Seeing Li Pu looking at Zhang Ping aggressively, Han Qian did not wait for Zhang Ping to express his stance. He opened his robe and sat behind the central desk, and said calmly:
"In the previous battles of the Chishan Army, 8,000 people were killed in the battles, and the strong and strong were severely damaged. However, if more than 300,000 women and children want to survive the cold winter, a large amount of strong labor is needed to build houses and quarry coal and stone to ensure that fires can be made between the huts.
We need to keep warm, and at this time we recruit the limited number of strong men to join the army. I don’t know how many women and children will freeze to death on the side of the road in this cold winter!"
After hearing what Han Qian said, Wei Zhen and Zhou Yuanhe, who were sitting at the bottom, couldn't help but look at Gu Zhilong.
Regardless of what Gu Zhilong thought when the Battle of Langxi broke out, after surrendering, even if he did not cry out to the outside world that the Han family did not believe their words and used deception to kill Xuanzhou children, he always insisted that he had made up his mind to surrender at that time.
His Highness, the Third Highness, surrendered to Yueyang and decided to go to Xuancheng to meet Han Wenhuan and Han Daochang.
Gu Zhaonai was Gu Zhilong's most arrogant son, but even if Gu Zhao refused to surrender, Langxicheng only lasted a little more than a day before falling.
Of course, everyone knows that the Chishan Army suffered heavy casualties. Counting the tough battle in which the Chishan Army attacked the Shangbao family, Han Qian said that the Chishan Army killed 8,000 elite soldiers. It is not an exaggeration at all.
But they didn't know how Gu Zhilong felt when he heard this.
Gu Zhilong only looked slightly gloomy, and others could not tell what he was thinking at all.
Han Qian continued: "Whether you believe it or not, Han Qian came to Jinling not only to help His Highness fight against the rebellion and recover Jinling, but also to fulfill his father's last wish and hope that the war in Jinling would be as small as possible.
It has affected the common people of Li. The Yueyang army is approaching and the Anning Palace building will collapse. The role that Zuo Guangde's army can play is already very limited. At present, they only need to fulfill their responsibilities. After His Highness enters Jinling, Han Qian
I will have to return to Xuzhou to continue mourning for my late father, and then I will have to trouble you to take care of the Zuo Guangde army generals and their children..."
"Hmph!" If he hadn't thought that Han Qian was an envoy, Li Pu would have wanted to poke his nostrils into Han Qian's face to show his ridicule at Han Qian's words, thinking that this guy really thought they were three-year-old children.
ah!
Gu Zhilong, Wei Zhen and others waited for Gu Zuo to talk about the rest, but no one responded to Han Qian's words. Who knows if Han Qian said it deliberately to test them?
Take the initiative to hand over military power?
Not to mention them, after Your Highness regained Jinling and ascended the throne, it was impossible to force Han Qian to hand over his military power, right?
In addition to Feng Liao, Feng Yi, Feng Xuan, Kong Xirong, Guo Que, Zhou Chu, Zhao Qi, and even the military supervisor Zhang Ping, who were sitting on the sidelines to discuss the matter, heard Han Qian mention handing over military power after the war for the first time.
, returned to Xuzhou alone to continue mourning. At this moment, they also looked at each other. It was impossible to tell whether this was Han Qian's perfunctory excuse for Li Pu and others, or whether he really had such an idea.
Of course, even though Feng Liao had said these words to Li Pu and others on behalf of Han Qian earlier, he never thought that Han Qian would actually hand over the Guangde military system and the diplomatic mission after the war. At that time, he was more inclined to think that Han Qian said that
, hoping that Li Pu and Gu Zhilong would put in more effort.
Feng Liao did not expect Han Qian to formally mention this matter again.
Han Wenhuan, who had been squinting his eyes to rest in the court hall, opened his eyes wide at this moment.
Han Qian continued in a calm tone: "The replacement of fields and houses in the three counties, combined with the reclamation of lakes and lakes this winter, before next spring plowing, a total of 80,000 soldiers and civilians can be accommodated, but anyway, the total population reaches more than 170,000 or 80,000.
This has reached the limit of the land carrying capacity of the three counties! However, even if the families of Taowu Ji soldiers are small, they can move back to Taowu Ji after the recapture of Jinling Mountain, but by then there will still be more than 200,000 old, weak, women and children left.
In order to prevent them from starving to death, the only way for them to settle down is to provide basic protection for them in the form of recruiting soldiers and workers. However, after all calculations, there are still seven days left for the Zhizhi Mission every year.
The expenditure gap of 800,000 yuan cannot be filled by any means. This is the gap calculated after Xuan She Rao Sanzhou is responsible for the basic supplies of the generals of the Guangde Army. When the time comes, I will pat my butt and walk away.
We also ask you all to work together to find a way to fill this gap, or find other ways to accommodate these women and children!"
Hearing Han Qian speak in such detail, almost handing over all the information of Zuo Guangde's army, Gu Zhilong, Wei Zhen, Li Xiu and others looked solemn, secretly feeling that Han Qian's words about handing over military power after the war might not be just words.
Rather, it serves as a condition to fill the gap in money and food for the resettlement of so many old, weak, women and children.
Li Pu couldn't help but glanced at Wen Ruilin beside him with a solemn expression.
Wen Ruilin did not sneak back to Jinling with Li Pu in the early days, but stayed with Chai Jian to advise Li Chong. Chai Jian succeeded Li Zhigao when he went out to control Shaozhou and was responsible for organizing the defense line at Wuzhisiling to resist the rebels who retreated to Yongzhou.
He also went to Shaozhou with Chai Jian for a time.
This time, Yueyang launched a general mobilization with the intention of capturing Jinling in one fell swoop. The two states of Shao and Heng also turned to a defensive posture and opened contact with the rebels who retreated to Yongzhou. Wen Ruilin was able to escape and rushed to Xuanzhou with two young men.
, to advise Li Pu on military and political matters.
When Wen Ruilin rushed to Li Pu's side, the first piece of advice he gave Li Pu was that Han Qian should not be easily allowed to secure the position of the commander of the Guangde Army.
At this time, as Han Qian said, it does not mean much whether the Zuo-Guangde Army should carry out general mobilization. Under the current situation, there are many people who want to fight for war glory. The Zuo-Guangde Army has 10,000 more troops and less than 10,000 troops.
Not less, but urging Han Qian to recruit more capable laborers to join the Zuo-Guangde Army would greatly slow down Han Qian's work of resettling women and children in Guangde.
When he came this time, Li Pu also expected that Han Qian would use the old, weak, women and children as an excuse. Wen Ruilin also persuaded him to agree to Han Qian to allocate an extra amount of money and food from the military funds every month to temporarily protect these old, weak, women and children.
Mental preparation for winter.
Money and food are now allocated from the military to ensure the supply of basic supplies for these old, weak, women and children, which can be cut off at any time after the war.
And once so many old, weak, women and children who have Han Qian in their hearts are allowed to take root so close to Jinling, not only can they be self-sufficient, but they can even squeeze out a small army to supply military supplies, what consequences will there be?
It's serious. Wen Ruilin doesn't need any explanation. Li Pu can figure it out himself.
It's just that Li Pu didn't expect that Han Qian would directly raise this matter as a condition for him to hand over military power.
If so, do they still have an excuse to continue to force Han Qian to mobilize the Zuo Guangde Army?
Even if Yue Yang cross-examines him, Han Qian can definitely use this excuse to get over it, right?
While Li Pu was hesitating, he heard Wen Ruilin tapping his fingers on the chopping board. He turned his head and saw Wen Ruilin opening his mouth, and silently but distinctly uttered two words: "Deadline..."
Li Pu understood the idea, sat up straight and said to Han Qian: "If the two armies march smoothly, Zuo Guangde Army will temporarily slow down its expansion, but if it enters December, the Jiangxi Recruitment Army and Jiangxi Recruitment Army will not be able to go smoothly.
If we can't do our best to capture Chizhou City, I'm afraid Mr. Han won't be very loyal to His Highness by then, right?"
Han Qian glanced at Wen Ruilin, then looked at Li Pu, his eyes became sharp, and he said rudely: "What I said in front of you is definitely not a lie, you can pass it on as it is.
Come to His Highness - and I am loyal to Your Highness, as the sun and the moon can tell me, after the Youguang German Army fights several bloody battles, Mr. Li will use these words to pressure me again!"
Hearing Han Qian's words, Li Pu felt as if someone had hit him hard on the forehead with a hammer, and his temples jumped suddenly, but he could not refute. The Guangde military system established an envoy's office, and Han Qian was the chief envoy, and he, as the deputy envoy, responded to
Everyone in Yueyang recognized Han Qian's achievements.
He also realized that some of his words were rude, but he would not bow to Han Qian.
"Master Li is also very passionate about the Chu State. Mr. Han, please don't worry about it. How can we doubt Mr. Han's loyalty to His Highness?" Wei Zhen intervened at this time to act as a peacemaker, easing the tension between Han Qian and Li Pu. The tension between the envoys.
Han Qian's expression softened slightly, and he discussed many matters with everyone about the current situation, assigned the tasks to be undertaken by each department, and then ordered people to arrange a simple banquet.
Food was so scarce that the Guangde Military Commission and the three prefectures banned the production and sale of alcohol. The so-called simple banquet consisted of a bowl of rice, a plate of pickles, a plate of sliced bacon, and a bowl of vegetable soup.
Everyone also knows that Guangde is in short supply of supplies. Besides, the dawn is just around the corner, so why should we be picky about food?
Li Pu, Gu Zhilong and others did not stay overnight in Langxi City. After having a simple banquet, they left surrounded by guards and returned to their respective garrison offices at night.
As a direct grandson, Han Qian should respectfully see the old man out of the house, but he really didn't know what to say. When the old man asked someone to help him get on the carriage, he turned around and walked towards the back house where he lived with Xi Yin.
Han Qian was thinking about something in his mind. He didn't expect that Xi Yin would stop walking in front of him. He almost bumped into her. He looked out at Zhao Wuji, Feng Yi, Feng Liao, Kong Xirong, Feng Xuan, and Zhao Qi in the yard. , Xi Faer, Zhou Chu, Guo Que and a large group of people were standing inside waiting for him to come over, and the guards in the yard told them to leave early.
Han Qian's face darkened, and he walked straight to the corridor. When he saw Feng Liao standing in front of the steps, he scolded: "Feng Liao, you are just eating enough to support yourself. If you don't go back to sleep, why are you standing here with these people? Anyone who wants to stand should stand outside the courtyard!"
Feng Liao smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say.
"You don't really want to hand over the military power after regaining Jinling, do you?" Feng Yi started to walk up the steps. When Han Qian's eyes became sharp, he stopped and said, "We are not advising you to have What inappropriate ambitions, but how many achievements have you made over the years, and who around Your Highness wants to see you? Let’s not talk about the disasters of the Feng family. The Prince of Li County spent half his life in the army, how glorious he was, but he passed away Yu Guangde, his sons are not staying in front of the bed, which is a bit desolate..."
"Get out of here. If anyone dares to talk nonsense in front of me again, don't blame me for being unkind." Han Qian scolded him without any courtesy, without any intention of trying to reason with Feng Yi or the others...
