Soon, under the responsibility of the staff of the Military Affairs Department led by Jing Wen, the entire Liaodong City became a chicken. Originally, Li Shimin promised those officials who surrendered that they could temporarily take up their original positions, but now they have been pulled out one by one to raid their homes. As long as there is a slight resistance, it will be killed on the spot. As for the many people who thought they shouldn't be arrested, they were all arrested. And dragged these surrendered officials to a crowded place in Liaodong City, apparently to behead them on the spot.

"The deputy city lord still has countless rebellions, intending to assassinate the emperor and the generals of the Tang Dynasty, and the crime is unforgivable. Therefore, the emperor ordered us to punish them according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty. The men of the nine clans must be beheaded, the mastermind is Ling Chi, and the women of the family are filled with the Tang Qing. Floor. As for those who did not report it, the whole family was beheaded as an example. I hope that everyone can cooperate with the Datang army well in the future and don't cause trouble to the Datang army. Now, the execution begins! ”

As a large number of hands rose and fell, hundreds of human heads were cut off. As for the last, it is the prisoner who is responsible for Ling Chi. They were all going to be cut off piece by piece with a sharp knife. And this kind of Ling Chi is generally tied tightly with a fishing net, and then it is easy to use a knife to separate it. However, this punishment is very cruel, so ordinary people will not use it. Even if it was a domestic rebellion, Ling Chi was never used. And now the first to "enjoy" is actually the Goguryeo people.

And when Jingwen saw that Ling Chi was going to be executed, he took the initiative to leave.

"My lord, won't you take a look?" A staff officer asked.

"Look at what? If I read it, I'm afraid I won't dare to eat meat for two months! Jingwen complained.

The staff officer had nothing to say, after all, this kind of Ling Chi was very bloody and cruel, so it was better for Jing Wen not to see it. After all, if you watch it, you really won't dare to eat meat for two months. And even many executioners don't dare to look at this kind of Ling Chi, so the cruelty of this punishment can be said to be unprecedented.

Jingwen came to the private residence of the city lord. Then I saw Duan Zhixuan, the minister of service, in charge of checking and counting some wealth.

"General Duan, did you find anything good?" Jingwen asked.

And Duan Zhixuan immediately said: "This city lord is really a rich man, and he has actually looted so much wealth. You see, he has tens of thousands of acres of land alone, and the antiques and jade in his house are also worth more than one million yuan. A city lord has more than one million guan, so how much wealth does Goguryeo get! ”

And Jingwen immediately said: "Liaodong City is a big city, so it is not surprising that the city lord has looted a lot of wealth. Other cities may not have so much wealth, but in general, all the wealth of the entire Goguryeo is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. However, this wealth was mainly concentrated in the Goguryeo family. Ordinary people don't have much wealth. So let's not target those ordinary people, which will not be good for us to rule in the future, and will damage the reputation of our Tang Army. ”

Jingwen knows that most of the wealth in this world is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people. After all, this has always been a law of history, and it does not mean that you can change it if you want to. And even if Lao Maozi engaged in communism later, in the end, the wealth of the public family was concentrated in the hands of a small number of officials, which is actually the case. Therefore, these Goguryeo nobles have wealth, which can also show that Goguryeo is actually not a poor country. If the people are plundered, it will not only affect the image of the army among the people. And it will also corrupt the style of the army. Therefore, it is enough to just confiscate the wealth of those high-ranking officials and nobles, so that the morale of the army will not be corrupted, and the harvest is not small, and the harvest is much more than robbing the people.

"This Goguryeo city lord would have surrendered. According to the emperor's kindness, his wealth can not be confiscated. But now that he doesn't report it, don't blame us for being ruthless. So, there is no doubt about it. Their wealth will also be filled into the treasury of my Datang. Then, according to the previous agreement, it was divided among the soldiers, officers, generals, and even the common people who had invested in the purchase of war stocks. Duan Zhixuan said.

And the wealth that has been found in the homes of these Goguryeo officials. They all have more than 3 million yuan, which is already one-third of the military spending raised. In fact, the Tang Dynasty came to loot collectively this time, but it was not the people who looted, but the high-ranking officials of Goguryeo. If these high-ranking officials take the initiative to surrender, it will be difficult for Datang to share their wealth. But now that they know about it and don't report it, they are going to die. Therefore, Jingwen confiscated their wealth and prepared to distribute it as spoils of war to the people who invested in the war and bought war stocks. A Liaodong city has looted so much wealth, which is enough to show how huge the profits are from attacking a country.

And with wealth, it can stimulate the soldiers to continue the war. Because these soldiers can also get two shares of war shares, and they can get dividends when the time comes. As for the generals who lead the troops, the civilian officials who are responsible for organizing the people in the back can also get the war shares accordingly, so they can also share dividends. Under this kind of dividend system, it can make everyone work harder to fight wars and transportation. After all, the more spoils the front-line army gets, the more dividends they can receive.

And Jingwen also hoped that those Goguryeo people would surrender less, so that maybe the Tang Dynasty could get more wealth, so that those who bought war stocks could get richer and richer, and then form a virtuous circle of conquest.

It didn't take long for Jingwen to wait for the beheading of those involved in the assassination and those who didn't report it, and then returned to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, those rebellions have been executed, what should we do next?" Jingwen asked.

And Li Shimin said: "What else can I do? Continue the offensive and completely destroy Goguryeo! ”

Li Shimin originally just wanted to recover the territory and destroy Goguryeo. But now Li Shimin still has a personal vendetta against Goguryeo, that is, this Goguryeo wants to assassinate himself, so there is absolutely nothing to say. Goguryeo will definitely die, and those high-ranking officials and nobles in Goguryeo may not have a good end. Jingwen understands this very well, and those high-ranking generals are also like this, and they definitely didn't let go of this Goguryeo idea, because they almost assassinated them before!

Soon, the soldiers who had attacked Liaodong City were called up again and prepared to enter the state of continued conquest. They were to continue to the northeast, attacking directly from Liaodong to the Korean Peninsula in later generations, and conquering Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo. (To be continued......)