Of course, the vast northwest will not bow down to the Great Chu Empire just because an army of the Chu State occupies Xianyang, and Qi Ning knows this better than anyone else.

Ordinary people may not care who the person sitting on the throne is, but they absolutely care about whether they and their families can eat enough, and what really makes people surrender from their hearts is never force, but so that they can have no worries about food and clothing.

Qi Ning knew that he absolutely did not have the ability to govern the entire northwest, and it was absolutely impossible to make the people of the northwest worry about food and clothing in a short period of time.

An important purpose of Chu to conquer the northwest is to use the northwest to form a threat of force against the Northern Han, so it is impossible for the northwest to return to Nanshan.

However, Qi Ning knew that in order to prevent major turmoil in the northwest, it was necessary to grasp two forces, one was the local wealthy forces in the northwest, and the other was of course the bureaucratic system that specifically handled the affairs of the northwest.

In these two forces, Qi Ning has put a lot of thought into it.

Qi Ning did not lose his trust, and less than five days after the Chu army took control of Xianyang, the lockdown was lifted, and the people in the city could move in the city from a young age.

Prior to this, Qi Ning naturally let the troops at hand control some of the most critical places in the entire Xianyang, such as warehouses, such as city gates.

And the security in the city has always been maintained by Xianyang Mansion Yin, Qi Ning specially met with Xianyang Mansion Yin, for the sincerity of the Great Chu Protector, Xianyang Mansion Yin is grateful to Dade, naturally he is trying his best to assist the Chu army to maintain order in Xianyang, and the Xianyang Mansion Yin's Yacha did not make any changes, everything is still the same as before, these Yacha did not lose their jobs because of the change of the city's banner.

At the beginning of the Chu army's entry into the city, everyone was worried about their lives, and Chu Junqiu did not commit even four chapters of the law, which made the frightened atmosphere in Xianyang City gradually disappear, and many people began to worry about their livelihoods, especially those who served as officials in Xianyang before, these people all lived with Yulu, and now that the people of Chu are here, many people naturally feel that it is impossible for the people of Chu to continue to appoint officials of the Northern Han Dynasty.

Who knows that the small prince not only summoned all the officials and asked them to choose to stay, and retained their official positions, but even the small officials who were on errand in various yamen, the small prince also gave a clear word, as long as they were willing to continue to work on errands, they could still maintain the status quo, and the government still issued them a salary.

Qi Ning really doesn't have to worry about not being able to pay his salary, in the final analysis, this is still a loss to the Qu family father and son, the Chu army entered the city, and the first thing to control was the Zhenxi General's Mansion, Duan Canghai also ordered the blockade of the General's Mansion at the first time, and no one was allowed to enter without authorization, until Qi Ning entered the city, and then began to count the objects of the General's Mansion, which was not clear, but fortunately, when the item details were put in front of Qi Ning, Qi Ning gasped.

When the mansion of King Huainan was raided in the State of Chu, a large amount of wealth was confiscated, which opened Qi Ning's eyes, and after the financial list of the General's Mansion came out, Qi Ning felt that King Huainan was really small compared to the father and son of the Qu family.

Whether it is the gold, silver and jewelry stored in the warehouse, or the antique calligraphy and painting, it can really be said that there are many sweat cows, and the number is huge, even Duan Canghai and others are also shocked, everyone's first thought is that this Qu family father and son are so greedy and accumulate wealth in the northwest, and they can still sit here for more than ten years, that is really not a small ability.

With such a huge wealth, it is really easy to support the normal operation of the government at all levels in the northwest, and a huge warehouse was built in Xianyang, at the beginning Qu Yuangu proudly claimed that even if Xianyang City was besieged for three years and five years, the grain in the warehouse was enough for the needs of the whole city, and when he saw the grain in the warehouse, Qi Ning realized that Qu Yuangu was really not too exaggerated.

In addition to a large amount of wealth and grain, Xianyang also has a special household department to clean up officials, and there are also a lot of silver deposits in the treasury, which are used to maintain the operation of the government at all levels in the northwest, so for Qi Ning, the silver on hand is enough to ensure the income of officials at all levels in the northwest.

Qi Ning gave the officials in the northwest the right to choose, two days later, the roster was sent up, most of the officials were natives in the northwest, naturally it was impossible to enter the customs and run to Luoyang at such a time, and everyone knew that the current chaos in the Guan, not to mention that the two armies of Chu and Eastern Qi launched an offensive against the Northern Han, just the princes of the Northern Han Dynasty fought for the throne and became a mess, and running to the customs at this time is really no different from suicide, so except for a few officials who want to enter the customs, Most of the officials wanted to stay and serve the Chu State.

The few officials, except for a few who were indeed loyal to the Northern Han Dynasty, most of them were relieved because their families were in the Guannei.

Qi Ning was true to his word, not only sent people to escort those officials who were about to enter the customs to Tongguan, but also issued a special dish for each person, but this move was very popular, and soon spread everywhere in Xianyang City.

The roster left by Hongmendao has naturally become a magic weapon in the hands of Qi Ning, half of the officials in the roster are still retained, and more than a dozen officials marked with red lines by Hongmendao have also stayed, Qi Ning is naturally very trusting of Hongmendao's intelligence, and carefully inspected the official positions of these more than ten officials, if they can't bring too much threat to themselves in their official positions and can't make too much trouble, Qi Ning still keeps their officials in their positions, but if there is the slightest threat to the Chu army here, Qi Ning will transfer them to other positions.

And according to the last page of the roster, Qi Ning promoted those officials who were talented but willing to serve the Chu State, with the help of these people, although the official transfer in the northwest was not too big, but silently made more appropriate arrangements for some more important positions, this transfer, Qi Ning only felt that it was really cumbersome, and thought that the less he slammed into these things in the future, the better.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Ning entered Xianyang for almost ten days, and he was almost busy from morning to night every day, and many things needed to be consulted with him.

On this day, he saw Duan Canghai hurriedly coming over and reported: "Sir, there is news from Tongguan, Qu Yuangu really sent someone to Tongguan. ”

After taking Tongguan, Qi Ning expected that Qu Yuangu would not be indifferent, but he waited for nearly ten days but did not hear the military report coming, thinking that Qu Yuangu really wanted to leave the northwest alone? When he got the news, he smiled on his lips.

"How many?"

"There are about two or three thousand soldiers and horses." Duan Canghai said: "And Tongguan has already entered the palace tentatively, but the news from Lu Kang's side, the Northwest Army is obviously not attacking with all its might." ”

"Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, others don't understand, but the people of the northwest know better than anyone else." Qi Ning said: "Now that Tongguan is solid, and the materials are abundant, and it is defended according to the danger, even if the Northwest people attack with all their strength, they will not be able to shake it at all." ”

He personally led people to lay down Tongguan, surveyed the terrain of Tongguan on the spot, and knew that as long as Lu Kang and his men went all out to defend it, the Northwest Army had no possibility of breaking through the pass.

"That's true." Duan Canghai said: "The Northwest Army has attacked several times in a row, all in vain, and now it has retreated, Lu Kang said that from the pass, you can see that the Northwest Army is only about ten miles away from Tongguan and began to build a barrier, looking at the meaning, it seems to be to temporarily build a new pass on Tongguan Road." ”

Qi Ning bowed his head and said: "Then there is nothing wrong, Qu Yuangu sent troops back to Tongguan, and he didn't think that he could really defeat Tongguan, but he was worried that we would attack him from behind when we entered the customs, so he sent people back to prevent us from entering the customs." He said thoughtfully: "How easy is it to build a pass, how much manpower and material resources did Tongguan cost and time to have today's scale, they are just temporarily building a fortification, as a barrier to resist our entry." ”

Duan Canghai sneered: "Building a barrier means that they don't have the confidence to take Tongguan. ”

"Qu Yuangu is not stupid, since he has divided his troops to intercept in the rear, the front will inevitably speed up to capture Luoyang." Qi Ning said: "The war in the Northern Han Dynasty will be more intense. "I didn't know where the Qinhuai army under Yue Huanshan was fighting now, Longtai sent troops to the Northern Expedition this time, the purpose was to attack the east and the west, and take the opportunity to capture the northwest and Eastern Qi under the cover of the Northern Expedition, everything went well on his side, and Xianyang was defeated in the shortest time, it can be said that half of the strategic purpose of the Chu State has been achieved, but I don't know if the plan to attack the Eastern Qi is going smoothly.

Duan Canghai asked, "Sir, do you want to ...... Send troops to support Tongguan? ”

"What did Lu Kang say in the military newspaper?"

Duan Canghai said: "Lu Kangdao didn't mention the need for reinforcements. ”

"Then don't send someone over for now." Qi Ning said with a smile: "Lu Kang is an old and serious person, if he feels that the troops in his hands are not enough, he will inevitably ask for more troops, since we didn't mention it, we sent someone over, but it will make him feel that we underestimate him." However, the military reports over there must be delivered every day, and this side must keep abreast of the situation in Tongguan at any time. ”

"My subordinates know." Duan Canghai was about to retreat, but Qi Ning stopped and said, "I haven't seen Hongmen Dao in the past few days, he seems to be going back to Jianye in the near future, do you know where he is?" ”

"Do you want to see him too?" Duan Canghai said: "I haven't seen him for a few days, and the lord wants to see him, so I'll go find him." ”

"No, I'm just asking." Qi Ning said: "We won't be able to go back to Jianye for a while, Sanniang and Zhan Ying will definitely be worried, and I don't know what the situation is on our side, so I just asked him to bring two letters back by the way." ”

Duan Canghai said with a smile: "Does the lord miss the young lady?" ”

Although Qi Ning is already the head of the family, he is young, and Gu Qinghan, who is an elder, is now in his prime, so the people in the house are still used to calling Ximen Zhanying the young lady.

Qi Ning smiled and waved his hand: "Go down on an errand." Watching Duan Canghai retreat, he really thought of Gu Qinghan and Ximen Zhan Ying in his heart, and secretly thought that in the future, the imperial court would not know how to arrange the northwest side, if he stayed here for a period of time and transferred himself back to Beijing, it would be okay to bear with him here, and if he really wanted to arrange himself to guard in the northwest, he would take Gu Qinghan and Ximen Zhan Ying over if he said anything.

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ps: Today officially opens the thirteenth volume of the chapter, brocade is in the plan for a total of fifteen volumes, and now it is the end of the second half, I believe there will be a wonderful ending, thank you for your continued support.