"Come here, notify the generals and heads of departments in the city to come to the palace for a meeting." Tang Ao turned around, held in his hand the secret letter he had just received from Ji Jinkai, and gave instructions to the people outside the door.
, with a determined look on his face.
In October of the 23rd year of Hanchang, when heavy snow began to fall in Jizhou, what Tang Ao did was not to recuperate, but to take a group of people and set off straight to the land of Korea.
According to the words of the people below, conquering Goryeo is not a big deal, and Tang Ao does not need to go there in person. But Tang Ao still decided to go there in person. Without him, he was afraid that the scale of the civil strife in Goryeo would expand infinitely. In the future, Tang Ao decided to go there in person.
Goryeo is destined to become a part of Tang Ao's territory. If the loss is too heavy, it will be Tang Ao's loss and the Jizhou Army's loss.
Everything in Jicheng was arranged. On the surface, no one could tell that Tang Ao had left Jicheng. When it got dark, Tang Ao led the Shanshan Guard Storm Heavy Cavalry Regiment, the first and second field army regiments, quietly left the city.
Heading towards Korea.
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Wojuseong, the royal capital of Goryeo.
The palace had already become quiet, and the candles in many places had been extinguished, making it look particularly deserted.
Ordinarily, a sacred place like the palace should be brightly lit even when it is dark. In fact, this was the case before, but since the arrival of Supervisor Ji Jinkai, the lighting of candles at night has been cancelled.
As a supervisor, Ji Jinkai became a kind of existence like the Supreme King of Goryeo, overriding the new king Park Deokfa. As long as he couldn't see anything, he would intervene in everything.
From financial power and military power to the power to appoint and remove officials; from commercial and agricultural taxes to the taxes paid by the powerful, they are constantly concerned about everything.
Well, it's actually an intervention.
When all these powers are out of hand, especially when the rich and powerful have to pay taxes and heavy taxes, the people in the entire country who hate Ji Jinkai can be lined up three miles away. This shows how serious this supervisor is in his work.
To what extent did they push the powerful and royal power of Goryeo?
But because of his status as an inspector, even the Quartet Army stationed in Goryeo obeyed his orders and instructions, which made Park Defa hate him, but there was nothing he could do.
Of course, that doesn't mean that there are no ways to do it. There are no overt methods, but you can still do some things secretly, such as training the army and preparing for an uprising!
That's right, Park Deok-fa is ready for a second uprising.
The first rebellion was for the purpose of becoming the King of Korea. Looking at it now, this goal has been achieved. But it was in name only.
The second uprising now is just to make things right, to get both the name and the reality.
It is really not easy to train the army under the eyes of Inspector Ji Jinkai. Fortunately, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Pu Defa still thought of a way, that is, to train the army in the field, with all the soldiers
Disguised as bandits and trained in the mountains.
Goryeo is mountainous, especially many of the peaks are continuous and inaccessible. Training in such a place is safer. The Pu family only needs to provide food, grass and ordnance regularly, so it is difficult for people to find it.
General Park Yonghui trained 30,000 soldiers in the mountains. Once the army was formed, it would become a torrent that swept through Goryeo. Eventually, it could drive out the Quartet Army, and they would regain power.
But this so-called unknown does not include birds in the sky.
The Jizhou Army's domestication of birds is still a secret, a secret that many people don't know. So when the birds were circling over the mountains, Pu Yonghui had no idea at all, let alone that his every move had already been in Jizhou
Within the sight of the army.
Compared to Pak Deok-fa's training in the forest, Prime Minister Li Yaoshi and his faction were also making preparations before the restoration. They adopted another method, which was to disperse the troops for training.
The number of dignitaries in Woju City originally numbered seven to eight hundred. Some were taken away by the Jizhou Army, and some were taken away by Pu Defa, but they still number four hundred today. Each powerful house trains fifty
There were twenty thousand soldiers in total.
Moreover, a powerful family trains about fifty elite soldiers, which is neither impressive nor revealing. Even if the Jizhou Army knew about it, it would not be able to say anything. The elites' training of private soldiers is a trend and a habit.
, has long been regarded as strange by others.
If what Park Deok-fa is playing is a conspiracy, then what Li Yaoshi is playing is a conspiracy, which is upright and upright, leaving people speechless.
Inspector Ji Jinkai knew these things, so he wrote a secret letter and sent it to Tang Ao, letting Tang Ao know that it was time to solve the Goryeo problem. Otherwise, once they had successfully trained their troops and launched an attack, they would
If you want to deal with them, it will take a lot of effort.
What Tang Ao didn't expect was that he and three regiments of soldiers left Jizhou without being discovered, but as soon as they arrived in Xianjun, the news leaked out. Ji Jinkai, Feng
Wan Li and Guan Zhi sent secret messages respectively, saying that there was something strange happening in Goryeo.
Needless to say, someone discovered his own actions. And depending on the situation, it was probably the officials here in Xian County who leaked it.
"Check." Tang Ao simply refused to leave and stayed at the residence of Xianjun General Cui Changri, speaking with a majestic expression.
Cui Changri's face was red. Although he didn't want to admit that it was his subordinates who leaked Tang Ao's whereabouts, but since he said to investigate, he as a subordinate must investigate. "Nuo, please rest assured, your Majesty, I will send you this."
Someone go check it out.”
"No need. You can stay at home and stay with me. Shi Lei, you go and investigate. I promise you to use all means to get the results within three days." Tang Ao waved his hand and stopped Cui Changri.
Self-examination behavior.
Cui Changri is a capable person, he is also very kind to the people, and he has the heart of a superior to serve the people. But sometimes he is too soft-hearted in doing things. If he is left to investigate on his own, we don’t know when.
Only then can there be a message.
Tang Ao and three regiments of soldiers are waiting here, but they cannot stay too long. And if the troubles behind him are not solved, even going to Goryeo will not be able to feel at ease.
Cui Changri immediately grimaced when he heard that Tang Ao wanted to investigate by himself. He didn't know whether it was because the king didn't trust his loyalty or his ability. But as soon as Tang Ao spoke, he was categorical.
It cannot be refused, nor can it be refused.
As for Shi Lei, after receiving the order, he chuckled and said: "Master, it won't take three days. Maybe after tonight, there will be results tomorrow."
Shi Lei is so confident because there are not many Xian County officials who know that Tang Ao is here. Even if there are not many people, as long as all the insiders are called and interrogated, there will be no result.
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It is somewhat inappropriate to do this, and some people will be wronged. But how can a man be timid in doing things? As for whether someone will be wronged, that is not an issue that Shi Lei needs to consider. He needs to think about it.
It is how to do the tasks assigned by the master well.
A total of thirty-six Xianjun officials were taken away by the Jizhou Army who suddenly broke into the house in one night. Each arresting team was accompanied by Xianjun soldiers, which made some officials want to
It is impossible to hide your identity and escape.
The dungeon was occupied, and Shi Lei took two hundred Han generals and imprisoned thirty-six officials separately. Then a group of six or seven people began to interrogate under torture according to their own methods.
The more complicated things are, the simpler they can be solved. After some torture, these officials immediately became intimidated. Two officials were even beaten into submission and confessed their crimes. They were just asked to say that they were
When he committed a crime, he couldn't explain why.
It was obvious that he could not bear the torture and had surrendered. For an official like this, Shi Lei would not really regard him as a criminal. But he would definitely report it to Tang Ao afterwards. Presumably, such a weakling would definitely be dismissed from office afterwards.
of.
They don't even have any backbone. Then if the enemy comes next time and tortures them, won't they reveal all the secrets of the Jizhou Army?
Not to mention the two officials who surrendered, let's just say that Xu Yuan, the chief of Xian County, second only to General Cui Changri, a civil servant, could not bear the punishment and committed all kinds of crimes, and what he said was exactly what Shi Lei wanted.
The answer is that he informed Gao Li about Tang Ao's possible appearance in Xian County. He overheard what Cui Changri said before Tang Ao arrived.
The surname Xu is almost non-existent among the Gan people, and it only appears among the Xian people, and the number is very small. Xu Yuan was able to become the chief of Xian County, and he only obtained this position with the full support of the upper-level officials of Goryeo.
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Although Xian County is located in Jizhou, it has always been on good terms with Goryeo due to its geographical location. It is not surprising that there are some officials here who are partial to Goryeo.
Xu Yuan was treated badly and even had blood stains on his body after being whipped by a whip. Early the next morning, Shi Lei sent him to Cui Mansion and in front of Tang Ao.
"How could it be you?" Seeing that it was Xu Yuan who was coming, Cui Changri stretched out his hand and pointed at him angrily, making his whole body tremble with anger.
During this period, Xu Yuan has been performing very well and is very cooperative with Cui Changri's work. From time to time, he will make remarks about Jizhou. Only then did he gain Cui Changri's complete trust and reveal his words before.
Tell him the news about King Ji's arrival.
He never expected that the person he trusted the most would betray him, and that feeling really made Cui Changri heartbroken. No matter who it was, it would be heartbreaking to be betrayed by the person he trusted the most.
"What did he say?" Tang Ao was very calm, but he was just the head of the county, so he really wouldn't take it seriously.
"Back to the young master, he just said that you would come to Xian County. He actually didn't know how many troops and horses you would bring and where they were going." Of course, Shi Lei knew what his young master wanted to hear.