A Clash of Gods - Chapter 1211

[Chapter 1201 The Northwest]

Of course, the vast northwestern region would not submit to the Great Chu Empire just because a Chu army occupied Xianyang. Qi Ning knew this better than anyone else.

The common people may not care who the person sitting on the throne is, but they absolutely care about whether they and their families can have enough to eat. What really makes people surrender from their hearts is never force, but that they can live without worry.

Qi Ning knew that he absolutely did not have the ability to govern the entire northwest, and it was absolutely impossible to make the people of the northwest worry about food and clothing in a short period of time.

An important purpose of the Chu State to conquer the Northwest was to use the Northwest to form a military threat to the Northern Han, so it was impossible for the Northwest to let its horses go back to Nanshan.

But Qi Ning knew that in order to prevent major turmoil in the northwest, two forces must be seized, one is the local powers of the northwest, and the other is of course the bureaucratic system that specifically manages the affairs of the northwest.

Qi Ning spent a lot of thought on these two forces.

Qi Ning did not lose his trust. Less than five days after the Chu army took control of Xianyang, the foot restraint was lifted, and the people in the city could operate in the city from a young age.

Before that, Qi Ning naturally let the troops at hand control some of the most critical places in Xianyang, such as warehouses, such as city gates.

The security in the city has always been maintained by the governor of Xianyang. Qi Ning specially met with the governor of Xianyang. For the sincerity of the Duke of Chu to protect the country, the governor of Xianyang was grateful, and naturally tried his best to assist the Chu army to maintain order in Xianyang. However, the yamen under the Xianyang governor did not make any changes, and everything was still the same as before. These yamen did not lose their jobs because of the change of the banner of the city head.

At the beginning of the Chu army entering the city, everyone was worried about their lives, but Chu Junqiu did not commit any crimes or even made a contract. This made the atmosphere of panic in Xianyang city gradually disappear, and many people began to worry about their livelihood, especially those who had been in the city before. The people who served as officials in Xianyang, these people lived with salaried salary, and now that the people of Chu country have come, many people naturally feel that it is impossible for the people of Chu country to continue to appoint officials of the Northern Han Dynasty. landing.

Who knows that the Xiao Guogong not only convened the officials, let them choose to stay and stay, and reserved the official positions for them, but even if he was a servant in various yamen, the Xiao Guogong also gave clear words, as long as he is willing to continue to serve as an official, The status quo can still be maintained, and the government still pays them salaries.

Qi Ning really didn’t have to worry about not being able to pay his salary. In the end, it was the Qu family’s father and son. The Chu army entered the city, and the first control was the Zhenxi General’s Mansion. Duan Canghai also immediately ordered the blockade of the General’s Mansion. No one was allowed to enter without authorization. After Qi Ning entered the city, he began to count the items in the General’s Mansion.

When he raided the residence of King Huainan in Chu State,

he found out the wealth and silk of the sect, which opened Qi Ning’s eyes, and after the financial list of the general’s residence came out, Qi Ning felt that King Huainan was really nothing compared to the Qu family’s father and son.

Whether it is gold and silver jewelry stored in the warehouse, or antique calligraphy and paintings, it can be said that the amount of money is overwhelming. Even Duan Canghai and others are also shocked. The first thought of everyone is that the Qu family and their son are so greedy in the northwest. To make money, and to be able to sit here for more than ten years, that is really not a small skill.

With such a huge wealth, it is really easy to support the normal operation of the governments at all levels in the northwest. Moreover, a huge warehouse was built in Xianyang. At the beginning, Qu Yuangu proudly claimed that even if Xianyang City was surrounded for three years and five years, the food in the warehouse would not be enough. It was also enough for the city’s needs. When he saw the grain in the warehouse with his own eyes, Qi Ning realized that Qu Yuangu was really not exaggerating.

In addition to a large amount of wealth, silk and grain, Xianyang also has a special department of households and officials, and there is a lot of silver in the warehouse. These deposits are used to maintain the operation of the government at all levels in the northwest, so for Qi Ning, what is on hand The silver is enough to guarantee the salaries of officials at all levels in the northwest.

Qi Ning gave the Northwest officials the right to choose. Two days later, the roster was sent. Most of the officials were natives of the Northwest. Naturally, it was impossible to enter Luoyang at this time, and everyone knew that the current customs The civil strife was in a group, not to mention the Chu State and the Eastern Qi army launched an offensive against the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Northern Han princes were fighting for the throne. Therefore, except for a few officials who wanted to enter the customs, most officials wanted to stay and serve the state of Chu.

The few officials, except for a few, were indeed loyal to the Northern Han, but most of them were uneasy because their family members were in the customs.

Qi Ning kept his word. Not only did he send people to escort the officials who were about to enter the customs to Tongguan, but each person also issued a special entanglement. This move was very popular and soon spread around Xianyang City.

The roster left by Hong Mendao naturally became a magic weapon in Qi Ning’s hands. Half of the officials in the roster remained, and more than a dozen officials who were marked with red lines by Hong Mendao also stayed. The intelligence of the doorway is naturally very trustworthy. After carefully examining the official positions of these more than ten officials, if they cannot bring too much threat to themselves in their official positions, they will not cause too much trouble. Qi Ning still let them hold their positions. If there is any threat to the Chu army here, Qi Ning will transfer him to another position.

Moreover, according to the last page of the roster, Qi Ning promoted those officials who had outstanding talents but were willing to serve the state of Chu. Some of the more important positions have been more properly arranged. After this transfer, Qi Ning only felt that it was extremely cumbersome. He thought that in the future, the less he touched the better.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Ning entered Xianyang for almost ten days. He was busy from morning to night almost every day, and he had to ask him for instructions on many things. Even in Chu State, Qi Ning had never been so busy before.

On this day, I saw Duan Canghai hurried over and reported: “Your Excellency, there is news from Tongguan, and Qu Yuangu really sent someone to Tongguan.”

After winning Tongguan, Qi Ning expected that Qu Yuangu would not be indifferent, but he just waited for nearly ten days but did not hear the military report, and wondered if Qu Yuangu really wanted to leave the Northwest alone?

Hearing the news, there was a smile on his lips.

“How many troops?”

“About two or three thousand troops.” Duan Canghai said: “And we have already made a tentative entrance to Tongguan, but the news from Lu Kang’s side shows that the Northwest Army is obviously not attacking with all its strength.

” Tongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, others don’t understand it, but the people from the northwest understand it better than anyone else.” Qi Ning

said

, “Nowadays, Tongguan is solid, and the supplies are abundant.

He led people to take down Tongguan, and surveyed the terrain of Tongguan on the spot, and knew that as long as Lu Kang and his soldiers guarded it with all their strength, the Northwest Army would have no chance of breaking the barrier.

“Indeed.” Duan Canghai said: “The Northwest Army has attacked several times in vain, and now it has retreated. Lu Kang said that from the pass, we can see that the Northwest Army started to build a barrier about ten miles away from Tong Pass. That means, it seems to be temporarily building a new pass on Tongguan Road.”

Qi Ning nodded and said, “That’s right, Qu Yuangu sent troops back to Tongguan. Entering the pass attacked him from behind, so he sent people back to stop us from entering the pass.” He thoughtfully said, “It’s so easy to build a pass, how much manpower and material resources Tongguan will take to get it today? On this scale, they just temporarily built a fortification as a barrier against our entry.”

Duan Canghai sneered: “Building a barrier also means that they have no confidence to conquer Tongguan.”

“Qu Yuangu is not stupid, he Since the troops are divided and intercepted at the rear, the front will inevitably speed up to attack Luoyang.” Qi Ning said: “The battle in the Northern Han Dynasty will be more intense.” But he thought that he didn’t know where the Qinhuai Army under Yue Huanshan had hit now, Longtai. This time, the purpose of sending troops to the northern expedition was to attack the east and west, using the northern expedition as a cover, and took the opportunity to attack the northwest and the east of Qi. Everything went well on my side, and Xianyang was conquered in the shortest time. It can be said that the strategic goal of the Chu State has been achieved, but I don’t know. Whether the plan to attack Dongqi went smoothly.

Duan Canghai asked: “Sir, do you want to… send troops to support Tongguan?”

“What did Lu Kang say in the military newspaper?”

Duan Canghai said: “Lu Kangdao didn’t mention the need for reinforcements.”

“Then don’t for the time being .

Send someone over.” Qi Ning smiled and said, “Lu Kang is an experienced and prudent person. If he feels that his troops are not enough, he will definitely ask for more troops. Since we didn’t mention it, we will send someone over, but it will make him feel that we are underestimating us. He. But the military reports over there must be delivered every day, and here we have to keep abreast of the situation in Tongguan.”

“My subordinates know.” Duan Canghai was about to retreat, when Qi Ning stopped and said, “These few days I haven’t seen Hong Mendao, he seems to be going back to Jianye recently, do you know where he is?”

“Do you think you want to see him too?” Duan Canghai said, “I haven’t seen him for a few days, and Sir wants to see him, I’ll go find him right now.”

“No, I’m just asking.” Qi Ning said, “We won’t be able to go back to Jian Ye for a while, Sanniang and Zhan Ying will definitely be worried, and neither does UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Knowing what’s going on here, I just happened to ask him to bring back two letters from the family.”

Duan Canghai said with a smile, “Does your lord miss the young lady?”

Although Qi Ning is already the head of the family, but at a young age, Even Gu Qinghan, who is an elder, is now in his prime, so the whole family is still used to calling Ximen Zhanying the young lady.

Qi Ning smiled and waved his hand: “Go down and do errands.” Watching Duan Canghai retreat, he really remembered Gu Qinghan and Ximen Zhanying, thinking that the court would not know how to arrange the northwest side in the future, if he stayed here It’s okay to transfer myself back to Beijing for a while. I’ll endure here for a while. If I really want to arrange myself to be guarded in the northwest, I have to take over Gu Qinghan and Ximen Zhanying no matter what.

————————————————– ————

ps: The thirteenth volume is officially opened today. Jinyi is planned to have a total of fifteen volumes. Now it is the end of the second half. I believe there will be a wonderful ending. Thank you for your continued support.

( = )