Early in the morning, Zhang Miao quickly came to Chen Qing's official room, clasped his fists and saluted: "The prince is looking for me?"
Chen Qing smiled and waved his hand, "Sit down and talk. I just want to confirm yesterday's investigation report."
Zhang Miao sat down and glanced at Chen Qing's desk. It was the investigation report of the Supervision Department that he had handed in yesterday. It contained information on more than a dozen state officials. He didn't know who had the problem.
Chen Qing looked through the report and asked: "I mainly want to ask Li Xuemin, the general magistrate of Chengdu. The report said that he was recommended by Zhu Shengfei. I know that he took office when Zhu Shengfei was the Xuanfu envoy to Sichuan and Shaanxi, but does this mean that he is Zhu Shengfei?"
recommend?"
"Reporting to the prince, there is no doubt that Li Xuemin was recommended by Zhu Shengfei. When we write this, there is a lot of information to prove it. We even suspect that he is actually the Empress Dowager Wei."
"Why do you suspect it's Empress Dowager Wei's person?"
"At that time, in order to compete for the position of general judge, Zhu Shengfei wrote twice to criticize Zhang Jun for wanting to control Sichuan and Shaanxi. Later, Zhu Shengfei gave up the right to recommend the general judge of Jiangling Prefecture, and then he successfully promoted Li Xuemin to the position. However, we found that the intersection between Zhu Shengfei and Li Xuemin
It’s not deep, on the contrary, Li Xuemin has a close relationship with Empress Dowager Wei’s brother.”
Chen Qing suddenly became alert, "Are you talking about Uncle Wei Tong?"
Zhang Miao nodded, "The owner of Wangjiang Tower, the largest restaurant in Chengdu, is Wei Tong. I heard that Wei Tong also controls the tea in Chengdu. This happened not long after Li Xuemin took office."
"Did Wei Tong get involved in salt and wine?" Chen Qing asked coldly.
"Salt is not involved, but Liquor is deeply involved. He controls nearly half of the alcohol in Chengdu. We have detailed investigation reports."
Chen Qing nodded and ordered the attendant at the door: "Go and find Wang Hao, the commander of the inner guard, quickly!"
The manager walked away quickly, and Chen Qing said to Zhang Miao again: "Remove Li Xuemin from office, even if he transfers his opinion to the Department of Personnel Affairs, the official reason is to harbor the traitor!"
Chen Qing signed the report and handed it to Zhang Miao, "I will handle it as soon as possible according to your opinions."
"I'll take care of Wei Tong's matter today, right?"
"I will leave Wei Tong's matter to the internal security department, and the Supervision Department will not have to deal with it."
"I understand."
Zhang Miao bowed and retreated.
Chen Qing was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands. He just came back from Chengdu the day before yesterday. During this time, he has been dealing with matters on Sichuan Road.
As a superior, he viewed the Sichuan Road Rebellion from a higher level. He knew that Qin Hui was the instigator behind the rebellion, but during the specific investigation process, Chen Qing always felt that there was another force controlling the case.
These rebels gave them a lot of resources, some of which Qin Hui could not provide.
For example, nearly 4,000 people lurked into Chengdu. This was not the lurking of forty scouts, but the lurking of nearly 4,000 people required contact, coordination, concealment, and survival. Qin Hui did not have this resource, and neither did Li Jinxiao and others.
resource.
Chen Qing always felt that he had missed something. It was not until Wei Tong mentioned by Zhang Miao that Chen Qing suddenly realized that this third force that had been hiding behind the scenes was most likely Empress Dowager Wei, and the specific executor was Wei Tong.
Li Xuemin is the patron.
I had really forgotten about this role. When Zhu Shengfei and Liu Guangshi were appointed envoys to Sichuan and Shaanxi, they were both related to Empress Dowager Wei. This woman had been intervening in the situation in Sichuan. At this critical juncture, she could not stay out of the matter.
At this time, the officer reported at the door, "Report to the king, Wang Tongzhi is here."
"Let him in!"
After a moment, Wang Hao walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the prince!"
Chen Qing originally wanted to replace Wang Hao, but his wife Ma Yingjie persuaded him that Wang Hao was a rare talent. Although he made some mistakes in protecting the prince's palace, he was very capable in other aspects.
Lu Xiu understands her husband because he uses himself as a benchmark to measure others, and few people can meet the standards, even if it were someone else.
Lu Xiu finally convinced her husband, and Chen Qing decided to give Wang Hao another chance.
Chen Qing asked: "The imperial examination will be held in five days. Is there anything unusual on the streets of Jingzhao?"
"Reporting to the prince, I have sent enough manpower to observe secretly. Everything is normal at present. If there is any abnormality, we will find it immediately."
Chen Qing nodded and returned to business, "Is there any news from Chengdu?"
The inner guards dispatched more than 300 people in Chengdu, led by Zhong Huan, to look for big fish that might have been missed. The harvest was pretty good. They pulled out two pigeon signaling spots and arrested more than a dozen people, all of whom were related to the imperial court. One of them was
Qin Hui's eyes and ears.
"Reporting to the prince, there is no new news so far."
Chen Qing said slowly: "There must be a very big fish in Chengdu. He is the subordinate of Uncle Wei Tong. He is very powerful in Chengdu. I doubt that the four thousand rioters were able to lurk in Chengdu quickly. They are all related to this Wei Tong."
Tong is related to Tong. To be precise, they are the forces of Empress Dowager Wei, which we have always ignored. This force is distributed in official circles and shopping malls. In the officialdom, it is the general magistrate Li Xuemin. I only know that the shopping malls are related to Wangjiang Tower. Please inform Zhong Huan, I
This force must be completely uprooted from Shu."
Wang Hao was shocked that there was such a big thing, "I'll give the order when I get back from my humble position."
Chen Qing didn't answer, but asked after a while: "Do you think it's appropriate to plant Huan?"
Wang Hao nodded, "Although he is young, he is resourceful and has repeatedly performed extraordinary feats. The soldiers also admire him. He is now able to stand alone. I want him to take over Han Zhengfu's position."
Chen Qing appreciated this very much and boldly promoted the young man, "I also agree to promote him, starting from the commander. As for the judge, you can choose another one when the Jinshi comes out in the new year."
"Go! Let him ask Zheng Ping for help. Zheng Ping will give him a thousand elite soldiers. The number of your internal guards has reached 5,000. This year, it can be expanded to 10,000. In the future, you will use your own army."
"I understand the humble position!" Wang Hao bowed and retreated.
Things were explained one by one, and Chen Qing felt much more relaxed. This time he rushed back from Chengdu. The important thing was that Bi Lege, the Uighur King of Xizhou, officially sent his brother Bi Gui'an as his representative, with full authority to negotiate with Chen Qing on his behalf.
Chen Qing was not worried that Bilu Ge would not give in. Sixty percent of the Xizhou Uighur army had become his prisoners of war, so Bilu Ge had no chance of being arrogant.
The person in charge of negotiating with Bi Gui'an was Jiang Yanxian. The negotiations had been going on for two days and were relatively smooth. The other party promised to hand over all the belongings of the Yellow-headed Uighurs to the Song Army and also agreed to withdraw from the Hexi Corridor.
Of course, the property of the Yellow-headed Uighur is not given as much as it wants. There are warehouse records. If it is not enough, it must be made up. As for withdrawing from the Hexi Corridor, it depends on the strength. The Song Army has occupied Shazhou and the Xizhou Army
There is no place to stand anymore, so we have to retreat if we don't retreat.
Chen Qing actually didn't care about these things. He was more concerned about the attitude of the Xizhou Uighurs. Should Brother Bile send his son to study in Jingzhao?
Just after lunch, Jiang Yanxian hurriedly found Chen Qing.
"Prince, it's done!" Jiang Yanxian walked into the room with a smile on his face.
"They agreed to send all the noble children to Jingzhao to study, including Bi Lege's two sons, and Bi Gui'an's own son."
Chen Qing was startled and continued to say happily: "Didn't he swear yesterday that it was impossible?"
"I was just showing off yesterday! The purpose was to get more Yellow-headed Uighurs."
"What's the end?"
"In the end, when the number of people I promised was 70%, Bi Gui'an completely changed his tune and fully agreed to our four major demands. He promised in writing to withdraw from the Hexi Corridor, return all the inventory and wealth of the Yellow-headed Uighurs, restore the Silk Road, and agreed to send nobles
The children came to Jingzhao to study, and then they added some small demands, such as the other party's promise not to pretend to be horse bandits to harass the Hexi Corridor, and for example, they agreed to let us run a school in Gaochang, and some other things. I went back to work and sorted it out for the county king to see."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Jiang. I hope to reach an agreement as soon as possible."
Jiang Yan thought for a while and then asked: "What does the prince think about the arrangement of garrison troops and generals in the Hexi Corridor?"
Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "It is more appropriate to garrison 30,000 troops in the Hexi Corridor. I am considering garrisoning 20,000 troops in Shazhou. I will appoint Wang Lun as the first governor of Shazhou for a term of three years, and then garrison five troops in Zhangye City and Liangzhou City."
Thousands, Song Xinping is stationed in Zhangye, Dong Huan is stationed in Liangzhou, Dadou Bago is stationed with a thousand troops, subordinate to Song Xinping, and both of them serve as institutional envoys."
"Can the Lanzhou garrison be reduced accordingly?"
"Exactly, Liu Zan, the envoy of Lanzhou will be changed to the envoy of Lingzhou. The garrison in Lingzhou will also reach 30,000 people. It will strengthen the military garrison and ensure the food supply for the soldiers and civilians of Lingzhou and Xiazhou."
Jiang Yanxian thought of another important thing, and he asked with a little worry: "Is the prince really planning to go to Lin'an?"
Chen Qing smiled lightly and said: "I have to go there anyway, but I'm afraid that the emperor won't welcome me if I really go."