Some other ministers of Goguryeo, including those who were famous among the common people, were all transported back to Chang'an, and some of those who had committed many evil deeds were beheaded on the spot. Li Xiang had only one policy towards Goguryeo, which was to take it over completely and never allow any more trouble.
The people of Goguryeo have become numb in the past few days. They don't know how many people have been killed. No matter whether they were generals on the battlefield in the past or some scholars in Goguryeo now, Li Xiang killed them all directly. This was also to enable the Tang Dynasty to better manage this place and destroy all the cultural heritage here. Of course, they don't have any cultural heritage, most of which are plagiarized from the Tang Dynasty.
During these few days, Niu Jinda and Su Dingfang were not idle either. They almost turned the entire city upside down, just wanting to find some valuable things inside. The cost of our attack on Goguryeo this time is not a small amount. The cities in the north are extremely poor. Apart from an empty city, we didn’t get many good things. Now that we have captured the capital of Goguryeo, we have to search it thoroughly.
There will certainly be a lot of bloodshed during the search, but this is the privilege of the victor. What General Li Jing did when he was in the Turkic area was much more excessive than it is now. Any male taller than a wheel would be killed. Compared with the Tang Dynasty army back then, we are much more harmonious. We will not kill anyone as long as we are paid.
In order to survive for themselves and their families, a large number of Goguryeo people began to betray their country and friends. They reported all the wealthy places in the city. These people were also uniformly labeled with a sign that they were local friends of the Tang Dynasty. What you do will not be in vain. In the next period of time, you can all become supervisors.
It was the first time for them to hear this term, so many Tang soldiers explained to them that Goguryeo could only develop agriculture and animal husbandry in the future, and there was no need to develop other aspects. All the people of Goguryeo would become local service providers, and supervisors would supervise these people to do their work.
This reform surprised many people. If this were the case, wouldn't it be a social regression? However, Li Xiang also submitted a memorial to the court, requesting that this be maintained for at least five years. Since we were going to implement militarized control in Goguryeo, we had to earn enough money to fund the military during these five years. After five years, when Goguryeo society had stabilized somewhat, we could then divide it into prefectures and counties and send in local officials.
Of course, if there are people from the Tang Dynasty who are willing to come here, we can also give them certain preferential policies. For example, if you don’t have any land in your hometown, you can come here and get 100 acres of land for free, and they are all very good lands. In addition to giving you these 100 acres of land, you can also choose two young girls as your wives, and we will also give you five to seven laborers. Your future task is to be a local landlord here.
This was also done in order to gain control of this place more quickly. Of course, there was a prerequisite for doing so, that is, the Tang army had to support him. If the Tang army did not support him, just because he was an ordinary person here, his two wives at home would probably kill him.
After hearing the news, many ordinary people living at the bottom of society immediately prepared to go to Goguryeo. When the Tang Dynasty conquered the land north of the Yangtze River, Li Xiang also promulgated such a regulation. Unfortunately, few people came because they did not think this was a victory and it was very likely that Goguryeo would counterattack.
Now that even the capital of Goguryeo has been occupied, it means that the country of Goguryeo no longer exists. It is impossible to survive in my hometown. How many grains of food can I leave in a year by farming for the landlord? It is better to go to Goguryeo and give it a try. Although it is more dangerous there, if I can survive, it is equivalent to leaving a family business for my descendants.
Although it is the early years of the Tang Dynasty and the situation of land annexation in the country is not serious, there are still many unemployed people in various places. These people can no longer make a living in their current places. After hearing about the laws promulgated by the court, they immediately go to the government to register. After passing the physical examination, these people will go to Goguryeo. The court will collect half of their income in Goguryeo.
Although the taxes were relatively high, these people were very willing to do so. After all, they did not bring anything with them except their bodies, and they did not pay any money to the court to buy land. The court had already allocated these things to them. It was simply equivalent to getting something for nothing. If they did not hand over half of their gains to the court, then their conscience would probably be black.
Li Shimin and the ministers in the court also agreed with Li Xiang's strategy. On the one hand, it could ease some conflicts in various places, and on the other hand, it could also govern Goguryeo well. The most important thing was that it could increase the income of the national treasury.
One war almost emptied the national treasury. These goodies shipped back from the capital of Goguryeo not only filled up the national treasury, but most importantly, they also increased the national treasury's tax revenue next year. Some unemployed vagrants in various places also had a place to stay, which correspondingly reduced public security cases in various places. After the war, the top officials of the court were very happy.
Five days after occupying Goguryeo, Li Xiang divided his troops into small teams, each with about fifty to one hundred and fifty soldiers. Their task was to begin repeated patrols around the area, leaving the barracks in the morning and returning two or three days later. In the area they patrolled, they had to gather all the people. Anyone who dared not to enter the concentration camp would be classified as a rebel and would be killed during the next clearance.
Although this was a bit excessive, Li Xiang had to do so in order to stabilize Goguryeo as quickly as possible.
For Li Xiang, this might bring him infamy, but for the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, this was a must. From among all the young and middle-aged men in Goguryeo, Li Xiang selected 50,000 supervisors. These were the lowest-level rulers, responsible for ruling the people of Goguryeo. When the Tang army withdrew, they would extend their tentacles into the social strata of Goguryeo, helping the Tang army manage the people of Goguryeo, identify those who resisted, and then kill these rebels and their families...