Starting in the afternoon, the Song army began to go door-to-door to ask for the handover of various weapons and armor. The reason was to prevent Xixia troops from hiding in the city. Although they asked the people in the city to self-examine and hand them over, the focus was on the Xixia people.
The Xixia people not only had to take the initiative to hand over the goods, but also entered the house to search. Most Xixia people swallowed their anger and cooperated with the Song army to enter the house and search. However, there were still a few Xixia people who did not allow the Song army to enter the house. A scuffle broke out. The Song army quickly arrested them. By nightfall,
Thousands of Xixia people were arrested.
Chen Qing immediately made a decision that these more than a thousand Xixia people, together with their families, would be forcibly deported back to Xixia.
Chen Qing knew very well that there would be no Xixia soldiers in the city now, but once the Xixia army came to kill them, they would definitely cooperate with the army inside and outside. They were all high-risk individuals and must all be repatriated.
At the same time that the Song army began to expel the Xixia people in Liangzhou in a planned manner, Liu Guangshi, the new Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy, also took office. He did not take office alone. He brought fifteen thousand troops.
These fifteen thousand people are not the army of the imperial court, but the army recruited by Liu Guangshi himself. They are the Liu family army. Basically every general has his own army. This is the tacit approval of the imperial court, and this is also to mobilize the enthusiasm of each general.
, allowing for the recruitment of a part of the army as a supplement in addition to the number of troops stipulated by the court.
Of course, the military salaries and food for these self-recruited armies are also borne by the imperial court. What is special about them is that when the general is mobilized, the army will follow him. This is the key.
Chen Qing's army followed him to Yueyang, and Yue Fei's Yue Family Army also followed him to Jingxiang. Among them, Zhang Jun had the largest private army, with more than 80,000 people, followed by Han Shizhong, with about 60,000 people, and the third largest private army.
Even Yue Fei had 50,000 men, and Wu Jie had 20,000 men, but he left his army to his brother Wu Gao.
Liu Guangshi's private army once exceeded 30,000 people, but the year before last he was defeated in Yangzhou and almost the entire army was destroyed. He started recruiting troops again, so the number of his private army was the smallest.
This is the origin of each ‘family army’. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, there were not only Yue Family Army, but also Zhang Family Army, Han Family Army, Liu Family Army and Wu Family Army. Now Chen Qing’s army has also begun to be called Chen Family Army...
However, these military leaders were all deprived of military power by the emperor Zhao Gou in the later period, but Yue Fei suffered the most tragic fate.
Liu Guangshi kept a low profile in the past two years because of the disastrous defeat the year before last, but keeping a low profile does not mean that he did nothing. He was very good at maneuvering. He found that Queen Mother Wei's party was gradually becoming more powerful, but it still lacked military power. He decisively submitted a proposal to Queen Mother Wei.
After receiving the title of vote and becoming a member of the Queen Mother's party, he really tasted the benefits, and the big hat of Xuanfu Envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi fell on his head.
The reason why Liu Guangshi was able to serve as the Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda Envoy as a military general was not because he was more capable, but because he was one of the few generals who reassured Emperor Zhao Gou.
Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Yang Yizhong, Yue Fei, Liu Qi, there are just a few of them. Among the Western Military Department, only Liu Qi can be trusted, and the others cannot be on this list, so Liu Ziyu, Wang Yan, and Wu Jie are all banned
Transferred away.
In the Xuanfu Siguan office, officials were taking turns reporting the situation to Liu Guangshi. Li Miao, a military officer in the military department, and Liu Guangshi were from the same hometown and had old friends. After Liu Guang took office this time, he was immediately promoted to a judge.
Liu Guangshi smiled and said to Li Miao: "I am different from Lu Fasheng. He is a civilian official. He should not be interested in directly taking charge of the army. I guess his interest is in managing people. But I am different. I am a military general. My interest is in direct control." All armies, you have to tell me, where is the breakthrough point to control all armies in Sichuan and Shaanxi?"
Before Liu Guangshi took office, he specifically consulted Zhu Shengfei. Zhu Shengfei told him that if he wanted to become a true propaganda envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the key was to control the military power. Liu Guangshi believed this deeply. He was the emperor and the courtier. This time he brought 10,000 Five thousand troops and thirteen trusted generals, of course, want to take over the entire army.
Of course Li Miao understood what Liu Guangshi meant. He thought for a while and said: "Currently, there are 50,000 troops under the Xuanfu Division of Sichuan and Shaanxi Province, divided into 20,000 Sichuan Army and 30,000 Shaanxi Army. The 20,000 Sichuan Army is under the direct control of the Xuanfu Division , there is no problem with this, the troublesome point is that the 30,000 Shaanxi Army is actually the Hanzhong Army, they are the army of the Wu class, and the Xuanfu Division can only control them indirectly."
Liu Guangshi narrowed his eyes and said, "Isn't Wu Jie gone?"
"His generals are still there! They all control Wu Ga, Tian Sheng, Yang Zheng, and Liu Zan. These four are Wu Jie's confidants and currently control 30,000 troops in Hanzhong."
Liu Guangshi nodded, the key here is Wu Zhang!
"Where is Wu Xi now?"
"He has been stationed in Xicheng."
Liu Guangshi immediately ordered: "Immediately send a military order to Xicheng and order Wu Gao to come see me."
Followed the order and went.
Liu Guangshi walked to the map, looked at Xihe Road on the map and asked: "Xihe Road should also be under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Division of Sichuan and Shaanxi!"
"Reporting to the Xuanfu Envoy, it used to be, but starting from the year before last, the imperial court divided it. Lu Fasheng has also been trying every possible means to plot Xihe Road, trying to bring Xihe Road back to the jurisdiction of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division. Unfortunately, Chen Qing is too strong and Lu Fasheng has no chance."
"Strong?"
Liu Guangshi snorted, "I'm afraid he just didn't follow the rules."
The feud between Liu Guangshi and Chen Qing originally originated from Gao Ding. Gao Ding was Liu Guangshi's general. Because he was dissatisfied with Liu Guangshi's command, he left the army and went to Jingzhou to join Chen Qing.
Liu Guangshi wrote several times asking for Gaoding to be repatriated, but Chen Qing refused them all. As a result, Liu Guangshi lost face in front of the generals, and he harbored a grudge against Chen Qing. When Chen Qing got married in Lin'an, Liu Guangshi was The only general who did not send congratulatory gifts or letters.
Now that he has joined the Queen Mother's party, Chen Qing has become a public and private enemy. One of the tasks given to him by Queen Mother Wei is to find evidence that Chen Qing is trying to rebel, and to find a way to capture him and send him to Lin'an as a reward. , he also served as the military governor of Xihe Road.
Although the reward is very tempting, Liu Guangshi also knows that this task is not easy to complete, and he is a bit unreasonable and willful as a woman. If he really does this, the Queen Mother will be happy, but he can't explain it to the officials.
Let's find the evidence of Chen Qing's rebellion first.
"How did Lu Fasheng do it?"
"He sent a few people to lurk in Chengji County to look for Chen Qing's clues, but they were discovered by Chen Qing and sent back with gifts, which did not embarrass them."
"It means that Lu Fasheng has gained nothing!"
"You can say that, but just before he left his job, he found some clues."
"What's the clue?" Liu Guangshi asked.
"That's the military salary. From last year to now, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division has only paid for the military salary of 20,000 people under Chen Qing, but Chen Qing has at least 50,000 people. How did he solve the military salary for the other 30,000 people?
?”
"What if he raised the taxes himself?"
Li Miao smiled and shook his head, "If Ambassador Xuanfu knew about Xihe Road, he wouldn't think so. Xihe Road has a small population and has never been rich. I'm afraid he can't even afford the military salary of 5,000 people, let alone
It’s said to be 30,000 people.”
Liu Guangshi frowned, "This is a bit strange."
"So Lu Fasheng believes that Chen Qing must have been mining and making money privately, and Wang Mian, the supervisor, was bribed by him."
Liu Guangshi narrowed his eyes. Without the permission of the imperial court, Jiedushi secretly mined and minted money. This was a serious crime!
