The shrewd Wen Anzhi certainly would not reveal his true colors. He calmly replied, "There are too many gold, silver and jewelry seized this time. I mean to take out the property belonging to Duke Mu first, and then distribute the rest according to merit."
"So I need Duke Mu to provide a number."
Mu Tianbo thought for a long time and took a deep breath and said, "Three million taels!"
"What?" Wen Anzhi didn't understand what he meant.
"I only took back three million taels from the spoils, and the rest will be handed over to the court. I hope Your Majesty can forgive my sins."
Wen Anzhi was stunned.
He had previously counted the spoils, and the total value of everything added up was about five million taels.
Mu Tianbo took back three million taels and left two million.
It can be said to be a huge bloodletting!
"This...I can't make the decision." Wen Anzhi looked embarrassed.
"Governor Wen doesn't need to make the decision. He just needs to pass the news back to the capital."
"How do you write the official document?"
"Let's say that after returning the lost gold and silver from the Duke of Qian's Mansion, there are still two million taels of spoils. After discussion, you and I decided to hand them all over to the court!"
"Duke Mu is afraid that others will know about his donation?"
"I guess so, so this is the only way to cover it up!"
"Okay!"
Half a day later, the two reached a consensus.
The next morning.
The entire Yunnan city was crowded and bustling.
"What day is today? There are so many people in the city!" someone asked.
"Don't you know? Today is the day to chop off the heads of the rebels."
"Where?"
"In the city square."
When people got the news, they immediately rushed to the square.
An official from the imperial court in the square was reading out an imperial decree: "Chieftains such as Sha Dingzhou, Wan Shi, Xiong Yiju, and Tang Jiabin have received favors from the imperial court for generations, but instead of repaying their loyalty to the court, they have raised an army to rebel. Their crimes are unforgivable!"
"Sha Dingzhou and Wan Shi were hanged and their heads displayed to the public. Xiong Yiju, Tang Jiabin and others were beheaded and displayed to the public!"
"Yu Xipeng, the deputy commander of the Yunnan Provincial Command, secretly colluded with the rebels, causing the fall of the city and the displacement of the people. He is guilty of treason and high treason, and shall be executed by slow slicing according to the Ming Dynasty law!"
Yu Xipeng ended his life with screams.
After dealing with the prisoners, they started giving out rewards.
After receiving the reward, Li Dingguo stayed for two more days and then withdrew his troops.
In addition to receiving the reward silver, the chieftain who suppressed the rebellion also divided the land, population, money and grain of the Wan family of Amizhou equally.
The Mengzi area of Shadingzhou began to implement the system of native officials.
Yunnan was finally completely stable.
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