Looking at the corpses in front of him, Fang Yiai kept shaking his head. He originally thought that no one in Goguryeo dared to resist under his rule, and that no matter what they did, they would put the interests of the Tang Dynasty first. Now it seems that he was too optimistic.
In the past, these people did not resist simply because their fundamental interests were not involved. Now that their fundamental interests are involved, these people immediately began to resist and even attacked the Tang army. Otherwise, these people would not have been killed.
Looking at the number one tag on their clothes, Fang Yiai felt a little irritated. The review of first-class people is very strict. Giving them this tag also means that they can enjoy the best treatment and become assistants to the people of the Tang Dynasty. Now it seems that the previous review was not strict enough. Just because they dare to draw knives at us, it is not an exaggeration to kill you.
"Master Fang, there's no need to be so angry. Similar things happen everywhere. After all, they are not from the same clan as us, so how can we expect them to be of the same blood as us? Fortunately, it's not too late to discover it now. If we had discovered it after transporting it to the northwest, we would have been in real trouble."
Seeing Fang Yiai so angry, Eunuch Xia could only persuade him. In fact, there were many such cases everywhere, but Fang Yiai was too confident. If he had started checking earlier, he would have been able to find all these people, but this guy was too lazy.
Of course, this is also normal. Anyone who stays here for a long time will have a similar reaction. There is singing and dancing everywhere around, no one blames you for doing anything here, and no one stands up to resist. Then you must think that it is peaceful outside, but you didn't expect that when something really happens, this peace will be gone.
"I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself, Eunuch Xia. Please rest assured, Eunuch Xia, I will definitely find these people and will not let such dangerous people go on the road. If I can't help Your Highness when we reach the northwest, I will be so embarrassed. I feel embarrassed when I think of all the memorials I submitted in the past few years."
Fang Yiai said somewhat depressedly that every year when he submitted memorials to Li Xiang, he always said that he had nothing to do and was so idle that he was about to fall asleep. But with this incident at hand, wasn't this a slap in the face?
Is this what you call peace? If it were truly peaceful, your men would have delivered the order, and they would have followed your men to the northwest without delay, instead of raising their knives and nearly engaging our men in combat. If our men hadn't reacted quickly, there might have been casualties. This hasn't happened in Goguryeo in a year. If Tang military personnel had suffered casualties, the situation in the entire region would have been completely different.
"Master Fang, there's no need to feel so guilty. This is actually quite normal. After all, we don't share the same ancestry, so resistance is normal. Even if the Han people were sent to guard the border within the Tang Dynasty, they wouldn't go there obediently. Who would want to leave their hometown and go to a remote place?"
Eunuch Xia was very good at persuading people. After he said this, Fang Yiai nodded like a chick pecking at rice. These words really touched his heart. Take the Tang Dynasty for example. If they wanted to find people to guard the border, they would look for those who had made mistakes. Either you stayed in Chang'an and were beheaded, or you stayed in the border area and lived for two more years. Anyone who wanted to live would probably be willing to go to the border.
Listening to the conversation between the two big guys, Jin Yuanzhi next to him didn't know what to say. All the promises were made by him. Now something happened in your jurisdiction. After Fang Yiai and Eunuch Xia finished talking, I'm afraid they will find trouble with you.
"I'm talking to Lao Jin..."
I don’t know how much time passed, but Fang Yiai finally remembered him. Jin Yuanzhi fell to his knees. He was so scared now as he had promised to be so powerful.
If it were any other matter, it wouldn't be considered an overreaction. After all, they were all unimportant matters. Fang Yiai would turn a blind eye and the matter would be over. But this was a matter of safety. Fang Yiai had said earlier that safety issues are no small matter.
It was only the first day of arrests, and already someone was wielding a knife. If they could gather these five thousand people, how much trouble would it cause? There were a total of over a hundred people in the villages, and three percent of them were already planning to cause trouble. If they continued to arrest people, it would seem they would have to mobilize a large number of troops.
"Please forgive me, sir. Please forgive me, sir."
Jin Yuanzhi didn't know what to say anymore. He kept kowtowed and apologized, his head red from the knocks. But he understood. Although Fang Yiai looked like a sick cat now, countless people died at his hands when he first took control of this place. Those villages that had close ties with the rebels were almost completely wiped out. Do you still think he's a scholar?
"No need to forgive me. I always thought you were a good helper, so I entrusted many matters concerning the Goguryeo people to you. But I didn't expect you to mess me up like this. However, we were master and servant, and we got along well before. Don't say I didn't give you a chance. Call all your relatives, that is, your nine clans, to the northwest to serve His Highness."
After hearing Fang Yiai's words, Jin Yuanzhe was dumbfounded. He had thought of many kinds of punishment, but he didn't expect to be sent to the northwest. In his opinion, this was simply a dead end. They could not adapt to the climate of the northwest at all, and once they went there, they would never be able to come back.
"What's with that expression on your face? Didn't you say it before? You'd do whatever the Tang Dynasty told you to do. Even if it cost you your life, you'd do it without hesitation. Now I won't take your life, I'll just let you watch over these 5,000 people along the way. Once you get there, they'll still listen to you. The Goguryeo people sent to the northwest will also be under your control. Isn't that great? Don't you agree?"
When Fang Yiai spoke, a frost had already appeared on his face, and the warriors beside him also put their hands on the hilts of their swords. If you say no, you will probably lose your head.
