The imperial court was very concerned about this matter, and Wanli instructed his first assistant, Fang Congzhe, to deal with it immediately.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, and the Six Branch Offices all organized personnel to investigate the matter, and ordered Jizhen to temporarily control order and not allow internal strife among the military forces.
Yao Zongwen, the official of Li Keyan, was one of the instigators of the incident. The situation was a little beyond his expectations, and it affected the Zhejiang soldiers who he wanted to promote. However, because of this, he must participate in it, take the lead in the direction of the situation, and point the finger at Xiong Tingbi
, the Sichuan soldiers and the Shizhu chieftain soldiers exonerate the Zhejiang soldiers from their "responsibility".
Being prepared, he quickly found out that the Sichuan army was very low-key before the armed battle.
Especially that Zhou Dunji, he actually set up a martial arts arena, and he must kill this man's majesty.
However, as a powerful character who can bring down Xiong Tingbi, Yao Zongwen is not only good at eloquence, but also has some brains.
This was a bit beyond my expectations. I definitely couldn't contact Wang Xue Shu at the center of the whirlpool now, but I could ask Gao Xueru what was going on there.
The housekeeper rushed to Tongzhou Zhongcang overnight to meet Gao Xueru.
Gao Xueru thought that the situation was completely under his control and had no idea that the internal strife was fake. He felt as if he could see fire in his heart, and his confidence was as stable as Mount Tai. He assured Yao Zongwen, the housekeeper:
"Zhou Dunji did this to create an alibi. He was competing in martial arts on the day of the internal strife. This way he could avoid responsibility. The real leader of the Sichuan soldiers was Zhang Shenwu!"
"Zhang Shenwu!?"
"That's right, it's him. He was the military champion and commander of the Sichuan capital. Now he is also serving as a guerrilla to aid the Liao Dynasty. In fact, he has secretly arrived in Tongzhou and had a private conflict with Zhang Mingshi of the Zhejiang Army."
Gao Xueru and Yao Zongwen's detailed work in the Zhejiang Army fed them the details of the conflict between the two parties before Zhang Shenwu entered the camp alone to provoke Zhang Mingshi.
It's a pity that they only know the first half~
Yao Zongwen and Gao Xueru are on the second level this time, but Wang Hongyu is who knows how much higher than them.
Yao Zongwen found the target and dug up the old account of Zhang Shenwu's attack on the She family. The report pointed out that this man always liked internal fighting and was a cancer among cancers.
Gao Xueru then followed up with the memorial, saying that Zhang Shenwu, Zhou Dunji and other Sichuan soldiers and chieftain soldiers had opened martial arts gambling bureaus to make money because they had no money. Zhang Shenwu also had a conflict with the Zhejiang soldiers, so he accused them of smuggling. He was the one who promoted this
There was massive internal strife.
The memorial also comes with the "testimonies" of spies among the Zhejiang soldiers and the Shizhu soldiers.
This move caused an uproar in the imperial court. Originally, only a group of people in the bureau were paying attention to the matter, but this time all the officials in the capital were paying attention.
...
Good guy.
The white-pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers who fought with each other in history really became a big event under their own "fueling the flames".
Great, we just need to create a big incident to find out who are behind it~
Wang Hongyu is now waiting for a signal and is ready to launch a full comeback.
Xu Guangqi, who had devoted himself to geographical research for three days after returning home, discovered that something like this had happened.
That was a practical exercise, not internal strife at all?
Considering that the current scholar-officials strongly resisted Western missionaries, the whole story of this situation cannot be told. After quickly sorting out my thoughts, I immediately wrote a letter and reported it to the court.
"I am keen on firearms. I heard that General Zhang Mingshi of the Zhejiang Army was well versed in this art, so I went to Tongzhou to watch the actual combat drill. The Zhejiang Army and the White-Gun Soldiers cooperated in the drill. They lined up in the mountains to practice firearms and test-fire cannons. The morale of the two armies was high.
They are all strong armies. This is actually a training ground exercise. I suspect that outsiders mistakenly think of fighting with weapons. I have seen it with my own eyes, and everything is true..."
Before he presented the memorial, he did not forget to send someone to inform the Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers overnight.
Of course Wang Hongyu proposed to take action immediately.
Qin Liangyu first presented:
"... When the native soldiers arrived from Sichuan to Liao, the total cost was only four taels each. Kuang Anjia's two silver men were used to settle down, and they actually prepared weapons and equipment with each soldier to defend against the enemy. The soldiers traveled thousands of miles, and if it were not for the weapons
We are so badly damaged, how dare we chatter... The soldiers I have commanded are only 3,000 and 30, and they are in a class of their own. I am afraid that the army will not be very popular. Please increase the number of Shizhu soldiers by 3,000.
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This part was originally what she said in the memorial in May after the battle, and it was clearly recorded in the "Records of the Ming Shenzong". Of course it can be written down now, but the effect this time is different.
She didn't mention the unwarranted fight, but directly pointed out that the white-armed soldiers in Shizhu were isolated and denied money, food and grass. This shows that the white-armed soldiers were actually isolated, deducted, and slandered in this matter.
Zhang Shenwu and Zhou Dunji immediately played, indicating that the Sichuan soldiers and the Shizhu soldiers were deprived of food, so that they complained. However, the soldiers and horses were competing in the ring to make money, and they earned only a hundred taels of silver, and there was indeed no internal strife.
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These two letters can be regarded as self-defense, but they cannot solve the problem.
Then, Wang Xueshu, who made the big wave in the first place, started playing again.
This time, he directly reported that he had been misled by traitors before. Someone among the Zhejiang soldiers accepted bribes and covered the smuggling for Gao Xueru, a doctor in the Tongzhou grain department. He was discovered by his colleagues in the Zhejiang soldiers and was caught up by the Sichuan soldiers when he escaped...
.All the dirty goods were captured, but the person fled to Ji Town, and rumors and false accusations were made. That's why this happened...
Killer.
This was a misunderstanding.
The white pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers did not fight at all, so of course they would not be punished. Instead, they were transformed from defendants to "victims" through this incident.
Wang Xue Shu had both stolen property and others, and his life was in the hands of Wang Hongyu and others. In the end, he made a comeback, and was demoted and fined a salary by the imperial court at most.
Yao Zongwen's ambition was not realized, but he was not in the center of the whirlpool, so he was not pursued further.
Everyone has a "bright" future.
Only Gao Xueru, who lost all room for maneuver, brought himself to a dead end.
The matter basically came to light, but it alarmed the sick Emperor Wanli and attracted the attention of everyone in the court. Of course, it would not end there, so the cabinet was immediately ordered to arrest Gao Xueru and thoroughly investigate the whole matter.
The first assistant, Fang Congzhe, carefully selected and balanced all parties, and selected three people to go to Tongzhou with the coordination of Jin Yiwei to deal with this matter.
They arrived in Tongzhou at lightning speed, and immediately sent Jin Yiwei to completely take over the warehouses in Tongzhou, and sent Jin Yiwei to capture Gao Xueru.
The three of them came to Sichuan, Zhejiang, Baiganbing and Jizhen camps. Wang Hongyu followed the generals to greet them.
The first person to go directly to pay a visit was none other than Yao Zongwen, the official who was proficient in eloquence and the instigator, and seemed to be in good spirits.
Haha, I can pretty much pretend.
The second one among the visitors did not hide his smile at all when facing the Sichuan and Zhejiang generals, because he was an acquaintance who had just been separated for a few days, Zhan Shifu Zuo Zanshan and Xu Guangqi.
the third......
Wang Hongyu looked around and found that this man was quite young, but his eyes were deep, neither humble nor arrogant... He was not a simple guy.
He also seemed to be aware of the eyes observing him. After the introductions of Yao Zongwen and Xu Guangqi, he steadily stepped forward and introduced:
"A certain person is Hong Chengchou, the head of the Jiangxi Provincial Officials Department of the Ministry of Punishment..." This chapter has been completed!