Chapter 121: The Imperative
Facing more than 1,100 officials, Wu Shaogang's expression was very serious. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The peasant households in Luzhou, Changning, Xuzhou, Fushun, Shaoxifu, Changzhou, Zizhou, and Puzhou were all plundered by Liu Quan, including the officials of Fuzhou County, some of whom were unwilling to surrender, were mercilessly beheaded by Liu Quan, and the rest of the officials were incorporated into the ranks of the peasant households, and while following the march, they assisted in the jurisdiction of the people.
It can be said that Liu Quan's attack was very vicious, making most of Tongchuan Mansion Road a deserted place.
Imagine that Wu Shaogang, who is the defense envoy of Tongchuan Mansion Road and the prefect of Luzhou, if he encounters such a situation, it will be a situation where the earth and the earth should not be called every day.
Fortunately, Wu Shaogang took the lead and prevented this situation from happening.
But he also faces huge problems.
Because of Liu Cheng's recklessness, it led to emptiness in various places, and the peasant households were displaced, almost losing the ability to survive.
Wu Shaogang's top priority is to stabilize the people and let all the people return to their hometowns.
It's easy to say, but to really do it, it takes a lot of hard work.
What Wu Shaogang can rely on at present is these officials in front of him.
The battle is not over, Liu Yuanzhen is still stationed in Tongchuan Prefecture, Guozhou, Suining and Puzhou, and other places, still controlled by Liu Yuanzhen, only by completely recovering these places and deterring Liu Heima, Wu Shao was able to barely settle down just now.
On the one hand, it is necessary to fight, and on the other hand, it is necessary to stabilize the people and resume production, and the difficulties faced by Wu Shaogang can be imagined.
It is already the lunar month, and after the Spring Festival of the coming year, it will enter the spring ploughing season, and the people must be able to cultivate in the land during the spring ploughing season, otherwise the next year will be a big famine year, which is the situation that Wu Shaogang does not want to see.
The more than 1,100 officials in front of them are all trembling, they don't know what fate they will face, the young and somewhat excessive adult in front of them is their top boss, Wu Shaogang, the defense envoy of Tongchuan Fulu, many officials know very well that their fate is in the hands of this Lord Wu Shaogang, and a word from the people can make them all fall to the ground.
"You were all coerced by Liu Quan, this official is clear, but you have not been able to stick to your integrity, and in order to save your life, you chose to follow Liu Quan and defect, which is your sin."
"This official can send you to the capital, so what kind of punishment will you face, this official does not need to say much, although this dynasty does not kill scholars, but for traitors, never mercy."
"This official thinks that you bring your family with you, all to protect your family, and I don't want to severely punish you."
When Wu Shao first said this, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
"The official still wants to rely on you, whether you can survive or not, whether you can save your family, it depends on your performance."
"The task given to you by this official is to return to your respective yamen, pacify the people, resume production, and stabilize the local situation in the fastest time."
"Liu Chuan is determined to betray my Great Song Dynasty and act recklessly, leaving behind a situation full of holes, and this official has to rely on you to make up for it."
"The 300,000 households, the peasant households in Luzhou, Changning, Xuzhou, Fushun, Shaoxifu, Changzhou and Zizhou, all returned to the local area, and the local officials are responsible for escorting the people back, and the officials will send a small number of troops to follow you back, and you must appease the people along the way, if there is any riot, then you don't blame the officials for being ruthless."
"If you can appease the people as soon as possible, return to the local area, stabilize the local situation, organize and carry out production, the official will not blame the past, and will report your merits to the imperial court."
"The loss has been formed, how to reduce the loss to the minimum, is the moment when you show your ability, you are all local old people, the official believes in your ability, the official hopes that you will do your best, so that you can not only save your life and family, but also let the official live in peace as soon as possible."
"How to do it, there is no need for the official to say more, within today, you will clear out the roster of local farmers, the chief official of Fuzhou County is vacant, don't drive, Changshi, Sima, Tuan Lian envoy and the county Cheng are responsible for this matter, as for the grain and grass needed to return to the hometown, the official will consider, after the roster of farmers is cleared out, it is necessary to consider the farming production in the coming year, which is very important, Tongchuan Fulu has encountered this great disaster, if it is not possible to resume production, the next year the official and you should not think about Ansheng."
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The hustle and bustle begins.
When they came to the temporary Chinese military tent set up by Liu Quan, Zhang Binghui, Ma Long, Wang Shisan and others immediately came in.
The results of the battle are still in the process of being cleaned up, just the grain and grass, I am afraid it will take several days to clean up, but Wu Shaogang does not have that much time, he can't wait here to arrange everything.
After all, the news will leak out soon, and Wu Shaogang must launch an attack on Tongchuan Mansion before the news leaks, and use lightning speed to take Tongchuan Mansion.
"My lord, there are more than 10,000 rebel sergeants under Liu Quan's command, not many have fled, and now there are nearly 8,000 sergeants who have surrendered, and his subordinates believe that strong sergeants can be selected among the rebel sergeants who surrendered, and the rest of the sergeants can be escorted to Luzhou. . . ."
Wu Shaogang nodded slightly, eight thousand rebel sergeants, it would be very good to be able to pick out half of them, and he couldn't afford to raise the rest of the sergeants, so they must be handed over to Lu Wende, as for how Lu Wende would deal with it, it was not something he needed to consider.
What needs to be considered now is the question of how to deal with Liu Cheng.
Wu Shaogang didn't expect to capture Liu Cheng alive, he thought that Liu Cheng would be killed.
"I will give you two days for the selection of sergeants, Zhang Binghui, Ma Long, Wang Shisan, and Du Xiaoqi are all involved, the faster the better, and inform Cai Siwei, who is stationed in Neijiang County, that he must be highly vigilant to prevent escaped rebel sergeants from going to Puzhou and leaking the news."
"The clean-up of the peasant households has begun, Zhang Binghui, how to distribute the grain and grass, you think about it a lot, there is no food, these farmers are waiting for the fate of starvation, once we lose these people, we don't want to have food to eat, in terms of the distribution of grain and grass, a little more relaxed, Liu Cheng's sin this time, it is difficult to write."
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Liu Cheng was escorted into the Chinese military tent.
Wu Shaogang looked at Liu Cheng coldly.
Liu Quan's spirit completely collapsed.
In fact, Liu Quan's rebellion and defection were also forced to do so, he was originally an officer in the north, and was not tolerated by the officials in the south, Lu Wende and Yu Xing, the envoy of the Sichuan system, had already planned to use the method of planning to calculate Liu Quan, and Liu Cheng made the decision to surrender to Mongolia only after learning the news.
From this level, Wu Shaogang can forgive Liu Quan.
But it shouldn't be, Liu Quan shouldn't force all the people to follow and evacuate, and personally created a scarred Tongchuan Mansion Road, so that Wu Shaogang, who took over, faced great difficulties.
From this point of view, Wu Shaogang will not forgive Liu Quan.
Liu Quan, who was escorted in, looked up at Wu Shaogang.
Liu Quan didn't know Wu Shaogang, and he didn't know about the imperial court sending Wu Shaogang, but Wu Shaogang's youth still surprised him, Liu Quan never dreamed that he, who had experienced a hundred battles, would be completely defeated by the young man in front of him.
"Liu Quan, the king is the king, the winner is the king, you should understand these truths, this official doesn't want to comment on your defection to Mongolia, you also want to save your life, but you are bent on glory and wealth, and you actually forced the people to follow you to evacuate, so that the entire Tongchuan Mansion Road almost fell into a place of no return, and this official can't tolerate your behavior."
Liu Quan's head hung down weakly, unable to speak.
"Liu Quan, you used to be a strong general, with your military exploits, you were promoted to the deputy envoy of Tongchuan Fulu to pacify, the prefect of Luzhou, as a general in the north, and a general who surrendered from the Jin State, it is not simple, but unfortunately all you think about is glory and wealth, and you made a choice at the critical moment, and the consequences will be fully borne by you."
"This official will hand you over to Lord Lu Wende, thinking of your exploits in the Battle of Hezhou, this official wants to hear what other requirements you have, as long as this official can do it, he will definitely help you."
Liu Cheng raised his head again, his eyes were blank, and it took a long time before he spoke.
"I don't have anything to ask for, and even if I did, it wouldn't be useful...
"Liu Quan, you think well, how can there be eggs under the nest, one wrong step, one wrong step, to this day, I think what you are most worried about is your family, I can promise you, for you to preserve a trace of blood, you choose one of your sons, the age must not exceed ten years old, I will arrange to send your son to the south secretly, let him live, as for the rest of the requirements, you don't need to mention, I will not agree."
Liu Quan's body softened and knelt down.
After Liu Cheng was escorted away, Zhang Binghui spoke.
"My lord, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, don't be soft-hearted."
Wu Shaogang shook his head slightly.
"Zhang Binghui, you have to remember, the disaster will not affect the family, what I am most opposed to is the decision to behead the whole family, the guilty bear the responsibility, don't implicate the family too much, Liu Cheng's son, left a blood for him, is it possible that we are still worried about his future rebellion or revenge, if we don't have such a bearing, how can we do big things."
Zhang Binghui scratched his scalp and was speechless.
"Zhang Binghui, select thirty sergeants, escort Liu Cheng and his family to Luzhou Mansion, and hand them over to Lord Lu, in addition, I will write a letter to Lord Lu, this letter is very important, let Wang 13 lead the team and hand over the letter to Lord Lu in person."
"We have only five days to rest in Longchang County, and after five days we will start again, the time is very urgent, within five days, the distribution of grain and grass must be completed, and the officials and farmers must all set off, if my prediction is good, after three days, Lord Lu will send a sergeant to receive the rebel sergeant, and I don't want to make any mistakes at that time." (To be continued.) )