Chapter 1349 Disposal
Chapter 1349 Disposal
"I was born in the frontier, and grew up in my homeland. I only know the mountains and rivers of Youyan, my hometown and my old friends. Although I am now imprisoned and forced by war, the etiquette and law have not taught me to discern your face." Duan said here, glanced at Shao Xun, and said: "If the world is united in the future and all the people praise your name, I will naturally recognize it."
When Shao Xun heard this, he praised: "Madam is very good at speaking."
Those who kneel down and lick his ass without any shame from the very beginning will not be taken seriously, and what awaits her will only be perverted humiliation.
But if you subtly demonstrate your dignity and wisdom, even if you eventually commit yourself to him, he will look at you with a higher regard, and the way you get along with him will be much more normal.
Shao Zei is such a despicable person.
Mrs. Duan looked to be about thirty-three or thirty-four. Her figure could be described as "fit and healthy". Although her complexion could not be described as breathtakingly beautiful, it could still be described as "good-looking".
Good! Good! Good! Let's settle down for a while, and then I'll enjoy it slowly.
Shao Xunxuan walked to Gao's side again and couldn't help laughing.
Gao was actually trembling slightly.
"Madam, you are trembling. Are you afraid of me? Or are you afraid of Murong Huang?" Shao Xun asked.
Gao shook her head.
Shao Xun said, "Oh," and said, "Neither? Well, is it because he feels guilty for not dying for his country, or is it because he regrets not admonishing the tyrant emperor in the past? I heard that the Gao family is not a good family in Jicheng."
After hearing this, Gao trembled even more violently, tears welled up in her eyes, and her body seemed to be about to fall to the ground.
Shao Xun gently supported her and said, "We were just joking, madam, please don't take it to heart. How can you put the blame on a woman for the collapse of the ancestral temple?"
Gao glanced at him and still felt very sad.
He blamed himself for his miserable life, but also felt that he had enjoyed the benefits of the Gao family, and it was normal for him to end up like this, which was a punishment from God.
After she stood firm, Shao Xun gently let her go, walked to Gongsun and said, "Madam, two of your clansmen have surrendered and will remain in their original positions. What about you, Madam? What are your plans? If you want to preserve your reputation, I am willing to help you."
Gongsun was silent for a moment, then knelt down and said, "If I die, I am afraid that I will end the bloodline of my ancestors, and... hurt your majesty's kindness."
After saying this, his face turned red, his eyes were evasive, and he didn't dare to look at anyone.
Shao Xun chuckled and reached out to lift Gongsun's chin.
Gongsun turned her face slightly and her face turned even redder.
This woman was quite pretty. She gave birth to two sons for Murong Huang, both of whom were very young. They were Murong Narong and Murong De, the latter of whom was just born in May.
Shao Xun's gaze fell on Gongsun's chest again. It was bulging, with some wet spots on her crotch. It seemed that she was in the breastfeeding period.
So he helped Gongsun up and said, "Madam, you are thinking about me, how can I treat you harshly?"
After saying that, he walked in front of Ke Zhuhun.
This woman was probably the most beautiful among the people present, but she was also the most scheming and had no moral burden at all.
Shao Xun was slightly unhappy, so he asked, "I destroyed the Murong family, what do you think?"
But Zhu Hun seemed to have prepared something in advance, and immediately said: "Your Majesty is a man of great stature and prestige, and your majesty is known to the world. Although I live in a remote place, I have also heard of your majesty. However, I was bound by the etiquette of the palace in the past and did not dare to overstep my bounds to see your majesty. Now that I can see the sun, I know that it is the will of heaven, and it cannot be reversed by human power."
"I wonder what the fake crown prince would feel if he heard this." Shao Xun said something veiled and walked away.
But Zhu Hun looked at his back with some disappointment.
When Shao Xun walked to the side of the elder Murong and the younger Murong, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the sword at his waist swung in front of him.
The two Murongs turned pale and became extremely nervous.
They are too young, the aunt is thirteen years old and the niece is only nine years old. It is normal for them to be afraid.
If he was a little more crazy, he would have let Da Murong sleep with him tonight, but he was not that perverted after all.
As for other women, they have to wait a while, at least until they have their period before they can enjoy it with peace of mind.
He was about to leave. Before leaving, he paused beside Duan and said, "Stay here for a few days and don't worry."
After saying that, he left the yard.
Duan looked at Shao Xun's back, then turned around and looked at the women in the yard and sighed softly.
With just a few words from Emperor Liang, an invisible barrier seemed to appear between the people present.
Everyone shows their true self in front of others, either voluntarily or involuntarily, and reveals their true thoughts.
Now, the way they look at each other is different.
He did it on purpose.
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After leaving the courtyard, Shao Xun went to another place.
This place was originally a small military camp, which was temporarily vacated and used as a prison, where many members of the Murong clan and generals were imprisoned.
Shao Xun sat in the yard and interrogated the prisoners one by one.
The first ones to be brought up were Murong Yun and Murong Ke.
Murong Yun was granted the title of Duke of Xiping. He was Murong Wei's younger brother. He was about fifty years old and had a high status in the State of Yan, but he had little power.
This is evident from the fact that Murong Huang would rather take his ministers with him when he broke out of the siege than inform his uncle.
Murong Ke is only fourteen years old this year and is less famous than Murong Yun. However, when Shao Xun questioned Murong Yun, most of his attention was on this young man.
He specially brought Yuan Zhen with him, and it was unknown what dark thoughts he had. But Yuan Zhen stood happily behind his father, and then looked at Murong Ke with curiosity and disdain.
"Although I am not bloodthirsty, I will not keep useless people. If you want to redeem yourself, you can go to Liaoze to recruit the remnants. Are you willing?" Shao Xun asked directly without wasting time talking to him.
Murong Yun hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I wish."
Murong Ke glanced at his great uncle.
Murong Yun seemed to feel his nephew's gaze and lowered his head even more.
"Then let's go now, don't hesitate." Shao Xun waved his hand and said. Two personal soldiers came up, one on the left and one on the right, and took Murong Yun away.
Shao Xun looked at Murong Ke again.
This is a handsome young man who doesn't look like a warrior at all. Who would have thought that he would have such an outstanding military achievement in history?
But then again, he is only fourteen years old after all. He may have military talent, but whether he can realize his talent is a question.
It's like in sports, there are people who are gifted when they are young and are favored by many people, but in the end they don't achieve any great success. There are too many people like this.
If Murong Ke stayed at home and farmed every day from today on, he would never be able to realize his talent, and might even remain a farmer for the rest of his life.
Shao Xun had too many military talents at his disposal, and he wouldn't need one or two more, not to mention that the Murong family was not worthy of his trust.
He is not Fu Jian.
"Are you willing to recruit surrendered people for me?" Shao Xun asked.
Murong Ke looked at him calmly and said, "Of course I don't want to."
"More courageous than Murong Yun." Shao Xun said with a smile.
Murong Ke's answer made him look up to him, so he continued, "Not to mention the impending destruction of the Murong Xianbei, even Goguryeo and Buyeo are trembling with fear at this moment, and the situation in Liao has changed drastically. Well, if you don't want to, I won't force you. I just want to ask you one question, how to deal with the aftermath of this war?"
"If we want to deal with the aftermath, we have to go without Goguryeo." Murong Ke said: "Buyu is small and weak, so we don't need to be afraid of it. We can try to win it over to resist Goguryeo."
Shao Xun thought about it and felt that from a historical perspective, this was indeed true.
After the Former Yan entered Yecheng, they were a little afraid of the densely populated area north of the Yellow River, so they moved a large number of tribes outside the Great Wall and even border gentry into the city. The fact that the Feng family and the Gao family of Bohai were able to hold out until the Sui and Tang dynasties must have been because they took advantage of this favorable situation. After all, these two families are not really big families now.
The tribes that migrated inland were mainly Murong Xianbei, supplemented by Yuwen Xianbei. Eventually, a huge power vacuum was formed outside the Great Wall, which gave the Goguryeo people a good opportunity for development.
By the time the Former Qin emerged and cleared up the chaos, Goguryeo had greatly increased its strength, and eventually divided Pingzhou with the Northern Dynasties - the situation was even worse during the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, and Northern Qi dynasties, when Pingzhou was even moved inland to Youzhou.
The Yuwen Xianbei who stayed outside the Great Wall gradually evolved into the Khitan and Xi people, and suffered from repeated attacks by Goguryeo. In other words, by that time, these nomadic tribes outside the Great Wall were no match for the well-organized Goguryeo, which was both a herder and a farmer. Even if they occasionally won small victories, they lacked stamina in the long run and eventually failed.
There was a reason why the Sui and Tang dynasties fought so hard against Goguryeo. If they didn't take care of it, who knows how it would expand - this was probably the only regime in the history of Northeast China that continued to grow during the cold Little Ice Age. The entire Northern and Southern Dynasties was a period of rapid growth in their national strength.
"You are able to see the harm of Goguryeo, which is very good." Shao Xun said: "Does the Murong clan have any plans to conquer Goguryeo?"
"Yes." Murong Ke said, "My father and brother once tried to mobilize 50,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Goguryeo. The country only has 50,000 troops that can fight. The strength of both sides is equal. If we can lure them into a field battle and destroy their elite troops in one battle, we can send troops to Wandu."
"Even if we take down Wandu, we cannot destroy this country," Shao Xun said.
"That's right." Murong Ke said, "But we should let Goguryeo behave itself for a few more years and not dare to move westward."
"If we don't move west, they will move south, but that's a story for another time." Shao Xun said, "In your opinion, how should we deal with Goguryeo?"
"Use Liao people to guard Pingzhou." Murong Ke said.
"Still pleading for Murong Xianbei." Shao Xun said with a smile: "But it does make sense. Among the noble families in Jicheng, who can be used?"
As for the various powerful families in Pingzhou, the principle for post-war handling is to both beat and persuade, that is, to deal with some of those who resisted resolutely, to reward some of those who surrendered voluntarily, and to screen the rest, to give them light punishments and severe warnings, that's all.
The border areas cannot be atomized and still need to be guarded by powerful families.
No matter how the gentry in Pingzhou behaved in the Central Plains, after going to Changli, Xuantu and Liaodong, they all took the path of becoming powerful military clans.
Feng Yi was the prime minister, but he had led troops to fight on the front line and won. If Feng had not gone north, he would probably never have done such a thing in his life.
The late Liu Xiang once crossed the river to Jianye in the south. When he was talking with the scholars from Jiangdong, he asked them why they indulged in drinking and living a life of drunkenness when their homeland had not yet been recovered.
If Liu Xiang had not gone north, he would probably have been like this. The environment changes people.
But when it comes to which ones to keep and which ones to punish, there are more considerations.
Shao Xun just looked at Murong Ke like this.
Murong Ke shook his head and said, "I really don't know. If you insist, I have heard that Liu Pei of Hejian is a talented person."
Shao Xun nodded slightly and asked, "Where is Liu Pei's home?"
"Half in Jicheng, half in Xuantu."
"I appointed Murong Ren as Duke of Xuantu County, but he took advantage of the chaos to collect and surrender the tribes. What do you think?"
Murong Ke was silent again.
Seeing that Shao Xun would not let him go, he could only say: "If your majesty wants to fight against Goguryeo and even the Yuwen clan, Murong Xianbei will be of great use."
Shao Xun did not comment.
It was already very good that this young man could think of that the enemy of the Liang Dynasty was not only Goguryeo, but also its current friendly army, the Yuwen Xianbei. Some people in the court thought that everyone would be happy if the Murong family was defeated.
Former enemies can become allies, and allies can become enemies. Nothing remains constant.
"Yuanzhen, study hard when you go to Jicheng." Shao Xun turned and said to his son.
"Got it." Yuan Zhen responded obediently.
After saying that, he looked up at Murong Ke.
Murong Ke was also observing him, and did not avoid his gaze when he saw this, but was very calm.
Shao Xun looked at Murong Ke again and said, "You are very filial. I like filial young men now. Don't worry about your mother. Be honest and obedient, and both mother and son will be fine."
Murong Ke responded.
On the third day of the intercalary month, Shao Xun issued an edict in Junduxing:
The entire male lineage of more than ten wealthy families, including Feng Yi, Liu Xiang, Yang Jing, and Song Hui, was executed, and the wives and daughters were given as rewards to meritorious soldiers;
Execute Muyugen, Muyuni, Qiuliju, Lanrong, Murongjun (their family is in Jicheng), and other members of the royal family and nobles of Murong Yan, and reward their wives and daughters to meritorious soldiers;
The clans of Li Hong, Han Shou, Wang Yu, Liu Mu, Song Gai, etc. were demoted to official slaves, and their wives and daughters were confiscated into the imperial palace;
I did not ask any other questions and ordered him to come to Youzhou to see the emperor before the end of the month.
In addition, Murong Han was appointed as the commander of Buyeo, leading the troops that had been pacified, and cooperating with the two camps in Caoyuan and Donglai to wipe out the remaining forces of Murong Jun and Murong Biao. In the late seventh month of the intercalary year, they marched north with light cavalry to wipe out the Kingdom of Buyeo.
(End of this chapter)