Just after sending away Wang Shizhen and Fang Zhenshan, Xu Qingyan had already hurriedly entered the camp, and the three of them almost passed by each other.
Xu Qingyan was assigned a special task by Zhao Junchen today, which was to secretly monitor the movements of representatives of various factions after they left Zhao Junchen's place.
Xu Qingyan hurriedly came to see Zhao Junchen at this time, obviously discovering something.
So, after Zhao Junchen saw Xu Qingyan, he directly asked: "What did you find?"
Xu Qingyan walked to Zhao Junchen and whispered: "The young master guessed it right. After all the forces in Liaodong left here, they made moves in private. Three of them secretly sent people to contact the camp in Liaodong Town.
, there are also two forces that secretly sent people to contact the Wu family in Shanhaiguan...
There are seven other forces that have sent messengers to leave our camp and head north at high speed. However, the destination of the messengers from these seven forces is still unclear. Maybe they just want to notify their own forces in advance of their precautionary arrangements, but there are also
Maybe it’s because I’m in a hurry to contact you…”
"Jianzhou Jurchen!" Zhao Junchen nodded lightly and said: "Those civil and military officials and gentry elders I met today will not only have spies from Liaodong Town, spies from the Wu family in Shanhaiguan, but of course there will also be spies from Jianzhou Jurchen
!…Hey, it’s really a mixed bag.”
Xu Qingyan added: "In addition, there is also a big shot. After leaving the young master, he quickly sent three messengers to the Liaodong Town camp, the Wu family camp, and somewhere in the north... They actually placed bets at the same time.
The three parties think they are sure to make a profit without losing anything!"
After saying that, Xu Qingyan handed a list to Zhao Junchen.
After Zhao Junchen unfolded the list and looked at it carefully, he found that nearly half of the representatives from various forces he summoned today had arranged for messengers to leave the camp.
And the person who sent three messengers to contact the camp at the same time and made three bets was the well-known and prestigious scholar Zhang Zhengqing, who had previously angrily criticized Zhao Junchen in public!
After reading the list, Zhao Junchen's expression was full of sarcasm, and he slowly said: "In this world, there are always too many smart people and too few fools! But truly smart people never put
Others regard him as a fool at will! Especially this great scholar Zhang Zhengqing...
Hey! Others thought that he voluntarily left the prosperous and safe capital and returned to his hometown in Jinzhou. Over the years, he has been opening a porridge shed and adopting orphans. He seems to have done countless good deeds. It can be said that he is upright and unconventional. Today he reprimanded me.
At that time, he also looked righteous and upright, but I had already seen through his roots!
For many years, this person has been secretly running a human trafficking business. He left the capital on his own initiative because he offended his former boss Huang Yourong.
If he can't gain a foothold in China, he can only be forced to flee back to his hometown in Jinzhou! Therefore, I am not surprised at all about his duplicity!"
Xu Qingyan's expression suddenly changed and he said angrily: "He is just an extremely despicable human trafficker, the most despicable person. He usually just pretends to be sanctimonious, but he dares to reprimand the young master?
We can't just let him go like this! Huang Yourong just gave him a lot of money, but it was too easy for him. Master, you must destroy his family this time!"
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "No rush! It's not the time to touch him yet. Although this person's duplicity is despicable, at certain times, only this kind of person can play certain special roles!
"
Having said this, Zhao Junchen hesitated for a moment, as if he was worried, and then with a firm expression as if he was sinking his boat, he said in a deep voice: "Qingyan, you can start planning the next step...
Speaking of which, this is not the first time you have done this kind of thing, but you must be more cautious this time, and you must not let others catch you and see the flaws!"
After hearing Zhao Junchen's instructions, Xu Qingyan also had a serious expression as if facing a formidable enemy. He gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, young master, I have secretly found a group of reliable candidates, and I will definitely not appear again this time."
Something is wrong!"
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However, he said that just when Zhao Junchen began to lay out his next plan, He Yu, who was in the Liaodong Town camp at this time, also received the news in time as expected and heard about Zhao Junchen's "despicable idea".
Before receiving the news, He Yu was discussing with several generals about the family letters sent by Zhao Junchen.
Gancheng, the general of the East Road, still looked domineering and said loudly: "These family letters are Zhao Junchen's despicable means to further disrupt the morale of our Liaodong Army. They must not be handed over to the army officers like this... Let me tell you.
, it’s better to do less than to do more, just destroy it directly, just pretend you didn’t see it!”
Lieutenant General Li Zehe of the Middle Road shook his head and said: "The existence of these family letters cannot be concealed! If we intercept and destroy them secretly like this, who knows if Zhao Junchen has any back-ups? On the contrary, it means that we are guilty.
Maybe you will fall into passivity!"
South Road Counselor Xu Jie shook his head disapprovingly and said: "In the final analysis, these family letters are only thirty or forty copies, and the army lieutenants involved are all insignificant low-level frontier troops, so there will be no problems at all.
There is no need to worry about the impact, just deal with it normally."
Gancheng stared and asked: "Have you ever thought that although there are only a few dozen copies of these family letters, the contents are all slandering our Liaodong Town for treating our own people badly..."
Because of Zhao Junchen's despicable methods, the morale of the military is currently unstable. Once these contents are made public and spread everywhere, many soldiers will inevitably die of grief and worry about the situation of their own family members. The morale of the military will become increasingly unstable.
It will also give Zhao Junchen an opportunity to take advantage of it!"
After He Yu thought for a moment, he turned to Ximen Sheng and asked, "Ximen, what do you think?"
After Ximen Sheng pondered for a moment, he said: "In my opinion, these family letters may be an opportunity to help us stabilize the morale of the army!
Brother, you have always made clear rewards and punishments, and run the army fairly. Since the relatives of these frontier soldiers have stated in their letters home that they were oppressed by a few Liaodong officers, if brother takes the opportunity to come forward to uphold justice for them, the soldiers will definitely be grateful and support them even more.
, the current unstable military morale situation will definitely be improved a lot."
Ximen Sheng's suggestion coincided with He Yu's idea, so He Yu immediately nodded and said: "That's it! It's time for our Liaodong Town to tidy up a little!"
After saying that, He Yu raised his head and told Shi Cheng: "These family letters are all from relatives of the border troops near Hujiazhuang, and the relevant people involved must also be military attaches on the East and West Liao Road, all stationed near Hujiazhuang!"
Shi Cheng, you set out immediately and, based on the contents of these family letters, arrest all the nearby military attachés involved and bring them to the camp for questioning. If the accusations in these family letters are ultimately proven to be true, I will severely punish them in public!
Didn’t Zhao Junchen always say that the left-wing army was persecuting the people in the territory? After I severely punished the military attaches who committed the crime, I was able to further silence Zhao Junchen!"
Shi Cheng still looked shrewd and capable. After receiving the order loudly, he quickly turned around and left.
However, after Shi Cheng left the commander's tent, it was only time for a cup of tea, but he returned to He Yu and others again, with a more solemn expression, obviously something happened again.
Moreover, Shi Cheng did not report the matter to He Yu in public this time. Instead, he walked up to He Yu and whispered a few words in his ear, and then handed several confidential letters to He Yu for review.
After He Yu read the contents of these secret letters, his expression became more solemn and serious than ever before.
Then, He Yu raised his head and slowly glanced at the four generals in front of him. He saw that these generals also had curious expressions and secretly observed his reaction.
He Yu suddenly sneered, then handed the secret letters to Shi Cheng, and said: "Zhao Junchen is really good at sowing discord and deceiving people. He has used related tricks one after another, and it is simply endless!
Although this matter is of great importance, it is not a secret. Several generals have their own connections and will receive the news sooner or later, so there is no need to deliberately hide it... Shicheng, give these secret messages to everyone to read.
!”
When Shi Cheng handed the secret letters to the four generals to read, He Yu's eyes were shining brightly as he stared at the changes in the expressions of the generals as they read the letters.
These secret messages all came from Zhao Junchen's camp. They were all news reported by Liaodong Town's informants. The content was naturally about the Liao salary distribution matter that Zhao Junchen proposed today.
He Yu knew very well that this matter could not be hidden at all, so in order to show his calmness and confidence, he directly handed these secret letters to the generals for review and took the opportunity to observe their first reactions.
Just as He Yu said, Zhao Junchen still used the method of sowing discord this time. Once Zhao Junchen's plan is realized, the people who will benefit the most are the generals in the commander's account. Therefore, He Yu's approach,
It is also to beat them in advance and prevent them from having some serious thoughts.
After reading the contents of these secret letters, the expressions of several generals changed drastically, and they immediately noticed He Yu's compelling gaze on them!
As a result, several generals immediately expressed their opinions one after another, vying to be the first to express their loyalty to He Yu!
"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, this little trick of sowing dissension will not shake the unity of our Liaodong Town at all!"
"I am here to represent all the military attachés on Liaodong Southeast Road. I guarantee with my life to the Commander-in-Chief that I will never pay attention to Zhao Junchen's alienation plan! He said that we should give more real power to the military attaches from all over Liaodong and let the military attachés in Liaodong ask for money, food and military pay from the court on their own.
, do you think we are fools?"
"If anyone dares to betray the Commander-in-Chief and Liaodong Town in the future, I will be the first one to not let him go!"
In the end, Ximen Sheng, the most powerful among the generals, said with a disdainful expression: "Ha, I just imitated the favor order of the Han Dynasty, but my military attachés and generals in Liaodong Town are not as short-sighted as the clan members of the Han Dynasty.
, and they all know the tragic fate of those Han Dynasty clans! Zhao Junchen repeatedly used the method of sowing discord to deal with us. In my opinion, it is just that the Guizhou donkey has no skills! "
All in all, at this time, the several generals all patted their chests to express their loyalty, each voice getting louder than the last.
But only they themselves know what their true thoughts are at this time.
He Yu nodded with satisfaction and was about to say something more when he heard the announcement again, saying that someone from the Wu family in Shanhaiguan was here!
After hearing the report, He Yu sneered and said: "Zhao Junchen's little thoughts and tricks are indeed out of the ordinary. They can be described as short-sighted! He wants to alienate me, Liaodong Town, but he doesn't know that his actions are not enough.
It cannot shake the unity of our Liaodong Town, and it will also force the Shanhaiguan Wu family, who was originally used to check and balance our Liaodong Town, to stand with us and become his enemy!"
