After the news of Weizhou's capture of Xichuan Town came out, the entire Shuzhong was shocked. Although Weizhou had already occupied Xingyuan (Hanzhong), it only took 20 days to capture Xichuan, which has to be said to be an extremely astonishing speed.

For a while, both the Weizhou Army and Jin Luanwei were overjoyed, after all, this success took Xichuan so quickly, and Jin Luanwei's credit was the greatest.

When Li Bao and Hu Sanbao rushed to Chengdu, Zhang Qingping took a group of officials in Chengdu Mansion and the patriarchs of the family to gather in Xichuan Jiedu to welcome Wang Jia.

The greeting scene was so grand that Li Bao felt a little emotional. The wealth of Shu can be seen from the clothes of the officials who greeted him and the patriarchs of the family, they are all dressed in gorgeous clothes and are full of wealth, and the wealth of Shu is in stark contrast to the barrenness of the Central Plains.

After Li Bao and other officials and civilians present saluted, under the introduction of Zhang Qingping, officials at all levels of the Chengdu government office met with Li Bao alone. Li Bao encouraged and encouraged them one by one, and then met with the parents of the family, and also encouraged them one by one.

After the audience, Li Bao held a banquet at the Jiedu Envoy to entertain the guests. These officials and the heads of the great clan were very happy to see that His Royal Highness King Ji was so amiable.

The officials were very cautious, after all, they knew that although Li Bao, the king of Ji, was more kind, the officials under his command were very clear, and they didn't know what Chengdu would become in the future.

After the banquet was more than halfway through, the patriarchs and parents of the family gradually got a little carried away, and loudly accused Li Bao of Chen Jinghuo and the predecessor Xichuan Jiedu Gao Biao to steal how much fertile land their family wanted, hoping that King Ji could make decisions for them.

Hearing such a thing, Li Bao's face immediately turned pale, "These things, let's discuss them later." ”

Seeing that King Ji's face was pale, he was sober and grabbed the forgetful guy while saluting Li Bao, "Don't blame the king, this guy has drunk two more cups, and please forgive the king." ”

Li Bao will not take such a small episode to heart. What he cares about now is that Xichuan has only taken Chengdu Prefecture, and there are still many prefectures and counties in Xichuan that have not been annexed, so he must quickly arrange someone to persuade him to surrender.

Yang Shili of Dongchuan still had a stubborn attitude, and the envoys sent by Zhang Qingping were ordered by Yang Shili to be beaten and released. There is also the matter of Jin Luanwei, he also has to think about it again.

So after the welcome banquet was halfway through, Li Bao excused himself from being tired from the journey, so he went back on his own, and since King Ji was tired, the welcome banquet naturally ended hastily.

Li Bao returned to the back office, and after freshening up, he immediately felt much more energetic. Seeing that Hu Sanbao was still waiting on the side, he spoke: "San'er, we have captured Xichuan these days, and Jin Luanwei has made a lot of contributions, and this is all your credit." ”

Hu Sanbao immediately said humbly: "Lang Jun praised it falsely, most of this time it is the credit of Chengdu Jin Luanwei, the slave and maid have been by Lang Jun's side all these years, if you want to say the credit of the slave and maid, it is better to say that Lang Jun taught well." ”

"You don't have to be too modest, the credit of your subordinates is of course your credit, but now Jin Luanwei is shining in the battle of Shuzhong, but it is also a challenge to Jin Luanwei's future development."

Hu Sanbao listened to Li Bao's words, and immediately said: "What Lang Jun said is that our Jin Luanwei has always been developing in secret and growing secretly, and all the feudal towns have not guarded against us. However, after this battle, Jin Luanwei has become a secret in the dark, and in the future, all the feudal towns will inevitably guard against our Jin Luanwei's forces like thieves. After the slave realized this problem, she also kept thinking about how to break the deadlock. ”

When Li Bao heard Hu Sanbao say this, he was very relieved that this childhood playmate had now grown into a thinking person. Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Since you can think of this, it means that you are really able to take charge on your own, and I am very happy." ”

Hu Sanbao was very unaccustomed to Li Bao's praise, and he touched his head embarrassedly. "This is the result of Lang Jun's words and deeds, so that the slave and maid can make achievements."

"I'm very happy that you have achievements, now that you can share my worries, I'm going to let you go, Jin Luanwei has reached this point, I have to go to Beijing to deal with various affairs, and it is no longer appropriate for you to follow me around."

When Hu Sanbao heard Li Bao say this, he was extremely happy in his heart, but he was a little reluctant to leave Li Bao. "The slave and maid can share the worries of Lang Jun, which is the blessing of the slave and maid, but the slave and maid are not by Lang Jun's side, and they are always a little relieved."

Li Bao is also reluctant to let Hu Sanbao go, but now the stalls under his command are getting bigger and bigger, and the role of Jin Luanwei is becoming more and more prominent. Wei Yangzi is alone in charge of the Shadow Guard, and Hu Sanbao is alone in charge of Jin Luanwei, and both of them are very loyal to him, so Li Baocai is relieved to hand over these two secret spy organizations to them.

It is not suitable at the stage of fighting the country now, after all, efficiency is the first at this stage, Hu Sanbao and Weiyangzi have the courage to make decisions, and as for the means of weighing, the country will be determined in the future.

Li Bao and Hu Sanbao also discussed some details of Jin Luanwei's work and the direction of his future work. The two discussed for a long time before giving up. Then in the evening, the two sat alone in the hall and sang about wine, until they were drunk and unconscious. After waking up on the second day, Li Bao personally sent Hu Sanbao out of the city until his figure disappeared before returning to the Jiedu Mansion.

After sending Hu Sanbao away, Li Bao summoned Zhang Qingping, Ouyang Hui, Wang Jian, Han Jian, Lu Yanhong and other generals in the army to hold a military meeting.

Although the expedition to Shuzhong went smoothly, many cities in Xichuan were not taken, and who should be sent to surrender needed to be discussed as soon as possible.

Now the only troops gathered in Chengdu Fuzhong are the Weizhou Huwei Army and the Hu Brigade. The Fifth and Sixth Armies of the Weiyuan Army still trekked the Golden Bull Road, and it took at least five days to reach Chengdu.

Today's troops are used to maintain order and prevent the attack of Yang Shili in Dongchuan, so the attack on Dongchuan must wait until the arrival of the Weiyuan Fifth Army and the Sixth Army before it can be carried out.

Niu Miao and Luo Yuangao also participated in this military discussion, as generals, they did not dare to be too high-profile, but when they heard that Li Bao was worried about who would go to other states and counties in Xichuan to recruit surrenders, Niu and Luo immediately recommended themselves.

Li Bao looked at Luo Yuangao, after this guy was arrested by Chen Jinghuo, he suffered a lot of flesh and skin, if it weren't for the swift march of the Weizhou army, he Luo was afraid that he would have become a ghost under the knife.

Li Bao didn't have a good impression of these two guys, but recruiting such a thing as surrender just happened to make them more capable of making the best use of their talents, so he readily agreed.

Seeing that King Ji agreed to their request, Niu and Luo were very happy and had no words to praise Li Bao.

After the matter of surrender was discussed, Zhang Qingping spoke: "Chen Jinghuo's guy has been detained in the Chengdu Mansion Prison on the day the city was broken, how to deal with him, please ask the king to show him." ”

Li Bao didn't think about this question, and said directly: "After the interrogation of the Chengdu Mansion, the Ming Zheng canonical punishment will be fine." ”

Zhang Qingping is now not only the head of the Weizhou Army, but also the governor of Chengdu, so he asked Li Bao for advice on Chen Jinghuo's matter.

Li Bao's instructions had already decided Chen Jinghuo's fate, and Niu Luo and the others immediately secretly rejoiced in their hearts, and they felt even more relaxed when their former boss died.

However, Zhang Qingping is a military general, and he is not too good at handling government affairs. It was necessary to wait for the civil officials stationed by Xingyuan to take over the affairs of Chengdu Prefecture. However, Xingyuan has not yet arrived, and he must take responsibility.

So Zhang Qingping continued to ask: "There are many families on the ground of Xichuan, they are deep-rooted and rich in products, I don't know what the king plans to do with them?" ”

Zhang Qingping asked this because at the banquet to welcome Li Bao yesterday, the head of the big clan said that he was not inferior, and he could see that those big clans were testing the attitude of Prince Ji. So he had to get clear instructions from Li Bao, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do his job.

This issue is a very sensitive issue, related to Li Bao's next policy in Shuzhong, most of the generals in the hall this time, so Li Bao said to everyone: "This military discussion, let's stop here for the time being, you retreat first, Zhang Junenvoy and Wang Lvshuai stay." ”

Everyone naturally had no objections when they heard it, but Li retained Zhang Qingping and Wang Jian, which made everyone curious, what did this Wang Jian do to enter the eyes of King Ji?

Wang Jian was excited in his heart, after so long, Prince Ji actually noticed him, and he was a little nervous that he didn't know what King Ji was keeping him for, could it be the question that Zhang Junenvoy said just now? What does the king want to do, and what is he staying for?

However, Li Bao didn't care what his subordinates thought, he said to Zhang Qingping and Wang Jian: "I was a little hesitant about the question asked by Zhang Junenvoy just now, because I planned to let the two of you do something in Chengdu Mansion first. Zhang Jun's affairs are numerous, so I want Wang Lushuai to assist Zhang Juncheng and do some errands and coordination. ”

When Wang Jian heard this, he thought that his guess was right, this Ji Wang had already noticed him, so he said excitedly: "I am willing to listen to the king's dispatch, and I will definitely assist Zhang Jun's envoy to do his part." ”

Wang Jian in the original history is the former Shu Taizu, he has a lot of talent, from the capture to the time of the Shu period Li Bao has been paying attention to them, this time after the capture of western Sichuan, he decided to add a burden to Wang Jian, let him hone as soon as possible.

"Now Shuzhong is different from Weizhou under our rule and other states and counties in the northwest, over the years the northwest region has been in constant war, although we carefully govern, but the people and products in the northwest region are very poor. Shuzhong is rich, and the people and products are different from ours in Weizhou, so we must be cautious in governing Shuzhong. ”

After Zhang Qingping and Wang Jian listened to Li Bao's words, they immediately nodded yes, so they didn't know how to govern Shuzhong.

"Well, that's exactly what the king said. However, a certain stupidity really does not dare to figure out the king's holy judgment, and I don't know what the king has some thoughts and ask for instructions, so that a certain can broaden his horizons. ”

"Shuzhong is rich and is the purchase channel of our Shanhe Society, so Shuzhong can't be chaotic, but there are many families in Shuzhong, which is not conducive to our rule, so they must be divided and ruled."

Zhang Qingping nodded with Wang Jianjian and waited for Li Bao's next step.

"Since we want to divide and rule, there must be a regulation, so our Honor House in Weizhou can be opened in Chengdu Mansion, this Honor House is our divide and conquer pie and stick, and if the family is willing to cooperate with us, we will give that family a quota. If they are unwilling to cooperate, they will be put in prison, and the crime will be condemned to Chen Jinghuo, so that there are sweet dates and sticks, and I am not afraid that they will not be in our group at that time. ”

Zhang Qingping and Wang Jian naturally knew what the Honors House was for, although they had no actual power, but they had a very high status, and this Honors House brought the family into the middle, and no matter how ironclad they were, they had to dig cracks, and they became suspicious of each other all day long. With this, they have the weapons to restrain these big families, and it will be much easier to govern Chengdu Mansion.

Thinking of this, Zhang Qingping and Wang Jian felt relaxed in their hearts, after all, with Li Bao's wisdom and thoughtfulness, the method he came up with would naturally be able to govern those big families well. So they all gave Li Bao a thumbs up and said, "King, this move is really high." ”