The peace and chaos in Jiankang City was only temporary, after all, the deserters who made trouble were a minority, and they were quickly suppressed by the imperial army.

At this time, there was no Son of Heaven in Jiankang City, and Liu Yu did not go over, and Chai Jin alone could not play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army, so Huo Yi dared to act arbitrarily. Liu Yu had to ask Su Yan for instructions and personally took Xu Xuanzhu to Jiankang City to organize the post-disaster reconstruction of Jiankang City.

The first thing Liu Yu did when he arrived in Jiankang City was to punish Huo Yi and tie him to the wooden pillar at the entrance of the Huai Wang Palace to "show the public".

Chai Jin was a little unbearable when he heard the blending of Huo Ill, and he also persuaded Liu Yu a few times, wanting to let Huo Ill come down earlier, Liu Yu said: "No matter the bundle, maybe next time I will poke the sky out of the hole." Hulu, this kid doesn't deserve your sympathy. ”

Huo began to scold when he got to the back, scolding Liu Yue for being ungrateful, and just helping the imperial court capture Jiankang City, he was treated unfairly without even being rewarded for his merits. When I got tired of scolding at the back, I fell asleep tied to the pillar, and woke up the next day to continue scolding.

Jiankang City has just experienced a fire, there are not a few ordinary people who are burned and burned, even if they escape safely, they are choked by the smoke, Jiankang is peaceful, and the post-disaster reconstruction must be carried out as soon as possible, but there is no silver in the imperial court, and most of the warehouses of King Huai are also empty, and there is no silver at all.

When Liu Yu was worried about the post-disaster reconstruction of Jiankang City, the helmsmen of most of the counties and counties in the land of Nanhuai began to make overtures to the imperial court and expressed their willingness to accept the imperial court's appointment again. Even if someone comes out to preside over the overall situation. They also knew that the Dao could not stop the unstoppable momentum of the imperial army. Obey the destiny of heaven. Instead, it became the first choice faced by the masterminds of these cities.

Liu Yu also went back to Yangzhou several times for this reason, bringing the envoys of these county towns and county towns to Mianjun, but Su Yan did not care about these inconsequential county guards and county lieutenants.

"What about the king?"

Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years. Su Yan was very afraid that another vassal king would come out, and he would suffer the same hardships as Xuzhou City again, or simply take the world away, so that he himself would die like King Huai.

Liu Yu said: "Someone in the Dingwang army wanted to rob the king and take refuge in the imperial court, but he was discovered by the king. Decapitate these generals. When these were all done by the imperial court, the king had already lost trust in the imperial court, and led the royal army to flee to the southeast. ”

"Southeast?" Su Yan pondered for a moment, and didn't know how far the "southeast" of Lu Dao was from Yangzhou, "Or master, you take the army to sweep King Ding, King Ding shouldn't have many troops, isn't it difficult?" ”

Liu Yu didn't expect Su Yan to be so eager to eliminate future troubles, in fact, at this time, King Ding could no longer form a climate, and now he should be more concerned about the attitude of the King of Shu and other powerful feudal lords. They used to worship King Huai as the main lord of the world, but now they are still on the opposite side of the imperial court. This stalemate needs to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a war against each other.

As for King Ding and King Ding's army, they are now homeless, and there will be no place to stay anywhere.

As soon as Liu Yu said these joints, Su Yan thought about it and said, "Is the master tired from this battle?" I'm a little tired, so it's better to ...... Let's go back to Chang'an City, a little homesick. ”

After that, although Su Yan didn't say anything again, Liu Yu, who came out of the palace, still had something wrong.

After meeting Su Yan this time, I always felt that this emperor was different from before. Now that I think about it, Su Yan is more assertive, although he will also ask for his opinion on everything, but he speaks more often than he listens to others, and the way he expresses his own opinions is also more radical. Liu Yu didn't know if this was progress or something else.

What Liu Yu is most afraid of is the rabbit and the dog cooking, no matter how tame Su Yan is now, he is the lord of the world after all, and like a young eagle, there will always be a day when he spreads his wings and soars.

Now Yangzhou City is a little lively.

The soldiers who were withdrawn from Jiankang City, after the fatigue of the journey and the hardships of the war, could finally rest quietly for a few days, and they were also waiting for the reward from the imperial court.

Rewarding the three armies, not only gold, silver and wealth, but also the promotion of land and official positions and military positions.

But Liu Yue knew that the court was now unable to take out the wealth to reward, and originally hoped to loot a batch of gold and silver military salaries from the Huai Palace, but now found that the Huai Palace was empty, whether it was the war that caused the Huai land to be empty, or because it was privately transported away. It takes time to track down these things, but now he knows that even the military salary can't be paid on time, let alone reward the three armies?

A team of men and horses came from Chang'an City, this team of men and horses did not come to meet the war, their purpose was to transport military grain, grass, gold and silver wealth from Chang'an City, in order to relieve the embarrassment of the current imperial court's southern expeditionary army. The leader of this team is Han Sheng, who Liu Yue hasn't seen for a long time.

Old friends were very happy to see each other.

This day is the twenty-sixth day of the first month, the eleventh day of pacifying Huaidi, Liu Yue counted the days, and came from Chang'an City non-stop, even if he didn't sleep, it would take more than eight days, and the news of Pingding Huaidi would take a day or two to spread back, this time Han Shenglai could be said to be in a hurry.

"Knowing that Jiankang City is broken, I know that Brother Liu, you are worried about military salaries and rewards, fortunately, Miss Sui Jia dotted, and quickly donated a batch of wealth from the merchants of the Commerce and Trade Department of Chang'an City, and it was transported in the starry night, which can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need for a while." Han Sheng said goodbye to Liu Yu, and immediately turned to the main topic.

Liu Yu looked at the list of goods transported this time, although it was not much, but it was already the limit of what the merchants of Chang'an City could donate, and the soldiers and horses that the imperial army came to Jiangnan this time were not many, but there were also sixty or seventy thousand, calculated down, one person could almost get four or five taels of silver, plus the fields and military promotions that could be promised in advance, the reward for the three armies this time could barely cope with it.

"Brother Han has worked hard, let's go, let's go face you." Liu Yu said with a smile on his face.

"For now...... Let's not go to meet the emperor first. Han Sheng said, "This journey is tiring, and I can't hold it anymore, can you let me meet those two good granddaughters first?" ”

"Yi'er and Ting'er live in another courtyard, and they are taken care of by female guards. Brother Han, you ......"

Liu Yu couldn't see through the intention of Han Sheng's trip, since it was to transport military supplies, he should go to face the saint as soon as possible, after all, he was the manager of the Department of Commerce and Trade, Yamen Shaoqing and the head of the household department, and it was not very proper to come to Yangzhou without a horse.

"In short, Brother Liu, you will grant my wish once."

It is rare for Han Sheng to come from afar, and it is not indispensable for people to meet their granddaughters when they are old. So Liu Yu accompanied Han Sheng to meet the Han sisters, because these days the Han sisters are all with Xu Xuanzhu, and Cai Yingnu and Lu Chuer and other guards take care of them, they don't feel lonely, and more importantly, as long as Liu Yu has nothing to do, he will come over to accompany them.

After seeing his two granddaughters, Han Sheng's old eyes were red, and when he came out, he was asked by Liu Yu about the purpose of this meeting, Han Sheng sighed: "I have been in the court all my life, just for the day when the world is stable." Now this wish has been fulfilled by your boy, and it will be the day when I will retire. I am going to ask the emperor for an order to allow me to resign and return to my hometown, and I will not ask about political affairs from now on. ”

Han Sheng's return to his hometown was something Liu Yu did not expect, this time the imperial court could quell the rebellion of King Huai in just three months, Han Sheng, who was in charge of the coordination of the rear, made great contributions, and Han Sheng's torrent retreated bravely, making him suddenly feel as if he was missing a right-hand man around him.

"Brother Han said so, boy, I have nothing to say. After that, it will be difficult to see each other in the future. ”

Han Sheng is not from Guanzhong, but a generation from Shandong, if Han Sheng returns to his hometown, it will be difficult for Liu Yu to discuss things with this old friend.

There is always a time to gather and disperse.

When it was time to pay the army and reward the three armies, Yangzhou City suddenly became lively.

In addition to the treasures worth more than 200,000 taels transported from Chang'an City, there were also a small amount of gold and silver transported from the warehouses of Jingwangdi and Dingwangdi, totaling more than 400,000 taels.

The reward for the three armies was carried out in three parts, the first part was the repayment of military salaries, and the previous debt of the imperial court to the soldiers was completed. With this silver, ordinary soldiers can also return to their hometowns to buy two or three acres of mature land, marry a wife and have children.

The second part is the additional reward for the wealth and land of the meritorious soldiers, and this part will vary greatly from high to low according to the different military merits. The higher ones shall be promoted to the rank of general, and shall be rewarded with more than a hundred taels of silver, and shall be rewarded with riches and land; The low one may only be more than one or two allowances, which is also the standard of allowance for most soldiers.

As for the fields, they were also the focus of the court's rewards. More than half of the soldiers of the imperial court army who went out with the army this time came from Guanzhong, and Guanzhong had just suffered from a major drought, and there was still no shortage of land, coupled with the privileges of reclaiming barren mountains, these soldiers actually got the right to own mountains and forests and land, as long as the imperial court awarded a reward, a whole piece of mountains and forests may be assigned to the name of a certain meritorious soldier, and how to develop this barren mountain in the future, how many acres of land reclaimed are completely at his disposal. Even if there are some places that are not suitable for cultivation, the timber of the mountains and forests is a great wealth.

This kind of permission is often only available to those who have made military achievements.

The third part is also the most anticipated part of the officers and men in the army. It is the promotion and transfer of military ranks.

Even if it was defeated this time, the imperial army in various places basically made up for the defeat in the subsequent southward campaign, and the merits were offset by the merits. For ordinary soldiers who follow the crowd, the reward of wealth has burned incense, and for those soldiers who have made meritorious contributions to killing the enemy desperately, they are more looking forward to the promotion of military ranks, those wealth and silk are only the surface, and only the promotion of military ranks can get a golden job.

But as for whether it is a golden rice bowl, a silver rice bowl, or an iron rice bowl and a mud rice bowl, sometimes it is not easy to define. For those who have made a little merit, they are still greedy to get more, and for those who have made great contributions, they are afraid that their merits will be plundered by others. I am afraid that the court will not admit it afterwards. (To be continued......)