Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 460 Taking Over the Barracks
The assembly drums of the Xiang army also began to beat, and at this moment, a sentry rushed over to report, "General, ten thousand forbidden troops have surrounded our barracks. The prefect Fan Ning and Linghu Jin asked the general to leave the camp immediately." Hand over your military power, otherwise you will be punished as a rebel!"

There was no sound in the big tent for a moment, Jiang Chenghua slowly clenched his fists, his face turned ashen, Fan Ning actually persuaded the imperial army, it seems that they didn't want to give him a chance!

The six commanders looked at each other in blank dismay. They realized something was wrong at the same time. How could Fanning use the forbidden army?
They are all soldiers, and they know the rules here. To mobilize [-] forbidden troops, if there is no emperor's military talisman or gold medal, even the military order of the Privy Council or the Sanya will not be able to do it. If something is wrong, Fan Ning must have obtained the emperor's transfer. Bingbing talisman or gold medal, the six commanders immediately realized that they had been fooled.

Jiang Chenghua didn't notice the emotional change of his subordinates, he walked quickly to the outside of the big tent, and shouted: "The whole army is assembled!"

At this moment, several commanders exchanged winks, Commander Li Han took the lead in throwing Jiang Chenghua down, and then the other five rushed up and pinned Jiang Chenghua to the ground.

Jiang Chenghua turned pale with shock, "What are you going to do?"

Seeing that the situation is not good, more than a dozen soldiers outside the tent drew their swords together, but were stopped by two commanders, "The rebellion is to punish the nine clans, you want to rebel with Jiang Chenghua?"

The soldiers hesitated when they heard the words, several commanders tied up Jiang Chenghua, and the leader said humanely: "General, we don't want to rebel with you, please forgive me!"

"Let go of me, I didn't want to rebel!" Jiang Chenghua shouted anxiously, but several commanders couldn't believe him.

At this time, hundreds of soldiers came after hearing the news and surrounded more than a dozen soldiers. The soldiers did not dare to resist, so they dropped their swords and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Several commanding envoys pushed Jiang Chenghua out of the camp. The flames outside the camp were fierce, and densely packed soldiers of the Imperial Army surrounded the camp gate. The open space in front of the gate was brightly lit. Hundreds of soldiers held torches and surrounded the prefect Fan Ning. And Linghu Jin, the chief general of the Forbidden Army.

At this time, the gate of the camp opened, and someone shouted: "We have captured Jiang Chenghua!"

I saw a few commanders carrying out Jiang Chenghua, who was bundled like a rice dumpling. Li Han, the leading commander, threw Jiang Chenghua on the ground, clasped his fists and said to Fan Ning: "Li Han, the last commander of the Xiang army, Jiang Chenghua resisted stubbornly. He was caught by us and turned over to the prefect of Fan!"

It was clear to everyone that Fanning was the leader tonight.

Linghu Jin whispered to Fan Ning: "This Li Han was promoted by Cao Mingrui, the former pacifier, and he is from the Cao family!"

Fan Ning nodded slowly, "The general has a deep understanding of righteousness, which is admirable!"

He held up the gold medal and shouted: "Arrest Zhao Qian and his henchman Jiang Chenghua under the order of the emperor, and the rest of the soldiers are innocent!"

When Jiang Chenghua saw the gold medal in Fan Ning's hand, his face suddenly turned gray, and the Zhao family was finished this time.

The imperial army has finished its mission and returned to its barracks.

In the large tent of the Chinese Army in the Xiang Army Barracks, more than [-] generals of the Xiang Army gathered together. Fan Ning put the gold medal on the table and slowly said to everyone: "Zhao Qian has three responsibilities for the crime. One is his Zhao family. The height of the ancestral hall is ten feet, which is two feet higher than the Guiyuan Hall. It is suspected of trespassing. Second, the Zhao family has occupied tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land. For decades, the land tax has not been paid, which is a serious crime of tax evasion. Third, the Zhao family has thousands of acres. Zhuang Ding was equipped with leather armor, spears, and military crossbows, forming a de facto private army. The crimes of the above three days are unforgivable. After receiving the emperor's secret decree, I have arrested the appeasement envoy Zhao Qian and his party members and brought them to Beijing for questioning. Jingdong I will temporarily serve as the road pacifier until a new pacifier is appointed."

Li Han immediately led the generals to kneel down on one knee to salute, "I would like to obey the holy decree, and see the comforter Fan Shijun!"

Fan Ning smiled again and said: "The appeasement envoy has its own operations, and the Xiang army also has generals to lead it. Jiang Chenghua has resigned. This appeasement envoy appointed Li Han as the commander of the Yingtianfu Xiang army. The generals must not violate his military order! "

"Follow the order!"

Fan Ning explained a few more words, everyone dispersed, only Fan Ning and Li Han were in the big tent, Fan Ning smiled and said: "Congratulations, General Li!"

Li Han bowed and said: "I will remember the grace of the emperor's promotion, and the humble position will be remembered in my heart!"

Fan Ning waved his hand, and asked again: "Apart from Jiang Chenghua, are there any followers or confidantes of Zhao Qian in the various armies on Jingdong Road?"

Li Han thought for a while and said: "Jiang Chenghua is Zhao Qian's son-in-law, and he has an extraordinary relationship, so he is a real hard-core confidant. It seems that other low-level officials in other places have never mentioned a confidant like Jiang Chenghua, but Yunzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou The commanders of the Xiang armies in the three places were all promoted by Zhao Qian, and their reputation is not very good. There are rumors that the three of them gave Zhao Qian heavy bribes, but I dare not say the specific humble positions."

"What about the appeasement envoy's office?" Fan Ning asked again.

Li Han said with a smile: "Zhao Qian has never paid much attention to appeasement, he cares more about the army, so since he took office, he has been inspecting military affairs in various places, rarely in the commander's office. It is said that the officials of the commander have a lot of resentment towards him deep."

"Why is that?" Fanning was a little strange, he didn't care and he didn't feel resentment!
"It should be related to interests. Shuaisi Yamen used to have a lot of winter and summer subsidies. As a result, Zhao Qian was cut off by him after he took office, and the money was used to replenish the night patrol soldiers. The judge Wu Tong told me that he only had one year." The loss amounted to [-] guan, no benefits, no housing, how could the commander-in-chief have no resentment towards him?"

Fan Ning nodded. Speaking of it this way, Zhao Qian has done a good job. He is partial to low-level soldiers who work hard, and he is not used to civil servants sitting in the yamen. Of course, the main purpose of Zhao Qian's appointment is to control military power, so his It's understandable that he doesn't care about Shuai Si because he focuses all his energy on the army.

On the other hand, the civil servants of Shuaisi’s official office are not appointed by him, but by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Officials. However, he has the right to recommend the generals of the Xiang Army. Generally, if there is no major fault in the candidates he recommends, the Privy Council must appoint them. .

Seeing that it was already the third watch, Fan Ning asked Li Han to rest, and he himself rested in the barracks for two hours. At dawn, Fan Ning brought his entourage Zhu Bao to the pacifier's office.

The appeasement envoy's office was originally in the city, and because Zhao Qian preferred to control the army, he built this ten-acre yamen in front of the barracks. He achieved the goal of controlling the army, but suffered for the officials living in the city. , spend a lot of time on the road every day.

When Fan Ning arrived at the pacification envoy's office, he happened to meet Lu Chunqiu, the deputy envoy. Lu Chunqiu came out as soon as the city gate opened, and it was still dark when he arrived here.

Although the deputy envoy of appeasement only has one more adverb, his official position is much lower. He is only a sixth-rank official. 20 years or even a lifetime of struggle, especially the most embarrassing hurdle for civil servants is the fifth rank. Passing the fifth rank means the transition from a Langguan to a doctor, from a low-level official to a high-ranking official, and the salary income will also increase sharply, and there will be an official residence. treatment.

It's a pity that most officials can't cross the hurdle of the fifth rank, and most civil servants die at the sixth rank.

Lu Chunqiu is about 40 years old. He was born as a Jinshi. He still has 30 to [-] years of official career. He has enough qualifications. Say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing, offend people.

Lu Chunqiu saw Fan Ning from a long distance, and he hastily greeted him, "The humble Lu Chunqiu sees the Fujun!"

Fan Ning said hello, "Did Deputy Envoy Lu come so early?"

Lu Chunqiu smiled wryly, he had to come early, if Zhao Qian met him and came late, he would definitely be scolded, Zhao Qian was too mean to the civil servants of the government office, everyone hated him, and he was afraid of him, Lu Chunqiu No exception, but he didn't dare to make any statement.

He bowed slightly and said, "I'm used to it too!"

Fan Ning smiled faintly, "Actually, there's no need to come so early. You can come half an hour later in the future to rest a little longer."

Lu Chunqiu felt that there was something in Fan Ning's words, and he didn't know how to explain it.

Fan Ning said again: "Zhao Qian was arrested by me last night. Of course, it was sent to the capital overnight by the emperor's secret order. From today onwards, I will temporarily serve as the comfort envoy of Jingdong Road until the new official takes office."

This remark was like a thunderstorm exploding above Lu Chunqiu's head, he was stunned, his lips were trembling, he couldn't believe it.

"Does Deputy Lu not believe it?"

Lu Chunqiu shook his head hastily, "It's not that I don't believe it, but it's too sudden, without any mental preparation."

"If even Deputy Envoy Lu is mentally prepared, Zhao Qian will be hard to catch."

Lu Chunqiu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "I'm afraid there will be troubles in the barracks."

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "Don't worry! Jiang Chenghua was arrested by me last night, and the army has switched their allegiance to me. You can take a look at this."

Fan Ning took out the gold medal and flashed it in front of him, Lu Chunqiu immediately recognized the troop transfer gold medal, and now he finally believed it, and quickly gave a deep salute, "Xiaguan Jingdong Road to appease the deputy envoy Lu Chunqiu to meet the new envoy Fan!"

(End of this chapter)