Zhong Jinwei was sitting in the governor's office, waiting for feedback on the news of house raids in various places, while discussing with several people how to deal with Zhangjiakou.
As the Art of War says, if you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
Zhangjiakou's side now knows everything about the situation in Xuanfu City, but Zhong Jinwei's side has Yu Haijing, Kong Fang, and Guitou Qi and others who have just come over to know the terrain, troop strength, and target location of Zhangjiakou.
The situation is well understood.
Therefore, the plan they discussed was very targeted, and its unprecedented tough measures made Kong Fang, who participated in the discussion, secretly sigh.
If the Zhongxing Hou did not get the acquiescence of the cabinet and the consent of the emperor, and just relied on his status as an imperial envoy to do this, he would be attacked and imprisoned by the censor in the blink of an eye.
In the current Chongzhen Dynasty, Shanxi merchants do not have a big backer in the court. Unlike in the past, Zhang Siwei can help Shanxi merchants speak for themselves. In addition, he has been in King Qin's army for many years, and he has some understanding of Zhong Jinwei's power. Moreover, he has been in King Qin's army for many years.
Which imperial envoy would bring a thousand elite troops with him when he went to patrol a place? He had obviously prepared to do this before setting off from the capital.
Anyone who dares to go against Zhongxing Hou at this time has no choice but to rebel if he doesn't want to end up like Wang Kai. But if he wants to rebel now, he will end up killing the Nine Tribes, and there will be no possibility of success. This method
It is even more undesirable.
Kong Fang believed that the thoughts of those civil servants were basically the same as his own, and he understood that no one would go against Marquis Zhongxing at this time. If he really wanted to do something, he would do it only when the situation was favorable.
Zhong Jinwei had no idea that Kong Guerrilla had so many things on his mind. After deliberation, he found that Zhangjiakou was much larger than he thought. He regretted that the troops he brought were too few, and now he had to rely on the local army here.[
It was almost dusk, and the inspections of various Shanxi merchants involved in smuggling had paid off. The property was still being counted, and all relevant persons had been escorted to the military camp.
As soon as Zhong Jinwei heard this, he took everyone to the school grounds, preparing to give them a farewell and deal with them according to the severity of their crimes.
At this time, heavily armed soldiers were everywhere in the school grounds. Among the people being detained on the school grounds, there were men, women, old and young, and they were separated into piles according to different families.
These Shanxi merchants were stunned when they were caught at the school grounds. Such a large-scale deployment of troops to arrest people was something they had never seen before.
They knew that the matter must be very serious, and the official in charge of this matter was probably of a very high level, otherwise they would not have had the courage to do so.
Seeing the officers who were usually close friends with me, patting themselves on the back and taking money, patrolling back and forth with serious faces, I felt very unsure and scared. Some people pretended to be brave and tried to talk to these officers, but were directly reprimanded and sent back.
Huang Yunlong is one of the eight Shanxi merchants in Zhangjiakou. He happened to be at his house in Xuanfu City today and was also caught in the school grounds.
After he couldn't get the officer to talk to him, he began to observe the other arrested people in the school grounds. Suddenly he understood the reason why the imperial court went to war. All these arrested people were involved in the business with Daikin!
After he thought of this reason, he sat down on the ground, completely unable to hear the movements of the mouths of the wives, children and mothers around him, or what they were saying. He knew in his heart that he was probably doomed this time.
Huang Yunlong couldn't understand. He had always done business with Jianlu in a good manner before. Everyone from the gatekeepers to the governor knew about it, but they did not interfere and only collected money. But what happened this time?
To be more serious, if we want to kill them all, will officials like them get rich in the future?
He couldn't understand, now that Xuan Mansion had neither a governor nor a censor, and even the chief soldier was not here, who wanted them to die?
Suddenly, Huang Yunlong noticed movement coming from the direction of the entrance to the school grounds. He raised his head and looked through the figures of numerous soldiers.
I saw a group of people surrounding a young man walking in and heading towards the general's platform. All the soldiers and officers along the way saluted him.
It seemed that this person was the real owner this time, but Huang Yunlong didn't know this person, and he immediately came to the conclusion that this person must have been sent directly from the capital by the imperial court.
But so what if I got the answer, now it is just fish on the knife board, just waiting to be slaughtered by others.[
Zhong Jinwei sat down at the main seat on the general stage and ordered the screening to begin.
Kong Fang hurriedly gave orders to his men, asking them to escort all the prisoners past the stage one by one, while Yu Haijing, Guitou Qi and others stood on the stage, looking at everyone passing by the stage, carefully distinguishing these
people.
The masterminds of the Shanxi merchants, such as Huang Yunlong, were quickly recognized and were taken aside by the soldiers.
Time passed slowly, and the sun finally set. Torches were lit in the school grounds, and prisoners continued to be screened.
Suddenly, Yu Haijing said "Hey", then pointed at a middle-aged man with a white beard and said: "Catch him and bring him up."
When the soldiers on the side heard this, they immediately stepped forward and grabbed the man who had lowered his head and walked to the stage, and then escorted him to the stage.
Zhong Jinwei was a little curious, wondering who Yu Haijing recognized. Could it be the famous Fan Yongdou? Judging from Yu Haijing's words and deeds, it didn't seem like it!
"Master Yu, you, are you from the imperial court?" The middle-aged man who was escorted to the stage looked at Yu Haijing, the former big boss, who was wearing the clothes of a hundred households, and couldn't help but ask.
This man's speaking voice was a bit high-pitched, and with his white beard, Zhong Jinwei immediately guessed that this middle-aged man was probably a man with no balls.
The soldiers who were escorting the middle-aged man stopped him and ordered him to kneel down in front of Zhong Jinwei.
Yu Haijing ignored this man and raised her hand to Zhong Jinwei and said: "Master Hou, this man once pretended to be an angel and sent a message to Yuan Chonghuan, the former governor of Jiliao, in an attempt to help Jianlu to ambush the main force of Shanhaiguan."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he looked at the lowered middle-aged man, thought about it, and then said: "So, Zhao Shujiao died indirectly in his hands?"
Yu Haijing nodded, looking ashamed, but said nothing. He remembered the wrong things he had done before, and he had indirectly killed many people.
Zhong Jinwei saw Yu Haijing's look and knew what he was thinking, so he comforted him and said, "Don't think so much. You have repented and made a lot of achievements. Those people in heaven will forgive you if they know about it."
When the middle-aged man kneeling on the ground heard the meaning behind the words of being called Marquis, he fell in love with Hai Jing. It turned out that he was not a member of the imperial court, but he later defected to the imperial court, made meritorious service, and is now an official.
When the middle-aged man heard this, his mind started to work. He suddenly looked up at Zhong Jinwei and said, "Sir, Lord Marquis, I also want to make meritorious deeds. I just ask the court to forgive my sins."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he was a little curious and said: "You have committed a capital crime. Yu Haijing provided a lot of very useful information to the court, and also helped the court capture the slave chief Aixinjueluo Amin. These great contributions were rewarded
The imperial court pardoned me and gave me hundreds of official positions. What achievements can you make?"
Kong Fang listened nearby, looked at Yu Haijing, and thought that it was him who made Marquis Zhongxing decide to go to Qingshui Mingyue Pass to stop Jianlu. But what he didn't know was that Jianlu came into contact with him and was captured by Zhongxinghou.
, which is also the information provided by Yu Haijing.
After listening to Zhong Jinwei's words, the middle-aged man took a few steps on his knees and got closer to Zhong Jinwei before saying: "Master Marquis, I can report traitors to Shanxi merchants. I know their affairs."
Zhong Jinwei thought to himself, there are many people who want to turn tainted witnesses. If he told those in the audience that tainted witnesses would be exempted from liability, there would probably be a large group of people rushing to do it.
This thought happened in a moment. He shook his head and said: "If this is just the case, Yu Haijing and the group in front are almost enough."
The middle-aged man did not show any signs of lack of confidence. This was not his biggest reliance. He had expected that Zhong Jinwei would say this, so he did not panic and said to Zhong Jinwei mysteriously: "Master Hou, I have a secret.
You can atone for your own sins."
Zhong Jinwei looked at his expression, as if he wanted to ask, please tell me, and he felt very unhappy. He said with a cold face: "It's not up to you to decide whether I can atone for your sins. My time is limited.
If you don’t say it again, there’s no need to say it.”
When the middle-aged man saw Zhong Jinwei's face, his heart was agitated, and he immediately remembered that his life and death were still in the hands of this young man. He kowtowed quickly and said: "This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die, this slave will tell you now."
In a hurry, he revealed his identity that he had hidden for nearly two years, "This servant was originally from the palace. She is nine thousand years old. Oh no, she is Wei Zhongxian's confidant. He also hid a fortune in the palace.
Only this servant knows where the silver is hidden in the palace."
No one expected that this middle-aged man would say such words. When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he became interested and asked him: "How much money does Wei Zhongxian still have in the palace?"
The middle-aged man looked at the people around him who had pricked up their ears and were ready to hear the answer, and hesitated for a moment. When Zhong Jinwei saw this, he waved his hand to the soldiers who were escorting the middle-aged man, as well as Kong Fang, Yu Haijing and others to stay away for the time being.
Kong Fang reluctantly walked aside and looked at the middle-aged man and Zhong Jinwei secretly.
He found that after the middle-aged man raised his head and said something to Hou Zhongxing, Hou Zhongxing looked shocked. His intuition told him that there would be a lot of money hidden in the palace!
Sure enough, the middle-aged man was not taken back and thrown together with the prisoners in the audience. Instead, he was detained by the White Guard Army alone.
After counting the prisoners, it was found that only two of the eight most famous Shanxi merchants had been captured. According to relevant prisoners, because business has been good recently, the others were stationed in Zhangjiakou.
So, early the next morning, in addition to Zhang Fengyi and two hundred white pole infantry who stayed in Xuanfu City to continue supervising property statistics, Zhong Jinwei and Ma Xianglin led five thousand Xuanfu troops to Zhangjiakou.
To be honest, if these 5,000 Xuanfu troops were to go to the battlefield, Zhong Jinwei would not be so bold. It can be seen at a glance that some of the soldiers here are improvised.
Now Zhong Jinwei takes these troops to deal with the merchants, and the Baigan Army has no problem in solving the Zhangjiakou garrison and his confidants. An army of nearly 6,000 people walked on the official road and headed towards Zhangjiakou in a mighty manner.