In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army camp of the Heyuan Army, the secretary in charge of the envoy of Longyou Jiedu looked at Fang Chongyong, the acting envoy of Longyou Jiedu, with a difficult face, and did not understand which one this person was playing.

Before coming, Fang Chongyong said that he was "scaring the people of the Heyuan Army". It stands to reason that at this time, Wang rarely should give in, retreat from everyone and explain to Fang Chongyong alone about the situation of empty salary, and should not risk provoking Fang Chongyong, and die to save face.

After all, not to mention that the Longyoufang army has been in arrears for many years, and there are still a lot of bullshit and shitty things, and there are many books to write.

For example, after the war with Tubo, many fallen soldiers did not find their bodies, not only were the border troops at all levels of Longyou declared that these people "treason and fled to Tibet", but also their families were implicated and fell into bad luck.

These things are not a secret in the army of Longyou, but no one has brought it up, so what is the reason?

The answer is that in recent years, the Tang Dynasty and Tibet have maintained overall peace, and the military expenses of the border army have been cut a lot, and the normal payment of military salaries is often in arrears. If you underreport the deaths, you can save a little pension!

Besides, if the number of casualties reported by the border army is too large, it will also appear that the border generals are incompetent. The vacated numbers can still eat empty salaries, and if you have an emergency when the court is in arrears with military salaries, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

Compared with these "secrets that cannot be said", the general empty salary in the Longyou army is not worth targeting. To put it bluntly, that's what happened.

If this is the case, then why is Wang rarely unconvinced now?

The secretary looked at Wang Rare, and saw that although there were some beads of sweat on his forehead, this burly strong man looked a little nervous, but he didn't mean to beg for mercy at all.

Does this person still think that he can be fooled?

Not only the secretary, but also He Changqi and others on Fang Chongyong's side didn't understand.

"Do you think that the official position of the secretary is too dull now, so you want to have fun with yourself?"

Fang Chongyong looked at the secretary beside him and asked suspiciously. The momentum is compelling, not angry and self-assured.

"The lowly position has just been distracted, distracted."

The secretary hurriedly confessed, and then shouted loudly: "It's time to start the roll call, the first battalion of the first capital, Yao Erniu!" ”

The establishment of the border army in the Tang Dynasty was slightly different from that of the forbidden army, and the personnel assessment was not so detailed.

The "battalion" in the roster is the smallest deployment and dispatch establishment, with about 400 soldiers and one battalion leader. The establishment below the battalion level will no longer be subdivided. The non-commissioned officers of the same battalion can be transferred by the battalion owner at will without reporting, let alone changing the roster.

At first glance, it looks like nothing, but it's actually scary to think about. As the smallest deployed unit of the border army, the power of the battalion owner should not be underestimated.

"Go and call all the people in the first battalion of the first capital to the door of the tent and obey the order."

Wang said in a deep voice to a general beside him, secretly winking.

After a while, the general entered the tent with an ordinary-looking middle-aged soldier with a hesitant face.

He clasped his fists at Wang and saluted, "Yao Erniu pays a visit to the Wang military envoy." ”

"You, go and cut the nails of Yao Zhuangshi's two thumbs."

Fang Chongyong pointed to his side, and said to a pro-soldier who was not good-looking. Although this person is also a personal soldier of the Lintao Army, he is a "service soldier" rather than a professional combatant.

This person is specially responsible for trimming the beard and hair of the generals in the army.

The fact that men in the Tang Dynasty were accustomed to having long hair and beards did not mean that they allowed their hair to grow savagely! Whether it is in the army or in the homes of the powerful, there are special people who are responsible for taking care of their hair. Although not many people in the Heyuan army knew this person, Wang rarely recognized this person at a glance.

When Du hoped to be there, this was the saddle horse and the back of the horse.

Wang Xian just didn't understand why Fang Chongyong took this "craftsman" before, but now when he saw it, he suddenly realized that it was not good in his heart, and his scalp was numb in a hurry.

Yao Erniu, an ordinary soldier of the Heyuan Army, was confused and didn't understand the situation, so the nails of his two thumbs were cut off.

He carefully put the cut nails into the cuffs, and was immediately sent away by Fang Chongyong.

"Next, Li Dashi!"

The secretary shouted, and soon, another sergeant from Heyuan strode into the military tent. He is still the same as Yao Erniu, the nails of two thumbs have been cut off.

After Li Dashi walked out of the tent, Fang Chongyong looked at Wang Rare with a smile and asked:

"There are many soldiers in Heyuan, no less than 10,000 people. Such a verification one by one does delay time.

It is better to open a few more military tents for inspection, and by the way, trim the nails of the soldiers, which is also a beautiful thing.

What did Wang Junenvoy think this section commander said? ”

Seeing that the other party had already pierced his careful thoughts, but did not say it to his face, Wang rarely bowed and saluted, and said, "Fang Jieshuai will stop first." At the end, there will be confidential matters, and you need to tell the marshal separately, and ask the marshal to take a step to speak. ”

He finally relented, because the cut nails couldn't grow out at this moment, and the trick of letting the same person fish in troubled waters and "punch in" probably couldn't be used.

Seeing that the expected thing finally appeared, everyone around Fang Chongyong was silent and relieved.

Fang Chongyong is indeed "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers", but they are really afraid that Wang will rarely turn the table and incite the Heyuan army to mutiny!

"Secretary Zhang, you go outside the camp to count the people on the roster, and this section commander wants to talk to Wang Junenvoy about the important things he said."

Fang Chongyong waved his hand at He Changqi and the others and said.

All the generals of the Heyuan Army under Wang Tian's command also looked at Fang Chongyong thoughtfully, and after bowing and saluting, they all withdrew from the Chinese army's tent together.

At this moment, in the empty military tent, there are only two people left, Chongyong and Heyuan military envoy Wang, and the atmosphere is awkward and dignified!

"Fang Jieshuai, I know that when I was in Chang'an last year, your father did kill Wang Sijing, the father of a certain person, in order to quell the rebellion.

In the eyes of ordinary people, a certain person should hold a grudge and embarrass you.

But in fact, those are all because of official affairs, not personal vendettas, and the causes and consequences are also very clear.

Why did Fang Jieshuai bother because he was worried that someone would have a grudge, so he would strike first and clean up Wang? ”

Wang asked with a wry smile.

He really had nothing to say, he didn't go to trouble this Fang Yanei, but this Yanai didn't want to let him go!

Wang Xiao's family has been in the same vein as Li Heng since his father's generation.

The personal relationship between Wang Sijing and Li Heng is better than the personal relationship between Li Heng and Wang Zhonghe! Li Heng's rebellion failed, and the whole family was killed, which means that the Wang family has completely lost its future, and all the connections invested in it before have been cleared.

How could Wang be rare at this juncture and make trouble for Fang Chongyong, who was the acting envoy of Longyoujiedu!

Of course, it is not surprising that the king did not want to cause trouble, and things came to him instead.

Because Wang rarely knew if Fang Chongyong had been instructed by Li Longji to come to Longyou to "clean up the portal"! This possibility is not only not small, but even very much in line with the law of political operation: cut the grass and eradicate the roots!

"On that day, a certain person was a member of the Dragon Martial Army, serving as a guard beside the saint.

It was a certain person who fled to a safe place with the saint on his back that the saint was able to escape. Otherwise, the traitor Li Heng might have succeeded.

Tell Wang Junenvoy a secret again, in fact, Zheng Shuqing, the middle of the imperial history, went to Chang'an City to transfer troops at that time was precisely because the marshal told him the day before and asked him to take precautions.

But he still didn't move Jin Wuwei, the main reason was that his father was a hindrance, and it can be said that your father almost pushed Li Heng to the position of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, this section commander can be expected that Wang Junzhi's father, Wang Sijing, is Li Heng's hardcore cronies and henchmen, and participated in the rebellion as an internal commander. If this section marshal really wants to clean up Wang Jun'an, then there is no need to do anything, just wait for the meeting to send a letter to the sage to Chang'an, and state many details of that day again. ”

Fang Chongyong said slowly.

Hearing this, Wang Rare was suddenly frightened and had no master!

He never expected that on the day of Li Heng's rebellion, there would be so many inside stories about the lives of people!

What did Wang's father do at the beginning, in fact, it was all speculated privately by him, the son of a border general who was thousands of miles away, and there was no empirical evidence in his hands.

Wang Sijing didn't reveal anything to Wang Rare at the beginning, let alone let Wang Rare send troops to respond to deployments. Later, there was no proof of his death, and outsiders did not understand whether Wang Sijing was an unlucky guy who was killed by Fang Youde and made an example of the monkey, or if he really had a ghost in his heart, and he was killed by using his mantis arm as a car.

In short, the court is inconclusive, and it can't be settled.

Perhaps because of this, when Brother Ji was purging Li Heng's henchmen, he did not move Wang Rare, nor did he liquidate Wang Sijing's family. Of course, Brother Ji probably secretly sent someone to observe Wang Rare, and found that he didn't have any abnormal movements, not like a thief, and finally let him go gently.

After all, Kego, while bad, is not stupid.

He knows very well that the more many things are investigated, the more he wants to cover them up and make people criticize.

Just clean up the people who have to be cleaned up, and there is no need to expand the scope of cleaning indefinitely. The relationship network of the elite class in Chang'an is intertwined, and a group of people are killed and picked up. You can't kill it all by killing alone.

Killing too much will have the opposite effect.

"What Fang Jieshuai is talking about, I don't understand it very well. At that time, a certain was in the army on the right side of Long, and he didn't know anything about what happened in Chang'an. ”

The king rarely bothered to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and forced himself to argue.

"Really?

The commander will tell you unmistakably that your father, Wang Sijing, participated in the rebellion initiated by Li Heng at that time, and served as an internal response in the Jin Wuwei to prevent the Nanya forbidden army outside the city from entering the city to quell the rebellion, which is a heinous crime!

It's more than innocent! It's hard to escape the blame for a hundred deaths!

Do you understand what the marshal said in this section?

My father Fang Quanzhong, Zheng Shuqing in the imperial history, and Pei Min, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei Zhonglang who worked with your father at the time and was also at the scene, can all testify that your father is plotting against you.

What else does Wang Junenvoy have to say! ”

Fang Chongyong scolded unceremoniously, piercing the last trace of Wang's rare illusion.

These words made Wang rarely speechless.

He knew very well how much weight the other party's words had just now. Fang Youde and Zheng Shuqing didn't mention it, but said that Pei Min was the "Sword Saint" personally named by Li Longji, and he was also in Jin Wuwei at the time, and he was still at the scene of the incident.

Pei Min only had to say to Brother Ji: I felt that Wang Sijing was weird at that time, and for some reason he strongly opposed bringing troops into the city to quell the rebellion, maybe he really colluded with Li Heng.

Then Wang Sijing's killing will be determined!

The big hat of the Wang family's collusion with Li Heng to plot rebellion can no longer be taken off, and the whole family was killed or exiled, and there is no need to say more.

In other words, now as long as Fang Chongyong writes a letter to the Son of Heaven in Chang'an to explain this matter, their Wang family will be completely finished!

As for whether Pei Min will testify, can Fang Chongyong invite this great god? It was rare for the king not to know, but he did not dare to bet.

Because he believed that Fang Chongyong was willing to talk so much nonsense to himself, he must have a need. It is only a stick of incense time to write a letter, and Fang Chongyong wants to write it early.

"If Fang Jieshuai has any dispatches, you might as well say it bluntly.

If the last general can do it, he will definitely help, work tirelessly before and after the saddle, and be willing to be a handsome eagle dog and arm.

If the last general is useless, or the festival marshal is just acting at the behest of the saint, then please also ask Fang Jie Shuai to send someone to tie him up and return it to Chang'an to be handed over to the Son of Heaven for disposal. ”

It was rare for the king to care that the man had gold under his knees, so he knelt directly for Fang Chongyong, which was very crisp and neat.

"Eh, General Wang is too worried. What I said just now was just a temptation. It's all for the sake of the saint, and I ask General Wang not to take it to heart. ”

Fang Chongyong smiled and helped Wang up with a smile, and the two sat down in front of the table.

Seeing that Fang Chongyong had a meaningful smile on his face but didn't speak, Wang Rare was still beating a drum in his heart, and couldn't help but ask: "I don't know if Fang Jieshuai came here because of the trouble of the Heyuan Army a few days ago?" ”

"Yes and no.

It is not right for the border army to make trouble, but this is the first arrears of military salaries in the imperial court, which is also very understanding of the difficulties of the soldiers of the Longyou army. ”

Fang Chongyong waved his hand disappreciably and said.

"That section commander came to the Heyuan Army...... Is it for the purpose of auditing? ”

Wang is rarely a smart person, and he immediately understood Fang Chongyong's true intentions.

"General Wang, this section shuai thinks that you are a talent, and you shouldn't be buried here.

This section commander is also a person who loves talents, and the saint has also heard about the problem of the right army of Long, but he doesn't know the inside story, so he ordered a certain person to secretly investigate.

In the past few years, within the Longyou Army, the top and bottom have also eaten empty salaries for a long time. The saint was furious and ordered a certain to investigate the details.

Other glamorous and ghostly things in the army should also be investigated. Does the envoy understand what it means? ”

Fang Chongyong took out his appointment documents from his arms, and put the waist cards of the supervising imperial history and the supervising military envoy on the table, Wang rarely felt that the matter was big.

Because a "flying side pot" was thrown on Fang Chongyong's head, outsiders thought that Fang Chongyong was a back-handed man and an unlucky bastard, and ignored what this person's original official position was, and what were the rights and responsibilities of the original Longyou!

To put it simply, Fang Chongyong's original duty, in addition to the selection of soldiers of the Silver Spear Filial Piety Army, was to monitor and picket the lawlessness in the Longyou Army.

Of course, this sword can't be unsheathed, it's just a "nuclear weapon" lent by Brother Ji to Fang Chongyong, and the biggest function of nuclear weapons is deterrence!

Where Fang Chongyong wants to select soldiers, the border troops there must cooperate, otherwise Fang Yanei will "picket lawlessness" in these border troops. In this case, who would turn his face against this imperial court for the sake of a few soldiers?

Brother Ji gave Fang Chongyong the official position of supervising the imperial history and supervising the military envoy, and it was because of this.

But this does not mean that Fang Chongyong can do whatever he wants, to be a hero, to be a real "prison army", let alone to solve all kinds of systemic problems within the border army.

If Fang Chongyong really wants to make trouble hard, he will definitely make Longyou's chickens fly and dogs jump. At that time, if there is a border general who takes refuge in Tibet, then the fun will be great.

This is where Fang Chongyong is powerful, he uses the power in his hand as a hole card for deterrence, and will not really play it. No matter how much trouble happens, the situation is under control.

"There are many problems in the army on the right side of Long, it is really difficult to explain, and a certain one only knows a drop in the ocean."

Wang said with a rare sigh, saying that for this sake, it would be meaningless to continue to quibble. What kind of empty salary, martyrs report deserters and other problems, in the Longyou Army, there are a lot of grabs, and no one can withstand scrutiny!

"The military tent is full of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and I also ask General Wang to write down what you know. Sometime to think about the time to say a few nice words in front of the saints. After all, the white sand is in Nirvana, and it is black with it, and I believe that the saint will also understand General Wang's difficulties.

By the way, General Gai Jiayun has already written one before, do you want to refer to how he wrote it? ”

Fang Chongyong smiled and took out a folded piece of paper from his arms, held it in his hand, and raised it to Wang Yuan.

"No need, no need, the festival commander said with a smile."

The king sneered, it was worse than crying.

This small square marshal has prepared a fully functional "feast" for these side generals, which can be called both soft and hard. It is rare for Wang to believe that he is by no means the second unlucky, and there must be someone else behind!

He had to honestly polish the ink, spread out a large piece of paper, and write down the number and proportion of the Heyuan army's empty salaries on it. Which empty salaries in the army were used for emergency response, and which ones were greedy by generals at all levels.

There are also soldiers who died in battle, who should have been martyrs, and border generals who claimed to have defected in order to be greedy for pensions, etc.

After writing it, Wang rarely read it from beginning to end, only to feel that his whole body had fallen into an ice cave. If this thing is seen by the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, the person involved will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die!

"When the water is clear, there are no fish, General Wang doesn't have to think too much."

Fang Chongyong put this "confession" into his cuffs and said indifferently.

"Please also ask Fang Jieshuai to say a few more kind words in front of the saint in the future, and the end will be grateful."

The king rarely knew that he was on the thief ship, and pleaded.

He also knew very well that Fang Chongyong would never show this confession to the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, because it would not be beneficial to everyone! Until the net is broken, the sword hanging over the head will not fall. This is the power of deterrence.

Of course, as a price, Wang rarely has to obediently obey Fang Chongyong's drive, and the unspoken rules of political operation are so ruthless.

"It's easy to say, this section is busy with official business, so I won't stay in the Heyuan army and leave.

As long as Wang Junenvoy is willing to do good things for the saints, then he doesn't have to worry about those boring threats. ”

Fang Chongyong stood up and nodded at Wang Rare, and said meaningfully.

There are really one big pit after another in the army on the right side of Long, and if you accidentally fall into it, it will be over. Fang Chongyong was secretly glad in his heart that he had now taken over the top leaders of the Lintao Army and the Heyuan Army, and had taken the two biggest "mountains" under his control.

Not to mention letting them do things with peace of mind, at least they won't add chaos to themselves. The next step is to start dealing with the problem of arrears of the army on the right side of Long, and this horse is another big hole.

Walking out of the camp, Fang Chongyong couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Although it was rare to subdue the king, he did not feel relaxed at all.

If there is a typo, you can mark it, and then I will let someone click on it and I can fix it. I don't need to say which word was written incorrectly in the comment area, it's not convenient for me to proofread it right now.

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