Chapter 175 Supervision Bureau

Yang Tinglin left silently, and soon faded out of people's memories.

On the political stage, we have always sung and you will appear on the stage, all kinds of hustle and bustle and excitement will never end, one climax after another, no one will take an outdated old man to heart, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the civil official group can make a comeback in the future, it has nothing to do with Yang Tinglin, a dead tiger.

A month ago, Yang Tinglin came to Jiangnan as a minister, holding the holy decree in his hand, with the heavenly constitution in his mouth, and fighting everywhere for the fruits of victory, many people were busy taking refuge under his banner, waving the flag and shouting smugly, thinking that he had hugged the big thick legs, and as soon as the blessing of Emperor Longwu to worship Zhu Yuanzhang came out, they thought that the name of righteousness was in hand, and they could easily kick Wang Kefan away, and the alliance between Emperor Longwu and the civil official group was in hand...... A month later, Yang Tinglin left gloomily, marking Emperor Longwu and the civil official group completely admitting defeat, these people finally came back to their senses, there are rules in troubled times, fists talk big to count, count the various factions of the Longwu court, Wang Kefan's fist is the largest, so this time it is on the wrong side.

Jiang is still old and spicy, Qian Qianyi is too fucking witty!

The heroes of troubled times are not given for nothing, Jin Shenghuan is really scheming!

It doesn't matter, although we don't have the vision of Qian Qianyi and Jin Shenghuan, but the boat is small and easy to turn around, and now it's too late to change the court, Wang Kefan is clearly a person who wants to do big things, how can he not have the grace to accommodate people? Overnight, the camp supporting the civilian clique had an avalanche-like defection, and everyone unanimously launched a fierce attack on Guo Weijing.

Meritorious service!

People who mix in the officialdom figure out what they want. Doing what you like is a basic survival skill, and what you are best at is intrigue. Now that Yang Tinglin has been killed, Guo Weijing is Wang Kefan's next political opponent. Everyone bit him one by one, which happened to be regarded as a vote to change the court.

These people rushed up, the momentum was violent, Guo Weijing was made a wolf bèi, no matter what he did, someone stood up and blamed him righteously, he took down Tian Xiong with thunderous means, but in exchange for a question, Yang Tinglin's recruitment of the traitor Tian Xiong was not right, Guo Weijing was even more wrong to kill the killer who had already surrendered anyway. There is a suspicion of backtracking and treachery, and in order to cover up a mistake, and make a series of mistakes, the prestige of the imperial court will be lost.

Unexpectedly, the big people who really have the right to speak are silent about this, and from Wang Kefan onwards, the senior civil and military officials belonging to the Wuxun group have always been silent, and the trouble is the worst. Qian Qianyi came forward again and helped Guo Weijing distinguish a few words, and everyone realized that the wind was not in the right direction and stopped attacking Guo Weijing.

Self-inflicted.

The battle between Wang Kefan and Emperor Longwu has been decided. Guo Weijing came with a white flag, so he almost squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and there was no point in messing with him again. The people who rushed up now to punch and kick had no use other than to give Wang Kefan a strong momentum. Don't think about how much benefit you will get...... With the overall situation decided, Wang Kefan's attention has shifted to other aspects. I also hope that this turmoil will not continue to expand, if Emperor Longwu is dragged to tear it all the way, there is really a possibility of losing both.

For the negotiation with Emperor Longwu, Wang Kefan is not in a hurry, negotiation is inevitable of repeated bargaining, the more anxious he is, the more he suffers, and he feels very obviously that Emperor Longwu is in a hurry to reach a compromise with him for some reason, and keeps making concessions in the negotiations, since the emperor is in a hurry, he can't be in a hurry.

"There is no conclusive news from Guilin, but I only know that something has probably gone wrong with the Western Army, the emperor and several cabinet elders are staring at Yunnan and Sichuan these days, and the imperial court soldiers and horses are also moving westward, as if Sun Kewang is going to rebel." Quan Xi handed a report to Wang Kefan and said: "This matter is very secret, it should be that someone has presented a secret message to the emperor, so there are very few people who know the inside story, and the emperor and several cabinet elders are also very careful, and everything found by the intelligence bureau is here." ”

"It's like a great enemy." Wang Kefan looked at the thick report carefully, but there was not much valuable information, the only thing that was certain was that the Western Army had posed a huge threat to the Longwu Imperial Court for some reason, so that Emperor Longwu was eager to compromise with the Chu Army.

What is the reason for this? Wang Kefan was puzzled, according to the historical trajectory of another time and space, whether it was Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo or Liu Wenxiu, they had always flaunted the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and Sun Kewang later surrendered to the Manchus, but because of his personal behavior in the political struggle, it was impossible for the Western Army to surrender to the Manchus under the current situation of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Judging from the appearance of the Longwu court as if it was facing a great enemy, it seems that it was very jealous of the western army, so that it continued to make concessions to the Chu army, on the other hand, the threat of the western army to the Longwu court was very deadly, and it was also impossible to compromise, which has deviated from the trajectory of historical development, and Wang Kefan can't think of the reason.

"Over there in Nanning, is King Gui as usual?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary."

"That's weird...... Wang Kefan tapped his fingers on the table, tuk tuk, tuk tuk non-stop.

Referring to history, it is easy for him to think of Zhu Youlang, the king of Gui, and if Zhu Youlang ran away to Yunnan, this qiΔ“ has a reasonable explanation. Sun Kewang is an outstanding talent in the Southern Ming Dynasty, especially good at internal management, and his ambitions are also very big...... But Zhu Youlang stayed in Nanning with a good look, or was placed under house arrest in Nanning, Wanli Shenzong had no other direct descendants living in the world, and the other Ming Dynasty princes could not pose a threat to Emperor Longwu, and this clue seemed to be broken again.

Blind spot, this is the blind spot of Wang Kefan's historical knowledge. Because he was an associate professor of the military academy in his previous life, he studied the history of the war in the late Ming Dynasty very deeply, and he was familiar with the relevant political figures and historical events, but he only knew a rough idea of the history of the late Kangxi Dynasty, and Zhu Cihuan's case of the third prince of Zhu was not in his historical knowledge reserve.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can win a hundred battles, Emperor Longwu seems to have caught a bad hand, but what is rotten Cheng dΓΉ, and where is his bottom line, Wang Kefan doesn't know, it is difficult to maximize interests in negotiations.

"In the past, we neglected the Western Army too much, and it seems that the Intelligence Bureau needs to strengthen its forces and expand its surveillance to the southwestern and northern provinces. Lay eyeliner within the Manchu Qing and Western armies. Wang Kefan said: "Kong Youde came at us with a fierce momentum, after this battle. I am going to make a big adjustment to the Chu army, and the Intelligence Bureau will also be divided into two. I'll have a breath with you today. When the intelligence bureau was established, the scope of activities of the Chu army was limited to a province in Huguang, so the beard and eyebrows were grasped, and a lot of burdens that should not be carried by you were also pressed on the intelligence bureau. Instead, we need to expand ......."

The main focus of the intelligence bureau should be on intelligence work, but the intelligence bureau under Quan Xi still plays the role of a secret service organ and a discipline supervision organ, emphasizing military intelligence and ignoring political intelligence and economic intelligence, and there are many drawbacks and hidden dangers, and it is necessary to further refine and divide the labor so that Quan Xi's intelligence bureau can concentrate on doing a good job in foreign intelligence work.

The Inspectorate will take over the role of the Disciplinary Inspectorate and will be primarily responsible internally, in a sense. The Supervision Bureau is closer to the secret service, and in addition to monitoring the Chu Jun and Chu Xun clique, it is more focused on administrative management...... In Wang Kefan's view, if the secret service is too strong. It will have a lot of negative effects on the normal military and political management model, so in mature and healthy regimes, the secret services are generally very low-key. However, the warlord-ridden Southern Ming Dynasty was still at war, and the political environment was complicated. The government of officials is rotten, and the control of the top level over the grassroots is very poor. Therefore, it is very necessary to establish a strong secret service.

The development of society is spiraling, it is impossible to do it in one step, Wang Kefan is willing to leave a little seed for the republic, but it must grow in a greenhouse, it must be within the scope of Wang Kefan's control, otherwise under the ravages of the storm, this seed will inevitably die, only when the development of society reaches a certain stage, the formation of rich and fertile soil, the strong man government can withdraw from the stage of history, in the foreseeable decades, in order to ensure that various policies and guidelines can be implemented, Wang Kefan wants to have his own Cheka and KGB.

For a period of time, Wang Kefan was willing to retain the autonomy of the Lu Wang's regime, because the Lu Wang's regime was completely controllable, and it was too far behind the Chu army in terms of strength, so everyone could sit down and talk slowly, trying to establish a new model for resolving political differences, and it was not necessary to fight to the death, but the Western Army did not apply this principle, Sun Kewang would oppose the Longwu Imperial Court for whatever reason, as long as he engaged in splitting and surrendering, Wang Kefan would not hesitate to support Emperor Longwu.

No one is allowed to dismantle the broken ship of Daming, and if it is to be dismantled, it will have to wait for Wang Kefan to dismantle it after docking.

"Who is in charge of the Inspectorate, and do you have a suitable person?" Wang Kefan asked.

"There are a few good seedlings, but they are all materials for paddling, and I'm afraid it's not good to be at the helm." Quan Xi pondered and said: "The scope of internal supervision is too wide, and the things encountered are all kinds of things, and I can't grasp some of the proportions, and it is best for the Supervision Bureau to be helmed by a civilian official, and it is good to pick the kind of clean officials with clean sleeves, they are all the most jealous and hateful, and if they are used well, they are a knife in the hands of the military gate." ”

In addition to all kinds of corrupt officials, there will occasionally emerge a few clean officials with moral integrity, these people are often angry young people, proud of the four walls of their families, with the iron-clad strong order as an example, in the officialdom on all sides of the enemy, the ability is also very average, their reputation is bigger than the sky, and they can give full play to their strengths as the head of the Supervision Bureau.

"Well, I'll think about it again." Wang Kefan thought for a while and said: "The kind of civilian official you said, being a deputy is a good knife, but it is not suitable to take charge of the overall situation, if you really can't do it, you will pick up this burden, and the intelligence bureau will hand it over to others." ”

"Junmen, I didn't mean that......" Quan Xi hurriedly defended.

"I know, you don't have to say it." Wang Kefan stared at Quan Xi with sharp eyes: "I asked you to recommend candidates, but you only care about getting rid of yourself, what?" Do you think I'm going to split up the Intelligence Bureau, because I'm worried about you? ”

The weight of this sentence was too heavy, and the power hurriedly got up, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "The last general will never dare to accept the question of the military gate, but the authority of the intelligence bureau in the past is too heavy, which is not conducive to the great cause of the military gate, and the last general is always panicked......"

"That's it! Put this thing aside for now, don't think too much about what you shouldn't think! Wang Kefan frowned and said, "Let's talk about it first, Kong Youde sent troops this time and declared with great fanfare that he wanted to recover Jiangnan, what kind of calculation did he play?" ”

"Nine times out of ten, he's bluffing." Speaking of returning to military intelligence, Quan Xi felt a lot more comfortable, sat down again and said: "Kong Youde claimed to recover Jiangnan and fight to the death with our army, but the food and straw equipment were not enough, and the soldiers under his command were less than 30,000. ”

"Not only to adjust the Jianghuai, but also to take advantage of Jiangnan." Wang Kefan thought for a while and said: "From Jiujiang to Nanjing's thousands of miles of Yangtze River, our army is indeed invincible, he stopped at Anqing Mansion, just stuck on our waist, to the south can attack Jiangxi, to the east can attack the south Zhili, if I return to the army to face the battle, Nanjing's Tan Tai will take the opportunity to escape, this battle is not easy to fight." ”

Wang Kefan vaguely guessed Kong Youde's intentions, but there was no good strategy to break the enemy for a while, Kong Youde's tactics were actually disguised to encircle Wei to save Zhao, and threaten the rear base camp of the Chu army from afar, in order to mobilize the Chu army to help, if Wang Kefan really returned to the area of Anqing Mansion, his troops could take a boat down the river, and they could quickly rush to the vicinity of Nanjing to rescue Tan Tai who was besieged.

If it was a few months ago, Wang Kefan had a way to deal with him, but after the battle of Ningzhen, the Chu army was almost exhausted, and did not have enough strength to fight another major battle, most of the troops were resting, in addition to besieging Nanjing and Zhenjiang, it was easy to make up four battalions of combatable soldiers, and Wang Sheng led them to attack Suzhou and Hangzhou.

In order to deal with Kong Youde, Wang Kefan had already ordered the troops of Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong to be transferred to Jiangxi, and they would arrive in a few days, but the Yangtze River in the area of Anqing Mansion was under the control of the Qing army's naval division, and the Yuezhou battalion and the Tongshan battalion could only passively defend on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and could not launch an active attack on Kong Youde, and still could not fundamentally eliminate this threat.

The most reliable and easiest way is to let Zheng Chenggong dispatch a sailor to Anqing Mansion to defeat the Qing army's sailor, even if Kong Youde's Tianyou soldiers do not break a single soldier, the threat to the south bank of the Yangtze River will naturally be eliminated, but Zheng Chenggong may not be willing to fight. (To be continued......) R1292