The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 437 The Emperor's Behavioral Logic
The New Year's atmosphere here in Bu Kui seems to be much stronger than that of the emperor.

After regaining South Wendura, people in Bukui didn't care much about what others thought, or even what the court thought.

The point is that they care about it.

The greatest significance to Bu Kui of regaining South Vendura is to remove the threat of Bu Kui being close at hand.This made Bu Kui's security situation suddenly easier.

After the battle to regain South Wendura, under the help of Ximailui, the Votel people and the Wali Valley people jointly sent several envoys to reach a non-aggression agreement with Bukui.

Although the agreement was neither formal nor in writing, Bu Kui still agreed.It's a gentleman's agreement.

After this battle, Jia Min doesn't want to launch another large-scale battle, and maintaining peace is a win-win situation.

Among the three major tribes in North Wendura, Sidwa was seriously injured and could only protect himself.

Although the two tribes of Votel and Wali Valley still have strength, they have not fully recovered from the damage to their internal leadership due to the previous beheading action by Bu Kui.

The new leader and some commanders and other leaders still need to integrate and digest the interior, and there is no more energy to look outside for a while.

The content of the non-aggression agreement is not only non-aggression, but also the return of imperial prisoners of war, the return of slaves, pastures, and forests that were looted in South Wendura.

In this sense, in the Battle of North Vendura in the spring, except for the soldiers who had already died in the battle, all the results obtained by the Tatars were vomited out again.

The significance of this is actually very great.It's just because the time is short, the news has not spread in the court, and it has not caused a sensation for the time being.

However, in Bukui, this matter caused a great sensation.Because these days, more than 2 people have returned to Pu Que from North Wendura.

The arrival of these people brought a great burden to Bu Kui.

The main problem lies in the resettlement of these people.

Although the population of Bu Kui has increased a lot, twenty thousand people rushed in all at once, which is still a large number.

For those who were eager to go home, the yamen gave each of them two taels of silver to send them off as soon as possible to reduce the pressure on Pu Kui.

Such people have left more than 1 people.

There are still more than 9000 people who have not left for the time being.Some people feel that there is no good end to go back, and do not want to go back.

Some felt that it would be embarrassing to see people when they went back, and seeing that Bu Kui's place was good, they stayed here.

Others simply stayed to make money, planning to go back after making money.

Of course, some asked to join the Fubingtuan or the Beijing Camp as soldiers.

In the past two years, the harvest in Liuren Guanzhuang has been good, so Bu Kui has enough food.The food problems of these people are easier to solve.

As for living, it is more troublesome.It's winter now, and it's the middle of winter, and the antifreeze and warmth of more than 9000 people has become a big problem.

Fortunately, the Sidwa people brought the ransom in time, ransomed their captives back, and vacated some places.

In the past two years, Bu Kui built a lot of houses, the school was closed, and some houses were vacated. Some people who built the city wall went home and vacated some residences.

After a lot of moving left and right, before the Chinese New Year, these people were finally resettled.

After the war ended, Bukui's trade activities with Wendula Grassland also fully resumed.Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, commercial activities have reached their peak all of a sudden.

Although the Tatars withdrew from South Vendura, the consequences of this war were still very clearly revealed.

Due to the destruction of the war and the plunder of the Tatars, great damage was done to the four tribes of South Vendura.

Therefore, as soon as the war ended, the officials trained by Bu Kui immediately entered South Vendura.

The first work carried out was a large-scale relief operation.

In addition to resuming commercial activities, the main content is the free distribution of daily necessities such as salt, tea, and spices.

For this, Bukui Yamen spent more than 5 taels of silver.Coupled with the relief of the prisoners of war who came back from North Wendura, the financial surplus that the Bukui Yamen has worked so hard for in the past two years has almost been exhausted.

After His Highness Chang'an left, Wang Ziteng moved back to live in the post house.

Today is the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and he just came back from his inspection in Bukui Street.

At this time in previous years, the yamen has been closed for the New Year. This year, due to the many affairs, it has been busy until today. All the affairs have been settled, and the yamen is closed today.

After a while, He Shen will come back with Master Jiang.

He Shen will go to South Vendura to check the situation of the grassland tribes.

Master Jiang went to Guanzhuang to check the resettlement of the prisoners who had returned from North Wendu.

"You guys came back just in time, just chatting while eating and drinking. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, let's drink more today."

"Yeah, everything has been arranged now, and I'm in the mood to drink."

He Shenjiang sat down and spoke with some emotion.

"How is the situation in South Windura?"

Wang Ziteng asked.

"Fortunately, I didn't expect that these people sent by the Fubingtuan were really different from others. Those herdsmen were full of praise for them. They all said that the officials sent by the imperial court were one in the sky and one in the earth. I can't hold my head up, it's embarrassing."

"How can there be such a big difference?"

"The donated officials sent by the imperial court last year, when they arrived in South Wendura, they all played awe-inspiring, whether they were making money or taking concubines. They eat, drink and play all day long, and they don't do serious things."

"Nowadays, these people who go to the Fubingtuan all bring their own yurts and food. They make meals by themselves and don't eat a little food from the people. They ride their own horses every day, and there is no one idle. Busy with work. Not delivering food and salt, but helping the herdsmen to buy and sell things, genuine goods at a fair price, no deception.”

"One is to add to the chaos and harm others. The other is to benefit and help others. Comparing the two, the judgment is judged. Naturally, the evaluation is very different. I really didn't expect that Jia Huaiyuan's governance of Pu Kui would reach this level. Military affairs, even civilian affairs, can be done so well."

He Shen said these words out of emotion. If he hadn't witnessed these things with his own eyes, he would hardly believe it.

This once again refreshed his views on Bu Kui, Fu Bing Tuan, and Jia Min.

"That's right, the longer I've been here and the more I know about Bu Kui, the more I feel that Huaiyuan is extraordinary. It's a pity that such a talent can't be tolerated by the court. It's really regrettable."

Master Jiang took a sip of wine and also expressed emotion.

"Looking at ancient and modern times, after a major war, there will be military disasters, famine, chaos, and disease. This time, more than 2 prisoners of war were taken back in this way. It is really a great achievement. It cannot be overstated."

"More than 2 people were resettled in this way, and there was no military disaster or chaos. It is really rare. It is rare to be so willing to spend money. If we wait until we ask the court to allocate money, we don't have to wait until the year or month."

"The imperial court allocates money? It's just our own wishful thinking. It's been almost a year since the war ended, so many soldiers were taken captive by the Tatars as slaves, and no one from the imperial court managed to get them back. forget."

He Shen will be angry about this incident.

"Eat and drink, you two don't talk nonsense."

Wang Ziteng felt that what they said was reasonable, but after all, they still couldn't follow them and talk casually.

"Of course we know the seriousness, it's just that there are no outsiders at home to talk about it."

"This time to recover South Wendura, Shiweng's trip can be regarded as a complete merit. I wonder when the emperor will call Shiweng back to the court?"

"Well, it's fine if you don't call me, but it's not bad to stay here for a while. It's not necessarily a good thing to go back early."

Although now that South Wendura has been recovered, Wang Ziteng is not very excited, and has a faint sense of anxiety recently.

The memorial regarding the recovery of South Wendura has already been handed in.Until now, he has not waited for the reply he expected.

On the contrary, it was his younger brother Wang Zisheng and his son Wang Xin who had some news, which troubled him a little.

Achievements such as the recovery of South Wendura did not arouse much positive reaction in the court.Some rumors about Bu Kui made him worry.

Especially those things mentioned in the letter about Xiao Daozong's request to abolish the government corps aroused Wang Ziteng's vigilance.

"Is Shiweng troubled by the rumors about the abolition of the government corps?"

Wang Ziteng didn't say anything, but He Shenjiang did speak.

"No way, it's right for the other government corps to be abolished. They practiced and practiced again and again, but they couldn't achieve anything. But the Bukui government corps must never be abolished. After making such a great achievement, No matter how ignorant the emperor is, he wouldn't do something like self-destruct the Great Wall, right?"

"I think Shi Weng's worries are not unreasonable."

"Master Jiang, the more you talk about it, the more confused I become. Tell me, why did you abolish the Bukui Mansion Corps?"

He Shenjiang could not think of any reason to abolish the government corps.

"The reason is ready-made. First, now that the overall situation in Wendula has been settled, the Tatars are no longer a threat to Pu Kui. Without the government troops here, Pu Kui will be fine for a while. Yuzo."

"Secondly, the big tree attracts the wind. The Fubing Corps is too strong, and has made great achievements in succession. As long as the Fubing Corps is there, people will never forget the disastrous defeat of the 15 troops. It is precisely because the Fubing Corps is capable that it sets off the incompetence of other armies. Without the Fubingtuan, their incompetence will not be revealed."

"Thirdly, Jia Huaiyuan strongly opposed the war at the beginning, but it turned out that he was right and those people in the court were wrong. The government troops rescued the prince and princess one after another, and took back Nanwendula, which made those people lose face. As long as the government As long as the Bingtuan exists, it will prove their mistakes to the world, and they will feel embarrassed. Only when the Bingtuan is gone, people will gradually forget about it."

"Master Jiang, is this impossible?"

Although He Shenjiang was talking to Master Jiang, his eyes were on Wang Ziteng.It means to hear Wang Ziteng's opinion.

"Forget it, don't mention it, drink."

Wang Ziteng avoided the topic.

Although he didn't answer, he agreed with Master Jiang's opinion.

He occupies a high position and has a deeper understanding of the emperor and the court.The reason Jiang Shiye analyzed is the behavioral logic of the emperor and the court.

(End of this chapter)