After Zhang Xi led the army into the city, he occupied the original mansion of the Meng family, as his temporary residence, and also the core of the entire Southern Expeditionary Army.

After catching Meng Shu, Zhang Xi did not behead Meng Shu as soon as possible.

Theoretically speaking, after the rebellion of Gao Ding, Meng Huo, and Zhu Bao was put down one after another, and Yonghong was killed in internal strife, the rebellion in Nanzhong should be pacified.

But this is only the first step of Zhang Xi's southern expedition, not the end.

In this Nanzhong rebellion, except for Gao Ding, who was a serious Yiren, the other three were not serious Yiren.

Yonghong and Zhu Bao are both pure Han people, and Yonghong's ancestors are still Shifang Marquis Yongya, old Han Dynasty nobles.

Although Meng Huo is of Yi blood, it can be seen from Meng's mansion that the pure Han architectural style, household utensils and calligraphy and paintings are all Han style, and the sinicization has been very deep.

So in the final analysis, this rebellion in Nanzhong is still a struggle for power and profit within the Han people, even if the Han rebellion in Nanzhong is quelled, the problem of Yiren is still not solved.

Therefore, Zhang Xi planned to release Meng Shu.

However, before releasing Meng Huo, Zhang Xi gathered Meng Huo, Meng Yan, Li Hui, Ma Yan, and a total of five people, plus himself, to conduct a secret discussion.

A secret discussion on how to settle Namchu thoroughly.

In fact, it is very simple, that is, to forgive Meng Huo for the crime of rebellion, but the condition is to let Meng Huo be the leading party, lead out all the Dongyi kings in Nanzhong one by one, and then break them one by one, completely destroy the rule of King Yi in Nanzhong, and liberate those Yi people who are bound to their own interests by King Yi.

To be honest, Meng Huo didn't want to be the leading party.

After all, once he loses, then he will be completely ruined, and the Nanzhong Meng clan will have no place in the Han group or the Yi group.

But. Zhang Xi gave too much.

Zhang Xi promised Meng that he could not only forgive the Meng clan for the crime of rebellion, but even let the Meng clan rejoin the distribution of copper ore minerals in Jianning County, and ensure that the income distribution received by the Meng clan would not be much less than that of the Li clan, who had made great contributions to Nanzhong this time.

This was simply beyond Meng Huo and Meng Yan's expectations. Life and death aside, compared to the interests of the copper mine, those cave masters Yiwang or something, are considered rubbish?!

Although Li Hui was a little dissatisfied with Meng's rejoining the ranks of the cake, he was now standing on the position of Liu Bei's group, and Zhang Xi's status and decision-making were not something he could shake.

What's more, Zhang Xi has also made it clear that the Jianning Li family can occupy the largest proportion in the distribution of Jianning copper mine in addition to Liu Bei.

Even what Jiao's, Jiao's, Zhang Xi didn't even mention.

Do you need to think about it?!

Under such circumstances, Li Hui quickly adjusted his thoughts, and immediately exchanged a tacit look with Meng Shu, and the two reached an alliance in an instant. These two, how far to roll and how far to roll.

Then, Zhang Xi and Ma Yan, the two wilted goods, began to guide Meng Shu and Li Hui to ask Meng Huo and Li Hui - if Jianning County develops a copper mine on a large scale, whether the two families have enough manpower and can quickly carry out mining work.

If the speed of their mining is too slow, and the other families in Nanzhong have a relationship with the king of Hanzhong through some channels, then even if he Zhang Xi wants to take care of the Meng family and the Li family, at that time, it is estimated that he will not be able to stop it.

Meng Shu hadn't reacted yet, Meng Yan had already understood.

Even Li Hui was thinking, should he simply "oppose" himself? !

Obviously, with Zhang Xi's previous behavior of letting Meng Huo lead the party, Zhang Xi is planning to lure out all the Yi people in Nanzhong. By that time, won't there be enough people to participate in mining?!

Whoever leads the way will eat the most stable demographic dividend. Li Hui was a little moved.

But Li Hui is a Han in the end and knows where his core interests lie.

Of course, the copper mine wants, which is the foundation of the family's century-old inheritance, but Li Hui also knows that the Li family is Han and cannot bear the reputation of being a "rebellious", which will not benefit Li Hui's future development in Liu Bei Group.

In the final analysis, if Li Hui climbs to a high place in Liu Bei Group, the benefit subsidy he gets will not be made up for by a few copper mines.

Besides, with the prestige and status of the Li family in the hearts of the Yi people, they really can't be the leading party, so they can only cheapen the Meng family.

The conspiracy of the three parties has been decided, Meng Huo will be the leading party, Li Hui and Zhang Xi will lead the army to follow behind Meng Huo, and wait until Meng Huo has lured out all the people of Nanzhongyi, and then solve those barbarian kings one by one, and absorb the Yi people.

However, Zhang Xi did not forget to emphasize to Meng Shu and Li Hui that this time our target is the population, and it is only aimed at the cave masters, and the Yi people under their command must be treated well, and there can be no too much killing.

Otherwise, people won't listen to you obediently in the future.

Regarding this, in fact, neither Meng Shu nor Li Hui needed Zhang Xi's instructions.

The Yi people don't know how to farm, and in the eyes of the former Nanzhong Hao clan, these people can probably only blame them for being young and strong, and they will not feel distressed if they die.

But now, when it comes to mining, as long as you have the strength, it's a strong laborer.

The more Yi people survive, the greater their demographic dividend, and without those cave masters, wouldn't these Yi people still have to rely on them to survive.

The two of them cared more about the lives of these people than Zhang Xi.

After the secret discussion was completed, in order to facilitate Meng Huo to be the leading party, Zhang Xi had to cooperate with Meng Huo and act in a scene.

First of all, he tied Meng Huo up and brought him to the army, so that Meng Huo could see his military appearance.

Then he showed off and said to Meng Huo, look at my army is so powerful, will you rebel in the future?!

Then, Meng Shu immediately said disdainfully, "Those who are to the Xiangxi do not know the truth and the truth, so they are defeated." Now I am given to watch the camp, and if this is the case, it will be easy to win the ear. ”

Zhang Xi immediately laughed, and then personally untied Meng Huo, and after a banquet, sent Meng Huo and his subordinates out of the camp.

"Go and pack up your soldiers and horses, and fight again in the coming day, you will definitely be convinced!"

Meng Huo immediately snorted, smiled contemptuously, and left.

And Zhang Xi returned to the camp and said to the puzzled soldiers, "I want to collect the heart of Nanzhong." ”

The steps are set up, the stage is ready, and Zhang Xi plans to sing the drama of "Seven Captures and Seven Verticals" instead of Zhuge Liang.

Although the drama of seven captures and seven verticals looks like a reckless force, putting aside Zhang Xi's lack of morality, from a practical point of view, it is a more practical approach.

This rebellion in Nanzhong was set off by the powerful forces in Nanzhong, and it was not difficult to put down a rebellion that intended to divide one side.

But the foundation of the instability of Nanzhong, in addition to these heroes and powers in Nanzhong, the biggest unstable factor is still in the body of the king of Dongyi in Nanzhong, and in the body of the Yiren.

In this place in Nanzhong, there are many more Yi people than Han people, and there have always been a lot of contradictions between Han and Yi.

After pacifying Yonghong and Meng Huo's rebellion today, of course, he can go back to the division directly, but the problem is that the next time the Nanzhong Hao clan rebels again, or if King Yi directly rebels, Chengdu will send troops to fight again, and it will be an expedition of laborers, and at that time, the soldiers will also be killed and wounded.

It is better to take advantage of the current situation under his own control, and lure out all the Yi people little by little and completely solve them, so that even if there is another rebellion in the future, the scale will not be large.

In fact, this is much more labor-saving than the kind of back-and-forth counterinsurgency, and it can also reduce the casualties of the army's non-commissioned officers.

Meng Shu is gone, and he is going to be his leading party.

Zhang Xi and Li Hui also sorted out their soldiers and horses, joined forces, and continued to "pursue" Meng Huo.

As for Ma Zhong, Zhang Xi asked Ma Zhong to return to Qiqi County to govern the place, and at the same time sent a letter to Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong in Chengdu, asking Liu Bei to appoint Ma Zhong as the Taishou of Qiqi County.

Zhang Xi is not Zhuge Liang, he is just the governor of the city, and he is not qualified to directly appoint Ma Zhong as the Taishou of Qi, so he must be reported.

But Zhang Xi believed that Ma Zhong could govern Qiqi County well, after all, this governor in history had really made the Han Yi subdued.

After Meng Shu left from Wei County, he went all the way south, first went to the Zhurong Department, and found his wife, who was also the leader of the Zhurong Department, Mrs. Zhurong.

Mrs. Zhurong is not a name, but a title, and the leader of each generation of Zhurong is called Mrs. Zhurong.

Because the Zhurong Department is a tribe of Yiren who are respected by women, the leaders of the tribe are all headed by women.

Even the head of a large family like Meng Huo, when he married Mrs. Zhurong, he had to go to the Zhurong Department to complete the marriage, and he couldn't marry Mrs. Zhurong home.

The boy born to Mrs. Zhurong is naturally surnamed Meng, and Meng was brought home to raise him, and the girl born to Mrs. Zhurong is the heir of the Zhurong Department.

The customs are like this, it is not that Mrs. Zhurong has no feelings for Meng Shu, on the contrary, the relationship between the two is still good.

Now that her husband is poor and has come to vote, Mrs. Zhurong naturally sincerely accepts Meng Huo.

And Meng Shu didn't hide it from his wife, after seeing Mrs. Zhurong, he immediately pulled Mrs. Zhurong into the room, and then told Mrs. Zhurong the real situation.

Originally, Mrs. Zhurong was quite shy, thinking that her husband was so old, why was she still in such a hurry. But after listening to Meng Shu's story, the whole person's face changed.

Mrs. Zhurong is also a patriarch, not stupid Bai Tian, what Meng Yu said, she knows very well what it means.

Moreover, Meng Shu told himself this straight to the point for the first time, obviously not to pit his own tribe. Therefore, Mrs. Zhurong's first reaction was - what benefits can our clan get?!

Meng Yu said, if I have a bite to eat, can I miss yours?!

But Mrs. Zhurong said, it doesn't matter if my daughter and I eat or not, but there are more than 20,000 people in my tribe, so we have to have a job, right?!

You have a lot of benefits from doing this, but if you break it, can we Zhu Rongbu continue to survive in Nanzhong?!

Without any benefit protection, I can't convince the elders of the clan to cooperate with you!!

The current Meng Shu and Mrs. Zhurong are no longer considering the problem from the perspective of husband and wife, but between the two clan leaders, they are negotiating their respective conditions.

Mrs. Zhurong wants to get a suitable condition for the clansmen, otherwise she will definitely not easily agree to help Meng Shu.

As for Meng Shu, he didn't want to easily give up the benefits that belonged to the Meng family, after all, he wouldn't get too much.

As the two men talked, they began to argue, and as they argued, they quarreled.

This made Hua Yan, who was finally able to see his father once, and rushed over to ask for a meeting, very worried.

I heard that my father had lost the battle, so I probably came to ask my mother for help to send troops. Now it's so noisy, could it be that my mother doesn't agree?!

This is not good.

(End of chapter)