Li Yu stared at the corpse in front of him in shock, a man with messy hair and beard, he couldn't help but take two steps back, he couldn't believe that the culprit who created this rebellion that almost destroyed the Tang Dynasty was actually here, abandoned in the corner like an ordinary corpse. Such a wicked person, such a mastermind behind the scenes, should not stand high in the temple? And then wait until they finally defeat him, can he be killed by his men and sacrificed with his head?

"How can this be An Lushan, is Taiwei mistaken?"

Li Siye turned his head to see the resentful and suspicious expression on Li Yu's face, smiled and comforted him, and said: "It's hard for me to believe that the rebel forces are still there, but An Lushan has been killed by its internal struggle. That's a good thing for us. Your Highness can send someone to pass on the head of the Beijing Division, I will go to the table with Your Highness, take advantage of the lack of leaders in the rebel camp, go north to attack Yecheng and Changshan, and then order Li Guangbi to go out of the well to block the rebel general Shi Siming and his division, and in less than three months, Fanyang in Youzhou can be pacified in one fell swoop. ”

Li Yu nodded and said, "Taiwei is right, I will report to my father and emperor later, if he knows this news, he will be very happy." ”

Li Siye ordered the executioner to cut off An Lushan's head and send it to Chang'an in a brocade box. I remember that when An Lushan had just rebelled, the imperial court also issued a version of the proclamation, using the position of a marquis to reward An Lushan's head, so should the position of this marquis be rewarded to two people in An Lushan's camp?

They continued to walk to the depths of the Ziwei Palace, fortunately the damage to this palace was not very serious, An Lushan himself still liked this place very much, anyone who came to Luoyang, would be attracted by its splendor and majesty, when the Luo River floated by the side of the palace like a jade belt, the cylindrical building composed of green glazed tiles and red palace pillars around the Vientiane Shrine went straight into the sky, and this heavenly palace satisfied all the fantasies of the ruler.

What Li Siye cares about the most is Hanjiacang City, which is a national granary located on the west side of the palace city, which is used to store grain mobilized from all over the country. When Tianbao was eight years old, the storage capacity of this granary had exceeded 5 million stones, and it increased year by year in the next few years, and now it is more than 7 million stones.

How much is 7 million stones, the Tang Dynasty had more than 600,000 border soldiers in each section during the Tianbao period, and 1.9 million stones of grain and grass were consumed every year, and 7 million stones were enough to supply the country's soldiers for more than three years. The population of Luoyang City today is between 700,000 and 800,000, and this grain allows Luoyang to hold out for three years even if it is besieged.

The rebels have occupied Luoyang for a long time, and they will definitely attack the grain in Hanjiacang, and Li Siye doesn't know how much of these strategic materials can be left.

After entering from Duanmen, he did not follow Li Yu to Yingtianmen, but went from Dongjiacheng to the location of Hanjiacang City.

The whole terrain of Hanjiacang City belongs to the highest in Luoyang, there is a thick layer of laterite, the granary is dug out of the ground from the warehouse, tamped with heavy objects and then dried with firewood, the wall of the warehouse and the bottom of the warehouse are paved with wooden planks, between the wooden planks and the wall are filled with chaff and quicklime, used to keep the absolute dryness, and there are straw mats between the piled grains. The diameter of such a warehouse is more than 20 meters, and the grain stored in a grain warehouse can reach thousands or even tens of thousands of stones.

When Li Siye arrived at the scene, he saw a mess, most of the warehouses had been emptied, and a large black pit was left. He ordered someone to find a grain officer who managed Cangcheng, because this grain officer was a statistical knowledge talent, so the rebels and the Tang army needed it, so he survived.

The grain officer looked calm, neither the guilt after sacrificing his life for the thief, nor the joy of welcoming the recovery of the official army. He also looked very calm and lazy in front of Taiwei Li, looking like I would answer whatever you asked me.

"How much grain is left in Cangcheng?"

"Captain Qiyu, there are still a total of 1.1 million stones of grain and grass left in the entire Hanjiacang, and since the rebels broke through Luoyang, they began to transport grain to Youzhou, the upper reaches of the canal, by waterway, and so far they have smuggled more than 5 million stones. Almost 70 percent of the new grain was collected this year. ”

"Five million stone grains and grass have been hoarded in Fanyang?" Li Siye was surprised, he knew what this meant, according to the technology that japonica rice could be preserved for five years at that time, it was equivalent to the rebels had a strong recovery ability within five years.

In an era of broken order, people's needs are reduced to survival, and having food means mastering the right to live, and countless people will go to the rebels because of hunger. This means that as long as the place where the rebels have stored food and grass can be held, as long as they have a moment of respite, it is possible to recover. For both sides of the enemy, whoever occupies the grain has nine lives like the cat demon.

Therefore, any favorable situation that may be possible to eliminate the rebels should not be let go, taking advantage of the fact that An Lushan has just died and the group of dragons has no leader, and the center of gravity of the rebels has not yet been established, so quickly pursuing the rebels and breaking the rebel camp again is the only way to achieve victory as soon as possible.

Li Siye suddenly realized something, and hurriedly ordered: "Hurry up and send someone to the Zuozang Palace and Shangyang Palace in Dongjiacheng to see how much property is left inside?" ”

Zang Xiye sent cavalry to Shangyang Palace, Feng Changqing sent troops to occupy Zuozang Palace, and piled up all the looted property in front of the palace gate, and the rebels transferred a lot of Luoyang's property to Fanyang before, which was left. In addition to paying friendly soldiers, he must also fulfill his promises to his own soldiers. When Shaanxi County was fighting with the enemy, Li Siye once publicly encouraged and rewarded the generals who beheaded the military merits, one head was a bucket of rice, and ten heads were always money.

The Tang army was very strict about the military merits of beheading, and there must be a bystander to prove it for you, and there must also be a superior to guarantee that it was an enemy you killed with your own hands, and not a corpse picked up from under the arrows of a crossbowman. Therefore, the credit they earned by fighting for their lives, in addition to the twelve transfer officials of the imperial court, what they are most looking forward to is the reward of rice and money.

He immediately asked Zang Xiye and Feng Changqing to list all the beheaded heads from generals to soldiers and send them in documents, and the result was a total of 23,000 beheadings, which were converted into rice and grain for 2,300 stones, even if they were exchanged for money, it was only 2,300 guan, and the value of the heads of various rebel officers doubled, and the total was only more than 10,000 guan. The emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and even if Luoyang experienced the robbery of the rebels, it was more than enough to make up the rewards given to the soldiers.

Li Siye flipped through the list of beheadings handed over by Feng Changqing, and there were two people he was familiar with who were among the best, one was his adopted son Li Chongbao, who was beheaded at the thirteenth level, of which two captains were killed, ranking third, and the other was Zhang Xiaojing, who was beheaded at the sixteenth level, and the killing of officers was a brigade rate, ranking eleventh. ”

He was a little incredulous, pointing to Li Chongbao's name and asking Feng Changqing: "Didn't you take care of him, deliberately let people piece together thirteen heads, and also got two captains?" ”

Feng Changqing flatly denied it: "What is needed to deduce meritorious deeds is absolute fairness, how can I show favoritism to chill the hearts of the majority of soldiers?" Every head in it was killed by him in blood, and if you don't believe it, you can call him in person. He won't lie to you, Grandpa. ”

"No need." He shook his head and said, "He's doing a good job, I trust my son." ”

He glanced at Zhang Xiaojing's number of beheadings again, and actually remembered a little nostalgic for the situation when he used to rush to kill as a grassroots officer with soldiers, and it was really a bloody step by step at that time.

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Soon the emperor's decree arrived in Luoyang from Guanzhong, and first rewarded the heroes who participated in the war, the biggest problem was what to do with the people who had risen to the top, Li Siye was already the king of Xiliang, and he was also a captain, and Guo Ziyi's reward had such a problem, in the early days of the war, because of the desire for victory, the military generals were urgently needed, so they did not want to be sealed. When the situation almost stabilized, it was discovered that among the military teams involved in the recovery of the two capitals, there were already many false titles and real titles above the third grade.

Li Heng asked his think tank Li Mi for this, and Li Mi gave two answers, one is that the meritorious deeds of being a father are rewarded to his son or even his grandson, as long as he dares to think and dare to do, the child who has just been born in swaddling clothes can also be a five-grade official. The other is to reward the fief to inherit the descendants, the fief does not need more, and the country of Baili County is enough. At the beginning, if An Lushan had a fief that was passed on to his son, maybe he would not have rebelled.

Although the emperor disagreed with some of Li's opinions, he still agreed with Li's statement, and now he had no more choice.

At the same time, the punishment of some people must also be carried out, and Zang Xiye, who was involved in the matter, never dreamed that his righteous deeds could become a reason for being removed from his official position.