Chapter 103: Take the initiative, hire someone to impeach
Everyone in the official hall at the back of the General's Office was looking at Zhang Cheng. He had just talked about the establishment of infantry camps, cavalry camps, and chariot camps. Although the Chinese army had not yet been established, everyone was still very concerned about how he would strengthen the protection of his own troops.
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Zhang Cheng coughed a few times and then said: "The general's pro-military bodyguards department will be temporarily divided into four bureaus. Chen Zhong will still serve as the commander of the pro-military bodyguards department, and Lin Fangping will be selected as the chief of the pro-military bodyguards department.
Deputy Qianzong to assist Chen Zhong in managing everything.
Bureau A is the Chinese army's sentry cavalry, with Liu Jinhai as the commander-in-chief. He is in charge of the traveling police sentry and the responsibilities of detection in all directions. At the same time, he also takes into account the important tasks of drawing the march map, investigating the situation of bandits and captives in various places;
Lin Fangping concurrently serves as the commander-in-chief of Bureau B, and Li Changsheng serves as the commander-in-chief of Bureau C. These two bureaus are Chinese military escorts and are in charge of the security of the general's office, travel alerts, stay safety and other matters;
Bureau Ding is the travel frame bureau. It is tentatively scheduled to take over the post of general manager of the bureau after Lei Zhancheng recovers from his injury. The bureau is equipped with five sedan cars and four side chariots. The commander, the old lady, and his wife are all in charge.
Wait for a car to travel and provide escort in the car.
The pro-military department has a total of 479 people, including 18 chiefs and auxiliary officers. Each sergeant in the pro-military department only selects loyal men with families in each battalion. Currently, priority is given to those who accompany the general to Beijing.
We will select from King Qin’s old cavalry team, and within ten days, four bureaus will be established.”
"Yes, the general is waiting to take your orders!"
Not only Chen Zhong, Lin Fangping, Liu Jinhai, Li Changsheng and others answered the order loudly, but Wu Zhizhong, Zhang Guangda, Chen Zheng and others also answered the order loudly.
"Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice, Chen Zhong, Lin Fangping and others are staying, while the others disperse and go about their business!"
After everyone dispersed, Zhang Cheng looked at the few remaining people and then said: "Old Wu, you have to work more recently to select some armor commanders, team officers, or
They are elite soldiers in the army and form a new army training department.
The new troops recruited from now on will be trained for three months in new military camps in Dushi, Yunzhou, and Chicheng, and then assigned to various cavalry camps, infantry camps, and vehicle camps based on their performance.
Moreover, I think that after the army is first formed, the garrison troops in each fort will have to be drilled in turns. These things are all on you, so the training department is your top priority in the near future."
"Yes, general, please rest assured, Zhizhong will handle it properly."
Zhang Cheng turned his head and looked at Wei Zhice again and said: "Zhice, now write a letter to Yu Shangyou, the censor, briefly informing the general about the attack on Chang'an Mountain, and ask him to help find some friends of the censor, and write a letter to impeach the general.
It is a crime to seek personal revenge and disregard the national law."
Wei Zhice smiled and said nothing after hearing this, while Wu Zhizhong looked thoughtful. Chen Zhong looked at Lin Fangping, who also had a confused look on his face, and said hurriedly: "General, how can I spend money on this...
People impeach themselves?”
Zhang Cheng laughed and said: "What a silly boy, he knows what to do. I'm tired. Please help him solve his doubts."
Looking at Chen Zhong with a puzzled expression, Wei Zhice first smiled and said to Zhang Cheng: "General, this move is really wonderful!"
Zhang Cheng just smiled and drank tea after hearing this. Wei Zhice then said to Chen Zhong and others: "Although Xue Liangqing and Wu Youlu committed capital crimes and deserved their death, they are still the fourth-rank military attachés of the imperial court.
The general killed these two thieves without reporting to the court, which is indeed against the rules. There are many officials in the court, and if they are allowed to be used, some terrible charges may be laid on our general."
"Ah... But if that's the case, shouldn't you go to the imperial court to defend yourself?" Chen Zhong still looked confused.
"Okay, but if Shangshu defends himself, he will start a verbal war with those officials. They have many people and are very good at this. How can we win in the northern border area?
Therefore, the general took the initiative and asked the imperial censor to impeach him. This way he could control the depth and scale of the incident when it happened. He only said that the general took revenge for personal gain and killed the guilty official without permission, and the focus of everyone's discussion was
It should be controlled within a certain range so that it does not go astray or be used by people with malicious intentions."
It was only at this moment that Zhang Cheng continued: "This is called taking the initiative. My purpose of killing Xue Liangqing and Wu Youlu was to establish my authority on the North Road, kill two people and overwhelm ten thousand people. This is what I meant.
However, although they both deserved to die, I should not have beheaded them without reporting to the imperial court. I cannot be absolved of the crime of killing imperial military attachés without permission.
That’s why I asked Censor Yu for help. I first asked the official to impeach the general for the crime of taking revenge for personal gain, and to classify Xue and Wu as criminal officials. In fact, they deserve to die. I just killed them too early."
Zhang Cheng looked at the sky outside and said: "Let's do this for now. After the policy letter is written, it will be handed over to Chen Zhong, who will send someone to the capital. Also, Fangping and Jin Hai, you two are more than enough."
Work harder and select all the pro-military bodyguards first."
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On June 12, at Xu time, the sky was dark, and the half-full moon hung diagonally in the sky facing west, emitting dark white moonlight to illuminate the earth.
Chicheng garrison He Chongwu had just received news from Dushi that Xue Liangqing, the commander of the Kaiping Guards, had been beheaded alive by Zhang Cheng. His whole family was captured and no one could escape, and they were all beheaded outside the South Pass.
When he first heard this letter, he couldn't help but tremble all over, and felt terrified in his heart. He felt that Zhang Cheng was like a devil. Not only did he dare to kill a fourth-rank military attaché of the imperial court, but he also dared to use the death penalty of live beheading.
It turned out that yesterday he was going to write a memorial to the court to impeach Zhang Cheng for the crime of killing without permission, but he had just finished writing the memorial when he received a letter from the Ministry of War, asking him to fully assist Zhang Cheng in recruiting troops and training bravery, and even allowed Zhang Cheng to conduct military training throughout the entire North Road.
The recruitment of military households is not limited to Shangbei Road.
After pondering for a long time, He Chongwu grabbed the already written memorial on the desk, tore it up without looking at it, sat back in his chair and wrote a new memorial.
The words were no longer as fierce as before. This time he first reported that Xue Liangqing and Wu Youlu had colluded with bandits and conspired to attack Zhang Cheng.
Then he said that because of the military and people's will to quickly stabilize the North Road, he did not escort the guilty officer to Beijing to await the Holy Judgment. Although Zhang Cheng, the general in charge, insisted on killing him on the spot to stabilize the situation, He Chongwu failed to resolutely
If you stop it, you will be punished.
In fact, in his heart, He Chongwu had a slight affection for Zhang Cheng before. He also needed to achieve some political achievements when he was appointed to the North Road Army. He naturally liked a person like Zhang Cheng who had the courage to do things.
But what Zhang Cheng did this time really disgusted him. As Zhang Cheng was a military commander, he dared to openly defy the imperial laws.
Today he is good at killing Xue Liangqing, Wu Youlu and others. From this, in the future he will definitely be a lawless, domineering and local military leader.
He Chongwu originally wanted to try his best to impeach Zhang Cheng, but after receiving the document from the Ministry of War, he hesitated. According to the expectations of the current emperor for Zhang Cheng, the praise of Yang Sichang from the Cabinet, Chen Xinjia, the governor, and others, he will definitely defend Zhang Cheng.
Sincerity.
What's more, as Chicheng's military commander, he could not prevent this from happening, but he also had a huge responsibility. If the court severely investigated Zhang Cheng's crime, he would not be spared, so he wrote the memorial again.