After entrusting the trivial matters of Jingdong to Liu Zhongwu for the aftermath, Tong Guan felt that everything was fine and good. Therefore, after solemnly introducing his successor the next day, he hurried to the capital with his Shengjie army.

Since we have said this, I would like to say something more. Although our Tong Shumi had a vague premonition in his heart for a long time, he still couldn't escape the old saying "Good is the result of misfortune". This time, the troubles waiting for him in Tokyo were no smaller than the other! For example, the case of a senior imperial guard general who happened to be in a downtown Tokyo shortly afterwards, which caused a stir for a while, was inseparable from him.

However, everything has its own distinction between the main and the secondary. This matter will be expressed in the future. Less gossip and get back to the point.

Let’s talk about the Western Army’s long-time general Liu Zhongwu, who steadily took over the position of commander of the imperial army from Tong Guan, was not idle. After thinking about the naval chart of the Shaman Islands for a night, Liu Zhongwu took advantage of the situation and made his eight-character policy of suppressing the bandits public in advance the next day, and immediately received high praise from Tong Guan. Tong Guan even instructed the new Yunzhou prefect Cai Juhou, the prefect of Jeju Xu Ji, and the left-behind general Zhao Tan of the court, to order the three of them to cooperate sincerely, learn from and implement the eight-character policy proposed by Liu Zhongwu, and strive to trap the Liangshan bandits on the isolated island as soon as possible.

It can be seen that Tong Guan did not take the opportunity to enhance Liu Zhongwu's prestige. After all, with Liu Zhongwu's qualifications, there is no need for this formal enhancement. Instead, Liu Zhongwu's eight words of ease really touched Tong Guan and gained his high recognition.

It is said that the new official took office for three fires. Liu Zhongwu's first fire was strongly supported by his superiors. Moreover, according to his arrangement, his colleagues and the soldiers at the bottom were all very good. This kind of thing that almost made everyone happy was still a problem? So before Liu Zhongwu arrived in Qingzhou, the fire was burning in the entire Dengzhou area and in the Linhai counties of Qing, Lai and Wei. With the thunder and lightning, it was burning wildly.

"According to the military order of Liu Chengxuan, the people of Dengzhou will be moved to the mainland prefectures and counties for resettlement! If any violation of the order, they will be punished as a thief!"

The surrendered soldiers, who were showing off their power, happily read out the imperial military orders in front of the people over and over again. Tasks like this that were ordered to disturb the people were almost the ones they supported most in their hearts. They could make money and not take responsibility. They were simply too tempted to their stomachs!

However, they were happy, but the people were suffering. They were kicked out of their homes for no reason. Who would be willing? Faced with such chaos, let alone the poor households in Dengzhou counties. The gentry and wealthy households in each township and village were almost rebelled. Under high pressure, they jointly signed and went to Dengzhou's highest civil servant Wang Qing and Wang Xianggong to cry:

"Even Wang Lun occupied Dengzhou, he did not disturb the people like this. He even gave food to the people. How could he wait until the court recovered Dengzhou, but he still forced the people to leave his hometown? The magistrate and the minister must take charge of the people under his control, and he cannot let the Grand Marshals do whatever they want!"

Wang Qing, the temporary prefect (when Liu Yu was in office and handed over), unexpectedly received huge amounts of filial piety from the wealthy families, so he naturally had to say a few words "heart-to-heart":

"Don't think that Wang Lun didn't rob you before, and he pretended to open warehouses and grain for you. You will be safe in the future! He has swept across millions of people hiding on the island. Even if he is lying on a mountain of gold and silver, he will have a day of eating. If you don't leave, sooner or later will be the fat in their eyes. Don't be lit by the sky lanterns, you will blame the court for its poor protection!"

Wang Qing's words are not unreasonable, but given Liangshanbo's always strong reputation and the loss of both people and money that is about to be brought about by leaving his hometown, the big families are still unwilling to submit easily:

"At that time, if Liangshan really comes to rob, we will admit it, and we will never blame the court! My husband is good, please accept the heavenly soldiers. At least let us go! If we are not filial enough, we will make up again!"

"Absurd it! Is this a matter of money?? It's fine if you are willing to be robbed. I am not skeptical about you at the moment. But it is a small matter for you to lose all your money, and it is a big matter for the Liangshan bandits to get supplies. It is directly related to the success or failure of the imperial court's plan to suppress the thieves! Don't think that your ancestors have given a few prefectures, and Hanlin can be skeptical. Wang Lun is the number one criminal who is trying to kill them now. How many brains do you have to dare to ruin the major affairs of the official family? That is, the husbands of your ancestors are still alive. Do you think they dare to ignore the emperor's kindness and disobey the holy will at this critical moment?"

Wang Qing is Tong Guan's son-in-law. He went to the countryside to make money and was also involved in his direct descendants. If you ask him to stand on the side of the people, it will be a strange thing.

However, when Wang Qing was surprised, the big families were used to it. Since they dared to collect money from the beginning, they had the ability to do things. Everyone begged and added "codes", and finally a compromise method was leaked from Wang Qing's mouth:

"In this way, I will take care of you for a while! Your family still needs to be moved, but you don't have to go far away! Everyone will move their families to four counties in this prefecture. When the bandits in Liangshan come, there will be an official army to protect you!"

This is actually Liu Zhongwu's original intention. After all, he is a pure soldier and just wants to win battles. He is not determined to force the people to death. But for some reason, the orders went wrong and became the only way for officials at all levels to gain benefits. Wang Qing, a newly promoted parent official from the court who was born in a thief, played this trick for the first time, but he was still as decent as he did without a teacher.

With this adaptation, the wealthy families can breathe a sigh of relief, but the poor families are miserable. If they have money, they can naturally live a good life in the county town. Even if the food and grass in the warehouse are pulled away by the government army in the name of preventing the capitalist enemy, they will not be damaged. But the situation of these people is embarrassing, because once they leave this family, they will have nothing. The so-called prospect described by the government is like a mirage. The honest people who are willing to believe in such an illusory statement have already run away from Liangshanpo.

Unfortunately, if the court wants to do something seriously, the people who are just scattered are powerless to stop it. Today, the four counties of Dengzhou have more than 100,000 troops, and the number of people is enough to penetrate into every natural village. Therefore, Liu Zhongwu's strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields was implemented very smoothly. Apart from the chaotic chaos at the beginning, Dengzhou has long been no longer popular.

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Dengzhou, Penglai North, Daoyu Old Village.

"The old lieutenant is really amazing. In just a few days, Dengzhou turned into a Jedi! In my opinion, when the Liangshan bandits sit and eat the whole country, they will be desperate when they want to rob Dengzhou, they will be desperate!" A middle-level and lower-level officer in red and black armor was standing in front of the cliff and watching the sea.

When the young man saw this, he turned around and looked at the strong military man beside him and said to himself: "This is the first time in the past few days that I have heard someone say good things about his father and commander!"

The officer was not embarrassed, but laughed and said, "Look at what Yanei said! It is to eliminate thieves for the country, what is it to be scolded? The old lieutenant was originally from public intention, and he may not take these rumors seriously! As long as the bandits in Liangshan are pacified, the first person the people in Jingdong will thank in the future is the old lieutenant!"

"Yasha, Yasha, you are becoming more and more adept at speaking! You don't have to persuade me. Even if the people of Jingdong will be the benefit of being the commander of the father in the future, in Dengzhou, my Liu family's infamy cannot be washed away. Fortunately, the mainland states now lack labor, and the people of Dengzhou will move inward, and I think life will not be sad!"

The young man said it later, his tone seemed to be muttering to himself. It can be seen that he also agreed with the general direction of strengthening the walls and clearing the world, but he was quite unbearable in the details of the execution.

The officer called "Yasha" was about to persuade him a few more words, but saw the young man sighed and changed the topic: "How many ships have we collected recently?"

"It's really a thief, and the old saying is right! The last general is looking for the coast of Dengzhou, so he has to come to these dozen fishing boats!" Seeing the young man frowned, Yasha said again: "But it's enough to complete the old Grand Marshal's secret order!"

The young man said "um" and looked at the vast sea and stopped talking. Yasha waited for a while and couldn't help but say, "Yanei, the poison Miao Jiang has been prepared! When he was taking people to look for the boat yesterday, he accidentally found two plague animals who died of illness. Miao Jiang brought them all back! As the saying goes, "It's better to go to the morning and not late tonight. Mo Jiang will take people to the Shamen Island and get this done!"

In other words, Liu Zhongwu is not a mediocre general who only knows how to wait for the rabbit. Speaking of his secret order, it is definitely a deadly move to hit the snake and hit seven inches. Although Liangshanbo swept countless money and grains on Jingdong to the island, he would not have a famine for a while, but the Shaman Islands have a huge disadvantage, which is Tamsui.

These islands are not as good as Liangshanpo, and are surrounded by tamsui. Even if Dong Ping and his gang deliberately took off their pants and peed on the side of the water pool on their way back to Beijing, they would at most disgusting the people on the island. But the Salmon Islands are different. Millions of people poured into it in a short period of time, and the limited water source on the island alone would be unsustainable. If they "polluted" the water source like Dong Ping, it would be fatal.

"Yasha, that's millions of lives!" The young man turned around and looked at Yasha, and his tone was endlessly heavy.

"But they survived, they were millions of bandits! Jingdong, Hebei, and even the entire Song Dynasty would never have peace!" Yasha was not a simple person. When he saw that he turned against his smile, his face became serious:

"The old grand lieutenant eliminated the thieves for the country and did not hesitate to blame his reputation because he knew that this matter was not a joke! If he was soft-hearted to this group of thieves, he would be very cruel to the people of the Song Dynasty. If we were indecisive at this time and be kind to women, and when this group of thieves counterattacked Jingdong in the future, the old grand lieutenant would be very guilty! Yanei, you have to think clearly!"

Upon hearing this, the muscles on his face couldn't help but twitch, as if he was in a fierce ideological struggle in his heart. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Our army's layout is not stable now, and the cities of various counties have not been repaired. It is easy to force the Liangshan bandits to jump over the wall, and they can defend the city without surrendering troops. In this way, it will be difficult for our Western Army to win by surprise and annihilate the bandits in the field! Xu Tie, wait... wait!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!