Chapter 144: A Cat and Mouse War
On the way to escape, Zhanzhao kept observing the people of the Wuwei Military Region, and felt very strange, the people here are not like under the rule of Lord Bao, they seem to have no vitality, they don't like to talk, but whenever they see strange things, they avoid them, close the doors and windows and hide.
Don't know what's wrong?
Zhanzhao firmly believes in a truth: when things go wrong, there must be demons. There must be a reason behind these phenomena.
Despite thinking so, Zhan Zhao thought of Wang Yan's decision to kill in time, that bad boy was too ruthless. Whatever the reason, the captives who had already surrendered, when Zhanzhao rushed there, saw them kneeling on the ground like brutes waiting to be executed.
The world-famous chivalrous stance makes Zhanzhao understand that he can't, why can someone do this to someone who has surrendered and is not a threat?
Combined with the public sentiment he sees now, Zhanzhao also believes that there must be a problem here. This is the reason why Huaixi Shuaisi approved the dispatch of troops.
Chen Jianming is so and the people who don't want to do things have approved the dispatch of troops, and the phenomenon is full of nature, of course there must be demons in this realm. But Sima Guang is not wrong, it is no problem to solve the problem by others, and if a gangster like Wang Yan comes in with a team like soldiers and bandits to clear the field, there will definitely be a super big problem that shocks the government and the opposition.
"Maybe he has a reason. But he Wang Yan is by no means a kind-hearted person, which is very dangerous! β
Muttering to himself, Zhanzhao exerted his foot strength to the limit, and he needed to rush to Wuwei County as soon as possible to send a private message to Liu Zhichao.
On the way, he encountered a group of forbidden troops moving, and Zhan Zhao was so frightened that he couldn't care about it, so he hurriedly hid.
Zhan Zhao hates, just because of Wang Yan, now I, Zhan Zhao, have become a rat who can't see the light?
This little traitor must have bribed the old traitor Manager Chen, these bureaucrats are against the sky, and they will "suspend the Imperial City Department for investigation" with just an excuse. Since he was suspended, no matter what the reason, of course he couldn't walk around with a long knife. The Great Song Dynasty has strict regulations on the size of weapons. It is clear that Zhanzhao's knife is over size. Therefore, when encountering the forbidden army, you can only avoid it.
Ordinary people are reluctant to be responsible for inspections, which is why Bai Yutang still wanders around. But if it is seen, so many witnesses will be caught by Wang Yan's grandson later, and it will be easy to make Baofu unable to get off the stage.
Hiding like a rat waiting for the army to pass by, Zhanzhao smiled bitterly at this situation, is this the legendary "hand and eye to the sky"......
Three days later, when he entered Wuwei County, it was dusk, and Zhanzhao looked like a wanted criminal, wearing a weird felt hat and deliberately pulling the edge very low, and watched at the city gate to see if there was a wanted warrant or something.
This scene seems familiar, in the past, Zhanzhao specialized in catching this kind of sneaky people. All this is due to the grandson of the king.
Fortunately, the world is still the world, Wang Yan has not yet reached the point of "boundless mana", and Wuwei County does not have a wanted warrant for Zhanzhao.
So he deliberately avoided the Zhijun Yamen and went to push the division.
The Wuwei Army is not only an army, but also a jurisdiction. This semi-militarized area was called Junzhou in the Great Song Dynasty. It is the army, but the core is also the establishment of the state. The formation of the Wuwei Army is not high, "the same as Xiazhou". In other words, the Zhijun of the Wuwei Army is the lower level of the state governors.
In this way, the Wuwei army is an independent individual, not controlled by the surrounding governors, and only controlled by the Huaixi transit envoys in terms of grain and grass finance, and controlled by the Huaixi economic envoys militarily.
But when there was no criminal division and general sentence, Wuwei was awesome, and he completely obtained the judicial power under his rule.
In other dynasties, judicial power was not important, but military power was the core.
But during the Great Song Dynasty, judicial power was almost everything. Wang Anshi can't even manage this place, because Wang Anshi is only a general judge in Shuzhou and not a general judge in Huaixi.
If the upper four armies of the forbidden army are stationed outside, then there is usually no administrative division, and where they are stationed is under the management of the local governor. For example, if it is in the boundary of Shuzhou, it will be called "Shuzhou Garrison Division of a certain army". The military command power is in Zhizhou, and the military power is in the Sanya of Bianjing.
That's pretty much it.
Walking on the streets of Wuwei County, Zhanzhao also frowned slightly after thinking about the twists and turns in these systems, feeling that if there was a problem with the top level of the Wuwei Army, in the case that they had judicial power and were almost unrestrained, if there was a problem, it would be a big problem.
After waiting for a while, Zhanzhao followed the messenger into the Wuwei Army Promotion Division.
When I came to the back hall, I saw a thirty-year-old elegant scholar holding a book in his hand. He put down the book and said, "Zhan Guard, right, why did you come to see the Division?" β
"Caomin Zhanzhao, I've seen Liu Tuisi." Zhanzhao did not salute, but the civilians knelt on the ground.
Liu Tuiguan was stunned: "Why is it so serious?" Zhan Daxia is famous all over the world, hasn't he been playing by Baofu's side? β
Zhan Zhao said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "This trip to Huaixi was secretly sent by the Bao Mansion because of a case, but because he offended some villains with hands and eyes, and now Zhan has been suspended for investigation." Liu Tuisi also needs to take action to turn the tide and stop some crazy people from doing whatever they want. β
Liu Tuiguan couldn't help but jump up in fright, hearing words like "hands and eyes to the sky", even Baofu's love general Zhanzhao was suspended for investigation, so there was no need to ask the inside story, it was definitely a big deal to pull hatred.
So Liu Tuiguan didn't speak in time, frowned and got up and paced.
At this point, Zhanzhao was slightly relieved that Lord Liu did not agree in time, and made the traditional bureaucracy should be sitting. Zhan Zhao thinks that no matter what moths are here, this Liu Tuiguan can be trusted.
Zhan Zhao said, "Don't hesitate to do so. Now the son of the political upstart Wang Anshi, that little devil is leading a group of soldiers and bandits to operate in the Wuwei Military District. You don't know who he is......"
Liu Tuiguan raised his hand and stopped: "Don't say any more, of course this official doesn't like Wang Anshi, but he won't listen to you as a suspended problem character, of course Wang Yan led the troops into the Wuwei District Division." But that is the authorization of Huaixi Shuaisi, if you don't have any hard evidence, this official doesn't want to listen to you slander today's upstart Wang Anshi here. β
At this point, Zhanzhao was more relieved of him, and there was a reason why Bao Fu trusted this person.
So, Zhan Zhao took out Bao Zheng's letter and handed it over: "Lord Liu, please take a look, this is a private message from Bao Fu to you." β
Liu Tuiguan hesitated for a while before taking it, but he didn't look at it first, and asked, "Isn't the teacher Mo also trusting Wang Anshi?" β
Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "Bao Fu just doesn't trust Wang Yan. But what exactly was said, I don't know if I was humble, Lord Liu knew it after seeing it himself. β
After reading the letter, Liu Tuiguan felt very embarrassed. Now it is obvious that Zhan Zhao is here to represent Bao Zheng.
However, Lao Liu still walked around and was thinking about it.
"Soldiers are fast, don't hesitate. As he saw with his own eyes, two battalions of the Wuwei Army had been exterminated by Wang Yan. Zhan Zhao's words were astonishing.
"What!"
Liu Tuiguan jumped up directly in fright, and said in horror: "Why do you want to exterminate the Wuwei Army?" β
Zhan Zhao said lightly: "I don't know about my humble position, and I didn't have time to reason with him before I received a suspension order." However, there must be demons when things go wrong, and there must be a shocking conspiracy behind these irrationalities! β
Liu Tuiguan narrowed his eyes for a while, and said to himself: "The Wuwei army was hanged, but the perpetrator was appointed by the Huaixi Shuaisi, the son of the new noble Wang Anshi, and the famous general Mu Guiying of the dynasty...... You ......"
After a pause, he said, "Zhanzhao, do you think your news can't scare the official?" Either there is a problem with my Wuwei Army, or it is me Liu who has not supervised and governed well. Or do you mean to ask me to stop this military operation, to deny Huaixi Shuaisi, and to deny the personality of the famous generals Mu Guiying and Wang Anshi, do you mean this? β
Zhan Zhao was speechless for these bureaucrats, and hurriedly said, "Don't think too much, adults. Humble duty is just a statement of what you see, and nothing else. It is to let you know the current state, and you, as the director of the Wuwei District, have to find out the reasons behind the scenes. The lowly will be there to protect you and help you with your case. β
So Lao Liu continued to walk around hesitating.
"My lord, you can't hesitate, or this innocence will start to collapse." Zhan Zhao encouraged.
"Don't rush, then you tell me what I'm going to do." Liu Tuiguan stopped.
The more this grandson showed his trust in him, and said, "The top priority is to stop Wang Yan from continuing to kill." It was an uncontrolled bandit, like a locust everywhere it passed, and the Wuwei District would be burned and robbed by him. You also said that he is the son of Wang Anshi, and the famous general Mu Guiying participated in the supervision of the battle, and he was authorized by Huaixi. So in the end, after the dirty work is done, he must also be on the side of justice. In the end, even if there are really demons here, the final result is that all the people are killed by him, and all the wealth of the Wuwei Army is taken away by him. You'll also be saddled with the mess you're governing. β
Liu Tuiguan pointed to his nose and said: "The official didn't ask you what happened, I don't know yet, I asked you how to do it, how to do it, tell me the plan directly, and don't talk about any political sequelae to the official." β
"Immediately intercept Wang Yan's troops, as long as you are willing to come forward, the end will endorse you. As long as you catch up with Wang Yan's department, as soon as you give an order, the last general will immediately arrest Yang Jian, the commander of the bandit army, and find a reason to let the division file a case for investigation, so that Wang Yan's department will have no main general. They won't be able to jump, so restrain them first and don't cause more bloodflow. Then the last will assist you in the overall investigation under your rule to find out the truth. Don't worry, no matter how big the problem is, Bao Fu will definitely support you. Zhan Zhao instigated.
Hehe, Liu Tuiguan was happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Is it just to arrest Yang Jian, the commander of the district?" β
Zhan Zhao said: "Yes, that's it, this time Huaixi Shuaisi's action, Chen Jianming didn't dare to appoint Wang Yan and Mu Guiying as the main generals because he was afraid of taking responsibility, the two of them have no executive power, only the right to observe." Once the general arrests Yang Jian, this army will not be able to move, and must wait for the new appointment of Huaixi Shuai Si on the spot, and we will be able to do things with this time difference. If, after the arrest of Yang Jian, Wang Yan and Mu Guiying dare to continue to lead the army to move, it is a violation of the military system, as long as you dare to give an order, the last general will arrest Mu Guiying and Wang Yan together, and personally escort them to the Privy Council for his father Wang Anshi to deal with. β
"Oh bad. Zhanzhao, tell me well, how did they offend you? Liu Tuiguan pointed at Zhanzhao's nose with malicious intent.
Zhan Zhao said lightly: "The last general will follow in the footsteps of Baofu, be loyal to the imperial court, and be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, without personal feelings." β
Liu Tuiguan said: "In case there is really a demon here, and Wang Yan's army is restricted, and the demon jumps up to make trouble, let's do it?" β
Zhan Zhao said: "Just follow the rules, no matter how chaotic the situation is, I will never stand idly by, I must follow the rules and assist the adults to catch a lot of demons, but we must follow the rules, and we can't let Wang Yan's group of soldiers and bandits loot anymore." Neither he nor those demons are good things. β
After hesitating for a moment, Lao Liu stomped his feet and said, "Okay, I will admit to offending people." Let's go into battle lightly and arrest Wang Yan's department. Damn, he is too faceless, and if he doesn't agree with him, he will exterminate the two battalions of the Wuwei Army. Although I usually suspect that there is something wrong with the Wuwei Army, he just kills people like this and doesn't give me face. He didn't even understand the procedure of sending the captives to the division for interrogation, how could Wang Anshi educate such a son? β
As he spoke, Lao Liu went out with his hands behind his back.
Speaking of scholars, in fact, he has no birds in this place at all, and he doesn't even know what the Zhijun Yamen is usually doing. I didn't dare to know too much about the military lord.
is also a poor scholar with no family background, and there are two old, weak, sick and disabled family members supporting the faΓ§ade. In such a situation, there have been assassinations of former magistrates. Therefore, Liu Shusheng can only live here in a daze all day long, and his revenge cannot be carried out.
Now is an opportunity, it seems that Bianjing has the support of Master Bao, and there is an invincible master like Zhanzhao by his side to act as a thug. Lao Liu also wanted to do something to find a sense of existence.
In any case, of course, he has some judicial power, but to say that judicial power without the endorsement of violent institutions is an egg. And now, Zhanzhao is a violent institution.
However, Zhan Zhao hurriedly stopped and said embarrassedly: "My lord, there is no position in the lower ranks, are you temporarily appointing a position to the lowly position?" β
"Yes, this official now temporarily appoints you to patrol the Wuwei District Promotion Division." Lao Liu wrote a letter of appointment on the spot and handed it to Zhanzhao.
Zhan Zhao read the letter of appointment and put it away, muttering to himself: "Damn little brat, it's cat and mouse now, let's see who catches whom." β
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