Chapter 60 After the war

Seeing Yu Wenxin dropping his sword, the generals and soldiers around him were all excited. Many people wanted to persuade him, but in the end they sighed. Perhaps they were not afraid of death, but everyone had parents and brothers. Knowing that there was no hope, they had to think about their families. If they surrender, they might suffer in all kinds of hardships and could always reduce some punishments for their families.

"Clang, CLlang, CLlang..." The sound of countless weapons falling to the ground came, and the two thousand rebels surrounded in the middle successively put down their weapons. Even though some people were still unwilling to surrender, they just saw that their companions around had put down their weapons, they had to throw away the weapons in their hands in disgrace.

Seeing this scene, Qu Tutong, who was passing the imperial edict, showed a smile. These rebels who were determined to fight to the death surrendered and gave a wink to the nearest governor. The governor understood and waved his hand. Teams of official troops stepped forward to separate the rebels who had already put down their weapons and began to escort them to the city.

Due to the hot weather, the bodies outside Linjin City rotted quickly and quickly stinked into the sky. The army was busy all day before burying the bodies. After dealing with the bodies outside Linjin City, Yang Yong ordered the army to regain the counties occupied by the rebels. With Yuwen Xin's surrender, the rebels in Shangdang County could not hold on. When the army of the court arrived in Shangdang County, Yuwen Xin's confidants who were left in Shangdang County had already escaped first and buried their names. The other rebels did not defend the enemy and raised the white flag to the court.

Although Yuwen Xin's rebellion was quelled very quickly, it only involved the two counties. In addition to causing huge casualties, Yang Yong naturally could not handle it himself. Except for Yuwen Xin and the main generals around him, the other prisoners had to be temporarily locked up in Linjin County, waiting for the court's order. Although Liang Mo had committed crimes and made meritorious service, his suspicion of rebellion was not washed away. Liang Mo and his subordinates were still dismissed their weapons and sent them to various borders to become soldiers.

Although Yang Yong likes Liang Mo's Wu Yong and wants to keep Liang Mo beside him, he is very worried about Liang Mo's loyalty. If news of Liang Shiyan being executed by the court came, Yang Yong didn't know if Liang Mo would be unfavorable to him, so he had to bear the pain and let him suffer a little before he went to the border.

This short war was extremely destructive to Hedong County. Yuwen Xin collected more than 20,000 young and strong people in Hedong County. Now about half of these young and strong people died in Linjin City. In order to raise military supplies, the treasury of each county was plundered by Yuwen Xin, and many of the food in the homes of the people were also robbed by the rebels.

However, as the rebels were destroyed quickly, many people still avoided it. In addition, Yang Yong released all the young and strong men who forced the rebels back, and the other escaped people were not investigated. Although the counties suffered a lot of damage, they could still recover slowly. Only Wanrong County, which suffered the most serious losses, was seriously damaged. Although it was not as suffocating to the point where it was empty, almost half of them were filial.

After Yuwen Xin brought out the two thousand elite soldiers in the valley, the first thing was to take over the Wanrong County city. The county magistrate of Wanrong County was vacant. The county magistrate followed the prince with his government soldiers. Only one county magistrate Huang Liang and a hundred yamen runners were left in the county. Huang Liang was a traitor and did not dare to fight with Yuwen Xin. He opened the city gate and welcomed Yuwen Xin into the city. Yuwen Xin recruited all the young and strong men in Wanrong County. Most of these young men died at Linjin City, and only a small number of them had the fate to escape back.

When Yang Yong came to Wanrong with his guards again, there was only one month apart. Wanrong County seemed to have become a city. In the past, people on both sides of the road became sparse. When they walked into the city, there were only three people sitting in the restaurants on both sides that often called friends. The shopkeepers and bosses in the store were both weak. They could see a house with white banners hanging after a few steps.

Seeing this situation, Yang Shi and others couldn't help but think of more than a dozen Eastern Palace guards who died in the valley, and they were all a little sad.

When he arrived at the county government gate, Miao Meng, who was notified, quickly came out: "I am here to see Your Highness."

After Yuwen Xin was defeated, Miao Meng took the troops to recover Wanrong County, which was not called recovery. At that time, there were not many rebels in Wanrong County. The county magistrate Huang Liang contacted the yamen runners and servants to drive the rebels away first. Miao Meng came back but just took them back.

At this time, Miao Meng's face was happy and sad. What was happy was that Huang Liang first welcomed the rebels into the city. Although he finally counterattacked, he had actually lost the qualification to replace the county magistrate. The Wanrong County Magistrate was undoubtedly about to fall on Miao Meng's head. What was sad was that Wanrong County might not be able to recover in a few years. He could have been promoted to Shangxian, but he could have been promoted to Zhongxian.

"Miao County Magistrate, get up." Yang Yong didn't know that Miao Meng was wandering around in his heart. He looked over and felt a little confused. Wanrong County became like this, and he probably had some responsibility. If he hadn't ignored Yu Wen Xin and allowed the two thousand soldiers and horses from Fenzhou to be stationed in Wanrong, even if Yu Wen Xin rescued the two thousand soldiers in the valley, it would be difficult to capture Wanrong. Yu Wen Xin's rebel army was undoubtedly much smaller.

When he heard the prince call him the county magistrate with his own ears, Miao Meng was immediately overjoyed: "I obey the order, Your Highness, please come from inside." He bent over and sent Yang Yong and his group into the county government's main office.

After Yang Yong sat down, he asked Miao Meng directly: "Miao Aiqing, you have made great contributions to the extermination of the rebels this time. Given that Wanrong County has no master, our palace has reported to the Ministry of Personnel and ordered you to be the magistrate of Wanrong County. If the Ministry of Personnel has no objection, the official documents will come down within a month. Wanrong suffered a great damage this time. As the lord of a county, what can you do to make Wanrong quickly restore its original prosperity?"

Miao Meng grabbed the scalp. He used to be a matter of public security and robbery. All the administration of Wanrong County was controlled by Yu Wencheng. When he heard the prince ask, he had to try his best to recall what Yu Wencheng had done. The more he recalled, the more he felt a mess in his mind, and sweat fell seriously.

"Go back to your highness, I am, I am... By the way, I am strictly in accordance with the court's requirements and develop water conservancy to benefit farmers and sericulture." Miao Meng finally remembered a word. He thought that this answer would never be wrong.

Yang Yong shook his head and was very disappointed with Miao Meng. If such a person is the parents of Wanrong County, did he choose the wrong choice? He said patiently: "Although farming is important, the greatest benefit of Wanrong County is above both business and scalpers. You can vigorously develop scalper breeding in the county as your predecessors, attract people from nearby prefectures and counties to come to Wanrong County to buy and sell cattle, and vigorously develop tourism. Wanrong County will not be rich."

Miao Meng felt something, but he had a bitter face when talking about the scalpers. A month ago, Wanrong County had at least two or three scalpers, dozens of scalpers in almost every household, and tens of thousands of scalpers in the entire Wanrong area. However, Yuwen Xin was in chaos, many scalpers were slaughtered. Now there are only five or six thousand scalpers in the county. In a month or two, it will be the season for cow sellers from all over the country to enter the Wanrong cattle sales season. This year's scalpers will definitely not be able to do it. There is no grain in the county, so I don't know how to survive this winter.

However, what Miao Meng puzzled was the prince’s travel and what was traveling? But he didn’t dare to ask, so he had to be timid.

Yang Yong was a little disappointed with Miao Meng. He didn't see Huang Liang. He was surprised. Huang Liang was guilty and dared not see him. Looking at Miao Meng's timid appearance, Yang Yong's heart moved. Could it be that Miao Meng was making trouble: "Miao Aiqing, where is Huang Liang?"

Miao Meng was still thinking about what travel was, and suddenly heard Yang Yong's voice, and was shocked: "Go back to your highness, County Magistrate Huang welcomed the enemy into the city. He knew he was guilty and was now in prison."

"Bring him up." As expected, Yang Yong couldn't help but glared at Miao Meng fiercely.

Miao Meng was shocked by the prince's eyes and was shocked. He didn't know what he had made, but just responded: "I obey the order." He quickly stood up from the chair and was about to pick up Huang Liang himself. Yang Yong calmed down and said: "Just send someone here, you can stay."

Miao Meng had to sit down again and gave an order to a yamen runner outside the door. Yang Yong gave a wink. Lu Mulin understood and sent a guard to follow the yamen runner to pick up people.

After a while, Huang Liang brought it over, wearing prison clothes and gray hair. At this time, Huang Liang looked even older than before, but he was clean and had never suffered any pain. Yang Yong looked at Miao Meng again, and saw Miao Meng's face calm, which was a bit inconsistent with Yang Yong's guess that Miao Meng deliberately made things difficult for him.

Seeing Yang Yong, Huang Liang quickly knelt on the ground with a pounce: "Sinners, please see Your Highness."

"Get up, I repent in time. I will not pursue your sins. However, don't think about improving. You are still a good assistant to the new county magistrate of Wanrong County. This time, the people of Wanrong County were seriously damaged. You should do your best to restore Wanrong's people's livelihood as soon as possible." Yang Yong always felt guilty about Wanrong County. Although he did not come here deliberately this time, he also wanted the people of Wanrong County to recover the grand occasion a month ago as soon as possible.

"The criminal minister obeys the order. Your Highness is so concerned about Wanrong. If the people of Wanrong know, they will definitely not dare to forget your highness's kindness." Huang Liang kowtowed dong dong.
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