Chapter 540 Hikijaide Cave

November 30, night, Tianjing City.

During the day, when Ouyang Shuo led his troops into the city, the city was naturally a lively and peaceful scene. All the disharmonious factors, under Yang Xiuqing's iron fist, temporarily hibernate obediently.

According to Yang Xiuqing's arrangement, Ouyang Shuo received civil and military officials from the previous dynasty, amnesty thousands of ordinary prisoners in the city, and distributed oil and rice supplies to the people in the north of the city, especially the poor.

In short, how auspicious it is.

Yang Xiuqing is very familiar with this set, and this can be regarded as the "characteristic" of the Kingdom of Heaven.

When Ouyang Shuo saw it, he couldn't help being amazed.

After a busy day, this "show" didn't come to an end until the grand dinner was over.

In the end, when choosing a place to stay, Ouyang Shuo did not follow Yang Xiuqing's arrangement for the first time. According to Yang Xiuqing's intention, it was to arrange for Ouyang Shuo to live in the sealed Heavenly Palace.

For this, Ouyang Shuo was not sensitive to gratitude.

The place Ouyang Shuo chose to stay was a courtyard in the city. The other courtyard here is the residence of the fallen general Lin Fengxiang, and it is quite grand, not to insult Ouyang Shuo's identity.

Seeing this, Yang Xiuqing didn't insist.

Because he could feel that the Junhou didn't want to live in the Heavenly King's Palace, maybe there was some deep meaning behind it.

After the uproar had passed, Ouyang Shuo had the energy to deal with serious matters.

That night, Lin Yi, the head of the imperial guard division temporarily in charge of the defense of Tianjing City, general Lin Yi of Huwei, the head of the Black Snake Guard and the Military Intelligence Department in Xunzhou County, and the young general Shi Hu, gathered in the other courtyard where Ouyang Shuo was staying. .

Obviously, this is an internal meeting of Shanhai City.

Even Yang Xiuqing was not invited by Ouyang Shuo.

In fact, before Ouyang Shuo arrived in Tianjing City, the two major intelligence agencies would compile relevant information and report it to Ouyang Shuo every day for him to read.

As for the episode encountered on the way to Tianjing, it proved that the two intelligence agencies paid too much attention to Tianjing City, while ignoring other places, especially the layout and investigation of villages.

Through the information submitted by the two organizations, Ouyang Shuo knew that there was still a hidden force in Tianjing City that opposed the rule of Shanhai City.

Among this force, there are not only military generals, but also important ministers of the former court, and even people from all walks of life such as gentry and businessmen. Its scope is wide and its influence is deep, which is really shocking.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo had to get rid of this hidden force for Bao Shuya before he came to Tianjing City to take up his post. Otherwise, once Tianjing City loses its army, it may cause chaos at any time.

The question now is how to do it.

According to Lin Yi's opinion, it is natural to directly dispatch the army to set off a bloody purge in Tianjing City.

After hearing this, Ouyang Shuo shook his head and vetoed it.

Lin Yi is a pure soldier, so it is not surprising that he would have such an idea, after all cleaning is also an option. But for Ouyang Shuo, this is just a bad idea.

Shanhai City's easy capture of Tianjing City has advantages, but naturally has disadvantages.

Just imagine, if Shanhai City used a large army to attack Tianjing City, Ouyang Shuo would naturally be able to directly cleanse the city on the day the city was broken, with the power of the victory, under the guidance of the Military Intelligence Department and the Black Snake Guard.

At that time, Shanhai City was the victor in the war, and no one dared to say anything.

But it is different now, Tianjing City is now surrendering on its own initiative.

Faced with those who surrendered, Shanhai City naturally couldn't swing the butcher's knife easily.

Otherwise, on the one hand, the hearts of the people in the city will be chilled; on the other hand, even Yang Xiuqing and other people who are close to Shanhai City will feel uncomfortable.

That's why Ouyang Shuo would be cautious when dealing with the affairs of Tianjing City, and he would be patient during the day, allowing Yang Xiuqing to "order" him to complete the big show.

Besides, there was another problem that Ouyang Shuo had to be cautious about.

In the hands of the two major intelligence agencies, there is indeed a list of personnel of this force. But as to whether the list is complete, even the two persons in charge are afraid that they have no idea.

Once the army starts to cleanse, it is bound to scare the snake away and scare away other hidden enemies. In this way, it will only make them hide deeper.

Therefore, this cleaning must be planned.

Several people discussed until late at night, and finally came up with a compromise.

Needless to say, continue to monitor the hostile elements that have been marked by the Military Intelligence Department and the Black Snake Guard to ensure that they can be taken down at any time.

As for the hidden elements in the army, they were handed over to Lin Yi to deal with.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo ordered Shi Hu to lead two Shanman independent divisions to assist the Imperial Guard divisions to further strengthen the management and control of Tianjing City and fully take over Tianjing City under the pretext of protecting the safety of the princes and marquises.

Especially for the 100,000 Taiping troops in the city, we must strictly guard against them, limit their scope of activities and supply in the later stage, and try to reduce their threats to a minimum.

The most fundamental thing is that Ouyang Shuo will summon Yang Xiuqing and other generals of the Taiping Army tomorrow to discuss the reorganization of the 100,000 troops.

As long as the threat of the army is removed, everything else is just scabies.

Therefore, tomorrow's meeting will be a test for Ouyang Shuo. He knew that at least one or two generals in the Taiping Army were loyal to Hong Xiuquan.

It's just that they didn't find a chance to resist and kept pretending very well.

Think about it, it is not an easy task to mediate with such a group of opponents.

On the other hand, in order to lure out other hidden hostile elements in Tianjing City, Ouyang Shuo thought of a trick called lure the snake out of the hole.

"Leading the snake out of the hole?" Lin Yi asked.

"good."

"What is the master plan?" Lin Yi asked again with a smile.

Ouyang Shuo also smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said, "Think about it, is there any place in the capital that is a sacred place that cannot be desecrated for Hong Xiuquan's loyalists?"

"Tianwang Palace?!" Lin Yi and the others exclaimed in unison.

"good!"

"Junhou means to deliberately burn down the Heavenly King's Palace, so as to anger Hong Xiuquan's diehard loyalists, so that they will automatically jump out and catch them all?" Lin Yi asked.

"No." Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "It's a big loss if it's set on fire."

Strictly speaking, Ouyang Shuo is also somewhat greedy for money.

He is also well versed in the matter of scraping the ground.

Coincidentally, Xunzhou County and Zhen'an County's rebuilding funds were tight, so Ouyang Shuo naturally had to find a way to make some money.

As for the specific strategy, Ouyang Shuo did not reveal any more.

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Early the next morning, Ouyang Shuo issued his first edict after taking over Tianjing City.

The imperial edict stated that since Tianjing City was selected as the seat of Xunzhou County, there should naturally be a corresponding county government office for the county guard and the officials of the four major departments.

After investigation, the location of the Tianwang Palace is an excellent place for the construction of the county government.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to endure the pain and decided to demolish the Tianwang Palace, and then build a standard and more practical county government on the original site.

When the order is issued, the whole city is in an uproar.

Ordinary people are just amazed at the arrogance of the monarch. For Hong Xiuquan's diehard loyalists, demolition of the Heavenly King's Palace is tantamount to cutting off their only sustenance to the Heavenly King, and it is even more uncomfortable than tearing down their own house.

Therefore, as soon as the edict came out, there were constant petitions, asking the princes to take back the order. And these people who jumped out naturally entered the field of vision of the Black Snake Guard.

Not to mention Hong Xiuquan's diehard loyalty, even Yang Xiuqing had doubts about this edict from the Marquis. After all, as an important minister of the former court, Yang Xiuqing knew very well the significance of the Heavenly King Palace in the hearts of the common people, especially the congregation.

If you want to build a county office, you don't need to spend so much trouble.

For one thing, as long as the Tianwang Palace is slightly remodeled, it will be an extremely majestic county government. Second, even if it is not remodeled, it seems that there is nothing wrong with choosing a place to build.

After all, what is to be built is only the county office, not the palace, so there is no need to pay too much attention to Feng Shui.

Just thinking that Junhou couldn't insist on entering the Heavenly King's Palace last night, Yang Xiuqing guessed that Junhou was really determined to tear down the Heavenly King's Palace.

Seeing that he was going to Leizhou County to take up his post in a few days, Yang Xiuqing naturally didn't want to disobey the king's wishes at this juncture, so he didn't raise any objections.

On the contrary, many people came to Yang Xiuqing and asked him to act as a lobbyist to persuade the prince to withdraw his order.

When Yang Xiuqing heard this, she could only smile wryly.

Needless to say, all the petitioners were blocked from the gate by the cold and ruthless Shenwuwei, and they didn't even see Ouyang Shuo's face.

Before the Tianwang Palace was demolished, Ouyang Shuo had no intention of using the dozens of carts of treasures in the Tianan Palace. He directly arranged for the Commercial Department to cooperate with major chambers of commerce to evaluate the treasures one by one and sell them at a price.

Ouyang Shuo's actions this time, on the one hand, he doesn't like luxury, and on the other hand, he is trying to eliminate Hong Xiuquan's influence in the two counties to the greatest extent.

According to preliminary estimates, the gold and silver treasures looted from the Heavenly King's Palace alone can be sold for at least 300,000 gold coins, which shows the luxury of Hong Xiuquan's life.

With this huge amount of funds, the finances of the two counties no longer need the support of the Southern Border Protectorate.

As for the maids and eunuchs in the Heavenly King's Palace, they were naturally dismissed together.

That afternoon, thousands of craftsmen began to demolish the Tianwang Palace.

That's right, it's demolition.

Materials such as high-quality wood, stone carvings, screens and rocks in the palace are all carefully classified, and they are not as wasteful as Lin Yi imagined.

Ouyang Shuo announced that he would organize an auction in Tianjing City for these high-quality wood and other relics from the Heavenly King's Palace. People from the two counties could participate in the auction.

Buy these relics of the Heavenly Palace and take them home as souvenirs. Even if it is not a commemoration, these materials themselves are rare and excellent products.

Seeing that the demolition of the Tianwang Palace could not be prevented, Ouyang Shuo believed that Hong Xiuquan's loyalists would be impatient and jump out to buy these relics.

In this way, he not only made money, but also caught hidden hostile elements, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.