"Recruited? Then don't toss them for the time being, and treat them well. We're just here to do things, not to torture people. Guo Shao said to Jing Niang in a serious manner in the Xihuamen Camp Office.

Jing Niang handed over another letter, "Of the three people caught, one of them is a family member, and the other two are all people on the list, one is a commander and one is a head. This letter was written by Li Ergen according to my meaning, do you want to continue to arrest people? ”

Guo Shao still struggles to read this kind of letter, and the reading habits of more than 20 years in his previous life cannot be completely changed by casually reading books in a few years now; Every time I see the words written vertically, I muttered a little in my heart. But he still took it and read it word for word.

This is a handwritten letter from Li Ergen asking a colleague to come out to "discuss important matters". Arresting people in this way is less risky and more quiet. Guo Shao immediately said: "Catch it, one more person can check it, and the list can be made clearer and more perfect, so as not to have omissions." ”

He found that torture was often very useful, completely subverting the perception that torture was not used on television, and perhaps the hearsay of later generations was either fabricated or that those people had specialized education and counterintelligence training. However, here, some mediocre state and county officials decided the case, and if they couldn't break it, they would be beaten into confessions, and the prisoners knew that they would be ruined and die without a place to bury, and they still had to confess if they couldn't stand the torture; What's more, the generals who were arrested by Guo Shao were just betraying others.

…… Huang Binglian of Kaifeng Mansion has made Zhao San's case an iron case. When he went to court, the file was taken to the court and circulated, and no one could refute it. In this world, there is a scarcity of professional case-solving officials like Huang Binglian, and most courtiers are confused about such matters.

The civil and military officials were helpless, and they all faced the people who were high up, waiting for the attitude of the superiors.

On the high steps, on the throne sat a child in filial piety clothes, he had nothing to say, it was useless to say anything, who would pay attention to what a child of a few years old said, as long as he didn't cry. In the translucent curtain on the side, there was also a woman.

At this time, a majestic and quiet voice came: "Since the deceased is covered in wounds, who concealed the cause of her death, who rescued her from the dry well, and who called the deceased a dead man and shielded the murderer?" ”

When the ministers heard this, they bent down one after another, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty could play it right. Huang Binglian knelt down and said: "Empress Dowager Qi, the minister has not been able to verify it, I don't know." ”

After a murder case was stabbed, there was no follow-up, and no one was held responsible, but it was only talked about in Tokyo. Especially those aunts and mothers-in-law in the market are particularly interested in such bad things, and they rarely have to talk about them everywhere; It is precisely because of their free dissemination that there is a common saying that good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles.

…… The January of the national mourning has finally ended, and there are no major events inside and outside. According to the local border reports, the Liao State did not move, Shangjing seemed to have civil strife again, the Northern Han was ready to move, but there was no support from the Liao State, and it was monitored by the local army of the Zhou Dynasty in Hedong, and did not dare to act rashly; There was a coup d'état in the Southern Tang Kingdom, and now he is too busy to take care of himself.

In this period of time, the Zhou Dynasty has changed, and all countries in the world are not easy.

On the day when the palace took off her mourning clothes, the queen mother issued an edict to check the soldiers and horses of the forbidden army in Beijing. In order not to disturb the capital, he did not mobilize all the main forces of the forbidden army, but inspected the barracks of each army on the spot; For a period of three days, within half a month, the four main forces and a total of five forbidden troops were inspected separately. The Privy Council was deployed, and the Iron Cavalry was the most elite force of the Great Zhou and was the first to be arranged.

The total strength of the Iron Cavalry is more than 30,000, half of which is in a state of disbandment, and there are 15,000 men and horses on duty; But regardless of whether they are on duty or not, they will be required to participate in their entirety. The school field of the "Left First Defense Zone" in the northeast of the inner city can deploy 10,000 or 20,000 people, and more than 10,000 iron cavalry troops will be mobilized to the school field to wait for the inspection of the palace in three days.

The Iron Cavalry Army waited for the above generals to go to the front of the palace to discuss matters and check the military orders of the Privy Council.

After the gang dispersed, Yang Guangyi, the commander of the military capital, felt that his right eye was constantly beating, and he was faintly panicked. Seeing that the left carriage of the crane was commanding Zhao Chao to ride a horse to leave, Yang Guangyi and Zhao Chao had a good personal relationship, so he immediately took his entourage to ride a horse all the way.

"I think something is wrong." Yang Guangyi stepped forward and whispered.

Zhao Chao sneered: "The woman is a little family, since she wants to check the army, she still looks forward and makes it so troublesome." Making this kind of scene is nothing more than a great achievement, the bigger the scene, the more majestic it is, I have never seen the emperor review the forbidden army to be divided into five times. ”

Yang Guangyi said in a deep voice: "I remembered again that yesterday I found out that one of my subordinates had not been on duty in the barracks for several days...... I always feel that this limelight is very strange, Brother Zhao, you have to think about it, what are those people going to do? ”

"You're not sick, are you?" Zhao Chao frowned and said, "A commander didn't come to be on duty, you sent someone to his house to ask why you went, guess what it means!" ”

"That's it!" Yang Guangyi shook his head and said. He raised his head, and saw a large number of dead leaves floating in the air on the long street, and the trees on the side of the road were bare, and there were still some broad leaves hanging on the branches with an indescribable smell of slaughter and decay.

…… At this time, Guo Shao was walking into the Privy Council office from the imperial city, and Wang Pu and Wei Renpu went to the lobby to greet him. Guo Shao clasped his fists and bowed, saluted each other, and said, "I brought the warrant of the Queen Mother, can I talk in a different place?" ”

"Please." Wang Pu stretched out his hand and said.

So the three of them went into the study next to them and looked at the tea again.

Guo Shao took out a note from his arms and presented it with both hands: "The Queen Mother personally wrote the decree, but she didn't use the seal, I don't know if it works?" ”

Wang Pu glanced at it, there were only two lines of words, and handed it to Wei Renpu quietly. Wei Renpu looked at it and said: "The Queen Mother is really good at writing. Guo Shao and Wang Pu looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Wei Renpu turned his head and said, "What does the king think?" ”

Wang Pu put the note on the table, pressed it with a paperweight, and said: "The old man remembered a story in the Han Dynasty and thought it was very interesting, General Guo is interested in listening to it?" ”

"The king, please speak." Guo Shao said calmly.

Wang Pudao: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not have a personal government in his early years, and he still operated in the hands of the queen mother when he became an adult. The emperor sent people to the military camp to successfully transfer troops, but there were no soldiers; So the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty finally allowed the emperor to govern herself and gave up power. ”

What happened in the Han Dynasty? Guo Shao couldn't figure it out, but he immediately thought of the successful mobilization of the army by his "Fengyi order" a month ago; There is no military order from the Privy Council at all...... That incident was not legal, even if the emperor transferred troops, it would go through the Privy Council and various departments, not to mention that the emperor had not died at that time.

But after the success, no one mentioned the stubble, but Wang Pu teased it openly, and Guo Shao suddenly felt a little pressure. He couldn't finish a sentence, couldn't answer Wang Pu's words, and was simply speechless.

"What does the king mean...... Does this warrant still work? Guo Shao asked.

Wang Pu said: "The Queen Mother can transfer troops by her will, and the Privy Council will not obey the steps, won't the situation be embarrassing?" ”

This Wang Pu is really ruthless when he speaks.

Wei Renpu then spoke: "Since it is the Empress Dowager's decree, let's give General Guo a military order later." ”

"What is General Guo going to do? None of our Privy Councillors know about it. Wang Pu's sharp little eyes looked at Guo Shao's face. Guo Shao said in a deep voice: "I originally said that the Queen Mother would discuss with the privy envoy and the deputy envoy first, but the Queen Mother thought it was just a trivial matter, and there was no need to make a big fuss. ”

Wang Pu stroked his beard on his chin, nodded and stopped speaking, and immediately went to write the military order, and Wei Renpu helped him take the seal and other things out.

Guo Shao said on the side: "Next time there is anything, I am willing to discuss it with Wang Zhijun." ”

Wang Pu turned his head and smiled when he heard this: "The old man is looking forward to it." ”

Guo Shao felt a little uncomfortable...... I do respect Wang Puzhicai in my heart, but this person's temper is a bit elusive, and he may feel too smart. The face is old, but a pair of small eyes are very bright and sharp, as if they can see through everything.

With smart and exposed people, you can't help but be careful, not so casual. In contrast, Wei Renpu often looks confused and pretending to be very decent, and it is much more interesting to be with him.

When Guo Shao walked out of the Privy Council with the military order, he felt a sense of relief.

He returned to the left wing camp of the Eastern Hujie Army, and at this time the military capital Yu Hou and the above generals had been summoned here. As usual, everyone made a noise after meeting Guo Shao, and each said their own words.

Guo Shao ignored them, took out a floor plan of Tokyo and pondered it again. The 20,000 people in the left wing of the Hujie army have all been mobilized, stationed on the east and west sides of the imperial city, and the troops are relatively concentrated; The two forces were close to Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate respectively. The right wing of the Hujie army was in the southwest of the imperial city, mobilizing 10,000 troops, which was also deployed intensively.

He put away the picture, turned around and said, "General Li, second brother, come in with me." ”

The two of them were ordered to follow into one of the rooms. Guo Shao silently took out two Privy Council military orders and handed them over, saying: "It may not be necessary, but it is necessary to mobilize and organize troops in advance, and it will be ...... three days later Remember the time, the morning of the fifth day of August. The bell of Donghua Gate, three slow and five urgent, repeated three times, when I heard the signal, I immediately dispatched and went straight to the school field of the first defense area on the left! ”

The two of them froze and replied with fists clenched.

Guo Shao said: "Dongying is close, and it runs directly with the infantry army; The horses were all in the west camp, and the west camp rode over. Prepare your troops and horses early in the morning, just in case. ”

Li Chuyun and the others hugged their fists and said: "The last general will take the order." ”

Guo Shao also has a military order in his hand, which is for Han Tong and Gao Huaide, as a wave of troops that can continue to mobilize.

At this time, Guo Shao saw that Li Chuyun and Yang Biao had solemn faces, immediately raised his hands, stepped forward and patted them on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "This time it is officially under the order of the Privy Council, and it is well prepared, and it is almost a sure victory, you don't have to be too nervous." ”

He muttered: "I helped the Queen Mother to deploy, and there is no problem with preparation, the key is to see her practices and performance." ”

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(There's another chapter tonight...... I owe 10 chapters. ）