Civil and military officials under Yuan Keli soon came to Yuan Keli's military tent and saw Hou Xun's head. They also learned that the emperor directly killed the official who impeached Yuan Keli.
As a result, these civil and military officials all showed more respect for Yuan Keli, and their obedience to Yuan Keli increased a lot.
Because now they all know that the emperor will kill a censor for Yuan Keli, and naturally they also understand that the emperor trusts Yuan Keli very much.
In addition, these officials also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that they didn't have to charge at the front line while Yan Guan was behind the scenes.
At this time, Zhu Xieyuan, the Right Chief Envoy of Sichuan, spoke up: "Your Majesty is wise! In this way, we don't have to take care of the officials, and we don't have to spend a lot of military salary to bribe these officials, but can use more In terms of fighting, based on this calculation, I believe that the southwest war has been at least half successful."
"That makes sense!"
"However, from the perspective of the lower officials, we can also see the emperor's intention from this matter. It is obvious that we must put down the rebellion of She Chongming, and he even did not hesitate to kill the officials to express his attitude, but we can only fight We must win, otherwise, if we are defeated, those officials will bite us even more fiercely."
Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, nodded, and after confirming Zhu Xieyuan's point of view, he expressed his opinion to Yuan Keli.
Yuan Keli stood up, holding his waistband with both hands, and said: "You really can't neglect it, but this time we are fully prepared, so we don't have to worry about whether we can put down She Chongming's rebellion. The only thing I'm worried about now is whether There will be other chieftains who will follow suit and raise armies! And to prevent other chieftains from rising up, She Chongming’s Yongning chieftain must fight well! Let the other chieftains die!”
"Since we don't have to care about the feelings of the officials in the capital now, it's better to use more of the money and food allocated by the court to appease the people."
Zhu Xieyuan continued to speak at this time, and stood up and said: "As far as the Qi Report Hall is concerned, as far as I know, most of the She Chongming tribe is surrendered to our Han people, and the largest number of them are military households. They do not really want to follow She Chongming in the rebellion. The imperial court is just being coerced, and Xiaguan has a strategy that can reduce more than half of She Chongming's power without spending a single soldier. Xiaguan's strategy is to use money and food to appease these Han people who have taken refuge in She Chongming, and even The barbarians at the bottom, during their tenure as Sichuan feudal lords, vigorously reclaimed wasteland. Now they have reclaimed tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land. They are preparing to recruit refugees to work in order to restore the decline in people's livelihood since the Zhou Rebellion. Now it is better to recruit these people directly and give them to them. Sow them grains, give them good fields, and let them abandon their weapons and spears and become good farmers."
"This is a very good strategy! It is up to you, Zhu Fantai, to do this. I have personally written an order to you. You can first allocate 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 shi of grain to guard the Fotu Pass. General Qin has already To relieve the siege of Chengdu, and if the She Chongming tribe fails to attack Chengdu, they will definitely come to Chongqing. If they want to conquer Chongqing, they must go through the Fotu Pass. I will also let people let people know that Chongqing’s grain owners are hoarding food in Fotu Pass. Tuguan, when the time comes, we will gather at Fotuguan to annihilate the She Chongming tribe."
Yuan Keli nodded and replied.
"Your Majesty, take your orders!"
Zhu Xieyuan immediately handed over his hand.
Then, Yuan Keli raised his thick eyebrows and looked at the other officers and generals: "She Chongming is currently surrounding Chengdu, but he will not be able to capture the city for a while, because I have asked the commander-in-chief Li Weixin and the commanders Yang Weilu and Huang Qiudong to lead the troops in advance. Three thousand elite soldiers gathered in Chengdu last month, and stored 300,000 dan of grain in Chengdu. Xu Ruke, the deputy military envoy, commanded the troops. Therefore, he only had to wait for Qin Liangyu's troops to arrive, and they should cooperate inside and outside. He would abandon Chengdu if he worshiped the Ming Dynasty extravagantly. .”
"Wise management!"
Xu Keqiu, Zhu Xieyuan and others replied.
"Before this, we had fortified the walls and cleared the country, allowing the governments in southern and eastern Sichuan to concentrate their grain and crops in Chongqing and Chengdu, and banned commercial travel. But now it is winter again, and there is no prey to hunt in the wild. Therefore, his extravagant Chongming army is now It should still be in a state of food shortage, and once he fails to conquer Chengdu, he will definitely come to Chongqing again. Before he comes to Chongqing, we have to set a trap for him."
Yuan Keli shouted: "Commander Du Wenhuan!"
"The general is here!"
Du Wenhuan, the commander-in-chief of Chongqing, immediately stood up and replied.
"Deputy Commander-in-Chief Li Shiqi!"
Li Shiqi, deputy commander-in-chief of Zunyi, also immediately stood up and replied: "The general is here!"
"General Wang Jianzhong!"
Luzhou General Wang Jianzhong also replied: "The last general is here!"
Then, Yuan Keli ordered: "With my order, you immediately lead your troops to assemble in the direction of Jiangjin and be ready to besiege the She Chongming rebels at any time!"
"Take orders!"
These generals immediately replied.
After arranging all this, Yuan Keli continued to stay in Chongqing with Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan.
However, Yuan Keli left the defense of Chongqing City to Xu Keqiu, and only focused on sending the old Sichuan soldiers he recruited to find out about other chieftains for him, especially the more powerful and restless Shuixi chieftain.
Therefore, after Yuan Keli arranged everything, he did not focus on pacifying the She Chongming tribe.
In addition, Yuan Keli still adopted a more stringent policy of strengthening walls and clearing wild areas, and concentrated the grain and fodder of Sichuan and Guizhou in major cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing, and Guiyang.
Yuan Keli also received the imperial edicts from Zhu Youxiao one after another. He found that the imperial court had the same idea as him, and also asked him to prepare for other chieftains to join forces to cause rebellion, and to continue to prepare for hoarding food and gathering troops for encirclement and suppression. However, There was no time limit specified for him to put down the rebellion, so Yuan Keli could deal with the southwest war with more peace of mind.
"Butang! Jinyiwei Qianhu Liangtong and others discovered that there was a business trip heading towards Ba County."
On this day, Yuan Keligang led his Biao Battalion to inspect outside Chongqing. Deng Qilong, the commander of his Biao Battalion, reported something to him at this time.
Yuan Keli said solemnly: "Bring them all here!"
"yes!"
Soon, these business travelers were brought to Yuan Keli.
A businessman was not afraid, and broke away from the soldiers who were holding him, shouting: "What are you doing! Let me go, we are His Royal Highness the King of Shu, you better know each other!"
"Chop them all! Confiscate all the supplies they brought!"
Yuan Keli dropped this sentence directly.
"yes!"
Deng Qilong followed Yuan Keli from Liaodong, so he naturally obeyed Yuan Keli's words, so he hurriedly replied, and then together with Qianhu Liangtong, the Jinyiwei who was responsible for checking whether there were business travelers traveling around Chongqing, led troops to kill this group of businessmen on the spot. kill!
Click!
Click!
Click!
For a moment, there was a constant sound of knives.
And this once again showed Yuan Keli's iron-fisted side, just like when he dared to suppress the powerful when he was promoted to officials in Suzhou.
He doesn't seem to change his plans for anyone, nor does he show mercy to those who violate his rules. He is obviously a natural leader.
Moreover, the effect was very good. From then on, no business trip dared to leave Chongqing in violation of the ban.
Next, Deng Qilong went to Yuan Keli to report: "Qibu Tang, after the supplies of this caravan were confiscated, it was found that half of them were grain and half of them were gunpowder. These caravans really have bad intentions!"
"Continue to investigate closely. Now the She Chong Ming Department can only rely on these businessmen to provide food. We must cut off his path. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be killed!"
Yuan Keli said something but said nothing more.
At this time, a soldier with loose cotton armor came on horseback. As soon as he got in front of Yuan Keli, he got off his horse, then knelt in front of Yuan Keli and said: "A letter from His Royal Highness the King of Shu and Zhu Tongmeng, the envoy of Sichuan Zuobu. , I want you to quickly mobilize your elite troops to relieve the siege of Chengdu!"
Yuan Keli tore up the letter directly and said with a majestic expression: "Why are you so anxious! Tell His Highness the King of Shu and Zhu Fantai not to panic at this time! The siege of Chengdu will be lifted. If they interfere with military affairs again, I will not be polite. When the time comes, At that time, I will first kill him, Zhu Tongmeng, with Shang Fang's sword, and then I will impeach His Majesty the King of Shu!"
Yuan Keli seemed to be very knowledgeable about this southwest war and was not at all panicked.
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