In the early morning of this day, urgent news came from Chanling and Guiyang, and the two news immediately shocked General Zuo’s Mansion:
On Chanling, there were Cao's prisoners rioting.
There is a barracks stationed in the south of Chanling City where the surrendered soldiers of Cao's army were stationed. More than a year after the Battle of Chibi, these surrendered soldiers had been reorganized. After the old and weak, they were gradually assigned to the generals of various routes. Now there are more than 2,000 people left in the barracks, and sometimes they are mobilized to do some hard work in repairing bridges and roads.
No one expected that a sudden riot in the military camp was suddenly launched last night. It is said that the officers responsible for managing the prisoners bullied and abused the prisoners and maliciously killed several people. Because the incident happened in a hurry, the officers on duty failed to deal with it, which eventually led to a riot, which spread to several surrounding camps, causing larger-scale riots.
The captives incited their already subdued companions, then robbed weapons, divided up food and supplies, attacked and killed the guards, set fire to the military camp, and even attacked Chanling City for a time, causing a large number of casualties and injuries to the people in the city. Fortunately, Huang Zhong, a veteran general stationed in the other side of Chanling, sent troops to suppress the enemy in time. In the second half of the night, Chen Dao led another 300 soldiers from the Public Security City to help, and then barely controlled the situation.
However, now thousands of surrendered soldiers fled all over the mountains and fields. If they gathered in complex terrain and continued to fight, they would probably become a major problem in Jingnan and would not be able to calm down for many years of adulthood.
The matter on Guiyang is even more ridiculous and more serious.
Previously, when Liu Bei took over the four counties in Jingnan, Zhao Yun led his troops to pacify Guiyang. Zhao Fan, who was the prefect of Guiyang at that time, surrendered and cooperated very well in the process of assisting in the acceptance. Zhao Fan even proposed to betroth his widowed sister-in-law Fan to Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun politely refused. Later, Zhao Yun served as the prefect of Guiyang and stabilized the situation. Because Zhao Fan had been in the local area for many years, he was deeply rooted and cooperated with his actions, Liu Bei recalled Zhao Yun, and Zhao Fan was still in charge of the county affairs. According to Duke Xuande, after Guiyang was completely settled, Zhao Fan could be summoned to the center of the military palace and given him a high-ranking official of more than 2,000 stones to show his honor and favor.
Unexpectedly, in the early morning of the day before yesterday, Zhao Fan suddenly gathered the officials of Guiyang County Government, and hundreds of family members of several townships and counties under him and fled in a fast boat! Because the whole county government was conspiring to collude, others did not find any signs in advance.
This defection can be described as the local governance of the Jingzhou Mufu. You should know that the county and states that Xuande Gong has completely ruled are Lingling and Guiyang counties, plus one part of Changsha, one part of Wuling and one part of Nanjun, barely forming the scale of four counties. Now, one-quarter of the county officials have betrayed the lord on a large scale for no reason!
In this way, not to mention that the local administration of Guiyang County collapsed instantly, even the other local officials were in panic. They were afraid that the Xuande Guild would make a major change in officials everywhere, and they didn't know where to go for a while, and they were all frightened.
This situation shocked General Zuo. Liu Bei immediately summoned the officials to discuss the response strategies.
When Ma Su approached the main hall, he heard a loud "bang" sound of slapping the table table. A porcelain cup containing water then fell from the table table table table table and smashed to pieces. The broken porcelain pieces jumped in the hall a few times.
Ma Su tried his best to breathe calmly, entered through the side door with his steps lightly, and placed the files one by one on the table in the center of the hall. Then he bowed and stepped back to the last seat of the official rank, and sat upright. Today, Zhuge Liang, Yin Guan, Liao Li, Pan Jun, Yi Ji, Ma Liang, Chen Zhen, and Xi Zhen, and other important subordinates, all of whom were called here to discuss, and the partial general Zhao Yun was present. As Ma Su, he could only do some chores on such occasions.
Liu Bei also heard Liu Bei say sternly: "What you said is very true! Those surrendered soldiers are also Han people. Even if they cannot be used by me, don't want to... there must be a limit to driving labor! You must not act recklessly and force them! I have reminded you a long time ago, but none of them understand!"
Everyone in the hall was silent for a moment.
After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei's troops pursued Cao's army and captured a large number of prisoners. Later, after more than a year of continuous selection and acquisition, the more elite part had been enriched by the generals of various departments, and some were placed under local counties and counties for hard labor.
At this time, the one who stayed in Chanling was actually a particularly rebellious part of the prisoners. When it came to Cao Gong, facing such a tough guy, he would definitely kill all the people, so there would be no trouble. However, Xuande Gong was unwilling to take on the name of killing prisoners, so he was delayed until now. Who would have thought that because of the impulse of military officials, this group of people would suddenly riot and have such a big impact?
After a while, Zhuge Liang said slowly: "It happened to this point, and the officials did not pay attention to it before, and now they are unreasonable. After that, they should carefully check the responsibilities of the relevant officials. If they do act in a wrong way, they will be severely punished, thinking that those who come later will be wary of it."
"It should be like this." Liu Bei sighed repeatedly, but he wanted to speak but stopped.
Just now, the officials were discussing this and felt that in this matter, it was inevitable that a few people would be held accountable, and even cut a few heads to public. This is because the Cao army surrendered to the army now accounts for a considerable proportion of the troops under General Zuo, and those who surrendered to each other for only one year, even if they are combined with kindness, they may not be able to return to their hearts. Once this matter occurs, things will inevitably hurt their kindness. Those who treat the captives must be severely punished, otherwise it will probably shake the surrendered troops and will also have a great hindrance to the reputation of benevolence and virtue.
However, Liu Bei was always kind to others and rarely blamed his subordinates. Several of these military officials responsible for taking care of prisoners were old people from Zhuo County who had followed Liu Bei for many years. They held such non-important positions because they had no other talents. Although Liu Bei cherished the situation, he was really unwilling to blame them for this.
The more fierce he scolded, the more intentionally he excused it. However, no one in the officials in the hall understood what he meant, and he himself could not think of a way to calm the situation.
When I was having a headache, Zhuge Liang continued: "However, I think the responsibility for the incident must be investigated clearly. However, the matter is prioritized, and the current priority is to stabilize the situation. We cannot shake our own position because of temporary chaos."
Liu Bei hurriedly said, "What are the military advisors' opinions? Tell me quickly."
Zhuge Liang got up and came to the hall, reached out and pressed on the file brought by Ma Su: "Uncle Chen came to report that the two military camps had been burned. Therefore, I asked Youchang to take copies of the list of surrendered soldiers and prisoners of Chanling battalions. We must send people to Chanling to investigate. Those who follow the military laws and have not participated in the riots will be rewarded immediately and those who are available will be promoted to the military position. If anyone is killed because he refuses to participate in the riots, he must be given a generous pension. All those who receive the reward and pension must be written in a notice and promulgated the major events of each camp to show the lord's sincere appreciation. In this way, it will be enough to calm the hearts of the people."
"The military advisor said very well!" Liu Bei's eyes lit up: "That's it!"
Pan Jun, an engaging in the ruling period, responded to the voice: "As the military advisor said, there are priorities and priorities. I am willing to go to Chanling to investigate the surrendered prisoners and declare to them the lord's tolerant attitude."
Pan Jun was born in a large family in Jingzhou. He is known for being smart and decisive, so he is indeed a suitable candidate.
Liu Bei nodded: "Chengming, you can do what the military advisor said. I will ask the commander to take Wei Yan to go with you for safety, so please do not let go of your hard work, and set off immediately."
Pan Jun bowed and said that.
The chief clerk Yin Guan immediately drafted an order, and Pan Jun took two stacks of files and held the order to find Wei Yan.
Liu Bei asked again: "Where is Guiyang?"
As soon as he asked, he showed a sudden expression: "The situation in Guiyang is actually the same as Chanling. We can give great incentives to those who do not want to follow Zhao Fan, so as to show that the military government does not doubt the officials in various places in Jingnan."
Chapter completed!