Let's go, hurry up and ......."

On the afternoon of the bloodshed, the people who had gathered to make trouble were so frightened that they didn't dare to stay on the street anymore after seeing the ruthless side of the military governor's mansion, and they returned to their homes and shivered behind closed doors, which provided a lot of convenience for Liu Ce's clearance work, and the expected large-scale conflict was wiped out by Zhang Zhaotong's iron-fisted methods, and a large-scale bloodshed was also avoided.

As soon as Qin Shi was taken to the barracks for interrogation, he confessed all the inside stories of being instructed by others, and completely lost the unbeatable momentum he had before.

After obtaining the evidence, Chu Zijun, with the cooperation of the local gentry Luo Youli, immediately sent troops to escort all the more than 70 principals of the An and Ning families, who were spreading rumors behind the scenes, to the Xingyang Yamen cell for further interrogation.

So far, the vigorous collective incident in Xingyang City has basically subsided in less than a day.

On September 19, the first group of more than 4,000 patients who had been placed outside the city were confirmed to have recovered and returned to the city to be reunited with their loved ones under the escort of soldiers.

When their family members saw their relatives return to them intact, they hugged their heads and cried silently, only then did they understand that the Military Governor's Mansion was really saving the lives of their relatives, but they were so ashamed that they misunderstood the good intentions of the Military Governor and were used against him.

Soon, the people pointed the finger at the gentry who incited them to make trouble, and if it weren't for the thousands of heavily armed defenders stationed in the city to keep the law and order, I am afraid that there would be even more trouble.

As for the arrested gentry, after strict interrogation, basically none of them were innocent, but most of them committed serious crimes, whether to kill or take back to Jizhou to mine and hoard fields, there were serious disagreements in the general's mansion.

The local bureaucrats in Xingyang, represented by Luo Youli, thought that it would be enough for these criminals to be punished, after all, many things in the city would depend on them in the future, and Jiang Yuan also agreed with this suggestion.

Chu Zijun believed that they should be "reformed through labor" and rebelled for three or five years, so as to serve as a warning to those who opposed the military governor's mansion.

The rest are Sun Biao, Zhang Zhaotong and others, especially Zhang Zhaotong, as a scholar, was the first to propose that all the imprisoned gentry be stripped and hung on the city wall as an example, and his move was strongly supported by Sun Biao.

Faced with the fact that everyone in the palace hall insisted on their own words, as if everyone had their own set of big truths, Liu Ce fell into deep thought.

In fact, he was biased towards Zhang Zhaotong and Chu Zijun's proposal in his heart, either kill or bet, but reason told him that he couldn't do this at this time.

Now that he has controlled the military power of the border army in Jizhou, Youzhou, and Dingzhou provinces, his strength is not the same as before, but the corresponding problems have also followed, and the biggest problem is the cost of military salaries.

Counting on the imperial court? No kidding, will the royal family watch the northern warlords rise to prominence, and then add fuel to threaten their own position? We will do everything we can to suppress it, so how can we allocate military salaries?

And what about self-development and self-sufficiency? This is completely possible, but it is unrealistic at the moment, I have only been in the Far East for more than a year, and I have no time to buffer the development of the economy, and I am at the forefront of the border and want to farm with peace of mind? It's a dream!

After thinking about it, Liu Ce felt that the only way to "compromise" with these scholars for the time being, cut a piece of meat from them to support his troops and the development and construction plan under his rule, as long as he survived seven or eight years, when Jizhou was pacified and the threat from outside the country was lifted, he would no longer need to be polite to them.

Of course, Liu Ce will not bet the treasure on them, and must look for opportunities to find other ways to "get rich".

In fact, he already has the next goal, but he lacks a suitable reason and excuse, and there is a lot of work to prepare.

This goal is outside the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, that is, the country of Li and the surrounding small states, I heard Mu Tiancheng say that those places are rich in treasures, especially the cherished medicinal materials and high-quality minerals, which are mouth-watering......

In the end, seeing the stalemate in the house, Liu Ce personally decided to let the families of these gentry who committed the crime allow them to pay a bail to ransom their relatives, but the amount of bail money is not a few hundred or thousands of dollars......

On September 23, when the last batch of Xingyang patients were confirmed to have recovered and returned to the city to reunite with their families, Jiang Xun, who had finished handling Dingyang affairs, also rushed to Xingyang City.

"This stinky boy, it's still such nonsense, alas......"

Looking at the dozen or so hanging heads on the city tower, Jiang Xun couldn't help but sigh, and then walked towards the general's mansion accompanied by Jiang Yuan.

"Former military governor, Liu Ce has met the governor."

As soon as Jiang Xun arrived at the General's Mansion, Liu Ce stepped forward to salute him, after all, Jiang Xun was still half a level higher in his official position, and it was understandable to do so.

"Lost ...... weight" Looking at Liu Ce's slightly tired face, Jiang Xun felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help muttering softly, and then raised his hand, "The military governor is exempt, these days are really hard for you, the governor has already heard about it." ”

Liu Ce said lightly: "Your Excellency the Governor is serious, this is the responsibility of his subordinates, it is not hard to talk about any hard work, my lordship also invites me to come into the house to speak, and my subordinates and you will report in detail on the treatment of disasters and epidemics in various places, please." ”

After entering the hall of the General's Mansion, Liu Ce and Jiang Xun described in detail the treatment situation in Xingyang and the manors in various cities and counties, Jiang Xun stroked the black beard on his chin while listening, and nodded from time to time.

At the same time, Jiang Xun also told Liu Ce about the results of the war, and Shangguan Yun, Shangguan Qiong, and the generals at all levels were all executed. Sin even nine tribes.

The governor Wei Wenran was the great contributor to the pacification of the Dingzhou turmoil, and he had already asked the court for his credit, and laid a mourning hall for the Wei family father and son to hold a mourning ceremony.

Liu Ce nodded, and had no objection to Jiang Xun's handling method.

After Liu Ce and Jiang Xun discussed business for a while, they exchanged opinions, and after making sure that there were basically no major omissions, and only a little finishing work was left, Liu Ce thought about it and asked the surrounding guards to retreat.

When Jiang Xun saw it, he immediately picked up the tea bowl and slid it a few times, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Lord Military Governor, is there anything unsightly that needs the service of this governor?" ”

Liu Ce smiled and said: "Your Excellency the Governor has misunderstood, now that the official business is over, I just want to discuss some private matters with you, after all, it is inconvenient for outsiders to speak." ”

"Oh? This is a rare sight, is there a shortage of silver again? Say, how much, Ben Du has a little more money lately, and it should be able to meet your needs. Jiang Xun twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this, and then took a sip of the tea in the bowl.

Liu Ce said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, although the silver is lacking, but today I want to talk to the Lord is not this matter, and I want to propose marriage to Lord Jiang." ”

"Uh, ahem, ahem......"

When Jiang Xun heard this, he choked on his trachea with a sip of tea, and couldn't help coughing a few times.

"Are you alright, Governor?" Seeing this, Liu Ce hurriedly got up and stepped forward to help.

"The old man is fine, what did you just say? Say it again. But seeing Jiang Xun give up, he looked at Liu Ce excitedly.

Liu Ce frowned and continued: "I said that I want to mention the family matter with you. ”

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