This is the reason for Zheng Pu's sudden bad attitude towards Cang Ci.
In fact, Zheng Pu didn't care about his life or death at all. Anyway, he would not be used by the Han Dynasty at all, and what Liao Hua said before was that he had great prestige, and killing him would make the people of Zhangye County look down on him. Zheng Pu did not take it seriously.
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Zheng Pu considers himself not a murderous person, but he is not a pedantic person either.
Therefore, he felt that if any of the disciples on the west side of the river who dared to complain or act disobediently, who had always been restless, fearful of power and unethical, would take advantage of the opportunity of the Han soldiers to attack them!
Eliminate evil, but do your best!
Instead of seeking temporary stability and pursuing compromises, it will leave incentives for turmoil in the future.
Just like before when the Wei State regained Liangzhou, even if the famous ministers Zhang Ji and Xu Miao successively appeased it, it was still difficult to escape the cycle of rebellion every few years!
It may be said that the reason for this is the harsh government decrees of the Wei State and the numerous conscriptions, which made the common people suffer.
However, if we trace back to its roots, it is that there is little literature and etiquette, and the counties have been out of line for a long time, which has led to people's dissatisfaction.
If the situation is like this, we should break down and then stand up again!
Declare the majesty of the imperial court with the blade of the sword, tremble with blood, break the foundation of their old reliance on arbitrariness, rebuild the order of the government, and finally implement culture and education for long-term peace and stability.
But Zheng Pu also knew that it would be difficult to implement his own ideas, at least based on the current national policy of the Han Dynasty.
Everyone in the Han Dynasty was committed to returning the old capital.
Because the people of Bashu are almost exhausted, too much manpower and material resources should not be consumed in the Hexi Corridor. Everyone's consensus is that the Hexi Corridor will have a smooth transition just like the rebellion in Nanzhong was suppressed, and the program will be roughly defined. And Nanzhong is now
The results were indeed good. Not only was the situation stable, but it also provided military supplies and soldiers for the imperial court's Northern Expedition.
Therefore, Zheng Pu will naturally not reiterate his opinion.
However, as long as he did not violate the Prime Minister's decision, he did not hesitate to show his lack of virtue in some ways.
Now that everyone felt that Cang Ci could not be killed, he made him dare not die!
"I know your will, and I don't ask you to surrender. However, you can live in seclusion or be imprisoned. Even if you want to return to Guandong Township, I can also petition the Prime Minister for permission, but I can't ask for death!
If the Lord of the Prefecture dies, the people of the prefectures and counties will blame our army. How is this different from me driving troops to destroy the prefecture? I have asked the Prefecture Lord several times to discuss it. It is not that I am unable to break the prefecture, but to hope that the prefecture and county can safely change the banner.
If you are determined to die, and in order to ensure the stability of Zhangye, I have no choice but to imprison all of your soldiers to avoid causing trouble in the future. Having said that, I hope you will choose carefully!"
Zheng Pu's voice was stern and he restrained Cang Ci with benevolence and righteousness, then he walked away.
It also made Zhuge Qiao, who was sitting beside him, feel helpless for a while.
Since he was appointed as his deputy by the Prime Minister and Zheng Pu left the meeting sternly, he has the responsibility to deal with the aftermath.
If you want people to listen to your teachings, you need to be strong and soft at the same time.
He secretly glanced at Cang Ci, who was already showing anger, thought for a while, and carefully considered the softening words he wanted to say in his heart. Then he stepped forward, cupped his hands and said softly, "Hexi is like today.
, before Wei Ping led all his troops to Jincheng, and later Jia Xu was defeated and killed in Lingju, it was not the fault of the prefect, so why is it evil to be eager to die? Furthermore, even if the prefect wants to die and have a full name, I secretly think it is not appropriate to do so.
Time!"
Cang Ci seemed to have listened to the last sentence.
His face was slightly brighter, he turned his head and looked at me, waiting for the next words.
This played into Zhuge Qiao's wish, so he continued, "Throughout the past and present, wars are fought to the extreme. The prefect and I have never met each other. Although we have been promised, are you not afraid that we will break our promises and get fat? In my opinion, the prefect should not bend his body."
In the county, let's see how our army treats the people before planning for the future. In case our army treats the common people harshly, we can also make decisions for the people."
"well"
With a sigh, Cang Ci returned the gift to Zhuge Qiao and walked back.
It’s not that he recognized Zhuge Qiao’s words of relief.
Based on the good governance of the Han army in Longyou in recent years, he did not think that the Han army would treat the common people in the county harshly.
But he knew that if he didn't comply, Zheng Pu's threat would really come true.
A soldier is an unknown weapon and does not stop at the battlefield.
When the Wei State attacked the rebellion in Hexi, it was not uncommon to destroy families and kill people. Now, in order to establish prestige, the Han army punished two thousand enemy soldiers as slaves. Why not?
"gone?"
As soon as he turned around and left, Zheng Pu appeared from the rear army formation, his face was kind and pleasant, showing no trace of anger just now. He looked at Zhuge Qiao and smiled, "Hey, let's fight without fighting."
If you return, you will surely succumb to me. Therefore, it can be said that our army recovered Zhangye County without any bloodshed!"
Zhuge Qiao was speechless for a moment.
After a while, Fang said angrily, "There are hundreds of things a scholar should do, and virtue is the first. What Zheng Jun did was contrary to virtue!"
"Hahaha~~"
Hearing this, Zheng Pu was not ashamed, but instead smiled at Hu Gupan.
It also made Zhuge Qiao even more dumbfounded.
I was about to say something to persuade, but after hesitating for a moment, I finally swallowed it.
In the past, after the late emperor established Shu, he bathed in virtue like the prime minister Zhuge Liang, which was consistent with the law and justice that must be repaid. Now Zheng Pu behaves erratically for the benefit of the country, and he himself does not dare to compare with the prime minister, so why should he say this?
And if things went as Zheng Pu said, not long after Cang Ci returned, a man came over from the Wei army formation, claiming to be Zhang Ye Gong Cao, and said that all the two thousand soldiers stationed in the field were willing to surrender.
But when the Han army went over to collect the surrendered soldiers, they found that Cang Ci had already left.
When he came to inquire about the meritorious officer, it turned out that Cang Ci did not want to witness Zhang Ye's mourning, so he went back early to pack up his belongings and fled to his hometown, Luyan, to live in seclusion. However, before leaving, he also gave instructions to the meritorious officer and asked him to inform him on his behalf.
There is no need for other assistants to resist in vain.
It has a beginning and an end.
The Han army that successfully passed through the Yanzhi Corridor was surrounded by county meritorious officials, and all the cities along the way were informed of the situation. Zheng Pu used his wartime power to temporarily order the former Wei officials and assistants in each county to carry out their orders.
The camp was settled in the county where Zhizhi got it.
After writing a letter to discuss the matter with Fei Yi and recruiting Wang Ping to lead the army, Zheng Pu assigned responsibilities to each of the generals.
Instead, they left Zong's preliminary troops in the county and divided their troops to guard the county cities and the Shandan army and horse pastures. The rest, such as Liao Hua, Wang Ping, Mi Wei and Pang Hong, supervised their troops to go to Jiuquan County to attack Huang Hua, and followed the previous battle with the Zhang family in Dunhuang.
An army was arranged to besiege Dunhuang, and "forced" the governor Zhang to surrender "helplessly" for the sake of the lives of the common people in the county.
And before leaving, Zheng Pu also told them that future wars would be assigned to Ma Dai, who had the highest official position, and there was no need to assign them to himself.
This is because those who achieve great success do not seek to benefit the public, but when they gain great benefits, they will definitely share it with the public.
Just as Wei Yan did not come to Hexi, he did not need to go to Jiuquan and Dunhuang County to share the achievements of others.
As for Zong Yu, who is temporarily guarding the county, he is under the Prime Minister's Central Army. He has experienced many wars in recent years and does not need special arrangements.
Naturally, he was not careless.
Xu Zhi, who had surrendered to the Han Dynasty a long time ago, was from Zhangye, and his family was from the Guan clan, which was quite prestigious in the county. It was just right for Zheng Pu to invite all the wealthy families in the county and the Qiang and Hu tribes to the banquet.
