That night, the city of Fuzhou was in chaos. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When the Jiaofang Division caught fire, the fire dragon team could not be dispatched, so they could only rely on the neighbors to hold pots and pans, and rely on the water from their own wells and tanks to put out the fire.

The soldiers in the city are chaotic, there are officers and soldiers passing by everywhere, and the yacha who is in charge of public security in the city can't even see the figure at this time, obviously Fuzhou City has been managed by the military.

The soldiers and horses of the Fuzhou Left Guard and the Fuzhou Right Guard entered the city under Chang Lan's dispatch, but they found that the officers and soldiers in the city were not subordinate to the Fujian Metropolitan Command Envoy, and Chang Lan had no right to dispatch. Without figuring out what the situation was, Chang Lan could only take his own soldiers to the official post to ask Shen Xi, the initiator.

At this time, Jiang Liwei and Yu Niang had already figured out that the soldiers and horses mobilized by Shen Xi came from the three capital divisions and the Xingdu Division of the one line that Shen Xi could dispatch, that is, the Fujian Xingdu Command Division.

The Ming Dynasty set up a total of five administrative departments in various places to command the envoys, responsible for suppressing the rebellion of local ethnic minorities, and the Fujian provincial capital commanded the embassy in Jianning Mansion, which is about 520 miles away from Fuzhou, where the Fujian political envoy is located.

Jiang Liwei and Yu Niang finally knew why Shen Xi deliberately slowed down his march after setting off from Nanjing, it turned out that the real purpose was not to investigate the situation of local bandits, but to wait for the people who transferred troops to go to Jianning Mansion and transfer the men and horses of the Xingdu Division to Fuzhou in order to meet the needs of the emergency.

"Lord Shen, all the people involved in the city have been taken, and the political envoy Si Yamen is besieged by heavy troops, and he can attack and take people at any time. Now that the people of the capital have entered the city, please show me! ”

The capital of Fujian led the troops, and it was Ma Ying, the commander of the capital.

Ma Ying is a hereditary military attaché, young and vigorous, and inherits the position of his father Ma Xiong's commander Tongzhi. Ma Ying's father and son have a deep friendship with Ma Wensheng, the current secretary of the ministry, and have done things under Liu Daxia.

"Very well done."

Shen Xi nodded with satisfaction, "Immediately invite the feudal lord Shang Yingkui to come and ask!" ”

Shang Yingkui is the political envoy of Fujian, the official from the second grade, equal to the governor of Fujian Province in later generations.

And Shen Xi is only the right deputy of the third grade, Shen Xi is one level lower than Shang Yingkui in terms of official position, but Shen Xi is still above Shang Yingkui in terms of real power.

As the governor, Shen Xi is responsible for promoting and military affairs of the prime minister, has the power to transfer troops, and also has the power to rectify the governance of local officials, which is also the reason why the local governors and governors are higher than the political envoys in the late Ming and Manchu dynasties.

Shen Xi called Shang Yingkui's name directly, obviously treating Shang Yingkui as a criminal minister.

Ma Ying took the order and left, Jiang Liwei hurriedly came over to remind: "Please Lord Shen think twice, now that the left political envoy of Fujian is vacant, if the right political envoy is detained again, the local administration will be excessive, and it will be impossible to explain to the imperial court." What's more, Lord Shen has no direct evidence to prove Shang Fantai's guilt! ”

Shen Xi sneered: "Jiang Zhenfu is really forgetful, is it up to you to decide whether he is guilty or not?" ”

Jiang Liwei's face was dark, although he knew that his official position was far lower than Shen Xi when he set off from the capital, and he would be angry along the way, but he didn't expect to be toyed with by Shen Xi on applause. No matter what Shen Xi wanted to do, he didn't consult with him at all, nor did he adopt any of his opinions.

Yu Niang looked at Jiang Li's only eye with a little sadness, as if to say, why did you know today?

Zi Qian has not been escorted over, and she doesn't know whether she is alive or dead, but this fashion Yingkui was "invited" to the official post first. At this time, the official post became a temporary court, and the object of trial turned out to be a local magistrate from the second grade.

Shang Yingkui is in his fifties, slightly chubby, with a round face, and a mustache, and he is arrogant when he comes: "Which one is Shen Zhongcheng?" ”

Shen Xi sat on the chair under the plaque in the main hall, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Shang Fantai is really old and clumsy, this official is sitting in such a prominent position, wearing a bright red official uniform, can't you see it?" ”

"Just you? Ha ha. ”

Shang Yingkui glanced at Shen Xi with disdain, and sneered, "Ming officialdom, pay attention to respect and order, why didn't Shen Zhongcheng salute when he saw this domain?" ”

Shen Xi put down the teacup, rubbed his hands, and said, "This official is a messenger, Shang Fantai asked this official to give you a salute, what is the majesty of the Son of Heaven?" Furthermore, I remind you that you are a mere criminal minister, how can you be courteous to the Governor? ”

"Shen Zhongcheng is a sinner!"

Shang Yingkui shouted, "Privately detaining the imperial court officials, mobilizing the soldiers and horses of the capital to go to the political envoy office, with bad intentions, such a major crime of rebellion, everyone will be punished!" Come on, take this sinner down! ”

Shang Yingkui has served as a political envoy in various places for many years, and is accustomed to showing off his might, although he is now reduced to a prisoner, he is still full of momentum, knowing that Shen Xi is prepared, he also has to take the initiative on the scene.

But the people here are all brought by Shen Xi, where can Shang Yingkui be dispatched?

Shen Xi laughed: "It seems that Shang Fantai's words don't work very well...... Now the official can't convict you, so I'll go to the back hall to rest for the time being. ”

In order to avoid the deterioration of the situation, Chang Lan did not dare to openly lead his troops to confront Shen Xi, because he had been on an errand on the three sides for a long time, Chang Lan understood how much authority the governor had.

Although Shen Xi is only the governor of the coastal areas of the three provinces, in fact, to be precise, Shen Xi is the governor of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi provinces, and the soldiers and horses of the three provinces are all under Shen Xi's control, and the political envoys and envoys of the three provinces are also under Shen Xi's supervision.

As long as Shen Xi acted for this purpose, the military and political departments of the three provinces would cooperate, and this was also the basis for Shen Xi to transfer troops and horses from Fujian to Fuzhou.

Shen Xi had the right to requisition any army in the three provinces in the name of exterminating the pirates and bandits. If Chang Lan took the soldiers and horses of the capital division and the soldiers and horses of the Xingdu Division under Shen Xi to fight infighting, it would only be Chang Lan who would be held accountable afterwards.

Now if we want to crack down on Shen Xi's arrogance, we can only make a fuss about the legitimacy of Shen Xi's troop transfer, and prove that there are no bandits in Fuzhou City for Shen Xi to suppress, so that Chang Lan can occupy the commanding heights of law and morality. But the current status quo is that Chang Lan doesn't even know what the situation is in the city, so he can only go to the post house to inquire in person, and as soon as he enters the lobby, he sees Shen Xi, Jiang Liwei, Yu Niang and others, as well as the military academy of Xingdu Division.

"Changdu Commander came just in time, come in and talk!"

Shen Xi belonged to Shang Yingkui to Mai Mang, but he was very polite to Chang Lan.

Chang Lan is the commander of the capital, according to the official position, he is a member of the second grade, one level higher than Shang Yingkui, but because he is a martial artist, in the Ming Dynasty, a military general of the second rank is not as high as an ordinary Beijing official of the fourth grade, not to mention a close minister of the Son of Heaven like Shen Xi, who is also a Hanlin official of the East Palace and a Japanese speaker.

Chang Lan has been in office for less than a year, and he did not participate in the previous plundering of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, Shen Xi did not plan to deal with Chang Lan, Shen Xi only wanted to investigate the responsibility of the culprits Shang Yingkui and Zi Qian.

Shen Xi should not offend more people when he has already had a strong enemy under the tree, even if Shen Xi will make a move on a military general like Chang Lan in the future, he must be vain at this time. What's more, Shen Xi's errand is to sweep away the bandits and robbers on the southeast coast, and he still needs Chang Lan's help for the time being.

"Lord Shen......"

Chang Lan muttered a little in her heart, what is this young governor going to do, as for being so polite to me?

Soon, Tao Yan, the Fujian Inspector General, also rushed to the official post when he heard the news.

According to the inspection department, he is responsible for a provincial prison and is one of the three divisions, but according to the inspection department, he is only the third grade, which is lower than the person in charge of the other two departments.

But Shen Xi had great respect for Tao Yan.

Tao Yan, the word Tingxin, Chenghua 17 years Jinshi.

When Tao Yan was transferred to Fujian as the envoy, after the case of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce in the 14th year of Hongzhi ended, Tao Yan took office and successively released innocent businessmen back to their hometowns, which was a favor to the Chamber of Commerce. In the early years of Jiajing, this person was an official to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Nanjing Officials, and he was quite famous.

Shen Xi set up a temporary public hall in the post house, and at the same time invited the person in charge of the three divisions, and now it is time to open the court to try the case.

As soon as Shen Xi invited Tao Yan to sit down, there was a commotion in the courtyard, but he heard a woman shouting: "Who are you, I want to see Shang Fantai!" ”

It's Zi Qian.

When they entered the main hall, Zi Qian was still shouting freely, at this time she was disheveled, and as soon as she was taken out of the fire, she was shackled and escorted to the official post, and she didn't understand what was going on.

At this time, the main hall was brightly lit, Shen Xi was sitting in the center of the hall, and the left and right sides were Tao Yan and Chang Lan, and there were two people standing behind him, as if they were protecting the Dharma on the left and right, one was Jiang Liwei, and the other was Yu Niang.

When Zi Qian saw Yu Niang, she shouted, "It's you?" ”

On this occasion, Yu Niang didn't even dare to breathe, let alone respond.

Shen Xi didn't get up, and arched his hand with a smile: "This must be the master, look up to it for a long time!" ”

Shen Xi didn't lie, he did "look up to Zi Qian for a long time", today he is a smiling tiger, as if he has the same attitude towards Song Xi'er, today Zi Qian fell into his hands, he didn't plan to let Zi Qian see the sun tomorrow.

Zi Qian was just pressed to the ground, and a few people were pushed in from behind, and the first one was the Confucian surnamed Lin who gave Zi Qian advice before, saying that he would burn Shen Xi to death.

"See the adults, see how many adults."

That Master Lin is not as arrogant as Zi Qian, for some reason there was no panic on his face, and he took the initiative to kneel down and kowtow as soon as he came.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Shen Xi asked someone to bring Shang Yingkui out of the back hall.

"You are Shen Xi...... Shen Yude? ”

Zi Qian raised her head, just saw Shang Yingkui appear, she was excited, and then glared at Shen Xi with angry eyes.

Shen Xi said quietly: "That was in the past, and now this official is the right deputy capital of the imperial history, and he is ordered by the emperor to transfer the military power of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guizhou provinces to quell local bandits." You won't know on the first day, will you? ”

"What does that have to do with the little girl?"

Zi Qian glanced coldly, turned her gaze to Shang Yingkui and Chang Lan, and said, "Shang Fantai, Chang Du commands, the two old men are going to be the masters of the slave family!" ”

In Zi Qian's opinion, what are you arrogant about here? Chang Lan and Shang Yingkui's official positions are higher than yours, this is the land of Fuzhou, even if I don't burn you, you don't want to get out of the city alive.

Shen Xi had a little surprise on his face and asked, "Shang Fantai, it seems that you have a lot of relationship with this master, and you actually let you make decisions for her?" ”

"So what?"

Shang Yingkui happened to be escorted to the center of the hall by the officers and soldiers, he stood beside Zi Qian, stroked Zi Qian's head with his hand, like a calf guard, and said coldly, "Shen Zhongcheng mobilized soldiers and horses for no reason, detained the imperial court officials, the people of the sect, etc., and disrupted the city defense, and this official was about to ask you for your crime!" ”

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