Li Yu's beheading operation was successful, and the situation in Huaixi was very good. But Li Yu knows very well that Huaixi is far from the point of sitting back and relaxing. Because, although Caizhou was taken, although Wu Yuanji was captured alive, and although Dong Chongzhen was persuaded to surrender, the main force in Huaixi was still there, and he had to deal with it carefully, once he behaved at a loss, it was likely to cause a new rebellion. Of course, the focus now is not on military action, but on gathering people's hearts. In this regard, Li Yu can be said to be very proficient, he gave several orders one after another, such as treating the families of the rebels well, such as compensating the relatives of the dead rebels, such as protecting the property of the rebel leaders, in short, since Wu Yuanji was captured, Li Yu has never killed anyone without authorization. All the officials of Wu Yuanji and the soldiers under his tent, in the kitchen, and in the stables, Li Yu restored their ministry, so that they would have no doubts. When the rebel generals stationed in the Quartet learned of the news in the city, they naturally surrendered one after another, and the situation in Huaixi was temporarily stabilized.

Next, what Li Yu has to do is to welcome the arrival of his superior, the new master of Caizhou, the new envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, and the prime minister Pei Du. Li Yu's welcome ceremony was quite high, unusually high, not only the troops were dressed up to greet him, standing in the middle of the road, Li Yu himself was even more respectful, bowing down in front of Pei Du. Pei Du was very moved, Li Yu made immortal achievements, and he was so polite and polite, which was a model for Confucian generals, so Pei Du instinctively avoided it, saying that he did not dare to accept such a big gift from the general. But Li Yu's following words made Pei Du stop his hypocritical evasion, and calmly accepted Li Yu's visit: Since Wu Shaocheng, the people in Caizhou have been fierce and fierce, and they don't know the dignity of the upper and lower levels, and it has been more than 30 years.

The people's hearts are rough, for Li Yu, the task has been completed, but for Pei Du, the arduous mission has just begun, after all, he is the master of Caizhou and even the entire Huaixi. At present, the most urgent task in front of Pei Du is still the people's will. Specifically, he mainly did two things, one of which was to select Huaixi soldiers and organize them into the tooth army. You must know that the tooth army is the descendant of the Jiedu envoy, to a large extent, the loyalty of the tooth army often directly determines the life and death of the Jiedu envoy, Caizhou has just been pacified, Huaixi has just been pacified, and there is no shortage of dangerous elements, Pei Du's move is obviously very risky, and he has no considerable courage, so he can't do such a crazy thing. But Pei Du is responsible, which does not mean that his subordinates are also so courageous, so there are constantly people admonishing him, saying that "there are still many people who oppose Cai people, and they must be prepared." In this regard, Pei Du always smiled slightly, and said lightly, "As the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, the culprit has been captured, and the soldiers of Caizhou are naturally my subordinates, so what is there to doubt!" Pei Du's words spread far and wide, although the people of Huaixi are arrogant, but the hearts of Huaixi people are also long, how can they not be grateful and swear allegiance?

Relatively speaking, the second thing that Pei Du has to do next seems to be much easier, at least, his own life safety will not be too threatened. However, it is precisely this seemingly very simple thing that has brought great benefits to the people of Huaixi, just like the spring rain that sneaks into the night with the wind, quietly moistening the hearts of the people of Huaixi and becoming the key to the stability of Huaixi, of course, Pei Du has also accumulated a thick popularity. Because it is this initiative that has fished thousands of Caizhou people from the boundless sea of misery and put them on the other side of happiness, such a significant measure, it seems very simple, in fact, it is to abolish a ban, a ban that makes Caizhou and even the whole Huaixi panic all day.

It turned out that the Wu father and son had been running Huaixi for many years, and had long regarded Huaixi as their own private property, and in order to fight against Chang'an, they racked their brains, and one of their measures was to implement harsh spy rule within them. Since the start of the Huaixi War, Wu Yuanji has taken this white terror to the extreme: passers-by can't talk to each other when they meet; When night falls, candles are not allowed to be lit. In fact, these are nothing, acquaintances meet, don't let talk, then make a look at each other, the right to say hello, "the road to the eye" is not without precedent; If you don't let the lights be lit at night, then you can rest early, and you can save a few lights money, and the endurance of the ancient Chinese has always been very breathtaking. But Wu Yuanji is obviously a big boss, he hasn't read much, he doesn't know that there is a king Zhou Li in history, and he doesn't know the truth that the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan. Therefore, in order to prevent the slightest slight, he decided to let his people hear each other's voices and not get along with each other, what three relatives and six reasons, what neighbors, it is best not to communicate with each other, let alone get together for three days and drink some idle wine. If you don't know how to drink two cups with your relatives and friends, I still advise you to put away this thought, because the price of drinking two cups is really a bit big, too big, so big that you and your relatives and friends will never have the opportunity to drink two cups again: those who drink and eat will die. If your life is gone, how can you drink two cups?

Pei Du's IQ is obviously higher than Wu Yuanji's, and it is not a star and a half. As soon as he came to power, he immediately abolished Wu Yuanji's ridiculous bans. Not only that, Pei Du also made it clear that in the future, the people of Caizhou can come and go freely, whether it is day or night. Of course, if someone wants to take the opportunity to do some sabotage, do some stealing chickens and dogs, or do some bad things as traitors, or even commit some crimes of killing people and stealing goods, then they will be hit at gunpoint. Because, in the treatment of outlaws, Pei Du's hand is not soft at all. At this moment, the people of Huaixi can not only breathe fresh air freely, but also do not have to worry about the guns and arrows of the small people, Huaixi, who has been suffering in hell for more than half a century, finally ushered in a bright sky. Happiness, like a drizzle, quietly descended on Huaixi, and the people of Huaixi were full of happy smiles on their faces.

Happiness comes too suddenly, always giving people an illusory feeling, the elated Huaixi people, in addition to joy, there always seems to be some unsteady feeling, and everyone has a faint trace of worry in their hearts. After all, neither Li Yu nor Pei Du is the one who can ultimately decide how the people of Huaixi live. The only person who can decide the fate of Huaixi is far away in Chang'an, far away in Daming Palace. The Huaixi War lasted for four years and cost Chang'an a lot of manpower and financial resources.