Seeing Ma Baoyi's mood, Ma Changlong asked, "Dad, now the Pingxi Fan and the Zhu Ming royal family are in our hands. If you talk about great achievements, only the Pingxi Fan generals outside the city will be left. You, my father and son have their relatives as their relatives and the Imperial King's Army as their support. It would be a great contribution to think of a way to hold those thieves."

Ma Bao waved his hand and said, "Forget it, the King's Army will arrive in two or three days. Why compete for merit with them? If you keep this Chengdu Prefecture, my Ma family will be rich and prosperous..."

"Dad! Our family is a general of Xinshun. It will be difficult for us to take control of military power in the future. If we don't seize the opportunity at this moment, we will have no chance." Ma Changlong begged.

Ma Bao shook his head firmly: "Longlong, just stop that ambition. The new dynasty is prosperous and famous generals are everywhere. Even if you and my father and son do not need to pacify the southwest, don't think there are some chips, so you want to go further! The King of England has already promised fertile land in the mine, which is enough for us to be rich and prosperous in the South China Sea for generations. As for titles, it depends on the words of the King of England. If you talk about the title, I would like to remind you that you don't want to give it to any official position. You and I will make great contributions here, but in the southwest, there are enemies everywhere. Once the matter is over, we will go to Nanyang and will never come back."

"Dad..." Ma Changlong was still unwilling to give up.

Ma Bao slapped the table and said angrily: "What do you know? No matter how great your contribution is, you have been a traitor and a traitor. Half of your life is black. How can you bleach it with one or two pieces of credit? So what about those old ministers of the Three Feudal Masters who surrendered to the new dynasty? They have both merits and no reputation, and they are all beaten by the King of England. Daddy has made this opportunity to escape unscathed. Don't you have to have troubles. The long dragon and the chaos is over. The drama between you and my father and son should be over. It may not be a good ending to force the stage."

Even though Ma Changlong had the intention to fight, Ma Bao did not give him this opportunity at all. Before the rebels outside the city could react, Ma Bao immediately led the army outside the city into the city, dispersed Wu Yingqi's old troops and divided them into various battalions. He then took out 200,000 taels of silver from the treasury to reward the army, and closed the treasury, martial law and martial law Chengdu, isolated the outside of the city, and waited for the arrival of the imperial reinforcements. Even the Prime Minister of Xia State ordered people to bomb the city with cannons. Ma Bao did not fight back. He just sent envoys to the camp outside the city to inform Xia State and others that he had already contacted His Highness Ying, who was in charge of the southwest of the empire, and surrendered to the new dynasty. He started another war to attack the empire. It was not bad that Xia State and others did not believe it. Ma Bao also delivered several letters and documents he carried with him to the camp, which directly led to a ceasefire between the two sides.

Han Yusheng, who set out from Qujing, was also very fast. He only led a mountain brigade into Chengdu Prefecture, and arrived two days later than Ma Bao. When Ma Bao saw the Imperial Army arrived, he was very respectful. Not only did he arrange a grand welcome ceremony outside the city, but he also immediately handed over the military power of the city gate, the drum tower and other important places, and handed over all the military talismans and other seals. Han Yusheng arrived in Chengdu and saw that the city was quiet and the public security was good, but the prices were high and there was no major damage. The Zhu Ming royal family was also treated with courtesy and lived in the Pingxi Palace and several surrounding houses. All of them should be in a generous supply, but they were not allowed to go out and contact inside and outside.

After Han Yusheng entered Chengdu, he was quite nervous. Zhu Ming's royal family was a hot potato, and there were still large troops outside the city eyeing him. He originally thought he wanted to organize city defense, but he never thought that before the empire's golden dragon flag was erected at the top of Chengdu city, the surrender letter from Xia Guoxiang and others had arrived. However, Xia Guoxiang relied on his own control of the main force of Pingxi Fantasy and proposed many treatments. Han Yusheng claimed that his position was only a maid and had no right to deal with it, so he asked him to gather military soldiers, stabilize the place, and wait for the arrival of the British King. Of course, in order to stabilize the morale of the rebels, Han Yusheng released some of the rebel relatives.

On the seventh day after Han Yusheng and Ma Bao controlled Chengdu Prefecture, on April 17, 2018, the army led by Li Jundu arrived at the city of Chengdu. Together with him were the newly surrendered general Tan Hong, many chieftains and their subordinates, and two elite brigades, totaling nearly 20,000. When this huge army entered Chengdu City, everyone in Chengdu and its surroundings were worried. Everyone knew that the people who decided their life and death and wealth were coming. Everyone who wanted to keep their wife and children safe in this incident, or took the opportunity to get rich were busy, and they looked at the golden carriage on the white elephant nervously and nervously, looking forward to their future.

Li Jundu got out of the sedan chair and looked up at the residence he arranged for him. It was the former Sichuan governor's yamen. A group of people surrounded him. Han Yusheng took the lead and whispered: "Prince, the former Ming clan relatives have been arranged in the Pingxi Palace. There are too many people, and I am afraid that they will disturb you, so I can only......"

"It's okay, living wherever you live is not living. Besides, the royal family is mostly the elders of this king. Even the prince, I have to call me cousin. This arrangement is very good." Li Jundu said with a smile.

Han Yusheng felt relieved when he heard this, and the worries in his heart disappeared. Ma Bao, who was following him, also breathed a sigh of relief. Li Jundu saw Ma Bao and said, "General Ma is so capable. He thought that there would be some twists and turns in Sichuan. I didn't expect that General Ma was planning ahead and everything was in control."

Li Jundu had long mastered Ma Bao’s previous updates and knew that many of his actions were for his own monopoly, but fortunately, everything was as satisfactory, and Li Jundu would not punish him. After hearing this, Ma Bao hurriedly thanked him.

Everyone led Li Jundu into the main hall. After Li Jundu sat down, the chieftains outside came in one by one to pay their respects, and then they rode on both sides. Although they came to Chengdu with Li Jundu, they had not officially met them, so the newly demoted generals from the Peaceful Western Fan paid a visit. The ceremony lasted for half an hour, and Li Jundu sat in the main seat and looked at these people.

There were many people, which exceeded Li Jundu's imagination. Obviously, in the face of the absolute power gap between the peace and the Xifan of the Empire, most of them were heroes who knew the times. People with different clothes and hair colors stood in four rows, with different expressions. Some people closed their eyes and said nothing, some people held their heads and chests, and some were cramped, but in fact, they were all nervous because everyone knew that the young man in front of them decided their fate.

After the etiquette was finished, Li Jundu said loudly: "You are living in the southwest, and after three dynasties, you are now serving in the king's army. This shows that you have made merits. You will be rewarded with merits, honors, official titles, titles, gold, silver and wealth. If you come, you will issue an order."

The guards around Li Jundu hurried forward, took out silk books one by one from the brocade box, and read out the contents of them, mostly titles, bounties and positions given by them, from the southwest chieftain to the Pingxi general. Taking Ma Bao as an example, he was appointed as a first-class Marquis of Chiayi and rewarded many gold, silver and land. This is Li Jundu's authority. Any reward below the duke can be decided by himself, and there is no need to ask for orders.

After the award was completed, everyone in the hall received rewards and everyone had titles. While happy, they even expressed their loyalty. Li Jundu encouraged him a few words and asked the surrendered generals and chieftains to retreat, leaving only Ma Bao and the generals of the army.

"General Ma, I look quite hesitant when I see you. What is the reason?" Li Jundu asked.

Ma Bao didn't dare to hide the truth and said, "Why is Your Highness so anxious to reward meritorious officials, outside the city..."

"Haha, Chengdu is restored, the clan is in hand, the overall situation in the southwest has been decided. Aren't all the soldiers who have made contributions in the war just now? As for those pedantic people outside the city, if they are smart, they will surrender immediately. I will also exempt them from punishment and protect their family wealth. If they resist stubbornly, they will only be able to accompany Wu Yingxiong in Changping." Li Jundu said lightly.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, I am confused." Ma Bao immediately did not dare to ask again. He was about to step down when Ma Changfeng whispered in his ear. Ma Bao hesitated, and Li Jundu smiled: "General Ma, you are a meritorious minister. Just say something. The matter here is not something that I cannot settle for you."

Ma Bao said, "The General of the Imperial Republic heard that according to the regulations of the empire, among the Lords, all the Counts and above must live in the capital for a long time. I wonder if the General of the Imperial Republic also wants to live in Shenjing."

"Oh, there is this regulation. Shen Jing is being expanded. The houses of nobles above the Earl are all funded by the cabinet. They are considered to be given to you by the emperor. The matters in the southwest are not complete. General Ma will have to spend some time in the southwest. At the right time, I will send the general to Nanjing and move to Shen Jing with the center in a few years." Li Jundu did not hide it.

Ma Bao's body trembled. He neither wanted to stay in the southwest nor went to Shenjing. He was worried about being liquidated at the local level. When he arrived at the center, he was afraid that something would cause trouble at the foot of the emperor, so he would ruin the family for nothing. Ma Bao quickly knelt down and said, "Your Highness, when the general met with His Highness at Bijie that day, he had already determined that the whole family would move to Nanyang and not come back. Now His Highness awarded the General to be the First Marquis. Although he was a high-ranking title, the General could not achieve the rest of his life's ambition. After thinking about it, he still hoped that Your Highness would withdraw his order. If he only made such a small achievement, he would be satisfied with the Viscount."

"Bold!" Li Shan shouted loudly from the side: "What a status of King Ying? Your Highness is like the emperor's presence. The King Ying has made a constitution and the reward has been issued. How can you withdraw it? You are clever and deliberate and violate the rules, and you must have some intentions!"

Ma Bao bowed his head to the ground, trembling and dared not speak. Li Jundu also knew that he had been scared by various political struggles for decades and did not want to participate anymore, so he said, "Okay, I understand what you mean. I will find an opportunity to reduce your title and raise your three sons for a lifetime to make up for it. But there is one thing, don't say much to the outside world. Your merits are to help the royal army pacify the southwest, and it has nothing to do with preserving the Zhu Ming royal family. Do you know?"

"I will know that this matter will be rotten in my stomach and will not be mentioned again." Ma Bao didn't think there was any harm in preserving the Zhu Ming royal family. After all, this also demonstrated the kindness of the emperor of the new dynasty, but he didn't know that Li Jundu secretly ordered him to preserve the Zhu Ming royal family, which was the queen's intention. If this matter was spread, the queen would interfere in politics and the emperor and the queen would be troublesome.

"Okay, since that's the case, I owe you something. What request do you have? Let me say it out and it will be considered as my compensation for you." Li Jundu asked.

Ma Bao did not hesitate and asked, "Your Highness, the traitor Wu Sangui is dead, and his relatives and wife are undoubtedly guilty of being punished. But this thief has lived in Tianming Temple for a long time, and most of the women they use are for deployment. I wonder how Your Highness deals with these women?"

Li Jundu frowned. I wonder how Ma Bao said something less than 46. Han Yusheng stepped forward and explained a few words in a low voice. It turned out that Ma Bao had coveted Wu Sangui and those women for a long time. After controlling Chengdu, he specially placed all the women. Before Li Jundu came, he secretly went there several times and stayed overnight. He also indirectly attacked the officials in the military-controlled Chengdu, asking what would such women do before the restoration of inland provinces. Obviously, he was interested in taking them in his pocket. After hearing this, Li Jundu laughed: "The old general is really old. I'm afraid there are seven or eight women, so you have to store them all?"

Ma Bao was quite embarrassed and gritted his teeth and said, "I am really unbearable. I have insulted Your Highness's Qingxin. I deserve to die."

"This is a bad thing. General Ma is merciful and careless. How can I not be so beautiful? It's just that General Ma has to think about it. If you take care of others, you have to give someone a title." Li Jundu joked.

Ma Bao said: "The last general understands that he will definitely follow the imperial laws and will never dare to do anything wrong."

Li Jundu laughed even more. This Ma Bao was really interesting. He didn't know that the Count must be in Shenjing, but he was familiar with the empire's marriage law. It seemed that he had really put his heart into those women, but he didn't think it was abrupt when he thought about it. Although this Ma Bao was a real power general, he was not from a high level. He was a typical mud-legged woman. When he saw many beautiful women, he could not lift his legs. So he asked, "General Ma, how many women are there."

"There are eight in total." Ma Bao said gritting his teeth.

Li Jundu smiled and called in a servant, saying, "Give eight red envelopes to General Ma first. Don't forget me, and then delay General Ma's good things."

Ma Bao thanked him repeatedly. You should know that according to the marriage law of the empire, the empire still implemented a monogamous system of multiple concubines. As long as you are rich and healthy, you can't control a hundred concubines. But there is one thing, all concubines must have equal status, and the concubines must have a serious wedding. It is clearly stipulated that the wedding between concubines must be the same. This is also the reason why Li Jundu had to prepare eight red envelopes. It can be seen that Ma Bao was busy next time and had to hold eight weddings before he could marry those women home.

"Thank you for your accomplishment. I will never forget your kindness forever." Ma Bao said sincerely.

Li Jundu smiled and said, "This is not a good deed. General Ma exchanged his beloved red pink for the first-class marquis. Although it has to be divided into eight petals, it is also a deep friendship."
Chapter completed!