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The news of the complete victory in the Liaodong battlefield reached Chang'an, and Chang'an was filled with joy. Hundreds of thousands of people beat gongs and drums to celebrate the victory.

In fact, Li Ye received a message from Feige six days ago that the Khitan was destroyed. He was more concerned about the whereabouts of Yelu Salade. Zhang Dian had already led 500 cavalry to chase him.

The descendants of Yelu Salade created the Khitan Kingdom and the Liao Kingdom, which brought serious disasters to the Central Plains Dynasty. There was also the Blackwater Mohe, which was renamed the Jurchen Tribe when it came to the Liao Kingdom, and the Mengwu Tribe in Shiwei, who were also the descendants of later generations. Hidden danger!

At this time, Du You said at the door: "Your Majesty, Wei Xiangguo wants to see you!"

Li Ye nodded, "Invite him in!"

After a while, Wei Jiansu hurriedly walked in, bowed and saluted: "Old minister, your majesty is here!"

"Xiangguo, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wei Jiansu sat down and said with a smile: "First of all, congratulations to Your Majesty, the Liaodong war has been a great victory and a successful conclusion. The next step is to deal with the aftermath. What are your plans?"

Li Ye smiled lightly and said: "The aftermath is nothing more than land and population. I plan to build two governor's offices in Liaodong, one in western Liaoning and one in eastern Liaoning, with 50,000 troops stationed in each. The governor of western Liaoning will be appointed by Zhang Dian, and the governor of eastern Liaoning will be appointed by Zhang Dian. Nan Jiyun takes office, and as for the Khitans and Xi people, they will still be arranged according to the rules of the court. "

Wei Jiansu nodded, "It is your Majesty's duty to establish the Governor's Palace. Wei Chen has no intention of intervening, but in the plan to resettle the people, Wei Chen received a report from Liaodong officials. Guo Ziyi detained hundreds of thousands of unmarried young women among the Khitan and Xi people, and prepared Reward to the three armies, does your Majesty know about this?"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "Of course I know about this, but there is a slight discrepancy between what I said to the Prime Minister."

"I am willing to listen attentively!"

Li Ye walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "The Khitan fought foreign wars every year, and there were not many men in the first place. In the end, we gave a heavy blow, and almost all the young and strong men were lost. Both the Khitan and Xi were dominated by women. , even if there is a bit of a man, he is still old and young.

The Tang Dynasty has abolished slavery, and it is unrealistic to turn them into slaves. It happens that many of our soldiers are unmarried, so I told Guo Ziyi to divide all the unmarried women in half, and give half to the Liaodong soldiers to marry, so that the soldiers can stay in Liaodong with peace of mind. , Prime Minister, is a marriage, not a reward. In addition, after the soldiers get married, each of them will be rewarded with 300 acres of land in Liaodong, so that they can stay in Liaodong with peace of mind. "

Wei Jiansu felt a little ashamed and said: "I see, I have misunderstood Your Majesty!"

Li Ye smiled again and said: "Just now I said that the young unmarried women of the Khitan and Xi people should be divided into two parts, one half for the Liaodong soldiers, and the other half, which is about 130,000 people. I planned to give it to the Helong and Anxi soldiers." , this is also a long-standing problem in the frontier. Many Anxi soldiers are almost forty years old and have not yet started a family. If these 130,000 young women are sent there, this long-standing problem will be completely solved.

So I repeatedly told Guo Ziyi that noble women do not have to be killed, and soldiers are never allowed to abuse women. If we get hundreds of thousands of innocent women, we can solve the big problem of border soldiers. Moreover, both Khitan and Xi women can speak some Chinese. After spending a few months with each other, they can communicate. "

Wei Jiansu gave a thumbs up, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Ye smiled apologetically and said: "I forgot to tell the political affairs hall about this matter. The responsibility lies with me. Please inform the Liaodong officials immediately!"

"Weichen will make arrangements immediately!"

Some readers may ask whether a foreign woman marrying a Han will affect her bloodline. In fact, only some famous families care about it, and ordinary people don't care about it.

Since the Han and Tang dynasties, patrilineal blood has been the dominant force. After Khitan women married Han soldiers, they would quickly adapt to their identity, wear Han clothes and regard themselves as Han people.

At this time, Wei Jiansu said again: "Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report!"

"Please say!"

"King Nanzhao has come to Chang'an!"

Li Ye quickly asked: "Are you here already?"

"I just arrived this afternoon. Honglu Temple notified Wei Chen, so Wei Chen came to ask for instructions from His Majesty."

Li Ye told Du You: "Go and invite Zhang Xiangguo!"

Left Prime Minister Zhang Li also arrived in a hurry, and Du You took him into the imperial study.

"The humble minister Zhang Li is here to see His Majesty!"

"Zhang Xiangguo came just in time. We are about to talk about Nanzhao. Please sit down first!"

Zhang Li sat down and Li Ye said to the two of them: "I won't see King Nanzhao for the time being. You can talk to him. According to our conditions, we can make some adjustments in the details, but we will not give in on the four major principles."

The four major principles are: 1. Restore the boundaries before Tianbao nine years ago; 2. Nanzhao is not allowed to have troops, and the Tang army is stationed in Nanzhao; 3. Nanzhao inherits the hostages in Chang'an; 4. Nanzhao's minerals return to the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Jiansu nodded, "Weichen also thought about it. In addition to the four major principles, there are other details that can be discussed. One is the issue of garrison salary burden. The second is the demarcation of fertile land in Yaozhou. Weichen remembers that Tianbao nine years ago , half of the fertile land in Yao City belongs to Nanzhao, and half belongs to the people of the Tang Dynasty, which can be negotiated. "

Li Ye nodded, "We can bear the military salary ourselves, but this is a concession to the salt tax!"

"Wei Chen understands!"

At this time, Zhang Li said again: "Your Majesty, there is also the issue of compensation to the Han people, but their treasury is empty, so it may be difficult for them to compensate."

Li Ye said coldly: "Killing officials, plundering Han women, and taking young men as slaves cannot be solved by apologizing. They don't have money to compensate, so they can use land to compensate, and the fertile land in Yao City can be compensated to the victims!"

The two camped together.

Li Ye said calmly: "Don't rush to negotiate, let them understand the situation in Liaodong. Nanzhao has not been destroyed. The Tang Dynasty has been very tolerant."

As night fell, several ox carts arrived at Huai'en Temple. Huai'en Temple is located in the southwest corner of Xianyang County, close to the city wall, and is relatively remote. Compared with the famous temples in Chang'an, Huai'en Temple is indeed shabby, the temple is dilapidated, and there are not many monks.

But its only advantage is that it has a six-story pagoda covering an area of ​​two acres. This is a stone pagoda left over from the Northern Zhou Dynasty. This pagoda is also the tallest building in Xianyang.

These two days, Huai'en Temple received a big business. A pilgrim was willing to pay a thousand strings of incense money and borrow the pagoda for two days.

The abbot and the monks laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. It was simply the Buddha's appearance. A windfall of a thousand strings of money fell from the sky! They couldn't collect a hundred strings of money a year, let alone just borrowing for two days, and it would be no problem to borrow for two years.

The woman who borrowed the pagoda claimed to be a widow. She needed to borrow the pagoda to worship the soul of her dead husband, and rejected the temple's proposal to perform a ritual for her husband.

Another condition was that the temple closed before dark, all monks stayed in the monk's room, and were not allowed to go out before dawn, for fear of disturbing her husband's soul.

This condition was not excessive, and the abbot agreed at once. Moreover, the Huai'en Pagoda was in a separate courtyard. As long as the courtyard door was closed, no one would know the situation of the Huai'en Pagoda.

There was another important reason. The borrower of the pagoda was a Han woman. If it was a Hu person, the abbot would also lend it, after all, he could not refuse a thousand strings of money, but he would still feel uncomfortable.

More than 20 maids brought nearly a hundred boxes into the pagoda, moved them all the way to the sixth floor, and arranged them on the sixth floor.

As the night deepened, countless women came from all directions. After entering the courtyard, the gate was closed.

On the stone tower, the lights of the six-story tower were lit, which was particularly dazzling. One hundred and twenty female disciples stood on each floor of the tower, all kneeling on the ground. There was a special large candle on each floor, and the candle was engraved with the logo of the iron ring and three swords. The light was lit, implying that the leader was in the light and could feel their worship.

There were not only candles on the top floor, but also an altar, on which were enshrined the three golden ring swords made of gold, which were much larger than the three golden ring swords confiscated from the Kongsberg Mansion before, weighing 100 kilograms. The weight of this logo was second only to the three golden ring swords in Samarkand.

At this time, no one could have imagined that there was a petite black shadow hidden in a big tree not far from the Huai'en Tower.

The petite black shadow was also a young woman. Her name was Zhang Fengjiao, from Xianyang, and she was a bounty assassin. The inner guards posted a bounty of 3,000 strings of cash to find hundreds of organized women.

Zhang Fengjiao's home was nearby. She was a local tyrant, so of course she was ready to look for clues in Xianyang County. Unexpectedly, she saw the lights on the top of Huai'en Tower from the roof of her house. There was a woman's figure shaking. You know, this is a Buddhist temple! Isn't it weird that a woman's figure appeared in the middle of the night?

She immediately rushed to Huai'en Tower and climbed up a big tree closest to the stone tower to observe. She saw an extremely weird scene. Every woman was wearing white clothes, with disheveled hair and barefoot, kneeling down to worship a big candle. There were more than a hundred women!

She actually realized that she was going to get rich. This must be the bounty of the inner guard.

Zhang Fengjiao was very smart. She was not in a hurry to report the news. Seeing that there were more than a dozen ox carts parked outside the gate, and the driver was dozing and waiting for someone, she climbed onto the bottom of one of the carriages and stuck to it tightly.

Half an hour later, the worship ceremony ended, and all the women dispersed. Anjia took dozens of confidants to sit on the ox cart and took away some important items. Candles and the like would be collected tomorrow. Anyway, they borrowed the stone tower for two days.

The oxcart started slowly and drove towards the courtyard where they rented. Lin Quer was very nervous all night, but it seemed that there was nothing unusual. Everyone was asleep and no one cared about what happened in Huai En Tower.

The oxcart reached the courtyard, and everyone returned to the courtyard. The oxcart also turned around and left. At this time, a petite black shadow silently emerged from under an oxcart and hid behind a big tree.

After the oxcart went far away, the black shadow looked at the courtyard, and then turned around and disappeared into the darkness.