Chapter Seventy-Three: Cui Jingrong
Wonton restaurant outside Zhangjiakou. Fan Yongdou, Mi Zhihuan, Xiao Fengzhong, Tian Shenglan and others were all waiting anxiously.
I don't know how long it took, but finally, on the road to Yanghe, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and the dust was flying, and there should have been a lot of people and horses.
On the road outside the wonton restaurant, there were already a lot of people gathered, including a few merchants' followers, and hundreds of guards brought by Mi Zhihuan. With so many people, how much space to occupy, of course, people who came from another road can see clearly.
Fan Yongdou asked someone to go up to greet him, and see which part of the person was taken, if the governor was here, he would be invited quickly.
After a while, the people who came in a hurry stopped, and the people on the horses were all dressed in the uniforms of officers and soldiers, and it seemed that there could be four or five hundred. A villain led an elder to come, and the elder was wearing an official uniform, it was Cui Jingrong, the governor of Xuanda.
When Lord Cui was about to arrive at the door of the wonton restaurant, Fan Yongdou and others hurriedly came out to greet him and greet the governor. Cui Jingrong asked them to excuse themselves, and then eagerly asked what was going on.
Fan Yongdou invited Cui Jingrong into the wonton restaurant and sat down, and then he told the matter from beginning to end, what Jin Liangyu and Wang Dayu escorted the military quartermaster to be arrested, and after the supervising army Zhao Yan entered the governor's line, he never came out, it was 1510, clearly and clearly, and there was no omission. Even after Mi Zhihuan and Xiao Fengzhong arrived, the analysis of the big guys was all told to Cui Jingrong.
"What? Something so big? Although Cui Jingrong already knew a general idea from the messenger, after listening to Fan Yongdou's account with his own ears, his face also changed greatly. Then, he hurriedly asked, "How many military quartermasters are you taking out of the customs?" To whom? ”
"There are a total of 40,000 sets of weapons and armor, and we are selling them to several Mongolian tribes." Fan Yongdou said. He didn't dare to say anything about selling it to the Jurchens, because he was afraid of scaring Cui Jingrong to death.
"Forty thousand sets, so many. Where did you get that? Cui Jingrong asked.
"Where else can it come from, it's not under your old man's rule. I got 20,000 sets from Xuanfu Xiao Gonggong, and 20,000 sets from Datong Wanggong. Fan Yongdou said unhurriedly.
"Really...... What a bold man......" Cui Jingrong said this, and I don't know if he said that Fan Yongdou and these businessmen were bold, or these eunuchs were bold.
"The matter has come to this, so don't pursue it. Now we still have to find a way to rescue Jin Liangyu and Wang Dayu and suppress the matter. Fan Yongdou said.
"Didn't you send money to Wu Sinan?" Cui Jingrong asked.
"When Wu Sinan first came, everyone expressed it. And before Jin Liangyu and Wang Dayu shipped, they also sent 20,000 taels of silver to Wu Sinan. I never thought about it, but I was still arrested by Wu Sinan. When I asked Zhao's father-in-law to go. has prepared 50,000 taels of silver, and asked Zhao Gonggong to tell Wu Sinan that if it is too little, there is still filial piety. As a result, Zhao Gonggong hasn't come out now, and we don't know what the specific situation is. It is estimated that Wu Sinan doesn't want silver, but wants our lives. Fan Yongdou said.
"This ...... Silver doesn't work. How can that be good, Wu Sinan is the governor of Xuanfu, although he is under my control, but I want to deal with him. It is also necessary to alarm the court and make a big movement. If it is really as you say, Wu Sinan has the support of Lord Yue, then no one can do anything, you can wait for death. In the end, Cui Jingrong's tone was obviously very annoyed.
"Lady Cui, it's exactly what you told you. We'll just wait to die. But we have something. Can the ups and downs of Xuanfu and Datong be better? It's not that we are blackmailing adults, we don't have the guts. But after we are brought to justice, the imperial court will definitely interrogate where so many military supplies come from, and 40,000 sets is not a decimal number, and it cannot be dropped out of thin air. It is difficult to say that we will inevitably be punished, and it will be difficult to say what is wrong and what is wrong. Fan Yongdou said.
Fan Yongdou didn't come up with anything to blackmail Cui Jingrong, but Cui Jingrong knew in his heart that if Fan Yongdou's gang was really arrested, they would definitely bite through. I didn't take less money from these Jin merchants, but just one crime of accepting bribes was enough for myself to choke, and there were others, the generals of Xuanfu and Datong almost all ate empty quotas and drank the blood of soldiers, which one was not allowed to honor himself. Coupled with this matter, it is inevitable to search your own house and ask for beheading. Although these businessmen may not be able to poke this matter directly, but the case is about two eunuchs and eunuchs, just the mouths of these eunuchs, a few boards down, it is estimated that they will have to make all the moves, and shake out all the things of the generals, as soon as the generals are arrested, they have to bite again, and the entire Xuanfu and Datong have to be lively, and no one can escape. I have to bear another charge of poor supervision.
Don't talk about others, just talk about that Tian Xiu, he eats his forehead and drinks the blood of the soldiers, and the total soldier Mi Zhihuan has to get two percent first. On the side of the supervising army, Zhao Yan sold military supplies privately, and originally allocated 15,000 sets of armor to Tian Xiu, but Tian Xiu only had about 7,000 people, and the rest of the armor was not divided into heads, Zhao Yan sold the rest, and Tian Xiu couldn't say anything. Everyone tacitly tacitly straightened up twice, no one has to give to anyone, and they hold each other's mouths. However, Zhao Yan has to be filial to Xiao Fengzhong, Tian Xiu has to be filial to Mi Zhihuan, in addition to Mi Zongbing, he can't throw down the governor of Xuanfu and the governor of Xuanda, so much silver, who dares to put it in his pocket. Whenever the military salary comes down, Tian Xiu has to take care of all aspects in order to feel at ease.
Similar to the silver sent by Tian Xiu's generals, can Cui Jingrong eat less, this little thing in the border town will affect the whole body, and no one can run. Small fish and shrimp may be able to pick up a leak, can they run away with such a big official. In particular, one point is more important, that is, the Tartars came in from Datong and went out from Xuanfu, both of which were the territory of the governor of Xuanda. The court did not surrender at that time, also because the Tartars were powerful, and many of the border troops were transferred to suppress bandits, so that Cui Jingrong had something to say, and it was inconvenient for the court to surrender. But if you know that the reason why you have few soldiers here and can't stop the Tartars is due to eating empty quotas, then it's two different things, and it's strange if you are not satisfied with the door.
Feeling that he was in danger, and the danger was not small, Cui Jingrong was inevitably a little scared in his heart. But how many ups and downs do you have to go through to get to the position of governor, he glanced at Fan Yongdou and Tian Shenglan, and saw that these people were so calm, so he knew in his heart, and he thought of what kind of way they had come up with. At that moment, Yang Tian snorted and said with a smile: "Brother Fan, once the matter is big and causes an uproar, the governor will naturally be unable to keep his official position." However, a few of them will definitely die before the Governor, and I don't think they will sit idly by. ”
He kicked the ball back, since you have thought of a way, then don't sell it, get straight to the point.
"Of course we won't sit still, it's just that just a few of us businessmen, how can we fight the dignified court governor. There is a way, but we still need the help of adults, otherwise we will not go all the way to invite adults to come to the rescue. Fan Yongdou said.
"What do you want the Governor to do?" Cui Jingrong asked.
"The adult is not here, Wu Sinan is the biggest official in this Zhangjiakou and even the Xuanfu, no one can do anything to him, but the adult is his boss, if the adult comes, this Zhangjiakou will naturally be what the adult says......"
Fan Yongdou had just said the beginning, and suddenly, someone outside the wonton restaurant hurriedly ran in, stepped on the threshold, and shouted in a panic: "Boss, it's not good, something is wrong." ”
"Panic, what's the big deal?" Fan Yongdou said with some displeasure. But when he saw that the person was so nervous, he was inevitably a little worried in his heart, and he didn't know what had happened.
"If you go back to the owner, yes...... It was the officers and soldiers who began to arrest people...... Many officers and soldiers came to our goods store to arrest the master, and some officers and soldiers went to the Tian Ji goods store to arrest the master Tian. ”
"What?" Fan Yongdou's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you know why?" ”
"Those officers and soldiers are violent, and they only say that there is a matter involving the master, let the master pass. Let's say that the master is not there, they will go in to search, and arrest people when they see them, and now all the people in the goods store have been arrested, and the small ones see that the situation is not good, so they hurriedly run to report to the master. ”
"Okay, you Wu Sinan, you're really ruthless, it seems that he really wants to be against us. Master Cui ......" Fan Yongdou arched his hand to Cui Jingrong and said, "Now the net worth and life I am waiting for are all in the hands of adults, and everything depends on adults." ”
"If you have any ideas, you can say it now, and Ben Du will see if it is feasible." Cui Jingrong said in a high-minded and unhurried posture.
"Didn't Wu Sinan want to arrest me, okay, then I'll send it to his door and see what he can do to me? Master Cui, let's set off, how to act, Fan will be on the way, explain in detail. Fan Yongdou said confidently.
Wu Sinan successfully pulled the generals of Zhangjiakou to his side, and sent Liao Fei and Wen Tiecheng to take over the soldiers and horses in the city, the deputy general Tian Xiu was convicted, and it was reasonable for the general to take over, and there was also a governor here, so the officers and soldiers naturally had to obey orders. In particular, Liao Fei announced that after the governor handled the Tian Xiu case, he would make up the military salaries that had been deducted, so that all the officers and soldiers were cheering and obeying orders.
First go to Fan Ji Goods Store and Tian Ji Goods Store to get people, Fan Yongdou and Tian Shenglan are not there, the officers and soldiers sealed the goods store, and the guys inside were arrested. The guys were leaderless, and the officers and soldiers were numerous, so they dared to resist, so they had to be captured. Then, Liao Fei and Wu Ping went to the south gate again and sent henchmen to take over the city defense, and Wu Ping also sent people to watch here.
Wu Sinan is quite satisfied with his own efficiency, just this effort, there are guards outside the hall to report, Xuanda Governor Cui and Xuanfu General Mi, Xuanfu Supervisor Xiao Gonggong entered the city, just now General Mi let people take over the north gate, because he is the chief soldier, the officers and soldiers guarding the city do not dare to disobey. After taking over the north gate, they hurried towards the governor's line, and in a few moments they would be there.