The next day, when the people got up, the streets were full of Gaochang soldiers, but these soldiers were wearing Tang Dynasty uniforms, and they also knew that they were new troops.
The so-called new army was retrained after the people from the Tang Dynasty came. They were different from the original Gaochang soldiers. If you want to join such an army, you must have the blood of the Tang Dynasty. If you don’t have the blood of the Han people, no matter how strong you are, you will not be able to join such an army.
Many ordinary people looked at each other. They also knew that something big must have happened last night, but for ordinary people, they didn’t want to care about what happened last night. They just wanted to go out and work normally today. Many people didn’t have any surplus food at home. If they wanted to avoid going hungry today, they had to go out and work normally.
Li Xiang understood this very well, so when the sun rose, everything in the city returned to calm, but it was different in the mansions of many dignitaries. Originally, many people had to go to the mansions of these dignitaries to help so that they could get daily food, but from today on, you people have no jobs because the original nobles no longer exist.
This is Gaochang's aristocratic street. There are countless princes and nobles on this street, but today both entrances are blocked. People who used to go to the palace to attend court from here are not coming out. Even some of the guards inside are gone. The street is full of Gaochang's new army.
Of course, they could only stand at the street entrance. The troops who actually carried out the task of confiscating property were all from the Tang Dynasty. Although these new troops had been trained for a while, the people of the Tang Dynasty still didn't trust them very much, especially when it came to things like confiscating property. If they were found to have embezzled money, where would they be found?
The last time Li Xiang came here, he was a little jealous of the nobles in Gaochang, because Gaochang had previously controlled the trade routes from the Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions, and their position was just like that of Tuyuhun in the past.
In the past, merchants from the Tang Dynasty had no way to trade directly with merchants from Tubo, so they had to go through merchants from Tuyuhun. Don't underestimate the profit from this transaction, it was huge. Gaochang Kingdom was in such a position, so the people inside them were very rich.
At that time, Li Xiang wanted to take action against these people, which was the standard for a winner, but Wadahan saved these people. What Wadahan said at the time was very reasonable. If these people's homes were raided, it would cause social unrest. At that time, Li Xiang agreed out of weakness.
But I didn't expect that it would only last for a period of time. Now these people are still restless and have all joined Wadahan's resistance plan. In this case, there is nothing more for us to say. The King of Gaochang has already conveyed the order. You people are planning to rebel, so now your whole family will be imprisoned. As for the property in your family, it can only be confiscated by the Tang Dynasty army.
Box after box of gold, silver and treasures left Su Dingfang and Cheng Chumo dumbfounded.
According to their thinking, even in Chang'an City, many nobles might not be as wealthy as you. Isn't Gaochang a small country? Could this small country have already reached this level of wealth? The treasures just confiscated were from the homes of several princes, totaling over a hundred carts.
"It seems we still have some different perceptions of this small country. I originally thought they were just having a little soup, but I didn't expect them to be much richer than the Turks and Xueyantuo."
Su Jingfang looked at the convoy in the distance with some confusion. This was the fifth convoy that had passed by. Each convoy had thirty carts filled with gold, silver and treasures seized from the homes of the royal nobles. All of these things had to be transported back to Chang'an, and part of them would be used as military expenses.
"The Turks and Xueyantuo don't have any special products, and our merchants aren't willing to go there, so there aren't many opportunities to make money. But they're different. By being stuck in the Hexi Corridor, they're effectively making double the money. Even the Tuyuhun couldn't make as much money as they did. After all, Tubo's spending is limited. The Western Regions are different; they're incredibly wealthy."
Cheng Chumo had some knowledge of this area. The countries in the Western Regions could consume some of the goods of the Tang Dynasty, and some of them were transmitted westward through the ancient Silk Road. As for which countries in the west they were transmitted to, they might not know.
The merchants from the Western Regions certainly made huge profits, but the merchants from Gaochang Kingdom naturally would not sit idle either. Most of their profits were earned by these nobles. These nobles probably never dreamed that the money they had earned after a lifetime of hard work would all be taken away by the people from the Tang Dynasty this morning.
"General, this man wants to see you. He is the Left Prime Minister of Gaochang."
While the two were talking, an old man was pulled over from behind. This guy had never done any serious work, but his ability to make money was the best in Gaochang Kingdom.
"Generals, I have already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and have even met your Crown Prince. Is there a misunderstanding regarding today's incident? We truly have no collusion with anyone."
Looking at the Left Prime Minister of Gaochang Kingdom in front of them, Su Dingfang and Cheng Chumo didn't know what to say. This guy was indeed wronged. There was no such person on the list at all, but Li Xiang added this person later because he had been the Left Prime Minister for a long time and had accumulated a lot of wealth in this position. If they didn't take advantage of this opportunity, they would never find another opportunity in the future.
This guy was indeed one of the first people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but he did not bring any benefits to the Tang Dynasty. He just took the opportunity of surrendering to the Tang Dynasty to make money for himself, so Li Xiang added his name. This is also to let everyone see, don’t think that you will be fine just because you have expressed your attitude. In the future, you have to work for the Tang Dynasty. If you are so lazy, we will still deal with you.
"This matter has nothing to do with us. We are just following orders from above. Your king said that you have connections with the rebels, so you definitely have connections. If you are not satisfied, you can go to your king."
Cheng Chumo waved his hands helplessly. If you want to blame someone, blame it on you being too rich...