Jiang Yue's hands were shaking. He really didn't dare to sign, but he had to sign.
The guards in southern Liaoning were very special in the mid-Ming Dynasty. They belonged to the border town system, but they did not experience wars all year round. At the same time, they enjoyed the benefits of border towns and the stability of the rear.
The reform efforts made in Liaodong in the mid-Ming Dynasty basically started from the southern Liaoning area. For example, when the official pastures were recovered, only the Liaonan pastures were restored; for example, when the military preparation road was established, the military preparation road was first established in southern Liaoning.
Why?
The Liaonan guards are easier to deal with!
The frontier army here has long been corrupted, and its combat capability is not much better than that of Jiangnan. And even if it leads to a mutiny, because it is not next to the foreign tribes and adjacent to the Shandong sea area, it can dispatch troops by sea at any time to suppress it, even if it is delayed for a year or two, it will not be afraid of it.
Serious trouble.
Those Liaonan officers have the domineering attitude of Liaodong generals, but when they encounter powerful civilian officials, they will be immediately beaten back to their original form.
To put it bluntly, I need to clean up, and I don’t have any clues in my heart!
At this moment, if it were Liaodong's north, west, middle or east road troops, they would definitely not be scared by Wang Yuan so easily. But Liaodong's south road army, forget it, these guys are all in trouble.
Some cowards.
"Very good," Wang Yuan smiled and put away the confession and said, "The governor is aware of your grievances, and I will take you to capture Cai Yu!"
Wang Yuan led the generals out of the city and issued an order to recruit their troops. After excluding the miscellaneous soldiers, he only led 3,000 regular troops, and all the generals were restrained by Wang Yuan's side. They could only be honest and obedient, and even could not
He was in control of his own troops, and his command was temporarily taken away by Wang Yuan.
The place where Cai Yu led his troops was stationed, about twelve miles away from Yongning Prison City, and Wang Yuan was discovered halfway there.
"Is Wang Er really coming with his troops?" Cai Yu was shocked and inexplicable.
This guy has always been very calm, and he is certain that Wang Yuan does not dare to force himself. Because even the governor does not have the power to directly arrest high-ranking officials. Even if someone is found guilty, he can only go to the imperial court for impeachment. If the local civil and military officials are impeached by the governor
Any impeachment must be investigated by the court. No matter how tough the backer is, the investigation must be carried out through procedures.
what to do?
Cai Yu was immediately confused and did not dare to actually send troops to fight against the governor. Mutiny is like an atomic bomb. It is a strategic weapon and must be used before it is thrown out.
So Cai Yu fell ill again.
Ling Xiang, Minister of Yuanma Temple, rode to the camp gate and said: "Cai Yu, the commander of Fuzhou, seized military fields, embezzled pastures, used sergeants, condoned deserted troops, planned mutinies, and embezzled grain... Today's Governor of Liaodong, Wang Yuan, serves as the governor of Liaodong.
The Qing army only talks about the chief culprit. Cai Yu, why don't you come out and take the blame!"
As soon as this statement came out, the sergeants in the camp were frightened.
Wang Yuan said to Jiang Yue: "Go and shout."
Jiang Yue had no choice but to go over and came to the gate of the camp and said: "All the ministries put down their weapons and take Cai Yu out to face the crime!"
Jiang Yue was the second-in-command in the Fuzhou Guard, and he actually defected to the governor. Even the ordinary soldiers knew that Cai Yu was in danger, and they all chose to lay down their weapons. Some speculators even quickly opened the gate of the military camp.
Cai Yu pretended to be sick and lay inside, and was escorted out by Wang Yuan. He was frightened and angry, and shouted all the way: "I am a third-grade military attaché, and you have no right to arrest me without an order from the Ministry of War. Governor Wang, you are also a legitimate military officer."
Third grade, we are on the same level, you can’t break the rules like this!”
Wang Yuan smiled and said nothing.
Jiang Yue sighed: "Brother Cai, the matter is over, don't talk nonsense anymore."
Cai Yu was furious: "You bastard, you were deceived by eating lard, and you actually colluded with outsiders to betray me! Which of the things I committed did you not have a share in?"
Jiang Yue said sternly: "I am loyal to the court, but I am not loyal to you. How can I say that I am betrayal? You forced me to do all those bad things. President Wang will naturally understand everything clearly. Someone, please take care of this guy."
Block your mouth!"
Having already boarded Wang Yuan's pirate ship, Jiang Yue could only walk to the dark side.
After detaining Cai Yu, Wang Yuan was too lazy to do it himself and directly asked Jiang Yue to arrest people in Huizhou. The immediate family members of Cai Yu were arrested, including a thousand households and several hundred households, including Cai Yu's son-in-law.
As for the property of the Cai family, Wang Yuan personally sent people to seize it.
It was a seizure, not a search. Because Wang Yuan had to report it to the Ming court, which sent people to investigate the case and convict him. For a third-grade military attache, he had no right to judge the crime. Even if he detained Cai Yu without authorization, he was implicitly exceeding his authority.
suspicion.
Whether it is an overstep of authority depends entirely on what the emperor thinks.
The main powers and responsibilities of the governor and governor have never been clearly defined and can only be summed up in one sentence: "Acting according to orders varies according to the time, event, place and person."
This provision is so nonsense that the governor's authority can be infinitely expanded or narrowed.
If a coward becomes a governor, he may not even be able to command the county magistrate. If he encounters an iron-fisted governor, the commander-in-chief of a town will kill him at will, just like how Yuan Chonghuan was good at killing Mao Wenlong.
Wang Yuan was obviously a strong-armed governor, so the generals were frightened to death, fearing that he would suddenly kill someone with a sword, and the Fuzhou generals also defected out of fear.
In the next few days, the entire Cai family was imprisoned.
There was a man surnamed Cai who had thousands of households in the field and wanted to raise troops to resist, but Jiang Yue took care of him without Wang Yuan taking action. This was another piece of evidence for the Cai family, and it was a serious crime of rebellion. Wang Yuan wished he could rebel a few more.
The Cai family, which had been in Fuzhou for more than a hundred years, collapsed in one fell swoop, shocking the whole of Liaodong.
In front of the imperial power, they, the earthly emperors, are not even worth mentioning!
Wang Yuan took advantage of the situation to inspect the Fuzhou pastures and farmland, and liberated those military remnants who had become serfs. Jiang Yue and the officers at all levels below could not cry at this time, and obediently vomited out the land they had swallowed - in their hands
All the troops capable of fighting have been temporarily taken away by Wang Yuan. Anyone who dares to resist will be the fate of Cai Yu!
At the same time, Wang Yuan reported to the imperial court, requesting that Fuzhou's arrears of farmland grains be wiped out.
The imperial court generally would not object to this kind of request, and every year there was a policy of "exempting certain areas from paying taxes." Because the big bosses in the DPRK and China knew that it was impossible to collect the arrears of taxes, and insisting on collecting them would often lead to a civil commotion or mutiny.
, it is better to order an exemption from taxation to show virtue.
With Wang Yuan's efforts, the grains of farmland owed by military households in Fuzhou were wiped out, and more than 20,000 serf-like military remnants were liberated. Some of the military households without land property had their military land taken back by tenant farming, and some were directly re-established.
Allotted fields.
All these things made Wang Yuan's prestige in Fuzhou soar, and the lower-level military households wanted to die for Governor Wang!
Wang Chong asked: "Sir, did you already have a comprehensive plan from the beginning?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Then tell me, how did I plan?"
Wang Chong said: "The rebellion in Yongning Prison didn't take it to heart at all. He just used it as an excuse to use the king's order flag to mobilize various guard troops, and at the same time lured Cai Yu out of Fuzhou City. These generals came to Yongning Prison,
Then they stayed away from their respective jurisdictions, and there was no longer the risk of mutiny. In the name of the birthday banquet, they frightened and kidnapped these generals, temporarily gathered their troops, and took advantage of the situation to take Cai Yu into custody. In this way, a trend was established, and they took advantage of the situation to reorganize and recover.
The situation in the state is as easy as falling into place."
"You can think of it this way," Wang Yuan said with a smile.
Wang Chong admired and said: "My disciples can only get a glimpse of Sir's strategy, and they will benefit a lot."
While the master and apprentice were talking, the surrounding guards officers were frightened, but they did not dare to jump out and object. They could only pray that Wang Yuan would not target them.
At the same time, Wang Yuan went to the imperial court, explained the importance of war horses, and asked the minister of Yuan Masi in Liaodong to take charge of the civil affairs of Fuzhou, Gaizhou, and Jinzhou. The extra military households requested to be converted into civilian households.
, set up civil affairs officials for management.
All civil servants agreed, except the Ministry of War.
Wang Qiong, the Minister of War, could only lament at home: "This Wang Erlang is putting me on the fire to roast me!"