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Once the Liang army controlled this place, it was able to use this place as a node to continue to attack Jinyang in the north to completely eliminate Li Keyong; And if Li Keyong occupies this place, then the way for the Jin army to go south to the Central Plains will be opened.

At this time, hearing the news that Luzhou had surrendered to the Jin army, Zhu Quanzhong was furious and furious in his big tent.

What made him angry was not only the easy loss of Luzhou, a strategic location, but more importantly, even a meritorious veteran like Ding Hui, who had followed him for decades, would betray him, so who else could he trust?

Liu Zhijun? Liu Jun? Yang Shihou? Han Qing? He Gui? Li Si'an? Cattle Saving Festival? Kou Yanqing? Gao Jichang?

……

The generals who usually seem to him to be extremely reliable do not seem to be so reliable at this time.

The suspicion in Zhu Quanzhong's heart was already very strong, and he was even extremely suspicious of his own eldest son, Zhu Youyu, and was even ready to kill him, so the precautions against other generals were even heavier.

And after the betrayal of Ding Hui happened now, the suspicion in his heart became even stronger.

Of course, Zhu Quanzhong also knew that if it was undecided today and the situation in the north was turbulent, even if he was suspicious of a certain general at such a time, this was not the time to liquidate, and it was the most important thing to quickly recapture Luzhou.

So he quickly issued an order, and on the one hand, he fulfilled his original promise and let Gao Jichang, the defense envoy of Yingzhou, be the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu to stabilize Jingxiang; At the same time, he ordered the general Yang Shihou to lead his troops north, join forces with Zhu Quanzhong, and prepare to attack Luzhou together.

However, no matter how Zhu Quanzhong deployed his troops, further chaos in the situation in the north was inevitable.

By now, it is impossible for Zhu Quanzhong to continue to suppress the various feudal towns as in the past, and the decline of the Liang army is also inevitable.

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In the city of Guangling.

Although the situation in the north was changing as Yang Wu had envisioned, he was not happy at all, but had a headache. Because not long ago, a small local county order impeached a high-ranking and powerful Huainan general.

The cause of the incident was very simple, with Wang Maozhang as the governor, the Youwu Xiang Army was stationed in Xuanzhou, and its troops were divided into two divisions, the left and right, of which the right division commanded Zhang Chong to be stationed in Guangde County.

However, although this Zhang Chong is an army general, it stands to reason that he has no right to intervene in civil affairs, but he privately collects military expenses from the people in the local area; If some people were unwilling to pay, he retaliated in various ways, causing great resentment among the people.

But because Zhang Chong has a heavy army and a high position, few local officials dare to ask.

However, last year's newly appointed Guangde County Commander impeached Zhang Chong regardless of it.

If only Zhang Chong is impeached, it is nothing, there are actually many commanders of his level in Huainan, and his qualifications and merits are not top-notch, so impeaching Zhang Chong will not cause too much turmoil.

However, the somewhat stunned county order impeached Zhang Chong at the same time, and impeached Zhang Chong's immediate boss Wang Maozhang.

The county magistrate mentioned in the recital that Zhang Chong did it in Guangde, and Wang Maozhang, as his main general, was stationed in Xuanzhou City, which was close to Guangde, so it was impossible not to know what Zhang Chong had done; It is a serious dereliction of duty to know about his illegal acts, but not to ask questions in the slightest.

At the same time, the county magistrate also suspected that Wang Maozhang also accepted a large amount of bribes from Zhang Chong, so he turned a blind eye to his illegal actions; The reason is that Wang Maozhang lived a very luxurious life in Xuanzhou, and it was impossible for him to live such a luxurious life with his personal fortune and the rewards he received in the past.

Who is Wang Maozhang? That is a heavy general in Huainan, who fought in the south and the north, with outstanding merits, and was deeply trusted by Yang Wu; Now he is seriously ill and stationed in Xuanzhou, Tun, and is directly responsible for the defense of many prefectures and counties in Zhejiang.

The impeachment of such a general with a heavy army will definitely cause an uproar in Huainan.

Fortunately, this piece of music had just been sent, and after being read by Gao Miao, he forcibly suppressed it.

The unruliness of the generals of this era is a well-known thing, and the generals of Huainan have performed quite well in this regard, especially after Yang Wu's purge, military discipline has been greatly improved

A person like Zhang Chong who levied taxes privately was not a big deal at all in the past Yang Xingmi era, after all, most of the assassins in various places at that time were military generals; And it is very common for the assassin to collect taxes privately at the local level.

However, after Yang Wu came to power, he issued an explicit order prohibiting army generals from collecting taxes from the people without permission.

In this case, Zhang Chong's behavior obviously violated Yang Wu's ban, and if this county order only impeached Zhang Chong, Gao Miao would not be worried; But now that even Wang Maozhang has been impeached, the situation is a bit serious, and if it is not done well, it will cause a big turmoil.

After Gao Miao read the chapter, he frowned again and again, because the Guangde County Order that wrote this impeachment chapter was the person he was very optimistic about at the beginning: Chief Chen, a native of Huzhou.

When Huainan conducted the first imperial examination that year, some candidates expressed dissatisfaction with the final results of the imperial examination and some doubted its fairness; Gao Miao, as the chief examiner, came forward to settle the matter at that time.

At that time, there was a representative of the candidates who left a deep impression on him, and this person was Chief Chen.

Later, when Chief Chen participated in the imperial examination for the second time, he was ranked fifth in high school and was assigned to Guangde County to serve as the county magistrate, and Gao Miao greatly praised him.

Who knew that this time he would make such a big thing and give Gao Miao a headache.

After issuing gag orders to several subordinate officials, Gao Miao hurried to see Yang Wu with Chief Chen's impeachment recital.

And Yang Wu also felt a headache after seeing the concert, did Wang Maozhang accept bribes? Yang Wu felt that it should have been received, and this point almost did not need to be sent to verify to know.

At the beginning of Yang Xingmi's era, it was not uncommon for Wang Maozhang to live a luxurious life, Yang Wu and Yang Xingmi had heard of it many times, and Yang Xingmi even personally advised him; It's just that now it seems that the effect is obviously mediocre.

It's just that in this era, a general can fight and is loyal, such a general is very good, as for whether he is greedy for money, this is not the most important; Even, a capable general like Wang Maozhang, if he goes to Zhu Quanzhong or other feudal towns, he will definitely be reused, and it is possible to directly canonize him as a festival envoy; Compared with those ambitious generals who betray at every turn, Yang Wu, a general like Wang Maozhang, can still tolerate it.

What's more, with Wang Maozhang's merits, Yang Wu doesn't want to be punished for this matter, after all, Yang Wu now needs these generals who can fight well to fight for him.

So after watching Chief Chen's impeachment recital, Yang Wu said without thinking about it: "Don't involve Wang Maozhang for the time being, this time just talk about Zhang Chong." ”

Gao Mian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, Yang Wu knew Yang Wu's requirements for military discipline very well, if Yang Wu severely punished Wang Maozhang because of this performance, maybe it would cause a big turmoil; Now that Yang Wu has set the tone and only discusses Zhang Chong's problem, and only asks about Wang Maozhang for the time being, the seriousness of the problem has dropped a lot.

"So for Zhang Chong, what does the king plan to do? Will you send someone to investigate the matter directly, or will you keep it down for the time being and wait until later? Gao Mian hurriedly asked.

It is obviously inappropriate to involve Wang Maozhang at this time, but when necessary, Yang Wu must also give him a certain warning. And the best way to warn this is to punish his subordinate Zhang Chong, so as to achieve the effect of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.

Zhang Chong's greed for money has long been a well-known thing in the Huainan army, so if Yang Wu punishes him, the other generals have no reason to object; What's more, this time Zhang Chong's crime was to levy taxes privately, which Yang Wufa ordered to prohibit.

However, in the process of this Northern Expedition, Zhang Chong has made a lot of contributions, and because of Yang Xingmi's sudden death, the reward for the meritorious generals of this Northern Expedition has not been implemented until now.

It would be nice to postpone this impeachment for a while, but now is not a good time. Thinking of this, Yang Wu couldn't help but have a headache.

"Why don't you keep this piece down for now? Wait until later? Seeing the hesitation on Yang Wu's face, Gao Mian certainly understood what he was thinking, and immediately proposed.

Yang Wu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The content of this piece is difficult to suppress, and there is no need to suppress it. Zhang Chong has a heavy army in his hands, and he dares to collect taxes from the people privately, what does he want to do? Is there a rule in his eyes? ”

In the past, these generals served as assassins, not only had territory, but also could collect taxes privately, and they were a small feudal town in the local area; After Yang Wu's restructuring of the separation of military and government, this situation has been alleviated a lot.

But what Zhang Chong did this time obviously broke the rules set by Yang Wu. Although Yang Wu also knew that Zhang Chong and Wang Maozhang were just greedy for money, and they didn't want to be self-reliant, but rules are rules, how can they be destroyed at will?

This is also in this era, if it was when the Tang Dynasty was still very strong, any army general who dared to do things to levy taxes privately would definitely be charged with rebellion and severely punished.

Although the Huainan system has been established, it is obviously not so easy to thoroughly implement it, change the habits of the army generals, and let them adapt to the new system.

If at this time, because he was worried that other generals would think that he was mean and unkind, and then turned a blind eye to Zhang Chong's behavior, then the rules set before would be meaningless.

Thinking of this, Yang Wu finally decided: "Send someone to give this piece to Wang Maozhang, so that he can take a look at it." In addition, an honest and fearless official was sent to Xuanzhou to investigate Zhang Chong's private taxation. If Wang Maozhang is smart, he knows what to do! ”