Liu Yitian is the commander of the capital government, which is higher than the rank of the general governor of the state capital, he is a member of the imperial court of the third grade, and Yang Fan's rank of loyal general is half a grade lower than him. Although Yang Fan, Chen Dong, Hu Yuanli and others are all special ministers, even if he wants to tie up, there is no reason for him to pay New Year's greetings to his subordinates as an official, not to mention that the person who can do this Chang'an Mansion Order, how can he not be a close confidant of the emperor, and he can't scold them like this.

Therefore, it is impossible for Liu Yitian to take the initiative to give them New Year's greetings, but according to Liu Yitian's estimate, it would not be surprising if they came this afternoon or tomorrow, after all, when they first arrived in Chang'an, they did not greet each other, although it was the king of Hanoi who interfered with it, and he was always rude first.

Now early in the morning, Chen Dong and Hu Yuanli came together, Liu Yitian was really a little flattered, he hurriedly went out in person, invited the two benevolent brothers into the study, and said auspicious words to each other to celebrate the New Year.

Liu Yitian took the book and opened it to take a look, his nose was almost crooked, did this not make people celebrate the New Year? You have been sent here by the emperor, with no relatives, no cause, nothing to do, nowhere to go, but we have a large group of relatives and friends who are old and colleagues of the same year to move around.

Liu Yitian closed the book and said with a difficult face: "Hu Yanxian, Chen Xuanlang, the two of them are dedicated to their duties and hard work, and this official is very admired, but on the day of Yuanshuo, the whole country celebrates, is it a little unkind to Daxing Prison at this moment?" ”

Chen Dong said solemnly: "The government order is wrong, we will come to Chang'an to rectify public order and clean up the rule of officials, and we are sincerely afraid and dare not slack off for a day." Over the past month or so, we have arrested many lawbreakers. But most of their leaders have slipped through the cracks.

The reason for this is because these people have been operating for many years, cunning rabbits, and heavy profits. If these people are not captured, they will not be able to play a role in deterring Xiaoxiao, and they will not be able to really let Chang'an live for a long time! ”

Liu Xuantian said: "What Chen Xuanlang said is certainly reasonable, but there is no need to choose to arrest the murderer and the thief on the first day of the Lunar New Year, right?" ”

Hu Yuanli twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Liufu Order, the Spring Festival, the official seal, all industries are suspended, this time is also the time when those who are absconding are the most careless." Besides, who doesn't want to be reunited with their families during the Chinese New Year? Those criminals are likely to take advantage of the official recess to sneak home for the New Year, and they are just the right time to start. ”

Liu Yitian still shirked himself: "The truth is true, but the two of them said it too late, now the official office has been sealed, and all the officials and officials are resting." Except for a group of people who were on duty during the New Year's Festival, there was no one in Chang'an Mansion who was available. The ability to arrest the murderer and the thief is not enough. ”

Hu Yuanli said: "You don't have to worry about this. Today, there are thousands of cavalry battalion soldiers stationed in Chang'an, and Yang Fan, the loyal general of the thousand cavalry battalion, is the emperor's personal envoy to rectify the wind and investigate non-disposition, and it is precisely General Yang's job to assist in the arrest of thieves! ”

Liu Yitian was surprised: "Does General Yang still have this messenger, how can this official know nothing?" ”

The corners of Chen Dong's mouth twitched, and he said, "This matter is a long story. Later, I will talk to the government order, and now I ask the government order to send officials to assist us as much as possible, and we are not familiar with the situation in Chang'an. ”

Yang Fan does have a messenger who "corrects the wind and investigates the non-disposal of the envoy". When Wu Zetian ordered this position, he did not add the word "Luoyang" in front of the official position. In fact, without adding these two words, his authority is also limited to Luoyang, because he is also a general of a thousand cavalry, and he needs to be garrisoned by the side of the Son of Heaven, and he can also let him go to the local area to correct the wind and investigate?

But it also happened that such a major event as moving the capital happened, Yang Fan, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, was sent to Chang'an, and his picket envoy has not been dismissed, which is worth scrutinizing: Should his post of correcting the wind be transferred? Since it was not limited to Luoyang at the beginning, it is reasonable for him to be in charge of the picketing in Chang'an when he arrived in Chang'an, right?

This may be a loophole in the appointment of public office, but Yang Fan can exploit this loophole and intervene confidently. Moreover, this is probably exactly what the emperor himself meant, without this authority, his thousand cavalry battalion and Wu Yizong's Jinwuwei well water do not interfere with river water, what can he use to restrain others?

You don't need to go out to patrol and arrest errands, just ask someone to provide some officials who are familiar with the geography of Chang'an to cooperate with their arrest operation, how else can Liu Yitian prevaricate. He had no choice but to summon all the officials he could find to the government office, and regardless of their complaints, he threw them to Chen Dong and Hu Yuanli.

Hu Yuanli and Chen Dong immediately arranged for these people to lead the soldiers of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion to walk through the streets and alleys, squat in the pit and wait, and catch the fish that slipped through the net.

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In the last fight, both sides were killed and wounded, and soon entered the stalemate stage. The leaders of both sides knew that the liliang on both sides was evenly matched, and even if their subordinates fought out, they were afraid that they would not be able to win or lose, and there was no point in deciding the winner at that time.

It's just that there is one thing that neither of them is clear, and that is that the current situation of equal strength is deliberately facilitated by someone. At this time, they began to feel that the strategy of "capturing the king and beheading" used earlier might be the most effective means of resolving disputes.

In fact, those ordinary gangsters are most concerned about whether they have food or not, and they don't care who owns the ship or whose flag it is flying. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li Hei to merge the two thousand men of the Jiaolong Society into the Shunzimen after decisively killing a few stewards who disagreed.

If they want to win now, it seems that they will have to use such a method, as long as they behead it, the rest of the people will be scattered. After both sides noticed this, assassinations began one after another,

Fu Laosan, the master of the circle gate, was the first to suffer, and the bodyguards he invited were killed and maimed, and he himself lost his life in the ambush, followed by Sheng Long, who was at the helm of the Sun and Moon Alliance's Cao Fist, was assassinated, and the Sky Eagle helped Wei Yongtang to be assassinated, and he escaped with his life, but he was also seriously injured.

A series of assassination incidents have put the heads of state on both sides in danger, and they must be hugged before and after entering and leaving, and they must be heavily guarded when they sit and lie down, and pedestrians are rarely seen on the streets, and a strange calm is brewing a greater turmoil. There is no festive atmosphere of the New Year on the whole Ba, only a chill, a biting chill.

All this happened on the Ba, and no one in Chang'an City, which was close at hand, noticed it, and the huge Spring Festival crackdown led by Chen Dong and Hu Yuanli certainly involved the main energy and attention of Chang'an officials. But the main reason is that the government has always ignored the special group of Bashang Caofu.

It has always been like this, whether it is the court or the locality, they all know the importance of the Cao River, and they also know the importance of Cao Yun, but in this process, they only ignore the role of people, ignore those who fight the wind and waves, drive the boat, and pass through the Cao River. Those Caofu who transported the grain to the capital.

Because of the importance of the Cao River, the imperial court will allocate special funds to dredge the river and repair the dam and build the gate; Because of the importance attached to the transportation of grain, a special transportation officer has been set up, and detailed rules have been formulated for every step from the collection of grain to transportation to storage and storage.

But in the process, no one mentioned those Cao Ding. Maybe it's because they know that these husbands have relied on this line of food for generations, and they don't have to worry about their passivity. Don't worry about them fleeing and losing. will ignore their existence.

As a result, the Ba Shang where the Cao Fu gathered and the sound of chickens and dogs in Chang'an City, which was close at hand, heard each other, and they did not get along with each other. Even if some people in the city knew about some things here, they turned a deaf ear because they didn't care about them, because of the barbaric bloodshed that Ba Shang.

However, this kind of isolation and independence is not absolute, especially for the gang leaders. They can think of using Caokou to match the bridge and bribe officials for their own use, how can they not think of letting the government play a role at this time?

The leaders of the Five Elements, the Circle Gate, the Taiping Gang and other Western Alliances gathered together, and Qin Zeyuan opened the sect and said: "It's going to be the Shangyuan Festival soon." As soon as the Shangyuan Festival is over, we have to arrange things in Yangzhou, but if the things here are not solved, how to go? The old man thought that the only way to break the current situation was to ask the government to come forward! ”

Yuan Zhiheng, the leader of the Taiping Gang, frowned and said, "I'm afraid this is difficult." Those who are officials are all masters who turn their faces and don't recognize people, we promise them benefits, they provide convenience to us, this is a transaction rather than a friendship, I want them to go into battle shirtless for us, impossible! ”

Sitting next to him is Fu Laosan's son, Fu Laosan was stabbed to death, he has just succeeded to the gang leader, and he is still wearing filial piety clothes, although he bears his father's hatred, but he is not a reckless person, he heard the words: "What the Yuan gang leader said is good, and the other party is not without official support behind him, I heard that the Qiao family is still a member of the Dugu family?" ”

Qin Zeyuan said: "I have inquired, although the Dugu family was a wealthy family in Guanlong, now it is not what it used to be, the Dugu family is because it lost power in the court, so it turned to industry and commerce for profit, you don't be frightened by the so-called name of the family."

Those officials we have been feeding for so long, shouldn't we do something for us? They really don't care about us, but they care about their authority being challenged by others, so as long as we want them to come forward...... both of them are smart people, and they don't need me to make it clearer, right? ”

The two hesitated for a moment, glanced at each other, and nodded slowly: "It's up to the old man!" ”

At the same time, the heads of Shunzimen, the Sun Moon Alliance, and the Three Rivers Society were also discussing countermeasures. The two sides are already incompatible, but when the spring flowers bloom, the two sides have to beg for a living on the same river, and if the dispute cannot be resolved and then extended to the water, the loss will be too great.

They have forgotten the reason why things have come to this point, they can't remember how they got into trouble with other gangs, how they formed an alliance with Shunzimen, they only know that it is difficult to ride a tiger now, and if the dispute is not resolved as soon as possible, they will be like the farmers who missed the sowing in the early spring, and there will be no harvest this year.

"If you don't do it, let's just tear down their hall!" It was Qiao Mu who spoke, and the sick lion was now strong and strong, and he also showed his sharp fangs.

Huang Yunshan raised his eyelids, looked at him heavily, and said, "Brother Qiao, what is the best plan?" ”

Qiao Mu said: "You can't fight anymore, kill a thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred, which is too painful; I think we should borrow the shili of the government to suppress their prestige! ”

Huang Yunshan was slightly stunned, and shook his head hesitantly: "It's not proper, although you successfully sent Wen Bin to prison, it was because the Jiaolong Society had fallen, and their backstage was not hard enough." In fact, there are many powerful people in the city, and many people may not necessarily buy the account of the Dugu family.

Our current opponent is wealthy, far from being comparable to the Jiaolong Society, and the people who support them are all important figures in Chang'an City, if we can invite the government, they can also, at that time, both of us have become meat on the chopping block, and we can't decide what the result is. ”

Qiao Mu smiled and said: "Senior Huang is well-informed, and the details of the Dugu family are also clear, but what Senior Huang said was not wrong, but now the situation is a little different. ”

Huang Yunshan raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the difference?" ”

The Sun Moon Alliance's Dare Qianhui also widened his eyes and listened carefully.

Qiao Mu said: "Both of them know that I am at the helm of Dugu Wentao, he is a member of the Dugu family, he has a cousin, named Dugu Zhizhi, and now the forbidden army Yulin Wei Qianqi Battalion, the official residence of the general." Now, this Lang General is in Chang'an, and the reason why he is here is because ...... The emperor is about to move the capital! ”

This news was a little shocking to Huang Yunshan and Dare Qianhui, they did know that a large number of officials came to the capital, and there was a forbidden army, but they didn't know much about the purpose of their coming to Chang'an, but they heard that there were officials from the Ministry of Industry who came to Chang'an to dredge and remediate the river, they inquired about the details to see if it was profitable, and they didn't want to get such a news from Qiao Mu's mouth.

Even if those families are defeated, the news on the official face is still far better than them, Qiao Mu said that the news came from the Dugu family, then it should not be wrong, the two of them almost thought at the same time that after the emperor moved the capital, Chang'an Caoyun would be more prosperous, and their hearts were first happy, and then they thought of the current stalemate and confrontation dilemma, and they couldn't help frowning.

Qiao Mu said in a deep voice: "This group of people is not only from the forbidden army, not only from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, but also from the Criminal Department and the Imperial History Tower. ”

With Qiao Mu's description, a clear picture of the situation slowly unfolded in front of Huang Yunshan and Dare Qianhui: the emperor wants to move the capital, but she has been away from Chang'an for 20 years, and of course she needs to do some renovation and repair of Chang'an.

So she sent the household department to understand the people's livelihood census household registration, sent the Ministry of Engineering to repair the palace, repair the bridge and pave the road, and sent the criminal department to arrest those who committed crimes and violated the ban by force.

There is also a difference between distant and close relatives around the emperor, and now the emperor wants to move the capital back to Chang'an, what should these close people do? Of course, someone from Chang'an needs to vacate the seat to come out, corrupt officials and mediocre officials must be purged, and officials who the emperor does not trust must be driven away.

Now the situation is changing, Chang'an City is even more stormy, Chang'an officialdom is facing a reshuffle situation, we have been operating for many years to make friends with those officials may be transferred to the next moment, in this case, why not let them zuihou help us? They don't want to make another profit before stepping down?

Qiao Mu's words, Huang Yunshan and Dare Qian, listened very clearly, but this did not dispel the doubts in their hearts.

After Qiao Mu finished speaking, he dared to reply: "If this is the case, it is not that they will not be used by us, but we can do this, and our opponents can also do this, how can you be sure that if the government intervenes in the battle between us, it will be our side that wins?"

Qiao Mu said: "I just said that Dugu Zhizhi is a general in the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, and Yang Fan, the commander of the Thousand Cavalry Battalion, has a very personal relationship with the officials of the Criminal Department and the Yushitai stationed in Chang'an, you say, who can win this battle?" ”

Huang Yunshan and Dang Qianhui glanced at each other and nodded together!

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