Chapter 418: Secret Investigation
The sky was bright, and a carriage headed east, without hurrying or slowing, towards Lin'an City.
It was none other than Yang Congyi, who got up early.
He slept late last night, got up a little earlier and was still uncomfortable, so he had to close his eyes in the car and continue to rest.
Yongjinmen opened very early, the carriage arrived at the city, and there were people in and out early, very noisy and lively.
Although Yang Congyi is an official, he must also be inspected, after all, it is Lin'an City, there is nothing special, even if he is an important minister in the court, he has to lift the curtain to enter and exit the city gate.
After entering Lin'an City, the carriage traveled slowly, and when the carriage stopped steadily, Miao Jiu reminded the master that the office had arrived.
The door of the temple was still closed, and I don't know when it will open.
Yang Congyi asked him to go back as soon as he got out of the carriage, and he would come to pick him up when he was released.
Standing alone outside the door for an unknown amount of time, I saw Shen Chen coming slowly, presumably before Yang Congyi was transferred to the front of the palace, Shen Chen should have been the most active in Yingmao, but now he has become the second.
The two met, exchanged a few words, and then there was a small talk without a word, and the most talked about topic was Yang Congyi's experience of traveling to western Zhejiang and Fujian, and finally talked about the Nanjianzhou case, Yang Congyi naturally did not go into detail, and prevaricated in a few words.
In the past two days, Lord Sun first asked him about Nanjianzhou, and then he commanded the envoy to call him to the yamen to ask him face-to-face, and now Lord Shen asked again, it seems that everyone is paying attention, it seems that the big case in Nanjianzhou has already spread to Lin'an, or the rumors that the commander said are widely spread in the yamen in front of the palace.
Although Yang Congyi has no guilt in his heart, if everyone turns around to inquire about the murder of Nanjian Prefecture and the matter of the Divine Cavalry because of rumors, it will make him feel uncomfortable to some extent.
Fortunately, Shen Chen saw that Yang Congyi didn't want to say more, so he didn't continue to ask.
Waiting for the door of the front of the hall to open and enter the office, Yang Congyi quickly entered the office state, how many things he thought about last night, some need to be written in time, so as not to forget it for a long time.
When Sun Miao came, the two simply said hello and went about their own business.
An hour later, Master Zhang sent a guard to summon the two of them over to discuss the matter.
The most important thing is to discuss the plan proposed by Yang Congyi yesterday, but it was discussed for half an hour, almost all of them were Yang Congyi saying, and Lord Zhang occasionally asked two or a few questions, and Sun Miao was silent throughout the whole process, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
Until Sun Miao suddenly said, since Yang Congyi thought about this matter thoroughly, and left it to him, why waste everyone's precious time.
Hearing this, Lord Zhang was naturally unhappy, but he didn't have much to do with Sun Miao, so it was better to let him leave than to leave him here.
After Sun Miao left, Yang Congyi told Master Zhang several plans that he had spent a lot of time pondering yesterday and today, and by the time the discussion was over, it was already noon.
Zhang didn't have much to say about the plan provided by Yang Congyi, because the whole plan was very complete, and as long as it was determined, it could be implemented almost quickly.
Therefore, the errand of compiling the specific charter also fell to Yang Congyi, after all, he knew the overall matters best, and Master Zhang couldn't remember or write it well even after listening to it completely.
Yang Congyi has nothing to say about this, since yesterday he proposed the method of actual combat confrontation, he knew that this errand would definitely fall on him.
Master Zhang gave Yang Congyi half a day, hoping that he would be able to get the finished things early tomorrow morning, and he could only nod his head and agree.
When he returned to the office, Yang Congyi adjusted his ink and pen to complete the basic framework of the entire actual combat confrontation exercise, and then began to write it from scratch according to the framework.
Because he thinks a lot about this matter, it is almost all in his head, but there is too much content, and if he wants to write it down very carefully, it will take a lot of time.
From noon to Fangya, for two whole hours, Yang Congyi didn't drink a sip of water, and finally wrote the two main plans, and the rest could only go home and stay up late to catch up with work.
Just when Yang Congyi was engrossed in compiling the regulations for the actual combat confrontation, the commander of the palace commander Yamen was discussing his problem
Yang Cunzhong said: "After checking for a day, can you get anything?" ”
The lieutenant replied, "The last general checked all the people he had come into contact with since he was transferred to the front division of the palace, and found no major problems for the time being. However, in less than half a month after he came to Lin'an, he bought a house five miles west of the city through an inn shopkeeper, and when he came back from other places a few days ago, he lived directly in it. ”
"Oh, just come to Lin'an to buy a house and buy a family business? How much is the house worth? Can you check the source of his money? Yang Cunzhong frowned slightly.
The general replied: "The house was purchased at the end of April through the inn shopkeeper, according to the shopkeeper said that it cost two hundred taels of silver, Yang Congyi borrowed money from him, and later because Yang Congyi wanted to go out, the house was entrusted to him to take care of, during the care period, he asked the entire yard to be repaired from the inside out, and each room was replaced with new furniture. After Yang Congyi returned from Quanzhou a few days ago, he first repaid 400 yuan to deduct the 200 taels of silver he had borrowed at the end of April, and then wrote an IOU of 350 yuan again for the renovation of the yard and the purchase of new furniture, promising to pay it off within three years. ”
Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then said: "The last general sent someone to take a closer look at the mansion, and it is indeed as the shopkeeper said, because it is far away from Lin'an City, it is not very expensive, and it is worth eight or nine hundred yuan after repair. As for the source of his money, it was found from the household department that his income was about 30 yuan per month, and he received it once in late April, and together for most of the year, a total of 327 yuan, he also went to the warehouse case to see it, and received 30 yuan on April 25, and not long ago he went to the household department to receive all the material subsidies from the beginning of the 18th year of Shaoxing to the present, and a small part of it was changed for money, and he got more than 260 yuan. Other than that, no other sources of money have been found. ”
"How much does he spend on a day-to-day basis?" Yang Cunzhong's brows gradually relaxed.
The general replied: "Judging from his performance in Lin'an, there are very few big expenses, when he first came to serve in the front division of the palace, he lived in an inn in Qiantang County, and it was the mansion that the shopkeeper lent him money to buy. According to the shopkeeper Fang, Yang Congyi goes out early and returns early every day, and returns to the inn before the sun sets, except for the beginning of May before leaving Lin'an, he has eaten wine outside, rarely socializes outside, lives very simple and thrifty, lives in a general room, and the accommodation fee is fifty yuan per day. The last general personally went to check the inn's accounts, and it was true that as the shopkeeper said, the accommodation expenses were not first entered. ”
"In this way, his daily expenses should not be large, and it is not surprising that he has accumulated hundreds of dollars." Yang Cunzhong said casually, but then asked: "You said that he drank with someone once before leaving Lin'an, do you know who the person who drank with him is?" ”
The general replied: "Yang Congyi has no acquaintances in Lin'an, and he has nowhere to start except for the inn shopkeeper. ”
This answer did not satisfy Yang Cunzhong, so he only listened to him: "Yang Congyi lived in Lin'an for a long time before coming to the front of the palace, not to mention anything else, he had studied in martial arts for a year and a half, and he didn't have many acquaintances in martial arts?" Came to serve in the front division of the palace for half a month, and there was no one and a half acquaintances? Also, he was responsible for supervising the creation of Huiyi, and there were not a few people he knew in Lin'an. You should go and investigate, before leaving Lin'an, who he drank with and what he said, all investigate clearly. ”
"Yes, sir!" The general should be immediately, and did not dare to hesitate in the slightest.
Yang Cunzhong's suspicion of Yang Congyi at this time had already gone a little.
He has been an official for three or four years, and his life is relatively frugal on weekdays, only with his money, he can also accumulate a lot of money in recent years, and he supervised the return to Yi before, and went to sea with the fleet as a member of the army in Hui Yi, I heard that the Hui Yi fleet made tens of millions of dollars at a time, he followed the fleet, it is impossible not to earn some private money, Hui Yi is successful, and the court also has rewards, and it should not be a problem to save 10,000 pieces of family wealth. As for why he is poor and wants to borrow money to buy a house, I am afraid that there is also an inside story.
From the current point of view, Yang Congyi is a good seedling, if he is cultivated well, it is possible that he can grow into an excellent general in a few decades, but it is not yet certain whether he is a traitor or a loyal person.
In the front division of the palace, and even in the forbidden army under his command, there are very few people who make Yang Cunzhong's eyes shine, and Yang Congyi is one of them. After listening to Huang Qi's narration of Yang Congyi's trip to Nanyang, he immediately became interested in him.
In half a day, Yang Cunzhong reviewed a series of materials about Yang Congyi's supervision of the Hui Yi, the escort of envoys to Li Yue, and the opening of sea routes by the Three Buddhas, including the battle of the Xuanwei army in Guangnan last year to resist Li Yue's invasion.
From those materials, Yang Cunzhong seems to see a young general who wants to fight, dares to fight, and can fight, and from almost all the battles he has experienced and participated in, it can be seen that he is not fighting, but full of strategy, of course, he uses the most is preset ambush, although the tactics are monotonous, but the results are still very impressive. At present, there are very few young generals like him who can skillfully use stratagems, and the vast majority of people encounter the enemy, I am afraid that there are only two ways to deal with it, either rush forward and fight hard, or dodge or flee.
Now the most lacking in the army is a talent like Yang Congyi, although he was born in martial arts, not from the army, martial arts may be insufficient, but the head is good, a body of blood, dare to fight, can win battles, this is very rare, I am afraid that there are not a few so young in the whole army.
When Yang Cunzhong saw more information about Yang Congyi, the more he felt that this young man's future life was not simple, especially the discussion on the ocean-going return to the Yi "Huiyi Fengying Theory", I am afraid that the imperial court suddenly made the ocean-going return because of this exposition, and Yang Congyi also embarked on a career because of this exposition, began to contact the army, established meritorious service, and now has entered the palace in three years.
What else Yang Congyi did during the return to the ocean, Yang Cunzhong did not know, and he had no way of knowing the detailed battle process of the Xuanwei Army in Guangnan, but he knew one thing from the limited information, that is, the Xuanwei Army formed by Yang Congyi himself, which is now a strong force that is not weaker than any forbidden army.