One thousand two hundred and eighty-two This question is a bit direct.
When Su Haisheng arrived in Chengdu, Chen Qixian had already made some arrangements for Chengdu City.
For example, send all the original Song army outside Chengdu City, build camps to accommodate them, and let them hand over all their weapons and equipment, become formal surrendered soldiers, and send troops to supervise them.
For example, the officers and soldiers are supervised separately, the officers live on one side and the soldiers live on the other side, and both sides do not contact each other.
All local civil and military officials from the Chengdu court who were originally arrested by Ma Yongkang and others were placed in a large yard in the southeast corner of Chengdu City. The male owner and the rest of their families lived separately and were not allowed to meet each other.
Ma Yongkang and others were actually under house arrest, but as surrenders, they could receive preferential treatment.
They can live in their original residence and live with their families. There are special guarantees for three meals a day, but they are not allowed to go out for no reason. And Ming soldiers need to be placed at their doorstep.
At the same time, Chen Qixian opened Chengdu City, allowing ordinary people in the city to resume daily life activities such as woodcutting, etc., and sent troops to sweep away the restless gang inside and outside the Chengdu City, causing Chengdu City to slowly return to normal.
Accompanied by the guards, Su Haisheng went to meet with Ma Yongkang, Wu Ting and other main decision makers of surrender, expressed their gratitude to them, and recognized that their actions were correct and also brought great success to Ming Dynasty, and they made contributions.
As for the credit, future life arrangements, etc., Su Haisheng cannot make a decision, but they will meet Su Yonglin when they can go there. Su Yonglin will comprehensively consider their actions and give them a reasonable post-war solution.
"Of course, don't worry, your surrender this time is of great significance to the Ming Dynasty, so Zhongdu will also make full consideration of your arrangements, and you will be properly placed, so you don't have to worry about any other problems."
Su Haisheng tactfully expressed that Ming Guo would not kill them all over the river.
This statement made Ma Yongkang and others very happy.
However, some of Su Haisheng's problems made them a little embarrassed.
"You have indeed made a lot of contributions this time, but I heard that supporting Zhao Buxi as the emperor to fight against the Ming Dynasty was also your main promoter, the supporters at that time and the surrender now, what are you thinking?"
Su Haisheng sat on the chair, drinking tea while looking at them with interest.
As the leader of the ministers, Ma Yongkang certainly had to bite the bullet and stand up to answer Su Haisheng's questions instead of everyone.
"The commander didn't know that the reason why we supported the new king before was actually because of the many misunderstandings about the Ming Dynasty. Coupled with the actual panic and the requests of some local people in Sichuan and Shu, people always want to protect themselves in times of chaos. At that time, we supported the new king completely in line with the hearts of the people of Sichuan and Shu."
Su Haisheng drank a little tea and smiled.
"The people of Sichuan and Shu are heartless. In other words, the landlords and wealthy people in the land of Sichuan and Shu hope that you will support the new king to protect their interests?"
Landlords are old money?
Protect their interests?
This is... a bit straightforward.
Ma Yongkang's tactful words were very direct in Su Haisheng's mouth, and Su Haisheng did not have the idea of being around the bush.
His voice became serious.
"I know what you are worried about is nothing more than worrying that the Ming Dynasty will liquidate you, including those landlords and wealth. I believe they are unwilling to lose their land wealth. The Ming Dynasty is clear about this, including your surrender this time, and the Ming Dynasty is also very clear about the reason.
It is precisely this, I want to tell you that no one can liquidate the Ming Dynasty. Those who have made contributions and pure reactionary people have different policies on the Ming Dynasty. As long as they are landlords, they will be liquidated. This is incorrect. As long as they are officials, they will be beheaded, which is also wrong.
The Ming Dynasty will not ignore the contributions you have made, and the Ming Dynasty will not ignore the mistakes you have made. Both of these are what the Ming Dynasty needs to consider when facing its former enemies. Don’t worry, the Ming Dynasty will definitely give you justice, even if you never want justice."
Su Haisheng's statement made the hearts of a group of surrendered ministers beating faster and they were worried.
But in the end, Su Haisheng returned to his harmonious tone and smiled.
"With that being said, you surrendered to the Ming Dynasty purely for your own considerations. But this time, you did a good job. The army led by me reduced nearly 90% of the casualties and a large amount of money and expenditure, saving Daming a huge military expenditure. This contribution is so great that the Ming Dynasty will never ignore.
Originally, the Ming Dynasty was ready to consume billions of dollars for this battle and suffered more than 10,000 soldiers. However, because of your surrender, the Ming army has suffered less than 800 casualties and has very little military expenditure. The Ming emperor, who is far away in Zhongdu, is very happy about this."
After saying the last sentence, the big stone in the hearts of these people finally landed.
It seems that they have made considerable contributions to the Ming Dynasty in this wave. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is very happy about this and is very willing to treat their surrendered people well because of this matter.
The real loss reduction is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's heavy profit. For this heavy profit, it should not be too much to give them a relatively good pension treatment, right?
The youngest among the officials present was Wu Ting, who was thirty years old. The oldest one was almost seventy years old and was waiting to live a long life. He still worked hard until now, just asking for a peaceful life and a stable life after returning to his roots.
This requirement cannot be considered excessive no matter what it says.
Compared to the glory of Ma Yongkang and others, Wu Ting, who was relatively young, thought more.
He was very surprised.
Because even without the obstruction of Shu Road, the Ming army encountered some enemies and some resistance along the way. However, under such resistance, the Ming army had less than 800 casualties in more than two months of military operations.
This is a military operation with a total force of 70,000 people.
Wu Ting was even a little confused about whether the Ming army was too strong or the Song army was too busy.
When Su Hai was born, he brought Wu Gong who had been following him. Wu Gong was able to meet his cousins. The two of them were also very emotional as the "major heroes" of this military operation.
Wu Gong was allowed to go to the tomb to worship Wu Lin, and together with Wu Ting, he made a request to Su Haisheng, requesting that the deceased members of the Wu family, including Wu Jie and Wu Lin, be buried from the land of Sichuan and Shu, to their hometown ancestral tombs, so that they could return their leaves to their roots.
Su Haisheng nodded directly to agree to this request.
He specially arranged a team of people to help the members of the Wu family move the tombs of the deceased Wu Jie, Wu Lin and others to their hometown in Guanzhong, so that they can return their leaves to their roots.
After a series of things were completed, Su Haisheng went to see Zhao Buxi for a special time.
Chapter completed!