Chapter 56: Internal Strife (2)

Han Chenxu's three fires were extremely vigorous, making Zheng Zuyin and Lin Wenying look gloomy, as if others owed them eighteen million.

"This Han Chenxu is simply a mad dog, see who bites whom!" Lin Wenying has been very uncomfortable these days, because under Han Chenxu's high-pressure policy, not only some revolutionaries within the Ministry of Supervision have been purged, but even some senior revolutionary officials in other departments have been summoned by the Ministry of Supervision for investigation. For the sake of the prestige of the military and political axe, he still concealed it, and only announced his resignation due to illness. For a time, several newspapers in Fuzhou reported on Han Chenxu's stormy actions in the past few days, and all parties speculated whether the military and political axes were determined to reform the rule of officials.

Lin Wenying was not happy, Zheng Zuyin was not happy, he was also sitting with a gloomy face, and there were several other people sitting with him at the same time, namely Hong Zitai, Minister General of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Yan Guanxue, Minister General of the Ministry of Education, Chen Zhilin, Vice Minister of Finance, and Liu Songsheng, Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce. If you count Lin Changming, the general minister of foreign affairs, there are four chief ministers and two deputy ministers in Zheng Zuyin's small group, plus the words of Kui Linyang, the chief minister of the Ministry of Supervision, who fell some time ago, it is not an exaggeration to say that it occupies half of the military and political axe. If outsiders know about this situation, they will understand why Chen Jingyun was reluctant to meddle in the affairs related to the military and political axes before.

It's not that Chen Jingyun doesn't want to interfere, but he can't. Although Chen Jingyun controls the army and finance, these two vital things, he is powerless against other things of the military and political axe, after all, he can't command the troops to drive these out of power, and then arrest a few people to be senior officials of the military and political axe.

In the past, Chen Jingyun's response to this situation was helpless and simple, that is, to seize military power and not let go of finances, and at the same time support the revolutionaries led by Lin Wenying to fight against Zheng Zuyin and others, and then he secretly developed his own power and cultivated senior officials who could take over the positions of general minister and deputy minister. It is precisely because of this strategy that Chen Jingyun is not in a hurry, and lets go of the military and political axe to Zheng Zuyin and Lin Wenying.

As long as the people under Chen Jingyun are enough to maintain the operation of a political axe, then Chen Jingyun will not hesitate to drive the current person out of the military and political axe, and he has the strength and confidence to hold the army and finances.

originally thought that this situation would last for at least several months or even a year and a half, but he didn't expect that the turmoil caused by Kui Linyang's greed for ink made Chen Jingyun see an opportunity!

The reason why Han Chenxu has such a high-pressure move is naturally inseparable from Chen Jingyun. Although Han Chenxu was a neutral person before, Chen Jingyun was the governor, the supreme leader of Fujian's military and political axe, holding the army and financial power, and becoming the actual master of Fujian, even though Chen Jingyun could not control the entire military and political axe in a short period of time, he could only let Zheng Zuyin and Lin Wenying and others intervene in the military and political axe, but this does not mean that Chen Jingyun does not have enough ability.

Chen Jingyun said very simply to Han Chenxu, Chen Jingyun first gave Han Chenxu two guarantees, one is that he can do it freely, and Chen Jingyun will be on top of the sky when the sky falls. And the second point is to ensure that the Ministry of Supervision's pure surname will not stumble on Han Chenxu.

After giving Han Chenxu a guarantee, Chen Jingyun naturally had to ask for something: If the rule of the military and political axes is not answered and improved within three months, then Han Chenxu, the head of the Ministry of Supervision, should step down.

Although Han Chenxu does not want to participate in the open and secret struggle between Chen Jingyun and Zheng Zuyin and others, he is an ambitious and idealistic person, if he can use his own mind to control the Ministry of Supervision and do the legal system in his mind, he does not mind relying on Chen Jingyun's power temporarily.

Moreover, the position of the Inspector General is already at the top of the real hierarchy, which is very different from the previous post of Deputy Minister of Justice. Well, once you have tried the pleasure of power, few people are willing to give up power.

"Brother Zheng, Han Chenxu is too deceitful!" Hong Zitai's face turned a little red when he spoke, and his tone was not good, obviously he had a great opinion of Han Chenxu, because without him, because among the few high-ranking officials who were prosecuted, there was his brother-in-law Xia Houdong, who was in charge of the mint (formerly Fubao Bureau).

Hearing Hong Zitai say this, Zheng Zuyin's face sank even more: "If it weren't for Xiahou Dong's reckless actions, how could he have fallen into such a situation!" ”

After Hong Zitai's Ministry of Industry and Commerce received the plan to support the printing of copper dollars, he arranged his wife and brother to serve as the general office of the mint, but he did not expect that Xiahou Dong would lose his money, and the mint originally had hundreds of thousands of monthly profits of less than 100,000 yuan, and the rest was swallowed up by himself. You must know that Hong Zitai personally told Chen Jingyun that he could make hundreds of thousands of profits every month, and how obvious Xiahou Dong did naturally attracted Han Chenxu's attention.

Han Chenxu who will be this is worried that he can't catch a big fish and confess to Chen Jingyun!

It can be said that Xiahou Dong is hitting Han Chenxu's muzzle, Han Chenxu immediately reported to Chen Jingyun, and at the same time as Xiahou Dong was officially prosecuted, the Ministry of Supervision found out as many as ten senior officials' illegal acts of embezzlement.

Chen Zhilin, Vice Minister of Finance, said: "Is it to make peace with Han Chenxu, after all, there are many people this time, and I am afraid that the military and political axes will be unstable!" ”

Zheng Zuyin shook his head and said: "Don't think about it, I only saw him for a while in the morning, and he didn't talk about it during the conversation, obviously he didn't plan to let go!" ”

"Then you can't see so many colleagues in prison!" Liu Songsheng, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, also had a worried face, and several of those arrested were also under his command.

Zheng Zuyin looked at the people present, pondered for a moment and said: "Han Chenxu has stayed in the West, and his eyes are all foreigners, and this personal relationship has no effect on him." But it's not like no one in Fuzhou can cure him! ”

Hong Zitai lowered his voice after hearing this: "Brother Zheng is talking about the governor? ”

Zheng Zuyin did not deny it, but nodded directly: "Han Chenxu is now the chief of the Ministry of Supervision, and he is powerful and powerful in his hands, what we say may not be heard by people, but our words do not stop, and he always has to listen to the words of the governor!" ”

Zheng Zuyin's words made everyone look dark.

On the one hand, I admire Chen Jingyun's military methods, and I admire Chen Jingyun's ability to control the whole province of Fujian in such a short time. This kind of means, this kind of courage is not something that ordinary people can do, and it is precisely because of this that Zheng Zuyin and others elected Chen Jingyun as the governor.

It was also because of the strong military force in Chen Jingyun's hands that Zheng Zuyin and others were particularly jealous of Chen Jingyun, and even to the point of clear precautions, they were afraid that Chen Jingyun would forcibly read the talent by military means.

For this reason, in the more than a month after the establishment of the military and political axe, Zheng Zuyin and others firmly controlled the affairs of the military and political axe, and did not let Chen Jingyun get involved, and at the same time tried to win over the generals in the army, but now almost all the middle and senior generals of the national army are Chen Jingyun's descendants, and a few people who are slightly more related do not look down on Zheng Zuyin, these gentry and wealthy businessmen. As a last resort, they turned to support Lin Wenying and other revolutionaries to compete with Chen Jingyun for military power, but unfortunately Lin Wenying and other revolutionary party forces have long been squeezed out of the national army by Chen Jingyun, and now there is only one Xiao Qibin left, but Xiao Qibin and Lin Wenying were not very on the same path.

They had worked hard to guard against Chen Jingyun for so long, so they naturally didn't want Chen Jingyun to put his hand in the military political axe again.

If you go to ask Chen Jingyun now, no one can say what will happen, and if Chen Jingyun can't find a chance to completely control the military and political axe, then his own people should resign and step down.

But if you don't go to Chen Jingyun, Han Chenxu's mad dog will continue to bite, and now it's Xiahou Dong, maybe next time it's the monarch who is doing it.

Everyone was speechless, Zheng Zuyin also sighed, and said after a while: "I'll go and ask to see the governor later!" Now that the military and political axe has to be stabilized, Han Chenxu can't be allowed to continue to go crazy! ”

When Zheng Zuyin and the others were sad, Han Chenxu was standing beside Chen Jingyun, Chen Jingyun was standing on the railing of the pavilion with his hands behind his back, his eyes fell on a few low trees not far away, and at the same time he was talking: "I told you a few days ago that you want to reform the rule of officials, saying that it will take three months to achieve results. But are you too anxious, it only takes two or three days to make people panic! ”

Han Chenxu knew what Chen Jingyun was worried about, and said directly: "Don't worry, the governor knows how to be in a humble position." Except for Xiahou Dong, who still has some weight in this group of people, the others are idle or middle- and low-level officials, which will not affect the normal operation of the military and political axe! ”

Chen Jingyun nodded after hearing this: "That's good!" ”

Although Chen Jingyun is counting on Han Chenxu to reform the rule of officials, but he is more concerned about the stability of the military and political axe, and now the Fujian military and political axe has only been established for more than a month, and the main work of the military and political axe is still in stabilizing the people's minds, and a large number of dismissals of middle and senior officials will cause political turmoil and endanger the normal operation of the military and political axe, which is not what he wants to see. If Han Chenxu doesn't know how to do things, and the military and political axe that grabs people indiscriminately is facing collapse, thus affecting his overall strategic situation, Chen Jingyun may shoot Han Chenxu directly.

Although Han Chenxu said that he knew the measure, Chen Jingyun still felt the need to tell him personally: "The reform of official governance is not a matter of one or two days, the emphasis is on lasting and not fighting for the day." ”

Han Chenxu said respectfully: "My subordinates understand! ”

At this time, Chen Jingyun seemed to think of something, and then said: "By the way, there are many experts in your supervision department who can handle cases, and I will use a few capable people to come out!" ”

Han Chenxu heard that Chen Jingyun wanted people and wanted to ask Chen Jingyun what he wanted these people to do, but seeing that Chen Jingyun didn't plan to take the initiative to say that he didn't ask: "I'll send people when I go back!" ”

Chen Jingyun said: "Hmm! ”

Han Chenxu stayed until the evening before coming out, and when he came out, he happened to meet Zheng Zuyin who came to see Chen Jingyun, although the two had opinions, but no one showed it, and the two also smiled and greeted a few words.

Zheng Zuyin walked away before he scolded softly: "Mad dog!" ”