Idle courtiers

Chapter 116

The reason why Zhou Nan judged that this officer was appointed by Tang Shunzhi and Tang Yingde's most caring person was very simple.

The so-called Bingbeidao refers to the division of military affairs in the frontiers and key areas of the provinces during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Maintain local law and order, etc.It belongs to a local military agency, and the supervisor is generally served by the deputy envoy or deputy of the capital command department.

The provincial government agencies in the Ming Dynasty were divided into three divisions, the chief envoy in charge of civil affairs, the inspector in charge of prisons, and the command envoy in charge of the army.

Call it three divisions.

However, after the mid-Ming Dynasty, the power of the three divisions was gradually replaced by the governors, inspectors and guarding eunuchs sent by the central government.

The governor is in charge of the people, the inspector is in charge of punishment, and the guard eunuch commands the local army, which are called three halls.

Since then, the third division has been in name only.

The fundamental reason lies in the corruption of officials. The officials of the third department are not only corrupt, but also incompetent.Simply unable to handle local affairs.Moreover, the official selection and removal system of the Ministry of Officials has a big problem, and it has lost its ability to correct errors.The imperial court had no choice but to urgently dispatch central officials to wipe the ass of the local yamen.The last three churches have evolved from temporary sending organizations to permanent institutions.

To put it simply, the imperial court established a new provincial-level institution and let it lead a province.

The original chief envoys and procuratorial envoys will continue to be retained, and of course all the business of the province will be assigned to the three halls stationed in the province.

The chief envoy only eats and does not work.All the officials of the No. [-] Division under them were kicked to the place, and they were responsible for managing several states and counties, and they were very miserable.

Therefore, the so-called big officials of the frontier generally refer to the governor, not the so-called officials such as the chief envoy.

Zhou Nan worked in the Andong County Government for more than half a year, so he was naturally clear about the travel procedures and game rules of the Ming government.

Ordinarily, Su Song's military officer should be a white-faced eunuch.The middle-aged man in front of him was black and fat, with a beard growing on his chin. He was obviously an old soldier, which was unusual.

You know, eunuchs are the emperor's domestic slaves.In the Ming Dynasty, because of the foreshadowing of the catastrophe of the feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the battle of Chengzu Jingnan, and the chaos of King Ning's Huanhao, the Ming Dynasty was on guard against local feudal lords and troops like thieves.

The Jiubian Town Army is all commanded by civilian officials, and there are eunuchs and Jinyiwei in the army to monitor.As for the locality, all the troops are under the control of the guarding eunuchs.For example, the army chief of Yingtianfu in Nanjing is the eunuch guarding Nanjing, and the army chief in Fengyang is the eunuch guarding Zhongdu.

As for the local Bingbei Road, there are guarding eunuchs.

The eunuchs are the emperor's family slaves, all power comes from the emperor, they are regarded as the emperor's family members, without imperial power, they are nothing, and the eunuchs can rest assured that the army will be handed over to the eunuchs.

The eunuchs are in charge of military preparations, which is the iron law of Ming Dynasty politics, a red line.

If you want to touch this red line and replace it with your own people, the only people who have this means are Hu Zongxian and Tang Shunzhi.After all, it is wartime now, and as the heads of the military and political affairs at the front line, they have the privilege of not accepting the orders of their rulers abroad.For someone else, I wouldn't dare to borrow ten lumps of courage.Hu Zongxian is now in Fujian, so it can only be Tang Shunzhi who appoints this middle-aged man to be in charge of military affairs.

The middle-aged officer was very surprised: "What did Mr. Ying De do with so many medicinal materials, and ordered to hide it from other people? You blustered and said that this matter is very important and important, but it is not easy for others to know. I Why didn't the servant Ying Degong know about this a while ago?"

Tang Shunzhi, his follower, was indeed his most important confidant. Zhou Nan had already made up his mind: "Of course Ying Degong took these medicines. It's not surprising that you don't know."

"Give Ying Degong...eat...a thousand catties of medicinal materials..."

Now not only the middle-aged officer, but even Yu Chongjiu and the others looked at Zhou Nan with caring eyes.

Yu Chongjiu and others knew that Zhou Nan was originally a scholar, articulate and shrewd through the contact during this period of time.I thought he was going to impress that officer with his perfect tongue and save everyone's life.

But I don't want to say such absurd words now, I'm afraid it will anger the middle-aged man, and I'm afraid I won't even be able to ask for a quick death later.

Sure enough, the middle-aged officer screamed angrily: "What a crazy and rebellious person, with a thousand catties of medicinal materials, even if it is fed to cattle, it will take several days to feed it. How can it be eaten by people?"

Zhou Nan smiled suddenly: "The general is not a doctor, so naturally he doesn't know the principles of medicine. I don't know that there is purification and extraction in this pill. More than 1000 catties of herbs are going to Wucunqing, and there are not many left in the end. Still the same sentence In other words, this matter is related to military and national affairs, so please forgive me for not going into details, otherwise, I’m afraid it will delay the important event of the Anti-Japanese War. Don’t ask the general, Xiaosheng just feels that such a death is too unfair.”

These words became more and more irrelevant, and they were also related to military and national affairs.The middle-aged officer laughed angrily: "I don't really want to kill you now, but I want to hear how you finished eating the two thousand catties of herbal medicine Ying Degong, and what has it to do with fighting Japanese. If you don't tell me today Come up with a reason, don't blame me for being ruthless. Wait a minute, I'll fry you in a frying pan."

Zhou Nan: "The general really wants to listen."

The middle-aged soldier put away his smile and only looked at him with a ferocious face.

Zhou Nan sighed softly: "General, Mr. Ying De is the pillar in the southeast, and the battle between Su, Chang and Yang depends on him alone. If, I said, if Mr. Ying De suddenly collapsed from overwork, the situation of this battle will be terrible." It's unimaginable! Since the general is with Mr. Tang, don't you see that Mr. Tang's face is covered with bruises, and his mouth is often dripping with blood? I think his old man's situation is already beyond the reach of the blind. The attack is impossible, the reach is beyond reach, and the medicine is not enough. As far as I see, the medicinal materials Tang Gong asked me to send over are not suitable. Let alone one or two thousand catties, even if you eat ten thousand catties, It's also because the medicine stone can't come! No way, no way!"

Sun Shuban: "General, this person is talking nonsense, that is, the refugees newly recruited into our army must be talking nonsense when they are about to die." The ninth class offended people to the point of death.

Either don't do it, do everything if you want to do it, or chop them up earlier.

"Wait!" The middle-aged officer suddenly pondered, only looking at Zhou Nan solemnly.

After a long time, he stood up and said, "Prison these people first, come and take him with me." After saying that, he pointed at Zhou Nan.

Xia Yi and the others didn't expect that everyone escaped like this. What's going on, they still don't understand until now, and naturally they don't understand what Zhou Nan said.

However, the ants are still alive, and there is a chance if they can not be executed for a while.Yu Chongjiu and the others showed joy on their faces, and tears fell.

PS: The chapter that was just updated was blocked, and it will be reposted after modification.

Another PS: The state is very bad recently, and the writing is a bit watery.I have deleted the tens of thousands of words in the manuscript and re-wrote it.There are still a few chapters left in the plot of Jiangyin, please understand.Thanks!
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