"Close the four gates, arrange people to guard the city, and strictly prevent the Taiping Sect traitors from coming back, Qiu Chi, you go to Zhangbang to settle the people." After finally driving the Taiping Sect out of the city, Ye Zhao immediately ordered the four gates to be closed.

"Whoa!" Qiu Chi heard the words and left in a hurry.

"Fang Yue." Ye Zhao looked at Fang Yue again.

"The end will be."

"There are too many dead bodies, it is easy to cause a plague, we don't have many people, and the soldiers also need to take turns to rest, you organize the people to gather the corpses in the city to burn, this matter needs to be done as soon as possible." Ye Zhao said in a deep voice.

In ancient times, great wars were usually followed by large-scale plagues, which some people thought was a punishment from heaven, but in fact it was caused by the accumulation of too many corpses, and it was not impossible to prevent it.

In fact, similar theories have appeared in this era, where there are many corpses, plague is prone to occur, but there is no specific statement, so most people don't know.

"Whoa!" Fang Yue nodded, and after a salute, he turned around and left to do errands.

"Lord, Duke Zhang led the gentry in the city to ask for a meeting." Gao Sheng came in from outside the door and said to Ye Zhao.

"It just so happens that I have something to look for them, so please invite them in." Ye Zhao pressed his temples hard to make himself sober, since the day before yesterday, he has not closed his eyes for two consecutive nights, because of the Taiping Sect surrounding, he is relatively tight in spirit, and it is nothing, now that the war has come to an end temporarily, his spirit has relaxed, and he feels a wave of exhaustion.

However, there are still many things to explain at the moment, and I can only continue to stay sober, and Ye Zhao is also in a strong spirit, if he were an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would have already fallen at this moment.

Sure enough, he still lacks a capable deputy, Qiu Chi is decent, can do things, but can't be in charge, the rest of the people are generals, this kind of civil affairs can't help a lot, and now it's still a county order, it's already so troublesome, it seems that the money must be recruited as soon as possible.

Soon, Zhang Yu brought Zhang Wu and more than a dozen well-known gentry in Suiyang in, and bowed solemnly to Ye Zhao: "We only thank the envoy for his great kindness on behalf of this Suiyang father, if it weren't for the envoy, our family would no longer exist." ”

"Zhang Gong still has you, don't be polite." Ye Zhao's gaze swept over the crowd, and he frowned and said, "Why don't you see Brother Shen Bai?" ”

A flash of regret flashed in the eyes of Zhang Yu and the others, and they shook their heads and said, "The Shen family...... It's broken! ”

didn't say much, but Ye Zhao already knew Shen Bai's fate, this uprising was helplessly raised under the oppression of the family and the imperial court, and those people's hatred for these gentry has reached a peak, in the chaos, once it is broken, the end is naturally conceivable, not only Shen Bai, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the present, only Suiyang is a city, and there are ten or more wealthy families that have been erased.

"Today, we can expel this Taiping traitor from the city, thanks to your help, what Zhao has done is not enough, and you don't need to be polite." Ye Zhao looked at everyone and smiled.

"It would be too modest for you to say that." Zheng Yu sneered: "As far as I know, Zhou Jing, the prime minister of Liang, hurriedly abandoned the city and fled without a battle. ”

"Yes, so that the king has the grace of reinvention for us, but if there is an order, we will be duty-bound!" Zhang Yu nodded in agreement.

Ye Zhao nodded, didn't shirk any more, and looked at everyone: "Now it's a big chaos, the situation outside the official doesn't know, but although the Taiping Sect in Suiyang has been expelled, the hidden danger is still there, and the official does have some things, I want to ask you." ”

"Envoy, please speak." Everyone obviously didn't expect Ye Zhao to really make a request, and they couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in their hearts, and the case regretted that they had said too much before.

"First, although the main force of the Taiping Sect has retreated, there must be a lot of remnants in the city, but the government is short of manpower, and it is necessary to defend the city, so it is impossible to take into account the security in the city, so this official hopes that you can transfer some of the houses in the house to assist the government in maintaining local security, picketing the Taiping sect members, and at the same time appeasing the people." Ye Zhao looked at everyone and said slowly.

"There's nothing wrong with that." Zhang Yu and the others nodded and said, Suiyang'an, then they will also be safe, if Ye Zhao's proposal was on weekdays, they probably wouldn't agree, but yesterday's incident let them know that Ye Zhao is powerful, and only with Ye Zhao can they help protect their homeland.

"Another point." Ye Zhao sat on the seat, motioned for everyone to sit down, and after pondering for a while, he said: "This time the Taiping Sect is doing things, there can be such a big movement, I think in addition to the Taiping Sect is good at demagoguery, but also the people have no way to live, this time there are more than a dozen families because of the Taiping Sect The family is ruined, although it is pitiful, but the official hopes that their fields can be taken out and distributed to the people of Suiyang to reassure the people, what do you think?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Yu and the others frowned when they heard this, and looked at Ye Zhao and said, "Envoy, will it be too much?" ”

After this turmoil, Suiyang's population has decreased greatly, and there are a lot of fields in the homes of more than a dozen gentry, although theoretically speaking, these people's fields should be owned by the imperial court after no one inherits them, but this is Suiyang, the gentry and wealthy families, there are many intermarriages, and it is too easy to find an heir to come out and take over, Ye Zhao touched his lips so much, and divided the land that should have belonged to them, which made people feel unhappy, and this was a matter of their vital interests.

"This move is only for the sake of the people, and it can be regarded as a temporary loan from the official, after the official leaves Suiyang at the end of his term, this matter will naturally be invalidated, of course, even if the official leaves office soon, these lands, the official hopes to let these people enjoy a year's time, so as not to change people's hearts." Ye Zhao said with a smile, he can't stay in Suiyang for a long time, so he only needs to solve the current problem, as for the future, let others have a headache, there is no need to completely offend these people because of this, don't look at these people are not a family, but together, they can represent the gentry of the entire Suiyang and even the Liang Kingdom, of course, Ye Zhao also left a back hand, if he really stays in office in the future or this is his root base in the future, then there is also a saying that these lands can be spit out again, at that time, It's time to see the real thing.

When everyone heard this, Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief, but if it was borrowed temporarily, it was acceptable, and they all piled up smiling faces and promised it.

Ye Zhao only sneered in his heart, but he didn't break it, and after continuing to talk to everyone, he personally sent everyone out of the mansion.