at home and wait for the arrival of the Tang army, and there are some who are usually not so close to the Yuan family. The officials whose brains reacted relatively quickly immediately changed their doors. Under the banner of honoring the former ministers of the king, he threw himself into the arms of the Tang army and helped the Tang Dynasty to clean the city of Pyongyang.

Now the Tang army is still under the banner of avenging King Rongliu, and the Goguryeo traitors are also taking advantage of this to save their lives, and the Tang Dynasty also welcomes these people. After all, with the help of these local snakes, they were able to control the city of Pyongyang. It's also more handy.

In addition to the rewards promised by Li Shimin, Li Su's personal guards also participated in the raid of the Yuangai Suwen Mansion together with several other meritorious teams, and in principle, the confiscated property should be confiscated and handed over. However, when it came to the real raid, Li Yu finally understood that it was also a reward for letting them come to raid.

The Tang army doesn't have any eight disciplines and the like, and it's normal to win battles and loot outside, but there is Li Shimin, the emperor, in the army, and he still wants face, so he can't do this kind of thing, but raiding is an opportunity to collect property in the name of righteousness, and large property naturally has to be handed over, but some small valuables, as long as you can hide it, you don't care about it, and this is also an unwritten rule in the army, so the soldiers who raid are all full of brains. Li Su also followed the customs of the locals, picked a few special things, expensive or not is second, I came to participate in this historic event, how can I do without a souvenir? And he wasn't short of that money.

Although the soldiers will be carried, but most of the remaining property still has to be handed over, in addition, the men and women of the Yuan clan have all been arrested, together with other criminals, all of them are not registered as slaves, among which the men are easy to do, most of them will be sold to various industrial and mining farms as slaves, but the fate of women is not certain, the young and beautiful are selected first, and rewarded to meritorious soldiers as slaves and maids, if you are lucky, you will meet a good master, even if your status in the house is not high in the future, but you can finally survive. If they are unlucky, they will be thrown aside and even resold after they are tired of being played by their masters, and their fate will be even more tragic.

For these Goguryeo beauties, Li Shimin himself also left two to serve, and their families also got the opportunity to be forgiven. Li Su was also divided into two, and he couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it and put it in the tent. may have been influenced by the martial arts novels of later generations, and he was always worried that these two Goguryeo beauties would find revenge on him or something, but later he found out that the novel was just a novel after all, and these Goguryeo women did not have any hatred for their family and country, but were very afraid of their own masters, after all, they fell from a wealthy lady to a slave all of a sudden, and their hearts were naturally full of fear.

After discovering this situation, Li Su didn't care about them anymore, and planned to throw them into the mansion to be a maid after the war, which was much better than being sold around.

After winning this battle, in addition to the officers and soldiers in the army, there were also a large group of merchants who had been following the army, most of these merchants were from Li Su's Dengzhou, or merchants who had rushed to Dengzhou from other places to register. Since Li Shimin relaxed the restrictions on the battlefield, these merchants have burst out with unparalleled vitality, except for the battlefield where they are fighting, they can be found almost everywhere, and even some patrolling squads do not need to bring any dry food at all, and when they meet these merchants on the road, they can exchange things for food, and they are more delicious than military food.

At first, these merchants mainly bought prisoners of war on the battlefield, but soon some shrewd merchants discovered that there was more business to be done on the battlefield than prisoners of war. For example, the loot obtained by the soldiers, they usually have to go to the battlefield, and it is also a burden to carry the loot, so it is better to exchange it for money.

What the? It's not easy to get too much money, it doesn't matter if you have too much money, you can deposit the money in the newly opened Dengzhou Bank first, the big boss of the Dengzhou Bank is the Qi Wangfu, and the credibility is absolutely guaranteed, and even if the person who deposited the money died in battle, the bank can also send the money over according to the address of the soldier's family recorded in advance.

The opening of this bank was not Li Su's idea, and after seeing the demand on the battlefield, Wei Xijun automatically organized people to open it, which was originally called Qian Xing, and after Li Su heard about it, he directly changed it to a bank, although now this kind of bank business is still limited to soldiers, but I believe that with the development of time, the bank's business will definitely become more and more extensive.

The significance of the appearance of the bank, Li Su, a non-professional, really can't say clearly, but he can clearly feel that with the development of banking business, the business behavior on the battlefield suddenly broke out a peak. In fact, it is not surprising that the merchant pays for the spoils of war in the hands of the warriors, and this money is deposited in the bank, and then the bank lends to the reputable merchant, so that the operation of the money in the hands of all parties forms a circle, and each cycle produces huge benefits for the three parties, and it is also countless times faster and more convenient than the previous kind of merchants who travel thousands of miles to trade money.

With the merchants buying the booty, the enthusiasm of the soldiers of the Tang Army was also mobilized, in the past, because the things that individuals could carry were limited, so the loot they got was mainly small pieces, and there was no place to put the large ones, but now it is different, as long as they bring things to the merchants, as long as they negotiate the price, how to transport it is the business of those merchants. Of course, the larger the size of the thing, the more the merchant will lower the price below the original price, after all, they also cost money to transport.

The convenience brought by the merchants was quickly recognized by the officers and men in the army, and Li Ji, the main generals, also found that when the supply of grain, grass, weapons and other military supplies in the rear was insufficient, they could also transport a part of it through these merchants, although they had to pay some compensation, but it solved the urgent need, and also saved the consumption during transportation, which was still very cost-effective.

Before the decisive battle with the Yuan clan, the merchants who participated in this war had prepared a large amount of money, in order to buy a lot after the war, and before the war, they provided a lot of food and medicine free of charge, which can be said to have invested enough money for this war, but the Tang army did not disappoint them, and finally occupied the richest city of Pyongyang in Goguryeo, and they began to share this delicious cake with their already sharpened minions.

Li Su rode a horse through the streets of Pyongyang, and in addition to his own guards, there was also a bruised and swollen Li Yong behind him. They went to Li Daozong first just now, and when Li Daozong knew that Li Yong had been hiding in the army, and he had personally gone to the battlefield, he was angry and ran away on the spot, beating Li Yong hard, and did not stop until he vented his anger, and Li Yong became what he is now.

The reason why they went to find Li Daozong first was actually to let Li Daozong first tell Li Shimin about Li Yong's affairs, after all, for Li Yong's sake, Li Shimin also sent a lot of people to look for him, and Li Yong also heard about it at that time, but he deliberately didn't come out, and now he is afraid that Li Shimin will blame him, so he should let Li Daozong, an elder, intercede first. Although Li Su can also help Li Yong intercede, everyone knows that Li Su and Li Yong were originally brothers who wore a pair of pants, so they were definitely not as effective as Li Daozong, an elder.

Li Daozong is still very concerned about Li Yong, although with the temperament of His Majesty the Emperor, he should not take Li Yong well, but since Li Yong is interested in developing in the army, Li Shimin can't have a bad impression of him because of this incident, so he naturally won't shirk, and reprimanded Li Yong a few words, and then let them out.