Daluo City, Jiaozhou, it is easy to encounter continuous rain and a few gaps to clear up.

Under the sunlight shining through the mottled cracked clouds, Zhou Huai'an also rode the high-headed horse "Pi Phi Shrimp II", surrounded by his subordinates with bright banners and armor, and slowly stepped into the city of Daluo in Jiaozhou in the rumbling drum music of the opening road, and enjoyed the cheers and praise like a mountain tide.

"Changsheng."

"Mighty."

"Righteous teacher. Righteous teacher. ”

Along with them were the various honor guards and other kinds of booty captured from the Western Plains. Among them, the bronze drum with the pattern of mountains, rivers, birds, beasts and human faces alone is as many as hundreds of old high on the big carts;

According to Zhou Huai'an's plan, he planned to melt the copper drums and other bronze utensils captured from the Western Plains on the spot and then use molds to make some rough "Pingnan" medals, and distribute them to all the soldiers who participated in the Battle of Annam, as well as those who attached the soldiers who fought with outstanding soldiers, as a special souvenir to boost morale and an important credential for passing on to future generations and descendants.

In addition, groups of barbarian chieftains, who were strung with ropes and wore feather crowns and wrapped in cage cloths, also entered the city gate under the drive and detention of swords and guns, in order to complete the process of the rebels in the local military parade through the streets.

It's just that all they have to face and greet is the undisguised scolding and cursing of the soldiers and civilians all over the city, as well as the rotten vegetables, broken melons, sludge and garbage that come to their heads like a torrential rain. If someone accidentally falls, they will soon be drowned in the filth that quickly accumulates.

Outside the city gates, the heads of the barbarians, which had been brought in one after another, had been piled up into two small hills several as high as the city walls; Then cover it with lime and then cover it with earth, and eventually a monument will be erected on it to commemorate it;

Even the names have been chosen, one is called the barbarian hill, the other is called the captive base; It is also a long-term deterrent and warning to those barbarians and foreign captives who dare to invade the land of Annam again, or the potential forces that dare to turn their backs on China and stand on their own.

At the very least, it is necessary to make the greatest use of the achievements after the war, and the skills of putting on a show and publicizing it, as the techniques and vision of Zhou Huai'an, who are later generations, are completely enough to beat the vast majority of people in the entire era.

As a rather young city, in addition to a large number of residential buildings in Jiaozhou, Daluo City is almost everywhere with traces left by Gao Biao; It is said that in order to support the buildings of Daluo Castle, the Gao family also built a rainbow bridge, paved a water tank, built a high pavilion, created a annex, a standing hall, and a monk's office from the riverside outside the city.

Therefore, in the places where Zhou Huai'an can see, from the roof of the thatched hut to the heavy tile cornices, the terrace garden, almost all of them are the same buildings and furnishings as the mainland, and the clothes and appearance of the common people are also full of short hips, long shirts, and sweat scarves, and there is no such situation as head-wrapping, wrapping cloth and cage shirts that are common in rural places;

At the fork of the intersection along the street, you can still see the gathered crowd from time to time, making the appearance of burning incense and praying in front of the incense table and the surrounding fruits, flowers, and green branches; Occasionally, there was a group of drummers playing something nearby. Zhou Huaian couldn't help but show an inexplicable smile at the corner of his mouth.

"I don't know what the leader thinks at this moment."

As a new subordinate and an iconic figure of local obedience, Fan Xuan, who was following him closely, asked in a loud voice when he saw this.

"I'm thinking, these things and the scene have a bit of a sense of déjà vu."

Zhou Huai'an's way.

"Maybe more than ten years ago, they also greeted that high envoy like this."

"If Zeng hadn't gone the wrong way, I'm afraid that he would be the one who enjoyed this scene."

"It made the leader smile."

Fan Xuan was quite emotional

"This is just a practice and means for the small people in the local area to live for themselves. A certain also had high hopes for it at the beginning.。。 ”

"Of course, it's understandable, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't make sense."

Zhou Huai'an continued meaningfully.

"But those who are both at the end of the rat, or who are bent on speculation, don't expect to get better. Ordinary people can't help themselves, and they can only follow the crowd, which is understandable. ”

At this point, he made a false stroke with his horsewhip.

"But as a prominent figure who has influence and appeal in every move of the locality, can he only use a false excuse to shirk it?"

"The rebels have always had a clear distinction between their merits and rewards. Merit should be rewarded, merit can be deducted,"

"And if there is only fault, don't expect to be able to rely on the so-called status to easily escape."

Fan Xuan's words were obviously not untargeted, and undoubtedly represented the attitude of temptation and negotiation entrusted by some people in the city.

Originally, I thought that there would be a hard battle and the cost of see-sawing, but by the way, I could liquidate and sort out Daluo City in Jiaozhou. However, he did not expect that just a vanguard force that rushed back would be enough to solve the problem, and the champion side collapsed nine times, and Daluo City took the initiative to open the door and surrender;

Although there are leading generals in the vanguard, who can exert their subjective initiative in battle and defeat the enemy with weak points; There are also reasons why the hearts of the people in Da Luo City have long been divided, and the Zeng clan has been greatly unpopular; But it also brought a lot of trouble to Zhou Huai'an's follow-up layout and plan.

At least he couldn't use the chaos and resistance in the process of breaking the city as an excuse to clean up and calculate the old pattern of the city; When the dust settles down, if you want to liquidate these intertwined old forces, you can't take more drastic and cruel bloody methods to cut through the mess quickly;

However, we can only use the division of accounts after the fact to dismantle the basic power schemes, win over and win the rewards of some close forces as an example, and then make some forces that are not very involved remain neutral and stay out of the matter, and finally isolate and liquidate the last part of the chief evildoers and the main conformists.

After all, the Chinese have been famous for their lectures in the ancient capital and hung the people for the crime, even if they arranged a bunch of temporary planting and planting charges like Zhou Daishang, it is always better than the ugly and unreasonable "unwarranted" that Qin Huan and Zhao Jian weaved.

With this complex mentality and calculation, Zhou Huai'an did not directly enter the government office in the inner city of Jiaozhou to declare some kind of dominance; Instead, he came to the Ma Gong Ancestral Hall in the city where the incense was quite vigorous, because it was enshrined in the Fubo General Ma Yuan, which is also known as the Zhennan Temple, worshipping Ma Yuan and Shi Xie, those who had been Pingnan and Dingman, and even the sages who defended the land and protected the people;

Among them, the latest seventh god tablet in the left side hall is written with the name of Gao Yu, the envoy of the capital protector and the Jing Navy who recovered Annam more than ten years ago; And according to the meaning of Fan Xuan's words, if nothing else, maybe in a few years, his ancestral tablet will also appear in it unconsciously.

And in the side hall of the specially set up and historic Magong Temple in this city, Zhou Huai'an also saw the former stabbing Shi Yan, who was dressed in white; The son of Bohai Gaomen is in his forties, with a thin face and a white beard, looking a little old and haggard.

"The prisoner Gao has seen the lord of the righteous army."

He looked lowered and said in a dry, hoarse voice.

"May the lord of the army look at the meager dedication, and be a little merciful. Don't add sin to more people. ”

"Although Gao Linggong is on both sides of the enemy and us, he has a lot of blood debts for my righteous army to regard him as an enemy."

Zhou Huai'an said unabashedly.

"But the merit of defeating the Southern Barbarians and recovering the Han land and preserving the people is indelible and textured."

"And you have not been stained with the blood of the poor people in Annam, and the rebels have not developed an unprovoked way."

"Coupled with the fact that I finally woke up and sacrificed the city to make up for it, I can still give you another chance."

Speaking of this, Zhou Huai'an looked at him and said.

"You can go back and stay at home first, and I'll give you a boat in a few days." Bring your family and everything you can take with you. ”

"Whether it's going north to Yangzhou, or finding another place to live in seclusion, it's up to you. But all the books and documents related to the past dynasties must be left unharmed."

"Thank you for your patronage, thank you for your mercy. I'm going to get ready. ”

The sorrowful man who was originally full of sorrow looked a little more than expected and went away with great joy.

Now there are two major groups in the city that need to be dealt with, one is the former subordinate officials of the Annam Protectorate, which is represented by the Juan, and the other is the gentry of the big families in the city who have supported Zenggon; The former is easier to do, with examples and demonstrations as examples, and then as long as it is concocted in accordance with the law; Among them, a small number of chickens and monkeys should be killed, some should be held accountable, and most of the remaining people will continue to maintain the status quo for the time being, and a few will be praised for their knowledge and cooperation.

And the latter is the object that Zhou Huai'an will focus on next; Therefore, in the next few days, Zhou Huai'an did not enter the government of the inner city, nor did he accept any group or individual in the name of the banquet or entertainment; Instead, they brought the attached Tu soldiers into the city to do the liquidation of the clans, and the rebel army was to maintain order.

Of course, they are not wronged or anything, and most of the existence of those who are really inclined to the rebels has been liquidated by Zenggon; Nowadays, most of the Tutuan Township soldiers who are attached to the rebel army are small and medium-sized wealthy families from local rural backgrounds; In fact, they are not all the way to these big gentry who have lived in the city for a long time.

Even if there are a few people like the Qu clan who have a former relationship, they are also bitter and hateful people who have been ruined by Zeng Gon. It is enough to intercede for a very small number of relatives who have a relationship and origin; I definitely won't get too involved in this regard by making trouble for myself.

On the contrary, because they want to take advantage of this to ascend to the throne or fill the power gap in Jiaozhou City, and even carve up the interests after the war, they need these old clans to make way; These days, a lot of black materials and evidence about the lawlessness or collusion with the barbarians of these big clans in the city have also been provided, as Zhou Huai'an liquidated their ammunition in batches and one by one.

This is also a dignified and upright means of tearing apart and opposing the relationship between them in disguise, that is, using the small and medium-sized landlords with local backgrounds to fight against the famous families of the big clans in the city, and then completely disrupt and replace the pattern of the state and city that they originally controlled and monopolized;

The rebels acted as relatively impartial arbiters and saviors, in order to avoid the possibility of overcorrection of the movement, or the possibility of the situation drifting too far away from one side and the conflict starting to spiral out of control. The positive hatred and antagonism are inherited by those Turkish soldiers and regimental trainers.

Therefore, in the end, there were more than a dozen deeply implicated families, and the men of the whole family were beheaded, and the women and family property were confiscated; Of course, even those who were temporarily let go, Zhou Huai'an could justifiably ask them to pay the corresponding price.

including disbanding the army and handing over the arms; Offering a large amount of property to redeem one's sustenance; It was split into a few to a dozen; Committing suicide or retiring to give way; family members were exiled to remote places, and so on to varying degrees; But it also somewhat maintained the foundation and possibility for them to continue their family name and bloodline and make a new comeback.

Naturally, some people regret it, some people scold, some people say forgiveness, and some people want to resist or flee, but they can't change the result of the rebel army completely controlling Jiaozhou City.

In fact, as the whole territory of Jiaozhou, which is an important hub and heart of Annam, changes hands, there is still any chaos compared to other parties, and it will be quickly settled; However, this somewhat reduced the possible casualties and the effort and time required, and also somewhat hindered the room for the rebels to further intervene in the area and carry out limited transformation.

(End of chapter)