Chapter 668: The Way of Balance

Chapter 668: The Way of Peace

Li Yanqing immediately rushed back to the barracks to find Liu Kuang, the two sat down in Liu Kuang's big tent, Liu Kuang poured him a cup of hot tea and said with a smile: "Looking for me in such a hurry, there must be something urgent, say it!" What do I need to do? ”

Li Yanqing pondered and said, "The Intelligence Department of the Hedong Army, who is in charge now?" ”

"It should be a partial general Qi Sheng, Yao Pingzhong's henchman, what's wrong?"

Li Yanqing sighed, "The golden summer has merged!" ”

"What?" Liu Jian didn't understand at once.

Li Yanqing told Liu Jian about the situation of combining the Jinxia intelligence points into one, and Liu Jian immediately understood the seriousness of the matter, Jingzhao was infiltrated by the Jin State, not to mention Taiyuan City, which is located on the front line, and there are still 80,000 Jin soldiers in Datong Mansion eyeing it.

Liu Jian was nervous in his heart, he thought for a while and said: "Although Yao Pingzhong betrayed Chong Shuai, he is indeed an extremely powerful character, otherwise Da Shuai would not have cultivated him so hard, I believe that after he realizes the information of the Jinxia Confluence, he will definitely take action to pull out the hidden danger." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, he agreed with Liu Jian's inference, since Yao Pingzhong retained the Intelligence Department, it showed that Yao Pingzhong was also a chief general who attached great importance to intelligence, and he would not sit idly by and watch the Jin State infiltrate Taiyuan and even Hedong County.

The key is who to remind Yao Pingzhong, Li Yanqing originally wanted to find a seed master, but considering that Yao Pingzhong was trying his best to get rid of the influence of the seed master in the Hedong Army, it may not be wise to find a seed master, Li Yanqing finally thought of Liu Kuo, the Liu family is also a famous family in the northwest, and the Taiyuan Yao family has been married for generations, Liu Kuan's father Liu Zhongwu and Yao Pingzhong are even more righteous brothers, and even Yao Pingzhong's wife is Liu Kuan's aunt, let Liu Jian remind Yao Pingzhong, it should not make Yao Pingzhong disgusted.

Of course, Liu Jian agreed to Li Yanqing's request, and Li Yanqing immediately issued an action order to Zhang Hu and Yan Qing.

That night, 1,500 soldiers acted at the same time, destroying in one fell swoop the nine intelligence points set up in Jingzhao Mansion by the Western Xia and Jin States, all of which were covered by inns, shops, taverns, etc., because the Intelligence Department had been monitoring them for several months, this operation was very sudden and very successful, nearly 200 enemy intelligence officers were captured, and a large amount of intelligence and property was seized.

At the second watch, Li Yanqing, who was wearing armor and helmet, also appeared in front of the Guanglan Restaurant, and all the thirteen bartenders of the Guanglan Restaurant were arrested, and more than 30,000 taels of silver were searched from the wine cellar.

At this time, Yan Qing escorted two middle-aged men, one of them was the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and he was also the deputy director of intelligence on Shaanxi Road, and the other man was about thirty years old, called Li Yin, who was an important minister in charge of intelligence in Western Xia.

"Qi Yu Command, these two people have special identities, do they want to be interrogated separately?"

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "Let's separate them and detain them separately first, to prevent them from committing suicide, and the interrogation will be discussed tomorrow." ”

"Obey!"

Li Yanqing saw that everyone was escorted out, so he walked into the restaurant quickly, this restaurant is Yang Xuzhou's property, his brother-in-law was doing it before, and then it was transferred to the Tanguts at a high price, but he didn't expect to become the intelligence terminal of the Tanguts. Although Li Yanqing did not want to hold Yang Xuzhou accountable for the time being, Yang Xuzhou's brother-in-law could not stay out of the matter, and strict investigation could not be avoided.

Li Yanqing came to the backyard, the backyard was full of more than a dozen large lanterns, and more than a dozen civil officials were sorting out all kinds of information from the search, Li Yanqing walked into the yard, and Zhang Hu greeted him, "I just found this!" He handed a letter to Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing took the letter and looked at it, it was actually a list, which contained the names of the main intelligence leaders of Jingzhao Mansion, as well as the names of the eight intelligence leaders of Taiyuan Mansion, as well as the shops where they were located, which should have been searched from Li Yin's luggage.

Li Yanqing was overjoyed, this is what he wanted, with this important information, Yao Pingzhong would be able to wipe out the enemy spies in Taiyuan.

Li Yanqing immediately turned around and ordered: "Let Commander Liu come to see me immediately!" ”

The top priority now is to send the list to Yao Pingzhong before Western Xia and Jin Guo find out about the incident in Jingzhao Mansion.

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Before dawn, Li Yanqing returned to the barracks, the army destroyed all the strongholds of Jingzhaofu overnight, a busy night, Li Yanqing was really a little tired, he went back to the barracks to rest for an hour, just after dawn, there were soldiers to report to him, prefect Yang Xuzhou asked to see.

Yang Xuzhou came to see him, it was expected, Li Yanqing nodded, "Please come to the big tent to talk!" ”

Guanglan Restaurant has become the intelligence terminal of Western Xia, how can Yang Xuzhou not give an explanation?

Not long after, Yang Xuzhou hurriedly walked into the big tent, and when he entered the tent, he bowed his hand to Li Yanqing and said, "Disturb the same knowledge!" “

Li Yanqing got up and said with a smile: "What a rare guest!" Prefect, please be seated. ”

Yang Xuzhou is probably the most cowardly prefect, it stands to reason that he is the highest military and political governor of Jingzhao Mansion, but the army is in charge of the same knowledge, not only can he not interfere, but even the power of the township soldiers and the Xiang army was deprived by Li Yanqing.

In terms of government affairs, he was firmly controlled by Ma Shan, and he couldn't interfere in daily government affairs, only the tasks issued by the court had the right to manage, but there were not many court affairs, only three or four a year, so he spent most of his time in his free time.

Maybe it's too much free time, Yang Xuzhou also used the power in his hands to start a business, his brother-in-law Kong Di is his agent, in a few years, the restaurant alone has opened five, as well as inns, shops, gambling halls, etc., Li Yanqing's family went to eat Qujiang Restaurant is also Yang Xuzhou's industry, but Yang Xuzhou never dreamed that his Guanglan Restaurant, which had the highest rent, actually became the intelligence terminal of the Xixia people, and this matter spread to the imperial court, and his position as the prefect was not kept.

This made Yang Xuzhou very nervous, he was not afraid that Li Yanqing would report to the imperial court, he was afraid that Ma Shan would use this matter to make a fuss, as long as Li Yanqing was willing to cover it up for him, no matter how Ma Shan impeached him, he would be able to explain.

But if he wants Li Yanqing to protect him, he has to show sincerity, but there are not many things he can get his hands on, which really makes him feel uneasy.

Yang Xuzhou sat down, bowed and said, "Li Tongzhi, I want to explain the matter of Guanglan Restaurant." ”

Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hand, "Don't worry, let's have a cup of hot tea first!" ”

The soldiers sent in two cups of hot tea, Li Yanqing drank a sip of strong hot tea, his mind cleared up a little, but Yang Xuzhou seemed preoccupied, he took a sip of tea and said: "Guanglan Restaurant is my brother-in-law's property, but he doesn't care about it, he is only responsible for collecting rent every year, and he doesn't know anything about the specific affairs of the restaurant." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I can understand Governor Yang's mood, but according to the latest interrogation results, it seems to be very unfavorable to Kong Di." ”

Yang Xuzhou was taken aback, "How do you say this?" ”

"The interrogation results show that Kong Di knew that the restaurant was engaged in intelligence activities, but Kong Di took a silent position in order to get twice the rent, I don't mean that Kong Di was involved in the transmission of intelligence, but he did have a suspicion of covering up!"

Yang Xuzhou suddenly became anxious, "Please ask Li Tongzhi to help with this matter, I am grateful!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "How about I make a suggestion to Governor Yang?" ”

Yang Xuzhou perked up and hurriedly said, "Please speak!" ”

"I have already said just now that Kong Di himself did not participate in the transmission of intelligence, which means that he is not a spy of Western Xia, but he must be guilty of covering up, if Governor Yang can cut off with Confucius as soon as possible, then no matter how Kong Di is punished, it has nothing to do with Governor Yang."

Yang Xuzhou said for a while: "Did Li Tongzhi ask me to divorce my wife?" ”

"Divorce is just a formality, in essence, she is still your wife, and after a few years, this matter will be over, and then marry back, of course, this is just a suggestion, if Governor Yang is willing to take this risk, then I didn't say anything."

"Is there no other way?" Yang Xuzhou asked with a sigh.

Li Yanqing said lightly: "This is actually not my problem, Governor Yang should know it in his heart." ”

Of course, Yang Xuzhou understood what Li Yanqing meant, the real threat was Ma Shan, Ma Shan seized this opportunity to attack himself, how could he let it go?

But Yang Xuzhou couldn't go to ask Ma Shan, he could only ask Li Yanqing for help, and after a moment of silence, Yang Xuzhou sighed, "My wife and I are childhood sweethearts, and we have been in love for many years, even if I divorce her on the surface, I can't do it, but I still ask Tongzhi to help me no matter what, Li Tongzhi's great kindness, Yang remembers it." ”

After speaking, Yang Xuzhou got up and bowed to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing wanted this attitude, as for the confession, it could be modified, he changed a few words, and Kong Di changed from cover-up to ignorance.

He needed Yang Xuzhou to owe him favors, and use his relationship with Wang Hao to stabilize Jingzhao Mansion and create a favorable external environment so that he could go all out to prepare for the war.

Li Yanqing finally nodded, "Okay! This time, I will give Governor Yang a face, and when I turn around, I will let the Confucius flute go, hoping that Governor Yang will strictly control Brother Ling and not have a next time. ”

Yang Xuzhou was overjoyed, "Thank you Li Tongzhi, I will remember this great kindness." ”

"Governor Yang, please go back! I reckon the verdict will come soon. ”

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Li Yanqing's judgment was not wrong at all, not long after Yang Xuzhou left, Ma Shan rushed to the barracks, and he also got the news that Guanglan Restaurant was seized, which made him overjoyed, Yang Xuzhou's brother-in-law fornicated with Xixia, this time Yang Xuzhou was in the catastrophe, they fought for two years, and finally had to divide the result.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Ma Shan opened his throat and shouted: "Li Tongzhi, I heard that you caught a big fish last night?" ”

"Ma Tong's verdict is very well-informed!"

"That's it! Something happened to Guanglan Restaurant, how can people not care, how? Was Kong Di caught? Ma Shan asked eagerly.

Li Yanqing nodded, "Now he's in my hands." ”

"And what is he guilty of? Collaboration with the enemy? ”

"It's not enough to collaborate with the enemy, the main reason is that they don't report it, in order to charge a little more rent, knowing that the other party is a Tangut person, they also rent the restaurant to the other party, which provides convenience for the Tangut people to establish an intelligence point."

Ma Shan was overjoyed, if this was the case, once Yang Xuzhou was impeached, he would have to pack up and get out.

"How does Li Tongzhi plan to report to the imperial court?"

Li Yanqing groaned and said, "Actually, if I were Ma Tongju, I would try my best to hide this matter for Yang Xuzhou." ”

Ma Shan was stunned, "How do you say this?" ”

"Actually, it's very simple, Yang Xuzhou is gone, who will be the prefect? Will it be the Wang family or the Cai family, what does Ma Tong think? ”

Ma Shan is Cai Jing's person, and Yang Xuzhou is Wang Hao's person, Li Yanqing is barely the prince's family, and the three of them have maintained a balance in Jingzhao Mansion, Ma Shan understands in his heart that it is impossible for the imperial court to let two Cai officials take over the prefect and the general judgment, and Wang Hao will not tolerate it, and a new prefect must still be Wang Hao's person.

"There is another new prefect, it should be Wang Huang's person." Ma Shan said frankly.

"I also think that the new prefect must be Wang Hao's confidant again, so the question arises, if the new prefect takes office, what good will it do us, and my military power can continue to be uninterfered with? Can Brother Ma's political power still be firmly grasped in his hands as he is now? ”

Ma Shan was silent, he had to admit that Li Yanqing was reasonable, although he had already torn his face with Yang Xuzhou, and he didn't talk when he met each other, and they all hated each other to the core, but aside from this personal hatred, just from the perspective of interests, Yang Xuzhou's tenure as the prefect was precisely the time when Ma Shan's interests were the greatest, Yang Xuzhou's personality was relatively soft, and government affairs had basically been hollowed out by Ma Shan.

"What does Li Tongzhi mean, or do you want to maintain the status quo?"

Li Yanqing nodded, "If a strong new prefect arrives and the struggle continues to be fierce, I'm afraid that it will be Brother Ma who will be transferred, and my military power will also be interfered with." ”

Ma Shan pondered for a moment again, and finally sighed and said, "I understand, then according to Tongzhi's suggestion, this matter will be dealt with coldly!" Originally, I wanted to take advantage of this to clean up that bastard, but in the end, I cheapened him for nothing. ”

"It's not for nothing, is it! With this matter, Ma Tong will do more handy in the future, at least for everyone. ”

Ma Shan smiled, "High! Or Li Tongzhi is smart, I just need to ask about this matter, and everything will be handled by Tongzhi. ”

Ma Shan was finally persuaded by Li Yanqing to leave the camp and leave, Li Yanqing pondered for a while, and then said to the soldiers: "Go and pass my order and release Kong Di!" ”

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