Chapter 060 North Palace
The Imperial City Prosecutor's Department, also known as the Imperial City Division, is in charge of the palace and the guards, and is also in charge of spying and supervision, and is directly under the emperor's arrangement.
The Imperial City Division supervises the military administration, local civil affairs, palace secrets, and rumors, after three years, in the winter of the third year of Jianlong, the Imperial City Division of the Song Dynasty expanded more than 10,000 people, scattered all over the country, especially in the border towns, and the rest performed their duties.
The remnants of the previous dynasty have not been eliminated, and the heirs of Emperor Chai Zongxun of Emperor Gong of the Later Zhou Dynasty are scattered among the people, intending to rebel, and there are civil forces rising in nothing, and the royal family surnamed Zhao is dedicated to consolidating the imperial power and invisibly allowing it to develop.
Liangzhou, Youzhou and other places in the former dynasty were rampant, the emperor had sent a special person to punish the remnants of the former dynasty when he was alive, but unfortunately the enemy and I were difficult to communicate with each other, and it was really difficult to deal with the heavy task of destroying the remnants of the former dynasty.
Father-in-law Dehou was once an important officer of the Imperial City Division, and Zhao Yunyu traveled in men's clothing to the outside world to call Zhao Cheng the deposed envoy, and the important purpose here was to treat Zhao Yunyu and seek medicine, and to carry out a thorough investigation of the Liangzhou Provincial Government where Jiangcheng was located.
Therefore, as early as when the deposed delegation entered Jiangcheng, the special personnel of the Imperial City Division had already left the mission and went to the yamen of the Liangzhou Assassin Mansion to investigate and deal with the Yu party.
There are many rumors that the remnants of the former dynasty colluded with high-ranking officials in Liangzhou to rebel and become self-reliant, and the terrain of Liangzhou is flat and open, and there is no rugged terrain to block the army, so the imperial city is not worried that Liangzhou can stand on its own with the remnants of the previous dynasty.
Once the Liangzhou mutiny, you can be able to serve the garrisons of Yizhou, Sizhou, and Yongzhou, and the terrain is open, and the long-distance march is enough to destroy the rebels.
The temporary Liangzhou is living in peace, Liangzhou Mu Du Men Lie temperament is bold and straightforward, is the emperor during the reign of the old courtiers who have made military achievements, it stands to reason that the rebellion will never have anything to do with the Liangzhou Mu, only later did it be discovered that some of the generals in charge of the army abused their power and were troublesome, and it was quite easy to rebel against the garrison after the important officers in the generals replaced their cronies.
The special personnel of the Imperial City Division have visited several cities in the vicinity of Liangzhou Prefecture, and have roughly determined the means of Liangzhou's self-respect for supporting troops, and this kind of intertwined and interconnected force outbreak is enough to shake the current stability of Liangzhou.
It takes patience to pull out hidden dangers, and it is by no means three or five years to be able to replace the important officers of Liangzhou, especially these related military affairs have been started by the remnants of the nobles of the previous dynasty at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the gold and silver treasures of the previous dynasty are enough to support the military expenses of several years of rebellion, and even their rebellion does not need to fish and flesh the people.
Jiangcheng garrison camp, ordnance garrison and Jiangcheng garrison commander Xu Menglong drank wine and took a leisurely rest, the military camp stretched for several miles but was silent, the snoring of the sergeant came from the military tent under the dead silence, one after another, and there were also the sleepy yawns of the duty sergeants patrolling outside the camp tent.
Outside the barracks, a plainclothes sergeant quickly whipped up his horse and went straight to the barracks, the men and horses were tired, and when they arrived at the door, they shouted in a hoarse voice: "The Liangzhou Mansion has urgent military orders, get out of the way!"
The sergeant on duty did not dare to delay lifting the antlers and iron thorns, and was confused and wondered how could there be an urgent military order in the peaceful and prosperous era of Liangzhou? Even if it was an urgent military order, it could only be released, and this sergeant was naturally also a member of the Jiangcheng garrison.
The plainclothes sergeant galloped to the outside of Xu Menglong's military tent and told the guards to report quickly, and the guards entered to inform Xu Menglong before letting the plainclothes sergeant enter the military tent.
With the spicy smell of turbid wine on his face, the sergeant bowed down solemnly, took out a letter wrapped in cowhide from his arms, and said, "Tell the garrison lord, the urgent military order from Liangzhou has arrived!"
"Liangzhou Military Order, what's the matter, the deposed envoy has found out the Liangzhou Prefecture Governor's Office?" Xu Menglong sat up and took the letter and tore it open, it was just some scattered military notices, and he didn't care about throwing it aside, only to see the sergeant take out a ciphertext wrapped in wax pills.
"The wax pill was sent by Lord Wang Ning, and I asked Xu Shoubei to burn it after reading it. The sergeant was relieved to put the wax pill in Xu Menglong's hand, and rubbed his bloodshot eyes without a trace.
The sergeant who sent the letter looked at Xu Menglong, a fool who was waiting for death, to sit in the position of the Jiangcheng garrison, and thought in his heart how to defect when Liangzhou rebelled, in the end, it was better to follow the imperial army to destroy the rebels, Liangzhou is full of stupid pigs like Xu Menglong, how can they have the ability to rebel?
Xu Menglong slashed the wax pill with a drunken smell, and tore open a small piece of paper to take a closer look: The wind in Liangzhou is tight, and each belongs to the convergence action.
It seems that the emperor's side has already begun to eliminate the hidden dangers of Liangzhou's armaments, and it may not be too early to discuss the righteousness?
This time, the Northwest Provincial Deposed Envoy looked at the military affairs of the neighboring states, but in fact, he would focus on the investigation of Liangzhou, and the cronies installed on it were not only in the Liangzhou administrative office, but also extended to the border towns of Yongzhou and Yizhou, which were full of dangers, and it was bad to investigate and deal with them in the Imperial City Division.
Once the military affairs of a city are overhead, the prefect will be empty, and the empty prefect will be equivalent to a civilian in the event of a rebellion, and the treasury silver and grain hoarded by the government are not all garrisoned?
Therefore, the important personnel of the entire rebel army are all officers from Liangzhou, and Xu Menglong can only be regarded as having a slight status in it, and he can get a chance to be promoted by joining it, otherwise he will wait for the day when the imperial court will be dispatched for the rest of his life.
Xu Menglong only knew that the important officers of the Liangzhou Army were all promoted by Wang Ning, the commander of the Liangzhou garrison, and he had heard that Wang Ning was the only son of the feudal officials of the previous dynasty, and his father was martyred.
Xu Menglong, who was involved in the rebels, just wanted to mix up the scenery for a while, and he was not sure if he could really overthrow the court in the future, and leaking secrets would make him lose his black hat.
The sergeant who delivered the letter saw that Xu Menglong burned the secret letter, so that even if he completed his duties, he flattered and said: "Xu Shoubei, the small road is in a hurry to deliver the letter, and a good horse is killed.
"Okay, Sensei is foolish, twenty taels of silver, is it enough?"
Xu Menglong is most annoyed by this kind of soldier who wants to be rewarded, but the key Wang Ning is already familiar with the way he sends letters back and forth, and it is easy to leak secrets when he replaces, so he has to reluctantly use him.
The sergeant pushed down to rest with a thousand thanks, and Xu Menglong was left alone in the huge military tent, with wine jugs, bronze wine bottles on the table, and swords hanging on the wall.
Xu Menglong has been involved in the rebel organization for several years, and his position has risen from a small officer to the current Jiangcheng garrison, and he has received many secret notices asking them to act.
Once the crime of rebellion is established, the nine clans will be exterminated, thinking of this, Xu Menglong put up the wine cup a few times, replaced it with a pen holder and books, and saw that the knife hanging on the wall was full of heavy dust, and carefully wiped it before standing up and thinking about what other negligent details.
Now that the Jiangcheng garrison has been fully controlled by him, the border defense of the imperial court's garrison in the neighboring prefectures does not seem to be in the hands of the organization, especially the 150,000 border garrison of Beigong Qing, the commander of the Rongbian Border, is still stationed in Yongzhou.
Beigong Qingde is highly respected and reuses soldiers like a god, he is a victorious general who shocked the world when the founding of the country, and most of the reason for the stagnation of the rebels is that they dare not make a mistake in front of Beigong Qing, and the rebellion suddenly broke out, and the 150,000 Yongzhou border guards marched south to make them defeated.
The rebels are waiting for the young man of Beigong to resign from the post of commander of Rongbian, as long as the imperial court transfers the veteran Beigong Qing away, the rebel army can say that there is some hope of victory, after all, Beigong Qing has fought nearly 100 battles in half his life without defeat, and there are no false rumors.
"The old thief in Beigong is old, he will still be able to fight in a few years? I don't believe he can still spend ten years in Yongzhou......" Xu Menglong comforted himself with a self-muttering voice.
Beigong Qing, the only foreign meritorious service of the imperial court, the mythical military god of the dynasty, the soldier is invincible, and he has not been defeated in a lifetime of conquest, whether it is defending the city, elk battles, attacking fortifications, or raids, Beigong Qing's prestige is based on the rigor and rigor of the army.
Now Beigong Qing is ordered to guard the border of Yongzhou, and the imperial court has specially appointed the general of Rongbian Shenwu, the title of the king of Yangxi County, and the defense army of 150,000 people.
Zhongzhou seems to be as stable as a rock and tends to be prosperous, but in fact, internal and external troubles, wind and rain are coming, Turkic, Qiang and other foreign tribes in the Western Regions are eyeing each other, and the remnants of the former dynasty of Liangzhou unconsciously control the military affairs of Liangzhou, and there are gangs and factions within the court to influence the government.
Although the current emperor is close to the people and in the prime of life, he can only slowly plot in the face of such a situation, and the hidden dangers that began to accumulate at the founding of the country have been left with enough power to make the court worry.
Xu Menglong frowned worriedly and left the camp tent of the Chinese army, and after waiting for the entourage, he quickly ran to the mansion in Jiangcheng, since it was the survey and military affairs of the Imperial City Division, it was necessary to move some luxury items from the family into the secret room for collection, and the romantic debts of the prodigal boy should be settled with him well, so as not to fall into the hands of the Imperial City Division.