Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 47 The soldiers of Qingzhang Mountain made great contributions

When the Qin army began to sweep the battlefield, Fusu entered Bushan County accompanied by Peng Yue.

After Fusu entered Bushan County, he saw countless soldiers and civilians sitting or resting at a glance.Dozens of houses near the city wall have been smashed into ruins by the artillery stones thrown by the South Vietnamese army's trebuchets.

"General Peng, tell me about the casualties of the soldiers and civilians in Bushan City?" Fusu asked solemnly looking at the scene in front of him.

"My lord, over 3000 people were killed and over 700 were injured by the Yinglong Army and the Rebel Army. More than 1 civilians were killed and over 5000 were injured in the battle."

"I pass on my decree that each family of the soldiers and civilians who died in battle will be given [-] yuan in pensions, and their families will be exempted from taxes for five years; during the tax-free period, our Daqin Treasury will provide two stones of food every year; all the civilians who died in battle have children who are not available, and the treasury will pay them every year. Fifty yuan of support will be paid until the children reach their full age; for those whose parents are still alive, each parent will be given [-] yuan for support every year until they die. , One should reward according to the content of the previous announcement. Peng Yue, you must hurry up and register the information of these soldiers and civilians who died for the country, and send it to the prime minister."

After Fusu thought about it, he ordered Peng Yue.

"My lord, I know that you care about the people of Guilin County, but if you pay compensation like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for my Daqin finances to continue?" Peng Yue advised worriedly.

"General Peng, I know that this decree will put a lot of pressure on my Daqin treasury, but I have to do this. People can help me defend the city regardless of life and death. How can I let down such a good people.

But there is no need to worry, after the complete annihilation of South Vietnam, I decided to rest for a year before attacking.When spring begins this year, I will let Meng Tian's army go to Hexi to cultivate 450 mu of land, which will grow 270 million shi of grain!Excluding [-]% as the military rations of Meng Tian's army, there are still [-] million shi in income, which is enough to pay the pensions for the soldiers and civilians who died in South Vietnam. "

Because of his suggestion to give preferential treatment to the soldiers and civilians who died in battle, Fusu had no choice but to start looking for new sources of finance for Daqin.

This search actually brought the strategy of governing the country proposed by Zhao Chongguo, a famous general of the later Han Dynasty, to the stage of history in advance.

Three days later, when Fusu was about to lead his army to relieve the crisis in Zhulu and Laoyi counties, the thirty missing Qingzhang soldiers escorted Zhao Shi and two South Vietnamese army lieutenants back to Bulao county.

After hearing the news, Fusu rushed to the lobby of the Bulao County Yamen to meet the Qingzhangshan soldiers.

"Heroes, do you know who these few people you captured are?"

Fusu glanced at Zhao Shi and others who were tied up like rice dumplings by Qingzhang Mountain soldiers, then turned to look at the leader Shi Chang and asked.

"My lord, I don't know. That day I saw these three cowardly bastards running away secretly, so I led a group of brothers to chase after them. Good guy, these three bastards run so fast, we It took a full day and night to catch up."

The leader Shi Chang described to Fusu their experience of hunting down the three people in front of them.

Fusu looked at Shi Chang and other soldiers from Qingzhang Mountain and smiled knowingly. Ever since he came to Qianzhong County to meet these soldiers from Qingzhang Mountain, Fusu gradually fell in love with this group of straightforward and sincere soldiers. The soldiers are gone.Let's say they are the army, and they have the aura of many bandits.Let's say they are not officers and soldiers, but they have an awe-inspiring sense of honor.

"Heroes, you have made great achievements. This young general with thin skin and tender flesh is Zhao Tuo's only son. How much do you think it is worth?" Fusu asked Zhao Shi, looking at the soldiers in Qingzhang Mountain.

"My mother, this guy is Zhao Tuo's only son." The soldier who escorted Zhao Shi before said in surprise.

"Um"

Fusu nodded with a smile, and looked at the thirty Qingzhangshan soldiers with satisfaction.

"Everyone, I happen to be short of dozens of personal followers. I wonder if you would like to come to my side to be on duty."

When Fusu saw these people, he wanted to take them under his command.

One is that these people are honest and honest, and they are indeed the best choice to be bodyguards; the other is that Fusu wants to have more followers from poor backgrounds around him, so that he can hear the opinions of some low-level people when he considers some national policies. thought up.

Seeing that the soldiers of Qingzhang Mountain were unknown, Peng Yue was so anxious that he almost tore the soles of his shoes.

"Hurry up and agree, where can you find such a good opportunity?" Peng Yue said to the leader Shichang.

"Oh, my son wants you to follow him in the future, are you willing?"

Peng Yue explained eagerly when he saw the stunned look of a group of Qingzhang Mountain soldiers.

After listening to Peng Yue's explanation, these soldiers understood Fusu's meaning, they were very excited for a while, and they all opened their mouths to express their joy:
"I am willing to follow the son around"

"Young master, I, Li Er, just leave my words here. I will listen to you when I am out of my parents."

"Son, me too"

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Hearing these soldiers express their loyalty in various ways, Fusu was very pleased.Although these people don't know too much about the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, they do recognize a dead truth: whoever treats them well, they are willing to sacrifice their lives for them.

Fusu also understands the truth that in governing the country, these people should be the most important.They live in the grasslands, they don't care who is the emperor, they only care about who can make him full, just like when they were in South Vietnam before, they went to Qingzhang Mountain and turned into bandits because they couldn't bear the oppression of the South Vietnam government.No matter which dynasty or generation, the people in the wild are the easiest to satisfy, and the people in the grass are the easiest to rebel.

A few days later, some defeated soldiers and generals fled back to Panyu City.Zhao Tuo also learned what happened under Bushan City from these soldiers.

For several days in a row, Zhao Tuo saw groups of disabled soldiers coming back from Mount Bu, but there was no news of Zhao Shi, and Zhao Tuo began to panic.

On this day, Zhao Tuo received a letter from Fusu in a panic:

"King of Nanyue, the prince of Nanyue is in the hands of my Qin army. He has two things in exchange. One is to withdraw troops from Zhulu and Laoyi; the other is to completely hand over Xiang County and Guilin County to our Great Qin. If there is no action within half a month, Then wait to receive the corpse of Young Master Ling!"

On the day he received Fusu's letter, Nanyue King Zhao Tuo called all the civil and military men together in the Nanyue Palace to discuss the matter of rescuing the young master.

When all civil and military officials saw Fusu's letter, except for a few ministers such as Wu Jian who objected to exchanging Xiang County and Guilin County for the eldest son, the rest of the ministers chose to remain silent.

In fact, all the ministers understood that Zhao Tuo had already made a choice in his heart, and it was just superfluous to ask all the officials in the court.After all, Zhao Shi was Zhao Tuo's only son, and now his life was in danger, who would be so stupid as to touch Zhao Tuo's fate at this time.

Early the next morning, I saw a group of fast riders escorting a carriage towards Guilin County.

(End of this chapter)