Chapter 710: Fenglan
The arrival of the news will inevitably be delayed, but after the Chishan Society completed the assembly of more than 2,000 large and small boats and more than 40,000 sturdy boatmen and sailors in Xichuan, Donghu, and Tangyi, Jinling got accurate news, and Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao and others would not feel that this was normal.
After Han Qian played the plan of the Ming Union Liang Vayong on the 10th, the political affairs hall also paid more attention to the movement of the boat of the Chishan Society.
Yingzhou, Xiangcheng and Canglang City are the necessary places for the Chishan Society to go to Xichuan, and Chi, Shu, Run, Yang and other places are the necessary places for the Chishan Society's boats to gather in Donghu and Tangyi, and these places are under the supervision of the imperial forbidden army such as the Right Wuxiang Army, the Left Wuxiang Army and the Right Longwu Army.
It was not until the end of January that the accurate news of the gathering of boats and men and horses of the Chishan Society came, how could it be normal?
Not only is the delay in the news abnormal, but the intention of Tangyi to mobilize and gather people this time is also abnormal, and it is by no means as Han Qian claimed to simply send troops for Lianliang and Yong.
Don't talk about Yang En and Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, Du Chongtao, Zheng Yu, and Zhang Chao are all ministers and generals who have survived in such a world, which one of them will be a fool?
Sending troops to attack Yongzhou did not use the navy.
And even if the materials in Tangyi are insufficient and a batch needs to be purchased from other states and counties, what scale of material assembly needs to use more than 40,000 people to transport by water at one time?
The total capacity of more than 2,000 ships and ships of the Chishan Society gathered in the three places is almost the same if it is not one million stones, which means that such a huge transportation capacity, if it is used up at one time, can transport enough to ensure the consumption of 50,000 soldiers and horses for nearly two years of war materials.
As for the normal logistical support, even if the materials needed by the Tangyi army for this joint Liang expedition are all raised and purchased from outside Tangyi, calculated with a three-month transportation cycle by water, the Tangyi army only needs to gather six to one-eighth of the boat and ship capacity.
As for the land transportation of materials after they arrive at Jingzikou, Wuguan and the wharves along the Yingshui coast, it may require several times the scale of the army, but that has nothing to do with the Chishan Society.
Under the current circumstances, Tangyi's previous export of commercial goods to Jianghuai, Sichuan and Shu through Chishan has also been temporarily suspended.
In addition to the abnormal assembly of the Chishan Society, while Han Qian sent a letter to send troops to attack Yong on the 10th, he also asked the imperial court to transfer the 800,000 stone grain that should be dealt with this year in advance.
Han Qian's recital was naturally shelved, and it was not decided by the political affairs hall, let alone handed over to the empress dowager of the two palaces for ruling, and naturally it would not be handed over to the Du Branch Division and the Salt and Iron Transfer Envoy Department to execute.
Theoretically, Tangyi could not get an extra grain of grain from the imperial court.
However, after Shen Yang sent people to investigate the many details of the Chishan Society's abnormal assembly, he suddenly realized that the grain and military materials that should be transported from the Zhuzhou Warehouse to Xiangbei in batches after the New Year to supply the army supplies were to be sent to the Red Mountain Society.
These things all happened before Han Qian officially played the song.
The Chishan Society has a large warehouse ship with a carrying capacity of more than 5,000 stones, and the long-distance transportation of bulk materials is fast and economical.
The recruiting army gathered more than 80,000 men and horses, and consumed nearly 800,000 stone of grain and other materials in the first half of last year.
This year, considering that Zhao Zhen will eventually lead his troops out of Wuguan, take over the two prefectures of Deng Jun, and maintain the military attack on the rebels in Liangzhou, and allocate military supplies to Xiangbei, even if it is considered that part of it will be solved on the spot, the plan to transfer from other counties will not be less than one million stones.
Naturally, these grain and straw materials will not be directly transported from Jinling, but will be designated as a few grain plots, and overall arrangements will be made to transport the grain and other donated materials directly to Jingling, Xiangcheng and other places.
Under the mediation of the Han family, the transportation of materials before and after was basically undertaken by the Chishan Society.
Now the Salt and Iron Transshipment Department has sent a letter to concentrate on the shipment of a batch of materials in advance, although there are some inconsistencies with the plan, but the state and county are not very suspicious.
At that time, Han Qian had not officially played the case, and Jingzhong had not ordered the divisions to pay attention to the changes in the Chishan Society, and even if the subsequent decree was transmitted to the prefectures and counties, almost everyone thought that the many abnormalities of the Tangyi army were intended to compete for the jurisdiction of Deng Jun's two states, and few people directly linked these things.
These grains were handed over to the ships of the Chishan Society to carry them, and various localities also sent officials to carry them.
However, during the shipment, the officials sent by these places received a letter from the salt and iron transshipment envoys, mentioning that due to the needs of Tangyi to raise the needs of the Yong war, this batch of grain and straw materials would be changed to be transported directly to Xichuan, Donghu and Tangyi for unloading.
Most of the officials were low-ranking officials, and it was difficult to directly resist the orders of the salt and iron transit envoys.
What's more, the Chishan Society is all Tangyi's people, and their confrontation is useless.
Some people are more vigilant, but they only send people back to their respective states and counties in advance to spread the news, and then the states and counties send people to Jinling to verify.
In addition to the grain that was supposed to be supplied to the recruiting army, there was also a batch of grain that would only be shipped to Jinling in February and March after the next year, which was also intercepted by the Chishan Society in advance by the same means.
According to statistics, there are a total of more than 400,000 stone grains and grasses in Zhuzhou County, which were intercepted by the Chishan Society.
Who can think that all this is normal at this time?
When the new news continued to be gathered, the atmosphere in Shangshu Province was as depressed as the moment when a storm was coming, and no one could guess what Tangyi wanted to do this time.
"The official letter of the salt and iron transshipment envoy to transfer the land was signed by Han Daochang before and after the New Year's Festival, and after two states received the letter, they also sent people to rush to Beijing with a letter to find the salt and iron transshipment envoy for verification, but the two directors on duty in the division after the year were Han Daochang's people, and the news was concealed in this way. Three days ago, these two directors went to Donghu with Han Daochang on the pretext of inspecting the grain transportation in Tangyi—I had just sent someone to inspect them, and the families of the two directors had secretly left Jinling a few days earlier. Zhang Chao, as a salt and iron transport envoy, sat on top of the political affairs hall, watching Shen Yang, Yang En, Du Chongtao, Yang Zhitang, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang and others staring at him, and he was also ashamed.
As a salt and iron transshipment envoy, he was not only in charge of the salt administration and the politics of all the sales, but also the transfer of grain and tribute, as well as the many city supervisors set up in various places.
If the merchant ships of the Chishan Society can pass through the prefectures and counties, they must first obtain the license of the salt and iron transshipment envoys, and then they can negotiate with the prefectures and counties; The municipal parking tax and tax paid by the Chishan Society are also directly dealt with by the Salt and Iron Transshipment Envoy in the municipal parking department and the salt and iron supervision institute under the jurisdiction of each state.
At the beginning, Emperor Yanyou agreed that the Chishan Society would traffic goods in Zhuzhou, and also issued an order requiring the salt and iron transshipment envoy to be responsible for strict supervision.
Under the eyes and nose of the Salt and Iron Transshipment Mission, the Chishan Society reported more than 7,000 shipwrights and sailors, and the actual shipwrights and sailors were as many as 40,000 or 50,000, and this time the Chishan Society directly intercepted more than 400,000 stones, grains and grass from Zhuzhou County and dragged it until this time to be discovered, and the mistakes were all in the Salt and Iron Transshipment Envoy.
Of course, all this can be said to be the result of Han Daochang's salt and iron transfer envoy Si Renlang, but Zhong Guan was able to fight against him after the Han family became powerful, but Zhang Chao was the head of the household department and the salt and iron transfer envoy, how could he shirk all the responsibility?
"Immediately ask the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces to issue an edict, arrest Han Daoming and others in Dali Temple, and strengthen the vigilance of the Right Dragon Wu Army, the Left Wu Xiang Army in Runzhou, Chizhou and King Xin in Chuzhou to prevent changes!" Zheng Yu said with a solemn expression, even if his Zheng family had cooperated well with Tangyi before, in the face of such a grim situation, he needed to stand up first.
"No matter what Han Qian's intentions are, but the news that Han Qian decided to unite with the Liang army to attack Yongzhou in order to seize the power of Deng Jun and the two states must be directly related to all this - Tangyi's secret spies will not be limited to the Salt and Iron Transshipment Division and the Household Department, compared to immediately arresting Han Daoming, Dali Temple, Yushitai and the Criminal Department may need to find out how far the DPRK and Central China have been infiltrated by Tangyi from this clue." Yang En said with a frown.
At this time, Tangyi seemed to be shrouded in lead-colored dark clouds, and he couldn't see through what Han Qian wanted to do, but there was one thing he was deeply afraid of.
Jinling has been completely toyed with by Tangyi, which is close at hand, for a month or even longer!
In many propositions, Yang En is very close to Tangyi, but it does not mean that he will tolerate Han Qian's ambition to take the opposite.
In any case, in addition to guarding the pro-army and the right Longwu army and the left Wuxiang army guarding the two flanks of Gyeonggi, in addition to sending messengers to Chuzhou to meet Yang Yuanyan, the king of letters, in order to improve his combat readiness, sorting out the extent to which the DPRK and China were infiltrated by Tangyi, in Yang En's view, is also something that needs to be done urgently.
Otherwise, not only Jinling's every move will be under Tangyi, but will be subject to Tangyi everywhere.
"If this Yun Puzi wants Dali Temple to immediately send someone over to arrest him, and the torturers of Dali Temple will take over, he should be able to dig out more things from him!" Huang Huixiang asked with a gloomy face.
Hearing Zheng Yu say this, many people were stunned.
The incident of the Cishou Palace change clearly shows that Yun Puzi was ordered by Han Qian to lurk in the dark pile near the Changxin Palace, but if Yun Puzi is directly arrested and taken over by the cool officials of Dali Temple, it is possible to dig out more things, and it is very likely to dig out the more hidden twists and turns behind the palace change, but this will directly shake the foundation of the new emperor's succession and the empress dowager of Changxin Palace.
What is Huang Huixiang's intention?
It has only been half a year since the assassination of Emperor Yanyou and the change in Cishou Palace, could it be said that they are going to depose the new emperor and set up King Fu as the emperor?
"Whether you want to arrest Yun Puzi or not, maybe we will discuss it when the Empress Dowager Changxin of Ming Ming." Zhou Qinian, as a member of the Zhongshu House, was not given a seat in the political hall, and he stood behind the two long columns of long cases where you were sitting with Zhang Xian, Qin Wen and others, and would only stand up and express their opinions when necessary.
At this time, it seems that it is most beneficial to the Huang family, but Zhou Qinian knows that arbitrarily discussing and abolishing the establishment at this time will directly damage the prestige of the ministers of the political affairs hall, and the middle and lower-level generals in Gyeonggi and the counties of Zhuzhou will inevitably be panicked.
Without the urgent threat of Tangyi in front, there is such an opportunity, the Huang family naturally wants to take advantage of it, and the panic in Beijing will survive for a while, but if Tangyi really has any ambitions, they will be able to abolish the establishment at this time, and first make themselves weak and chaotic, isn't it stupid?
Although Huang Huixiang is currently the person who represents the Huang family in the center, Zhou Qinian can't help but think about the overall situation.
"In the face of such a major right and wrong, the Empress Dowager Changxin should be proportionate - the guards and the pro-army will ensure that there will be no abnormalities in the defense of Zhumen for the time being, so don't startle the snake first, let's go to the palace to see the Empress Dowager Changxin, please take the Empress Dowager Changxin!" Yang En looked at Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, and Du Chongtao and said.
They directly sent people to arrest Han Daoming and Yun Puzi, and there is an essential difference between them and Empress Dowager Changxin personally issuing an edict to arrest Han Daoming and Yun Puzi.
Even if the Empress Dowager Changxin and the new emperor ascended the throne with the secret help of Tangyi, Tangyi really had the ambition to take it against the grain, and Yang En also believed that the Empress Dowager Changxin also knew how to choose.
He never dared to imagine what good it would be to abolish the establishment at this time......