Listening to Xiaobing's message, Su Qian nodded slightly. The war in Dongzhou was over, but there were some things that he had to find time to talk to His Highness the King of Yue.
Su Qi'an came back to his senses, signaled the messenger to leave, and then strode into the city.
Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo led their troops back to Dongzhou, and the confrontation with Zhou Zibin in Qingchong County ended with Zhou Zibin's suicide.
Not only did the first nine counties of Dongzhou return to the hands of the two, but even the back nine counties were gradually taken over.
Zhou Zibin's suicide had a great impact on the entire Dongzhou, and was tantamount to a major earthquake.
Zhou Zibin, who had been entrenched in Dongzhou for so many years, was finally defeated by Su Qi'an and chose to commit suicide to end his life.
Most of the people at the bottom of Dongzhou have a take-no-prisoners attitude towards this matter. After all, this matter has nothing to do with them, and a fight between big shots like this is just a show.
If you want to make deep plans, you may not even be able to save your life one day, so it's better to just be a bastard.
Naturally, the people most affected by this earthquake were those local dignitaries from aristocratic families.
Zhou Zibin is dead, but Feng Nan, Wu Xian, and Jiang Kun are alive and well. These people are all high-level officials in Dongzhou.
Who dares to say that they have not interacted with these people or even had interests in them. Now, these high-level officials have been wiped out, and Su Qi'an has been caught with evidence of corruption and perversion of the law.
Among these criminal evidences, it is difficult not to guarantee that they are not included. They originally looked down on the inspectors appointed by the imperial court.
Even though they had experienced Su Qi'an's review in Houjiu County and been taught a harsh lesson, they were a Dongzhou family with at least decades or even more than a century of heritage.
Su Qi'an was appointed by the imperial court and trusted by His Majesty. It can be said that he holds the sword of Shangfang and has the right to kill first and report later.
But after all, they couldn't stay in Dongzhou anymore and were sorted out. The best they could do was restrain themselves. Su Qi'an would leave sooner or later. By then, Dongzhou would still be their territory.
As long as these senior executives did not fall, they could make a comeback. They had a good plan, but no one expected that the senior executives they relied on would be killed by Su Qi'an in one fell swoop.
Not only that, even the most powerful Dongzhou Mu was forced to commit suicide by Su Qi'an.
The leader is dead. Looking at Su Qian's next battle, he doesn't intend to stop. Instead, he has a tendency to expand the scale and launch another major purge in Dongzhou.
All the local aristocratic families are not afraid. They live on tenterhooks, fearing that they will be liquidated by Su Qi'an one day.
When I thought about it at first, I thought the rumors were false, but now it seems that this Su Qi'an is the real Zhou Mu killer.
Including Zhou Zibin, there were a total of three state pastors who died indirectly in his hands. No wonder His Majesty sent him to Dongzhou. It is difficult not to think about whether these state pastors were forced to commit suicide with the above. the meaning of.
If that were the case, that would be really scary.
Many family heads thought about this and did not dare to continue thinking about it. These things were not something they could get involved in. The only thing they could do was to try their best to save their family.
Just as many family members were in danger, Su Qi'an, who was in Chong County, Qing Dynasty, quickly jointly issued the latest order with Wu Dingguo.
There are three orders. One is to count the casualties, loss of food and grass, and weapon consumption in the Dongzhou War, as well as the burial of the fallen officers and soldiers, and the aftermath.
This is a big project. The former is left to Xie Cang and Su Yong, while the latter is left to Fang Jingzhi.
Secondly, regarding the investigation of the crimes of Zhou Zibin, Feng Nan, Wu Xian, Jiang Kun and other high-level family heads, who were involved in corruption and perversion of the law, no matter who was involved, they would not tolerate it until the end. This matter was jointly handled by Wu Dingguo and Feng Zheng. review.
The third is to rectify the situation of the army in the eighteen counties before and after Dongzhou, eliminate some moths in the army, recruit civilians who can pass the examination and are willing to join the army, and then conduct systematic training. In layman's terms, it is the reform of the army.
Of these three orders, the most cumbersome and difficult to deal with is naturally the last one, the military reform, which is a huge project.
A wide range of personnel are involved, and this reform also includes the Navy, with a combined strength of at least 40,000 to 50,000 people. In addition to the recruitment and training of new recruits, hundreds of elite instructors are needed.
These are not the main ones. The main thing is that there are various factions and many small hills among these military personnel.
These people also include nine county governors including the Metropolitan Governor Wu Dingguo and Qin Zhen, so it is very difficult to implement reforms.
These high-level officials need to discuss it together. Therefore, the specific details of the military reform were hidden in the external announcement. The Suqi Security Department simply announced the change of defense, rest and review of the surrender of Dongzhou soldiers.
This is also for prevention, because premature disclosure will make many soldiers unstable, and if someone provokes trouble, it is likely to cause mutiny.
The person responsible for this matter was handed over to Fan Chong, the governor of the left, who was restored to his post.
Fan Chongneng was reinstated. In addition to thanking Su Qi'an, he also wanted to thank Feng Zheng.
Although Feng Zheng is the leader of the Yuezhou Investigation Team, the two states of East Vietnam are bordering each other. In this Dongzhou War, Yuezhou soldiers contributed a lot.
As a close official of Su Xuanyong, Feng Zheng naturally immediately sent a message to Su Xuanyong in Kyoto about the war in Dongzhou and the Yuezhou investigation. The case of Fan Chong's wrongful conviction was also sent back.
Fan Chong's case was basically proven to be innocent when Zhong Liang was caught as a traitor, so his punishment was to be reinstated.
It's just that Su Qi'an's operation and subcontracting violated the original order of the court. This matter was somewhat controversial in the court.
But the controversy is not big. After all, Su Qi'an calmed down the war in Dongzhou, which not only restored stability to the people of Dongzhou, but also solved Su Xuanyong's worries.
In view of this military exploit, Su Qi'an's operation was disobedient, but Su Xuanyong decided that this matter would not be repeated in the future.
And two additional orders were given to Su Qi'an. Regarding his administration in Dongzhou and Wu Dingguo, the court approved it and let him go ahead with it, but only gave him two months, which was just in time for the half-year military order issued by Su Qi'an.
Secondly, after the administration of Dongzhou was over, he immediately rushed back to Kyoto City to report on his work. He would describe what he had done in Dongzhou one by one, and see how Su Qi'an would be rewarded and punished based on what he did.
Looking at the order sent back by the court, Su Qi'an could breathe a sigh of relief. Although he only had two months, he could at least let Wu Dingguo govern Dongzhou.
As for his own reward and punishment, Su Qi'an didn't care. Even the biggest crime he committed, which was cheating and substituting others, was the same. As for the others, it was insignificant.
Su Qi'an has only one thing on his mind right now, which is to clean up the mess he and Wu Dingguo have caused to Dongzhou over the years.
With the issuance of the three orders, the eighteen counties of Dongzhou were completely shaken in the next month.
After one month of statistics, the total number of casualties in this battle, including the Yuezhou soldiers, reached 50,000, 100,000 shi of food and grass, 15 warships were damaged, 20 catapults, 40 ballistae, various long-range There are countless halberds, broadswords, bows and arrows.
In the Battle of Dongzhou, Su Qi'an's troops and the supporting Yuezhou soldiers totaled at least 100,000, while the opponent also had 70,000.
The casualties were over half, and 60,000 enemies were wiped out. This battle was considered a tragic victory. Without the support of the 30,000 Yuezhou soldiers, almost equal forces, it would be difficult to say who would win this battle.
The aftermath work is also being carried out simultaneously. It will take at least a year to make up for the losses in this battle. The next focus on the Dongzhou soldiers is to recruit new soldiers, conduct systematic training, strengthen the defense of the Dongzhou coast, and Transform Zhoushan Island into an important defense area on the frontier of Dongzhou.
The Battle of Dongzhou should be summarized, reflected on, lessons learned, and discussed at the grassroots level.
While grasping the military affairs of Dongzhou, at the same time, the review and cleanup of the aristocratic families in the eighteen counties of Dongzhou also began.
This kind of cleanup is not random. It is all based on evidence. Basically, it is related to Feng Nan, Wu Xian, Jiang Kun and others.
When it is time to clean up, when it is time to kill, and to seize family property, the recovered fields will be distributed to the recruited soldiers and local civilians according to the needs of recruiting soldiers.
Su Qi'an's recruitment is different from others. The new recruits have land, and they must be trained to become soldiers in wartime and farmers in leisure time, combining civilians and soldiers.
This kind of recruitment is not the first time that Su Qi'an has implemented it. It has been carried out in Xizhou. Although it cannot guarantee the recruitment of large-scale troops, Su Qi'an wants more skills than more.
As long as the combat effectiveness is cultivated, Dongzhou soldiers' combat effectiveness will definitely grow gradually. This may take a long time, but Su Qi'an is willing to be the first to sow the seeds.
After multiple rounds of review, more than thirty families were arrested and imprisoned this time, accounting for one-third of the eighteen counties.
The capture of these aristocratic families made other aristocratic families restrain themselves a lot, especially after seeing Feng Nan sentenced to death and Wu Xian and Jiang Kun exiled.
It made these local aristocratic families feel on pins and needles. Although Su Qi'an had already ordered not to engage in conspiracies and only to check evidence, under this invisible high pressure.
The heads of these aristocratic families all took the initiative to expose them, and some even began to return their illegally acquired farmland.
Su Qi'an didn't kill all these families who were willing to do good.
Again, no matter what time, the family cannot be wiped out completely. If one is wiped out, the next one will always appear. It is unrealistic to want absolute fairness.
Since it can't be completely wiped out, then from time to time, we can knock on the mountain to shock the tigers, and give them some deterrence. If necessary, we can also get some benefits for the local people from these aristocratic families.
As long as power is in their hands, these aristocratic families will have to choose to bow their heads no matter how dissatisfied they are.
Looking at the list of various fertile fields in his hand, Su Qi'an's eyes flashed. He wanted to arrange someone who could control these aristocratic families before he left.
Although the Battle of Dongzhou ended, Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo fully accepted the eighteen counties of Dongzhou, but due to the geographical location of Dongzhou and the rising Fusang Kingdom across the sea.
Dongzhou cannot be directly merged yet, and must maintain its divided states and rule by nine counties before and after.
