After all the activities of the day, it is time to go to bed at night. Yang He directly placed Liu Jin, Liu Hongru and Zhang Mengcheng near his bedroom to show his sincerity. The flattered three couldn't even sleep with excitement at first, but after the excitement passed, they still couldn't suppress their sleepiness and gradually fell asleep.

Yang He still didn't sleep at this time, after placing the three of them. Yang He recalled Bai Ri's questioning of the three leaders, and learned a little about their participation in the Kou Rebellion. As for why so many border troops participated in the rebellion, the reason is similar to what I discussed and summarized with Sunday Qiang before.

"The Gaibian soldiers were born on the plug, and they have nothing else to do with the army. Fathers and brothers, the dead are killed, and the living are replaced. Charging into battle, often hanging bloody knives. Lying on the snow and sleeping cream, half as the bones of the battlefield. After aiding Liao, a few people have never returned, and the soldiers on this side have suffered together. And the extreme yellow sand in the west of Yanxi is more bitter than the middle and east second roads. In the past, I had a monthly salary, but I was really short of four years. The local area is not barren, nothing is produced, frequent droughts, millet is as expensive as pearls, and it is impossible to get it if you want it not to be a thief. There are only a few insurgents, and the rest are mostly coercive. ”

Most of the border soldiers on Yansui West Road have not received military pay for four years, and there is no local output. If they work hard to serve their country but face the end of starvation, they will rise up and make trouble and complain against them. "The soldiers on the border have worked hard, and the real world is the emperor who guards this piece of the frontier." I must implore Your Majesty to agree to appease the people of Shen Yikui.

In addition to the fact that the reason for the border army's helpless rebellion was really pitiful, Yang He also received the latest report from his subordinate officer Wang Xingshan on the investigation of Shenyikui's troops.

According to the news reported by Wang Xingshan, the thieves in Heshui County really have no intention of attacking Qingyang Mansion City again. Zhang Yingchang, the deputy commander-in-chief of the border area, did restrain his subordinates and stopped stirring up trouble, and conscientiously followed the orders issued by the governors of the three sides. Now that the situation in Qingyang Mansion has gradually returned to stability, it seems that the gods and thieves are indeed trustworthy.

At the same time, Wang Xingshan also put forward his own views on the combat power of the thieves, the current bandit force in Heshui County is still very strong, and there are many border soldiers among the thieves, and the marching and camping are relatively orderly.

Among the thieves were quite a few men in armor, and there were many horses and mules with them. Now the thieves, who are becoming more and more orderly, seem to be an enemy country. If the officers and troops of Zhang Yingchang, the deputy commander-in-chief of Dingbian, continued to fight the thieves in the future, most of them would not be the opponents of this gang of thieves.

Although the thieves are now under the restraint of the big bosses such as Shen Yikui, they are numerous, and they have limited food. If this appeasement operation cannot be successfully completed in a short period of time, the situation in Qingyang Province may change abruptly. And without further support from the official army, it didn't take long for Qingyang Fucheng to be quickly captured by thieves.

Wang Xingshan is a confidant military attache under Yang He, and he and Ningzhou Zhizhou are very insightful in all aspects. The talents shown by the two in military and political affairs are inferior to Yang He himself in many places. Therefore, the two of them are now completely Yang He's right-hand men in implementing the Fu policy, and Yang He attaches great importance to the opinions of the two of them.

Yang He carefully thought about the current power in his hands and the opinions in the Shaanxi officialdom. Hong Chengchou once strongly demanded that he must first eliminate the first evil before he can implement the soothing policy. Now that Shen Yiyuan is indeed dead, he can barely cope with Hong Chengchou's previous request.

Moreover, the current combat strength of the officers and armies is really insufficient, and the results of many victories won by the officers and armies are actually mostly coercion. The real backbone of the thieves in the first rank is less than two or three ten, not to mention those who often play the trick of killing good and risking merit.

Yang He was worried that if he continued to fight like this, not to mention whether the imperial court had so much money and food to deal with the thieves, most of the people in Shaanxi would be killed by the officials and soldiers, and there would not be many people left. Therefore, the current situation of suppressing thieves should still be accepted as soon as it is good, and stop being greedy for merit and suppressing thieves who have shown sincerity.

Moreover, there are many practical benefits to successfully appeasing these thieves, not to mention that it can quickly stabilize the situation. Just because so many people have become the help of the officials and soldiers together, they can add a lot of strength to the officials and troops in Shaanxi.

In fact, the true number of border soldiers in Yansui Town was already very short before the Thieves' Rebellion began. Since this gang of thieves is numerous, and they are quite powerful. At the same time, the three leaders during the day all expressed to themselves that if they needed their strength, their big leaders were willing to lead the team to contribute to the imperial court.

At that time, whether it was the Mongols outside the Cypriots, or other thieves in the interior. I have enough strength to deal with it, and I don't have to feel stretched out by the lack of troops.

Thinking of this, Yang He finally made up his mind to complete Zhao'an with all his might, and he immediately got up from the bed and began to draft a note. Yang He was ready to report all his next plans to the imperial court, and at the same time he asked the imperial court to prepare as soon as possible the money and grain for appeasement, as well as the cattle and seeds needed to restore local production.

In order to guard against the possible overthrow of his political opponents, Yang He also wrote several letters to his friends and colleagues in Beijing and Shaanxi, explaining his views to them in detail. Earnestly introduce the current situation of cracking down on thieves, and hope that they can support their own policies and create a good public opinion for the implementation of them.

Time passed unconsciously, and on the second day, Yang He treated Zhang Mengcheng and the three of them very thoughtfully. The three leaders, who learned about Yang He's determination to appease him, quickly returned to the camp of the thieves in Heshui County after bidding farewell to Yang He. The three of them together conveyed Yang He's sincerity to the leaders, and also explained the treatment given by Yang He.

Those who are unwilling to join the army can be exempted from punishment and return to their hometowns to work as farmers, and the border soldiers who were originally in the army will return to the barracks, plus some other mainland Ding Zhuang who are willing to join the army, will be placed together in the military fort in the north.

The resettlement site is roughly the vicinity of the four military forts of Liushujian, Xin'an Bianying, Ningsai and Jingbian Camp on Yansui West Road, and some of the dwindling will be arranged to be garrisoned in geographically critical places such as Baoan and Huanxian.

Although I don't know what specific official positions will be given to the leaders who are willing to join the army, I don't know where the details will be assigned. But what is certain is that Shen Yikui should be able to get the position of guard. As for the other big bosses, they should also get some positions such as integrity, promotion, thousand general, and general manager.

Because Zhang Mengcheng gave Yang He, the governor of the three sides, a good impression in Ningzhou, and Zhang Mengjin was indeed a very powerful leader in the Shenyi Kui tribe.

Therefore, Yang He privately promised Zhang Mengcheng that he would give his eldest brother Zhang Mengjin a position of integrity or promotion, which was much better than Zhang Mengcheng's original expectation.