If Li Zicheng wants to be held responsible, it is not an exaggeration to cut off their heads, but it is just ...... Everyone else drank the blood of the soldiers, so why were they the only ones to be punished? It was Liang Wencheng, who was also their accomplice, but now he was a guest.

People are more angry than people.

It was not that the officers were unaware of their own faults, but that those who were as guilty as them were not punished together.

Liang Wencheng, who was on the right side of Li Zicheng, was also red at this time, and his eyes were just staring at the tea cup on the square table in front of him, as if it was an adult exhibition hall full of interest.

"If I killed you because of this, I shouldn't be wronged, right?" Li Zicheng seemed to be smiling, his face was strange, "However, God has the virtue of a good life, and I don't plan to pursue your past, as long as you take out a hundred percent of your family property, this time will be passed forever." ”

"Ichisei?"

"Never going to be held accountable?"

"We won't be discriminated against?"

……

When the voice of the discussion became quieter, Li Zicheng's voice sounded again: "It's similar to what you think, as long as you hand over 10% of your property, no one will be allowed to mention this matter in the future, are you willing?" ”

"Yes, we do!" Someone can't wait.

Several officers got up and knelt in front of Li Zicheng, and the remaining few people, realizing that they were lagging behind, hurriedly accelerated their speed and rushed to kneel, lest they would not find a place to kneel if they were too late.

"Get up, from now on, you are no longer prisoners, but my brothers," Li Zicheng asked the officers to sit down again, "You weigh your property well, if you conceal or omit it, don't blame Lord Ben for being ruthless." ”

"My lord, we will never dare!" The expressions on the faces of the officers were obviously relaxed, as long as Yicheng property, the loss was not too big, they had heard about the military salary in Liaodong, and even the chief soldier was killed, and now they not only saved their lives, but their property was basically preserved.

"It's good if you don't dare!" The faint frost on Li Zicheng's face finally faded, and the sun showed the corners, "After handing over Yicheng's property, you can still be reinstated!" ”

"Official reinstatement?" No one believed their ears, and they couldn't wait for Li Zicheng to say it again, the officers' eyes were like bubbling goldfish, and the essence leaked out, and when they met Li Zicheng's gaze, they collected their aura.

They never dreamed that Li Zicheng not only did not purge them, but also reinstated them as officials, what kind of medicine did he sell in this gourd? After the initial excitement, after thinking about it, they were confused.

There is no pie in the sky for no reason, and if a pie falls from the sky, when it falls on the top of the head, it will definitely become a stone that smashes the head.

"Yes, the official will be reinstated," Li Zicheng finally showed a smile, "You can continue your original affairs, and you can also get the same salary as before, but you can't be greedy for ink in the future, otherwise, military discipline will never be merciful!" ”

Such words, such a smile, do not look like interrogating a prisoner at all, but a homely relationship between brothers.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates don't dare to act indiscriminately!" Although Li Zicheng spoke lightly, the steel knife could be put on their necks at any time, and these officers, in order to survive, unconsciously recognized themselves as subordinates in front of Li Zicheng.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "You are high-ranking officials in Weili, I am the little Qianhu, and I am your subordinate." ”

"This ......" The officers were stunned again, Li Zicheng controlled Xining, naturally he wanted to control Xining Wei, their strength was not good, and it was natural for them to be Li Zicheng's subordinates, but now, ...... Thinking of the reinstatement of officials, some officers keenly felt that this matter was not so simple.

Li Zicheng will never give up the authority to control Xiningwei!

"Don't you come to Xining to stay there?" Someone asked tentatively.

Li Zicheng was neither salty nor light, and he didn't care that these officers were confused, and said: "I still have to be permanent, but I am only a thousand households, and after all the adults and officials are reinstated, they are all high-ranking officials in Weili, so they are naturally my bosses." ”

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to give up their position as commanders!" Zhao Feng is out of the way, and everyone else can be reinstated, but if Li Zicheng wants to control Xining, he must obtain the highest position of commander in order to control the army justifiably.

"No, Lord Zhao, you misunderstood what I meant, you are still the commander of the guard." Li Zicheng shook his head lightly, he was still happy in his heart for Zhao Feng's self-aware initiative to make Xian, and he admitted his shortcomings psychologically, so he would not dare to give birth to a moth in the future.

"However," Liang Wencheng, who was at the head of the right, suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention, and then said leisurely: "You must know your current situation, not only will your lord not punish you, but also let you be reinstated, and the salary you deserve will not be reduced at all, in the future, you know how to repay Lord Li, right?" ”

Only then did everyone understand that Li Zicheng was going to control behind the scenes, and on the surface, they were still officers of Xiningwei, which was for outsiders to see, but in fact, Li Zicheng was the uncrowned king of Xining, and the real controller was to control Xining with their hands.

understood the essence of the problem, but was relieved in his heart, Li Zicheng not only did not go down with a knife as they feared, but did everything he could, it turned out that he was still somewhat useful.

Since Li Zicheng left a way back, they naturally had to hold on tightly, Li Zicheng launched a mutiny and occupied Xining, he should have listened to his orders, as for whether he was a commander or a thousand households in terms of title, there was no difference in essence, Li Zicheng reinstated their officials, and they could also receive sufficient food and salary, which has maximized their interests, except for the lack of "drinking soldiers' blood and eating empty salaries", there is not much difference from before.

Thinking about this, plus Liang Wencheng turned out to be an officer in Weili like them, but now he is sitting on the right of the main seat to give orders, and everyone is busy one by one to express their positions, and they send their godsons to kneel and serve their allegiance.

"Okay, now everything is understood, hand over a hundred percent of the property, your official will be reinstated, and you will continue your original affairs, you can do whatever you want, except that you must not be greedy for military salaries," Li Zicheng made a phased summary and opened the next paragraph, "But in this way, your income will be reduced, and some people have wives and concubines and children, I am afraid that it will be difficult to support, right?" ”

"Your Adult is going to make us ......"

"It's very simple," Li Zicheng continued: "If you want silver, it's not impossible, as a soldier, you must exchange military merits, this is the only way." ”

"However, if we can't go to the battlefield, how can we have military merits?" It turned out that what Li Zicheng gave them was just a beautiful soap bubble, no matter how beautiful it was, the end could only be shattered.

"Doing your essential work well is also considered a military merit, and someone will tell you what to do."

Everyone understood that Li Zicheng had planted people around them, and his every move was under Li Zicheng's nose, this was blatant surveillance, they were forced to surrender after being captured by Li Zicheng, and in addition to withstanding the test, or having meritorious service, this kind of supervision will continue for a long time.

Li Zicheng continued his one-man show, "However, this can only be regarded as a small achievement, not much silver, if you want to make meritorious service, you have to go to the battlefield," when everyone's eyes were covered by the dust of despair, Li Zicheng said: "Or complete the task I assigned, I currently have two tasks, I don't know which adult can complete it for me?" ”

"My lord, what kind of mission is it?" Someone asked in a whisper.

"First, who is familiar with the geography of Xining and knows where to grow wheat?" Seeing that no one answered, Li Zicheng lowered his requirements, "It doesn't matter if you don't know, as long as you check carefully, there will always be gains." ”

On the one hand, Li Zicheng is planning for the future of Xining, Xining cannot rely on the imperial court to transport grain forever, and one day the imperial court will discover the reality of Xining, so as to cut off the grain and salary to Xining, and may even impose an embargo on Xining.

Li Zicheng must produce grain on the land of Xining as soon as possible, Xining has many rivers, and the Yellow River also passes through it, but this is the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the mountains in the territory are even more prominent than the rivers, and there is a big river like Huangshui, the difference between the two banks is very large, and most of them are cliffs, which are not suitable for arable land at all, and there are not many river valleys that can really produce grain.

Now Xining, which is the horse grazing area of the imperial court, basically does not produce grain, and the herdsmen mainly rely on cattle and sheep to survive, which is somewhat similar to the nomads, and the soldiers rely on the imperial court to allocate food.

In such pastoral areas, the output of the land is very limited, and to feed a population, it often needs hundreds or thousands of acres of grassland, and if wheat and rice are planted, it only needs seven or eight acres of land at most to feed a population, and the efficiency of the two is hundreds of times worse.

Sooner or later, Xining will face the threat of the imperial court running off food and wages, and it must act as soon as possible, and to ensure that the soldiers and people have a long-term and stable food supply, they must also rely on arable land.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng also created an opportunity for these surrendered officers to establish military merits, as long as they made meritorious contributions, they themselves also had a sense of belonging, and no longer regarded themselves as "second-class citizens" of Xiningwei.

Once they have made contributions to Li Zicheng, they will also cut off the back road, except for following Li Zicheng to the end, it is impossible to step on two boats, ready to escape at any time.

"My lord, my subordinates know that there is a place where they can grow grain...... A middle-aged man with a slightly thin figure and dark bronzed skin suddenly got up from his seat and saluted Li Zicheng, speaking in a squeaky voice, obviously not fully believing Li Zicheng's verbal promise.

"Tell me, where the hell is it?" Li Zicheng smiled and gave encouragement.

"The middle reaches of Kitagawa River."

"Midstream?" Li Zicheng knows Beichuan, that is the longest tributary of Huangshui, because it is located in the north of Huangshui, so it is called "Beichuan", in his impression, it seems that the cultivated land that can grow crops should be in the middle and lower reaches of the big river, where because the river is wider, the water flow speed is slow, the impact on both banks is greatly reduced, there is often a large area of river valley cultivated land, the downstream of Beichuan is the north bank of Huangshui, the bluestone is lined with trees, the terrain difference is very large, it is impossible to plant crops, but the middle reaches are not clear, I don't know what the terrain is.

"My lord, my subordinates have inspected Beichuan, the upper reaches of Beichuan are east-west, but after passing the Datong Mountain, it turns south and flows to Huangshui, and after the turn, there is a flat river valley, and the water source is sufficient, so it should be possible to grow wheat."

"Oh? Who are you? What is your current job? Li Zicheng glanced slightly, the skin on his face was a little dark, not the kind of white-faced scholar, in the case that there is almost no arable land in Xining, the existence of arable land can be observed, and it can be regarded as paying attention everywhere.

"Lord Hui, my subordinate Du Youheng is the current commander of Xining Wei!"

"Lord Du is worthy of being a person with a heart," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "You go over and check carefully, I need accurate information, if it can really be used as cultivated land, immediately report the detailed situation, in addition, step up the search in other places, find the target, report to me immediately, this matter will be handed over to you, if the matter is done, it will be counted as your military merit." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Du Youheng bowed to the end, bowed deeply, and then sat down on his chair, with a hint of joy in the corners of his eyes.

Li Zicheng retracted his gaze and said loudly: "Another thing, who knows how many craftsmen there are in Xiningwei?" Where do they live now? ”

Zhao Feng got up and said: "My lord, Xiningwei originally had a hundred and ten craftsmen, but in recent years, the equipment has rarely been repaired, and the craftsmen have no food and clothing, and they gradually flee, or turn into herdsmen, and there are only more than ten people in Weili. ”

"Only a dozen people?" Li Zicheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Does anyone know the whereabouts of the craftsmen?" ”

"My lord, my mother-in-law is a local herdsman, and my subordinates know a few craftsmen who have turned herdsmen." Xining Wei experienced Shen Dao and got up and said.

"Then you will be responsible for this matter, find out all the craftsmen you know, regardless of their background, experience, and type of work, and concentrate them all in Xining, and I will pay them food, if they have leisure, they can still go back to shepherd sheep and supplement their families."

"Subordinates obey orders," Shen Dao hesitated for a while, and finally said, "My lord, in case the craftsman doesn't want to come to Xining......"

"If they are worried about the escape, you can rest assured that I will not pursue anything," Li Zicheng truly regarded himself as the master of Xiningwei, and said in a deep voice: "They were originally craftsmen, I thought that they had no life before they fled to become herdsmen, and it is already a blessing not to hold them accountable. ”

Li Zicheng was worried that Shen Dao would be strong, in the eyes of these officers, the craftsmen were untouchables, so he changed his calm tone, "These craftsmen have been abandoned by Weili, they have some complaints, and it is understandable, they can't be strong, and I will give them a good remuneration, as long as they have the ability," paused, and said: "When necessary, I will personally come to the door and invite them to Xining." ”

Shen Dao looked at Li Zicheng's eyes, there was an incredible surprise, he was stunned for a long time, and only after being reminded by his colleagues did he come to his senses and hurriedly said: "My lord, my subordinates understand, and my subordinates will do it!" ”

"Tonight's meeting has been successfully concluded, you can all go home, tomorrow you will go to the quartermaster Sun Lin to hand over the silver, even if you turn it over yesterday, you will be responsible for it in the future, don't be greedy for ink, or steal and play tricks, don't blame Lord Ben for not being emotional!" Li Zicheng put everyone back, so that they would not collude and conceal their respective assets when they were together.

Let them go home, each of them does not know the thoughts of others, but does not dare to hide too much property, in case the concealment is too much and becomes the target of the attack, then it is impossible to regret it.

This is also Li Zicheng has no time to check everyone's property little by little, he has just taken over Xiningwei, and everything is waiting to be dealt with!

After everyone dispersed, Li Zicheng returned to the ear room of the back office to rest under the service of He Xiaomi, he did not have a mansion in Xining City, and he was single and lived in the official office, which was more convenient.

Lying on the bed, there were many thoughts, and it was not until the time of the child that Li Zicheng fell asleep.