Cheng Dong was confused and curious: "Director Jun? Who is in prison? ”

Yin Chengyi smiled dumbly: "Didn't I say it? The military affairs inspection and dispatch envoys of the Southern Expedition have the right to inspect and supervise all regiments on the front line. Zhen Guogong, this is a first-class member of the Shengtang military. ”

Cheng Dong smiled bitterly: "Metropolitan Governor, you are really joking. I can't do this errand, and I don't dare to do it. ”

"Why is that?" Yin Chengyi couldn't help but be stunned.

Cheng Dong gave the other party a gesture: "Please ask the emperor and the left minister to take back their fate and choose another talent." Zhenjiang, Qinglong, Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, I am not qualified to supervise any of them. For no other reason, I don't know anything about military affairs, and going there will only add to the chaos. ”

Yin Chengyi frowned when he heard this: "You don't know military affairs, this is a joke." Who doesn't know that your Zhenguo Mansion has produced many famous generals in the past dynasties, and the children of the clan have been practicing martial arts since childhood and are familiar with military books. Whether it is Cheng Xi, or Cheng Nan and Cheng Bei, they all join the military, you are a big brother who doesn't know about military affairs? In my opinion, you don't want to, do you? ”

"Indeed...... Not reluctantly. Cheng Dong sighed: "I am the overseer, which regiment is willing to obey." Not to mention a self-contained system like the Zhenjiang Army, even if Commander Ma and Commander Murong are commanders, I'm afraid they won't take me seriously. ”

Yin Chengyi smiled: "If you are worried about this, then you don't have to." How could the left minister not take into account the situation you said? Don't worry, the imperial court has its own countermeasures. ”

Cheng Dong was curious: "What countermeasures?" ”

Yin Chengyi looked around at no one, approached Cheng Dong, and said in a low voice: "Prime Minister Zuo said, the prison army is fake, revenge is true, our main target is Li Jiangyao and the Zhenjiang army, but there are other plans, and they will never be better." ”

As soon as he heard this, Cheng Dong was even more sure that the other party's move was not good, so he frowned and said, "Revenge...... Well, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run. ”

"What? You, the eldest brother, don't you want to seek justice for Cheng Xi? Yin Chengyi obviously didn't expect the other party to have this attitude in this matter: "My own brother was killed, and Zhen Guogong was indifferent?" ”

Cheng Dong's face was flushed by him, and he waved his hand again and again: "I didn't mean that, it's just ...... It's hard to confuse business and private affairs. ”

Yin Chengyi suddenly lowered his face and said angrily: "What is a business or private matter?" Cheng Xi is the emperor's personal guard general, or the uncle of the Holy Tang, he was plotted by someone, it is a big business, how can he let the bad guys go unpunished? ”

Cheng Dong didn't want to offend the other party easily, so he could only turn around and say: "Aren't you still waiting for the results of the investigation of the Criminal Department right now?" ”

"Confused!" Yin Chengyi slapped his thigh: "Cheng Dong, are you really confused, or are you pretending to be confused with me?" Who killed Cheng Xi, don't you count it in your heart? With the skills of those stupid people in the Criminal Department, can they find out? If you want to seek justice for Cheng Xi, if you want to vent this evil breath for the emperor and the court, we can only rely on ourselves and rely on extraordinary means, you really don't understand this truth? ”

Cheng Xi was speechless by him, but his mind was still very firm: for the safety of the entire Cheng family, he must not easily wade into this muddy water and become a knife in the hands of Wei Zixuan and others.

Seeing that the other party had been silent, Yin Chengyi also felt helpless, and after waiting for a while, he got up and said coldly: "Zhenguo Gong, the opportunity for revenge is in front of you, but time waits for no one, if you hesitate, beware of missing the opportunity and regretting it!" Think about it! ”

With that, he flicked the sleeves of his robe and strode away with a grunt.

took advantage of the excitement and returned with a failure, no wonder Yin Chengyi was depressed and angry. Originally, he planned to send Cheng Dong a good news, and by the way, he would have a good relationship with the queen's family. Unexpectedly, Cheng Dong was so timid and afraid that the director army was unwilling to be it.

Although Cheng Dong felt uneasy because the governor of the capital had left, what made him even more embarrassed was the appointment of the imperial court. To put it bluntly, the military affairs inspection envoys of the Southern Expedition are the ones who go to make trouble for the legions on the front line.

Of course, the emperor hopes that someone can keep an eye on the military for him, but he doesn't want to think about it, Li Jiangyao is willing to be at the mercy of others? The so-called chief army is only meaningful when the imperial power is greater than the military power and the imperial court can steadily suppress the military. Otherwise, it's the ears of the deaf - ornaments.

Wei Zixuan pushed him to this position, clearly wanting to create friction through him, and then provoke the contradiction between the queen and the noble forces in the DPRK and the military, this truth is not understood by others, but Cheng Dong is still very clear.

It's not that he doesn't want to avenge his younger brother, but revenge requires a premise, that is, absolute strength. Just relying on the empty title of a prison army, it is simply a fool's dream to think about Li Jiangyao.

Thinking of this, Cheng Dong called the housekeeper of Chengfu: "Go, hurry up and invite Doctor Yang from Xuanjitang and ask him to see me!" ”

"Guogong? What is wrong with you? ”

"Yes, I'm sick, seriously ill! From today onwards, I will be recuperating at home, and I will not be able to see guests, so go quickly! ”

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Cheng Dong, the prince of Zhenguo, suddenly fell ill, which suddenly disrupted Wei Zixuan's plan, and at the same time surprised the emperor Li Bing.

He was not worried about his brother-in-law's health, but because the position had been established by the Southern Expedition Military Affairs Inspectorate, but the candidate suddenly failed. You have to find someone else to make it up, or it will be a joke.

After urgent deliberation among the ministers of the DPRK and China, the person who succeeded Cheng Dong was finally determined.

The current commander of the White Tiger Legion, Gong Chengze.

Unlike Cheng Dong, Gong Chengze was very happy about this new position. He was originally a general of Yulin Qianniu from Sanpin, and the military affairs inspection envoy of the Southern Expedition was appointed by the imperial court as the governor of Tongzheng Sanpin. This is equivalent to not making an inch, and he has been promoted by one level in vain, and as a Qincha, he also has the right to inspect and transfer military affairs, and he will casually suppress the commanders of each legion.

Gong Chengze was overjoyed, and secretly thanked God for blessing him, so that Zhenguo Gong would not get sick early or night, but he was seriously ill at this time, thus giving him a good opportunity to soar.

This guy got the emperor's will in the Taiji Palace, and it only took two days to complete the handover of the command of the White Tiger Legion, and then he rushed to the Governor's Mansion to get the official document and the seal letter of the inspection envoy, and then left Beijing triumphantly to take up his post.

The first stop he chose was the Suzaku Legion.

When Li Bing was reorganizing his troops in Luoyi, he set up a total of six legions and five legion commanders, and Gong Chengze was one of them. However, his qualifications are the shallowest and his foundation is the thinnest, and his credit is far inferior to that of Murong Xue, Ma Hongjie, and Chang Tao, let alone Li Jiangyao.

Ma Hongjie, the general of Suzaku Bird, told the people around him at the time that Gong Chengze completely relied on his whiskers to pat the horse's position, and he was ashamed to be on a side by side with him. These words later reached Gong Chengze's ears, and he was immediately angry, and vowed to give Ma Hongjie a hard time one day.

Now that he has become the military affairs inspector of the Southern Expedition, a proper chief army, why don't you go to the trouble of the Suzaku Legion first? After cleaning up Ma Hongjie, and then all the way to the east, the Blue Dragon Legion and the Xuanwu Legion will be repaired one by one, and it will be enjoyable to think about it!

The news that Gong Chengze had come to inspect military affairs on order soon spread to Suizhou. Ma Hongjie was bored in his heart, as if he had swallowed a fly. He explained to his two deputy commanders, saying that he was going to the front line to inspect the combat readiness, and then led the guards away.

Gong Chengze arrived at the base camp of the Suzaku Legion, and did not see the main general personally greet him, so he immediately sank his face, first scolded the Suzaku generals and colonels present, and then ordered the attachés to go out in five ways to strictly inspect the soldiers, equipment, camps, grain and grass, and military discipline, which made a great deal of movement.

After a few days of work, Gong Chengze's people picked bones in the eggs and found more than 210 problems, large and small. Gong Chengze was like a treasure, and forced the deputy commander, Du Lieutenant, Sima and other officers to put down their errands and seriously reply and explain.

However, his purpose was not really to help the other party improve military affairs, but to deliberately provoke thorns and find trouble, so no matter how the people of the Suzaku Legion responded, they would not be able to pass the pass of this prosecutor.

The entire regiment was tossed by Gong Chengze, and even the most basic training exercises could not be carried out normally.

So, is it okay for everyone to ignore him like Ma Hongjie?

The answer is no. Because, Gong Chengze, as the commander of the Qincha Army, really has three very important powers in his hands, so that the Vermilion Bird Legion can't help but take it seriously.

The three powers, one is personnel, the second is food, and the third is armament.

Personnel and salaries are well understood, and if he does not listen to Gong Chengze's words, he has the right to decide on the promotion and appointment of officers, as well as the allocation and distribution of troops' food, grass, and salaries.

The armament refers to the fact that Gong Chengze can decide which troops are qualified to participate in the war and which army is not well prepared and cannot be easily sent to the battlefield according to the situation of combat readiness and military affairs.

Because of this, the generals and colonels of the Suzaku Legion could only swallow their anger and let the inspection and investigation make a big deal of prestige.

In this process, Gong Chengze also brought Wei Zixuan's private goods by the way.

Before leaving, Wei Zixuan had specially instructed him to focus on taking care of a few noble officers appointed by him when inspecting and inspecting various legions, and try to help them grasp more military power.

Gong Chengze faithfully carried out Wei Zixuan's intentions, and took advantage of the opportunity of the great commander Ma Hongjie to deliberately avoid him, he directly intervened in the internal arrangements of the Vermilion Bird Legion, coerced and enticed, and used both soft and hard, bringing many Wei Zixuan's people to important posts, and greatly strengthening the real power in the hands of aristocratic young officers.

The inspection envoy tossed in Suizhou for nearly a month, Ma Hongjie always stayed on the front line and did not show up, Gong Chengze secretly laughed in his heart that the other party was just like this, and left the Vermilion Bird Legion proudly and set off for the next target: the Blue Dragon Legion.

However, the Qinglong general Murong Xue is different from Ma Hongjie, he has no intention of hiding from Gong Chengze, who is a villain. On the contrary, Murong Xue put on a posture in Huangmei, where she was stationed, waiting for the other party, intending to smash the prestige of this bullshit Qincha.