The assembly drums of the Xiang army also began to beat, and at this moment, a sentry rushed to report, "General Qiyu, 10,000 forbidden troops have surrounded our military camp, and the prefect Fan Ning and Linghu Jin demand that the general immediately leave the camp and hand over the military power, otherwise he will be punished as a rebellion!" ”

There was silence in the big tent for a moment, Jiang Chenghua slowly clenched his fists, his face became pale, Fan Ning actually moved the forbidden army, it seems that they don't want to give themselves a chance!

The six commanders looked at each other, and they realized at the same time that something was wrong, how could Fanning use the forbidden army?

They are all soldiers, they know the rules well, mobilize 10,000 forbidden troops, if there is no military talisman or gold medal from the Son of Heaven, even the military order of the Privy Council or Sanya cannot be done, something is not right, it must be Fan Ning who got the troop transfer talisman or gold medal of the Son of Heaven, and the six commanders immediately realized that they had been fooled.

Jiang Chenghua didn't notice the mood changes of his subordinates, he walked quickly to the outside of the big tent, and shouted an order: "The whole army is assembled!" ”

At this moment, several commanders glanced at each other, and the commander Li Han took the lead in knocking down Jiang Chenghua, and the other five then rushed up and pressed Jiang Chenghua to the ground.

Jiang Chenghua was shocked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, more than a dozen pro-soldiers outside the tent drew their swords together, but were stopped by two commanders, "The rebellion is from the Jiu clan, you want to rebel with Jiang Chenghua?" ”

The soldiers hesitated when they heard this, and several commanders tied up Jiang Chenghua and led the way: "Will, we don't want to rebel with you, please forgive me!" ”

"You let me go, I don't want to rebel!" Jiang Chenghua shouted in a hurry, but several commanders couldn't believe him.

At this time, hundreds of soldiers rushed to hear the news and surrounded more than a dozen pro-soldiers, who did not dare to resist, and threw down their swords one after another, holding their heads and squatting on the ground.

Several commanders pushed Jiang Chenghua out of the camp, the fire outside the camp was fierce, and the dense soldiers of the forbidden army surrounded near the camp gate, the open space in front of the gate was brightly lit, and hundreds of soldiers held torches, surrounding the prefect Fan Ning and the chief general of the forbidden army, Ling Hujin.

At this time, the camp gate opened, and someone shouted: "We have arrested Jiang Chenghua!" ”

I saw several commanders take out Jiang Chenghua, who was tied up like a zongzi, and led the commander Li Han to throw Jiang Chenghua on the ground, and said to Fan Ning with a fist: "The last general commanded Li Han, Jiang Chenghua resisted stubbornly, and was arrested by us and handed over to the Fan Governor's Mansion!" ”

It was clear to everyone that Fanning was the leader of the night.

Ling Hu Jin whispered to Fan Ning: "This Li Han is promoted by Cao Mingrui, the former pacification envoy, and he is a member of the Cao family!" ”

Fanning nodded slowly, "The general understands the righteousness and is admirable!" ”

He held up the gold medal high and shouted: "Arrest Zhao Qian and his henchman Jiang Chenghua by the order of the Son of Heaven, and the rest of the soldiers are not guilty!" ”

Jiang Chenghua saw the gold medal in Fan Ning's hand, and his face suddenly turned dead gray, the Zhao family was finished this time.

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The Praetorian Army has ended its mission and returned to its barracks.

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the Xiang army, more than 20 generals of the Xiang army gathered together, Fan Ning put the gold medal on the table for the transfer of troops, and slowly said to everyone: "Zhao Qian is responsible for the crime of three, one is that the height of the Zhao ancestral hall is ten zhang, more than two zhang of the Guiyuan Palace, there is a suspicion of trespassing, the second is that the Zhao family occupies ten thousand hectares of good land, and has not paid a penny of Tian Fu for decades, committing serious tax evasion, and third, thousands of Zhuang Ding of the Zhao family are equipped with leather armor, spears, and crossbows, forming a de facto private army, and the above three days are unforgivable, and they receive the secret decree of the Son of Heaven, This official has arrested Zhao Qian, the pacification envoy, and his henchmen into Beijing for questioning, and I will temporarily serve as the pacification envoy on Jingdong Road until a new pacification envoy is appointed. ”

Li Han immediately led the generals to kneel down on one knee and salute, "Obey the holy decree and see the pacification envoy Fan Envoy!" ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "The pacification envoy has its own operation, and the Xiang army also has a general command, Jiang Chenghua has left his post, and the pacification envoy appointed Li Han as the commander of the Xiang army of Yingtianfu, and the generals must not violate their military orders!" ”

"Obey!"

Fan Ning explained a few more words, everyone dispersed, and there were only two people in the big tent, Fan Ning and Li Han, and Fan Ning smiled and said: "Congratulations to General Li!" ”

Li Han bowed down and said: "The grace of the king's promotion is remembered in my heart!" ”

Fan Ning waved his hand and asked again: "In addition to Jiang Chenghua, are there any henchmen or henchmen of Zhao Qian in the various armies on Jingdong Road?" ”

Li Han thought for a while and said: "Jiang Chenghua is Zhao Qian's son-in-law, and the relationship is extraordinary, so he is a real hardcore henchman, and other lowly positions in other places don't seem to have said anything like Jiang Chenghua's henchmen, but the commanders of the Xiangjun in Yunzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou were all promoted by Zhao Qian, and the reputation is not very good. ”

"What about the pacification envoy?" Fanning asked again.

Li Han said with a smile: "Zhao Qian has always paid little attention to appeasing the envoys, he cares more about the army, so since he took office, he has been inspecting military affairs in various places, and he is rarely in the official office of the commander, and it is said that the officials of the commandery department have a deep grudge against him." ”

"Why is that?" Fanning is a little strange, he doesn't care and doesn't have a grudge!

"It should be related to interests, Shuai Si Yamen used to have a lot of winter and summer subsidies, but Zhao Qian was cut by him after he took office, and the money was replenished to the night patrol soldiers, Judge Wu Tong told me that he lost 30 yuan a year alone, no welfare, and no housing, how could Shuai Si and the official have no grudge against him?"

Fan Ning nodded, speaking of which, Zhao Qian did a good job, he was biased towards the hard-working low-level soldiers, and he was not used to the civilian officials sitting in the yamen, of course, Zhao Qian's main purpose in office was to control the military power, so his energy was focused on the army, and it was understandable that he didn't care about the commander.

On the other hand, the civil officials of the Shuai Si official office are not appointed by him, but by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Officials, but he has the right to recommend the generals of the Xiang Army, and generally the candidates he recommends, if there is no gross negligence, the Privy Council must appoint them.

Fan Ning saw that the time had reached the third watch, so he asked Li Han to rest, and he himself rested in the barracks for two hours, and at dawn, Fan Ning took his entourage Zhu Bao to the pacification envoy's office.

The pacification envoy was originally in the city, but because Zhao Qian was biased towards controlling the army, he built this yamen covering an area of ten acres in front of the barracks, and he achieved the goal of controlling the army, but the officials who lived in the city suffered and spent a lot of time on the road every day.

When Fan Ning arrived at the pacification envoy's office, he happened to meet the deputy envoy Lu Chunqiu, who came out as soon as he opened the city gate, and it was not yet dawn when he arrived here.

Although there is only one more deputy word to appease the deputy envoy, the official position is much lower, just a six-rank official, compared with Zhao Qian, who is the fourth grade, there are two levels and four orders worse, for a civil official, this is likely to be twenty years or even a lifelong struggle, especially the saddest hurdle for civil officials is the fifth grade, after the fifth grade means the conversion from Lang official to doctor, from middle and low-level officials to senior officials, the income of Yulu will also surge, and there will be the treatment of official residences.

It's a pity that most of the officials can't cross the threshold of the fifth grade, and most of the civil officials are dying in the sixth grade.

Lu Chunqiu is about forty years old, born in Jinshi, and has twenty or thirty years of official career, the qualifications are enough, and then the qualifications are boiled up, it should not be a big problem to step on the threshold of the fifth grade, and because of this, Lu Chunqiu is extremely cautious, for fear of saying the wrong thing, doing the wrong thing, and offending people.

Lu Chunqiu saw Fan Ning from afar, and he hurriedly greeted him, "Humble Lu Chunqiu see the king!" ”

Fan Ning said hello, "Is Deputy Envoy Lu here so early?" ”

Lu Chunqiu smiled bitterly, he had to come early, if Zhao Qian touched him late, he would definitely be scolded to the core, Zhao Qian was too mean to the civil officials of Si Ya, everyone hated him, he was afraid of him, Lu Chunqiu was no exception, but he didn't dare to say anything.

He bowed slightly and said, "I'm used to it!" ”

Fan Ning smiled faintly, "Actually, there is no need to come so early, you can come half an hour late in the future and rest for a while." ”

Lu Chunqiu felt that Fan Ning had something to say, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

Fan Ning said: "Zhao Qian was arrested by me last night, of course, by the secret order of the Son of Heaven, and has been sent to the capital overnight. ”

This sentence was like a burst of thunder exploding above Lu Chunqiu's head, he was stunned, his lips trembled, and he couldn't believe it.

"Don't Deputy Envoy Lu believe it?"

Lu Chunqiu hurriedly shook his head, "It's not that I don't believe it, but it's too sudden, and I haven't been mentally prepared at all." ”

"If even Deputy Envoy Lu is mentally prepared, Zhao Qian will not be able to catch him."

Lu Chunqiu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "I'm afraid there will be trouble over there in the barracks......"

Fanning smiled slightly, "Don't worry! Jiang Chenghua was arrested by me last night, and the army has switched allegiance to me, you can take a look at this. ”

Fan Ning took out the gold medal and shook it in front of him, Lu Chunqiu immediately recognized the gold medal for troop transfer, and now he finally believed it, and hurriedly gave a deep salute, "Xiaguan Jingdong Road appeases the deputy envoy Lu Chunqiu to see the new Fan envoy!" ”

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