Su Ren and his Chengdu County soldiers became famous in the first battle. Not only did they have some influence in the Shu County army, but they also captured a lot of money, and received unanimous praise from all the people in Shu County. On the day when the army and horses came back, Commander Wen Dang
Officials from Shu County, big and small, slaughtered pigs and sheep to greet him at the city gate. The people watching the excitement congratulated Su Ren on his victory, and thanked Su Ren for cleaning up the surrounding bandits for them.
Those 1,500 Yuansan bandits had never seen such a scene before, and their eyes were shining brightly. Everyone needs to be respected, even if you are a bandit. In the past, when they were in Yuansan, they would rob or snatch food from them.
, now a little kid holds a piece of bread in both hands and hands it to them willingly. This feeling is different. It feels safe and comfortable to eat.
Fatty Wang was in such a mood right now. While nibbling the noodles in his hand, he reached out and stroked the dirty child's head in front of him. He smiled and suddenly remembered something. He quickly took out a copper coin from his arms and said, "Here you are.
The captain said that you can’t take the people’s things for free, so treat this pancake as what I bought!”
The child stared at the copper coin in Fatty Wang's hand, then looked back at the woman standing not far away. He wanted to reach out but didn't dare. Fatty Wang thrust the copper coin into the child's hand: "Here, if you let me
Sima Yicao will beat me to death if he knows I eat without paying for it!" Ignoring the child again, Fatty Wang got up and chased the group.
Tang Meng saw this scene clearly, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He looked at his team, shook his head and sighed. After the county soldiers passed by, there was a steady stream of prisoners. His enthusiasm for treating the county soldiers suddenly turned into
They treated the prisoners harshly. They forgot that the county soldiers walking in front were also bandits in the past. They just turned around and became relatives.
"Hit! Kill these damn bandits!" Someone shouted, and stones flew all over the sky. The prisoners grinned from the beating, but they did not dare to shout. The county soldiers guarding the prisoners on the side just held the prisoners from a distance.
Separated from the people, there is no intention to dissuade. This is the ancient times. As the winner, you have the right to deal with and humiliate the loser.
Wen Dang stepped forward quickly, and Tang Meng led Su Ren to dismount and salute. Wen Dang was very happy and reached out to help Tang Meng, but his eyes were on Su Ren: "Hard work, hard work, except for the bandits in Chengdu, the people can live in peace, thanks to the two of you
Very big!"
"Thank you, Governor. That's my duty. I don't dare to take credit!" Tang Meng thanked him with his hands.
Wen Dang laughed and helped Tang Meng up again. A group of people led the way and walked slowly through the streets of Chengdu towards the prefect's mansion. As they walked, they felt the cheers of the people. They spent the whole morning arranging everything.
The county soldiers returned to the barracks. There were too many prisoners, so they could only arrange them in the Shujun barracks and send people to guard them closely for twelve hours.
Sitting in the lobby of the Prefect's Mansion, the banquet has been laid out. Wine and food specially brought from Cuixiang Tower and the chefs brought out delicacies one after another. The sight of them made people's appetites increase. Everyone was very happy, except Zhang Dequanjing.
Sitting quietly in the corner, just drinking with his head down.
Wen Dang picked up his wine glass and said, "Come on, we won a big victory this time. I believe that all the bandits in Shu County will be wiped out soon. Let's wish Captain Tang a great victory in advance!"
Tang Meng hurriedly picked up the wine glass and stood up. He congratulated the prefect from afar and finished the drink with his head raised: "Su Xiaowei is the one who made the greatest contribution in suppressing the bandits this time. We are just taking advantage of Su Xiaowei! Su Xiaowei's county soldiers
Brave and good at fighting, he is the best soldier in our Shu County!"
Chang Shi said at the right time: "This is natural. Su Xiaowei single-handedly conquered the most difficult Zhangshugou, and he and Tang Duwei captured Feihu Ridge, and captured a large number of things. Naturally, he has the greatest credit. Come, let us respect Su Xiaowei together."
One cup!”
You Changshi took the lead and everyone toasted together. Su Ren bowed his hands in thanks and drank first as a mark of respect.
The banquet reached its climax, and everyone was praising Su Ren for his achievements. Tang Meng sat aside and watched quietly, smiling and looking very happy, but he glanced at Zhang Dequan in the corner with his peripheral vision and sighed softly.
He breathed a sigh of relief, but it was a pity that he was a close confidant. After this incident, his lieutenant general could no longer be saved. He should find a replacement as soon as possible, and he must not let Su Ren take over.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wen Dang wiped his beard and said: "Although this battle is won, it is not easy to place these three thousand prisoners. If they are scattered and placed, I am afraid that the various places will not accept it. If
Place a place..."
"We must not settle them in one place!" Chang Shi quickly stopped him: "Once you are a bandit, you will always be a bandit. If you settle them in one place and fail to ensure that these people return to their old professions, our suppression of bandits will be in vain!"
"Then we can only kill them all!" Tang Meng said calmly, as if he was not talking about people, but a group of pigs and a group of sheep.
"Killing prisoners is unlucky and must not be done!" Wen Dang quickly stopped him: "The culprit should be killed as a warning to others. To put it bluntly, it's us who didn't take care of them. As Zi Heng said, as long as the people have a little life,
We will never steal from the source, and we must not blame our mistakes on them!"
Fa Cao looked sad: "That's what I say, but what should we do with these three thousand people? We can neither kill nor release them. Could it be possible to lock them all up?"
Su Ren didn't speak the whole time, just burying his head in eating. Ever since he went out to suppress the bandits, he hadn't had a good meal. There was a top-notch banquet in Cuixiang Tower in front of him. This group of people only talked but didn't move their chopsticks. In Su Ren's eyes,
It seemed that he was mentally ill. After eating almost all the dishes in front of him, Su Ren burped, then put down his chopsticks, took a sip of wine, and turned around to ask the servant serving him to bring tea.
"Teacher!" Su Ren took a deep breath and exhaled the alcohol in his stomach: "Since you have nothing to do, why not leave these three thousand people to me?"
"Oh! What good idea does Ziheng have?"
Su Ren shook his head: "There is indeed a way, but I don't know if it is good or not. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and people of the same kind should be controlled by the same people!"
"What does Lieutenant Su mean?" Chang Shi was also confused: "Is it possible that you are planning to recruit these people to enrich your county soldiers?"
Bing Cao Rong's face suddenly darkened: "According to the imperial law, there are only one thousand and five county soldiers in Chengdu. Su Xiaowei's county soldiers suffered the least loss in this battle. These are three thousand prisoners. If they are all incorporated into the county soldiers, there will be no way to feed them."
promise!"
"Ha!" Su Ren glanced at Bing Cao Rong: "What? Now you think of grain and fodder? When did you, Bing Cao Rong, send a cart of grain and fodder to my county barracks?"
"Uh...!" Bing Cao Rong was speechless for a moment, but he still retorted: "No matter what, you can never be incorporated into the county army!"
"I don't want to be incorporated into the county army!" Su Ren smiled contemptuously: "I plan to place these people in Yuanshan. Yuanshan is originally a den of mountain bandits. I will mix these guys in to ensure that they will not come out to cause trouble again.
.”
Tang Meng thought for a while: "Yuanshan is also a resettlement place, but there is another problem. Yuanshan is not the territory of our Shu County. If the prisoners of our Shu County are placed somewhere other than Shu County, if the court asks
, I’m afraid the prefect can’t explain it either.”
Changshi nodded: "Yes! Although the method is good, it has consequences!"
Su Rendao: "In this case, wouldn't it be better to let Yuanshan be included in Shu County?"
"Oh! Is this serious?"
Yuanshan was recovered by Su Ren, and he strongly supported Yuanshan's construction and helped Yuanshan bandits find a way out. It can be said that Yuanshan is Su Ren's inherent territory. If Su Ren didn't say anything, even the Wen Party would not be able to pull it away.
I want to show my face. Besides, with the temperament of the Yuanshan bandits, they may not obey the advice of Su Ren, a great benefactor, but they may not listen to the arrangements of Shu County. If something goes wrong and the tens of thousands of Yuanshan bandits are forced to become thieves again,
Even the Literary Party cannot afford it.
Su Ren smiled: "Of course I take it seriously, but I have a condition!"
"Zi Heng, please speak!"
"Yuanshan has the rules of Yuanshan. It has never accepted the jurisdiction of that dynasty for hundreds of years. Neither Qin, Qiang, Yelang, or our Han Dynasty have actually ruled it. As a new territory, I hope
The prefect can give Yuanshan a few years of buffering time, so that the people of Yuanshan can slowly accept the imperial court and the rule of our Han Dynasty."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Su Ren continued: "I have tentatively set this time as ten years. Yuanshan is a self-controlled county. Yuanshan County can be established. The county magistrate and county captains will be selected by Yuanshan himself, and a certain number of soldiers and horses will be retained.
!”
"You still want to keep your troops and horses? This is absolutely not possible!" Bing Cao Rong heard this and immediately spoke out.
Su Ren ignored him and didn't say anything. He picked up the tea cup and started to taste the tea.
Chang Shi frowned and said to Cao Tong, the soldier: "Listen to Captain Su and don't interrupt!"
Bing Cao Rong blushed deeply and sat down again without making a sound. Su Ren smiled and said: "Of course, the court can also send people, including county magistrates and military marquises, as deputies of the county magistrate and county lieutenants to help govern Yuanshan.
Let’s take our time!”
"All this is based on Yuanshan's return to the territory of the Han Dynasty. This point must not be compromised. More importantly, if the imperial court wants to use troops against Yelang or around Shu County, Yuanshan must send troops to assist for a period of ten years. After that, the imperial court will fully
Taking over, it is no different from the various counties in Shu County!"
Everyone is thinking and digesting this suggestion put forward by Su Ren. The core of this suggestion is that Yuanshan will be included in the territory of the Han Dynasty from now on, and this ten-year period also gives the court a buffer, which is not a good idea.
Method. But there are risks. What if the Yuansan people are still unwilling to submit to the imperial court after ten years? The initial investment was so large, but it was wasted in the end. No one can take the responsibility.
I have to say that there is some insight into common things. After hearing what Su Ren said, he said: "Isn't this similar to the vassal states?"
Su Ren was proud of the "one country, two systems" he proposed, but he did not expect that the Han Dynasty had always used this method to govern the vassal states. Compared with the status of the existing vassal states, Yuanshan was naturally inferior. Moreover, the county magistrate of Yuanshan was not as good as
It will be hereditary like the king of a vassal state, and it is easier to manage than a vassal state.
"Okay! I will report it to the court immediately! I will always help you with this matter!" Wen Dang made up his mind.
Su Ren stood up quickly: "How dare students disobey orders!" (To be continued)