King Gong is still very young, thirty-four years old, which is the most youthful and vigorous time, but after the dust settles, even if he does not withdraw from the military aircraft immediately, he will be hollowed out from now on, which is equivalent to idleness.

In fact, in terms of political views, King Gong and him have the same general direction, but it is precisely because of the agreement that the two must go to one or the other - only one person can sit in a seat, and the space at the top of the power pyramid is too narrow.

However, the "Gong system" is deep-rooted and there are many talents, and Guan Zhuofan wants to guarantee that, first, King Gong himself will not become a constraint to him after stepping down. Of course, with King Gong's character and considering historical facts, the probability of this situation is not high; Second, except for a few people, as far as the "Gong system" as a whole is concerned, he should take it for his own use. At the very least, to make sure that these people do not go down the path of passive confrontation.

Kwan Cheuk-fan is sure enough to do this.

The most powerful move is to marry Princess Dunrou.

In order to envelop and "watch" Guan Zhuofan's "marrying daughter", Cixi inadvertently became a sharp weapon for him to "respect" people and horses - on the table, he and King Gong are not "Gong goes and Guan Dai" relationship, but "Guan and Gong marriage" and "Guan and Gong converge". If it must be said that Guan Zhuofan replaced King Gong, then Guan Zhuofan only replaced the position of King Gong's "Gong leader", and under the leader, the "Gong Department" is still the "Gong Department".

For Wen Xiang and other backbones of the Gong family, this is a situation of last resort, which is within an acceptable range.

However, in the "Gong Department", not all people can accept this situation. And Guan Zhuofan doesn't plan to take all the "Gong" people into his arms.

For example, Bao Jun.

Guan Zhuofan is not a person who will be revenged. What's more, Baojun also helped him a lot in the An Dehai case. But the knot between the two sides is deep. It is impossible to establish real trust between each other, and it is inevitable to go to treasure. However, in the context of Huairou's "Gong system", as long as Bao Jun is unable to pose a new substantive threat to himself, Guan Zhuofan does not have to kill Bao Jun if he is not good.

Besides, considering that in the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, someone needs to sing a white face to the Queen Mother - this person must have enough position and weight, but also cannot clearly be a person who is "related". So. The basic policy for dealing with Baojun was decided: he was dismissed from the Military Aircraft Department and retained as Minister of the Interior.

Now, a reason is needed to remove Bao Jun from the Military Aircraft Department in an open and honest manner.

Guan Zhuofan took out his pocket watch and opened the lid of the watch, which was as good as noon.

It's time for lunch.

Also, that "reason" should be coming soon.

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Before the second moment, the "reason" finally arrived.

There were two telegrams, one from Anqing, the capital of Anhui Province, and signed to Yinghan, the governor of Anhui; One is also from Anqing. It's just that it was first sent to the Military Adjustment Office in Beijing, and from the Military Adjustment Office to Tianjin—this telegram. It was sent by a certain intelligence group of the Military Coordination Office that was sent to Anqing on a "business trip."

Anhui belonged to the jurisdiction of the Liangjiang Governorate, and Anqing was not far from Shanghai, and the telegraph had been set up at this time.

Guan Zhuofan opened the telegram, read it carefully, and a smile appeared on his face: Yes, calculate the time, there was no delay for a day, and the relevant people were very interesting.

The intelligence team of the Military Adjustment Office went to Anqing to look for two suspects in the Anhui military expense reimbursement case: Li Zongshou of Anhui Grain Road and Song Zunbang, the prefect of Fengyang.

At the beginning, the Criminal Department inquired about the Anhui military reimbursement case, and these two key suspects were passed around and went, but they were never reported to the case.

Anhui Governor Yamen reported that Li Zongshou was seriously ill and was not good at walking, and the grain road was now handled by others. "I implore the Criminal Department to send capable cadres to Anqing for investigation and investigation", "And the situation of the personnel, is it appropriate to send them to Beijing, the journey is tiring?" ”

In addition, Song Zunbang, the prefect of Fengyang Prefecture, recently took leave to return to his hometown to sweep the tomb, and now he has not returned to Anhui, and the province has sent people to Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province to urge, Yunyun.

Song Zunbang is a native of Ganzhou, Jiangxi.

The chief judge of the Anhui military expenditure case was resolute, and sent people to Anqing to "inquire and take a closer look"; On the one hand, Anhui and Jiangxi were written, and the two provinces were strictly ordered to "quickly send Song Zunbang to the case".

The result of the "inquiring and scrutinizing" was that "Li Zongshou was seriously ill and bedridden, and what was reported by Anhui Province was generally accurate." As for Song Zunbang, Jiangxi said, "The member has returned to Anhui"; Anhui said, "The investigator has not yet returned to Anhui" - ouch, no one can find it.

When the intelligence team of the Military Coordination Office arrived in Anqing, they first found Li Zongshou. The intelligence team quickly made a judgment: the person was indeed ill, but not to the point of being "bedridden and not good at walking". The reward of the "competent officer" of the criminal department is either to accept the benefits of others and deliberately lie; Either the governor Yamen forged a very solid doctor's certificate for Li Zongshou, and Li worked hard to cooperate with the performance and deceived the people in the criminal department.

As for Song Zunbang, Chen Yicheng and Martinez judged early on that what Jiangxi said should be true, and this person is now in Anhui, or even in Anqing. The reason is simple: only Anhui has enough motivation to hide him. With the exception of Anhui, it is not safe for Song Zunbang to stay in any other province - once exposed, he will be sent to Beijing.

It turned out that Boss Chen and Boss Ma's eyes were like torches, and the intelligence team didn't spend too much effort to find Song Zunbang in a small village in Huaining, Anqing.

Now that the person has been found, the question arises: what to do with these two?

Li Zongshou and Song Zunbang have not yet been dismissed, and it is impossible for the intelligence team to secretly kidnap them. The easiest way is, of course, to inform the Criminal Department, but Li Zongshou is seriously ill, and the Criminal Department has memorized the book; As for Song Zunbang, Anhui said that "the investigator has not yet returned to Anhui", that is, if he goes on official business, it is equivalent to hitting the face of the Criminal Department and the Anhui Governor's Yamen at the same time, which is painful enough.

The intelligence team asked Beijing for instructions, but before Beijing could reply to the call, the "exposing case" broke out.

The day after the exposé, the Beijing Station of the Military Coordination Office transferred the instructions of the marshal to the intelligence team: visit Yingfutai and stab him directly with the results of the investigation of the trip to Anqing, so there is no need to hide it at all.

The marshal had other instructions: give the governor of Anhui three days, and after three days, if there is no movement, there is no need to wait.

The intelligence team received a telegram indicating that it was the beginning of Chen, and that morning, Yinghan went out and was not in the governor's yamen, and before two o'clock in the afternoon, the intelligence team met with Yinghan and followed the instructions of the marshal, and so on.

It was exactly two days from now.

The Military Dispatch Department went to find the key suspects in the Anhui military expenditure case, Li Zongshou and Song Zunbang, not to help Gangyi solve the case, Guan Zhuofan's purpose was to Baojun - starting with Li and Song, to get the evidence of Baojun's involvement in the case; The main purpose of the Anhui governor Yamen to hide Li and Song was not to protect themselves, but their primary purpose was also to protect Baojun - to protect Baojun.

However, the rapid development of the "exposé case" forced Yinghan to change his plans.

*(To be continued......)