choke element

Chapter 173 Guilty

The resistance of local powerful families in Laizhou was weaker than expected.

Monk Luo and other three groups failed to sweep Laizhou in the end.On the first day they set off, there was still fighting, and where they went the next day, it depended on the news.

Previously, Guo Ning and Yica Chucai speculated that the situation here in Laizhou would not lead to the use of weapons.It turned out that there was no such thing. The military actions of Monk Luo and others, in terms of intensity, were nothing more than armed parades.

On the third day, when the news of Xu Ruxian's death in Ye County was spread everywhere, some manors and villages even rioted and killed their original leaders, and sent people to convey their sincerity to Monk Luo and other ministries.So much so that Monk Luo and the others were able to complete their tasks in sevens and eighties without moving their troops.

Tunbao, Haicang Town.

Jue came in and presented the military newspaper.

Guo Ning flipped through it briefly, then took the list compiled by Xu Yu and Aluhan to compare, looked at it twice, took a pen to scribble a few names, looked at it again, and scribbled a few more names.

Since yesterday, this list has been continuously smeared, and it is now completely black.No more than [-]% of the remaining unsmeared.And these [-]% have already scrambled to surrender.

Guo Ning was naturally satisfied that Monk Luo and the others completed the task so quickly, but he was not in a happy mood either.

He put down his pen, and said to Yira Chucai: "Most of the private salt dealers gathered in the town of Purification are waiting for the wind to surrender. However, the poor refugees in the wasteland for reclamation have a few tough bones. Those few people gathered the scattered tribes, about Three to five hundred people fled to Dengzhou. Monk Luo felt that his generation was a hero, so he didn't pursue them."

Yi Shi Chucai nodded slightly.

After a while, Guo Ning said again: "On both sides of the Gushui River, there are many fields occupied by Lugu Bilameng'an. The Jurchens in that area belong to Shimuwen Mountain and Wugai Bila. Most of them are rich and wealthy, with a family of one to thirty hectares occupying the land, and in the past, they used to be arrogant and resentful. In the past few days, the Han sons in the local area have mostly attacked by chaos. In these two or three days, the massacres many."

Aruhan specifically explained the situation of the two Moukes clearly.It can make him, a Jurchen, very angry, which shows the extent to which these two Mo Ke have gone too far.

However, Guo Ning did not send anyone to fight, no matter these two Moukes or others. After all, it was under the rule of Dajin, and some things were not suitable for large-scale operations. the same.

Yila Chucai kept writing, and said in a deep voice: "Jieshuai, it's almost enough to mess up for two or three days. Those two Moukes are still flattering in Haicang Town. In the future, we will naturally abolish these Meng Anmouke, redistribute the fields, right now, the locality can't stay in chaos."

"That's right." Guo Ning pulled a piece of paper, wrote a few words, stamped it, and asked Xie Cong to bring it to Han Xuan in the garrison area immediately.

He rolled up the list with names written on it, put it back to the original place, and spread out another stack of documents, and stacked the list that Jue brought from this time on top.

"From Qingliu Village, a large amount of wealth was also collected. There is some food, a small amount of armor and military equipment, and most of them, like the supplies copied by other families, are gold, silk, satin and various treasures. These powerful families are arrogant and extravagant. , I really didn’t expect it.”

Guo Ning patted the thick document and showed it to Chu Cai: "I thought that there would be ten copies of this type of list, but in two or three days, I received no less than fifty copies. The copies are so densely packed that I can’t remember them on a few sheets of paper.”

Yi thorn Chu Cai turned over and sighed.

The day before yesterday, Monk Luo and others transported the seized gold and pearls back to Haicang Town. In just one day, they brought over a dozen or twenty carts.Later, because too many were seized, it was temporarily sealed up and cleaned up slowly in the future.

"It's inevitable..." He said: "That generation always thinks they are rebels, but in fact, they are just thieves. What they want is not big things, but only wealth."

Guo Ning was startled, then laughed: "As expected, rebels and thieves are different."

The name Xu Ruxian is well-known in Laizhou.Many of his subordinates had previously fought against the Song people or rebelled against them, and they were once mighty and powerful characters.

They rose up through the years of famine and chaos, and once made a lot of noise and made a splash, but their battle ended without any result.In Laizhou, the poor still cannot survive and are still oppressed by others, and the Jurchens are still collecting money and oppressing the Han.

On the contrary, Xu Ruxian and the others made a fuss for a while, got the official position from the imperial court, grabbed the benefits from the local area, and then they were satisfied, slack off, and depraved.

So "anti-thief" became "thief".

In the following years, they held the desperate people with one hand, and hooked up with the court subordinates with the other hand. Although they pretended to rebel at any time to bluff people, what they really wanted was to seek more benefits from the chaos.

Their local prestige is only a tool to grab benefits.

But this kind of power is actually extremely weak.

Guo Ning really suppressed them with strong soldiers, and found that they were mighty and powerful. The kind of person I hate the most.

The ridiculous thing is that Guo Ning knows that he himself is a big traitor.

And the faster these people surrendered, the more actively they confided their sincerity to Guo Ning, which only made Guo Ning more certain that such a person would never accomplish anything.

Not only can they not accomplish anything by themselves, but the people who rely on them can't accomplish anything either.

"I don't know if there are many people like Xu Ruxian under Yang An'er's command..." Guo Ning said slowly, "I am in Laizhou, but I don't need such people."

"What does Jieshuai mean?"

"That guy named Zhang Ruji killed Xu Ruxian to claim credit from me. It was nothing more than a trick of cutting off his tail to survive, betting that I would not kill indiscriminately. Those powerful and powerful people saw that the situation was not right, and they all bowed their heads and begged for surrender. , is also a gamble."

Guo Ning got up and stood at the tent door, looking at the busy people outside, and the roads, camps, and garrisons at first sight.

These people have already surrendered, and if they want to kill them, it will definitely not work.

Killing and surrendering is done in the process of conquest, it can be used to show arrogance and prestige, and it can be used to threaten the enemy.But doing it after the conquest has come to an end is in vain to show cruelty to the outside world, which can only worsen one's own reputation and cause trouble in the future.

Guo Ning's reputation as a vicious tiger is already ferocious enough.Laizhou is his turf. On his own turf, he should pay attention to his benevolence and reputation so as to unite people's hearts.

"Besides, they are betting not only on my reputation, but also on the situation in Laizhou. The Mongol army is approaching, and civil uprisings are imminent. They believe that I, the Jiedushi, will strive for stability. And as long as it stabilizes for a while, these people will return to their original positions sooner or later based on their local foundation...it is nothing more than a matter of time."

Having said that, Guo Ning sneered a few times.

Guo Ning knows better than anyone what the future situation will be like, and he also knows how difficult the situation he will face.

However, from the standpoint of a warrior, he believes that only the toughest and most reliable army can fight against a strong enemy, and no matter how powerful the weak soldiers assembled temporarily will only lead to death and chaos.

In his opinion, no matter how few fighters are willing to devote every drop of blood and every effort to killing the enemy, they are better than those who wave the flag, add icing on the cake, and immediately waver at critical moments.

Guo Ning made up his mind: "None of these people can be used! Moreover, there must be a way to control them and get them out of place!"

Yicai Chucai immediately said: "It's easy."

"How to do it?"

"What they rely on is nothing more than their own reputation in the village, the private soldiers under their command, and the fields under their control. The commander-in-chief might as well prepare a generous salary and hire them all as accomplices, and let them stay in the Jiedu envoy's mansion permanently, so that Prepare for consultation; then draw out all their private soldiers, organize them into the town defense army, dismantle them and reorganize them, and farm in different places."

"Yes." Guo Ning nodded: "Jin Qing, you can make arrangements."

In a few words, the future of Zhang Ruji and others was decided, and Chucai said again:
"Since that's the case, do we want to put all the local officials here in Haicang Town back? There must always be someone to do local governance."

Guo Ning shook his head: "These people can't be put back either. Jinqing, I suddenly have a new idea about local matters..."

(End of this chapter)