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When Li Xun was escorted to the main hall of the governor's yamen by the brocade guards, Zhao Junchen was sitting in Li Xun's usual position and reading the official documents of the Shanxi governor's yamen. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But obviously, there is nothing strange in the official document.

Then, Zhao Junchen looked up at Li Xun, the governor of Shanxi, with an expressionless face and a cold look in his eyes.

After seeing Zhao Junchen, although Li Xun was flustered, on the surface, he forcibly pretended to have a clear conscience, and he was the first to attack, and shouted at Zhao Junchen: "Your Excellency is Zhao Junchen?!" Why are you so aggressive? The old man is the governor of Shanxi in the second grade of the imperial court! This is the Yamen of the Governor of Shanxi! Even if you are a member of the imperial court, you are not qualified to do whatever you want! ”

After hearing Li Xun's accusation, Zhao Junchen didn't get angry, but asked in a calm voice: "Why didn't Governor Li ask the reason for Ben Qincha's blockade of the governor's yamen?" On the contrary, he questioned Ben Qincha's authority, did Governor Zhang have a loss in his heart and already knew the reason why Ben Qincha came here? ? ”

A simple sentence suddenly suppressed Li Xun's arrogance.

Li Xun's expression froze, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, but he still asked very cooperatively: "Lord Zhao, what is your intention to suddenly block the old man's governor's yamen and let the Jinyi guard bring the old man here?" ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "That's right, now that the situation is urgent, it's better to talk according to the process to save time...... When the imperial court received the news, it was said that there was a mistake in the disaster relief matters in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu, and it seemed that some local officials were secretly greedy for ink to intercept it, and the relief money and grain received by the local government were only about 30% of the accounts, so the imperial court appointed the official as the minister of the Qincha to investigate the truth and be responsible for the disaster relief matters in the northwest provinces......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen's eyes looked at Zhang Xun tightly and asked: "After Ben Qin came to Shanxi, he found that the news was true, for example, the disaster relief money and grain in Taiyuan Mansion was only about forty percent of the imperial court accounts, and the disaster relief money and food in Lu'an Mansion were all misappropriated by you...... What explanation does Governor Li have for this? ”

After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, Li Xun's face flashed with a hint of relief.

Zhao Junchen's investigation of the shortfall of disaster relief money and food is certainly a trouble, but as long as Zhao Junchen does not discover that plan, everything is easy to say.

Thinking that Zhao Junchen had not discovered the truth of the matter, Li Xun's mood eased a little, and his attitude softened a little, and explained to Zhao Junchen: "It turns out that Lord Qincha is because of this incident!" I also hope that Lord Qincha understands that although the imperial court has allocated a sum of disaster relief money and grain to Shanxi, but considering the actual situation, the governor yamen and the three divisions of the yamen will not directly hand over all the disaster relief money and grain to the state capitals, which is not only prone to mistakes, but also has many things in Shanxi that need money and grain turnover, so the disaster relief money and grain are only distributed in batches and times, and the disaster relief money and grain distributed now are enough to ensure the use of disaster victims in various places for two months, and the remaining money and grain can be allocated to the state capitals after two months. The temporary withholding of a batch of money and grain by the governor's yamen and the yamen of the three divisions can solve many imminent problems...... Lord Zhao, you are the head of the household, naturally you understand the benefits of this method, although it is a little unruly, but all the yamen of the imperial court are like this, and Shanxi is not alone. ”

After a pause, Li Xun said again: "As for Lu'an Mansion...... It's not that they haven't received disaster relief money and food, but because Lu'an Mansion still has the spare strength to maintain the livelihood of the disaster victims in the territory, so Sun Miao, the prefect of Lu'an, gave the disaster relief money and food support from Lu'an Mansion to the rest of the places, and hoped that Lord Qincha would see it. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded, looking noncommittal, and just asked: "In this case, I don't know where the disaster relief money and grain privately intercepted by the Shanxi Governor Yamen and the Sansi Yamen are now?" Or is it used somewhere? Do you have detailed account book figures? And who can prove it? ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's question, Li Xun's expression was stunned again.

Any lie in this world is the most afraid to get to the bottom and trace back to the source.

Because if you want to make up for a lie, you often need more new lies, but the more lies, the more loopholes.

Now, Li Xun can naturally continue to compile lies, but the governor's yamen has been blocked by the Jinyi guards, and he has lost the opportunity to make confessions with his comrades, even if he continues to compile lies, it will be easily exposed by Zhao Junchen.

Then, Zhao Junchen's next question made Li Xun's heart tighten.

I only heard Zhao Junchen ask in a cold voice: "All the money and grain intercepted by the Shanxi government were given to Wang Zheng, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, right?" ”

After Li Xun hesitated for a moment, he gritted his teeth and replied: "That's right, the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu is even worse, and this official has a deep friendship with Wang Zheng, the governor of the three sides, so he gave Shaanxi and Gansu part of the disaster relief money and grain allocated by the imperial court to Shanxi, but these money and grain will be returned soon, and it will never delay the relief matters in Shanxi." ”

Zhao Junchen was still noncommittal, but after a change of words, he asked again: "As far as Ben Qincha knows, your yamen in Shanxi have been intercepting and arresting the victims of the famine everywhere, and so far more than 30,000 people have been arrested one after another, but now except for the 2,000 people in the camp outside Taiyuan City, most of the people who fled the famine have disappeared, where have these people gone?" But did you also go to Shaanxi and Gansu? Since the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu is so bad, and even Shanxi needs money and grain, why does Shanxi send all the people fleeing the famine to the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu? Wouldn't this further increase the pressure on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu? ”

Hearing this question, Li Xun's heart tightened again, and the luck in his heart was even more gone.

He found out that Zhao Junchen really might have discovered that plan!

However, for that plan, Li Xun will not admit it anyway.

So Li Xun hurriedly shook his head and denied: "The yamen in Shanxi are indeed intercepting the victims everywhere, but it is also to prevent the disaster victims from causing emptiness after fleeing the famine, and I don't want the famine victims in Shanxi to affect the stability of the surrounding state capitals, but after the Shanxi government intercepted the famine victims, they have already sent them back to their hometowns according to their origins, and the people in the camp outside Taiyuan City just haven't had time to repatriate yet!" Of course, it is true that some of the victims were sent to Shaanxi and Gansu, but those victims themselves are from Shaanxi and Gansu, and there is nothing wrong with sending them back to Shaanxi and Gansu. ”

Zhao Junchen sneered: "Really? ”

Then, Zhao Junchen turned his head to a brocade guard beside him and asked, "Lord Bao is here?" ”

The brocade guard nodded and said, "I've already come, and now I'm changing my clothes, and he also brought two witnesses." ”

Zhao Junchen instructed: "Let Lord Bao come in with witnesses and confront Governor Li!" ”

Following Zhao Junchen's orders, Bao Wenjie, who had changed into an official uniform, quickly led two people to enter the governor's yamen hall.

One of the two witnesses was a young man who looked like a victim of the disaster, apparently from a campsite outside the city, and the other was an official who guarded the camp.

After entering the lobby, Bao Wenjie first saluted Zhao Junchen, then glared at Li Xun fiercely, and then said to the two witnesses: "Now that Lord Qincha is here, it is as if Your Majesty is here in person, and report all the things you have told me to Lord Qincha!" ”

After hearing Bao Wenjie's order, the two witnesses knelt in front of Zhao Junchen with a respectful attitude.

The official didn't dare to look at Li Xun, the governor of Shanxi next to him, but lowered his head and said: "Lord Qincha, as far as the villain knows, after the state capitals intercepted and arrested the victims who fled the famine, they did not repatriate to their hometowns, and even the governor did not care about the origins of the victims at all, but when the number of victims in the camp reached 3,000, he would send people to Shaanxi and Gansu, where there was a special army to receive, and now it has been sent ten times in succession, and the victims sent to Shaanxi and Gansu have exceeded 30,000, and the villain has been responsible twice!" ”

The victim of the disaster was crying and said, "Lord Qincha, you have to be the master of the small people!" Xiaomin is a Xiangxiang person from Taiyuan Mansion, only twenty miles away from Taiyuan City, after escaping the famine, he was arrested by the government and sent to the camp outside the city, the government said that he wanted to repatriate the Xiaomin to his hometown, but the villain's hometown was obviously not far away, but the official master did not let the Xiaomin leave the camp, nor did he let the elders in the village come to lead people, and even injured Xiaomin's old mother......"

After hearing the statements of the two witnesses, Li Xun couldn't help but shake his body slightly, and his face was extremely pale.

He found himself indisputable.

And Zhao Junchen's gaze staring at Li Xun became more and more gloomy, and he said slowly: "Governor Li, let me tell you one more thing, this official has already interrogated your staff and clan brother Li Qian overnight yesterday, and he has already told everything he knows!" Even now, do you still want to quibble? ”

Li Xun shook his body again, his expression was faintly desperate, but his lips were tightly pursed, as if he had made up his mind not to tell the truth.

Zhao Junchen sneered again and said: "Governor Li, Ben Qincha thinks that you are an old minister of the imperial court and a feudal official, so he has always treated each other with courtesy, and during the interrogation, he only looked for evidence and told the facts, but Ben Qincha's patience is limited, if you still want to quibble, or keep silent, Ben Qincha will be tortured if you can't say it!" ”

Li Xun's face changed greatly, and he said urgently: "The old man is a second-class member of the imperial court and a feudal official, and he can't be punished by the doctor, even if you are a Qincha, you are not qualified to torture the old man!" ”

Zhao Junchen said in a calm voice: "Ben Qincha is indeed not qualified to torture you, so Governor Li can rest assured, after using the torture instrument on you, Ben Qincha will definitely personally go up to the fold to ask His Majesty for guilt." ”

Li Xun looked at Zhao Junchen in horror, but he didn't expect Zhao Junchen's attitude to be so resolute.

Zhao Junchen saw that Li Xun still didn't speak, but nodded lightly to a brocade guard beside him, and ordered: "Since Governor Li still doesn't plan to tell the truth, then use torture." ”

The brocade guard took out a handful of bamboo sticks from his sleeve and bowed to Zhao Junchen and explained: "Lord Qincha, I didn't prepare in advance, and I only found some bamboo sticks, so I can only use the punishment of inserting a needle." ”

Zhao Junchen asked: "What is the punishment of inserting a needle?" ”

Jin Yiwei introduced with a calm expression: "It is to insert these bamboo sticks into Governor Li's nails one by one, and then let him pick up the hard soil on the ground. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and sighed: "This criminal law is not bad, and it will not hurt Governor Li's life." ”

Jin Yiwei shook his head and said: "That's not the case, there are also many people who died of pain after being tortured." ”

The conversation between Zhao Junchen and Jin Yiwei easily destroyed Li Xun's psychological defense.

Li Xun looked at the bamboo stick in Jin Yiwei's hand in a daze, and the panic on his face became heavier and heavier.

Then, Li Xun sat down on the place and said with a desperate face: "Don't use torture...... I—I say! ”

*

After all the idle people left, Li Xun finally told the strange truth about the situation in the northwest provinces and the true plans of several governors in the northwest officialdom.

"Since the beginning of this year, the border situation between Shanxi and Shaanxi and Gansu has become increasingly severe, from time to time there will be Mongolian tribes to invade the south, these Mongolian Tartars are all strong and crazy, not afraid of casualties, just like a tiger wolf at the end of the road, although the major military towns in Shanxi and Shaanxi and Gansu have all repelled the invasion of these Mongolian tribes, killing more than 1,000 enemies before and after, but the soldiers are gradually panicking, and the pressure is getting bigger and bigger......

"More than a month ago, when the new trilateral governor Wang Zheng inspected the border and passed through Guyuan, he suddenly encountered an attack by a Mongolian ranger, although the general of Guyuanwei repelled the Mongolian ranger and also captured the leader of the Mongolian ranger, but Wang Zheng was frightened and fell ill after seeing the Mongolian cavalry's momentum of madness and sacrifice......

"Next, Lord Wang Zheng also felt that the situation of today's fire screening was a little strange, so he sent someone to torture the leader of the Mongolian cavalry, but the news he got made Lord Wang Zheng more and more panicked, and his condition became more and more serious......

"It turns out that because of years of natural disasters, the Mongolian tribes in the steppe have had countless large-scale conflicts in order to compete for grassland, with countless casualties, and at the end of last year, there was an incomparably powerful Mongolian Khanate in the Western Regions began to expand eastward, this Mongolian Khanate is called the Dzungar Khanate, known as the most powerful Mongolian tribe since Genghis Khan, and has destroyed countless cities in the Western Regions, but it is also because of natural disasters and moved east......"

After moving eastward, it only took more than half a year for the Dzungar Khanate to defeat and defeat all the tribes that rebelled against him in the steppe, and more than 20 tribes have been annexed by the Dzungar Khanate, and it is said that the Dzungar Khanate now has more than 70,000 elite soldiers and cavalry, and it is extremely sophisticated in firearms...... Since the beginning of this year, most of the Mongol tribes that have invaded the south have been expelled by the Dzungar Khanate...... Moreover, the next target of the Dzungar Khanate, which is the northwestern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, is now gathering troops and preparing for a large-scale attack......"

"After getting this news, Lord Wang Zheng turned out to be ill, the Mongol tribes this year's several invasions, just the Dzungar Khanate's defeated generals, the grassland lost dogs, the maximum number of troops is only more than 2,000, has turned the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu upside down, once the more fierce Dzungar Khanate sent tens of thousands of cavalry to attack, how can Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi resist? If they can't resist it, not only will the city be ruined, but the governors of the northwestern provinces will also be questioned by the imperial court......"

"And at this time, one of Lord Wang Zheng's staff suddenly came up with an idea, and after Lord Wang Zheng heard this idea, he also summoned several governors of Shaanxi and Gansu, as well as the old man, to discuss......

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Above the lobby, after hearing Li Xun's explanation, Zhao Junchen's face was solemn.

Dzungar Khanate, Geldan......

In this historical time and space, because Emperor Chongzhen's methods were slightly more sophisticated, the Ming Dynasty was still continuing, and it was forty or fifty years longer than the history of Zhao Junchen's previous life.

In the previous history, the Kangxi Emperor Xuanye was still only the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, and he was still staying in Liaodong in peace, and he had been focusing on the development of the Northeast and the development of production over the years, and he was secretly smuggling business with the military town of Liaodong and some businessmen who forgot their interests, slowly and firmly enriching their strength, and there were not too many changes for the time being.

But Xuan Ye's lifelong enemy, Geerdan, seems to have risen again, and began to expand towards southern Xinjiang as in the historical time and space of the previous life.

In the historical time and space of the previous life, it took Xuan Ye decades to quell the Junggar Rebellion!

But now, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not appeared, and Xuan Ye is still trapped in Liaodong, but he wants the Ming Dynasty to come and directly face the Dzungar Khanate!

Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen felt a little solemn.

However, the more important thing now is what the real goal of the Northwest Governors is!

Therefore, after sorting out his thoughts a little, Zhao Junchen asked: "So, what plan did Wang Zheng's staff put forward?" ”