The new Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda Envoy Zhu Shengfei finally arrived in Hanzhong. Frankly speaking, Zhu Shengfei did not want to take up this position. He was targeting the position of Prime Minister.
After Fan Zongyin resigned as prime minister, almost everyone thought that the successor was none other than Zhu Shengfei, and Zhu Shengfei himself was bound to win. Unexpectedly, the person who picked the peach in the end was Zhang Jun, which really gave Zhu Shengfei a hard time.
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Of course, the official Zhao Gou also comforted Zhu Shengfei and asked him to go to Sichuan and Shaanxi with the qualifications of Pingzhangshi. As long as he made political achievements in Sichuan and Shaanxi, the position of prime minister would be given to him sooner or later.
But before Zhu Shengfei set off, he was tricked by Zhang Jun. Among his powers, the extremely important power of entrustment was gone, which meant that he could not exercise power on behalf of the emperor after he went to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he would not be able to exercise some important personnel appointments and dismissals.
The struggle between civil servants lies in the darkness, in the darkness, behind the scenes, in the invisibility, in the superficial articles that are colorful, but there is a ruthless knife behind the scenes.
Zhang Jun was like this. When he and Zhu Shengfei were talking to each other, they talked about the world's major affairs with all their heart. He wished they could join hands and rule the world together.
But what about after the handover? Zhu Shengfei got the handover list, but found that there was a gold medal missing from it. He asked Zhang Jun again, but Zhang Jun said that it was only a temporary award from the government and the gold medal had been returned to the government.
This incident made Zhu Shengfei so angry that he couldn't sleep well for three days. The power of the imperial edict was clearly given to Sichuan and Shaanxi as governors, but Zhang Jun believed that it was a power given to himself and had nothing to do with his successor. When his term expired,
This power has been returned.
It's like a diner eating in a noodle shop. The shopkeeper brought a pot of soy sauce, but the diner took the soy sauce pot away after finishing the meal. He thought it was given to him personally by the shopkeeper.
Is this a deviation in Zhang Jun's consciousness? No, this is a struggle between civil servants. Zhang Jun dug a big hole for Zhu Shengfei. Zhu Shengfei can appoint new people, but old people cannot be dealt with at will, especially senior officials
They were all granted by the emperor. Even if Zhu Shengfei wanted to be removed, he had to get the emperor's consent.
There were two official offices for the Xuanfu envoys in Sichuan and Shaanxi. One was in Chengdu Prefecture, which was the main official office, while the temporary official office in Nanzheng County of Xingyuan Prefecture was a temporary official office. However, even the temporary official office was built in a rather majestic manner.
To put it simply, the Chengdu government office is a civilian government office, and the Xingyuan government office is a military official government office. Currently, the Xuanfu envoys in Sichuan and Shaanxi are mainly military officers, with literary aids, so Zhu Shengfei first took charge of Hanzhong.
On the day Zhu Shengfei took office, he immediately sent an order to the governors of various places, the commander-in-chief of military and horse envoys, and the envoys of the system, asking them to come to Xingyuan Mansion to report on their duties within three days after receiving the order.
The first person to arrive in Nanzheng County was Fu Xuan, the commander-in-chief of Fenglong Army and Horses. Fu Xuan's brother Fu Jingyi was Zhu Shengfei's chief aide. Fu Xuan also climbed up to Zhu Shengfei through this relationship, and from then on he had a backstage in the court.
Now that Zhu Shengfei has been appointed as the propaganda envoy to Sichuan and Shaanxi, Fu Xuan is so happy that his heart will explode. His spring has finally come. After receiving Zhu Shengfei's order, he immediately led five hundred soldiers and rushed to Nanzheng County without stopping.
Fu Xuan ordered his soldiers to be stationed outside the city. When he entered the city, he first met his clan brother Fu Jingyi.
"The minor ones will be given to my worthy brother, and the major ones will be passed on to the Xuanfu envoy for me."
Fu Xuanhuan handed two wooden boxes, one large and one small, to Fu Jingyi. Fu Jingyi opened the small box and took a look. It was full of a box of silver, estimated to be about three hundred taels.
He pushed the big box back to Fu Xuan and said with a faint smile: "Don't you know? Xuanfu is an honest official and never accepts these valuable things."
Fu Xuan was stunned, "Didn't you ask me to prepare some gifts?"
"This is not the gift I'm talking about. I also asked you to prepare some calligraphy and paintings. Ambassador Xuan likes elegant things."
"We generals are all rough people. How can we know anything about calligraphy and painting? What if we buy a fake?"
Fu Jingyi wrote an address and handed it to him, "Go to this store to buy. There is a thousand taels of silver in the big box! Then buy a calligraphy and painting of one thousand taels of silver. Tell the shopkeeper that you are sending a congratulatory gift to Ambassador Xuan Fu.
He will give you the calligraphy and painting."
"What if it's a fake?"
Fu Jingyi was a little anxious. When he saw no one around him, he lowered his voice and said: "They must all be fakes. Xuanfu will not accept the real ones. But I just bought this store yesterday. The shopkeeper is one of my own, you know."
Yet?"
Fu Xuan immediately understood that he had spent a high price to buy counterfeit goods as gifts, and Zhu Shengfei had accepted the money and the gifts. If someone reported him in the future, the gifts would also be fakes. This was indeed a clever move.
"What about other people's gifts?"
"Do you think that the Xuan Fu Envoy will accept the gifts from cats and dogs?"
Fu Xuan secretly despised the hypocrisy of these literati, but Zhu Shengfei was his backer, so he did not dare to show it at all, and quickly said: "I want to see the Xuanfu envoy, can you arrange it?"
"You go buy a painting first, and then I will arrange it for you."
Fu Jingyi was secretly proud of himself. After some operations, he got one thousand three hundred taels of silver without anyone noticing.
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Fu Xuan finally met Zhu Shengfei. Zhu Shengfei heard that Fu Xuan spent fifty taels of silver to buy a piece of his calligraphy. He smiled so much that his eyes narrowed, and his attitude towards Fu Xuan was particularly cordial.
"I know about your nephew. It's understandable that young people are impulsive. The key is to recognize their mistakes and correct them. Wait until he recovers from his injuries and returns to the military camp. Talents are rare!"
Zhu Shengfei said that he was a rare talent and wiped out all the crimes Fu Moshan had committed in the past. This also meant that the criminal record of the Xuanfu envoy would also be wiped out, which made Fu Xuan extremely grateful.
"The care Xuanfu has for his humble position is truly touching."
Zhu Shengfei smiled and waved his hand, "If you don't talk about that, let's talk about the situation in Fengxiang Mansion, and what's the situation like in the Puppet Qi Army?"
"We are currently at peace with the puppet Qi army. They have no signs of attacking Fengxiang for the time being. The current low-level army is mainly due to the lack of military rations! We only have half a month of military rations left. Please pay attention to this issue, envoy Xuanfu
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Zhu Shengfei frowned, "Fengxiang Mansion is such a prosperous place, how can you still be short of food?"
"The Xuanfu envoy did not know that all the food in Fengxiang Mansion was exploited by the Jin soldiers, and the Monk Plain was burned down by the Song army. Now not only Fengxiang Mansion is short of food, but also all the departments of the Western Army are in short supply of food.
I’ll probably ask the Xuanfu envoy for help!”
"Let's discuss this matter later! You write a written report and I will consider it all."
"There is another matter. I have to report to the Xuanfu Envoy."
"What's up?"
"It's about the private possession of trophies by Qinzhou's envoy Chen Qing, involving a case worth hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Zhu Shengfei's eyes suddenly widened, "What do you mean, hundreds of thousands of coins?"
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Chen Qing was the fourth to arrive in Nanzheng County. As the envoy of Qinzhou, Chen Qing had dual leadership. On the one hand, the Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu envoys had jurisdiction over him, and on the other hand, he was in charge of both military and political affairs in Qinzhou. He also
Be responsible to the court.
Zhu Shengfei, the new Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy, asked Chen Qing to come to Nanzheng County to report on his duties. This was understandable. Chen Qing and Zheng Ping rushed to Nanzheng County within the specified time.
Zheng Ping married Yang Liu'er as his concubine and settled in Nanzheng. Of course, he had to live in his own home. Chen Qing lived with more than a dozen soldiers in the famous Yuelai Inn in Nanzheng County.
Not long after Chen Qinggang moved in, Wu Jie came to the door.
"I've been waiting for you these two days."
Wu Jie didn't say any greetings, and went straight to the point when he walked in: "Did you know? Fu Xuan made a complaint against you in front of the Xuanfu envoy, saying that you had embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars in loot."
"Then what?"
Wu Jie said with a serious expression: "Then the Xuanfu envoy became furious and said that you will be investigated strictly. I came to you to tell you to leave quickly."
"Zhu Shengfei has obtained the power of imperial edict? Can he remove me?"
Wu Jie shook his head, "I know you are too inexperienced. The power of imperial edict is only useful when we can't catch you. If we can catch you, what more power of imperial edict is needed? I'll put you under house arrest in Hanzhong for three months.
In the fifth year of the year, you are still the envoy of Qinzhou, and you are still the commander, so what's the use? Zhu Shengfei also appointed a commander as the military envoy of Qinzhou, wouldn't you be completely ignored?"
Chen Qing's expression changed. It was really like that. Just like Wu Jie ignored Fu Xuan during the Battle of Sanguan, he simplified the problem.
"Then I'll leave now."
"You pretend to be one of my soldiers and I will take you out. Fu Xuan will probably bring someone to arrest you."
He immediately changed his clothes. At this moment, the sound of a large number of people came from outside the inn.
Wu Jie's expression changed greatly, and he pointed to the window, "It's too late, leave from the window and wait for me at the North City Gate!"
