Looking at this Qianhu of Jin Yiwei, Baoding Magistrate Li Huaigu secretly complained in his heart.
If you really want to fight, why bother to operate on one of my prefects? Are the guards all rebel forces? Anyway, they have all been killed. I am guilty and not guilty, Dongchang did not take me away.
Now, the prince has returned to Beijing and the relevant people have been dealt with. So what if you are Jin Yiwei? With such a threat to me, do you still want me to make up some unnecessary things out of thin air to accuse Dongchang?
"His Royal Highness was found by Dongchang. The round-up and suppression of all the criminals who participated in the imprisonment of the prince were also done by Dongchang. I really don't know the inside story. Dongchang has determined the case. Believe it or not, the meaning has been changed.
Not much. What's more, Dongchang Nai, like Jinyiwei, is an agency directly under the emperor. They tracked him all the way from the capital to Baoding Mansion and found the prince. I still choose to believe their definition."
Looking at Zhang Jin, Li Huaigu's words were soft yet firm.
"Even if all the guards were involved in the rebellion, the prefect is their immediate superior and has no knowledge of this matter at all?" Zhang Jin said coldly.
"Sigh." Li Huaigu sighed, "To put it bluntly, the Baoding City Guards have long ignored the government's orders. In their eyes, I, the governor of Baoding, am just dispensable.
It just exists. Perhaps, precisely because of my incompetence, Dongchang chose to bypass Baoding Prefecture and handle the case directly."
Seeing Li Huaigu defining himself in this way, Jin Yiwei Qianhu Zhang Jin no longer knew what to say.
I wasted a long time arguing with a "trash".
"The prefect is busy with official duties. If I'm here, I won't bother you. I'll take my leave." Without even saluting, Zhang Jin said his next sentence and walked towards the entrance of the lobby.
"Zhang Qianhu, now that we have reached the rebate point, why don't you have some lunch at the government office?" Li Huaigu shouted towards Zhang Jin's back.
Raising his right hand and shaking it casually in the air a few times, Zhang Jin hurriedly left the government office.
After Zhang Jin left, the curtain of the small door on the side of the lobby was slowly opened, and the government official came out. He looked at Li Huaigu, who had faint sweat on his forehead, and said: "Sir, this Jin Yiwei is not a good person.
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"No." Li Huaigu raised his sleeves and wiped it on his forehead, "If I didn't pretend to be crazy and act stupid, I probably wouldn't be able to escape this disaster. Okay, why did this Jin Yiwei start to cause trouble in the East Factory? The fight between the upper levels.
, it’s really becoming more and more incomprehensible.”
After taking a look at the application for the reconstruction of the Guard Army that the two men had worked so hard to come up with on the table, the government officials knew: "Then do we still submit this document?"
"No, no." Li Huaigu shook his head: "If the imperial court wants to rebuild, then rebuild it. If not, just let Daning Dusi guard the city gate. At this juncture, it is better to do less than to do more. Let's first deal with the matters within our government office.
Do it well."
As he said that, he picked up the document and tore it into pieces one by one.
Outside the gate of the government office, a dozen of Jinyiwei's captains were lined up, sitting in the shade of the trees on the roadside.
I just thought that as soon as Zhang Jin came out, everyone would quickly find a tavern and have a good meal.
But when they saw Zhang Jin walking out of the gate with a dark face, no one dared to mention eating.
"Sir, is things not going well?" A captain who was close to Zhang Jin came forward to greet him.
"After a long time of doing this, the Baoding prefect is a complete waste. What a waste of time." He glanced at the lieutenants who were looking at him eagerly, "Find a place, let's fill our stomachs first."
Although Baoding City is not as prosperous as the capital city, restaurants can be found everywhere on the streets. They found a tavern that looked larger, and everyone tied their horses to the hitching posts at the door and walked in.
It was dinner time, and there were already many people in the tavern.
Seeing so many people from the government suddenly coming in, the waiter carrying the wine and food was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do.
When the shopkeeper at the counter saw this scene, he hunched over and walked out, with a smile on his face and said: "Do you have something to do for me, sir?"
"Effectiveness?" Zhang Jin looked around the hall, "Create some tables for us, we want to eat."
"That's easy to say." Hearing that the other party was just eating, the shopkeeper's nervousness eased, "There is a private room inside, and there are exactly two big tables. Please come in, please."
It is said that it is a private room, but it is just a low wall as high as one person, dividing the hall.
Through the curtains on the door, the chaotic sounds in the hall can still be heard.
"As long as any ready-made dishes are served, we just fill our stomachs. It doesn't matter, the sooner the better." Walking into the private room, Zhang Jin slowly sat down near the door and ordered.
"Master, do you want some wine?"
"I don't want the wine. I'll bring you two pots of hot tea."
"Okay, sir, wait, I will prepare it for you now." The shopkeeper bowed his body and slowly exited the private room.
Putting his left elbow on the table, Zhang Jin gently kneaded his eyebrows with two fingers, thinking about his next move.
Following the commander's instructions, I first arrived in Gu'an County. I wasted two days and found no useful information.
I originally thought that Baoding Mansion was where Dongchang found the prince, and that he would be able to get some useful information. However, I didn't know that the start was not good, and I made many detours, but in the end, I just played the harp.
Next, if you want to make a breakthrough, the only way is to go to Daning Dusi.
This Daning Dusi is very different from the Baoding government office. As a guard of the imperial court, they must have their own backbone. If you want to get something useful from them, you may have to lower your attitude a little.
Not long after, the shopkeeper was followed by two waiters, carrying some dishes and walking in. In his hands, he was carrying two hot teapots.
"My lord, do you think these dishes are enough? If not, I will prepare them again?" The shopkeeper put down the teapot and bowed.
On the table, there is a plate of fried peanuts, a plate of unknown meat, poured with a little chili oil for cold dressing, a plate of stir-fried cabbage, and a large pot of tofu and vermicelli stew.
"That's enough." Zhang Jin raised his eyelids slightly: "Bring some more steamed buns, rice or something, and make it faster."
"Okay." The shopkeeper responded loudly.
As the Jin Yiwei in the private room began to move his chopsticks, people in the hall outside also started talking quietly.
"These officials don't look like they are from Daning Dusi because of their clothes, don't they?"
"It doesn't look like it. Besides, people from Daning Dusi should be eating in the military camp at this meal. How could they go to the tavern to fill their stomachs."
"Are they from Dongchang? I think the clothes of those soldiers look a bit similar."
"Didn't Dongchang just leave? Why are you back again?"
"Could it be that they sent the prince back to the capital and planned to purge the entire Baoding city when he came back?"
"If we purge them again, how many people will have to be dealt with? All the gentlemen who were observing the academy were taken away, and the entire guard army was killed. How many forces in Baoding City were involved in the rebellion?"
"When it comes to the Guards, I still feel guilty."
"By the way, you were transferred by the government to bury the corpses of the guards. Tell us what the situation was like at that time."
"What's going on? It's hell on earth."
"So exaggerated?"
"You don't know that in the guard's yard, there was blood more than an inch deep. Broken arms and legs were scattered everywhere. Seeing that scene, I vomited the contents of my stomach.
Clean and tidy.”
"I heard that this time the guards arrested them, and Dongchang and Daning Dusi jointly acted to capture them?"
"No. Those people from Dongchang were covered in blood when they came out of the guard station. It's enough to imagine how fierce the fighting was at that time."
"Good killing. The guards usually bully the people. This time Dongchang found out that they were involved in rebellion. They deserved to be killed."
"Bullying the common people, who calls them officials? Our guards were originally under the control of Baoding Prefecture. Logically speaking, they should obey Baoding Prefecture's words. However, I heard that Baoding Prefecture can no longer suppress them.
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"Is there still such a thing? Thanks to Dongchang for dealing with them. If they had been given a little more time to grow up, if they had started a mutiny, it would have been us, the common people, who suffered."
"Alas, we ordinary people will always suffer the most. Not to mention eating, just eating."
"Okay, let's eat."
As the chatter outside gradually subsided, Zhang Jin's frown deepened.
I gave the commander a guarantee that I would be able to find the flaw in Dongchang. Judging from the current situation, the chance of returning without success is very high.
