Ma Gan, dressed in white, was going down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, there were many people seeing him off.
Mr. Zeng, Zeng Ying and his wife, together with their generals Yu Dahai, Li Maochun and other generals, even held a grand farewell ceremony. Ma Gan was deprived of his position by the manager Wen Anzhi and sent to Nanjing, but Zeng Ying and others did not It must be done in a big way, which is obviously inappropriate.
"You are so reckless."
Ma Gan held Zeng Ying's hand. Although he was moved, he was also worried about this old subordinate. "You are not giving Wen An any face by doing this."
Zeng Ying said rudely, "Ma Fuyuan, you have made great achievements in guarding Sichuan. No one knows, but now I am taking the opportunity to drive you to Nanjing. How can you put us in our eyes?"
"Hey, I have also reflected in the past two days. The current chaos in Central Sichuan will not work if it continues like this. Although Wen An's actions are a bit domineering, it would be a good thing if the civil and military forces in Central Sichuan can be integrated."
Zeng Ying said with a black face, "Before Wen Anzhi came, we had been fighting Zhang Xianzhong and the Huang gangsters in Central Sichuan for many years. At that time, Wen Anzhi was still teaching at the Imperial College. The good situation in Central Sichuan now is not that of Wen Anzhi. Those of us who fought hard were the ones who fought hard. Not only is he enjoying the success now, but he is also using chicken feathers as arrows to show off his power.
The brothers are not convinced!
Why are supplies in Sichuan so close to the imperial camp?
Why is it that he, Wen'an, has thousands of scriptures, and why even Qin Liangyu's nephew and grandson are the commander-in-chief of a town, and even hold the title of admiral, but those of us who have truly made great achievements and shed blood, are so marginalized?
Look at his reorganization plan this time, he is trying to completely seize our military power."
Ma Gan was actually holding back a lot of anger in his heart, but Wen Anzhi was a manager, and he had eighteen sets of royal flags and two Shang Fang swords. At the same time, the eunuch Zhao Jing from the emperor's side also fully supported Wen Anzhi, and there were seven Qin Liangyu, who is in his teens, also supports him.
Plus Zhang Dai’s support.
Although Ma Gan was dissatisfied, he could not resist unless he rebelled.
"When I go to Nanjing this time, I will seek an explanation from His Majesty."
Zeng Ying said, "When the Fu Yuan arrives in Nanjing, he may not be able to win the imperial edict."
Ma Gan also sighed.
"A little impatience will ruin a big plan. Be patient for a while and bear with each other for the sake of the country. Don't you still have 3,000 troops? Train these 3,000 soldiers first. The more they look down on us Sichuan people, the more we must "Xiongqi, it's not that I look down on the imperial camp. The sons of those senior officials are younger than the other. It's great to suppress a few bandits. Only by fighting hard can we prove them. It's still early!" Ma Gan patted Zeng. Ying's arm said, "Be patient for a while. I will definitely ask His Majesty for justice when I get to Nanjing."
"Don't mess around, otherwise you will be fooled." Ma Gan lowered his voice and told Zeng Ying.
"Is it tolerable, which one is intolerable? I can bear it, but the brothers under my command cannot." Zeng Ying said bitterly.
Ma Gan looked at his appearance and said worriedly, "Why don't you just follow me to Nanjing? With our abilities, even if we leave Sichuan and arrive in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, we can still request to participate in the Northern Expedition. By then, the Central Plains will be so big that we won't be able to do it." A place where you can make meritorious deeds but cannot show off your abilities? I believe Long Live is definitely fairer than Wen Anzhi."
"I'm not leaving," Zeng Ying shook her head, "I'm not going anywhere!"
Ma Gan tried to persuade him several times, but in the end he could no longer persuade him, so he had no choice but to shake his head and leave.
Wang Yingxiong, Fan Yiheng, Gan Liangchen, Wang Xiang, Yang Zhan, Pi Xiong and other civil servants and generals came to see him off. Although their relationship was not good before, there were frictions from time to time. For example, Wang Yingxiong impeached Ma Gan, and Fan Yiheng also followed Ma Gan. The men and horses who did it have done it.
But after all, they all belong to the local faction, unlike Wen Anzhi, a central faction.
When Ma Gan was kicked away like this, they all felt as if they were like a rabbit and a fox.
"Gentlemen, don't give it away, let's go!" Ma Gan flicked his sleeves, dropped the empty cup on the ground, turned away, and never looked back.
Wang Yingxiong and others stood there watching for a long time.
"I'm a little envious of Mr. Ma for leaving so gracefully, while the rest of us stayed to suffer."
Wang Xiang said in a strange tone, "I have recruited the thirteen Yaohuang families for the imperial court. We have already negotiated. They will lead their subordinates to surrender and accept the recruitment. I recommend them as the general soldiers, and they will be under their own control. They will be reorganized and I will recruit them." The righteous and brave warriors finally raised thirty-six battalions. Now, with one word, my work has been in vain. All the soldiers have been dismissed, and the words I have said are useless.
Now that I have become the one who breaks his word, how can I face these thirty-six battalions of men?
We worked hard to recruit them, and now they are about to disperse, so how are we going to deal with the aftermath?"
Wang Xiang has always been domineering. He previously occupied the land of Zunyi and brought Wang Yingxiong to open his mansion. He also used the name of Wang Yingxiong as the governor to grab territory and annex people everywhere. He also used the name of Wang Yingxiong to appease the Huang Shisan family and others. The men and horses swelled to no limit.
He was just a general military officer with the rank of admiral, but he dared to appoint thirty-six general military officers with seals. His own generals with seals were only awarded by the Hongguang Dynasty and were of no use in the Shaotian Dynasty.
Previously, Wang Xiang directly requested Wen'an to transfer Xuzhou Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, Zhenxiong Prefecture, Wusa Prefecture, Wumeng Prefecture, Dongchuan Prefecture, as well as Bijie, Chishui, Sinan, Shiqian and other places in Guizhou to him. Jurisdiction, and also requires the right to recruit troops, collect taxes and support the army, etc.
Without the consent of Jingluo Yamen, Jing Anzhi directly set up the Thirty-sixth Battalion and brought all the thirteen Huanghuang families under his name.
Now Wen'an counterattacked and went straight to the end without leaving him any room.
Valley
The governor Wang Yingxiong was given a demerit, and the supervisory standard was reduced to 3,000. Wang Xiang even had no troops of his own, and they were all transferred to the supervision standard, with a total of 3,000, and only Zunyi Prefecture was designated for them.
This incident made Wang Xiang very dissatisfied. It can be said that Ma Gan was removed from his position and kicked out, and Zeng Ying and others were demoted. However, Zeng Ying still had his own territory and soldiers, but he fought to the end.
Gan Liangchen and other ministers also had a sullen expression when taking the exam. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to engage in the imperial camp, but who knew that if he stole the chicken, he would lose a lot of rice, or even lose a lot of rice. This would be a loss for his wife and an army. How tragic.
Yang Zhan, Zhu Hualong and a few others are not bad. They were not from the top three mountains before and were relatively weak. Now they are reused by Wen'an and can be regarded as being drawn into the central department. For example, Yang Zhan became Wen'an's admiral and Zhu Hualong was promoted to Songpan Town Commander-in-Chief.
Hearing Wang Xiang's unpleasant words, he couldn't stay any longer, so he made excuses and left first.
Wang Xiang looked at Zeng Ying, "Master Zeng and Governor Ma have been driven away. I guess you will be next. I heard that Wen Anzhi intends to let Yang Zhan stationed in Shunqing Mansion."
"Those of us have made great contributions and shed blood to suppress bandits and quell chaos in Sichuan. It's not worth it to end up like this."
Zeng Ying and Wang Xiang were old enemies in the past. Wang Xiang once wanted to use Wang Yingxiong's title of supervisor to drive away Ma Gan and then annex Zeng Ying's territory. However, Zeng Ying was very good at fighting and was well-known in Sichuan. Also big.
Although Wang Xiang is also a fierce general and once killed a tiger, Zeng Ying is not inferior to him at all. Zeng Ying even has a very good reputation among many chieftains. His wife worshiped him at the beginning. Not only did she save Zeng Ying, but she also killed him in the end. He pledged himself to her, and finally led the female tribal soldiers out of the mountains to help Zeng Ying fight.
Both of them are fierce generals, but there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. In the past, no one would obey the other, but they have similar abilities, so naturally they can't help each other.
But now, because of Wen Anzhi, they have a common enemy.
"According to Wen Anzhi's rectification method, we old Sichuan generals and Sichuan soldiers will eventually be merged into the imperial camp and the standard camp."
Zeng Ying could understand the meaning of Wang Xiang's words, but he also couldn't swallow it. Moreover, his old boss Ma Gan was driven away, which also gave him a strong sense of crisis.
Since the late Ming Dynasty, although the military generals have been very domineering, in the past battles in Sichuan, the military generals had to recognize a civil servant as their eldest brother. Without a governor to support them, it would be difficult to fight with other forces.
Now that Ma Gan was deprived of his post as governor and left Sichuan, Zeng Ying was demoted to the commander-in-chief of Shunqing, and he suddenly seemed lonely.
"Let's go and have a couple of drinks, how about that?" Wang Xiang invited.
Zeng Ying looked at him and said, "That's fine."
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Mountain.
In the large tent of Zhao Jing, the military envoy who was watching the army, a soldier reported to him that this man was a secret agent of the Dongchang, who appeared to be a soldier from the imperial camp.
"Oh, it seems these people are very restless."
The whole scene of the farewell at the foot of the mountain was reported to Zhao Jing by the secret agent.
Zhao Jing touched the two fake beards on his lips and acted very calmly.
This old cat always looks like a plague, so that it is easy for people to think that this eunuch has no sense of existence, so that they ignore the power of the eunuchs who guarded the army before the Ming Dynasty.
"Wang Xiang and Zeng Ying, as generals, met in private to drink. They must be planning something evil. Although Wang Yingxiong and Fan Yiheng did not participate, they must be the instigators behind the scenes. I felt that they should be taken down immediately to avoid chaos. Caught off guard."
Zhao Jing chuckled, "Take it down? Why? Just because they drank in private? Although this kind of thing is taboo, but there is no evidence, what can you say?"
"Just continue to stare, don't alert the enemy."
"Father-in-law?"
"Isn't what we say clear enough? It seems like you are still a little too young. Also, there is no one in Sichuan. Just do what we say, watch and learn from it."
Zhao Jing continued to narrow his eyes.
The farewell incident at Yamashita was so obvious that Zeng Ying and Wang Xiang didn't hide it from anyone when they were drinking. Everyone knew about it.
But there was no response.
Wen Anzhi and Qin Liangyu were playing chess, and they just nodded when they heard the report.
Zhang Dai, the censor of the Imperial Army, met with Wang Yingxiong, Fan Yiheng, Fan Wenguang, Li Qiande and other governors. Although Zhang Dai was also the governor of Sichuan, he also had the title of military censor of the five provinces, so he faced these several governors. As a governor, he is still an imperial envoy on behalf of the imperial court.
Zhang Dai reminded several people very seriously, asking them to restrain their generals, especially at this juncture, and reiterated that Wen Anzhi was the emperor's conferred minister of economics of the five provinces, and he was awarded the title of bachelor. His previous The decision was made, and all civil and military officers, including the governors-general of the five provinces and the general military officers, must abide by it.
"There has been chaos in Sichuan for too long. Order must be restored. I don't care who the bully is or Mr. Zeng. They have to be restrained. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, everyone will be responsible!"
Wang Yingxiong and others agreed easily, but it was hard to say whether they took it seriously, or whether they agreed or not.
