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The most unruly are often rebellious people, and if there is a slight disappointment, they will start a rebellion; A slightly better general, although he will be loyal to a certain force and will not betray easily, this does not mean that he will honestly abide by military discipline.

Except for a very small number of generals, other generals will do some illegal things to a greater or lesser extent, at most the degree of which is different. This is the general ethos of today's era.

Even now in Huainan, after Yang Wu's rectification, the atmosphere of the generals has improved a lot, but it is not possible to completely change those habits in the past.

Especially in the era when there is no peace today, although Huainan has won consecutive battles, which can greatly unite people's hearts, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will take refuge in other feudal towns.

After all, in other feudal towns, the tolerance for generals is much stronger than that of Huainan, even if you can't be a party jiedu envoy, but it is also a good thing to be a local assassin with great power.

Therefore, while Yang Wu gradually strengthened military discipline, he must always pay attention not to be in a hurry, so as not to deviate from morality. Regarding the impeachment of Zhang Chong and Wang Maozhang by Chief Chen for illegal things this time, Yang Wu chose to deal with only Zhang Chong and warned Wang Maozhang.

However, it is difficult to determine the official candidates who went to Guangde to inspect Zhang Chong's illegal deeds.

Although Huainan is now relatively stable, Yang Wu does not believe that Zhang Chong dares to rebel, but if he wants to go to Guangde to inspect Zhang Chong's illegal deeds, he must have an upright person who is not afraid of power.

In addition, although it is confirmed that Wang Maozhang is not involved, after all, it is his henchmen who will be impeached and censored, who can say what he will think?

If it weren't for his cooperation and support, Zhang Chong would have made some small moves in Guangde at that time, and then things might have gotten bigger.

Therefore, the person who went to investigate this matter must not only be honest and fearless, but also have certain means to know how to persuade and appease Wang Maozhang and make him cooperate with the censorship of Zhang Chong.

After soliciting the opinions of Gao Mian and others, Yang Wu finally chose to let a staff member named Yang Tingshi go to be responsible for the review.

"There is still a long way to go!" It is really not an easy task to strengthen the discipline of the army without wanting to cause turmoil, and at the same time not wanting to affect the enthusiasm of the generals in making meritorious contributions.

Now it's just Zhang Chong, but there are so many generals in the entire Huainan Army, there are too many people who secretly do some illegal things, and it is difficult for Yang Wu to pursue them even if he wants to.

Fortunately, the separation of military and government has solved one of the biggest problems, and the next problems are relatively small; In addition, now that Huainan has won consecutive battles, Yang Wu has a very high prestige in the army, as long as he doesn't mess around, he doesn't have to worry about causing large-scale turmoil.

"King, after all, this Zhang Chong has been in the army for many years, if he is really sure that he has violated the law, I don't know how the king is going to deal with him? In addition, he has extensive connections in the military, so what if he is unwilling to be investigated? After choosing the envoy to Guangde, Gao Mian asked with some concern.

"Unwilling to be investigated? Does he dare to rebel? Yang Wu sneered: "As for how to deal with him, let's first determine his crime!" ”

Xuanzhou.

The news that Zhang Chong was impeached by Guangde County Commander Chen Maozhang already knew about it. But what he didn't know was that in Chief Chen's recital, not only Zhang Chong was impeached, but even he was impeached together.

Wang Maozhang's ambition is not big, after all, he has been Yang Xingmi's guard since he was a child, and it was Yang Xingmi who was promoted all the way to achieve his today's achievements, so he is deeply grateful to Yang Xingmi.

As for Yang Wu, his feelings are much weaker, but he has to admit that Yang Wu is a master worthy of his service; What's more, Yang Wu has always trusted him very much, and often let him take on heavy responsibilities.

So he didn't betray Yang Wu's thoughts, but he attached great importance to power and wealth.

Zhang Chong is rampant in Guangde, of course he knows it, but after all, Zhang Chong is his confidant Ao Ai General, who has followed him for many years and has always relied on his right-hand man, so he has always turned a blind eye to his illegal things; Even the bribe given to him by Zhang Chong, he gladly accepted it.

For him, he did not rebel and was loyal to Yang Wu; Second, he was not afraid to fight, and fought bravely on the battlefield, and established a lot of achievements for Huainan; And he didn't violate Yang Wu's ban in person, and now he is just accepting a little bribe from his subordinates, what is the big deal?

As for Zhang Chong, although this person is even more greedy for money and lawless than him, his qualifications and merits in the Huainan Army are also not small, and now he is just looting some money from the people, neither harming people's lives, nor doing anything rebellious. So when he heard that Chief Chen had impeached Zhang Chong with Yang Wu, Wang Maozhang was not very worried.

However, when he heard that an envoy sent by Yang Wu had arrived to investigate Zhang Chong's illegal collection of taxes from the people, he realized that things were not as simple as he thought.

Yang Wu is obviously different from Yang Xingmi, Yang Xingmi generally only reprimands these things for greedy goods, and then gently lets them go; But Yang Wu's emphasis on military discipline is far above Yang Xingmi, this time he specially sent someone to investigate Zhang Chong's lawlessness, so how will he deal with Zhang Chong? Even, will it implicate himself?

Thinking of this, Wang Maozhang couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart.

Fortunately, when Yang Tingshi arrived in Xuanzhou, showed him Chief Chen's impeachment recital, and told him that Yang Wu only pursued Zhang Chong and not his decision, Wang Maozhang was relieved and began to think about how to exonerate Zhang Chong.

"Mr. Yang, although General Zhang Chong privately collected taxes from the people, which did violate the king's prohibition, he had a great merit on the battlefield after all. When he was fighting with the two Zhejiang armies, he was even more desperate, was seriously wounded, and almost died; Later, he was lucky enough to pick up a life, but when he went to the battlefield again, he was still as desperate as before, such a general, no matter what, he couldn't dispose of it at will, right? After all, his hands and feet are not clean, so at this time, Wang Maozhang did not use his power to suppress Yang Tingshi, but wanted to use Zhang Chong's past achievements to help him speak.

"Wang Dudu, there is only one purpose in coming here, and that is to investigate whether Zhang Chong violated the king's ban in Guangde, as for how to review it, it is not up to me to ask. If the governor wants to intercede for Zhang Chong, why don't you write directly to the king? Yang Tingshi said without retreating, but he was relieved in his heart.

After all, Wang Maozhang is a general in the army, and he has a heavy army, if he has any other ideas, it will not be good, and seeing him speak in this tone at this time, he is naturally relieved.

Wang Maozhang, as a fighting man on the battlefield, has always had something to say, and even pleading for his generals is straightforward. At this time, he was blocked by Yang Ting's words, and he couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

It's just that this matter was originally Zhang Chong's violation of the ban first, and he himself was implicated in it, Yang Wu no longer held him accountable, only Zhang Chong, in this case, his confidence to speak was not so sufficient.

Yang Tingshi saw Wang Maozhang's thoughts, and then said: "With the magnanimity of the king, I will not forget the exploits of General Zhang Chong, but after all, this matter has too much impact, and the king has repeatedly issued five orders not to allow the generals to collect taxes from the people privately. Now Zhang Chong's behavior, at best, violated the ban at that time, greedy for money and disturbed the people; To put it more seriously, is there still a king in his eyes? Was he trying to gather strength to prepare for a rebellion? ”

"What? How can it be? Wang Maozhang was shocked, he didn't think that Zhang Chong might rebel, but when he heard the word "rebellion" at this time, Wang Maozhang realized that things were completely different from what he thought.

In his opinion, it was just a trivial matter, but in the eyes of Yang Wu and these civil officials, it was a great matter.

Times have changed, and now is no longer the era of Yang Xingmi, even if he is reckless, as long as he does not rebel, Yang Xingmi will tolerate it; Now it is the era when Yang Wu is in power.

Realizing this, Wang Maozhang realized that he had indeed thought about things too simply, Yang Wu did not hold him responsible, but sent someone to investigate his subordinate Zhang Chong, and at the same time showed him the impeachment of Chief Chen, which in itself was a warning to him, and he didn't realize it at all just now!

Thinking of this, Wang Maozhang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and secretly reflected on whether what he had done before had crossed Yang Wu's bottom line.

Yang Tingshi didn't care what he thought, and continued to say in a deep voice. "Therefore, if the governor is really good for General Zhang Chong, then he must take the initiative to cooperate and try to find out this matter as much as possible. More importantly, you have to make sure that Zhang Chong will not be in turmoil because of this matter. Of course, if the governor can persuade Zhang Chong to come to Xuanzhou to be investigated, and then cooperate with him to find out what he has done illegally, this is the best choice for the governor and Zhang Chong! ”