Chapter 387: Who's the Bearer
"Li Zhipeng is the chief military officer." Zhuo Maolin said.
This is really a word that wakes up the dreamer.
Besides, of course, he knew that Li Zhipeng was the chief military officer, but he never thought that he would have anything to do with the White Lotus Sect and the King of Alta, and it stands to reason that the two sides should be natural mortal enemies. Since the natural enemies have come together, it means that there must be an ulterior motive in it.
Now there is a kind of poison that only King Altan has, and the seriousness of the problem is self-evident.
The poison is in the hands of Rong Zhongjun, and Rong Zhongjun is Li Zhipeng's first confidant, so it is very likely that the poison will come from Li Zhipeng.
Of course, it is also possible that Rong Zhongjun is related to the White Lotus Sect, or that he is a member of the White Lotus Sect, but besides, it is still inclined that Li Zhipeng played the role of an intermediary.
If so, the border is dangerous, not an ordinary danger, it can be said that it is in danger.
Li Zhipeng had full control of several fortresses near the gate, and if he joined forces with the Tatars, he could easily seize the gate and present it to the king of Alta.
Besides, cold sweat began to break out on his forehead, and he blamed himself for being too negligent, as if his brain had short-circuited, why didn't he think about it here?
But this really can't blame him, as far as he knows, until the death of the Ming Dynasty, there were no scum among the generals of the Ming Dynasty who colluded with foreign races to betray the country, especially the chief military officer, if there was such a person, there would definitely be a record in history.
Fortunately, there is no strong enemy pressing the border now, and there is no need to worry about the loss of the border pass, but this matter must be thoroughly clarified, and then we can talk about it.
Besides, he originally wanted to dump the blame on Qi Jiguang's back, and it is estimated that Qi Jiguang will not have much complaint, Wang Chonggu understands what he means, and he can't wait to send him, the plague god, out to harm the Tatars, but if there is a problem with the chief military officer, Qi Jiguang and Li Zhipeng are military generals at the same level, and they can't move him, and Wang Chonggu may not be able to do anything with him, and what he can do is at best to impeach him to the court.
Moreover, now that he has the supreme power granted by the emperor, he can completely investigate Li Zhipeng to see if he is suspected of collaborating with the enemy.
It seems that it will not be able to leave for a while.
Besides, he smiled bitterly and thought that if Governor Wang knew his intentions, he would be very disappointed.
If it was another pot, it would have been thrown off, but this pot was too heavy and too big, and he, a minister with the power of the Imperial Mission, could carry it.
At this time, Li Zhipeng was in the barracks, but he was like a mourner, and he was in tears.
He's not pretending, he's really heartbroken.
He has always hesitated to send Rong Zhongjun to carry out this suicide assassination mission, if it weren't for the Jin merchant who forced him to have no way out, he said that he couldn't give up his right-hand man, not to mention that Rong Zhongjun was very emotionally deep with him, far beyond the relationship between his superiors and subordinates.
Wang Chonggu sat on top of him, looking at his sad appearance, and his heart was also gloomy.
"Mr. Li, the person has passed away, so don't think about it, it's better to take care of your body." Wang Chonggu persuaded.
"My heart is going to die, why take care of this body, isn't it just a stinky skin!" Li Zhipeng cried.
Wang Chonggu originally came to persuade him to give up the idea of asking for the corpses of Rong Zhongjun and Liao Bingxun, but as soon as they met, Li Zhipeng was like this, which made him unable to speak.
A basin of paper ash in the military tent was already cold, and there were embers of burnt paper money in it. On the top of the ash basin is a spiritual tablet, on which is enshrined the tablet of Rong Zhongjun.
When Wang Chonggu first came, he also saw several commanders come over to burn paper money in front of the spiritual seat of Rongzhongjun, and when they saw Wang Chonggu coming, they all hurriedly saluted and retired.
There are many spiritual seats set up in the military camp outside, many generals and soldiers are also burning paper money, and there is also a pole spirit flag erected next to the spiritual seat, from these scenes it can be seen that Rong Zhongjun has a good reputation in the army, although he is dead, and he has committed a serious crime, these soldiers are still mourning him.
It was raining lightly, and there was a faint sadness in the air, which added to the tragic atmosphere in the barracks.
"General Li, let's take care, you are shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding the border fortress, and you must not be too sad. In addition, although it is not appropriate to say it, it is still necessary to say that Pontourdo knows that your relationship with Rong Zhongjun is better than that of brothers, but in the face of major rights and wrongs, you still have to stand firm. Rong Zhongjun's matter is more complicated, and you'd better not tell the truth. Wang Chonggu slowly persuaded.
"What's right or wrong? This is a false accusation, a shameless false accusation, a false accusation against our border army as a whole. Li Zhipeng suddenly shouted like crazy.
"Mr. Li, please be cautious." Wang Chonggu said in an accentuated tone.
"Be careful of what the fuck says. Todo-sama, I'm not talking about you, don't be surprised. I mean, the big guys, they really think that our generals are clay figurines in the hands of their civilian officials, and they can do whatever they want*? Please tell them that Lao Tzu is a clay man and has three points of anger, and if he provokes Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will fight with them. ”
Wang Chonggu's face was pale, and his chest rose and fell sharply, if it weren't for Li Zhipeng's sadness now, if he dared to call himself a Laozi, Wang Chonggu would have taken out the majesty of a governor to clean him up.
"Li Zhipeng, what nonsense are you talking about. Do you really want to fight against the imperial court? ”
"Against the Imperial Court? Lord Todo, this is a big hat for me, I don't want it. What kind of court are they, but they are just some civil officials of three or four grades. Li Zhipeng said contemptuously.
He is also a military general of the third grade, but the official rank of the military general is worthless, and he feels that he can't raise his head in front of the civil officials of the fourth grade, especially the officials of the fourth grade of the ministries, provinces, and temples, and they all hold real power and can't be provoked at all. He is pretending to be like this now, and he is just slapping his swollen face and becoming fat.
"You are talking nonsense again, but the minister has full power, exercising power on behalf of the emperor himself, and the place where he is is the imperial court, do you have any doubts about this?"
"Isn't that Lord Chincha? You are also a Qincha, what's the difference, I said Dutang, the same Qincha, the same Sanpin official, why are you afraid of that little Qincha? ”
"Li Zhipeng, that's the minister of the Qincha, not the little Qincha. You shut up Lao Tzu! Wang Chonggu was so angry that he was about to go crazy, and his voice was raised an octave.
Besides, he is a minister with plenipotentiary and comes to the border on behalf of the emperor, Li Zhipeng actually said that he is a little Qincha, doesn't that mean that the emperor is a little emperor? This is a great sin of contempt for the imperial court.
He was so angry that he forgot to be reserved, and shouted at Lao Tzu in the same rage.
Li Zhipeng was frightened, he was not afraid, he was really a little afraid of Wang Chonggu, this is the county official is not as good as the current management, Wang Chonggu's rank is as high as him, but he is the governor of Qincha, and he can repair him directly.
Wang Chonggu is angry and has another meaning, he thinks that Li Zhipeng is which pot is not open and which pot, the two Qincha names are the same, but they are far from the same in their bones, and besides, there is the word full power in front of the Qincha, can this be the same? Do you have to show the difference between the two chases? Interesting?
There is no harm if there is no comparison, Li Zhipeng is slapping him in the face.
"Mr. Li, I know your feelings, but it's okay to say this kind of thing in front of me, don't say it in front of outsiders, don't make trouble for yourself, and don't make trouble for me." Wang Chonggu persuaded with good words.
"Lord Governor, they're already eyeing me, and you can't see it." Wang Chonggu's eyes were blood-red.
"Eyeing you? How so? Wang Chonggu was stunned.
"My Lord Governor, you can't be really confused, you can't see it now? Their arrest of Liao Bingxun is a conspiracy, the so-called witnesses are simply where they found them, why Liao Bingxun refused to confess in the face of torture, he really has nothing to recruit. Liao Bingxun took the initiative to find them to explain the situation, but they were good, directly detained Liao Bingxun, and illegally started the three-hall trial. Li Zhipeng said.
"You're still talking nonsense, what is illegal? The minister has the right to initiate the trial of the three councils. ”
"That's also a conspiracy, they just lost two people somehow, and they couldn't explain to the court, so they arrested Liao Bingxun as a scapegoat. This is a naked frame-up. Li Zhipeng shouted loudly.
While trying his best to instigate and fabricate rumors, he scolded them for framing them, which is a typical thief shouting to catch a thief.
Of course, he is not so resourceful yet, all this is a drama arranged by that Jin Shang.
A series of events including how to behave now, Jin Shang has already prepared a script for him, and he is only responsible for playing his own role, which is not difficult.
Wang Chonggu was also a little suspicious, he felt suspicious from the beginning of this matter, and he had carefully checked the witnesses provided, and the three witnesses all had the background of smuggler salt dealers. Who can believe the words of the smugglers? The credibility of the witnesses is a big question mark. But why did the smuggler frame Liao Bingxun? It doesn't make sense at all.
He also checked Liao Bingxun's dealings with the smugglers and whether he had ever made enemies, but he couldn't find any traces.
However, Liao Bingxun has dealings with many high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, which many people know, and there are naturally many grievances and entanglements, and it is difficult to find out.
Of course, he didn't expect that not only did he have dealings with the smugglers, but the head of the smugglers was by his side.
But Zhuo Maolin did not deceive, besides, the two officials of the rich man did disappear after entering Liao Bingxun's mansion.
Li Zhipeng observed his words and knew that Wang Chonggu was suspicious, so he performed even harder.
"Lord Governor, if you don't want to hear something from your old man, the last general will feel that this is coming for you, could it be that some big man in the capital looks at you unpleasantly and wants to bring you down, and just when this happens, he wants to throw this pot to you and let you carry it. Framing Liao Bingxun and Rong Zhongjun is only the first step, and their target in the next step is me, and then you old man. Don't you understand this? My Lord Governor. ”
Wang Chonggu was terrified by what he said, he thought about the situation of his previous dealings, and they were all very sincere, there was nothing unusual, but he also thought that he was a very sinister person, and if he was not insidious, could he be the commander of the Jinyi Guard? Is that a job that ordinary people can do? Only a full executioner's heart can be the commander of Jinyiwei, let alone the commander.
Besides, he really wanted to carry this pot himself, Wang Chonggu was instigated a few words and then moved his mind, thinking that he was throwing the pot on his back.