Powerful

Chapter 275
(Second update!)
The matter of Mingde Temple that night was kept a secret in everyone's mind.

Zhang Chong of Xinyangwei just brought his soldiers, but he didn't pay much attention to the final result. He just followed Su Shiyong to build a monk's register.

Isn't the reason why the imperial court transferred the soldiers of Xinyangwei to find out the monk's registration?This point, the clever Zhang Chong is firmly in mind.
Su Shiyong saw Liu Jinyun's expression was not hesitant, and Shen Du's expression was also gloomy, so he just went to check the monk's registration.He always felt that he didn't know about military matters.The so-called one who does not know is not guilty, and he did not want to know, so he remained silent.

Under such circumstances, the matter of surveying and building monk registration and recruiting soldiers continued to advance.In addition to the Mingde Temple's soldiers that night, Shen Du also let Chen Wei and Ye Ran go to other temples, and naturally they also gained something.

After a few days of searching and counting, the number of Xiangyang guards' private soldiers came out. There were more than 2000 private soldiers. This number was almost [-]% of the number of Xiangyang guards, which made Liu Jinyun tremble with anger.

"My lord, this amount cannot be reported to the imperial court. I plan to send these soldiers back to the Xiangyang Guard." Shen Du said to Liu Jinyun.

Yes, only Liu Jinyun and Shen Du knew the number of 1, not even Su Shiyong.Because the private soldiers obtained by Ye Ran and Chen Wei were not included.Furthermore, Shen Du led people to search after Mingde Temple, and Liu Jinyun also took over the subsequent inventory.

The soldiers of Xinyang Guard, of course, were the soldiers in monk clothes guarding Mingde Temple, or followed Su Shiyong to investigate and build monk registration.

Since Shen Du promised to keep the Luo family, he will definitely do it.His decision finally got Liu Jinyun's support and his active cooperation, so the two of them discussed these issues.

"How do you say that?" Liu Jinyun asked.This number is too large, how can it be inserted into Xiangyang Weili?

"The lower officials plan to think about the soldiers of the Xiangyang Guard and go to Wucunliang. The sick, old and weak of the Xiangyang Guard will be cleared out, and then they will be resettled. In this way, the total number of soldiers of the Xiangyang Guard will be equal." Shen Du said so.

After hearing this, Liu Jinyun frowned.It is not so easy to clear these people out. At least they can make a living in the army. If they leave the army, they will starve to death at any time. How can these people be willing?There will be a lot of trouble, and the matter will eventually reach Jingzhao.

Additional resettlement, how to arrange it?If it were really that easy, the phenomenon of redundant soldiers in the army would not be so serious.

"Don't be afraid, the lower officials have already dealt with it. Please listen to the official advice..." Shen Du said, telling the solution.

Liu Jinyun nodded frequently. According to what Shen Du said, that was indeed a good way.It is also a great merit to properly arrange these old, weak, sick and disabled people.

However, he was still worried about one thing, so he asked: "This method is good, but sending these private soldiers back to Xiangyang Guard, isn't it tantamount to sending the handle back to Luo Bingguang? How can we check and balance him then?"

To this question, Shen Du has only one answer: "Then we have to see what General Luo does, whether the Luo family still wants to survive."

Soon, Shen Du took Chen Wei to meet Luo Bingguang, and then... asked Luo Bingguang to play immediately and release all the military power of the Luo family. ,

But how could Luo Bingguang agree to this matter so easily, so he prevaricated, thinking of procrastinating and procrastinating, and then looking for another chance.

Even in Mingde Temple, he chose the wealth and life of the Luo family, but how could he be willing to hand over the power of the general so easily?

Luo Bingguang's evasion was expected by Shen Du.His eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "General, I not only have the number of private soldiers in my hand, but unfortunately, I also have some other things."

Chen Wei at the side understood, and respectfully presented a stack of objects, which looked like letterheads.

Luo Bingguang looked at Shen Du suspiciously, but still took the letter paper, he wanted to see what Shen Du got out of it!
As soon as he saw the contents of these letters clearly, he threw them on the ground with a "snap", then his chest heaved violently, and he asked Shen Du fiercely: "Where did you get these things? !"

Shen Du was very happy to explain his doubts, and immediately replied: "These are obtained from Zhao Tong, the general's aide."

"Impossible! Zhao Tong is dead, how could he give you these things!" Luo Bingguang immediately retorted, not believing Shen Du's statement at all.
This time, Shen Du suppressed his smile, and his voice became cold: "He is dead, but he left these things behind. General, there is a god standing three feet above his head. Since the Luo family has done evil, there will always be There is something to report."

What Luo Bingguang read was copied by Shen Du from some letterheads.Those letters are rubbings of the correspondence between Luo Bingguang and Concubine Jing Zhaoshu!

On the letterhead, it clearly recorded what Luo Bingguang and Concubine Shu had planned in the past year.The most recent thing is the assassination of Fu Ming and the attempt to help the third prince obtain the Xijiang Guard, on which Luo Bingguang's handwriting and private seal are all clear!
When Zhao Tong died, his clothes were in tatters. In order to help him bury him, Chen Wei went to Zhao's house, and found these letterheads under Zhao's only set of clothes. These letterheads were stolen by Zhao Tong. !

"General, Zhao Tong put these letterheads under his clothes for the sake of the friendship between master and servant. It's just a pity that the general seems to have completely forgotten about this person. So, these letterheads are in the hands of the next official."
"If there is really a master-servant friendship, why would he steal these letters? He would have wished to whip him to death!" Luo Bingguang sneered, the hatred in his heart could not be suppressed at all.Now he regrets not letting Zhao Tong die a year earlier.

This Zhao Tong will kill the General's Mansion if he dies!

Luo Bingguang was only angry with what Zhao Tong did, but why didn't he think about it, if it wasn't for the General's Mansion and Zhao Tong's revenge for taking his wife and killing his wife, how could he have left these things?
Everything happens for a reason.
Shen Du shook his head, and didn't say anything more about Zhao Tong, but asked: "Excuse me, should I hand over the general's dictionary or not?"
Shen Du is rarely so aggressive, but he really has no patience with Luo Bingguang.It took a long time for Xiangyang Guards to order soldiers, and he wanted to settle this matter earlier and return to Jingzhao sooner.

"This general, I will immediately resign from the emperor's position as a general, together with the positions of my general's children and grandchildren, and I will send him to Jingzhao on a hasty ride. In this way, is Mr. Shen satisfied?" Luo Bingguang gritted his teeth , staring at Shen Du.

He is now pinched by Shen Du, and he can't break free no matter what.There are a frightening number of private soldiers, and these secret plans, if the emperor finds out...Luo Bingguang couldn't help but shudder a few times, and his face was ashamed.
"In this way, I will wait for the court's order. After all, I have to report the results of the counting of troops to the court." Shen Du bowed his hands to Luo Bingguang, and left calmly just like when he came.

Whenever the imperial court's decree to withdraw the general came down, he would start mobilizing Xiangyang Wei.At that time, it is not just the old, weak, sick and disabled who will be cleared out from Xiangyang Weizhong.

He and Liu Jinyun dared to cross the sea without telling the truth, so they were fully prepared and vowed to wipe out the Xiangyang Guard, no matter if it was redundant troops or something else!
As for Luo Bingguang, he said that if Paul's family is safe, Luo's family will be safe.It's just peace, no matter how much it is, it will be gone.

After walking out of the General's Mansion, Shen Du asked, "How is the preparation at Ye Ran's place?"

"Young Master Ran's progress is going well. When the court's decree comes down, it will be ready." Chen Wei replied like this, thinking a little excitedly: The Xiangyang Guard's deployment is almost over.

(Second update! Just as Chen Wei thought, the Xiangyang Guards will soon be over...)
　Two more!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)