Governor Hou nodded and said, "This is what Benfu also means. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"The local wang family has the Guo family, the Xu family, and the Chen family. I don't know where to start first? ”

Xie Shen said quietly.

Governor Hou said with a sharp look in his eyes: "Naturally, it's the Guo family." ”

Xie Shen secretly praised in his heart. The Guo family is the oldest family in Shanxi, and the Guo family shows the attitude of Governor Hou. In this way, those local wealthy families who want to fight against Governor Hou also have to weigh carefully, whether it is worth the fish and the net.

Xie Shen coughed and said: "The Guo family's talents have withered in the past few decades, and only Guo Huai, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, is the only one in the court. Lord Fuyuan doesn't have to worry about the Guo family's retaliation. ”

Governor Hou frowned and said, "Why, do you think that Benfu chose him because the Guo family was weak?" To tell the truth, the situation in Shanxi is already in danger. If you don't do anything to these people, it's not just Shanxi that will be unlucky. ”

Xie Shen, that waterfall sweat. It's really not easy to be a good person, so he had to half-jokingly say: "If Lord Fuyuan has any orders, the lower officials will definitely do it." ”

"Good!" Governor Hou sighed with emotion: "Benfu really didn't see the wrong person. ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "This time the old man will not only levy the Guo family and the Chen family, but also the other wealthy families in the state capital. These things naturally fell on the prefectures. ”

Speaking of this, Governor Hou looked at Xie Shen fixedly, as if to say that the wealthy family of Lu'an will be left to you to peel the skin.

Xie Shen was helpless.

Could it be that he was too high-profile before, punishing two wealthy families in a row, so that this Governor Hou had the illusion that he Xie Shen was a combative person and happened to be driven as a pawn?

"When the other prefectures arrive, Benfu will order them to go down, and these wealthy families in Shanxi don't want to run!"

Xie Shenzhi gasped, this Governor Hou was even more ruthless than him.

The weather at the end of May was already a little hot, and Governor Hou clapped his hands and a servant brought melons, fruits, and tea.

"This is sour plum tea that has been iced with ice cubes, Xie Futai try it."

Xie Shen took the teacup and took a sip, only to feel very refreshing.

"Lord Fuyuan's iced sour plum tea tastes very delicious, and the lower officials can't help it."

Governor Hou didn't take Xie Shen's joke to heart, but said lightly: "The summer is scorching, the officers and soldiers are guarding the front line, but my generation can be tired of living in the mansion and drinking this sour plum tea." If you don't have to fight for the sergeants, you will become a person who is incorruptible and shameful. ”

Xie Shen agreed: "Lord Fuyuan is right, the generals are united is the right way to resist the enemy. ”

There is no problem with Xie Shen saying this.

The status of military attachés in the Ming Dynasty was too low, and the commander could not raise his head in front of the governor at all.

The situation of civilian officials suppressing military attaches has been going on for a long time, not to mention that the governor already has the power to lead the military government, and there is absolutely no problem in saying that Governor Hou is the commander.

"What does Xie Futai think of that matter in command of the king."

Speaking of the incident when Wang Yu ventured into pursuit of the Tatars not long ago, Xie Shen felt very helpless.

Anyway, Wang Yu is also an old fritter who has been on the border for many years, how can he be so easily deceived by the treacherous tricks of the thief chief?

The little prince feigned defeat and tempted Wang Yu to lead the army in pursuit and ambush the Ming army. This kind of routine shouldn't be unclear to an old Jianghu.

"The lower officials thought that there must be something hidden in this matter."

Governor Hou snorted coldly and said: "What can be hidden, in the old man's view, it is obvious that it is this Wang Yu's greed for merit that caused the fiasco." ”

"Wang Yu's greed and recklessness are true. But has Lord Fuyuan thought about it, Commander Wang's command is all elite soldiers and strong generals, and they are all well-trained. Even if they are ambushed, they will not be wiped out. But in the end, only Wang commanded one person to escape and ascend to heaven, didn't Lord Fuyuan think it strange? ”

Governor Hou frowned and said, "Xie Futai means that someone is secretly making an obstruction?" ”

Xie Shen nodded and said, "Xia Guan heard that after being ambushed, Commander Wang sent a sergeant to break through and ask for help, but in the end, there were no reinforcements to answer, resulting in my Ming soldiers being chased and killed by the Tatars for several miles. ”

"Where's the sergeant?"

"If the subordinate didn't guess wrong, this sergeant should have been killed."

Governor Hou was silent for a long time.

He didn't ask Xie Shen how he knew the news, because it didn't matter.

Xie Shen's assumption explains why none of Wang Yu's soldiers returned. That's what matters.

Of course, these details of Xie Shen are also obtained by later generations from the history of the wilderness, and the official history will not record these details.

However, after much deliberation, he felt that this assumption did hold up logically.

What could be more stealthy than to kill someone with a knife?

You don't have to do it yourself, using the hands of the Tatars to kill Wang Yu is definitely what his enemies want to see.

However, this person should not have expected Wang Yu to be so fateful and survive.

"Then in the year of Xie Futai, how should Benfu deal with Wang Yu?"

Governor Hou was obviously a little embarrassed.

Although Xie Shen's hypothesis is very logical, there is no evidence after all, and it cannot be directly proved that Wang Yu was trapped.

But someone has to be responsible for the defeat, and Wang Yu can't run away.

"You can ask Commander Wang to make meritorious service and tell all his colleagues who have a disagreement with him to Lord Fuyuan."

Governor Hou was puzzled: "What's the use of this? There were a lot of colleagues who Wang Yu offended, and Ben Fu couldn't tell who did it. ”

Wang Yu is the commander of the Datong avant-garde, a member of the three ranks, and among the military attachés in Shanxi, only the commander of the Shanxi Dusi is bigger than him.

If it is said that there are people among the military attachés who have been trapped, Xie Shen is not very credible. If he is not a military attaché, then this person must be a civilian official.

There were only a few who were able to command the king and make him stumble.

The governor of Shanxi, Hou Sui, can already be ruled out, as long as he compares it with the list provided by Wang Yu, he can find clues.

"This matter can be handed over to the lower officials, and the lower officials will definitely give a satisfactory answer to the Fu Yuan."

Xie Shen was full of confidence in this, and patted his chest in response.

Governor Hou was naturally happy like this, so he nodded and said, "Okay, this matter will be handled by Xie Futai with full authority." ”

"I wonder where the king's commander is now?"

Xie Shen asked lightly.

Governor Hou snorted and said: "This guy still knows that he is guilty of a serious crime, so he came directly to Taiyuan and asked the old man to lock him up, and now he is in the Taiyuan Mansion prison." ”

Xie Shenzhi was dumbfounded.

Directly detain the military attache of the imperial court? This Governor Hou is too bold.

At this moment, Xie Shen really understood what it meant to be a civil official and a military attaché.

Governor Hou is a third-grade, and the king's commander is also a third-grade. But Governor Hou could not hesitate to throw the defeated Wang Yu into the prison and wait for his fate.

Hey, fortunately, I chose the right path and devoted myself to the imperial examination.

Men are afraid of entering the wrong industry, there should be no line of work in the Ming Dynasty that is more reliable than being a civil official, right?

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...... (To be continued.) )