Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Diao Lan came up, and when he saw what was inside, Su Mu's hairs stood on end, and he couldn't help taking a step back: "This..."

Inside was a pile of human heads, pickled with lime.

All of them seemed to be grinning with their teeth open, very frightened.

"What?" Hu Shun was also taken aback.

"Lord Hu, Lord Su, these are the heads of the traitor General Zhou Ang and his trusted officers. The younger ones saw the announcement of Su Xueshi, as if enlightened, repented, and beheaded their heads. I am here to present them to the two My lord. Please, my lords, read it for the sake of the villain waiting for the prodigal son to return, and spare my life."

The few officers who came up with Diaolan crawled on the ground, kowtowed continuously, until their foreheads were bleeding.Tears couldn't stop falling, because I was really nervous, and I was a little out of words.

"Look quickly, is there Zhou Ang inside?" Su Mu said anxiously.

Hu Shun hurriedly and Hu Jinxue rummaged through the crowd of people for a long time, and then suddenly let out a cheer: "Inside, Zhou Ang and several of his main leading generals are inside."

Su Mu was overjoyed, and his tense nerves relaxed.Up to now, the war in Ningxia is finally over completely, and it is good news.

He helped the general who was kneeling on the ground up, and said gently: "Get up, the general rebelled before the battle, not only innocent, but also meritorious. I will be a representative to the court, and your credit will also be counted."

Hearing what Su Mu said, several military officers showed joyful expressions of relief on their faces: "Thank you, Mr. Su, thank you Mr. Su. Mr. Su's kindness of not killing, villains will never forget it. I just hope that I can save my life. I dare not expect extravagant credit.”

Su Mu shook his head: "A merit is a merit, a demerit is a demerit. No one can obliterate your credit for killing the rebels. After you go down, you will temporarily act as military officers and wait for the court's order."

"Yes, yes, the villain will obey the orders of the adults."

Several officers breathed a sigh of relief and were about to retreat.

Su Mu yelled again: "Wait, what's more, the troops will all belong to the establishment and must not harass the people. On the night of King Anhua's rebellion, you robbed the people, but you have a criminal record, so you can't do it again this time. Otherwise, my lord The steel knife in your hand will not recognize you."

"Yes, yes, yes." Several people tremblingly wanted to knock down again.

"Go down and report the list of meritorious officers and soldiers. My lord is going to write the list and report it to the court."

When everyone retreated and put away the heads of Zhou Ang and the others, Hu Shun said: "Son-in-law, these people are traitors no matter what you say. If we don't clean up their crimes, even if their ancestors burn incense, why do you want to do it for them?" Are they showing credit?"

Su Mu shook his head: "Right now, the imperial court's rebellious army is probably still in Shaanxi, and it will take at least a month or two before they come to Ningxia. For such a long time, guarding Ningxia to prevent the Tatars from taking advantage of the opportunity and stabilizing the place requires the contribution of these town troops. You should use gentle means. Why do you want to catch their treasonous crime and make the army panic?"

"Teacher is right." Xie naturally nodded and said, "Master Hu, my Yuquan camp does not have more than ten thousand people, and even these ten thousand people may not be of one mind with us. Although the first rebellion has been eliminated, But if the morale of the soldiers below is unstable and they start to riot again, there may be another change. Therefore, buying people's hearts is the top priority."

Speaking of this, Xie Tianran suddenly smiled again: "Such a great achievement for treason is a real deal. Just now, my teacher asked them to draw up a list. I'm afraid they will care about who is on the list and who is not. At that time, the army will The generals are not a little filial."

Hu Shun was stunned, and looked at Su Mu unconsciously: "So you said yesterday that someone would send the money, so that's what you said?"

Su Mu just smiled and said nothing.

With Su Mu's appeasement, the rebel army quickly organized and returned to their respective towns, waiting for the imperial order.

King Anhua's rebellion, which had been in chaos for nearly a month, was completely suppressed in two days and two nights.

On the next day, when Su Mu was writing a note in the palace to report the victory, the list of the uprising officers came over, with more than 100 names densely written on it.

Hu Shun was taken aback, and shouted: "There are so many, you think we are somewhere here, and you all want to get a share of it, you bastard!"

Several officers kneeling on the ground glanced at each other, and the leader said cautiously: "Master Su, Mr. Hu, these are all people who have made great achievements in killing Zhou Ang!"

"To kill Zhou Ang, just kidding, with so many people, one person with one knife, Zhou Ang would have been turned into meat paste by then."

"Master Hu, anyway, it's just recording a name. The younger ones don't write their names in vain. I would like to offer 3000 taels of silver for each name."

As soon as Hu Shun heard the silver, his eyes lit up. There were more than 100 people, and this was 30 taels!

He laughed loudly: "You bird people, you got a lot of benefits from robbing the rich households in the city last time. Hehe, why did you ask for military pay later? It caused the king of thieves to rob the clan and royal family again. King of thieves, Zhou Ang, Qiu Yuezhi Defeated, in fact, is defeated by you group of greedy vampires."

Su Mu was also taken aback, he had heard that the officers, especially the officers from Nine Sides, were rich, but they didn't want to be so rich.

Several military officers were ashamed when they heard Hu Shun's sarcasm, and after waiting for a long time, they said in a low voice: "Our military households are used to having no money. When encountering such a thing as a war, naturally we should seize the opportunity to make a fortune."

Su Mu: "Take it, and return the money to the people and clan that were robbed."

When everyone retreated, Hu Shun said, "My son-in-law, why do you want to collect money? After you get the money, why do you want to return it to the people and the clan?"

"Isn't it Mr. Taishan, you want to collect money?" Su Mu joked, "Actually, the reason why these people recorded so many people's names on it and sent money is just to buy peace of mind. As long as we Accepting their tribute means that we will not pursue their crimes in the future, and it doesn’t matter whether their names are written in the victory report. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, we really have to accept this money.”

Only then did Hu Shun suddenly realize: "It's still a good son-in-law, you can think through it, but the money has to be returned to the people and the clan. Isn't our work in vain?"

Su Mu: "Naturally, all the people who were robbed in the city will be returned. As for the clan that was robbed, the family can freely pay a few hundred taels. The money that was robbed was originally not expected to be returned. These hundreds of taels are nothing. Yes, they will only thank us and won't say anything. By the way, we will get half of the money and put it into the emperor's treasury."

Hu Shun was a little displeased: "We're allotted here and there, and there are not many of us. My son-in-law, can I write a good report?"

Su Mu: "Don't worry, someone will send money. This time it's a big fish. Good news, don't rush to write."

Just kidding, once the good news is sent out, there will be nothing for me, Su Mu, in Ningxia.

If I don't report to the imperial court for a day, who is a hero and who is a rebel in Ningxia is not determined by my Su Mu's pen.