"How much do you know about the Lian Sihua family?"

Chen He asked out loud.

"I know a little."

Kui Lang said: "About thirty years ago, the King of Chen raised an army to resist the Dashi Empire. Although he was eventually defeated and died, the king of Chen was their hero in the hearts of many people in Chen. Therefore, although the Dashi Empire quelled the rebellion, he did not dare to do anything. In the end, there was no killing. Most members of the Chen royal family survived."

Lei Wanhai said: "The demise of Chen Kingdom has not been too long. In the hearts of many people, they still miss their country. Therefore, Lian Sihua and other descendants of the royal family of the former Chen Kingdom still have high popularity and appeal in Xizhou, the hometown of Chen Kingdom."

“That’s exactly that.”

Kui Lang nodded and said to Chen He: "Just killing alone cannot solve the problem. If there are many people like Lian Sihua in the royal family of Chen Kingdom, then such things will definitely happen in the future."

Chen He smiled and said, "Everything has its two sides. Even Sihua is not afraid of death, which does not mean that others are not afraid of death. His attitude cannot represent everyone."

Lei Wanhai asked, "What does Mr. Chen plan to do?"

Chen He said indifferently: "Their demands are consistent, but their attitudes and means are definitely different. If Lian Sihua represents a hardliner, then there will definitely be moderates within the Chen royal family. If we want long-term stability, some things cannot be forced, but we can decide who to choose."

After hearing Chen He's words, Lei Wanhai and others immediately understood.

Although Lian Sihua was the mastermind behind this rebellion, most members of the Chen Kingdom royal family did not participate, or even knew it without knowing it. If they were suppressed and cleaned up by tough means, the hidden dangers might be solved, but what they would cause in the future might also be a turmoil of a larger scale.

There is also a Huang Hongliang next to him who is eyeing him, so Xizhou must not be in chaos.

Since it is not advisable to be tough, let’s change the way.

Chen He said to everyone: "Chengzhou Kingdom is a very good Liezi, worth learning from for us."

Lei Wanhai nodded and agreed with Chen He's idea very much, but he said with some concern: "I'm afraid the court will not agree."

Chen He looked at Lei Wanhai and smiled and said, "General Lei, what are you worried about?"

Lei Wanhai smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that the court has appointed Shang Hong as the governor of Xizhou and Wu Shan as the governor. I am afraid that it will arrive here in just two days. At that time, they will take the imperial orders, and we may not be able to leave if we want to leave."

Shang Hong must have the official appointment documents from the court and the emperor's imperial edict. If he disobeys the order, it would be a rebellion, which would be a death sentence.

Chen He said indifferently: "What if you can't come?"

Hearing this, Lei Wanhai's whole body shook, and his eyes suddenly condensed, obviously he was thinking of something.

Afterwards, everyone talked for a while, and Kuilang left first.

Seeing Kuilang leave, Chen He said to Lei Wanhai: "Reduce the 10,000 Western Region soldiers to 5,000, and then hand them all over to Kuilang, and let Li Xiaoli be his deputy general."

Li Cunxiao said: "There is a sudden reduction in the number of people, which may cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers of the Western Regions."

"People are selfish. As long as they have enough interests, brothers can turn against each other."

Chen He sneered: "After the soldiers in the Western Regions have been reduced to 5,000, their treatment will double. In this way, they will only thank you, not hate you."

Lei Wanhai smiled and said, "This method is good."

Chen He said: "It seems that blindly being gentle is not necessarily a good thing now. We need to make adjustments as soon as possible in the military."

Lei Wanhai said: "After the soldiers in the Western Regions were reduced to 5,000, I was going to recruit from the Han people, but I didn't have much money or food, and if there were too many people, I might not be able to support them."

The imperial court migrated more than 200,000 people from the Central Plains to Xizhou. It had been successively in place a few months ago. The source of troops was easy to solve, but money and food were a problem, at least Lei Wanhai felt this way.

Chen He said in confusion: "Sir, you have so much money and food hidden in Xizhou. If you don't take it out, why should you keep it?"

Lei Wanhai smiled bitterly and said, "My Lord has given me before leaving. Without his orders, this money cannot be used. The previous master has issued an order to ask me to transport the money back to Fengjing..."

Chen He shook his head and said, "If we leave, we will naturally take the money and grain with us and hand it over to the court. But in the current situation, since we choose to stay, in a certain sense, we already have some sense of self-respecting troops. It doesn't matter whether we give this money and grain to the court or not."

Lei Wanhai frowned and said, "What is the reason why you and Mr. Fan do these things behind your back?"

Lei Wanhai did not have the intention of holding troops to respect himself, nor did he want to betray Li Xun or rebel against the court. He was forced by his trust in Fan Zhongyun and the current situation, so he could only temporarily obey Chen He's arrangements. But after all, Lei Wanhai was very disgusted and rejected some things.

Chen He was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "The Western Regions may be in chaos soon."

Lei Wanhai and Li Cunxiao were shocked. Li Cunxiao said in confusion: "Although riots occur frequently in the Western Regions, they are all mobs and cannot become a climate. It is difficult to shake our rule over here. Why did Mr. Chen say this?"

Chen He explained the recent movements of Dashiren in detail.

"Mr. Fan speculated that the Dashi people sent envoys to Fengjing, which is likely to be to paralyze us and then take the opportunity to counterattack the Western Regions."

Lei Wanhai pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "It's not that there is no possibility, we really have to be careful."

"And have you found a problem?"

"What is Mr. Chen referring to?"

"It's Huang Hongliang."

Chen He said with a serious expression: "After Huang Hongliang came to Holland, he actually did two things: building a city and training troops."

Li Cunxiao said in a little puzzled manner: "What's the problem with this?"

As the governor of Helan, Huang Hongliang was in charge of military affairs. Building cities and training troops was originally his own affairs.

Chen He sneered: "Building a city depends on where it is built. If he strengthens the capital of King Helan, it will be no big deal. But he built a city in Qianshan and placed half of his troops here. This would be a big problem."
Chapter completed!