After Du Qi led Xue Rengui's army to seize Jiangdu City, they didn't pursue Li Shimin for the time being. To Du Qi, perhaps pursuing Li Shimin could weaken Li Shimin's power again. In fact, it would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens to destroy Li Shimin.
After all, Li Shimin still had a certain amount of troops by his side. It would be difficult to destroy Li Shimin. Therefore, they might as well stabilize the current situation and strengthen their foundation to prevent the situation from collapsing.
After the army seized Jiangdu City, Du Qi entered the imperial city and wandered around. Xue Rengui's army took control of Jiangdu City.
Shangguan Yi issued a notice.
He began to pacify the people.
Half a day passed in a hurry. After Du Qi wandered around the imperial city, he didn't stay in the imperial city. Instead, he went to the military camp in the city and stayed there. On one hand, the imperial city wasn't big. After all, Li Shimin had only managed Jiangdu City for a short time and didn't have a strong foundation. On the other hand, the imperial city had long been empty. There was no point in staying in the empty imperial city.
Moreover, for safety reasons, staying in the military camp was the most appropriate.
In the evening, Du Qi had just finished his dinner and was patrolling the military camp when Xue Rengui came.
Xue Rengui said excitedly, "Your Majesty, now that we have seized Jiangdu City. Therefore, I think we can follow Your Majesty's arrangements and seize Jiangnan Province, as well as the provinces and counties near the river. "
Du Qi said, "You can start the arrangements. Tomorrow morning, leave ten thousand elites to guard Jiangdu City. As for the rest of the army, you can arrange for them to seize various places. Attacking various places is mainly to persuade them to surrender. If they don't surrender, then attack. "
Xue Rengui said, "I understand."
Du Qi waved his hand. Xue Rengui turned around and left to make the arrangements.
Du Qi patrolled around and returned to the tent to rest. He tidied up and began to read. Shangguan Yi rushed in and bowed to Du Qi, "Your Majesty!"
Du Qi asked, "What's the matter?"
Shangguan Yi said, "There are many merchants outside the camp. They came together to seek an audience, saying that they want to see you."
After Du Qi heard it, he asked, "Did they say what happened?"
Shangguan Yi said, "They said they were here for business, but most of them looked terrified. It seemed like they were here to ask for forgiveness. These merchants are all people who do business in Li Tang. "
Du Qi pondered for a moment, then ordered, "Let them in."
"Yes!"
Shangguan Yi turned around and went down to inform them.
It didn't take long for the merchants to enter one by one. Du Qi roughly glanced at them and found that there were a total of twelve people. Every single one of them was dressed in silk and satin, which was the style of a great merchant. After all, compared to the merchants in the north, there were many big merchants in Yangzhou. These merchants were even richer than the merchants in the north.
The appearance of the Jinghang Canal connected the north and the south. Now that the north and south were smooth, many merchants made a fortune here. Although the north was the political center, the development of the south gradually showed the trend of becoming the economic center.
Not long after, Shangguan Yi brought a group of merchants in.
The merchants stood still and bowed in unison.
Du Qi said with a pleasant expression, "Everyone, sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone thanked Du Qi in unison, but without exception, none of the merchants sat down. On the contrary, the leading merchant had a solemn expression. He lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, kowtowing and saying, "Your Majesty, I have sinned. Please punish me."
"I have sinned. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
"Please punish me, Your Majesty."
One by one, the merchants knelt down and begged for forgiveness from Du Qi.
Du Qi's eyes carried a hint of a smile as he said with a smile, "Everyone came together to seek an audience, but all of you knelt down and begged for forgiveness. What do you mean?"
The leading merchant was called Gong Ziquan.
He was close to forty years old and was slightly plump. He said solemnly, "Your Majesty, when Li Shimin was in Jiangdu, we had no choice but to sponsor him with money. Some of us gave him more than 100,000 strings of cash, and some of us gave him tens of thousands of strings of cash. Although we had no choice, we still gave him money. Your Majesty, please punish us. "
"Your Majesty, please punish us!"
One by one, the people kept speaking.
These people had actually given money to Li Shimin before. Now that Du Qi had entered Jiangdu, they were worried that they would be targeted. Therefore, they all came to find Du Qi, hoping that Du Qi would let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, if Du Qi really made a move, they would not be able to withstand it.
Du Qi was the ruler of a country. Even if Du Qi did not make a move, if Du Qi wanted to deal with them, he did not need to do it himself. He only needed to give them a look, and someone would even help Du Qi do it. In order to protect themselves, they came directly to beg for forgiveness, hoping to get Du Qi's forgiveness.
After Du Qi heard it, he did not immediately speak.
It was precisely Du Qi's silence that made the group of businessmen look bitter and uneasy. There was a helpless look on their faces.
What should they do?
What should they do?
Gong Ziquan took a deep breath and said again, "Your Majesty, we don't know how to march and fight wars, nor do we know how to govern a country. What we can help Your Majesty is limited. Even so, we are willing to do our best to donate money and food to help Your Majesty. We Yangzhou businessmen from Jiangnan Road are willing to donate 300,000 dan of grain and 1 million strings of coins to help Your Majesty. "
After Du Qi heard it, he was a little speechless.
300,000 dan of grain.
1 million strings of coins.
This was not a small number, but a huge amount. After all, the people who donated money and food were just businessmen from Jiangnan Road. A mere businessman from Jiangnan Road gave 300,000 dan of grain and 1 million strings of coins. This was enough to shock people.
Du Qi faintly smiled and said, "Gong Ziquan, I appreciate your good intentions. My Xia Xia doesn't lack food or money. What's more, when you were in Li Tang, you contributed money and effort to Li Tang. After all, it was under Li Tang's rule, so I won't care. Now that I'm in Jiangdu, you're working hard for Xia Xia and doing business in Xia Xia. I won't target you. "
After a pause, Du Qi said again, "So you don't have to donate your money. I won't blame you because you once funded Li Shimin's money and food. "
Gong Ziquan heard it and quickly thought in his heart.
He did not take Du Qi's words seriously and immediately said, "Your Majesty, we donated money and food in the hope of doing something for Xia Xia. Thanks to Your Majesty's benevolence and benevolence, you didn't punish us and didn't punish us. That's our good fortune. It's because of this that we have to do our best to ask Your Majesty to accept our goodwill. "
Du Qi laughed after hearing it.
Interesting!
Gong Ziquan was really interesting!
The original intention of Gong Ziquan and the other merchants was naturally to give money and food to save their lives. Their purpose was to spend money to avoid disaster, hoping that they could avoid disaster and not be punished. Now that Du Qi didn't pursue the matter, he knew that he couldn't be stingy, so he simply changed his words and supported Du Qi.
After the news that they had sponsored Xia Xia spread, ordinary people didn't dare to target them at will because they had helped Du Qi. It was not easy for even ordinary officials to target them.
Du Qi no longer refused and nodded. "Well, since it's everyone's goodwill, I'll accept it."
Gong Ziquan said, "Your Majesty is wise!"
After a pause, Gong Ziquan said, "Your Majesty, all the money and food have been transported outside the camp. Your Majesty, please check and confirm the situation."
Du Qi said, "No need, I believe you. As long as you abide by the law and do business legally in Xia Xia's territory, I welcome you. I, Xia Xia, first established the country with business. Today, the rise of Xia Xia is also inseparable from business. So as long as you do business legally, no one will dare to target you. "
"Well, get up."
Du Qi ordered again.
Gong Ziquan said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
The others thanked him and then stood up together. They gave money and food one by one. They felt comfortable and didn't feel uncomfortable. If Du Qi didn't accept anything, they would be worried that they would be punished. After all, the merchants in Jiangdu had big businesses. Once they were punished, their families would be ruined.
Now that they had won Du Qi's approval, they could continue to do business in Xia Xia.
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