In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yuan Chonghuan was sitting behind the handsome case and looked at the piles of account books in front of him, looking at it, the anger on his face became more and more vigorous, and finally he was so angry that he slapped the handsome case and reprimanded angrily:

"These scum moths, they really deserve to be killed! Drinking the blood of the soldiers has reached such a point of madness, the nominal 50,000 border troops are only more than 30,000 people, and they have eaten nearly 20,000 empty salaries, how can Liaodong not be corrupted, and how can Dongyu not be rampant! ”

A black face was darkened by great anger. In fact, it was the second time he had looked at these ledgers, but every time he looked at them, he was still angry.

Yuan Chonghuan hated these corrupt officials the most in his life, plus he is now in power and the Son of Heaven has the sword in his hand, so he does not hesitate to kill people.

These generals and officials who ate empty salaries and drank the blood of soldiers had actually been dealt with by him, and most of them had their heads cut off. For a period of time, there has been an execution ground at the entrance of the vegetable market in Datong City almost every day, and it is often several heads at a time.

The generals above the middle level in the entire border army are basically about to be replaced. Even Li Yongnian, the former chief soldier of Datong, was demoted because of his lax majesty and became a small sub-town commander.

Yuan Chonghuan's thunderbolt method made everyone uneasy in the entire Datong border army, but the soldiers below were applauding.

Moreover, there are 20,000 elite people brought by Yuan Chonghuan from the Guannei, and even some people who are unwilling to be killed can't make much waves.

Therefore, in just two months, Yuan Chonghuan has almost completely grasped the command of the border army, and no one can shake his position anymore.

As for how many people are truly convinced of him, I don't know. But it can be said that everyone is afraid of him, and his bloody methods make everyone shudder, and they are only afraid of this Yuan Inspector.

But Yuan Chonghuan himself doesn't care about this, what he wants is the result, as long as you are afraid of me, you have to obey my orders, so that my five-year great cause of Pingliao can be realized.

At this moment, Cao Bianjiao and Hong Chengchou walked in together, looking at Yuan Chonghuan's black face, the two glanced at each other, and they both knew that Inspector Yuan was going crazy again.

Yuan Chonghuan knew when he heard the footsteps that it was his two confidants, after all, no one dared to enter and leave the Chinese army's tent so freely except for these two.

"How's it going out there? Did anyone jump out? Yuan Chonghuan raised his head and asked.

"My lord, we have the Son of Heaven Imperial Sword in hand, and there are 20,000 elite formations, and those bastards don't dare to make trouble, otherwise my Lao Cao will be the first to kill him." Cao Bianjiao, who was grinning, said loudly.

Yuan Chonghuan set his eyes on Hong Chengchou again, and Hong Chengchou said: "Back to my lord, the situation is quite calm. Even some generals who may make a fuss are sending people to keep an eye on them, and once there is a change, we can press it down at any time. ”

Yuan Chonghuan showed an appreciative gaze and waved his hand to signal the two to sit down and talk.

After the two sat down, Hong Chengchou said again: "Master Inspector, although the army is temporarily calm, there is an undercurrent surging in Datong City. ”

Yuan Chonghuan raised his eyebrows: "Let's listen carefully." ”

"The last general heard a lot of people talking about Jiang Jiajun today, and his heart was strange, so he sent someone to inquire about it, only to learn that the streets and alleys of Datong City have been talking about Jiang Jiajun in the past few days. According to the investigation, it was found that it seemed that seven days ago, through the mouths of dozens of storytellers in the city at the same time, the story of the Jiang family army began to be told in various restaurants and teahouses in the city, and the thief army surnamed Jiang was said to be as brave and extraordinary as the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, so these stupid women could be hotly discussed, and many people were clamoring to go to this thief army to join the army. ”

Hong Chengchou roughly told him what he knew.

Yuan Chonghuan frowned, thinking about what was behind this matter, and only said after a while: "Heng Jiu, in your opinion, what is the purpose of the thief surnamed Jiang to send people to spread these rumors?" ”

"The last general thinks that this is a demagogic move by the surname Jiang, and wants to use this shameless rumor to instigate and encourage more people to take refuge in him, so as to achieve the goal of eliminating the advantages of the other, strengthen themselves, and weaken us." Hong Chengchou blurted out, obviously prepared.

"Then according to Heng Jiu, does it have any effect on him doing this?" Yuan Chonghuan nodded and asked.

The last general thought that this kid surnamed Jiang was arrogant and thought very highly of himself, but he looked down on others. This kind of trick is just to deceive those foolish men and women, and it is not enough to worry about. However, we can't let it continue to spread, so as not to grow the spirit of the thief army and destroy the prestige of our army. Hong Chengchou said confidently and calmly.

"So how do you think you can stop the rumors from spreading?" Yuan Chonghuan showed a smile of relief on his face, obviously Hong Chengchou's words were deeply satisfactory to him, so he continued to ask.

"Master, what's so hard about this? The last general is willing to lead a team of people to arrest all those who spread rumors and build momentum for Jiang Xiaojiao, and this rumor will naturally stop. Without waiting for Hong Chengchou to answer, Cao Bianjiao shouted at the top of his voice.

"Old Cao, don't be so reckless. It's not a good job, so why bother tarnishing our own name. We don't do it, but some people are well suited to do it, because they don't need to care about their reputation anymore. Hong Chengchou shook his head and said with a smile to Cao Bianjiao.

Although Cao Bianjiao looks very arrogant on the surface, he is not a brainless person, otherwise he would not have been relied on by Yuan Chonghuan as a confidant and brought from the Central Plains to the front line in Liaodong.

After thinking about it for a while, he understood Hong Chengchou's words. The common people only said a few words, and then sent troops and horses to arrest people all over the city, which would inevitably cause panic and infamy, and would also affect Yuan Chonghuan's prestige and reputation, so this matter was not suitable for the army to do.

The border army is not suitable for this kind of thing, and the Datong government is not suitable for this kind of thing, after all, civilian officials cherish their reputation more than military generals.

So after thinking about it, the only one who is most suitable for doing this kind of thankless dirty thing is Jinyiwei in Datong City.

Although Jinyiwei was nominally directly under the direct command of the emperor, Yuan Chonghuan, as the governor of Liaodong, naturally also had the power to arrange Jinyiwei to do some things.

After all, today's Jinyiwei is no longer the Jinyiwei of the past.

"Okay, Heng Jiu has thought it out very carefully, and this matter is indeed not suitable for us to intervene. Jinyiwei has long been notorious, and no more notoriety will get in the way. The Governor then sent someone to the Jinyi Wei Thousand Households to give an order, telling the Jinyi Wei to stop the spread of rumors within three days. ”

Yuan Chonghuan nodded, agreed with Hong Chengchou's attention, and immediately ordered people to go to Shen Lian of Jinyi Thousand Households to pass the order.

Shen Lian's level, coupled with the identity of Jinyiwei, Yuan Chonghuan, a self-respecting Wenchen, would not want or disdain to deal with him unless absolutely necessary.