Chapter 111: Chen Yuan's scheming
(The first update, ask for a red ticket)
Chen Yuan on Yuqian Street is the residence of Li Zhuo, the former secretary of the Jiangning Military Department, when he was in Jiangning, and after Li Zhuo entered Beijing to take charge of the military department, Yue Lengqiu, the governor of Jianghuai who went to Jiangning, occupied Chen Yuan as his residence.
Yue Lengqiu came to Jiangdong to take up his post, spent most of his time in the Huaijun of Haozhou Governor, and returned to Jiangning for half of his time to take charge of official business.
Recently, the situation in eastern Zhejiang has been tense, once the situation in eastern Zhejiang collapses, it will lead to a crisis in the southeast of Jiangdong County, and in addition, Donghai Kou sent troops to threaten Pingjiang Prefecture, Hailing Mansion and Huainan Yan District on the northern front, Yue Lengqiu had to return to Jiangning to cope with possible changes.
Of course, Yue Lengqiu didn't want the Jiangdong Left Army to suffer defeat in Chongzhou, he wanted to count on Lin Jian to support the defense line of Hailing Mansion, Yannan Yan District and Jiangkou, but the successive good news of the Jiangdong Left Army was not what he liked.
In the first battle, 600 soldiers were annihilated and 2,000 were captured, although this battle was a victory for the special envoy Han Zai, but Yue Lengqiu could not press most of the merits to Han Zai's head. In the First World War, 2,000 soldiers were trapped in Hecheng, forcing the Weiyang Salt and Iron Division to give in and put the Hecheng grassland into the defense area of the Jiangdong Left Army. In the first battle, he attacked Daheng Island, annihilated more than 1,000 soldiers, sank and destroyed more than 70 enemy ships, and forced the invaders who invaded Pingjiang Mansion to withdraw to the east to help, and relieved the danger of Pingjiang Mansion......
Looking at the frequent good news from the Jiangdong Left Army, Yue Lengqiu was distraught, listening to the sound of footsteps in the courtyard, he exhaled lightly, stood up and opened the door, and saw his family member Yue An coming over, his face seemed to be wrong, and asked, "What happened?" ”
"Master, do you think it's weird? Gu Zhaocha came over in a carriage, plainclothes and simple, saying that he had something important to ask to see the master, and told Yue An not to leak the news of his coming......" Yue An said.
Yue Lengqiu was also surprised, this was the first time that Gu Wuchen had asked to see him privately after he came to Jiangdong to take office, and he was so deceptive that he couldn't understand it, but he subconsciously thought that something might be a big mess.
Could it be that the Jiangdong Left Army suffered a big loss when it went to sea, and wanted to send troops here to protect Chongzhou? But it's not right, Gu Wuchen has the right to urgently mobilize Dongyang Township to enter Chongzhou, he can't give up the near and far, and the easy and difficult.
When Yue Lengqiu was speculating, Gu Wuchen, who was wearing a lake-blue simple shirt, brought his family member Yue An in, he pressed his eagerness to know what was going on, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said, "I haven't seen Lord Gu for two or three years, how can I deign to visit today?" ”
Gu Wuchen knew that Yue Lengqiu was ridiculing him for his frequent friendship with him back then, and when he said this, his face was also embarrassed, and he calmed down a little, took out a secret letter from his arms, put it on the desk, and said: "Lord Yue has read this secret letter, and he knows my intention......
Yue Lengqiu invited Gu Wuchen to take a seat, he picked up the secret letter suspiciously, and saw the envelope, but it was the special secret letter that Lin Tie had entrusted Gu Wuchen to hand over to him, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, knowing that what the secret letter stated was definitely not trivial, otherwise Gu Wuchen and Lin Tie would not need to go through so much trouble.
Yue Lengqiu opened the secret letter with a solemn expression, the more he looked at it, the more cold he felt in his heart, and suddenly he learned about it, and he was in a mess for a while, twisting the letter in his hand, frowning and thinking about it, he could also feel that Gu Wuchen's eyes that could dig people's hearts were staring at him.
Yue Lengqiu's heart was also full of hatred, and he couldn't wait to cut Lin Jian here with a thousand knives, this erector had set up this trap early in the morning to lure him to jump, and at this time, he asked Gu Wuchen to come over in person to make trouble.
Yue Lengqiu secretly took a long breath, straightened his face, stared at Gu Wuchen, and asked with pity: "Can Lord Gu know about the matter of the Jinghai Metropolitan Envoy Lin Binding's secret chen?" ”
"It's only a little bit of it lately." Gu Wuchen said.
"I know a little bit about it," Yue Lengqiu stood up, such a situation did not allow him not to fight back, and said coldly, "I think you are too self-righteous." Xiao Tao is far away and rebellious, it is all your fault for being stubborn and arbitrary. If this letter had been written to me, why would it be like this? ”
Yue An was shocked when he heard it on the side, what kind of secret letter suddenly brought about Xiao Taoyuan's possible rebellion, and it made the old man so angry that he wanted to turn his face with Gu Wuchen on the spot.
In the face of Yue Lengqiu's trouble, Gu Wuchen sat in the courtyard and said: "In order to prevent his chaos, Lin Jian has endured it so far, and he may have some misgivings, but he must also be considerate of his situation. But none of this is important, the most important thing at the moment is to prevent Xiao Taoyuan from leading his troops to the sea...... "He didn't deliberately clear himself up and put the blame on Lin Lian's head, but he and Lin Lian had already guessed that Yue Lengqiu would take this attack. Lin Jian took all the responsibility for forbearance and refusal to report, even if he had to be held accountable in the future, demoted to an official position and fined him, and could not seize his military power, there would be no substantial damage.
In the matter of Xiao Taoyuan, Yue Lengqiu is responsible and Gu Wuchen is not responsible, which can form a trend of rising and disappearing, which is conducive to the improvement of the situation in Jiangdong.
Yue Lengqiu's face was as cold as frost, hearing Gu Wuchen say this, he knew Lin and Gu's strategy, he kept speculating in his heart, his tone slowed down first, and asked, "Can this matter be confirmed?" ”
"I knew about it, so I sent someone to Chongzhou to confront the witnesses, and the evidence was ironclad," Gu Wuchen said, "No matter how bold Lin Jian is, he doesn't dare to tell the imperial court that the four-rank military generals are ......."
Hearing Gu Wuchen say this, Yue Lengqiu hated even more in his heart.
Xiao Taoyuan was originally just a fourth-rank riding captain, or was he trying to win over Xiao Taoyuan, ensuring that he was promoted to the fourth-rank riding captain, and also single-handedly pressed Lin Tie's impeachment of Xiao Taoyuan as a suspected bandit, if you want to say that this is not a trap set up for him by Lin Tie and Gu Wuchen, Yue Lengqiu didn't believe it.
Yue Lengqiu didn't think about protecting Xiao Tao to the end, but this risk was too great.
The county school was slaughtered, the boy was robbed and killed, and the impact of the Chongzhou boy case was too bad, once Lin Jian and Gu Wuchen announced the matter to the world, and there was no power to cover it up and suppress it, Qingliu Shizi could force him and Zhang Xie to step down just by spitting.
Lin Bin's secret letter revealed the secret of the Chongzhou boy case, but he talked about the secret attachment of Changshan Island Kou, but the other details were vague, and Yue Lengqiu couldn't pursue it, after thinking about it again, he still felt that it was too risky to protect Xiao Taoyuan, but if Xiao Taoyuan could be taken down in time, there was still room for maneuver; If the news leaks and Xiao Tao has a chance to defect and lead his troops to the sea, or even chaos Pingjiang Mansion, this matter will be troublesome.
Even if Lin Jian bears the responsibility of forbearance and concealment, and even bears the charge of privately accepting and aiding the Kou, he may be demoted to a rank and a commoner, but he can't take away the military power of the Jiangdong Left Army - what about himself? If the official is demoted by one level, the position of the governor of Jianghuai must be surrendered to others, and if the official is demoted by three levels, the military power of the company commander Huaijun must also be handed over to others.
The Jiangdong Left Army is built by Lin Tie, and all the generals are from their private doors, under the current situation, it is difficult to seize its military power, but can they rely on the Changhuai Army?
Suppressed Gu Wuchen for more than half a year, he didn't expect them to have such a trap waiting for him to jump in, Yue Lengqiu knew that Gu Wuchen had some powerful means, but he didn't think it would be so powerful, he turned extremely fast, and his mouth could still keep saying: "Changshan Island and Jiyang are separated from the vast sea area, there are no ships coming and going, Xiao Taoyuan should not know what happened, and his people are suspicious and inconclusive, so he still has time to arrange for us calmly." On the pretext of guarding against criminals, I will transfer the Huai Army to the east of Pingjiang, and then expose its crimes and bring them to justice, or it may be more secure...... Master Gu, what do you think of this arrangement? ”
"The soldiers besieged Changshan Island, in fact, the Marquis of Jin'an stationed in Jiangning to make the extravagant Feihu, and the Baisha County robbery and the Chongzhou boy case, the extravagant Feihu were all suspected of not being able to get rid of it," Gu Wuchen said, "Because the pirates who did the robbery back then annihilated Xiao Tao on Xisha Island as early as possible, and then Xiao Taoyuan pretended to be a pirate and went to sea to kill Lin Tie, so Extravagant Feihu couldn't find out the details for a while, but it was hard to guarantee that he couldn't guess this time......
Although the luxury family is still the marquis of Jin An, who was sealed by the imperial court on the surface, but in private, everyone has not shy away from talking about the collusion between the luxury family and the Donghai Kou, and the military of Eastern Fujian has also strengthened its vigilance, but at present, the imperial court is in difficulty, and it does not dare to provoke in Eastern Fujian again, so it can only endure it.
Yue Lengqiu even suspected that Gu Wuchen and Lin Jian would take the initiative to leak the news, prompting Xiao Taoyuan to lead his troops to the sea to secretly attach to the luxury family, and even Dakou Pingjiang. In that case, the water camp in Ninghai Town will be completely destroyed, and at that time, Hailing Mansion, Jiangning Mansion, Lianghuai Salt District, Taihu Lake, and Yangtze River waterways will all rely on the Jiangdong Left Army to defend, and the imperial court will not dare to easily move the forest binding.
The colder Yue Lengqiu's heart became, the stronger his heart became, he pressed his hand on the table and said, "I have already learned about this matter, and I have my own disposal." Although summoning Xiao Tao to Jiangning can work wonders, once the matter is revealed and there is no preparation here, the situation will be even more difficult to control. Before the Changhuai Army is stationed in Pingjiang, we must not leak the news and act rashly, otherwise when I step down, I will have the means to drag one or two people to follow the bad luck! ”
"Then the official will leave!" Gu Wuchen got up and said goodbye.
Zhao Qinmin stood in front of the carriage, saw Gu Wuchen come out, and helped lift the curtain of the carriage. Gu Wuchen got into the car and said to Zhao Qinmin: "You also sit in, there are many people in Jiangning City who recognize you......" Especially in front of Yue Lengqiu's mansion, Jiangning officials and generals come and go frequently, giving a great chance of recognition.
"What does Yue Lengqiu mean?" Zhao Qinmin got into the car and asked softly.
"Adjust the Huai army to the east." Gu Wuchen said.
"He's looking for a way out for himself......" Zhao Qinmin saw Yue Lengqiu's plan at a glance, "What are you going to do?" ”
Gu Wuchen sat in the carriage and pondered, how could he not see through Yue Lengqiu's plans?
Even if we want to make a steady and familiar deployment to prevent Xiao Taoyuan's rebellion, together with Shangshu of the Jiangning Military Department and Cheng Yuqian, the Jiangning garrison, we can transfer the Jiangning Water Battalion to the east and Jiyang, and it will only take half a day to make a good deployment, which is far faster than transferring the Huai Army to the east and entering Pingjiang.
Yue Lengqiu insisted on adjusting the Changhuai Army, firstly, he planned to use the Changhuai Army to suppress the rebellion of the water camp in Ninghai Town, so that he could redeem his merits and make up for the responsibility of negligence and connivance, and the second might be to place his henchmen and horses who could be relied on in Pingjiang Mansion, and even use it to incorporate the remnants of the water camp in Ninghai Town, reorganize the water camp, and prevent the power of the Jiangdong Left Army from expanding to the south bank after Xiao Taoyuan was removed, and the third is that Yue Lengqiu also had the intention of showing military might to the imperial court.
"Go to Cheng Yuqian's mansion." Gu Wuchen said.
"I'm afraid that Lord Cheng doesn't have the guts," Zhao Qinmin sighed slightly, "Without Yue Lengqiu's permission, the Jiangning Water Camp will not be able to get out of Jiangning Mansion according to the system......" He knew Gu Wuchen's plan, but Cheng Yuqian was too mediocre and was not a person who had the determination to conspire with him.
He thought to himself: Lin Jian is still not ruthless enough, otherwise, he would lead the Jiangdong Left Army Boat Division to block the Jiangkou, and then deliberately leak the news to force Xiao Taoyuan to rebel, not only can he mess up Pingjiang Mansion and hit the Wu Party forces, but the Jiangdong Left Army and Dongyang Xiangyong, who had been prepared, followed closely into Pingjiang Mansion to quell the chaos, so that Yue Lengqiu would have no time to deal with it at all - he hesitated whether to suggest it to Gu Wuchen.
"Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven!" Gu Wuchen sighed slightly, he didn't think about how to hit Yue Lengqiu's political enemy more, but when he was unprepared in all aspects, he still couldn't make up his mind to directly prompt Xiao Taoyuan to rebel, which would hurt the vitality of the prefectures and counties along the Taihu Lake, and also made the changes in eastern Zhejiang unpredictable, he couldn't be so ruthless, let alone expect Lin Lian to make such a decision.
This side of the carriage is about to move out of the gate of Chen Yuan's mansion, suddenly there is a sound of hurried horses' hooves, a ride to the front of the house, the knight is wearing a military attache uniform of the post pond sentry horse, this person has no time to tie the horse, turn over and go down the steps to tell the door officer: "The military situation in eastern Zhejiang, 100,000 urgent, quickly to the governor!" ”
Gu Wuchen was shocked, and he didn't care about hiding his identity, so he sent someone to invite the military attache over, showed his personal seal, and asked: "I am Jiangdong according to Gu Wuchen, what is the military situation in eastern Zhejiang?" ”
No matter how confidential the military situation is, Yue Lengqiu can know it, and he can also know it as a judge, and the military attache said bluntly: "There are also messengers galloping to the Lord's Mansion - the Donghai Kou in Changguo suddenly increased his troops, and the road was attacked and routed after the Governor Quan of the two Zhejiang provinces marched into Longshan, and the specific losses are unknown, and the life and death of the Quan Lords are not known!" ”