Wen Anzhi was calm because he believed in Zhang Shipeng and others.
This belief does not mean that they are the sons of Zhang Guowei, Zhu Dadian, Shen Tingyang and other court ministers, nor does it mean that Zhang Shipeng and the others are from the imperial camp, or are students of the Martial Arts Hall where the emperor himself served as principal.
This trust comes from a relatively complete supervision system.
Although the governor, Shen Yuantai, came from the south of the Yangtze River, he was personally appointed to this position by Wen Anzhi. Not only that, the governor in charge of military law in the supervision office in the camp was Wen Anzhi's person and was originally his standard general.
Wen Anzhi was very concerned about this troop dispatch. This was the troop he had worked so hard to build up. It could be said that the future of the entire Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces rested on this troop.
Therefore, after the troops were dispatched here, Wen Anzhi has been paying attention to them and has been in contact with the camp. He can roughly grasp the trends of the camp.
He knew in advance the harvest of the march, but he was still a little shocked by the specific report numbers just now.
I was surprised, but I still believed in them.
Ma Gan doesn't believe it, Zeng Ying doesn't believe it, Wang Yingxiong doesn't believe it, Wang Xiang doesn't believe it, Fan Yiheng doesn't believe it, it can be said that except for him and Qin Liangyu, everyone else doesn't believe it.
Even the patrol officer Zhang Dai and the garrison lieutenant general Zhao Jing had heavy expressions on their faces, obviously feeling that the matter was difficult.
"Check it, check it carefully!"
After Wen Anzhi spoke, the next step was to conduct a detailed verification. It was actually not difficult to check. After all, Zhang Shipeng and the others' reports were very detailed. All they had to do was check the authenticity of these.
All officers were investigated separately, and even the soldiers below were also investigated.
Then they sent people to various battlefields to conduct on-site inspections and even dig out the buried corpses of the thieves. According to Zhang Shipeng's report, they went to find the civilians who had been rescued and resettled, and even some who had been escorted back. prisoners, as well as some thieves who were released and resettled on the spot, etc.
As long as you check, you don't have to worry about not being able to find out.
Ma Gan looked at Zhang Shipeng coldly, with dissatisfaction with these young masters in his eyes. He came from the imperial court and became an admiral at a young age, but he acted too boldly. He stole everyone's soldiers, everyone's armor, and everyone's money and food. Now he is still How can local officials like them tolerate such chaos?
Others worry about the reputation of Zhang Guowei, Zhu Dadian, Shen Tingyang, etc., but he, Ma Gan, is not afraid.
At this time, Wang Yingxiong, Fan Yiheng and others from other factions in central Sichuan, who had been having constant internal strife and friction, all stepped forward to attack the imperial camp together.
However, when Wen Anzhi stated without hesitation that he wanted to conduct a thorough investigation, Wang Yingxiong and others were a little surprised.
I thought that this camp was created by Wen An. It was his direct lineage. He would definitely maintain it. Then everyone would put pressure on it and then the matter would be reduced to a minor issue. Of course, it would definitely have to be obtained from Wen An. I need something to take back.
But now Wen Anzhi's reaction was beyond their expectations.
But if they say that Yuying's achievements are correct, they will never believe it.
Does that mean Wen Anzhi is going to favor Xingying?
This aroused serious dissatisfaction among everyone. Originally, we almost let it go, but now we have to touch it, so let’s do it.
Wen Anzhi has never been an official in Sichuan, and he is not from Sichuan. His family is in Yiling, Jingjiang. His original official position was not high, but now he is directly responsible for the economic affairs of the five provinces. Recently, he has frequently passed on imperial edicts and used them to suppress people. , Ma Gan, Wang Yingxiong, Fan Yiheng and others all have higher qualifications than Wen Anzhi.
And they all think they have contributed to stabilizing Sichuan and Guizhou. Why should Wen'an come from behind?
Not to mention Wen Anzhi demobilizing troops from various ministries and forcibly collecting taxes and other things. In their view, they were robbing their resources in order to establish their own direct lineage.
Although everyone respects the Nanjing imperial court, the premise is that the Nanjing imperial court must also protect their interests. Now Wen An's pressing and aggressive behavior has aroused the dissatisfaction of almost everyone.
This time, we must take advantage of this opportunity to kill his prestige. As long as Wen An's prestige is ruined, he will no longer be able to order everyone like this in the future.
"In order to ensure fairness, I hope that everyone can participate in the investigation and make it public." Wang Yingxiong said.
Fan Yiheng immediately agreed.
"Eunuch Zhao?"
Zhao Jing sat in the tent and remained silent. Although he would come to every important military meeting, he rarely spoke every time. However, due to his special status, no one dared to ignore him.
This was the garrison eunuch who came to Sichuan on orders. After Emperor Nanjing came to the throne, he sent this eunuch to Sichuan. Officially, he was on a mission to observe the army, but in fact he was to supervise the army.
But it is still different from the eunuchs and supervisors of the previous imperial court. The emperor asked him to come mainly to act as an eye and ear, reporting what he saw and heard to the emperor.
On the Sichuan side, the leader was Wen Anzhi, the governor of the five provinces. He was the head of the civil officials of the five provinces and was responsible for full military and political power.
Under him are the governors and governors of the provinces.
In addition, there are patrols in each province.
After the emperor proclaimed himself emperor, some reforms were made to the court official system. For example, the governors and governors were originally Beijing officials and were central officials temporarily dispatched to local areas. However, after Zhu Yihai proclaimed himself emperor, he changed the governors and governors into formal local officials.
No longer a Central Dispatch.
The only real officials assigned by the central government are the censors or higher-level managers and supervisors.
The inspector censor is still the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, from which foreign dispatches are selected, and the governor oversees the inspection. Regardless of the rank, it is still only the seventh grade, but it follows the old practice and has great power. He can be on an equal footing with the governor-general. He represents
It belongs to the Central Committee and is a special commissioner of the Central Committee.
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As a seventh-grade official, he still has military command authority and can even have a direct battalion.
He can also intervene in local military and political affairs, especially in personnel affairs, where he has greater power.
Even after the governor-general became a local official, the governor's power was strengthened as a special dispatch from the central government.
Of course, Wen Anzhi was also a special sect, a special sect from the emperor, especially since he was specially sent to manage the five provinces with the title of bachelor.
But although Zhao Jing, the eunuch, was quite low-key, as the emperor's domestic slave, he not only came to observe the military appearance, but also had the tasks of supervising the general strategy, patrolling, supervising, sub-inspection, and dispatching orders to local officials.
He didn't speak, but he would write down what others said and report it to the emperor at any time.
If he spoke, it would mean the emperor's permission.
After Zhu Yihai became emperor, there were many voices in the court to suppress the eunuchs, and even to abolish the ceremonial supervisors, factory guards, etc. However, although Zhu Yihai established a separate internal affairs office, many of the powers of the original supervisors were transferred to them, and he even used them against the eunuchs.
He was also very cautious, but he did not abolish the eunuch system all at once.
After all, as a special being, eunuchs have always been close to the emperor, even domestic servants. This special nature makes eunuchs often become trustworthy people of the emperor. They only serve the emperor, not the emperor.
Imperial country.
The eunuchs only exercised part of the imperial power and were an extension of the emperor's will.
It is unwise to punish the eunuchs to death as soon as Chongzhen came to power, regardless of what happened. Although Chongzhen wanted to do something about Wei Zhongxian, it was mainly because Wei Zhongxian was not his slave but his brother's slave, but since he
After inheriting the throne, he could completely change Wei Zhongxian's allegiance to him, or replace Wei Zhongxian with a eunuch, instead of almost destroying Wei Zhongxian and the entire eunuch system at once.
After destroying this most reliable system, the emperor was actually half blind and half deaf.
"Please don't call us, gentlemen. Before we left the capital, His Majesty repeatedly explained that all major military and political matters are subject to the advice of the governor, governor, admiral, and general soldiers. We, our family, came here to study under His Majesty's orders."
Zhao Jing is very responsible and has been in Sichuan for a long time. However, he half-squints his eyes every day and seems to be dozing off, so he is nicknamed Lao Mao.
"Zhang Anyuan?"
The ancestors of Zhang Dai's family were officials in Prince Lu's Mansion in Yanzhou, Shandong for several generations. Zhang Dai's father was also an official in Prince Lu's Mansion, so Zhang Dai often visited Prince Lu's Mansion and was very familiar with it.
His hometown is eastern Zhejiang, and his second assistant Qi Biaojia is his good friend and in-law.
With such a strong relationship, Zhang Dai's patrol in Sichuan was extraordinary.
Zhang Dai is a world-famous literary master, but after entering Sichuan, he also performed very well as a patrol supervisor. He cooperated well with Wen Anzhi, and even had a good relationship with governors such as Wang Ying, Xiong Ma Gan, etc.
Zhang Dai looked left and right, feeling a little unsure.
He knows very well what this imperial camp means in Sichuan. It is a tentacle extended by the imperial court to Sichuan. He is aware of the current situation of several hills and even semi-separated regimes in Sichuan. It is very difficult to break through it. The imperial camp is a key step.
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He had previously felt that Wen Anzhi was acting too aggressively, which meant that it would inevitably trigger a counterattack from the military leaders in central Sichuan.
But this time Yuying wanted to show off, and undoubtedly went too far.
He also didn't believe in the imperial camp's military exploits. He didn't believe that he was killing good people and taking credit for his merits. Instead, he felt that there was a suspicion of false reports and exaggeration. Once verified carefully, this matter would be exposed, which would cause trouble.
"By the court, Governor Wang has made a good point. It must be open, fair and just. I think that each of us here has his own bidding camp, so we can directly recruit officers, writers, pacesetters, etc. from their respective bidding camps.
Let's form a joint investigation team together and investigate together, so that it will be clear, completely open and fair." Wen Anzhi said directly.
Zhang Dai hesitated, thinking that if things continued like this, there would be no room for change. When the time came, he would no longer be able to hold on. What should he do?
The tall Qin Liangyu coughed twice, "I agree!"
"Zhao Guanjun?" Wen An asked Zhao Jing, who seemed to be dozing off again.
Zhao Jing immediately opened his eyes, "Since Wen Xianggong said so, let's do it. I'll send a few Xiaohuangmen from Guanjunyuan to follow me later." Zhao Jing could ignore the governor's words, but Wen Anzhi's words
, he will definitely go back.
Zhang Shipeng remained silent.
At this time, the conversation was almost over. He stood up and glanced at the governors and soldiers. "I, Zhang Shipeng, am very grateful to Mr. Wen for upholding justice for our camp and launching this investigation. All the officers and soldiers in the camp and I will fully cooperate with the investigation."
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But I also have something to say here and ask the gentlemen.
If the investigation is completed and it is proven that I, Zhang Shipeng and Xingying did not mess around, and these achievements are real, what will be said then?"
The two deputy admirals, Zeng Ying and Wang Xiang, snorted disdainfully at the same time.
"Wen Xiang?"
Wen Anzhi then said, "If the investigation is completed and it is proved that the merits of the camp are true, then rewards will be given based on merits. Of course, Governor Ma and Deputy Admiral Zeng slandered killing good people for taking merits without evidence. This is a serious crime. When the time comes, I will The economic summary will be reported to the imperial court truthfully, asking the saint to punish him!"
Ma Gan said unceremoniously, "I have no problem, but if it is found that someone killed a good person and took advantage of the crime, or made a false report and exaggerated, I will ask Prime Minister Wen to deal with it impartially!"
Both parties put down their harsh words and broke up unhappy!
Qin Liangyu looked at the people leaving, "Today, we officially broke up with each other."
Wen An's eyes were filled with perseverance, "This will be a new beginning. Let's take this opportunity to make a complete rectification. There is no need to hesitate anymore."
