"Go and concentrate all the people in Anshi City outside the city lord's mansion!" Jing Wen said.

Soon, tens of thousands of Goguryeo people in Anshi were called out from their homes, and then gathered outside the city lord's mansion, and then waited for disposal. This time, the Tang army suffered a considerable loss, almost thousands of people. All of this was caused by the people in Anshi City. They helped many Goguryeo soldiers to resist the Tang army, so the Tang army suffered such a great loss. So of course, we have to take revenge and complain, so Jing Wen called them now.

"We, the Tang Dynasty, came to regain our territory, but you helped the Goguryeo people resist? So the crime is unforgivable! Now, I announce the punishment for you. Anyone who helps hide Goguryeo soldiers during the battle will be demoted to slaves of the Tang Dynasty. Half of the land you have in your hands will be taken out and distributed to families who do not hide Goguryeo soldiers in Anshi City. And the families who do not help hide Goguryeo soldiers, will be exempted from taxes for three years and enjoy the rights of my Tang Dynasty citizens, but you must also fulfill the obligations that my Tang Dynasty citizens should fulfill." Jing Wen said.

Jing Wen quickly reduced the status of the Goguryeo family in Anshi City to slaves, and distributed half of their land to the other half of their families who did not participate in hiding soldiers. This means that more than 10,000 Goguryeo people became slaves and the land was divided. This is considered to be their punishment for supporting Goguryeo. After all, if there is no punishment, then many people will dare to support Goguryeo to resist the Tang army in the future, which is very inconvenient for the Tang army to conquer Goguryeo.

"Jingshou, why do you belittle them to become slaves? Are you not afraid of them resisting?" Lin Fei asked.

However, Jing Wen said: "Not necessarily, we do this to punish those who are stubborn. As for the ordinary Goguryeo people, what would they choose? I deprived all the land of those who support Goguryeo, and gave them half of it, and were exempted from tax for three years. How would they choose?"

"This?" Lin Fei didn't know what they would choose.

"Lin Fei, in fact, it is said that national justice is useful and useful, but it is useless to say that it is useless. National justice is only the top class, and only educated people will say it. As for ordinary people, although they usually have national ideas, if foreign nations can bring them higher benefits, they might instead surrender to foreign nations." Jing Wen said.

"Can you do?" Lin Fei was also a little confused.

Of course, Jing Wen would not say that during the later years of the Anti-Japanese War. Because the Kuomintang-controlled areas collected too much tax on the people, they wanted to regain their territory after falling. As a result, the people in the occupied areas supported the Japanese to resist the troops that regained their territory. What should these people evaluate? They were called traitors? But they were also exploited too seriously by the governments of their own country. In the end, the Japanese were not so serious, and in the end they supported the Japanese army.

Jing Wen knew that no matter which government it was, it exploited the people in ancient times. The same was true for Goguryeo. A large amount of their land was occupied by high-ranking officials and nobles, and ordinary people could not obtain much land. Moreover, it was very difficult to reclaim the land. Because the newly reclaimed land was very energy-consuming. If Jing Wen now directly deprived some of the reclaimed land, gave it to them, and promised low taxes, they would be satisfied with the Tang Dynasty and obey the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

"But isn't it enough for us to give them benefits directly? Why do we have to demote some people to slaves?" Lin Fei asked again.

Jing Wen immediately said: "If they get it too easily, they will not cherish it. Instead, they think that this is what the Tang Dynasty should do, but the Tang Dynasty owes them. We must divide these Goguryeo people into two classes. Only those who are ruled by me, the Tang Dynasty can obtain a higher class. As for those who resist my Tang Dynasty's rule, it is the slave class. This can reflect the kindness and deterrence of our Tang Dynasty."

Jing Wen knew the role of the class deeply. Originally, these people were the same class and were all poor people. However, Jing Wen deliberately artificially divided them into two classes, that is, the first one was the class that supported the rule of the Tang Dynasty, and the other was the slave class that opposed the rule of the Tang Dynasty. In this way, those classes that supported the Tang Dynasty naturally had to rely on the Tang Dynasty. Only when the Tang Dynasty was strong could they protect their own interests. Therefore, they would inevitably suppress the slave classes and exploit those slave classes.

In this world, they are all the same class, but now they are considered to be divided into different classes, so that those Goguryeo who supported the rule of the Tang Dynasty also have targets of bullying. These targets were also the same as themselves not long ago, but now they have a higher status, and they have lost their own property and become slaves. In order to maintain their class status and obtain more property, they naturally have to maintain the rule of the Tang Dynasty. If they choose to give up their own property and become slaves, then Jing Wen will also fulfill them.

So Jing Wen deliberately divided the classes, so that they would have a class gap and they would be divided and disintegrated. After all, there were millions of people in Goguryeo, so of course it was impossible to kill them all. Therefore, it was necessary to fight one faction and another, and the same was true for the people. Some people had to gain benefits, and the benefits obtained by these people were taken from another part of the people. Through this deliberate exploitation, the Goguryeo who had obtained benefits formed a class of "dividing spoils". In the eyes of those Goguryeo who had become slaves, they were traitors. But since they were traitors, in order to protect their own interests, they could only continue to rely on the Tang Dynasty as a backer and exploit a lower-level class. This is the difference between human nature and class, which gave them different ideas.

Originally, those Goguryeo people were artificially divided into different classes, and the "class struggle" within them might be able to consume their energy. As for resisting the Tang Dynasty, they would not have a chance. If those slaves wanted to resist, those Goguryeo people who gained benefits would not agree. After all, they have become classes that rely on the Tang Dynasty. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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