Min Chun and Zhao Li got together, discussed in a low voice for a moment, and then looked at Liu Cun together, as if they had something to say but didn't know how to say it.

Liu Cun frowned slightly, thought about it and asked with some doubts, "What's wrong?" If you have something, just talk about it, and you'll be busy later. ”

Min Chun had no choice but to take a half step forward: "Have you ever heard of the Zhen family?" ”

Liu Cun nodded immediately: "Of course I know...... Six years ago, I heard that the Zhen family in Fujia Hebei seems to have traded with our Langya Chamber of Commerce...... Oh yes, I remember that the new patriarch of the Zhen family is Zhen Yi who resigned and went into hiding, right? ”

"That's right, the current head of the Mi family is Zhen Yi. Due to the fear of war, since last year, the Zhen clan settled in Wuji (now Wuji County, Hebei), Dongjun and Yingchuan's various branches have moved to Yecheng one after another, and have always cooperated with my Langya Chamber of Commerce, Zhen Yizhen is also a well-known reclusive celebrity, even Yuan Benchu respects him very much, and relies on the Zhen family and the Zhen family caravan. Min Chun said in detail.

Liu Cun groaned slightly, and immediately understood what Min Chun meant.

At present, it seems that it is indeed necessary to appease people's hearts, and if you want long-term peace and stability, you need both grace and power, and you can't blindly kill and deter, and you laughed and quipped at the moment: "It won't be our soldiers who copied the Zhen family, right?" If that's the case, let them go as soon as possible, return the property to him, and go back to apologize after the battle. ”

Min Chun and Zhao Li were relieved, looked at each other and smiled, Min Chun said the key thing with confidence: "That's the case, Lord Zhen Yi entrusted his subordinates, saying that he was willing to marry his beloved daughter Zhen Mi to the general as a concubine." ”

"Huh!?"

Liu Cun was stunned: "How can this be? That's too much, isn't it? ”

Min Chun hurriedly explained: "The lord may not know that Miss Zhen Mi is a talented girl who has not met in a century. Known as a virtuous name. Beautiful as a fairy. I will turn 14 years old this year, which is the cardamom year. And a few of us and General Taishi after discussing it all feel very suitable, if the lord adopts this woman, it will be able to greatly appease the people of Jizhou, and it is a good deed in both public and private affairs, and there is no harm in it! I believe that if Mr. Gongsun was here, he would agree to do so. ”

Liu Cun suddenly hesitated, and it was difficult to decide after thinking about it. In a trance, I seemed to feel that the name Zhen Mi seemed to have been heard somewhere.

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The clouds cleared and the sun shone brightly.

Yecheng, which used to be prosperous and lively, is now dead and silent, quiet all around, the doors of every house are closed, and there is not a single civilian figure in the streets and alleys, if it is not for the wide street entrances scattered with fully armed and well-guarded Qingzhou soldiers, who can believe that this is the first Xiongcheng in North China with a population of 50,000 and a reputation for commercial and handicraft manufacturing?

Dense horses' hooves pounded on the huge stone-paved streets, and the crisp sound of hooves echoed for a long time.

Liu Cun, who was surrounded by all the generals. Not without concern, he glanced at the closed doors on both sides of the street, without saying a word. Xinma walked from the reins to the heavily guarded South Gate Inner Street, and then asked: "How many heads were cut off from last night to this morning?" ”

The more than ten generals who gradually stopped Le Ma had already guessed the mind of the lord, and thought of the scene of their connivance with their subordinates looting, and they all looked embarrassed, their lips were tightly closed, and none of them dared to answer.

Tai Shi Ci and Xu Sheng glanced at each other, and looked at Lu Jiu, the intelligence leader who had been busy all night. Lu Jiu, who was in charge of all the secret operations and interrogated hundreds of important criminals all night, smiled bitterly and had to step forward:

"I would like to inform my lord, except for the more than 1,200 stubborn remnants and hooligans and ruffians who took advantage of the opportunity to make trouble in the course of purging the remnants of the enemy and maintaining law and order, our military command office, military service department, and tiger and leopard battalion did not kill a few people, and although the families of more than 30 important officials of the Yuan army, such as Tian Feng, Gao Gan, and Xianpei, were concentrated in the Chengdong camp inside the east gate, these more than 3,000 men, women, and children were all intact, and no one was mistreated except for routine spot checks and interrogations."

"So, what about the hundred gentry and wealthy merchants who were counted before?" Liu Cun was silent for a while, staring at Lu Jiu's eyes and continuing to ask.

Lu Jiu's heart suddenly felt cold, but he could only report truthfully: "Except for the five giant merchants of the Zhen family, the Sun family, the Fan family, the Cui family and the Yang family, the rest are basically copied and asked as planned, as of the end of the day (eleven o'clock in the morning...... In accordance with the laws of wartime, his subordinates ordered the beheading of 326 hostile people who stubbornly resisted and did not repent, including more than 100 secret agents who had been hidden by various surrounding forces for a long time. ”

"However, the vast majority of medium-sized merchants and many small and medium-sized workshops in and out of the city are safe and sound, and since the early hours of this morning, the subordinates have released most of them in accordance with the orders of the lord, and returned their confiscated money, homes, workshops, and shops, which are still in custody...... Most of them were gentry and wealthy merchants, all of whom needed to be dealt with by the lord himself. ”

Tai Shi Ci glanced at Lu Jiu, who was sweating profusely, and hurriedly drove forward, pleading in a low voice: "Lord, General Lu's subordinates and all the officers and men in the army have been doing a good job, and they are a hundred times better than all the previous armies, even if there are some mistakes, it is really inevitable." ”

Geng Wu also explained loudly: "Yes, my lord, the enemy and us invested as many as 150,000 troops in the first battle of Yecheng, and it is impossible to cover everything in a hurry, but his subordinates dare to guarantee with their heads that in the large-scale liquidation and rectification operation from last night to the early morning of today, all units have strict military discipline and rapid action, and the vast majority of the people have been well protected.

"As for the wrongful killing, there must be some innocent people, but the vast majority of those killed are stubborn people, most of them are Yuan Benchu's diehard elements who launched armed resistance from the family, as well as some daring Jianghu rangers who don't know whether they are alive or dead, even if there are wrongdoers, they are very few."

Seeing this, Liu Cun hurriedly raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet: "I didn't mean to blame anyone. General Lu Jiu did not do anything wrong, not only did he not do anything wrong, but he did it very well, and the good results far exceeded my estimates. ”

"Therefore, not only will I not blame General Lu Jiu, but I will give him and all the soldiers under his command a great credit, without the hard work of General Lu Jiu and his soldiers, without the bravery, tenacity and strict military discipline of you and all the soldiers of all departments, there would be no stable situation in Yecheng today!"

"The reason why I asked how many heads I had cut off just now and asked about the 100 gentry and wealthy merchants on the register was to restore order in Yecheng as soon as possible, stabilize the people's hearts and rejuvenate all industries as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Liu Cun sighed quietly: "Don't think nonsense, let's go to the camp in the east of the city to have a look, and by the way, discuss how to deal with those gentry with status and influence, it is estimated that the people of the whole city are watching, alas......"

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