The Xiazhou City that Li Ze saw was dilapidated. From the outside, the city walls were still majestic and majestic, but in fact, what it is now really like is gold and jade, and it is a shattered among them. This is thanks to the deep hatred of Songlang General Ren for the Tang people. After entering Xiazhou City, he led troops to loot and destroy them wantonly. When he was about to leave, he did not forget to light a fire.

The former location of the Jiedu Town of Ansui, the political center and economic center ruled by Ansui, and most of the cities have almost been turned into ruins.

When Li Ze stepped into the city, a whole month had passed since the battle, but for this reason, the city was still doing the work of cleaning up the ruins.

Seeing that about a dozen bodies were lifted out of a collapsed house, loaded a cart and pushed it out of the city, Li Ze couldn't help but sigh.

Li De caused this situation, but in fact, it was Li Ze himself! Li De had the opportunity to stop Songlang Ciren, but he deliberately indulged all this. The purpose was to eliminate Du's father and son.

I still remember that after receiving the huge wealth sent back by Li De, Ren Chen, an official from the Ministry of Revenue, his eyes were filled with crescent smiles, and he was so happy that he couldn't find the North.

Or in the wealth of that car, there are more than a dozen bodies that have just been burned to the point of being burned like charcoal?

A feeling of depression in his heart, and a strong sense of discomfort surged into his heart, causing Li Ze's body to shake, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground. Li Gan behind him made him step forward and hold Li Ze's arm.

"It's okay." Li Ze waved his hand: "It's just a little sad."

It is easy to make a decision without any psychological burden. Even if you know the consequences of doing so, this does not mean that you can remain indifferent after you truly see the tragic scene.

In this overall strategic plan, I did such a thing twice in a row.

Once in Hedong.

Once it was Ansui.

Li Ze felt that there must be a pair of eyes staring at him in the dark.

As a power holder who ruled the vast territory and countless Dingkou, Li Ze once believed that as long as he did what was beneficial to most people and what was beneficial to the overall situation, he could feel at ease and have a clear conscience. But the scenes he saw today still gave him a great impact.

People will eventually have seven emotions and six desires.

And I am definitely not the kind of guy who is terrified of love.

I will still sway between reason and sensibility.

"Xiazhou, isn't the loss this time?" He calmed down and turned to look at Dai Lin, who was the temporary acting governor of Xiazhou beside him.

"Yes. Xiazhou originally had 230,000 households, of which 80,000 households were ordered in Xiazhou City and its surrounding areas. This time, 50,000 households were sent to it. "After Tubo invaded and Lingzhou was lost, Du Shuai ordered all the wealthy families in other places to Xiazhou City, and all the food and grass were concentrated in Xiazhou. After this battle, it disappeared. Li Xiang and Xiazhou were seriously injured, and they were afraid that they would not recover their vitality in ten to twenty years."

"The court will have certain policy support to all parts of Ansui. Believe me, it will take me so many years to restore Xiazhou to its former prosperity." Li Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Dai Lin say this. Xiazhou City is of course extremely miserable, but now it seems that other parts of Xiazhou should be damaged not too seriously. There should be about 50,000 to 600,000 to 600,000 people in 200,000 households. If this loss is taken, Xiazhou City can save at least 400,000 people.

Most of the people who died were rich people who fled or moved to Xiazhou by Du Youcai. The poor people who escaped for a lifetime were the poor.

This is a good thing for Li Ze.

"When the Tubo army entered the city, General Dai's family was also in Xiazhou City. Are they still safe?" Li Ze asked.

When Dai Lin heard Li Ze ask this, his eyes turned red: "Xie Xiangye cares, most of the family is fine. After the Tubo people entered the city, there was a chaos in the city, but there were many retired military soldiers in Xiaguan's family as servants, so they were not too panic. After protecting their families and joining Du Shuai's family, they took advantage of the chaos to fight a way out and escape from the city. However, the old mother in the family was weak and sick, and she was unwilling to implicate her children and grandchildren, so she forced her to stay at home. Seeing that the mother of the family was unwilling to leave, she stayed to accompany her. Both of them were gone."

Li Ze was stunned for a moment: "Loyalty, filial piety, integrity and righteousness will be commended by the court. Although it is the mourning and honor behind him, I hope I can talk about it as comfort!"

"Thank you, Prime Minister." Dai Lin bowed and thanked him again.

"Du Shuai's family is still safe?" Li Ze asked.

Dai Lin shook her head, "It's an orphan and widowed mother. Whether it's a widow, I, Dai, we have been in the army for decades, our hands are covered with blood, or God's punishment for us. The family's children are not prosperous. Du Shuai had three sons, but in the end, only Du Liang was adultered, but this time, they fell into the sand together. Du Shuai was born, leaving only Madam Du, Du Liang's widow and a pair of children. After Du Shuai was gone, I led the army to break through, and at least brought Du Shuai's body back, but Du Liang's corpse was gone, and he could only make a tomb of clothes."

Seeing Dai Lin's slight desire to speak, Li Ze couldn't help asking: "Has something else happened to the Du family?"

Dai Lin smiled bitterly and said, "The good minister knows that the Du family is the main branch, and it has no backbone, but the Du family branch scattered in Ansui still has strength. The Du family still has huge assets in Ansui, such as land, farmland, mountain wild sieve fields, etc. After the war, the Du family branch rushed to Xiazhou City and wanted to hold a clan meeting to choose another clan leader. But the actual meaning was to divide these things. Du Shuai and his son were gone, and Mrs. Du was a female and a woman, who was suffering. Dai wanted to help him, but this was ultimately a matter of the Du family, and it was really inconvenient to intervene."

Li Ze sneered: "The wishful thinking of these people is too loud. How could Li allow these people to bully the orphans and widows? Wouldn't this make the soldiers feel heartbroken?"

"If there is a prime minister in charge, then everything will be easy." Dai Lin nodded repeatedly and said.

"What's the inconvenience about you now becoming a civil servant?" Li Ze asked: "If you still want to lead troops, you can tell me clearly that I will make arrangements."

"No, Dai passed the imperial examination in his early years, but he was not lucky enough to be a Jinshi. Later, he followed Du Shuai, abandoned civil servants and became a civil servant again, and now he has returned to his original appearance." Dai Lin shook his head and said.

"This is the best!" Li Ze also smiled and said, "Now Xiazhou is broken and everything is in ruins. Just because it is mainly civil and economic recovery, you have been in Xiazhou for many years and are familiar with the situation. It is the most appropriate to be this governor. Civil and military affairs complement each other, but the focus of Xiazhou is on governance next, so governor Dai needs to worry more."

"It is Dai's wish to be able to do something for his hometown."

"I heard that your son is extremely brave. If you are willing to do so, can you transfer him to my personal guard camp to serve? In the next two years, you can be released as a general in the town!" Li Ze asked.

"A child is stupid and stubborn. It is his great luck to be attracted to the prime minister. The subordinate thanked him here and immediately asked him to pack his bags and report to the prime minister's guard camp."

"There is no hurry. Let's talk about it after I come back from Lingzhou. His original position also needs to be handed over." Li Ze said with a smile.

As he spoke, the group had already arrived at the place where Du Youcai lived in the past.

The former towns and towns have now become large white land. This is a severely affected area for the Tubo soldiers. The former carved railings and painted buildings and the glorious golden walls have now turned into a cloud of mist. Several surviving houses stand in the ruins, and the glory of the past can be vaguely seen.

A large group of fully armed soldiers rushed in, which scared the large group of Du clans who were clamoring in the house. Although they were jumping happily before, they immediately became depressed when they saw the black armor of these people.

If it were Dai Lin's people, they could still jump, but once they saw these people, they knew they were Zhenzhou soldiers, so how could they dare to bare their teeth? Zhenzhou soldiers, no matter how Du's status is in Ansui, they will never be ruthless when it is time to deal with them. Some of these people have already suffered this loss.

Li Ze walked into the house along a road temporarily cleaned out of the ruins.

Everyone in the house was stunned at the first time. No one expected that the first thing Li Ze did when he entered the city was to get here.

After a moment of stagnation, several people who seemed to be respected came out and bowed to Li Ze to the ground.

"Du's second wife... I've met the prime minister!"

"The third wife of Du... I've met the prime minister!"

"The fourth room of Du family... has met the prime minister!"

Li Ze kept his hands behind his back and ignored these people. He looked over these people and looked at an old lady with a white body standing in the middle of the room. Behind her were several women, a man, a woman and a pair of children.

Seeing Li Ze see it, the old woman bent down and squatted and bowed.

Li Ze withdrew his gaze, stared at the people in front of him with awkward expression on his face, and snorted: "Li came to worship Shuai Du, and if you have anything else to discuss with Mrs. Du, no one will be involved, please withdraw!"

Du people were stunned. The oldest man in the second room was about to speak, but Li Gan waved his hand and a group of guards rushed up, pushing and forking, clearing these people out of the house in an instant.

Li Ze walked forward and put three incense sticks before the spiritual throne of Du Youcai and his son. He bowed his hands and bowed. Then he turned around: "Madam Du, Du Shuai and his son died for the death of the country. The court did not dare to forget it. Li has already published the book and asked Du Shuai to be the prince, Du Liang as Duke, and Du Liang was demoted to one level by his son Yan Shi."
Chapter completed!