Chapter 252 The pawn who crossed the river topped the cart

There is a saying that although the scale is small, it can weigh thousands of catties. Xu Jingzong is such a scale, although he is only a five-grade petty official, don't look at him as a five-grade Langzhong, the key is that in addition to the three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prisons, other officials, whether they are officials or generals, whether they are central or local, have the right to investigate.

However, how many of these officials in Datang can withstand investigation?

A sharp sword in Chen Ying's hand.

In the evening, Xu Jingzong was invited to the Furong Garden in the south of Chang'an City. At this time, the Fang Lin Garden in the Furong Garden has been changed to the residence of Chen Ying and Li Xiuning.

Xu Jingzong is a smart man, Chen Ying invited him to come, he just understood that Chen Ying needed to use him now. Although he has become a weighing scale, Xu Jingzong knows very well that his official position has always been a sweet spot for all forces, and without the support of Chen Ying and Li Xiushi, he would not be able to sit firmly in this position in the middle of the department.

On the way here, Xu Jingzong sat in the carriage and opened the newspaper from time to time, and listened to Xu Zhong's report on what happened in Chang'an City, Xu Jing told Xu Jingzong: "Ah Lang, just this morning, the head of Dali Temple led the prison Shi Ziqing to be killed by a group of thugs at home, and he was dismantled on the spot!" ”

Xu Jingzong suddenly asked: "A few days ago, General Chen was imprisoned by His Majesty, is it under the jurisdiction of this Guan Ziqing?" ”

Xu Zhong nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Jingzong took a deep breath.

In this world, the most trustworthy thing is coincidence. But Xu Jingzong can be sure that this is definitely not a coincidence, it must be that Guan Ziqing was instructed by some big people to secretly deal with Chen Ying in the prison.

Xu Jingzong's guess was very accurate, almost the same as the truth.

When Xu Jingzong came to Fanglin Garden, Chen Ying, Li Xiuning, Li Daozhen, Li Siye, Chen Qian and others sat around the big round table to eat. Li Siye and Chen Qian each held a huge bowl and competed to drink porridge.

Chen Ying looked at Xu Jingzong's arrival, so he pointed to an empty seat at the head of the head and said, "Yan clan, have you eaten?" If you haven't eaten, sit down and eat! ”

Xu Jingzong pulled a brocade pier and sat down gently. It's said to be sitting, but in fact, the butt is just next to each other.

A maid brought the dishes and utensils to Xu Jingzong. Xu Jingzong was also flattered.

Chen Ying's dinner is mainly light, although it is not rich, but the taste is very good, even if it is ordinary dried radish, Xu Jingzong eats it very sweetly.

Watching Li Siye drink the porridge in the bowl, Chen Ying glanced at Li Daozhen, and Li Daozhen and Xu Erniang led Li Siye, Chen Qian and others out.

The diligent servants cleaned up the scorching soup on the table, and then served fragrant tea.

Chen Ying picked up the tea, blew it gently, and asked casually: "Yan clan, do you know what I am looking for you!" ”

Xu Jingzong nodded and said, "I know a little bit about it!" ”

Chen Ying sighed and said: "General Ben thinks that I am just a spectator, but some people don't think so, they have to kill me, this encounter in the prison also sounded the alarm bell for me, General Ben disdains to fight, but he is not afraid of struggle!" ”

Xu Jingzong nodded.

What kind of person Chen Ying is, he couldn't be clearer. He has grown from a penniless soldier to today's Liang Guogong step by step, and his official residence has grown from the second grade. If Chen Ying is kind, I'm afraid he has already been swallowed so much that there are no bones left.

Li Xiuning said: "The ministers who gathered in the Tiance Mansion all served as staff members, and they did not hold real power, and even if they had real power, they were only insignificant petty officials. The military ministers of Tiance Mansion can be divided into three factions, one is the old foundation that followed King Qin since Taiyuan, such as Duan Zhixuan, Hou Junji, etc., these people are the sworn friends of King Qin and are closely related to King Qin's Mansion; The second is the generals of the Wagang system, such as Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, etc., after the death of Mi Gong, they were under the command of King Qin, more for self-preservation, but after fighting side by side on the battlefield, the original Wagang army no longer existed and became the descendants of King Qin......"

Chen Ying touched his nose unhappily, and said with a wry smile: "Wagang generals, Qin Cheng Niu Xie, their loyalty should not be underestimated......

Li Xiuning frowned, showing a helpless expression and said: "There is a third faction, which is some generals who have neither a foundation nor a backer in the Tang Dynasty, and the typical character is Wei Chi Jingde, in the Tang Dynasty, except for the King of Qin, none of them can be relied on, let alone have their own backer background, therefore, these people can only choose to rely on the King of Qin." ”

Xu Jingzong interjected: "According to the analysis of the princess, then which faction should we start with?" ”

Chen Ying put away his smile, tapped lightly on the table with his hand, and suddenly said: It stands to reason that the first thing that should be solved is a general like Wei Chi Jingde. However, I think it is the best policy to start with the old generals of Wagang. ”

Li Xiuning said suspiciously: "How can you see it?"

Chen Ying said with a smile: "The old generals of Wagang, not Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng, they were twenty or thirty thousand Wagang troops when Li Mi descended to the Tang Dynasty, as time went by, these Wagang soldiers are now all over the twelve guards, and they are also the most important backbone of the Xuanjia Army. ”

Li Xiuning nodded again and again.

Chen Yingdao: "Second, those generals in Tiance Mansion, such as Qin Qiong, Cheng, Xie, and Niu, their official positions are now from the third grade, and they have come from behind, and the military merit rewards are even more considerable. Even if the general department has no ideas, what about those old people from Taiyuan Yuancong? ”

Xu Jingzong nodded and said, "What does the general mean...... Who to check first? ”

Chen Yingdao: "Whose evidence do you have in your hands?" ”

Xu Jingzong said with a wry smile: "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from the general, and there is evidence of Cheng Zhijie in the hands of my subordinates now, in the past three months, there has been no war under Cheng Zhijie, but the alcohol consumption is full of thirty percent more than usual, and he has received a full six thousand catties!" ”

"What six thousand pounds?" When Chen Ying heard this, he was also taken aback and said, "How can there be so many? ”

Cheng Zhijie is as good as life, this is what Chen Ying knows, he wants to come to Cheng Zhijie to get a maximum of 35 catties, but he didn't expect to receive an extra 6,000 catties of alcohol, which is too scary. Alcohol is very expensive, after all, the production of liquor in this era is not as good as that of later generations, even if Datang produces it with all its might, the output is only more than 100,000 catties a year. Six thousand pounds of alcohol, enough to be sentenced.

Li Xiuning said: "It must be what kind of general leads what kind of soldiers, Cheng Zhijie is good at drinking, and often drinks medical alcohol as wine, how can he follow suit under his command?" ”

"It's so decided, then check Cheng Zhijie first!" Chen Yingdao: "Give Tiance Mansion a little warning, don't mess with me if it's okay!" ”

……

In the eldest grandson's mansion, Du Yan and the eldest grandson Wuji sat opposite each other and drank.

The eldest grandson Wuji was in a happy mood, although he did not get rid of Chen Ying this time, but let the prince continue to complain about illness, and the king of Qin was in charge of Zhongshu Province as Shang Shuling. Since then, the daily operation of major affairs in the imperial court has been the responsibility of Shangshu Province, and major edicts and decisions have been handled by Zhongshu Province.

In other words, Li Jiancheng, the prince of the prison country, has only one name left.

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled: "Du Bingcao, how is the outcome of this game?"

Du Yan said with a calm face: "For those who are masters, what they are most worried about is that their subordinates are connected to each other, and when the courtiers are united, the king will not be able to sleep." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded.

Du Yan continued: "Therefore, the king of Qin is powerful and the prince is weak, so Your Majesty will help the prince and suppress the king of Qin; Once the situation is reversed, the crown prince is strong, and the king of Qin is strong, His Majesty will appease the king of Qin and suppress the prince, which is the most common imperial trick. Therefore, the king of Qin only needs to guard two things, and this time he will win and not lose. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly asked, "Which two?" ”

Du Yan Zhengse said: "Let Your Majesty know that between the King of Qin and the crown prince, there is a situation like fire and water; It is also necessary to let Your Majesty understand that without Your Majesty's protection, King Qin is definitely not the opponent of the crown prince......"

Speaking of this, suddenly a miserable scream came......

"Ah......h

The eldest grandson Wuji was shocked, and hurriedly got up and shouted: "Come on, how can you come back!" ”

After a short time, an attendant came over and said, "Ah Lang, something happened, come and take a look......"

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't dare to slack off, when he and Du Yan came to the front hall, they suddenly found that blood was dripping down the beams of the front hall.

The eldest grandson Wuji was shocked, pointed to an attendant and said, "Bring the ladder over and go up to see what's going on!" ”

The attendant did not dare to slack off, so he had to go to find a ladder, and the attendant brought the ladder and found that there was a huge cloth bag on it, and the cloth bag had long been frozen, but there was a stove in the hall, and the frozen corpse was slowly melted, and the blood flowed down the beams of the house.

Seeing that the sack was full of pieces of minced meat, the attendant was so frightened that he rolled down the ladder with a scream.

At this time, falling in the cloth bag of the eldest grandson Wuji, although it was all minced meat, but the eldest grandson Wuji and Du Yan were both hard-hearted people, they were not afraid, especially Du Yan, but pulled in the minced meat with their hands, Du Yan pulled the minced meat while analyzing to the eldest grandson Wuji: "In this weather, the corpse will freeze outside within a quarter of an hour, and according to the temperature in the hall, it will take at least half an hour to melt!" ”

Suddenly, Eldest Sun Wuji's gaze fell on one of the hands in the corpse's minced flesh, which was different because it had six fingers.

The eldest grandson Wuji said with a pale face: "I know who the dead person is, the head of the prison of Dali Temple is in charge of the prison history, and he is known as the six fingers!" ”

Du Yan sighed: "What a good pawn, it's a pity, the pawn who crosses the river can top the cart at a critical moment!" ”

Eldest Sun Wuji's face was cloudy, and his eyes burst out with resentment, and gradually his gaze became a little trance.

Du drowned in the basin and washed his blood-stained hands, while saying, "Find someone to bury it quickly!" ”

However, a small half a day. The eldest grandson, Wuji, did not react at all.

Du Yan stepped forward and pushed Changsun Wuji and said, "Changsun joins the army, are you okay?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's okay! Eldest Sun Wuji's voice trembled, obviously betraying his heart.

In fact, he was not just worried, but afraid.

Only he knew very well that this was done by Chen Ying, since Chen Ying could throw Guan Ziqing's body on the beam of his hall, and it was in broad daylight, it was impossible for people to detect. Obviously, Chen Ying has more strength, and he gets rid of him unconsciously.

The clan gate valve keeps a large number of dead people in captivity, and uses the dead soldiers to solve some dirty things that can't see the sun. The family and heritage of the eldest grandson are still a little worse in the end.

Du Yan looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "Does the eldest grandson want to get back to this field when he joins the army?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Du Yan in surprise and said, "Do you have a way?" ”

"There is a ......" Du Yan said: "Chen Ying has an old department named You Ziying, who is currently promoted to the captain of the city gate of Anhua Gate, in fact, this is also Chen Ying's pawn, at a critical time, Chen Ying can easily enter and exit from Anhua Gate, I can dispose of You Ziying at any time, and send the body to Chen Ying!" ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he lost his voice and said, "No...... Forget it, if you want to talk about the dead, our Qin Wangfu does not have as many dead people as Chen Ying alone, once Chen Ying's people are moved, it is strange if he doesn't go crazy, in that case, it will cause a decisive battle, and the prince can instead sit on the profits of the fisherman! ”

……

Foreign officials like Cheng Zhijie, under normal circumstances, will not be managed. After all, Cheng Zhijie is not only the deputy subordinate of the Hedong soldiers and horses, he also has the commander of the left horse army of the Tiance General's Mansion, and the red man next to Li Shimin, the king of Qin, as long as Li Jiancheng is not ready to move Cheng Zhijie, he will definitely not dare to move him.

However, now that Xu Jingzong's bullet seal is placed on the desk of the Criminal Department, Liu Zhenghui, as one of the veterans of Li Yuan's family, has never intervened in the struggle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, but now, Li Jiancheng took the lead in attacking, and he had no choice.

Liu Zhenghui was in a dilemma, dealt with Cheng Zhijie, and offended the Qin Palace. If you don't deal with it, you will offend the East Palace, the left and right are both great gods, and he can't afford to offend anyone.

So, when Liu Zhenghui got up, he accidentally fell and injured his leg, and went on sick leave.

Although Liu Zhenghui was sick, the criminal department of the imperial court needed to continue to operate, and it was sent to Shangshu Province from the Shangshu Taizhang of the Criminal Department to Shangshu Province in accordance with the procedures. Pei Lin looked at the impeachment of Cheng Zhijie, and looked embarrassed.

However, he didn't dare to hide this bullet seal, once he hid it, it would be tantamount to offending the East Palace and offending Li Yuan.

The impeachment was placed in front of Li Yuan, and Li Yuan was immediately angry.

Six thousand catties of alcohol, this alcohol can be blended into fine wine, Li Yuan is not unaware, he originally wanted to use more in the palace, but he was scolded back by the former military department Shangshu, the reason is very strong, how can life-saving things be wasted?

Li Yuan had no choice but to reduce the share of the palace. In fact, Li Yuan can only receive 1,500 catties of alcohol a year, but thinking that Cheng Zhijie actually embezzled 3,000 catties in three months, Li Yuan's face turned blue with anger.

Li Yuan shouted: "Come on, draft an edict!" ”

The official in charge of the edict hurried in.

Li Yuan said: "Spread my will, transfer the Qin Palace's left 1st horse army to command Cheng Zhijie, and serve as the governor of Kangzhou, and he will take up his post within ten days from the date of receiving the order." ”

Kangzhou is not Kangding, the Tang Dynasty set up the Kangzhou Governor's Office in Jinkang County, western Guangdong (now Deqing County) in the fifth year of Wude, and was in charge of the military of the six states in western Guangdong.

According to later generations, from the deputy governor of Hedong to the governor of Kangzhou, it can be regarded as a promotion, after all, the part of Hedong and Shanxi, regardless of population and economy, is incomparable with Guangdong. But in the Tang Dynasty, Kangzhou was still a wild area, and Cheng Zhijie went out of Hedong to take charge of Kangzhou, which was considered exile, and it was a very serious exile!

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