Chapter 374
In the chaos, the Sui army entered the parcel and quickly controlled the key points of the parcel. Some thieves who were unwilling to surrender learned that General Jin was dead and had to put down their weapons to surrender.
In the lobby, Jin Long held back the pain of the shoulder injury and reported the cause of the incident to Zhang Xuan. His personal soldiers Wang Sheng and Zhang Ping also told the detailed story of killing Jin Tai. Finally, he cried and said: "Our king is gone. He begged the general to let his wife and two children go, and we are willing to bear the punishment for them together."
Zhang Xuan nodded, "Since the evil king Kim Tae has been executed, I will no longer pursue the soldiers in the village. According to the rules, I will let them go back to their hometown to farm and reunite with their family. In addition, Mrs. Xu, I will arrange for them to live in Beihai County and protect them from their safety."
Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan looked at Wang Sheng and Zhang Ping again and said slowly: "You two are loyal to protecting the Lord, and they are worthy of reward. I will each give you fifty taels of gold and let you go down the mountain."
The two knelt down and cried, "We are willing to follow our wife and protect her safety."
"Okay! You guys."
At this time, several soldiers brought Xu in. Xu knelt down to salute Zhang Xuan, "I'm going to see the general!"
Zhang Xuan asked her to get up and smiled, "I heard that the wife is responsible for accounting. She must be very familiar with the warehouse and deposited money and grain. Can you tell me about the inventory of counterfeit materials?"
"Report to the general, there are currently 74,000 stones of grain, 30,000 pieces of cloth, 9,600 taels of gold, 250,000 stag, copper and silver utensils, silk and porcelain, etc., all of which are accumulated by my king over the years."
Zhang Xuan had long known that Wang Bo was the rioter who had accumulated the most wealth. At that time, Wang Bo was the first to launch a rebel storm, swept Qingzhou, and almost robbed the official warehouses of various counties in Qingzhou. After many years, Zhang Xuan thought that Wang Bo's wealth had been almost exhausted, but he did not expect that there were so many treasures, which really made him overjoyed.
"Thank you, Madam, for telling you this, I will not make things difficult for Madam. Madam can live in Beihai County. Of course, if Madam is willing to go elsewhere, I will not force her."
Wang Bo has been wiped out, and his wife and daughter have no effect. Seeing that they lured and killed Kim Tae, Zhang Xuan didn't want to make things difficult for them.
Xu said in tears: "I was originally the daughter of a wealthy family in Zouping County, and my parents, brothers and sisters-in-law are here, so I want to go and surrender to them."
Zhang Xuan nodded and said to the personal soldiers beside him: "Let her clean up her own fines and softness, give them 300 taels of gold, arrange a carriage, and take them to Sishui County first, and ask the magistrate of Wei to arrange for them to go home."
Xu thanked him and left, and the two personal soldiers followed the mistress. Zhang Xuan then settled Jin Long and others again, and then led everyone to the warehouse group of the village. They were very excited and wanted to see with their own eyes the huge wealth stored by Wang Bo.
It would take at least ten days and half a month to move Wang Bo's huge wealth down the mountain. Zhang Xuan ordered Pei Xingyan and Yuchi Gong to lead the army to supervise the surrendered soldiers to complete the matter. He himself led the main army to join Qi County and return to Beihai County first.
At this point, the bandit suppression in Langya County, which lasted more than a month, finally came to an end. The next step was to reward the merits and reward the three armies and provide for the casualties, so that every soldier who participated in the war could benefit.
These trivial matters will be completed by Chief Wei Yunqi and Sima Liu Ling. Zhang Xuan will not worry about it. What he has to do is write a detailed battle report and report the bandit suppression to the Ministry of War and the Emperor Yang Guang.
In addition, Zhang Xuan also needed to send his confidants to Beijing to manage important figures and clear the relationship. This was Zhang Xutuo's mistake that led to him staying in Qi County for a short time. On the contrary, because of his harmonious relationship with the court, Yang Qing, the King of Xun, stayed in Xingyang County for a full ten years and became the veritable King of Central Plains.
If Zhang Xuan wants to continue to stay in Qingzhou, he has to learn from Yang Qing and spend all his money to build up the relationship between the court.
There is a small house covering an area of three acres in Lihua Lane west of Jiangdu City. Although the house does not occupy a large area, the houses are exquisitely built, with high walls standing around and green trees. This is the Jiangdu house of Yu Shiji, a powerful minister of the Sui Dynasty.
In the study, Yu Shiji's stepson Xiahou Yan respectfully placed a gift list on Yu Shiji's desk. Although Yu Shiji was extremely greedy for bribery, he also cared about the reputation of the Yu family. He would not let his son come forward, and his stepson Xiahou Yan became his best assistant to make money.
Yu Shiji glanced at the gift list, two thousand taels of gold and twenty pairs of white jade. The gift list was of great value. Yu Shiji showed a smile on his lips and asked, "Are you asking for an official or exempting him from punishment?"
Generally speaking, most of the people who give Yu Shiji a generous gift are buying officials or seeking exemption for crimes. When Yu Shiji saw the etiquette, he guessed one or two.
"Qi Bian, it was Sun Xuanya who asked for exemption from his crime."
Yu Shiji frowned. Sun Xuanya was a rioter in Langya County. She was wiped out and captured by Zhang Xuan. She has been escorted to Jiangdu. She has not yet decided what to do. However, since the heroes failed to recruit the world's chaos bandits, the emperor hated the bandits everywhere. Sun Xuanya was escorted to Beijing at this time, and it is probably a little bit of danger.
Xiahou Yan saw his father's embarrassment and hurriedly said, "If the father is inconvenient, the child will refuse the other party."
“No need to!”
Yu Shiji glanced at the gift list again. How could he not want the gift of two thousand taels of gold? He pondered for a moment and said to Xiahou Yan: "Go and tell the other party that I will do my best, but if they are mentally prepared, they may not be exempted from punishment. At most, they will save their lives."
"Boy understand!"
Xiahou Yan bowed and retreated. Yu Shiji pondered for a moment and asked the concubine next to him, "When is it now?"
"Master, it's almost time to go to court."
"Get me changing clothes, I'll enter the palace now."
Yu Shiji would rest at noon every day, and then return to Jiangdu Palace in the afternoon. He changed into court clothes and drove towards Jiangdu Palace outside the city.
The reason why Yu Shiji dared to take this gift list was because he knew that the emperor Yang Guang was in a good mood recently. Zhang Xutuo defeated the Wagang army in Liang County and Dong County. The Wagang army suffered heavy losses and fled back to Wagang Mountain. Zhang Xuan led 10,000 troops to wipe out two riot bandits in Langya County, making Qingzhou and Xuzhou a unit. There was only one bandit in Wagang Mountain left in the entire Central Plains, which was indeed exciting.
The carriage drove out of the south city gate, and at this time, a team of cavalry rushed from afar. The leader was Yuwen Shu's second son Yuwen Zhiji. Yuwen Zhiji was named Hu Ben Lang General and led 5,000 troops to defend the safety of the dragon boat.
Seeing that he was in a hurry, Yu Shiji called him, "My Nephew!"
Yuwen Zhiji recognized Yu Shiji and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "It turns out it is Uncle Yu Shi, and my nephew didn't see it!"
"Is there anything wrong with such a hurry?"
Yuwen Zhiji said in surprise: "Don't even Uncle Yu Shi know?"
Yu Shiji was stunned, "What do you know?"
"The Lord is going back to the capital."
Yu Shiji was stunned. Why didn’t he know about such a big thing?
He asked anxiously: "Is the news reliable? When is the news?"
"It's the news that was only released at noon today. It should be reliable. Bei Zhi has received the notice and is going to prepare a dragon boat."
Yuwen Zhiji was anxious to leave, so he bowed and said goodbye and left. However, Yu Shiji felt very strange. It was rare for the emperor to come to Jiangdu once. According to the original plan, it would take at least Autumn to return. It has only been two months since then, so why are you eager to go back?
And if it was a formal decision, Yu Shiji would first know, but now he doesn't even know. There is only one possibility, the emperor's own decision, and he has not discussed it with the court officials.
Yu Shiji shook his head. The emperor was so angry that he decided many things, but there were not many things to actually implement. He was a little more conceited. Without Yu Shiji's consent, the incident of returning to the north would only be a rumor.
"Go to Jiangdu Palace faster!"
The carriage accelerated and drove quickly towards Jiangdugong, a few miles away under the escort of more than a dozen soldiers.
The Emperor Yang Guang was in a good mood these days. The Sui army won consecutive battles on the two battlefields of Central Plains and Qingzhou, not only drove the Wagang army back to their nests, but also completely wiped out the riots in Langya County.
In particular, the riots in Langya County were of great significance. Not only did they connect Qingzhou and Xuzhou, but the riots in Donghai County, Meng Haigong also sent people to the court to express their willingness to accept the court's revenge. Sun Xuanya's extermination made Meng Haigong lose his support.
In the imperial study room, Yang Guang couldn't help but pick up Zhang Xuan's battle report again, and fought against 70,000 rioters with 10,000 troops. In the end, he completely wiped out the rioters with only the cost of more than 100 casualties. The results were so brilliant.
What made Yang Guang particularly satisfied was that at the end of the battle report, Zhang Xuan proposed to bring the seized 200,000 jin of gold and 10,000 taels of gold to Jiangdu and hand over to the national treasury.
Although Yang Guang looked down on 200,000 jin of coins and 10,000 taels of gold, he was very satisfied with Zhang Xuan's attitude and putting the interests of the court first is very commendable. In contrast, how many generals from other places are willing to hand over the spoils to the court?
At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Report to Your Majesty, Mr. Yu is asking for a meeting!"
Chapter completed!