Another warship arrived, and from a distance I saw the armor on the ship, which was very solemn.
Before docking, the officials who came this time had already sent someone to deliver the message. One day in advance, the people in the southwest camp had already made preparations.
Therefore, when more than a dozen warships arrived, the sound of drums and beatings immediately sounded on the shore.
When Su Ziji arrived at the port of Anzhou, he had heard such drumming and playing. There was a New Year's break in between. When he heard it again, it was already time to win and prepare to leave.
Su Ziji couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
As an attaché of an imperial envoy, he had no official title and no rank. Su Ziji was not qualified enough to welcome a new imperial envoy, so he stood in the crowd watching the excitement and looked forward together with some soldiers, businessmen and common people.
Standing on one side is a wild man.
"Actually, those who came this time are not imperial envoys. They are officials who have taken office. One is the governor Chu Sui, and the new admiral Jiao Shen has no idea of his origin."
"However, the seventeen warships did not transport much food, grass, ordnance. All of them were people. There were 400 people in each ship, and there were more than 6,500 people. The people who came were a bit evil."
The wild Taoist lowered his voice and heard Su Ziji hum.
"This matter is not urgent. You have done a great job in getting such information in such a short time."
Thinking of Sun Baihu's eyes when he looked at the wild Taoist, Su Ziji couldn't help but sigh with emotion. He was lucky to have accepted the wild Taoist as his guest.
Because he has been in the world for many years, apart from his so-called dragon-slaying skills, this wild Taoist's ability to make friends with low-level gangs and collect intelligence is also outstanding.
The wild Taoist was not very satisfied and sighed: "I'm afraid it will delay the master's business."
"There's no need to worry about that." Su Ziji was confident.
"By the way, Nu Sang sent someone to pick me up again. She wants to meet the young master, will you meet me?"
"No!" Su Ziji said coldly. At this time, the southwest had leveled off, and he was heading home. He was an enemy and not a friend. Why did he see him?
At this time, the official ship docked, and two groups of people came ashore, surrounding two men in their forties. The sound of drums and music at the port had stopped, and the two new officials who were surrounded looked at the people who greeted them with smiles.
"Cui Shangshu, Eunuch Zhao, I haven't seen you for many days. You have lost a lot of money. It can be seen that you have suffered a lot in the southwest group." Governor Chu Sui, Cui Zhaoquan and Eunuch Zhao all knew each other and exchanged pleasantries.
"This is Admiral Jiao."
Jiao Shen was acquainted with Cui Zhaoquan. He was considered a new generation of warriors and was very capable of fighting. Before he could finish speaking, Jiao Shen had already saluted the two imperial envoys.
"Don't dare, don't dare!"
The two of them looked over and saw this man in his early forties, with a fair face and an elegant look. His only eyebrows were raised straight, exuding a murderous aura.
"They are all doing things for the imperial court. It's not hard work or not," Cui Zhaoquan said, laughing.
I thought to myself, in just ten days, the imperial edict has finally arrived.
It took them about twenty days to get from the capital to the southwest. This second wave came so fast that the imperial court may have been prepared for it.
However, as the Minister of War and the official imperial envoy for this southwest trip, he did not find out about the incident until he received the news that Chu Sui was about to arrive. Naturally, he was dissatisfied with Inspector Zhao who had concealed part of the information.
Inspector Zhao laughed and said to Chu Sui: "Master Chu has arrived, and our family is relieved."
He bowed his hands towards the capital: "If we can run the errands well and make the emperor feel at ease, our family should not only be reduced in size, but also die here."
Dai Zui came to greet Qian Zhidong, and then came over to greet Chu Sui.
"Qian Shuai doesn't need to be polite. The affairs in the southwest can only be settled thanks to Qian Shuai's presiding and dealing with them." Chu Sui also said politely.
He didn't look arrogant and his attitude was natural. Qian Zhidong breathed a sigh of relief at first.
This can be regarded as an unspoken rule in the officialdom. As an imperial envoy, no matter who the decree in his hand is directed at, he will often have a cold attitude toward that person. This is because before the announcement is made, he represents the court and the emperor.
"It seems that even if I am punished, it will only be for lax control." Qian Zhidong thought to himself.
When the two men arrived, Qian Zhidong immediately regained his freedom. Not only was he no longer detained, he was also allowed to move around freely.
While watching the exchange of greetings, Su Ziji used his eyesight to look far away and clearly saw the two people talking to Qian Zhidong, and his heart immediately dropped.
"These two people are very kind and normal to Cui Zhaoquan and Eunuch Zhao, but they are even more polite to Qian Zhidong, which is very abnormal."
After all, the two imperial envoys will definitely take revenge after seeing the leak, and the charges listed for Qian Zhidong will definitely not be light.
The main policy of the imperial court is to suppress the arrogant and powerful generals. Even if they are not guilty, let alone guilty, it is difficult for the governor to speak so kindly.
Under normal circumstances, the two newly arrived imperial envoys would treat Qian Zhidong openly, explaining that he would be punished during the pronouncement of the decree, so there was no need to hide it.
But now, it must be more serious than punishing someone openly.
"Let Shangguan have to spend all his efforts to paralyze Qian Zhidong. He is doomed." Su Ziji said coldly.
The two talked in a low voice, and since it involved him, Chu Sui handed over the decree to Supervisor Zhao: "Eunuch Zhao, since the incense case has been prepared, the court is in great urgency, so I asked my officer to bring the imperial edict, and I also ask Eunuch Zhao to announce the edict immediately."
Before welcoming them, an incense burner was set up on the shore so that the imperial edict could be read out.
"Master Chu is right." Inspector Zhao solemnly walked to the top of the incense table with the imperial edict in his hand, and stood facing the south, including Cui Zhaoquan, Jiao Shen, Qian Zhidong, and Qin Fengliang who were also traveling to the southwest this time.
Waiting, they all fell to the ground and knelt down together: "I respectfully wish you holy peace!"
"Holy greetings!" Supervisor Zhao was very familiar with this routine and said loudly: "There is a will!"
The content was read out slowly and clearly.
"Chu Sui became the governor of the southwest, and asked me to go to the capital with that old man Qin Fengliang, and Jiao Shen took my place in the southwest?"
After hearing the imperial edict's arrangements for him, Qian Zhidong rolled his eyes and understood.
He has been in the southwest for more than two years. The emperor will never allow him to continue to command the army here. The reason why he came here with the surname Jiao is to take over his military power.
"That's all, the matter has come to this, it's useless to think too much." At least the emperor was not punished, and Qian Zhidong felt a little relieved.
"Qian Shuai, if you can, please hand over the military power immediately so that you can return to Beijing as soon as possible." Governor Chu Sui respectfully thanked the imperial edict and said to Qian Zhidong.
Qian Zhidong could only agree: "This is natural. The subordinates have prepared the military roster, and the officers and soldiers are always listening to orders. As long as the Lord just says a word, the deal will be completed immediately."
"It's too late rather than early, let's do it now!" Chu Sui nodded: "The delivery has just happened to be completed, so we can have a banquet immediately. The emperor is impatient to wait, so he will go back to Beijing directly for the delivery banquet."
"Yes!" Qian Zhidong saw the people nearby, including the generals and deputy generals. He knew in his heart that this was the fault of the two imperial envoys, but at this time he had to respond and shouted: "Come out with the generals and above!"