Early in the morning, Wang Hao hurried to the Xuanfu Envoy Office to report to Chen Qing the results of last night's battle.
"Informing the prince, the internal guards took over the Nanlin Winery and the Secret Realm. The three locations acted simultaneously, arresting twenty-three black warriors and killing twenty-seven of them. The warrior leader Li Tieqing committed suicide by taking poison, and arrested the steward.
and eighteen other intelligence personnel. Unfortunately, the whereabouts of the intelligence chief Jin Hu were unknown, and Li Tieqing, the only one who knew where he was hiding, also committed suicide."
"Are there any other dens?"
"After interrogation by Beizhi, they found out that they only have Nanlin Winery in Jingzhao. The money they earn every year supports their expenses. There is also a Nanlin Winery in Chengdu. Beizhi has sent a message to the Chengdu internal guards to eradicate it."
"How is Yang Qi's condition?" Chen Qing asked again.
"Reporting to the prince, Yang Qi was poisoned by the Golden Fox. The Golden Fox put poison in the wine. He originally wanted to poison Chao Qing as well. For some reason, Chao Qing did not drink the glass of wine and poured the wine on the ground.
,Escaped."
"Where is Yang Qi's family?"
Wang Hao sighed, "His wife and mother were killed, and his youngest son also died. The eldest son studied and lived in Taixue, so he escaped. In addition, we found this behind his bookcase."
Wang Hao placed a folded paper album on the table and pushed it to Chen Qing.
"What's this?"
"This is the intelligence directory Yang Qi provided to the other party, and he recorded it in detail.
Chen Qing looked at the booklet and sighed: "We are also responsible for Yang Qi's depravity. We will pay his eldest son a thousand qian from the seized property so that he can bury his family properly."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Chen Qing asked Zhang Xuan again, "Is Chao Qing here?"
"Report to the prince, he is here."
"Let him come in and see me!"
Zhang Xuan went out, and after a while, he quickly walked in with Chao Qing.
Chao Qing stayed up almost all night, his eyes were red, he bowed and said: "I am humble enough to see you, the prince!"
"Where did you spend the night last night?" Chen Qing asked.
"Reporting to the prince, I spent the night in my humble position as a guard."
"Did you lose anything at home?"
Chao Qing shook his head, "Although the house was turned into a mess, there was no loss."
Chen Qing looked at him for a moment and asked, "Why do you want to go to the secret realm with Yang Qi?"
"Beizi doesn't want to go at all. His repeated invitations really don't get in the way of my feelings. I will never go again next time."
Chen Qing nodded and asked: "Yang Qi drank a glass of wine, but you didn't drink it. Did you discover something?"
Chao Qing was stunned, "I just dislike Yang Qi. I don't want to drink his wine or eat his food. Is there something wrong with the wine?"
Chen Qing laughed dumbly and said: "You are lucky!"
Chao Qing suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. If he drank the palace jade liquor last night,
"Go! Pack up and leave early tomorrow morning."
"I humbly obey my orders!"
Chao Qing's legs felt weak and he walked away one step at a time.
Chen Qing then said to Wang Hao: "Reorganize it again, comb it carefully, don't miss any detail, you should still gain something!"
The cunning rabbit has three burrows, and the golden fox changed his residence overnight.
At dawn, Golden Fox also received the news. All fifty of his warriors were wiped out, Li Tieqing was also dead, and eighteen intelligence spies were arrested. In other words, except for him, Li Wenzhu, and five of his close men, the rest
All my men are dead.
This news made Golden Fox heartbroken. A small mistake led to such serious consequences. Almost the entire intelligence network was destroyed.
Li Wenzhu advised him: "The general manager is still alive, so he is very lucky. There are no more subordinates, so we can add more. As long as we learn from this lesson, we will be more cautious and less likely to make mistakes next time!"
Golden Fox sighed and said: "In the final analysis, I underestimated the enemy. I underestimated the opponent's internal guards. When I found out that Chao Qing had escaped, I should have evacuated everyone. It was so late!"
When Golden Fox got the news that Chao Qing had not returned home, he realized something was wrong and immediately ordered everyone to evacuate. However, it was still a step too late. Before anyone could escape, the internal guards surrounded Nanlin Winery.
He himself changed his residence in time, but none of his men escaped.
Of course, there was luck on both sides. If Chao Qing didn't have a good friend who served as a judge as an internal guard, he would have died last night and Nanlin Winery would not have been discovered.
If Li Jianqing hadn't committed suicide by taking poison, Golden Fox would have been arrested even if he changed his residence. Li Jianqing knew all of his residences.
Li Wenzhu comforted him again, "We have been operating Nanlin Winery for many years. Of course, the general manager will not give up easily. The situation last night was special and it was not because the general manager did not consider it well."
Jin Hu shook his head and said: "You don't need to comfort me. It's my responsibility and I will bear it. The Nanlin Winery in Jingzhao was raided. Now I am worried about the Nanlin Winery in Chengdu. Have you informed them of the transfer?"
"The pigeon message has been sent!"
The golden fox nodded, "From now on, all actions must be stopped. We must first survive the life and death crisis before we can consider making a comeback!"
In the afternoon of that day, Jin Hu and others quietly left Jingzhao City and went to live in the surrounding small counties. They went into hibernation completely. There was no news about them in Jingzhao City again.
Before dawn the next day, Chen Qing boarded a 3,000-stone ship heading east at Jingzhao Pier. Under the escort of 6,000 cavalry on both sides of the strait, he headed for Tongzhou in a mighty manner.
Tongzhou is located in the easternmost part of Guanzhong. A petition by a group of elderly people at the end of last year brought Tongzhou to the forefront. The land issue in Guanzhong that had been covered up was also lifted because of the Tongzhou incident.
Although it has been found out that Jin Hu, the intelligence chief of Jin State, was the driving force behind the Tongzhou incident. He spent money to fund more than fifty old men to come to Beijing to complain.
His intention in doing this was also very simple, to let Chen Qing leave the heavily guarded Jingzhao Mansion and create opportunities for assassination in other places.
Unfortunately, just before Chen Qing's departure, a small adventure by Golden Fox failed, bringing disaster to the Jinguo Intelligence Network.
Although assassination is no longer possible, the Tongzhou Land Incident uncovered by Golden Fox has become the focus of attention of the entire Guanzhong officialdom. The Tongzhou Land Incident is by no means an isolated incident, and similar incidents have occurred in all counties in Guanzhong.
The root cause of the Tongzhou land incident was the invasion of the Jin soldiers, which caused a large number of people in Guanzhong to flee south to Bashu, resulting in a large amount of unowned farmland in various parts of Guanzhong. This immeasurable land wealth made countless people jealous.
At this time, in order to supply the Jin soldiers with food, the puppet state of Qi issued an order to recruit farmers, forcibly moving nearly one million farmers from the northern Shaanxi states into Guanzhong, demanding that the unowned land in Guanzhong be distributed to them.
This order to raise farmers has become a good opportunity for the big landlords to seize land, and it has also become a good opportunity for the pseudo-Qi officials to make a fortune. It doesn’t matter whether you are a farmer in northern Shaanxi. As long as you give money and benefits, you will be considered a farmer in northern Shaanxi.
The main farmland changed its owner again.
The irony is that because the real farmers in northern Shaanxi could not afford bribes, they only got a few acres of thin farmland in a symbolic way and then became tenant farmers.
The land feast ended a few years ago. When the Western Army reoccupied Shaanxi Road, they did not touch this matter in order to stabilize order.
But the matter was not over. When Guanzhong began to prosper again, a large number of Guanzhong people who fled to Bashu returned to their hometowns, only to find that their ancestral land had become the property of others. Of course they refused, and the conflicts began to gradually intensify.
The reclamation order issued by Chen Qing last year was actually launched against this background, allowing the Guanzhong people who returned to Bashu to reclaim wasteland and cultivate land, and the government recognized their land rights.
The effect of the reclamation order is still good, adding millions of acres of new farmland, but it has little effect on solving the remaining land problems.
There are two reasons. First, these returning farmers from Guanzhong demand to take back their ancestral land and do not accept wasteland.
Second, the wastelands are mainly concentrated in Pizhou, Jingzhou, Ningzhou and Fangzhou in the middle of the Shaanxi Road, but there are not many wastelands in the Guanzhong area, and these people are unwilling to leave Guanzhong.
The contradictions are becoming more and more acute. The coming of more than 50 elderly people to Jingzhao to file a collective complaint is just a warning. If the land issue is still unresolved, tens of thousands of people will flock to Jingzhao. This issue has become the focus of the Xuanfu Envoy
The number one issue has to be resolved.
Chen Qing's trip to Tongzhou will naturally attract the attention of the people and officials throughout Guanzhong.
