In fact, Huang Qiong doesn't care about anything, he just catches the big ones and lets go of the small ones. After Zhang Qian officially took office, he vigorously and resolutely implemented various aftermath matters, and his performance was indeed somewhat beyond Huang Qiong's expectations. Taking away the old grudges from the past, although this person's various methods were supported by himself, he was able to stabilize the people's hearts after the chaos in the shortest time. He is indeed a capable official.
It is a great achievement to be able to stabilize the hearts of hundreds of thousands of party members in the shortest possible time and solve the possibility of another rebellion in Ningxia Mansion. Since Zhang Qian's performance made him so satisfied, there was no need for him to micromanage and interfere in everything. You can just take care of the boss. You can let go of some daily tasks and let Zhang Qian implement them.
Compared to Zhang Qian, He Yuanfeng's actions were more vigorous under Huang Qiong's personal supervision. With the cooperation of Liu Jie, who entered the large and small salt ponds, he adopted the method of encirclement on all sides and clearing out areas. It took more than two months to completely eliminate the scattered rebels in the entire Ningxia Prefecture. Conveniently, Noribu, who was about to flee to the northwest, was also completely dealt with.
By the last autumn, He Yuanfeng had captured more than 4,000 scattered rebel bandits, including 38 original leaders of the Dangxiang tribe and 17 Tibetan officials with worldly titles awarded by the imperial court. After these people were escorted to Lingzhou City, Huang Qiong looked at the people kneeling on the ground, with their heads shaved into party hairstyles and wearing Han clothes, Huang Qiong turned to He Yuanfeng and said: "How many people have been captured in total? ?”
He Yuanfeng, who knew what Huang Qiong was asking, said directly without hesitation: "Back to your lord, since our army entered Ningxia Prefecture to suppress the rebellion, we have captured a total of party leaders and clan leaders, and among them were Tibetan officials awarded worldly positions by the imperial court. A total of one One hundred and seven people. In other words, all the heads and clan heads of the Dangxiang tribes in Ningxia Prefecture, except for those who died in the battle, have now been captured by our army."
"In addition, there are more than ten powerful Han people who colluded with Tuoba Jiqian and attached themselves to him immediately after his rebellion. These people are now locked up in military camps. This has not been a problem in the past. Now there is a rebellion in Ningxia , has been generally calmed down, and it is estimated that the imperial edict of the army will be issued soon. Therefore, I also ask the King of England to come up with a proper solution as soon as possible. "
Regarding He Yuanfeng's words, Huang Qiong smiled faintly: "Now that everyone is here, it's time to do some things that should have been done long ago. Since Ningxia Mansion belongs to the Qi Dynasty, it is natural to follow the laws of the imperial court. Act according to law. In the past, Liu officials and Fan officials coexisted, and the party members were ostensibly governed by Liu officials, but secretly the real power was in the hands of these clan leaders and leaders. This situation must be changed."
"The Dangxiang people must be thoroughly Sinicized, so as to completely eliminate the root cause of another rebellion in the future. In this rebellion, a clan leader can lead a tribe to join the rebel army with just a few words. This is enough to illustrate that more than a hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China In the past, although the imperial court repeatedly broke down the tribal system of the Party members and even deprived them of the right to govern, it still failed to change the customs that had been preserved for thousands of years."
"As long as those clan leaders and leaders are there, even if they ostensibly submit to the imperial court, they still secretly obey their clan leaders and leaders. If these clan leaders and leaders stay, they may become the next Tuoba successors in the future. And Long Right, it looks barren, but Longyou, which is actually rich in war horses, is the lifeblood of the imperial court. Longyou must not be in chaos again, this is an iron rule."
Huang Qiong raised his head and looked at the generals He Yuanfeng, Du She, Feng Zhoushan, and Zhang Qian, the prefect of Ningxia, in front of him, and said categorically: "The wild fire will not burn out, but the spring breeze will blow again. Since they can't change, this thousands of If they have passed down their habits over the years, I will change them. Pass the order, and tomorrow we will execute the captured Tibetan officials, clan leaders, and chieftains outside the south gate of Lingzhou."
"All the males in his family, as long as they are over fourteen years old, will also be beheaded. Males under fourteen years old, as well as the officials, clan leaders, and the female relatives of the chieftains, will not be made slaves, and will be given to Border troops from all over Longyou. Of course, if any of you are interested, I can reward you first. All their property will also be confiscated and rewarded to the soldiers who have contributed to the suppression of the rebellion."
When Huang Qiong came up with the final decision, several people present were stunned. You look at me, I look at you, no one dares to speak. After a long time, He Yuanfeng finally said: "Your Majesty, if I follow your method and kill all of these five to six hundred people, isn't there too much involvement? The general thinks that only killing those participants is enough. Well, as for the others, they will just be punished with hard labor."
Regarding He Yuanfeng's attitude, Huang Qiong frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied. But he didn't mean to blame He Yuanfeng. These military attachés were used to killing people on the battlefield. But this is probably the first time I have encountered this situation. After all, they are not civil servants who govern the local area. There are some things that they cannot see in the long term. I'm afraid they still don't understand the principle of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots.
After He Yuanfeng finished speaking, several other military attachés nodded in unison, expressing their support for He Yuanfeng's opinion. On the contrary, compared to several military attaches, Zhang Qian, who was the only civil servant present, after hearing what he did, although he did not express an opinion, he nodded slightly. It was obvious that Zhang Qian understood why he did what he did.
Although he was a little dissatisfied, Huang Qiong still cheered up and explained not so much to He Yuanfeng as to all the military attachés present: "It's not that I want to be such a villain, and it's not that I want to be so implicated. It means cutting the grass without eradicating the roots, but the spring breeze will bring new growth. Even though these clan leaders and leaders no longer have real power, their influence among the various departments of the party is already quite huge."
"They can make the entire tribe rebel with them with just one word. It is difficult to really remove their status in the hearts of the party members by leaving them behind. The same goes for their families. We killed their father and brother, and now maybe there is no one left. What. But who can guarantee that in a few decades, there will be a second or third Tuoba Jiqian who will appear and seek revenge under the same banner?"
"If you want the Dangxiang people to be completely Chineseized, you must first remove their psychological support. Therefore, these patriarchs and leaders cannot be retained. What's more, the entire Longyou Dangxiang people are not only in Ningxia Prefecture. Almost all Longyou people There are a large number of Dangxiang tribes in various state capitals. Even Suide Prefecture and Yan'an Prefecture in northern Shaanxi have Dangxiang people in their respective prefectures and counties."
"These Dangxiang tribes have been linked by marriage for thousands of years and have stayed close to each other. This time, if we don't act vigorously and resolutely, we will kill the Dangxiang people in Ningxia Prefecture and show them to the monkeys in the Dangxiang tribes in Longyou and Northern Shaanxi. From now on, These party members may cause bigger troubles. To deal with this group of party members, we should hold a leg of mutton in one hand and a big stick in the other, and we should kill them as a warning to others."
"That is to say, we must change the discrimination against the Dangxiang people by the court for more than a hundred years. We must adopt some tolerant policies to encourage them to sinicize. We must also let them know the consequences of going against the court through the outcome of the Dangxiang tribes in Ningxia. In troubled times, we should use heavy codes, not If the most severe punishment is given to those party members who participated in the rebellion, how can it serve as a warning to other party tribes? At this time, killing one person means saving hundreds of people."
Having said this, Huang Qiong turned to Zhang Qian and said: "Zhang Zhifu, as long as you do a good job in Sinicizing the Dangxiang people in Ningxia and transform the fertile fields on both sides of the Yellow River into a fortress in the south of the Yangtze River, you will have done a great job. I will give it to you In three years, after three years of doing a good job, this Longyou pacification envoy will be yours. But the ugly words come to the front, if you can't do it well, you should be prepared to be the prefect of Ningxia for the rest of your life."
Hearing Huang Qiong's nod on his head, Zhang Qian hurriedly stood up and said in a very respectful tone: "Please rest assured, King of England, I will go all out and will never let the King of England down. If within three years, I will do my best." If I can't do these two things that the prince asks me to do, I will voluntarily resign and stay in Ningxia Mansion to teach for the rest of my life. I just don't know what the prince did to the Pingxia tribe after he dealt with the clan leaders and leaders."
Huang Qiong said without any hesitation at Zhang Qian's words: "Since those young men in the Pingxia tribe are your free laborers to build the canals, then those women and children should naturally be dealt with by the court. I know that there are still people in the Xijing camp. There are still many soldiers in the Longyou Army and Guards who are not married. I have decided to give all the women under the age of thirty-five in the Pingxia tribe to these soldiers as wives."
"As for those children who have not yet grown up, they will all remarry with their mother and change their stepfather's surname. Tell the military attaches at all levels that they are not allowed to accept anyone who is already married. These party women are only allowed to be betrothed to unmarried soldiers. Please pay a little. Try to arrange people of similar age as possible. If some people want to rely on the power in their hands to select young and beautiful people for themselves first. "
"Then we have to try to see if my sword is fast. Also, isn't the Yeli tribe the first among the Dangxiang tribes in Ningxia Prefecture to stand up to support Tuoba's relocation? Just deal with it as well. I The king does not want to hear about the presence of Pingxia and Yelibu again. He Yuanfeng, you are the commander-in-chief. You have to come up with a plan on how to distribute the troops. All armies must treat them fairly and treat them equally."
Seeing that Huang Qiong had made up his mind, the generals also knew that talking was useless, so they stopped talking. Seeing the different expressions on the generals' faces after hearing his decision, Huang Qiong shook his head and said nothing. But after returning to the back hall, looking at the women waiting for him, he sighed slightly in his heart. These days, several women serve him wholeheartedly, and he still knows the reason.
These women just hope that they can let Tuoba Jichong and Tuoba Dezhao go. It's just that Huang Qiong thinks that he can't do the kind of thing of letting the tiger return to the mountain and raising the tiger to cause trouble. Even the service of these women really makes me enjoy it. Although Yelishi and Zongshi are a little older, their mature charm is far beyond what those young women can compare with.
But public is public and private is private. If I soften my heart on this matter, it will be a kind of blasphemy to the tens of thousands of troops who suppressed the rebellion and the fallen soldiers. He didn't even want to let go of ordinary members of the Pingxia tribe. What's more, Tuoba's younger brother and son are the main culprits? Even though he clearly knew that the reason why these women worked so hard to serve them every night was because they wanted to exchange their lives for them.
Tuoba Jiqian died, and the news spread throughout Longyou. They already knew that Tuoba Jichong, who had returned from Bei Liao for help, was captured by the border troops in Huaiyuan Prefecture. As Tuoba Jiqian's first wives, the two daughters of the Gong family and the Yeli family wanted to keep Tuoba Dezhao, Tuoba Jiqian's only remaining son. The Wei Mu family wanted to save their husband Tuoba Jichong, and they all had their own ideas.
Looking at the expectant looks cast by the Zong family and the Yeli Mulan girls, Huang Qiong shook his head and said, "Tomorrow, Tuoba Jichong and Tuoba Dezhao, these uncles and nephews will be sentenced tomorrow. It’s canon. Today, I am making an exception. You can go see them and see them off. As for the future, if you want to stay with me or remarry, you can decide for yourself."
