(Thank you Nanying Yu, for the so-called support, thank you!

The Liaodong Peninsula was seized, plus the large area of ​​Pyongyang and domestic cities on both sides of the Yalu River, and forced the Bohai people to withdraw from their alliance with the Khitan and the Goguryeo people, and received a large amount of war reparations. Another messenger in Chang'an reported that the emperor had issued an order to ask the Political Affairs Hall to entrust him to the Prince of Andong. The most.

But Li Jing was not as excited and happy as everyone imagined, but he was very worried.

On the Anwumen city tower, the southwest gate of the second city gate to the west of the domestic city, which had just been taken from the Bohai people, the warm wind in May blew, lifting up a few strands of scattered hair streaks and brushing them on Li Jing's face. He was too lazy to move, and lay comfortably on the recliner, feeling the cool breeze blew on his face.

"Mr. Jing, Mr. Li and Mr. Gai are all looking for the prince everywhere." Gongsun Lan, wearing a soft red hat and a robe on her body, walked slowly to Li Jing, reached out to help him disturb his loose hair, and skillfully tied his hair bun.

Li Jing didn't open his eyes. He knew what the three advisers were looking for him. In addition, the town of Hengzhou, which was extorted from the Bohai people, now has 15 counties in ten prefectures and Ziqing Town. Such a large territory, except for Jinzhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou, most of the other seven prefectures occupy land. The combined seven prefectures only have more than 200,000 people. The town needs a large population to enrich the prefectures and counties. At the same time, dozens of counties in the seven prefectures also require a large number of officials and officials to manage.

There are also troops stationed in various states and cities, plus the resettlement of the people after they moved, as well as the food and housing, and even the summer retreat was coming. There were too many things in the harvest of grain in the fields and the beginning of summer seeds. During this period of time, Li Jing also worked hard to do his best. Now that the war finally came to an end, he won the victory of the surname, Li Jing thought of resting easily for a while.

The military victory of the town also brought about many tedious matters after quickly occupying a large number of territory. If the territory cannot be consolidated, the various problems caused can even cause the fruits of the victory to rot.

Li Jing found that to fully consolidate these occupied areas, it may mean that for a long time, the Town [***] law will launch another major battle. Because the logistics is difficult to keep up, the occupied areas must be converted into a stable control area, so that the Town [***] can continue to attack with confidence.

This discovery made Li Jing very depressed. He originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of Bohai to withdraw from the Bohai Sea and uproot the entire Goguryeo in one fell swoop and annex it. But now it seems that if the territory he occupied is not stable, even if he can lucky enough to take over other territory in Goguryeo, it will be difficult to defend it. Once a certain place is broken, the entire chain may be broken.

However, although Li Jing had such a sense, his generals did not think so. All the generals were inspired by the current victory and wanted to defeat Goguryeo in one go, or even directly seize western Liaoning.

Li Zhen and Lin Wei from Pingzhou sent several urgent letters, saying that the three military commanders of Pingzhou, Liu Xun, Fu Wenda and Li Juyi, had asked for battle several times, hoping to go out of Shanhaiguan to seize western Liaoning and regain Yingzhou. Although the letter stated that the three military commanders were anxious to ask for battle, Li Jing realized that it was not only Liu Xun and others who were eager to ask for battle in Pingzhou. Even Li Zhen and Lin Wei, who had always been considered very steady by Li Jing, could no longer hold back. Seeing Li Jing leading other generals, they had obtained the land of six states in a row in ten months. It was not easy for them to suppress until now.

The generals from Liaodong took turns to come and asked for a visit. After a few words, they began to ask for battle and were willing to lead troops to fight.

Not only did the commanders of each army come, but Li Jing's nine disciples. Although they are only the commanders of the wing, they are also patted their chests and shouted that they are willing to fight with only the troops in their headquarters. Many generals even shouted that they would seize a certain city. If they could not, they would come to see Yun.

As soon as Li Jing came to ask for a visit, he was unable to rest assured and had to hide in the domestic city. When he arrived here, many generals still came to visit him. Li Jing had no choice but to hide in the city gate.

"Cook a cup of tea for me!" Li Jing opened his eyes and said to Gongsun Lan.

Gongsun Lan always makes Li Jing feel at ease, and a cup of hot tea was brought up. In addition to tea, there were beef jerky, cold kelp shredded and a large bowl of porridge. "You definitely didn't eat breakfast, so you can drink some porridge and eat tea."

Before Li Jing finished drinking a bowl of porridge, Li Liang, Gai Yu and Jing Xiang came to the city gate tower. When he saw that these three were all wearing white and black Confucian robes, holding folding fans in his hands, as if he had met him accidentally while browsing the domestic city, Li Jing had to sigh.

"I thought I could steal half of my life, but I didn't expect that the three gentlemen would give me any chance. I found a place to sit by myself!"

Li Liang and the other two didn't care, so they directly asked the guards to bring in a few horses and sit opposite Li Jing. Jing Xiang said directly to Li Jing: "The prince is so interested. The scenery here is indeed better than other places. The beauty is next to him, and there are white porridge and side dishes, which is envious to others."

Li Jing gave him a blank look, "I just want to eat it." Li Jing turned his head and smiled at Gongsun, "I will also give our three governors a side dish."

Li Liang and the other two were both appointed as the governor, and they also held important positions in the town [***] and the Anton Protectorate. The Northern Expedition Camp has not yet been dissolved, and the three of them have all held important positions. The three of them came together, so naturally it was impossible for them to come to browse the scenery. As they said a few words, they began to talk about official affairs.

"The governors, defense envoys, magistrates of Xiuzhou, Hengzhou and Qingzhou, and other chief officials of the three prefectures of Xiuzhou, Hengzhou and Qingzhou, as well as the county magistrates of the twelve counties below, as well as the officials and even officials below, all need to be appointed and removed immediately. The head of the snake head is not good. Only the chief officials can make the immigration and other affairs be carried out." Li Liang said while squeezing the porridge. Seeing that he was drinking the porridge, it seemed like he hadn't eaten for a few days. After finishing the porridge, he turned to look at Gongsun Lan and said, "Good lady, another bowl of porridge!"

Jing Xiang and Gai Yu also immediately said, "Give me another bowl." While saying, "Sitting on the city gate to drink porridge, the taste is different." Li Jing was so angry that he glared at him.

Li Jing also knew that these things were indeed the most urgent matters that must be solved, so he said to the three of them: "Who do you have any suitable candidates to recommend." Unfortunately, these three of them were very cunning. When it comes to candidates for appointment and removal of important positions such as the governor, the three of them shook their heads very smartly and did not respond at all. Although Li Jing asked them, the appointment and removal of such state-level officials was the biggest and most core power in Li Jing's hands, and they would never easily touch them.

Seeing this, Li Jing also knew that he was not suitable for them. After thinking about it, he finally said: "I have a preliminary list, let Li Chun be the governor of Xiuzhou, Zeng Yuanyu be the governor of Xiuzhou, Xiao Dingbang be the governor of Qingzhou, Pei You be the governor of Hengzhou, Han Anguo be the governor of Hengzhou, Guo Shunli be the governor of the three prefectures, and then discuss with the candidates of the counties and counties of the three prefectures."

Li Jing found that with the rapid expansion of his territory, almost all the officials within his vassal states held several positions at the same time. Especially those officers, although Li Jing practiced separation of civil and military affairs, the officers served in the army of the vassal states and in the states of the vassal states. The defense envoys of the ten states were basically held by the heads of each army. This is not a good phenomenon, but Li Jing has no other way to solve this problem. After all, there are still too few suitable officials under Li Jing.

The three seemed to say something about Li Jing's choice of two people from aristocratic families like Han Anguo and Xiao Dingbang as governors of the two states, but they didn't say another word. In fact, Li Jing was also a little hesitant about the two candidates, but in fact, if they were not used, Li Jing would not have a good candidate. The other candidates did not have enough qualifications at all, and most of the qualified generals were military generals. The separation of civil and military affairs was a system set by Li Jing himself, and he did not want to break him again.

On the contrary, Li Jing was not worried about the availability of the candidates of the county magistrates, county magistrates, and county magistrates of each county. Since Li Jing established the Wenhua Pavilion in Dengzhou, gave the talented and famous people to consult with idle official positions, and asked them to serve as professors, teachers, etc., and helped them print and publish collections of essays, it immediately attracted many literati to vote. Moreover, since the newspapers, weekly and half-month editions of January magazines printed in Dengzhou, those literati began to easily publish their poems and classic interpretations and opinions in these places, and even publicly criticized and participated in some affairs in the town [***] area, many literati came to this land that made all literati excited.

Although many of these people are just simple literati and poets, many of them are very good at current affairs and administration. Li Jing selected many suitable people from these people and asked them to serve as consultants and consultants. Now the town [***] needs a large number of officials, and these prefectures and county officials can be promoted from the original officials of Denglai Prefectures. The vacancies left after the promotion can be filled with these consultants and consultants.

Jing Xiang also proposed the matter of needing to immigrate to the prefectures of Liaodong. According to his proposal, the six prefectures of Jizhou, Jianzhou, Anzhou, Xiuzhou, Hengzhou and Qingzhou in Liaodong now have only 200,000 people, with a small population, which is not conducive to the control of the prefectures of the town [***]. Therefore, he proposed that at least 400,000 people need to immigrate to each state to make each state reach a scale of 100,000. In this way, the land of Liaodong can be completely made a solid territory under the real Andong Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

"If you need someone, go to Denglai to recruit, recruit from Pingzhou, or even directly send people to the Central Plains to recruit. Whether it is a refugee or a refugee, as long as you are young and have no disabilities, you can recruit them. You can even go farther and send a boat to Huainan, Zhenhai, East Zhejiang, and West Zhejiang."

Jing Xiang smacked his lips, "It's a bit difficult. The disaster has eased in the past two years. Although the thief made some noise last year, it was severely suppressed by the court. Many people who were bullied were taken back and resettled by the court. Moreover, it is not easy to recruit people from all over the country. Now there is no disaster in various places. As long as there is no military disaster, it is impossible for local governments to let the people under their jurisdiction abandon their territory and leave."

Li Jing frowned and realized this problem. Before, a large number of refugees flocked to Dengzhou, and even set up teams outside Dengzhou. This was because of famine and fleeing caused by continuous famine. But now there are no such major disasters in various places, and the war is not serious. So how could the government allow the people to abandon their land and famine? If the people flee, they will only farm, and there will be no tax, money and food. The landlords and powerful people in the manor will not let their tenants leave easily.

But he now needs a large number of people. Although he already has three million people, the town is not only farming, but also a large number of workshops and mines need people. No one, the prefectures and counties captured are so stable. It is impossible to ask the court to move people, and it is impossible for the people in the court to agree to Li Jing's migration from other places.

Li Jing wanted to curse her. In the past two years, people were everywhere, and he had to be picky. Now he is even disabled.

"I'll find a way to spend money to buy beggars, refugees, and prodigals from all over the country. Then I'll send people to spread the news that we need a large population here, so I'll pay for the family if I come. Then I'll send people to set up recruitment points along the Yellow River, Jishui, Huaihe River, and Yangtze River, and as long as I get there, I'll pick them up and send them over."

Gai Yu proposed an idea on the side, "We can also spend money to buy slaves directly. Our goods can be exchanged for slaves. The landlords and manors in the Central Plains have many slaves. We can buy them directly, and we can also buy slaves with Luo, Japan and Bohai. After buying them, we can declare that these people will be free after we have been farming for us for many years. I believe they will stay seriously."

"This is a solution!" Li Jing nodded. In this way, the town might have to spend a lot of money to obtain a population. But now there is no way. Population is an important resource after all.

If possible, in fact, you can get a population by fighting a few battles. But where to fight? Bohai has just signed an agreement with them. At this time, it is equivalent to tearing down the agreement and will inevitably force Bohai to the enemy again. This is a matter of not worth the loss. You can also attack Luo, but the situation on Luo is not very good. Luo has always been hostile to their actions. If Luo sends troops, it will also lead to an additional enemy.

Goguryeo can do it, but what Li Jing lacks now is not territory, but population.
Chapter completed!