After lunch, Chen Qing met with Yan Jun alone. Everyone knew that Yan Jun had been the leader of Chen Qing's soldiers for many years and was a close confidant of King Yong. It was understandable that King Yong met him alone.
"Sit down and talk!" Chen Qing pointed to a stool and smiled.
Yan Jun was a little embarrassed and said: "It's better to stand and talk about my humble position! I'm used to it."
Chen Qing said with a smile: "I have brought you a few letters from home, and I will return them to you later. Don't worry! My family is very good, and the princess often sends people to visit them."
Yan Jun was moved in his heart and bowed: "Thank you for your love, Your Highness!"
"Tell me about the current situation!"
Chen Qing waved his hand and said: "I came to Datong Mansion this time to solve the problem. I want to know what problems are currently existing in Datong City? It will affect the defense or even become a hidden danger. Datong Mansion is the top priority. If Datong Mansion is lost, we will
If there is a huge crisis, the Eastern Expedition will become a luxury. It is precisely because it is so important that I personally came to Datong to inspect it."
"I understand, I understand, because the governor Zhe and the magistrate Yelu are both here this morning, so there are some things I can't say that I can't say!"
"Is there a deep conflict between Zhe Yanzhi and Yelu Qiyan?"
"Yes! They do have deep conflicts, and they recently had a public falling out because of an affair."
"Whose responsibility is it?" Chen Qing asked again.
Yan Jun shook his head, "I can't tell who is responsible. I think it is because some issues have not been clarified, mainly because the boundaries of the governor's power are not clear."
"What do you mean? Be specific."
"Your Highness, I have talked with Governor Zhe. He believes that the concept of Governor is full control of the military and government. Because the Governor of Liangzhou and the Governor of Ganzhou are like this, he always interferes in government affairs. However, the prefect of Yelu is very resistant. He thinks that Zheyan
The hostage hand stretched too far, and the two often had conflicts over trivial matters. Governor Zhe was very stubborn and would not give up easily. In the end, he used his brother-in-law to control the Datong County Yamen and eclipse the Datong Fu Yamen."
"Then have you told him that Datong Prefecture is different from Liangzhou. Liangzhou is a governor state and does not have a magistrate, while Datong Prefecture is a normal administrative state with separate military and political affairs."
Yan Jun smiled bitterly and said: "I talked about my humble position, but it's meaningless. Zhe Yanzhi is very stubborn. He thinks that he used to be a privy councilor and became the governor of Datong as a civilian. He is in charge of both military and political affairs. Moreover, he also has another identity.
, Hebei Road Defense Envoy, so he believes that government affairs are also part of defense, and all government affairs should be done around defense. Defense is heaven!"
"Defense is heaven!"
Chen Qing agreed very much with this statement, and he smiled and said: "So they just have a conflict of ideas."
"Exactly! I can give you two examples of humble positions. One is the issue of organizing a militia for young refugees. The prefect of Yelu agreed to form a militia, but asked for a certain food subsidy. However, the governor thought that they had already fulfilled their responsibilities by providing food relief every day. It was right to serve as a militia.
Their obligation was not to provide additional food subsidies, and the two were in a stalemate over this.
The second example is the demolition of residential buildings along the city wall. The prefect of Yelu insisted on demolishing it within 100 steps. The governor of Zhe wanted to build a second defensive wall and insisted on demolishing it within 300 steps. The two sides argued for two months, and finally the county government obeyed Zhe.
Under the arrangement of the governor, all residential buildings within 300 steps were demolished, involving more than 7,000 households and tens of thousands of people.
At that time, tens of thousands of people went to the Governor's Mansion to cry and beg, but it was in vain. Governor Zhe's attitude was very tough. It was impossible for him to lower the defense requirements for the benefit of some people, so the people called Governor Zhe a tiger. But Governor Zhe said
, defense is paramount, he wants to protect the Datong Mansion, nothing else is important. You said that the defeat of the Governor was out of selfish motives, but that is not necessarily true. It is just that he is very stubborn, hard-hearted, and despises his position. To tell the truth, neither of them is wrong.
"
Chen Qing nodded and asked: "Just now you said that they fell out publicly because of an affair. What kind of affair?"
Yan Jun sighed and said: "It's a murder case. Recently, some gangsters have abducted young refugee girls to go to brothels. They usually make the girl's father Huli Hutu bear a huge debt, and then force the father to use his daughter to pay off the debt.
, had already succeeded a lot, but then an accident happened to the latest one. The son fought with the gangster to protect his father, and then the father killed the gangster out of desperation."
"Then what?" Chen Qing asked quietly.
"Then Yeluqiyan borrowed three hundred guardsmen from me to arrest these rogue gangsters and brothel madams who were killing refugees. The result of the interrogation was that the county captain Du Shun was the instigator behind the scenes, and this person was Zheyan's hostage.
brother in law."
"Did Zhe Yanzhi use this person to control the county government?" Chen Qing asked coldly.
"it's him!"
Yan Jun nodded and said, "It is precisely for this reason that Zhe Yanzhi did not admit those interrogation reports. He believed that Yelu Qiyan deliberately fabricated them in order to take back the county government."
"Deliberately fabricated?"
Chen Qing snorted, "Can interrogation records be deliberately fabricated?"
"The key is that there is no physical evidence, and Orihiko refuses to admit it, so there is nothing we can do."
"This is not a criminal case, this is accountability. Does the imperial court impeach officials with all the necessary witnesses and material evidence?"
On this issue, Chen Qing obviously had a bias.
"Your Highness, there is something I don't know whether I should say because of my humble position."
Chen Qing glared at him, "Now, is there anything else you shouldn't say?"
"I am aware of my mistake. I just want to say that there is no problem in defeating the governor, but he was deceived by the people around him."
"Is this the county captain Du Shun?"
"Not only him, but also an aide, Li Bailing, who is Du Shun's father-in-law. He is the one who is insidious and cunning. I heard from his humble position that he was the one who made the plans to control the county government to bypass the government government. Also, Zhe Yanzhi did not report it to the military department.
The birth of a son was probably due to his persuasion, and more importantly... the identity of this person is questionable."
Chen Qing frowned, "What do you mean by doubtful identity?"
"It was the prefect of Yelu who told the humble official that Li Bailing claimed to be from Yingzhou, but the prefect of Yelu repeatedly checked among the refugees in Yingzhou and found that no one knew this Li Bailing, and his daughter, Du Shun's wife, had once let slip,
She complained that Datong Prefecture was too cold, much colder than the climate in Yanshan Prefecture."
Chen Qing heard the clue, "What do you mean, Li Bailing is from Yanshan Mansion?"
"Your Highness, if Li Bailing is from Yanshan Prefecture, then where is his son-in-law Du Shun from? The attack on Datong Prefecture appears to be a nomadic army, but behind it is the Kingdom of Jin!"
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In the afternoon, Chen Qing, accompanied by Yelu Qiyan, inspected the temporary refugee camp for the people of Yingzhou. The refugee camp was managed by the government and was located in the southwest outside Datong City. It was surrounded by barracks and was actually a military camp.
"I used to live in the city, which was too crowded. It was very inconvenient for several families to squeeze into one tent. It is winter now, and it is impossible for the nomadic cavalry to attack in winter. After spring, I want to move them to Taiyuan Prefecture, and the cattle will be unified.
Magistrate Cao and I both agreed."
Chen Qing nodded and asked: "There is something I want to ask Magistrate Yelu. Yan Jun told me, do you suspect that Li Bailing's origins are unknown?"
Yelv Qiyan was silent for a moment: "Originally, I wanted to find a special time to report to His Highness. Since His Highness asked, I will tell the truth. I dare not say that Li Bailing is a spy of the Jin Kingdom, but he did conceal his origin. I have confirmed it
He came from Yanshan Mansion."
"How was it confirmed?"
"Du Shun's wife, who is also his daughter, has a personal maid named Lai Xi'er. Lai Xi'er admitted the day before yesterday that they are from Yixian County, and Li Bailing was once the head of Yixian County."
"Have you placed someone in the Du family?" Chen Qing suddenly realized.
"I didn't place anyone in my humble position, but I bribed a maid. This maid had a very good relationship with Lai Xi'er and talked about everything. They drank some wine the day before yesterday, and she asked a little bit about it, and Lai Xi'er was all right.
Ten said it."
After a pause, Yelu Qiyan said with shame: "Originally I just wanted to find other excuses for Du Shun, but unexpectedly, by some strange combination of circumstances, I found out Li Bailing's background."
Chen Qing nodded. This Yelv Qiyan was really smart. He couldn't fight Zhe Yanzhi head-on, so he fought in a roundabout way. Unexpectedly, he got unexpected gains.