When Bai Shan moved to the inner city with the logistics personnel, the fire in the inner city was extinguished with the joint efforts of Jin and Goguryeo soldiers.
At this time, the sky was dry, not to mention the flammable houses, and there was very little water. The Goguryeo people had too long a delay, because the inner city was burning, and the people in the outer city did not go in to fight the fire. They only relied on some servants in the inner city. Not to mention that the speed is not fast, there is still a fight at the west gate.
It is equivalent to saving half of the fire and going to fight again.
Originally, the firefighting officials wanted to knock down a few houses directly, so as to curb the spread of the fire, but the people living in the inner city were either rich or noble, and no one was willing to knock down houses in advance before the fire burned themselves.
Why sacrifice their house to fight the fire
Not to mention the cost of the house itself, the furniture and furnishings inside are also very expensive, okay
So no one wants to.
After the Jin army took over the domestic city, the emperor directly sent Ashina to fight the fire.
He was not so gentle, and directly ordered a dozen houses. The Jin army took the Goguryeo soldiers who had just been captured, and directly knocked down these ten houses, and then carried water from the outer city, and relayed the water to put out the fire.
It took most of the night to put out the fire. At this time, the fire had burned half of the inner city, and even Guangwang Mansion was not spared.
Looking at the half of the inner city that had been reduced to ashes, the emperor sighed slightly, turned his head and asked, "How many of the hundreds of warriors who entered the city survived?"
"Only forty-three people."
The emperor nodded and ordered: "Collect their corpses and bring them back. I promised them that they will be fulfilled. I will hide this matter, and the remaining forty-three people will be sent back to the capital in advance to reward them with other military merits. "
The emperor was worried that the surrenders on Goguryeo's side would know that they set the fire, and asked them to hand them over.
Although both parties have their own speculations, the other party has no evidence.
The emperor would definitely not recognize it, but he had to be on guard against someone becoming angry, after all, the inner city of the inner city did suffer heavy losses this time.
General Ashina said: "The remaining forty-three people are all recovering in the medical tent."
The emperor nodded, "Let Zhou Man give them good medicine."
He also ordered: "Go to someone, call back Xue Gui and Niu Cishi who are still outside, the King of Goguryeo has surrendered, and let them collect the rest of the city with the document signed by the King of Goguryeo."
Zhao Guogong replied, "Yes. Your Majesty, how should the Gao family make arrangements?"
After a little thought, the emperor summoned everyone to ask for advice.
Bai Shan was also called over, and sat with Mr. Fang Bai Erlang.
Someone said: "Your Majesty, Liaodong has just gone through the war, and it is the time when stability is needed, so why not use the Gao clan to stabilize the people's hearts?"
"No, if it is still handed over to Gao's management, what difference does it make if Goguryeo fights or not?"
"We attacked Goguryeo because they neglected the suzerain country. Now that they have been subdued, it is better to hand over Liaodong to them. South of Goguryeo, there are Silla and Baekje. With their three countries keeping each other in check, Liaodong can be stable."
The emperor glanced at the civil servant who was speaking, and tried his best not to blow out of his nose. He is a king who is good at accepting advice, and he cannot do such a thing.
He is embarrassed to do it, but Bai Shan and Bai Erlang are embarrassed.
Bai Erlang was the first to exhale from his nose, and then snorted, the voice was very clear for everyone to hear.
Let Zhao Guogong, who was about to refute the other party, stop, and everyone looked over together.
Bai Erlang's face turned red, and he could only speak: "If it's just to teach them a lesson, then the price we paid is too high, right?"
"But there are also many gains," the civil official said: "After this war, the surrounding countries will no longer dare to provoke our country easily, and the border will be stable for a hundred years."
Pull it down, let alone a hundred years, who will remember this great achievement twenty years later? Compared with fear, hatred is more likely to breed, and hatred may make people strive for strength. Why do they only take fame and not take the most practical benefits
Bai Shandao: "Why let them restrain you, wouldn't it be fine if the three countries accept it?"
Everyone looked at Bai Shan together, even Zhao Guogong looked him up and down in surprise.
The civil servant's face turned red, and he immediately objected: "Silla and Baekje are not wrong, how can they attack for no reason?"
Bai Shan: "I didn't say to fight now."
He said: "Your Majesty, I think that Baekje is very rebellious, and there will be many mistakes in the future, and if it is for the peace of the border, our country and Silla Baekje are enough, why is there a Goguryeo in the middle?"
"That's right," Zhao Guogong retracted his gaze, and said, "Silla and Baekje are at odds, and the two countries also have disputes from time to time. If we want to maintain the stability of the border, my suzerain country only needs to raise and lower. Goguryeo?"
"The Liaodong area was originally under the management of the Central Plains. If it weren't for the wars in the Central Plains in the past few dynasties, the Gao family would not be able to establish a country here. It is time to take it back."
"Then how do you arrange so many people from the Gao family? King Goguryeo surrendered."
It's not that he was captured like King Gaochang. Da Jin always gave preferential treatment to the royal family who surrendered.
Bai Shandao: "Your Majesty can bring the King of Goguryeo and several princes back to the capital, confer titles, and let them have a look at the scenery and prosperity of Chang'an."
He said: "Since King Goguryeo took over, Goguryeo has added many gifts, all because of King Goguryeo's extravagance, but Liaodong is bitter and cold after all, and most of the luxury goods are shipped from the Central Plains. Since you love the things of the Central Plains so much, why not send them How about taking it to Chang'an to enjoy it?"
The emperor believed it deeply, "King Goguryeo and King Guang understand the righteousness, and I am willing to entrust them with titles and provide them with salaries and noble fields."
The ministers looked at each other and asked, "What about the others?"
The emperor thought for a while and said: "Check out the list of the Gao family, and the list of families that were destroyed by the fire in the inner city. It will take some time to rebuild the inner city, so let's move them to the inland."
Immediately someone asked: "Where will you move to?"
"There are a lot of people and less land in the Central Plains, so we can no longer move to the Central Plains."
"The Lingnan area is sparsely populated."
"And the northwest area."
"Not right, not right, there are still remaining branches in the northwest, so it's better to separate them."
"Isn't Lingnan too far away? It's so hot, I'm afraid people from Liaodong won't get used to it."
"How about Jiangnan?"
"It's not bad over there. There are not too many people, but the place is quite big. I heard that things can be planted on the mountain."
"Yes, don't many teas come from Lingnan and Jiangnan now? I think the tea in Liaodong is very expensive. They should also like tea."
So the matter was settled like this, and everyone ignored what the civil official said to show the generosity and tolerance of the suzerain country.
The emperor was very satisfied with the result. Now that the tone had been set, Zhao Shangshu and the others were responsible for the rest.