After leaving the Protectorate, Kim Won-sik was surrounded by two hundred more Tang soldiers, in addition to five hundred Goguryeo soldiers. These people were under his command from now on, and he had to gather all the people within ten days.
His Highness gave a deadline of fifteen days, but Fang Yiai only gave him ten days. It was indeed difficult to gather these fifteen hundred households within ten days, and all of them had to be first-class talents. The first batch had to be first-class people, and the rest could be left behind, but this first batch must gain a firm foothold.
According to Fang Yiai's requirements, if you want to become a top person in Goguryeo, then in addition to doing your own thing well, you also have to behave like a conspicuous bag, do things that others don't do, and do twice as much as others do. In short, you want to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.
This is the kind of people we need now. After arriving in the northwest, they will definitely integrate with the people of the Tang Dynasty. If the local people bully them, these people can also take the blame for the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, this is just a good estimate of ours. If we really go to the northwest, some things are really hard to say. But in the land of Goguryeo, the first-class people will often report their compatriots and use their compatriots' blood in exchange for their own food. If there is no report, then there is no way for you to become a first-class person.
Fang Yiai also understood that the departure of these nearly 5,000 first-class people would be a challenge to his rule. However, he still had many second-class people from Goguryeo. These people were not far from the requirements of the first-class people. It was just that Fang Yiai deliberately controlled the number of first-class people. After all, first-class people worked less time and received more food. If the number of first-class people increased, it would mean that Goguryeo's output would be less. Therefore, in the entire Goguryeo territory, the number of first-class people was only 20,000.
Kim Won-sik did not take a break and rushed to the surrounding gathering areas with his men to capture people. All the people of Goguryeo lived in a gathering area. There were all kinds of shacks here, and there were too many people per unit area. Many Goguryeo people had to live here. If their masters were willing to build a new home for them, then they could live near their masters.
However, most of the people in the Tang Dynasty still prefer to let them live here. After all, if they live near their new homes, these people may pose a threat to their safety. It is better to let them live in official gathering points. They don’t need to pay a penny, but only need to pay more food when harvesting.
Of course, some Tang Dynasty gentlemen would not do this to some beautiful or weak women. They would pull these people back to warm their beds. As for those gentlemen who are good at work, you will live here for the rest of your life. Who made you strong? If you fight with me at home, won’t you suffer?
As for the resistance of these women, if you can't even deal with the resistance of one woman, then you might as well go back to the inland of the Tang Dynasty. This place is not suitable for you to live in.
Every citizen coming from the Tang Dynasty has to undergo two days of military training every week. If someone doesn't go, they may be fined the first time, but the training will be doubled the second time, and they may be sent back the third time. This is also the direct responsibility of the Tang Dynasty military camp, and it is useless for anyone to use connections.
The reason why the Tang army is so responsible is actually for the safety of these civilians. If you guys don't undergo military training, you will be no different from ordinary civilians. The people of Goguryeo are submissive to you when they are around the soldiers, but what if the soldiers leave? Do you still expect them to be submissive to you?
After working all day in the fields, there's nothing left. All the surplus value belongs to you, the common people of the Tang Dynasty. If you say they have no complaints in their hearts, do you really think they are without thoughts? They definitely have the heart to resist, so you must train yourself in the military camp so that if anything happens, you can resist for a while.
As long as you can resist the first wave of judgment, the Tang army will have time to come. During the years of occupying Goguryeo, there was a lot of resistance from the Goguryeo people, but because the local Tang people's armed forces were relatively strong, the Goguryeo people did not achieve any results. Instead, their own resistance personnel were exposed. Only in the past two years have they lived a good life.
Thinking of the people who had been killed before and the heads hanging at the village entrance, the people of Goguryeo did not dare to resist. But the situation this time was different from before. After Jin Yuanzhi brought his men into the village, he began to arrest people according to the list. At the beginning, no one cared. They all thought it was normal, such as sending labor to the army. Anyway, those who were lucky enough would come back after a while.
But the problem is that this time the whole family, young and old, were driven out. Did they commit a crime? In the past, when a family was driven out, they were all beheaded. They never told them where they were being sent. The elderly and children were useless, so sending them there wouldn't be a waste of money.
But many people also have questions. These people who were brought out today are all so-called first-class people. They are still resistant to the Tang Dynasty army giving them grades. We are not animals, why should we be given so many grades?
But now they have no time to think about those things. They also know what the situation is. There may be new changes. In short, we have no right to autonomy. The people of the Tang Dynasty can do whatever they want to us. What else can we do except watch?
In the past, when things were distributed, these first-class people were always at the front of the line, getting the best quality and the largest quantities. Many people were jealous of them. But this time, only the first-class people were caught, and the rest of the village began to rejoice. Aren't you the most willing to help the people of the Tang Dynasty? Don't you also want to become ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty? Why are you all being caught now?
Half an hour after the arrests began, the first person died. It turns out these first-rate people aren't that reliable either...
