Fenghou

Chapter 195
Zhu Shengfei, the new Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy, finally arrived in Hanzhong. Frankly speaking, Zhu Shengfei did not want to take up this position, and he aimed at the position of Xiangguo.

After Fan Zongyin stepped down as prime minister, almost everyone believed that Zhu Shengfei was the one who would succeed him, and Zhu Shengfei himself was bound to win. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jun was the one who picked the peach in the end. .

Of course, the official Zhao Gou also comforted Zhu Shengfei and asked him to go to Sichuan and Shaanxi with the qualifications of peace affairs. As long as he made political achievements in Sichuan and Shaanxi, he would be given the position of prime minister sooner or later.

However, before Zhu Shengfei set off, Zhang Jun still put him in a position. Among his various functions and powers, the extremely important power of imperial edict was gone, which meant that he could not act on behalf of the emperor when he went to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he would not be able to exercise some important personnel appointments and dismissals.

The struggle between civil servants lies in the shadows, in the dark, behind the scenes, in the sternness, in the superficial writing, but the knife is ruthless behind the scenes.

Zhang Jun was like this. When he and Zhu Shengfei handed over his heart, he talked about the world's major affairs with a smile, and he wished that the two would join hands to rule the world.

But what about after handover?Zhu Shengfei got the handover list, but found that there was a gold medal missing from it. He asked Zhang Jun again, but Zhang Jun reasoned that it was only granted temporarily by the government, and the gold medal had already been returned to the government.

This incident made Zhu Shengfei so angry that he didn't sleep well for three days. The imperial power was clearly given to the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shanxi, but Zhang Jun believed that it was his own power and had nothing to do with his successors. This power was returned again.

It's like a diner eating in a noodle restaurant, the shopkeeper brought a pot of soy sauce, but the diner took the pot of soy sauce away after eating, he thought it was given to him personally by the shopkeeper.

Is this a deviation in Zhang Jun's consciousness?No, this is the struggle between civil servants. Zhang Jun dug a big hole for Zhu Shengfei. Zhu Shengfei can appoint new people, but the old ones are not easy to deal with. It must also be approved by the emperor.

There are two official offices of the Sichuan-Shanxi Xuanfu Envoy, one is the main official office in Chengdu Mansion, and the temporary official office is in Nanzheng County of Xingyuan Mansion, but even the temporary official office is quite majestic.

To put it simply, the government office in Chengdu is a civil government office, and the government office in Xingyuan Mansion is a military government office. At present, the Xuanfu envoys in Sichuan and Shaanxi are mainly military, and they are supported by literature, so Zhu Shengfei first sat in Hanzhong.

On the day Zhu Shengfei took office, he immediately sent an order to the commanders of all localities, the commanders-in-chief of military and horse envoys, and the envoys of Zhizhi, requiring them to come to Xingyuan Mansion to report on their duties within three days after receiving the order.

The first person to arrive at Nanzheng County was Fu Xuan, the general manager of Fenglong's army and horses. Fu Xuan's younger brother, Fu Jingyi, was Zhu Shengfei's chief aide.

Now that Zhu Shengfei was serving as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Fu Xuan was so happy that his spring had finally come. He received Zhu Shengfei's order and immediately led five hundred soldiers to Nanzheng County without stopping.

Fu Xuan stationed his own soldiers outside the city. He first met his brother Fu Jingyi when he entered the city.

"Leave the small ones to my virtuous brother, and pass on the big ones to the Xuanfu envoy for me."

Fu Xuanhuan handed two wooden boxes, one large and one small, to Fu Jingyi. Fu Jingyi opened the small box and took a look. It was full of silver, estimated to be about three hundred taels.

He pushed the big box back to Fu Xuan, and said with a faint smile, "Don't you know? Xuanfu Envoy is an upright official and never accepts such valuable things."

Fu Xuan was stunned, "Didn't you ask me to prepare some gifts?"

"The gift I'm talking about is not this, and I want you to prepare some calligraphy and paintings. The envoy likes elegant things."

"We military generals are all rough people. How can we know calligraphy and painting? What if we buy fakes?"

Fu Jingyi wrote an address and handed it to him, "Go to this store to buy, there is a thousand taels of silver in the big box! Then buy calligraphy and paintings of one thousand taels of silver, and you tell the shopkeeper that you are giving a congratulatory gift to the Xuanfu envoy. He will give you the calligraphy and painting."

"What if it's a fake?"

Fu Jingyi was a little anxious. Seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said, "It must be fakes. The Xuanfu envoy won't accept the real ones, but I just bought this store yesterday, and the shopkeeper is my own. You know Yet?"

Fu Xuan immediately understood that he paid a high price to buy fakes as gifts, and Zhu Shengfei took the money as well as the gifts. If someone reports in the future, the gifts will also be fakes. This trick is really clever.

"What about other people's gifts?"

"Do you think the envoys will accept gifts from cats and dogs?"

Fu Xuan secretly despised the hypocrisy of these literati, but Zhu Shengfei was his backer, so he didn't dare to reveal it, so he hurriedly said, "I want to meet the Xuan Fu envoy, can you arrange it?"

"Go and buy a picture first, and then I will arrange it for you."

Fu Jingyi was secretly proud of himself, and after some operations, without anyone noticing, he got [-] taels of silver.

Fu Xuan finally met Zhu Shengfei. Zhu Shengfei heard that Fu Xuan spent fifty taels of silver to buy a painting of his own.

"I know about your nephew. It's understandable for young people to be impulsive. The key is to know the mistakes and correct them. When he recovers from his injuries, he will go back to the military camp. Talents are rare!"

Zhu Shengfei erased all the crimes committed by Fu Moshan in the past, which meant that the records of the Xuanfu envoy's official office would also be wiped out. Fu Xuan was really grateful.

"The envoy's care for the humble staff is really touching."

Zhu Shengfei smiled and waved his hands, "Don't talk about that, let's talk about the situation in Fengxiang Mansion, and how about the puppet Qi army?"

"We are living in peace with the puppet Qi army. They have no signs of attacking Fengxiang for the time being. The low-ranking army is mainly due to the lack of military rations! We only have half a month of military rations left. Please pay attention to this issue. .”

Zhu Shengfei frowned, "In a place as rich as Fengxiang Mansion, are you still short of food?"

"The envoy Xuanfu didn't know that all the food in Fengxiang Mansion was stripped by the Jin soldiers, and burned by the Song army in Monk Yuan. Now not only Fengxiang Mansion is short of food, but all the Western Army's food is in short supply. It is estimated that we must ask the Xuanfu envoy for help!"

"Let's talk about this matter! You write a written report, and I will think about it."

"There is another matter. The humble official must report to the Xuanfu envoy."

"what's up?"

"It's about the private possession of spoils by the envoy of Qinzhou, Chen Qing. The value of the case involves hundreds of thousands of dollars."

Zhu Shengfei's eyes widened suddenly, "What did you say, hundreds of thousands?"

Chen Qing was the fourth to arrive in Nanzheng County. As the envoy of the Qinzhou system, Chen Qing belonged to dual leadership. On the one hand, the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi had jurisdiction over him; To be responsible to the court.

Zhu Shengfei, the newly-appointed Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda Envoy, asked Chen Qing to come to Nanzheng County to report on his duties.

Zheng Ping married Yang Liu'er as his concubine, and settled down in Nanzheng. Of course, he wanted to live in his own home, while Chen Qing lived in the very famous Yuelai Inn in Nanzheng County with a dozen of his own soldiers.

Not long after Chen Qing moved in, Wu Jie came looking for him.

"I've been waiting for you these two days."

Wu Jie didn't exchange pleasantries, and straight to the point when he entered the door, he said, "Did you know? Fu Xuan sued you in front of the Xuanfu envoy, saying that you secretly coveted hundreds of thousands of dollars in spoils of war."

"and then?"

Wu Jie said with a stern expression: "Then the envoy Xuan Fu was furious and said that he would investigate you strictly. I came to you to tell you to leave quickly."

"Zhu Shengfei has obtained the right to serve? Can you dismiss me?"

Wu Jie shook his head, "I knew that your experience is too young. The imperial power is only useful when you can't be caught. If you can be caught, what kind of imperial power do you need? I will put you under house arrest in Hanzhong for three months. In five years, you are still the envoy of the Qinzhou system, and you are still the commander, so what's the use? Zhu Shengfei also appointed a commander to serve as the military envoy of Qinzhou, wouldn't you be completely empty?"

Chen Qing's face changed, it was really the case, just like when Wu Jie emptied Fu Xuan during the Battle of Dasan Pass, he made the problem easier for himself.

"Then I'm leaving now."

"You pretend to be my personal soldier, and I will take you out. Fu Xuan is probably going to bring someone to arrest you."

He immediately changed his clothes, and at this moment, the sound of a large number of people came from outside the inn.

Wu Jie's complexion changed drastically, and he pointed to the window, "It's too late, you leave the window and wait for me at the North City Gate!"

(End of this chapter)