Regarding Lu Mengzheng's answer, Huang Qiong nodded slightly and said: "Master Lu, you have seen the root cause. The biggest problem in the aftermath of Guangnan West Road is to deal with the Guilin County Prince's Mansion. After the army completes the attack on Guangnan West Road, After Lu Ping's rebellion, all those who are within the fifth service of the Guilin County Prince's Palace, regardless of gender, will be escorted to the capital. As for how to deal with those people, I will naturally come up with a regulation."
"As for other matters, since I have given Lu Qing the right to make decisions on the fly, it is up to Lu Qing to make his own decisions. After Lu Qing has thought about how to deal with it, he will give me a hint. But for those Yi tribes, Lu Qing Don’t underestimate them either. To deal with them, those who are loyal to the imperial court must be appeased, those who are loyal to the rebel king must be resolutely suppressed, and there must be no mercy.”
After explaining to Lu Mengzheng, Huang Qiong turned to Yang Jiyuan and said: "Let me think carefully about whether to remove those cavalry. Guangnan West Road is indeed not suitable for cavalry operations, but I also have to listen to the opinions of the generals in front. You seize the time and move things in your hands quickly. Yang Qing, I will not assign civilian officials to you. I will leave all military and civilian affairs on Fujian Road to you alone."
"So, any decision you make here must be based on the overall situation. You are going to Fujian Road to coordinate military and political affairs. I still know your Yang Jiyuan's character. But I am most worried about your temper. This time you Now that you are in charge of one party, you have to change your explosive temper and stop blaming the sky and the earth all the time. When dealing with rebel officials, you must also consider the overall situation."
Huang Qiong warned with some worry, and Yang Jiyuan also nodded. Seeing this guy nodding, Huang Qiong didn't know whether this guy listened or not. He was already the one who needed to be reminded, and the rest was up to him. Huang Qiong discussed with a few more people about the next thing. Especially in the Battle of Jiangnan West Road, a large number of captured rebels and puppet officials were disposed of.
How to place these rebel prisoners has now become the most troublesome problem. If hundreds of thousands of trained young adults were dismissed at this point, I'm afraid these people would be desperate. Wouldn't he run back to Guangnan West Road and be used by the rebel king again? Even if they don't do well, they will roar and gather in the mountains and forests and become rogue bandits. But if they are not demobilized, not counting anything else, the daily requirement of food and grass is an astonishing amount.
If they were all included, it would be a considerable pressure on the current court. According to Fu Yuanshan's idea, he selected the best among them and recruited some of them first. The rest, the old and the weak, will be sent away on the spot first, and the rest will be temporarily detained. As long as all military attachés at all levels are transferred, there should be no problems. There is some pressure on food and grass, but it is not completely unsustainable in the short term.
What Yang Jiyuan means is that these rebels are the elite of the rebels and have completed all training. In the current situation where the court is using troops on both sides, it is a waste to detain him like this. Yang Jiyuan's opinion is that the young and strong men among the rebels should first make up for the gaps in the battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River, leaving only soldiers and no officials. The rest were transferred to the north in an organized manner and assigned to Yu Mingyuan to deal with the troops from the north and south of Liao.
Previously, Yang Jiyuan suggested that most of the cavalry on the Jiangnan battlefield be transferred to the north. Fortunately, there is no problem in using 20,000 cavalry to escort tens of thousands of infantry. In Yang Jiyuan's view, Yu Mingyuan in the north has been unable to break the deadlock, even though the military strength in his hands is still quite different from that of Beiliao. Although these rebels are infantry, they may not be reliable when used to deal with the rebel king who gives them high-ranking officials and generous salaries.
But there is no problem in using it to deal with Beiliao. With so many infantry troops, under the current situation of insufficient combat forces on both fronts, it would be too wasteful to detain even a part of them. Moreover, detaining so many rebels also requires a large number of troops and horses to guard them, which is really not cost-effective. Since the current food and grass of the imperial court can barely support it, it is better to use it where it should be used.
But in Fu Yuanshan's view, these rebels were used to deal with the rebel king. Except for ordinary sergeants, military attaches were absolutely unreliable. To be transferred to the north to deal with Bei Liao, it would not only go from Jiangnan West Road to Yanshan Prefecture, but also almost cross most of Qi. Once something changes midway, it will be quite dangerous. When they are not yet sure how loyal they are to the imperial court, hastily transferring them to the north is likely to cause trouble.
Moreover, those people may not be loyal to the court when facing Bei Liao. In addition, they are mainly from the south and may not be able to adapt to the climate. If there is resentment against the imperial court due to the Northern Diversion, and once there is a large-scale rebellion on the front line of Yanshan Prefecture, it will not be to reinforce Yu Mingyuan, but to stab Yu Mingyuan in the back. Fu Yuanshan was even more resolute in his opposition to the transfer to the north of the established system.
In Fu Yuanshan's view, it can now be clearly proven that the rebel king's rebellion was obviously in collusion with Beiliao. Even if those rebel military attachés were really determined to join the imperial court. But their families are still in the hands of the rebel king until now. If the rebel king secretly sends people to instigate the rebels after they are transferred to the front lines, the risk of mutiny will still be quite high.
It is okay to transfer a part of the army to the north, but not too much. And like Jiangnan, you can only transfer troops, not military attaches. Otherwise, the risk is too high and it is simply not cost-effective. Moreover, Fu Yuanshan believes that temporary detention and direct use of food and grass consumption are not the same thing at all. Detaining these rebels will definitely not allow them to eat enough. According to the ration given by the court to the officers and soldiers, half is enough.
But if it is used directly as an official army, the consumption of food and grass will be much greater. Not to mention the military pay that needs to be given to these people. If all of them were included in the official and military system, military pay would have to be paid according to the standards of the official and military forces, which would put too much pressure on the court.
But Yang Jiyuan obviously scorned Fu Yuanshan's ideas. In his view, in order to maintain the integrity of the military, it is necessary to ensure that the organization remains unchanged as much as possible. If only troops are deployed without military attachés, not only will the march be difficult to control, but even if they reach Yanshan Mansion, it will be difficult to form sufficient combat effectiveness in a short period of time. As long as those military attachés are transferred away from the Jiangnan battlefield, they are just toothless tigers.
When they arrived at Yanshan Mansion, Yu Mingyuan's army was watching again. Even if there is any change, it will not affect the overall situation. If the rebel king had that ability and could mobilize all the troops to defect to Beiliao, he would not have been defeated again and again from the time he started his army to the present. Now both battlefields need to be replenished, but where will these soldiers come from? You can't. Send out the Eighth Army of the Royal Forest without even leaving a single person standing guard in the capital?
Besides, even if the senior military attaches are unreliable, there won't be any big problems with those low-level military attaches. It is said that in order to manage the army, you must first manage the generals. If not even a single military attaché is retained, how can these tens of thousands of troops be transferred to the north safely? Neither of the two could convince the other, so the general and the other started fighting each other in front of Huang Qiong. Of course, Yang Jiyuan is more of a thorn in the side.
Fu Yuanshan is the Prime Minister of the city, so he doesn't like to talk to him at all, let alone have unnecessary quarrels with him. Huang Qiong couldn't help but feel an unusual headache when he heard that this guy was in the taunting mode again. In the end, Huang Qiong, who couldn't bear it anymore, settled the matter directly. He first sought the opinions of the frontline generals and sent people to feel out the background of the rebel soldiers before discussing it. As for now, he would let it go for now.
After shelving the matter and discussing a few more things. Seeing that it was already dusk, Huang Qiong simply left everyone to eat together. Knowing that Yang Jiyuan was a meat-loving guy, Huang Qiong specially told Li Hai to prepare two more meat dishes today. During dinner, Huang Qiong could only smile helplessly when she saw this guy happily holding a leg of lamb and chewing it until his mouth was full of oil.
After Fu Yuanshan and others retreated, Huang Qiong sat behind the desk and thought for a long time. He felt that Fu Yuanshan's concerns were definitely justified. When it comes to figuring out people's hearts, with Yang Jiyuan's character, even ten of him may not be a match for a civil servant. If these surrendered rebels are transferred to Yanshan Mansion without careful screening, as Fu Yuanshan said, they are not providing reinforcements to Yu Mingyuan, but causing trouble.
As a traitor to the king, there are some things he can do. In order to fight for the country and the country, the same roommates are at war with each other, and they can even do things like luring wolves into the house. What else can't be done? Even though his brothers killed each other so cruelly, the old man never said it clearly. But Huang Qiong has always had a vague feeling that this man has something to do with the brothers fighting each other to this extent.
Compared to the old man, this person's methods are too cunning and changeable, so it's better to be more cautious in everything. Thinking of this, Huang Qiong personally wrote a secret edict to Cao Rui. In this secret order, Huang Qiong not only agreed with Cao Rui to rest for a month, but also asked him his opinions and ideas if some of his cavalry were to be transferred. The second step was to ask Cao Rui for his opinion on the treatment of rebel prisoners.
At the same time, Huang Qiong told Cao Rui if the cavalry was transferred. You can select some of the captured rebel elites to join the army. The specific number is at his own discretion, but he must consider whether he can control the number of rebel prisoners if there are too many. However, before supplementing, the captured rebels must be carefully screened. All rebel military attachés above the seventh rank will be deported to Beijing.
After sending out this secret edict, it seemed that the night had become quite dark. Huang Qiong put down her pen and thought of the three girls who were forcibly brought back by Situ Huanshuang yesterday and placed in the Cai family's palace. Huang Qiong couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion in her heart, so she raised her legs and went to the Cai family. Seeing Huang Qiong's arrival, Cai, who was talking to Zhang Qiao'er, saw that it was still early and ordered someone to prepare hot water.
Huang Qiong returns to the harem every day, and as long as she doesn't come back too late, she has the habit of taking a bath at least every two days. Mrs. Cai has long known this. It's not too late now. According to Huang Qiong's habit, he must be taking a bath. So Cai immediately ordered people to prepare. What's more, Ms. Cai knew that the two of them needed a private conversation at this time, so she took advantage of this opportunity to leave.
In fact, Cai's intelligence was clear as to what Huang Qiong had in mind when he came to visit him today. But Zhang Qiaoer's three children are still here. At this time, it is far from time to rest. Especially Zhang Qiaoer's eldest daughter, who has a very sensitive temperament. As for the conversation between the Lord and the woman, Cai was even more clear about what the conversation would look like in the end.
If you don't arrange the three children in advance. Once the three children, especially the two older ones, find out that their mother has become like that, things will really get serious. Before that person took the initiative, she had to go and settle the child in advance, and today she sent him to He Yao's palace. Don't let the children see anything, that would be bad.
After Mr. Cai left, Huang Qiong held the melancholy Zhang Qiaoer in his arms. After kissing her face gently, he said: "What's wrong with Qiao'er? Are you still worried about Zhang Yun'er and Feng Shi? Don't worry, I will take care of it for you. At worst, I will work harder these days and let Yun'er and Feng Shi hurry up Once they have a body, they won't be making trouble anymore. They probably just can't let go of some things."
