Fenghou

Chapter 490 Rumors
The confidant of the supervising army Wang Mian, Su Hui, came out of the expensive hotel. He looked around for a while in front of the door to confirm that there was nothing unusual, and then got into an ox cart and left.

An old man riding a donkey followed the ox cart without haste.

The bullock cart stopped in front of a silk shop, Su Hui got out of the bullock cart, looked to both sides, and quickly walked into the shop.

The old man on the donkey passed by the ox cart without stopping.

The shop is called Sunji Silk and Satin Shop, and it is actually an information point set up by the Sichuan-Shaanxi Jiedu Mansion in Chengji County.

The shopkeeper is called Sun Miao, who is also an official of the Sichuan-Shanxi Xuanfu Department.

He has seven or eight subordinates who are responsible for collecting all information on Xihe Road. This is not only the request of Lu Huiwen, but also the request of the emperor Zhao Gou.

Sun Miao already knew the news that the supervising army was coming, and the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shanxi also ordered him to cooperate fully.

Su Hui walked into the lobby of the shop and saw several shop assistants busy.

Then he asked: "I'm looking for your shopkeeper Sun!"

A middle-aged man stood up, "I am the shopkeeper, may I ask who you are?"

Su Hui showed his military supervisor card, and Sun Miao was startled, and said quickly, "Please come later!"

The two came to the back hall, shopkeeper Sun asked Su Hui to sit down, and served him a cup of hot tea himself.

Su Hui took a sip of tea and asked with a smile, "When was your information point established?"

"About a year ago, it was also requested by the court, but we don't involve military intelligence, so the risk is not too big."

Su Hui said indifferently: "The risk does not need to be high, but at least you can get important information. You should understand the purpose of setting up this information point!"

Sun Miao nodded, "I know very well!"

"Then what information can you provide to the Overseer?"

"We have collected a lot of information. I don't know what kind of information the Supervising Army needs?"

"The Supervising Army needs all the clues about Jiedushi Chen Qing, what serious acts of ultra vires, or acts of arrogance, as long as you know, tell us everything."

Sun Miao thought for a while and said, "Actually, Chen Qing is not bad at overreaching, basically he has no excuses, he mainly acts arbitrarily, for example, the appointment of officials is all decided by him, and he will not consider the opinions of the court.

Another example is tax reduction and exemption, land distribution, and will not report to the court, and he has the final say.

Another example is the negotiation with Xixia, he will not notify the court, let alone the Sichuan Shaanxi Xuanfu Department. "

Su Hui listened and took shorthand. He frowned slightly and said, "These are too general and not convincing. Let's talk about something more specific."

"specific?"

Sun Miao scratched and asked, "For example, which aspect is specific?"

Su Hui thought for a while, then suddenly remembered something and said: "We heard a news that [-] prisoners of war are mining, and the supervising army wants to know what will happen to the [-] prisoners of war? Besides, what kind of mine are they digging?"

Sun Miao took out several intelligence reports: "This is our latest intelligence. In fact, one is about the disposal of prisoners of war. There are a total of [-] Xixia prisoners of war. I heard that Chen Qing originally wanted to exchange supplies with Xixia, but Xixia was late. With no reply, Chen Qing decided to let them release the mine after five years."

"Then what kind of mine?"

"I heard that it is iron ore and copper mine. The specific location is Chitie Mountain at the junction of Qinzhou and Gongzhou, where iron ore is rich."

"This information is good, give me a copy."

Speaking of this, Su Hui asked again: "We want to know how many mines Chen Qing has mined in total? What exactly have they mined?"

"As far as I know, there are saltpeter mines in Gongzhou, boiled salt in Qinzhou, I heard that they have acquired several salt lakes in Xi'an Prefecture, and other... There seems to be a rumor that in Lintao Prefecture, Chen Qing still has A silver mine."

"Is what you said true?"

Wang Mi turned around abruptly, and asked in surprise and joy, "Are you sure he mines iron, copper and silver mines without authorization?"

Su Hui quickly bowed and said: "Reporting to the supervisor, it is basically certain that the copper and iron mines are mined in Chitieshan at the junction of Qinzhou and Gongzhou, but the silver mines are just rumors. The rumors are that they are in Lintao Prefecture. Is it true? I really don't know."

"It will never be groundless, there must be a reason! Your most important task now is to find out for me, where is the silver mine?"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Su Hui retreated, while the military supervisor Wang Mian was very excited, pacing back and forth in the room. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, troops from all over the country have been strictly prohibited from mining iron and copper mines without authorization, let alone mining gold and silver mines.

This is a lesson learned by the imperial court from the separatism of feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty, and it must firmly control the financial resources of each army.

Once the army can forge its own weapons and have its own financial resources, it will definitely go to the road of separatism.

This is something that the imperial court will never allow. Once this happens, the imperial court will deal with it without hesitation, or use promotions to counteract air power, or directly remove them, or even be executed.

This is Chen Qing's handle, and by grasping these handles, Chen Qing is also controlled at the same time.

At this moment, the supervisor Wang Xian was even looking forward to Chen Qing's return.

.........

Chen Qing led the army and finally returned to Chengji County.

As soon as he entered the county seat, Chen Qing put on a posture of tearing his face, and ordered to tear off the seal on the gate of Jiedu Mansion.

And ordered the officials of the Jiedu Mansion to return to the Jiedu Envoy immediately.

Zhang Xiao and all the officials were very excited and led them back to the government office immediately.

The news quickly reached the ears of the supervising army. How dare Chen Qing tear off the seal he had pasted?He suddenly flew into a rage, and immediately led his men to the Jiedu Mansion in a hurry.

Coincidentally, Chen Qing happened to meet Wang Mian, the military supervisor, in front of the gate of Jiedu Mansion.

"Excuse me, are you the Jiedu envoy Chen Qing?"

"Ms. Chen is right! Who are you?"

"I am Wang Mi, the supervisor of the army. May I ask the Jiedu envoy, why did you tear up the door seal with the edict?"

Chen Qing sneered and said, "First, I haven't seen any edicts!"

Second, I have the right to build a mansion of the Jiedushi. Excuse me, why do you have to put a seal on it? "

Wang Mian also said coldly: "Let me answer your first question first!"

Wang Mi calmly took out the gold medal and said: "This is the emperor's gold medal, and with this alone, I can seal your Jiedu Mansion!
Secondly, your Jiedu Mansion has not been approved by the imperial court, and its operation is illegal. As a military supervisor, I have the right to seal your Jiedu Mansion! "

Chen Qing waved his hand, "I think you made a mistake. The full name of my Jiedu Mansion is the Jiedushi Staff Mansion, or Jiedu Mansion for short. Is a mere staff mansion worthy of the supervisor's attention?"

"It's complete nonsense! It's the Jiedu Mansion, so why call it the Staff Mansion?"

Chen Qing smiled lightly, "It's very simple, because all the officials are not appointed by the imperial court, they are all aides, that's why they are called Jiedushi's aides."

"Chen Qing, do you dare not obey the emperor's order?" Wang Mian, the supervising army, held up the gold medal again.

Chen Qing ignored it at all, turned around and shouted: "All officials enter the government office!"

Hundreds of officials poured into the county office in large numbers!

(End of this chapter)