The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 750 Arrangement
With Pei Xingjian's guarantee, Mo Wen left the post house anxiously.

Outside the post house, several young men in ragged clothes were waiting not far away. When they saw Mo Wen coming out, they silently followed.

After leaving the city, several young people quickly caught up with Mo Yu who was waiting not far ahead, and asked eagerly, "Uncle Mo, how is it? What did Master Pei say?"

"I can't go back." Mo Wen shook his head, sighed and said: "Actually, we should have known that there would be such a result."

"But..." One of the young men wanted to say something more, but was quickly stopped by his companion and winked at him.

At this juncture, Mo Wen, who was hit, probably didn't have the intention to speak. Anyway, knowing that Pei Xingjian didn't want to take them back, that's all. As for other things, it doesn't make much sense.

"But..." Just as a few young people were disappointed and sighed, Mo Wen said again: "However, Mr. Pei gave us a chance and agreed that we would go to work in the shops and mines opened by Han people. The wages are the same as those of Fuyu people same, and it also protects us from bullies."

"What? Is this true?" The young man who had just been caught by his companion could hardly believe his ears.

"It should be true. I believe Mr. Pei will not lie to me as an old man." Mo Wen said.

Several young people looked at each other. Although there was no chance of returning to Datang, it seemed good that they would not be bullied in the future.

Looking at the young people with surprises in their eyes, Mo Wen felt a little better, patted the ashes that did not exist on his body, and walked into the distance: "Okay, let's go back quickly, Lao Zhang and the others A few of them may have been waiting anxiously, so we should go back quickly and tell them about the matter so that we can decide what to do in the future."

"Hey, Uncle Mo, Uncle Mo, please slow down, tell us what Master Pei said..." Several young people chased after Mo Wen, yelling.

……

In the post house, Pei Xingjian and Pang Wenlong smiled wryly at each other. The incidents happened one after another, which made the two overwhelmed. Before that, they had thought about many possibilities, but they hadn't considered the matter of the Han people.

"What to do! Do you want to talk to the county king?!" Pang Wenlong asked.

"Do you think it's useful? Don't say that the county king doesn't care about this kind of thing, even if he really does, so what? So many people returned to Datang at once, do you know who they are? Are there any spies from Goguryeo?" Do you want to redistribute the land?" Pei Xingjian said dejectedly.

In all honesty, if there were only a few hundred people, or one or two thousand people, Pei Xingjian would have dared to directly agree to Mo Wen just now.

But in reality, there are 10,000+ people. This is estimated to be some Han people near the pseudo-Changan. If it takes longer, people in other places will also get the news, and the number of people is estimated to reach more than 20.

Not to mention, there are likely to be many people waiting to see the outcome of the matter. If the court really agrees to accept these Han people back to the country, the number will increase even more, so that is a small 30 people.

30 people, how many people are there in Goguryeo!You took away 30 in one go. It’s no wonder that Gao Jianwu is not crazy. After all, he is the emperor only when there are people. If the people run away, what is the point of being an emperor in front of him.

So it is impossible to bring everyone back, unless..., unless Datang completely turns Goguryeo into its own territory one day in the future, then it will not return!

Pang Wenlong hesitated for a moment: "I think whether it is useful or not, the news should be sent back. Anyway, now that the business route is open, it is not too troublesome to send a message."

Pei Xingjian nodded indifferently: "Well, I'll send Er Er Xiong back. He has more experience in the world."

Pei Xingjian had just promised that the old man Mo Wen would take care of the Han people living in Goguryeo. This promise must be fulfilled no matter what. After sending Xiong Er Er out, the two young intelligence officers sent a lot of people out to inform the five surnames Qiwang Those people in the Han Dynasty tried their best to take in the Han people.

……

Five surnames, Qiwang, and Chang'an Xungui, each had their own ideas when they received Pei Xingjian's notice.

The nobles think that using the raw is worse than using the familiar, anyway, they are recruiting people, and the Han people are their own people, so it is easier to use; while the five surnames and Qiwang are holding the idea of ​​​​preferring to foreigners rather than domestic slaves, Several mines would rather use Fuyu people than Han people.

The two sides held their own opinions and refused to give in to each other. In the end, they simply went to Pei Xingjian directly and let him, a young man, decide.

In the Juxian Tea House invested by Li Muyun, the heads of more than a dozen big families sat together, and the representative of the aristocratic family spoke first: "Master Pei, you know that our business with five surnames and seven wangs is all mine work, which is too dangerous. , How to solve the problem with the Han people? How to be worthy of their families?!"

Before Pei Xingjian could express his opinion, someone from Xungui's side immediately said: "What's wrong with this? According to what you said, our mine in Datang hasn't started working yet?"

"How can it be the same? In Datang, it was planned mining. Here, we are..."

The representative of the family didn't finish his sentence, but everyone knew what he meant.

Since they came to Goguryeo, it was for money, to exploit the surplus value, and to squeeze the labor force is a must. The daily labor of the miners in the mine is definitely more than twice that of Datang.

The ideas of the Kexungui and the aristocratic family are absolutely different. In their view, Goguryeo will belong to the Tang Dynasty sooner or later. There is no need to worry about mining a mine, just dig slowly. Anyway, that thing can’t escape .

So the two sides quarreled again on this issue, and Pei Xingjian felt dizzy for a while, knocked on the table and said: "Okay, everyone, stop arguing, I have reported this matter to the court, and I believe there will be a result after a while. What we need to do now is to appease these former refugees, no matter how they came to Goguryeo in the first place, and no matter what the risk of work is, they are Han Chinese, so we have to give them a way to survive."

Speaking of this, the normal business matters have been elevated to the moral level. They are all my compatriots. Although they are living outside, if they don't ask, then the reputation of the five surnames and seven Wangs may not be preserved.

Although the representatives of several great families were somewhat reluctant, they finally had to bite the bullet and agree to Pei Xingjian's request.

However, compared with the nobles, they promised that they could only accept the condition that at most half of the employees were Han people, and no more.

In contrast, Xungui's side is much more magnanimous, no matter how much they accept, the principle is still the same, and it is better to use the familiar than to use the old.

(End of this chapter)