After eating breakfast, Li Zicheng lay down on the bed in the official room, ready to rest for a morning, but there were too many things to think about in his mind, plus he had just controlled Xining, and he was still a little excited, so he couldn't sleep for a while, so he simply went through the things of the afternoon in his mind, and after a long time, he fell asleep in a daze.

At noon, He Xiaomi woke up Li Zicheng, "My lord, it's noon, it's time for lunch." ”

"It's noon?" Li Zicheng got up with a bone, "Has Zhao Feng written the defense change documents for the various passes?" ”

"My lord, it's been written a long time ago!" He Xiaomi took out a stack of documents from his arms and handed them to Li Zicheng, the ink on the documents had already dried, apparently for a while.

Li Zicheng took out a few casually, and felt that he was still satisfied, so he divided the document into two parts, folded it, stuffed it into his underwear pocket, and hurriedly ate the lunch brought by He Xiaomi.

"Isn't Lord Liang here yet?"

"Lord Liang, Lord Qin, and Lord Song have all arrived, and they are waiting in the hall, and their subordinates saw that the time had not yet come, so they didn't dare to disturb the adults too early, the adults worked too hard last night!"

"Let's go, let's see, we can't keep them waiting too long." Li Zicheng strode out of the ear room, and He Xiaomi followed closely behind.

Liang Wencheng, Qin Danian, and Song Wenzheng were whispering something, they used to be old acquaintances of Xiningwei, and now they are all subordinates of Li Zicheng, and they complement each other.

Seeing Li Zicheng come out, the three of them hurriedly got up and saluted, "My lord! ”

"Haha, I overslept, let you wait for a long time!" Li Zicheng laughed, raised his hand to return the salute, but his footsteps did not stop, and he was not polite, and as soon as he sat down on the main seat, he took out the document from his arms and handed it to Liang Wencheng, "Lord Liang, take a look, there is anything missing from the document." "Liang Wencheng used to be the commander of Xining Wei, and he naturally knew the deployment of troops in various passes in Xining.

Liang Wencheng looked at it carefully and couldn't help nodding, "My lord, Zhao Feng is still honest, and there are security documents in the big and small passes." ”

"That's good," Li Zicheng said in his heart, Zhao Feng is still detained, if he plays tricks, beware of his life, "There is Lord Lao Liang!" ”

"Your Excellency is welcome!" Liang Wencheng arched his hand and returned the document to the square table in front of Li Zicheng.

"Song Wen, come here," Li Zicheng beckoned to them, and took the Xining march map from He Xiaomi's hand, spread it out on the square table in front of him, and when the two approached, Fang said: "To the west of Xining, all our troops have been deployed, but there are still a small number of remnants of the guards in the east, southeast, and northeast of Xining. Li Zicheng handed over the documents to the two of them, and pointed out the locations of each pass on the map.

"Song Wen went out of Xining to the east, with Shixia as the focus, and at the same time to take care of the southeast, with the Yellow River as the boundary, where there are stone mountains, the terrain is complex, and there is a mill in the east, so we must not be taken lightly."

"Yes, sir." Song Wen agreed, but his eyes fell on the marching map, and he gestured with his hand to his defense area.

"In the big year, we first crossed the Huangshui, along the Beichuan, and then crossed the Datong River, until the Bailing Mountain and Tianti Mountain in the northeast," Li Zicheng pointed out, "there are not only the Datong River, but also the Datong Mountain, Lao Ye Mountain, etc., the terrain is very complex, and it is connected with Zhuanglangwei, Liangzhouwei, Yongchangwei, Shandanwei, and even Ganzhou, there may be mountain roads, so it is more necessary to be cautious." ”

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates will cheer up."

After the two of them looked away from the marching map, Li Zicheng said again: "These two places are the most important borders in Xining, whether Xining can be stable or not depends on your guards, and you should be aware of the heavy responsibilities on your shoulders." ”

"The subordinates understand that the subordinates will never dare to take it lightly, and if the pass they guard is lost, they are willing to apologize with their heads." Qin Danian and Song Wen stood upright in front of Li Zicheng, with a hint of determination in their eyes.

"You are wrong, you are only a hundred households, the soldiers are outnumbered, in case you encounter a heavy army, it is not your fault, as long as you do your best, this Lord will not be punished," Li Zicheng's face was pale, "If it is because of your carelessness, or if you are not defeated by the same number of enemy troops, it is your incompetence and shame, according to military law, this Lord will never tolerate mercy." ”

The two of them glanced at each other and nodded, "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates thank you for your kindness!" ”

"It's good to understand," Li Zicheng said with a straight face: "In addition, Lord Ben warned you that you must never provoke the surrounding guards, but to strengthen the patrol of the surrounding area, and if necessary, you can detect the surrounding paths, do you understand Lord Ben's intentions?" ”

"Subordinate...... The subordinates understand, and the subordinates remember the instructions of the adults. The two bowed down to receive the order.

"The time you have been stationed will not be too long, and when you return to Xining, the reward for this war will be distributed by Lord Ben in a lot of money!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

"The soldiers' training time is too short, and the momentum cannot be exhausted, and when they arrive at the station, they must not relax," Li Zicheng left his seat and patted the two of them on the shoulder, "Go, the east gate of Xining will be handed over to the two." ”

"Subordinates must live up to the trust of adults!" After the two bowed, they took the documents for the change of defense and the march map, and strode out of the official office.

After the assignment was completed, Liang Wencheng also left the official office, Li Zicheng fell on the chair in a dejected manner, and began to think about cleaning up the property, the people's property was naturally not in his consideration, and the people of Xining did not have much surplus property, he mainly targeted Wu Shaoling and the surrendered officers, drank enough soldiers' blood, and let them vomit it out this time.

However, if you really want the officers to spit out all the blood of the soldiers, you can't let them work for themselves in the future, after thinking about it, Li Zicheng decided to start with Wu Shaoling, if you want to talk about the blood of the soldiers, he has the lion's share, and even the commander Zhao Feng has to stand aside.

Li Zicheng brought his own soldiers, and according to Wu Shaoling's handwriting, he dug out three small warehouses in the south of the city, with more than 2,000 stone of grain stored, plus the hundreds of stone of grain still remaining in Weili, the grain he could control in his hands had exceeded 3,000 stone, and it could be used for seven or eight months based on the calculation of 1,000 soldiers.

What makes Li Zicheng most happy is the silver, the surplus in the guard is not much, only more than 4,000 taels, but in a huge treasury in Wu Shaoling's mansion, there are 50,000 taels of silver, all of which are ingots issued by the imperial court, fifty taels and one, it seems that all the blood of the soldiers drunk by Wu Shaoling is stored here.

There are more than 1,000 taels of scattered silver in Wu Fuzhong, which is a daily expense, Li Zicheng did not take it away, but left it to Wu Shaoling as a spare flower.

With this silver as support, there is no need to worry about giving rewards to the soldiers, the soldiers who participated in the war this time, including their own personal soldiers, are only more than 500 people, calculated at two taels per capita, only more than 1,000 taels, less than a fraction of his hand.

With money and food, Li Zicheng was more tolerant of the surrendered officers, and after dinner, he held a heart-to-heart talk with these officers at the official office, accompanied by Li Guo and Liang Wencheng.

The treatment this time was obviously different from the last time, not only did the officers not have to be tied, everyone had a seat, and after He Xiaomi served them tea, they stood quietly beside Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng sat in the main seat of the official office, Li Guo and Liang Wencheng were lined up left and right, with Liang Wencheng's identity, slightly higher than Li Guo, naturally on the right side.

Li Zicheng didn't speak, and these Weili officers didn't dare to speak, they were all waiting for Li Zicheng's verdict, although they had already made it clear that they wanted to go with Li Zicheng, but now they were still prisoners, and they could eat well, and they still had no freedom for the time being, let alone gain Li Zicheng's trust.

"Guys, after a day of thinking, you should have more ideas." Li Zicheng's gaze drifted over everyone's faces like a dragonfly, and when he met Zhao Feng, he only stopped for a moment and smiled gently.

Zhao Feng's confidence suddenly increased, "Li Qianhu, when will you let us go home?" ”

"Home? Lord Zhao don't worry, your family members are protected by soldiers, and no one is allowed to harass them without my permission," Li Zicheng's smile was even worse, if he could care about his family, then he had to talk about it, "You want to go home, I can understand, but you also want to make me feel at ease, right?" ”

"Li Qianhu, then what are we going to do?" Zhao Feng's words represent the voices of all the officers, they just don't dare to ask, when Zhao Feng asks, all eyes are fixed on Li Zicheng's face, as long as the corners of Li Zicheng's mouth move, they can decide whether they will stay or live, live or die.

"It's very simple, accept the name of the vote," the corners of Li Zicheng's mouth finally moved, and after a pause, he continued: "You are all officers in Weili, who hasn't drunk the blood of Xining's soldiers?" ”

Wei Li eats empty salary, Wu Shaoling accounts for the absolute majority, but Zhao Feng and these people, how much will be stained, if it is according to the crime of greedy ink, there is no need to investigate and interrogate, and it is not unjust to kill anyone directly, including Liang Wencheng who is on the throne, but Li Zicheng knows that "when the water is clear, there are no fish", if these people are killed, who else will dare to take refuge in themselves in the future? Who will die for him?

People who don't have any scars on their bodies will not follow the anti-thieves, and those who are willing to follow Li Zicheng are forced to follow the situation, that is, interests, and people who are absolutely clean on their bodies will not be moved by interests, how can they follow the rebellion?

Besides, in this huge dye vat at the end of the Ming Dynasty, who is absolutely clean?

It's unrealistic to kill them all, at most it's just to make an example, like the beheading of Xie Guangze in the morning, which is actually a show to these officers.

If you want these officers to do things for themselves honestly and with peace of mind, you must first strike at their fragile hearts, destroy their self-esteem that they think they are superior, let them put down their bodies and sit on an equal footing with themselves, and even be willing to be under themselves.

What needs to be done now is to bleach their identities and give them a chance to be human beings again.

"I didn't want to mention these old things, but you are a general, and it is inevitable that someone will talk about your past in the future, so I plan to solve this problem first."

Everyone didn't understand Li Zicheng's intentions, and they were suddenly frightened, drinking soldiers' blood and eating empty salaries are the unspoken rules of the army, big officials are greedy, small officials are greedy, even civilian officials are no exception, everyone is tacit, so there is no need to hide things when they start doing things, they are all things on the surface, and now they can't deny it.