Through this incident, everyone envied General Moren. Although Li Xiang never talked about his friendship with General Moren, he took so much effort to make plans for General Moren for the next five to ten years.
What does this mean? It means that for the next five to ten years, General Moren won't have to worry about anything. He can just proceed step by step. This is a very good thing. If you let your subordinates figure it out on their own, regardless of whether they can come up with it or not, the mere thought of it will make many people back off.
The people present were all smart, but it would be unlikely for them to come up with such a complete plan. Of course, three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. If they were locked in a room and asked to think hard for a while, they might be able to come up with one. But General Moren didn't have to think about it at all. He could just get to work after he arrived.
In the next few months, a large number of ordinary soldiers were transported to South Vietnam. When the local people saw the troops coming ashore one after another, they were very scared. They knew that these people were here to manage them. In addition, some rebels were transported onto ships, but no one knew where they were going.
There were many people causing trouble before, but now that they know they will be transported to the northernmost part, many of them have come down from the mountain. This is also to find a way to survive for their families. According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty court, if you voluntarily surrender, we will not pursue all the people in your family except yourself. But if you are caught by our people, anyone who has any connection with you will be sent to the north immediately.
When this bill was announced, many people living in the mountains could not sit still and tried their best to send news to their relatives in the mountains, sacrificing themselves for the whole family. This is what some people think, which may be a little cruel, but they also see that with the increasing number of Fuso troops, life in the mountains is getting harder. It is only a matter of time before you are caught. It is better for you to come down and surrender early to give an explanation to your whole family.
The baojia system was established in various places. If you did not expose your relatives, but someone in the same village did, he would be treated much better than you. For example, half of your daily labor results would be given to them. Now the local people were almost like slaves, with only two steamed buns a day. When someone exposed your relatives, you would have to share half of your two steamed buns with him.
Two steamed buns killed so many people. If only one was left, even more people would have starved to death. Under the stimulation of various policies, the number of rebels in Nanyue Kingdom became fewer and fewer. However, there were still resistances in various places. Li Xiang's baojia system plus stronghold system had to continue in an effort to extinguish the last spark of resistance.
While things were going on in full swing here, General Moren left Chang'an City a month ahead of schedule and began to move south.
The route taken by General Molun was completely different from Li Xiang's route. It is said that this route was personally selected for him by Li Shimin.
Starting from Chang'an City, first arrive at the eastern capital Luoyang, then take a boat south along the canal and directly reach the most prosperous Jiangnan area of the Tang Dynasty. Here you can change to a sea ship and disembark directly in Nanyue.
General Moren knew what Li Shimin meant. He simply wanted him to see the most prosperous place in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, even if Li Shimin didn't say anything, he would still want to go to Jiangnan to take a look. In the eyes of many outsiders, this place is the essence of the entire Tang Dynasty and even the Han people. If he didn't go and take a look, he would be letting himself down.
After leaving Chang'an City, they soon arrived at the Eastern Capital Luoyang. What surprised General Moren was that he originally thought that Chang'an City was unparalleled. Although other urban clusters were prosperous, they could never compare to Chang'an City.
When seeing the Eastern Capital Luoyang at this moment, General Moren was speechless. The scale of the Eastern Capital Luoyang naturally could not catch up with Chang'an, but it was not much different. It was located in the Central Plains and there were many people from all over the place. If one wanted to develop a big city, it would be very easy.
After boarding the ship from the eastern capital Luoyang, General Moren felt like he had arrived at the economic heartland of the Tang Dynasty. This was the ancient Central Plains region, and every place was thriving. Going directly south from here, there were no poor places at all.
General Mo Lun finally understood why the Western Regions had failed. He really needed to let those narrow-minded people come and see. In this era, food is the most important thing. The Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty stretch as far as the eye can see. What right do you have to compete with them? Even if all the foreign territories were lost, the Tang Dynasty's fighting power would still be strong, relying solely on the fertile land at its feet.
When the ship entered the south of the Yangtze River, General Moren's admiration reached its climax. The cities here were one after another, and the rural areas were so beautiful that it took one's breath away. Moreover, looking at the clothes worn by the common people on both sides, they were almost the same as those in Chang'an City, and in some places they were even better. It was truly like there was heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.
When General Moren heard this sentence before, he always thought that it was made up by the Han people themselves, purely to confuse them, the people on the border. Now he knows that they really did not lie. In General Moren's imagination, heaven should be like this. This place is even better than the heaven General Moren imagined.
General Moren is a man who has seen the world, and if he has such thoughts, let alone his subordinates. Although they have made preparations, they have never dared to imagine that there is such a place in the world. It is simply too hard to believe.
After arriving at Hangzhou Bay, they found huge sea ships already prepared. They had all heard of sea ships, and this was also what the Tang Dynasty soldiers were most proud of. However, when they actually saw them, they felt that what the Tang Dynasty soldiers said was a bit modest.
There actually were huge ships that were hundreds of meters long. You know, in a place like the Western Regions, it is hard to even see a small boat. When they saw the sea, they didn't know what to say in their hearts.
Local officials in Hangzhou sent General Moren on board the ship, and General Moren officially began his journey to take office. About a month later, General Moren was able to arrive in Vietnam.
Of course, the reason why it takes so long is that there are several places to go down along the way. If you go straight ahead, the time will be shortened by half.
