The report was sent up, and the decree came back quickly. Three days later, we arrived at Tanglong Town.

Liu Huai posthumously conferred the envoy of the Xishang Cabinet and the envoy of the Guozhou regiment, and ordered the local officials to visit the people of his own clan to inherit Liu Huai's future. All the fake officials and regents of the Yingtian Xiang Army have all removed the word fake and moved to the second order. The relocation to the second rank is the guarantee of the officers of the whole army, and after the military merits are calculated, the outstanding officers and soldiers will be promoted. The inner treasury contributed 1 million yuan as a special payment for the officers and soldiers participating in the war.

Of course, the cash will not be sent so quickly, and Du Zhongxiao does not approve of the reward before the battle, and the money will be left in Beijing and received it after returning to the division. In addition to the rewards for officers and soldiers participating in the battle, the bereavement pensions of the dead and wounded officers and soldiers were also paid from this.

Liu Huai's body could only be temporarily left in Tanglong Town, and after the magistrate found his own people, he would bring them back for proper burial.

Du Zhongxiao's energy was mainly spent on dealing with the aftermath and ensuring the morale of an army, and he could not be sloppy at this time. It is not easy to balance the balance between taking care of the thinking of this era, receiving money when you become a soldier, and even more so when you win a war, and trying to keep the morale of officers and men from being swayed by money. What Du Zhongxiao did was to grade military merits, no longer only as the basis for a one-time reward, but also link it with future promotions and treatment.

Zhou Su entered the Du Zhongxiao Shuai Hall, and saw that the documents on the case were piled up, and said with his hands crossed: "To be systematized, the last general learned that General Liu's reward had arrived, and he specially came to report it." When General Liu went, he had his last words"

Du Zhongxiao said: "After entering the city, the affairs were busy, so I didn't ask in detail. I don't know what Liu Huai entrusted when he was dying? ”

Zhou Su said: "General Liu said that in the past two years, he has been taken care of by the He family in Zaoyang County, and he is grateful. Some of his own savings, as well as the reward money issued by the imperial court, hope to be handed over to the He family. But I saw the decree of the imperial court, which was to ask his own people to be the queen and sacrifice in the spring and autumn in the future. In this way, the money cannot be given to the He family, which is inconsistent with Liu Huai's last words. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Who else has seen this matter with their own eyes besides you?" ”

Zhou Su said: "At that time, the soldiers were surrounded, and everyone listened to what Liu Huai said in person. Later, the last general also told General Wu. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "What did General Wu say? I didn't see him come to me for a few days. ”

Zhou Su said: "General Wu's intentions are to be done according to the will of the imperial court." The person who must be found is the one who continues Liu Huai's incense and sacrifices from generation to generation. The money given to the He family, General Wu and the rest of the people found a way, and they scraped together and sent it back. ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Tell Thirteen Lang, no need, I will allocate this money from the army." Also, since Liu Huai has this last word, in addition to sending money, he can ask He Da's family to pack up his relics in Zaoyang and leave a souvenir. ”

Zhou Su promised, and said: "There is another matter, we sent troops urgently that day, General Liu had a family affair, and both sides were very satisfied. It's just that I was in too much hurry, and I didn't reply to the girl, for fear of misunderstanding. General Liu regretted this incident very much, and mentioned it on his deathbed. ”

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while, and sighed: "Fighting always involves death, and you always have to face these life and death partings, which is sad in vain." I will write to Li Zhizhou in Suizhou, send some dowry to the woman's family, and ask Li Zhizhou to help and choose a good person to marry. All the officers and soldiers in the army who died in battle will be like this, let the local help take care of the family. If they are young and widowed, the government will pay for the dowry and choose a good person to remarry. ”

Zhou Su listened to it and felt that Du Zhongxiao had made proper arrangements, and went out after thanking him.

Looking at the back of Zhou Su leaving, Du Zhongxiao felt a little sad, got up and paced back and forth. To fight a war is to die, and often to be a good person who is familiar to him, and the joy of victory after the war is always accompanied by these sad stories.

How to deal with the aftermath of the war dead is a difficult problem, and the slightest negligence will be sorry for the victims on the battlefield. It is impossible to have all the deaths in battle according to one standard, otherwise, how can we face real heroes? Differential treatment is also easy to provoke complaints, the same is to send troops to fight, how can someone die more valuable than others. Fairness and justice are easier said than done.

The Yingtianxiang Army is not the same as the forbidden army, the soldiers are not military members, they have families in the local area, and the pension is more complicated. In addition to money and material subsidies, there are also spiritual aspects, such as building a martyr's shrine. The Martyrs' Shrine is a Chinese tradition, and its significance is similar to that of the martyrs' cemeteries in later generations, and it is a spiritual consolation for the war dead and their families. How to do it, who will do it, and where to pay for it are all facing many practical problems.

This big victory, it can be seen from Shi Quanbin that the imperial court's attitude towards the Yingtianxiang army has changed greatly. After the war, it was inevitable to use the battalion and field army as a template to transform the army and establish a new army. In addition to changing weapons, it is still unknown how much the military system has changed. Du Zhongxiao hoped that the officers would be professionalized and the non-commissioned officers would no longer be professionalized. For low-level soldiers, experience is actually not so important, and the soldiers are not necessarily more able to fight, but it will bring bad morale in the army.

In the past few days, Shi Quanbin has been in charge of investigating and handling Yu Jingyang's case, and he is the best at this kind of thing. The inner servants stay in the palace, and their ability to really do things is not necessarily strong, and their ability to extort confessions by torture is still stronger than Du Zhongxiao's.

In a side room of the yamen, Shi Quanbin stared at Yu Jingyang who was kneeling on the ground like an eagle, and said: "Yu Jingyang, you have committed treason, this life will definitely not be saved, and it will be cheaper for you to cut it with a knife!" What is the matter in the end, let's talk about it in more detail, so as not to suffer more! ”

Yu Jingyang said: "Group practice, I have told everything in the past two days, how can I be detailed?" ”

Shi Quanbin shook his head again and again: "The number of people is not enough. You have been doing evil for so many years, and in the end you want to lure the wolf into the house to get rid of the crime, and there are only more than 50 people in the same party? ”

Yu Jingyang said: "Group practice, the only people I can remember are these people, and the rest really can't remember their names." ”

Shi Quanbin said: "Every time an hour passes, if there is no new name, the Sprinkle family will make you suffer a little!" ”

Yu Jingyang closed his eyes, opened them for a while, and shouted loudly: "You are trying the case, and you have no road supervision department, and you have no imperial history, you will be punished at every turn, where is the national law!" I was sent back by the Khitans, because I had no eyes, and I didn't think that they would do such a thing, it was nothing more than death! Shi Tuanlian used torture to extract confessions, just to ask me to climb others, and in the future, the court will come, how will you face it? ”

Shi Quanbin stepped forward and kicked him and scolded: "You are a traitorous thief, and you are worthy of the imperial court!" The sprinkler family will clean you up! ”

Xiao Liangde and Lu Fu went back and immediately sent Yu Jingyang back. Shi Quanbin did not delay for a moment, and started a big punishment, asking him to explain all his accomplices, as well as those who helped him do things. In two days, more than 200 people have been arrested in a small city, and the implication is widespread.

In addition to ordering not to harm his family, Du Zhongxiao ignored it. I built this prosperous small city by myself, and it became like this in a few years, how could it be possible not to clean it up. Many of the serious businessmen he was once familiar with were forced to leave by Yu Jingyang, and some were even killed by him.

Because it was a border city for trade between various countries, Du Zhongxiao left a lot of openings at that time, and the order was really not good. In order to stay alive, sometimes some compromises have to be made. However, after the military city was built at that time, a separate trading area was set aside outside, just to keep bad things outside, just like setting up a garbage dump. Unexpectedly, Yu Jingyang has been here for a few years, making the military city darker than the outside of the city.