Chapter 145 Begins in the shadows
The general Sima Bi returned to the court, although it was a debriefing, but it was also a simple return to the court. As for whether it will really explain the dynamics of the Northern Army to Emperor Jin completely, it is unknown.
At least the ordinary people of Jindu don't know about it.
Although the control of writing is still quite strict at this time, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is not a state of war under the city, and there is no taboo such as "don't talk about state affairs". What's more, the people in the Jin capital are all consciously one head above the locality, and they are still quite enthusiastic about state affairs, and they discuss it one by one, citing scriptures and classics, each with its own basis.
In short, it caused a lot of sensation. In the streets and alleys, everyone was discussing what General Sima had done when he returned to Beijing this time.
This is the public focus, but there is another focus, which is more private.
It is the battle between General Sima and Xie Yi.
Everyone in Jindu knows that General Sima and Uncle Xie are old rivals. General Sima is arbitrary, Uncle Xie is arrogant, both of them are representatives of the old military leaders of the Great Jin Dynasty, one is in charge of the north, and the other is remotely controlled in the northwest, which is the real two pillars of the Great Jin Dynasty.
The two have been at odds for a long time, and the-for-tat between the two has not been a day or two.
In the eyes of the people of Jindu, Uncle Xie, who has been "at home" for a long time, is undoubtedly more difficult to provoke than General Sima, and General Sima has returned to the dynasty several times, and the confrontation with Uncle Xie seems to be ¥∝, ↘ which is the upper hand.
Among the upper-class figures, they may think that General Sima is immovable, but among the people at the bottom, General Sima is quite angry and angry little daughter-in-law who can't fight back and scolds and doesn't fight back.
It's been like this a few times before, but what about this time?
The Jindu people craned their necks in anticipation.
Sure enough, a few days later, the Jin capital was boiling again.
At the court meeting on the 5th, that is, on the third day of Sima Bi's return to Beijing, he appeared in the court.
Sima Bi wore the official uniform of the military department, and Xie Yi was the military department's attendant uniform.
In fact, at the court meeting, nothing happened, but after the next court, the two had a dispute, and then almost fought.
It is said that at that time, General Sima was angered by Uncle Xie's words, and he drew Yu Linwei's spear and was about to stab Uncle Xie. Of course, they almost had a big fight, but in the end they didn't fight, and the two of them were finally stopped by Gonggong Hai, the chief manager of Ouchi, who hurriedly came over to persuade him with the sword of the Son of Heaven. However, several guards were knocked down, and the official mansions of the two were also torn to pieces.
In the end, Emperor Jin was angry, and the original banquet in the palace was gone.
This scandal spread in the streets and alleys of Jindu as quickly as possible, and in order to find out the latest news, the tavern teahouse Qinglou Goolan was overcrowded for a while.
The officials present who witnessed the incident that day naturally knew about this matter, but the other officials were relatively far away before the two fought at that time, and they could not hear clearly what the topic of the dispute between the two was. However, from the anger of General Sima, who has always been well-cultivated, it can be inferred that it should be something that Uncle Xie picked up.
Naturally, the officials will not say these inferences, and even the wives and sons who rushed to verify the news are all silent. This kind of thing is similar to a fight with a god or something, just look at the excitement, participate or spread some gossip or something, then it's still free.
Therefore, the news of the two military bigwigs did it spread quickly, but few people knew the reason why the two of them did it.
Thank you for knowing.
He guessed the reason as soon as he knew about it.
It was nothing more than what Uncle Xie, who had a vicious mouth, said something ugly that hit Sima Bi's fragile pain point, thus angering Sima Bi.
Unlike the people of Jindu who speculated that there would be a political storm, Xie Shence thought that this incident would only be a private incident and would not have much impact in itself.
But (let's just say but), there are many things that can be said about this. For example, if two big guys fight, whether it is successful or not, whether the younger brother below wants to wave the flag and shout, whether he wants to take the opportunity to show loyalty, will there be some small friction with the other party, and then the two sides will find someone to find a place to fight?
Small things can affect the big picture, so no one can say for sure, because some undercurrents below the surface of the water will eventually lead to something.
Sometimes it's not people who are manipulating the situation, it's the situation that is pressing.
The reason why Xie Shence concluded that this was just a private incident was because he knew that as soon as Sima Bi came back, the marriage between the eldest sister and Sima Tan was basically inevitable, and the two people who wanted to become in-laws, especially the two who wanted to become enemies of the in-laws, would not play a small temper in front of the marriage of their children.
After all, this marriage was the nod of the two families. Big people, the open-minded pattern will not be so small-minded.
So in this case, how should Sima Bi explain this matter to his sister and nephew?
This is the focus of Xie Shence's attention
The reform of the Tiqi Division has slowly begun to be carried out. It's just that the difficulty is even greater than Xie Shence imagined.
It's just a change in the composition, and it hasn't involved personnel changes yet, which has already caused a backlash within the Tiqi Division.
Many old people began to initiate a letter to the Jin Emperor, either directly to the governor to protest, or threatened to strike, or even directly said that if they were reformed, they would retire.
Just breaking up and reassembling the three divisions caused considerable turmoil.
These days, he was very patient with every group of people who came to protest, and after listening to their various reasons for opposition, he began to explain in detail, communicating his thoughts in detail with the people who came, and striving to get a mutual understanding result.
After the first five or six days, Xie Shence posted his ideas outside the hall in the form of an announcement, everyone can go to see it, everyone can ask opinions and questions, as long as it is targeted, Xie Shence will take the time to answer slowly.
In this way, Xie Shence's job is much easier.
However, after the announcement was posted, there were not many people who saw it. Because Xie Shence has already answered most people's questions at the beginning, and those who have the same question will understand under the explanation of people who have already contacted Xie Shence, and if you don't understand, you can ask again. Therefore, in a very short period of time, the Tiqi Division has achieved a preliminary understanding of the institutional classification policy of Xie Shence's new and Taiwan.
Most of them are very cooperative. The people of the Tiqi Division are not stupid, although Xie Shence's plan is a little taken for granted in some places, but compared with the existing situation, the advantages are still self-evident. Even compared to the time of the Great Chu Dynasty hundreds of years ago, it is still surpassed. So in the first stage, most of the people who stood up against it were actually not really opposed, but they just didn't understand what Xie Shence meant.
And after figuring out Xie Shence's purpose, even if most people are not very natural in their hearts, they still have to admit that the new Admiral's method is indeed good.
Of course, the vast majority is not equal to the whole, and there are those who oppose it in spite of everything.
The Second Division Commander is a case in point.
With regard to this kind of opposition elements, who have already pulled up the mountains and have gained power, and resolutely refuse to obey the adjustment, Xie Shence's instructions are naturally to suppress them.
On the second night of the second division's commander Guan Zuomo's plan to "resist and reform the system with a resolute attitude", before he had time to mobilize his subordinates, Tian Fen took five hundred black armor to surround the Guan Mansion, and then captured all the people in the family alive. In the chaos, the commander of the second division made Guan Zuomo unfortunately killed by an arrow. At the same time, almost all of Guan Zuomo's subordinates were also wiped out.
Then the Jin capital rode out in all directions, and monitored the subordinates of the Guan faction scattered in various places as quickly as possible.
Xie Shence sat in the somewhat gloomy hall of the Admiral's Office, listening to Tian Fen's report expressionlessly.
Guan Zuomo unfortunately died of eighteen arrows.
It must look like a hedgehog, what a misfortune it must be. Xie Shence thought in his heart.
But this way of dying is still a little cheaper for him.
Thinking of the hundreds of horsemen who died outside the gate, Xie Shence's heart swelled with a violent killing intent.
He later learned about the situation reported by the Horsemen who had escaped by chance, and how the Horsemen had been tortured by the Horsemen who would rather die than give in. Thinking of the horse bandits' half-faced torture and killing of those cavalry envoys, Xie Shence had the urge to cut Guan Zuomo with a thousand knives.
Don't have any doubts, you're right, the spy in the Tiqi Division, to be precise, should be the one who should be a traitor, is Guan Zuomo.
This is the result of Zhou Jinmian's covert investigation. It took more than half a year to finally lock the suspect on Guan Zuomo's body, and later after the New Year, Xie Shence and Zhou Jinmian intentionally or unintentionally revealed some personnel changes in the reform, Guan Zuomo showed his own feet, and finally let Zhou Jinmian determine that the traitor was him.
This is a smart man. Xie Shence thought in his heart. But there is a good saying, smart is mistaken by smart, which is probably talking about this kind of person. If he could be a little calmer, he might be able to deceive Zhou Jinmian.
But under the peaceful and calm surface of the Jin capital, what kind of fierce current is hidden, the ministers in the court only have a faint feeling, and they don't know the truth. How tense the atmosphere is, only Tiqi himself knows best.
So it's no wonder that Guan Zuomo is pretending to be upright and upholding tradition while being in a hurry to find a way out.
Xie Shence listened to Tian Fen's report and said lightly: "Pass the order." first looked at Guan Zuomo's minions, and then carefully touched, and accepted those who were sure to be sincere, and those who hesitated or refused were killed directly. Remember, keep movement to a minimum. ”
Tian Fen took the order and left.
Then Xie Shence recruited Mr. Yang.
Although General Secretary Yang still has the name of the General Director, he has actually become Xie Shence's little follower, and basically no longer takes over the affairs of the Second Division.
"Interrogation of this kind of thing, you should do it yourself, I don't worry about them doing it. Guan Zuomo changed his face, it was impossible for his whole family not to know about this matter, there were always immediate family members who knew about it. In addition, I heard that there were a few people in the Guan family who escaped that night, you go to find Miyu in this matter, let her find out those maids in the shortest possible time, whether dead or alive, but it is best to live and, you go to the clerical office in a while, find Zhou Jinmian, and let him pay attention to Guan Zuomo's old superiors, whether it is dead or not, everyone must keep an eye on it, don't let go of a suspicious one. And "
Xie Shence explained a lot of things, and after Mr. Yang left, Xie Shence rubbed his somewhat stiff cheeks, put down the chair, lay on it and stretched a few times, and then picked up another document and looked at it carefully.
In the second month of the sixth year of Zhenglong, Xie Shence was in the gloomy and depressing headquarters of the Tiqi Division, in the somewhat gloomy admiral's office, quietly looking at the information.
So the largest purge in the history of the Great Jin Ti Cavalry Division was unveiled in this way.
(PS: There are some cards written in this chapter, I don't know how you guys look.)
There is also a shift in the evening! If you like it, please collect it~. ~! )
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