Of course, the group of people who were captured were easy to deal with. Ming Dynasty had a mature process to deal with them. Those who were hung up on the southeast branch were hung up on the southeast branch, exiled to exile, and reformed through labor.
Very simple.
Including Zhao Buxi's family.
The damage they caused to Sichuan and Sichuan was too great and they committed too many crimes, so all the men involved were executed, and all the men and women who were not involved were included in the reform-through-labor policy, starting with a ten-year reform-through-labor period, location In Shazhou, Hexi Province, it’s simple and clear.
As for the group of people who presided over the surrender, such as Ma Yongkang, Wu Ting, and Wu Gong, because they made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty and greatly facilitated the Ming army's attack, they were meritorious and could not be treated simply and rudely. Dealt with it.
But when it comes to appointing them to important positions to reward their merits, comrades firmly disagree.
Although they have made great achievements, their class attributes have not changed, and their minds are still the same. Such behavior is more like speculation than surrender or rebellion. It is impossible to allow them to exercise power.
Regarding speculators, Ming Dynasty had encountered a lot before.
Many Song generals and Song officials chose to surrender in front of the Ming army, but the surrender was mainly limited to a city or a small army. The credit was not great, and the nature was close to being defeated and captured, and the official positions of the surrenderers were often not high. , there is less need to worry about the handling method.
Some are sent to prisoner-of-war education classes for re-education. After they come out, they will see how they learn. If the results are good, they will be assigned some simple clerical work in logistics.
Some took the initiative to ask to go home to farm, and they were allowed to return to their hometowns, and then a piece of land was arranged for them to farm, giving them freedom.
Other than that, don't expect any special treatment.
But this group of people is different.
In particular, Ma Yongkang, Wu Gong and Wu Ting have made the greatest contributions and made the greatest contributions. If they don't make arrangements properly, it will really be difficult for them to get over it due to emotions and reasons.
After discussion, some people believed that they should be treated with idle employment tactics, raising them in idle positions until they retire, and then letting them go home to take care of themselves. This can be regarded as the Ming Dynasty's reward for their contribution this time.
However, Su Yonglin believed that these three people had made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Without their timely rebellion, the Ming army would have to pay a lot of money if they wanted to pass through the northern Sichuan defense line. Now this price can almost be can be ignored.
The Battle of Sichuan and Shu has become the battle with the least consumption and the greatest gain in all the Ming Dynasty's campaigns, so it is a bit unreasonable to just support them with ordinary idle jobs.
But if they were given real power, of course no one could trust them, and they themselves would probably be frightened.
Expecting these people in their thirties and forties to agree with the Ming Dynasty's national philosophy from the bottom of their hearts is worse than expecting sows to climb trees. Su Yonglin did not expect to successfully transform them, so his idea was to give them considerable positions, as long as they did not give them real power. That's it.
"Wu Gong and Wu Ting are both generals and have rich military knowledge and practical experience. I think they can be placed in the staff headquarters and given the position of combat staff.
As for Ma Yongkang, he can barely be regarded as a prime minister. During his stay in Chengdu, he also tried his best to do a lot of work as a paper poster. If he has political ability, I think he should be placed in the cabinet and become a state counselor. "
Although the General Staff Headquarters has the power to actually command military operations and is the command center when the Ming army launches military operations, it does not have the power to command troops. It can only exercise the power to command the military during wartime.
And in the final analysis, the real key powers in the staff headquarters are the chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, as well as the directors and deputy directors of the various combat bureaus under their jurisdiction.
Then there are the senior combat staff officers who are dispatched by the staff headquarters to serve as chiefs of staff at all levels of combat units during wartime and provide tactical guidance to combat units.
As long as these three aspects are not involved, he is a pure staff member who only has the role of speaking and has no role in decision-making.
Therefore, in the staff headquarters, a self-deprecating joke has been circulated in recent years, called "If the staff does not lead a leader, he will not even fart".
Wu Gong and Wu Ting's future is to become senior staff officers in the staff headquarters.
As for Ma Yongkang, Su Yonglin arranged to be a state counselor in his cabinet.
Su Yonglin established the cabinet mainly because he had too much power during the imperial period and he could not handle many things by himself, so he established a cabinet department to assist him in handling state affairs.
In his plan, after he stepped down from the throne and abolished the imperial power system, the cabinet would also be abolished.
Because of their strong administrative capabilities, cabinet department personnel will be merged into the future state departments, while cabinet state counselors such as Ma Yongkang will be eliminated in this historical process, officially withdrawing from state departments and beginning their retirement career.
With such arrangements and explanations, Su Yonglin's idea was recognized by everyone, and the decision was passed.
If there are surrendered bureaucrats of the same rank in the future, they can be arranged with such sinecures in the same way, or they can be arranged to serve as staff officers, or as state counselors. On the surface, they will naturally be high-ranking, with good status and salary. Okay, they're all pretty high.
Just no real power.
And there is no need to worry about whether they will be dissatisfied with it.
As long as they understand something about their situation and the Ming Dynasty's long-term policies, they should know how happy it is for them to have a formal establishment work.
Because the end of the universe is the establishment of Ming Dynasty.
After these decisions were made, Su Yonglin decided to meet with this group of people. For example, he would first meet with Zhao Buxi to ridicule the local emperor who was chasing ducks.
Zhao Buji was obviously surprised when he saw Su Yonglin. He said that he did not expect Su Yonglin to look so young.
"Young? I am already thirty this year."
"It doesn't look like it, but he looks like he's in his twenties."
"Maybe it's because I insist on practicing martial arts every day, and I don't drink or eat randomly, so I look younger. Compared to this, you are a bit fat. I heard that you require four dishes and one soup for every meal? Is this a requirement? It’s a bit high to be honest.”
"I'm going to die soon. Why don't you let me eat something good at the end? I don't want to starve to death."
"You are quite honest."
Su Yonglin smiled and said: "I heard that you worked as a financial official for more than ten years before becoming emperor and made great achievements in finance. Why did you bring Jiaozi to collapse? Logically speaking, you shouldn't make such a mistake. .”
"Can an official do something within his own jurisdiction and an emperor do something to a country? Is it the same?"
Zhao Buxi shook his head and said: "After experiencing so many things, I realized that being an emperor and being an official are really two completely different things. Being an emperor is being an emperor, and being an official is being an official. How can we let the two be together?" What if they are lumped together? It’s really ridiculous.”
"It's a little late to know now, isn't it?"
Su Yonglin smiled and said: "I knew about this before I became emperor. You are really wrong. You shouldn't be emperor. If you are an official, you will end up much better than you are now."
"This sounds very unpleasant. Su Yonglin, do you really think that you, the emperor, are impeccable?"
Zhao Buxi sneered: "You have encountered the same things I encountered, but you have more power than me, so you can use killing to solve problems, but killing is only temporary.
Let alone whether the emperor after you can kill so many people, if you really kill too many officials and make the people of the world fearful, then there will be no officials available, and no one will give them to you. Can you govern the world by yourself? "
