"Good advice from Feng Neichen! I will definitely ask my officers and soldiers to keep their mouths shut and never let them talk nonsense... However, after we borrow Zhao Junchen's station, the humble officers and soldiers will definitely interact with Zhao Junchen's people frequently.
Contact, with so many people talking, there may still be some risks."
Speaking of the latter part, Linghu Guang's face showed concern, but also a hint of cautious complaint.
It is natural to worry. Linghu Guang is just a general soldier in name only. It is certainly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to become Emperor Deqing's informant, but if Zhao Junchen discovers the flaw, he will definitely die without burial.
land.
As for the cautious complaint, it was because the reason why Linghu Guang led the Liaodong regiment to temporarily station at Zhao Junchen's station was not his own idea, but the strong suggestion of Eunuch Feng.
Linghu Guang did not dare to reject Eunuch Feng's suggestion, but he was full of worries, thinking that such an approach would undoubtedly greatly increase his risk of exposure.
Eunuch Feng was keenly aware of Linghu Guang's emotions and smiled and comforted him: "Commander Linghu, don't worry. During the Liaodong regiment training, you are the only one who knows our family's true identity, and you are the only one who knows our true identity."
mission, so as long as the soldiers of the Liaodong regiment are more cautious in their words, there will definitely be no risk of exposure!
What's more, as the saying goes, wealth can be found in danger. Let's say it from the bottom of our hearts. Our mission is to test Zhao Junchen's loyalty and test whether he abides by his duties as a minister. If you want to make great achievements when performing such tasks
, we must investigate some conclusive evidence!”
"You mean..." Linghu Guang was stunned for a moment, his eyes flickering.
Eunuch Feng explained with a smile: "Commander Linghu is also a member of the officialdom, so why should he ask questions knowingly? Throughout the ages, the same routine has always been used to investigate traitors and traitors. Since Your Majesty arranged this test, he just wanted to
Need to find out some evidence!
When we end this test and report the results of the investigation to His Majesty, if the result of the investigation is that Zhao Junchen abides by his duties as a minister and has no intention of coveting military power, we will get nothing, and it can only be regarded as having no merit, and we will not
No matter how many awards we have received, His Majesty may still suspect that we have done something bad. Not only are there no awards, but there are also punishments! Only by finding out that Zhao Junchen is indeed hiding his ambition and secretly bribed military attachés to gain military power, can we make great achievements and reward him afterwards.
It will also be much richer!
Therefore, our family suggested that Commander Linghu lead his officers and men to move to the Forbidden Army station, in order to further win Zhao Junchen's trust and make Zhao Junchen more and more convinced of Commander Linghu's intention to surrender. In this way,
Zhao Junchen will be more likely to accept General Linghu's surrender, and we will have more opportunities to achieve success!"
After a pause, Eunuch Feng's expression became more serious, and he said: "At the same time, our family has another consideration, which is to take this opportunity to investigate the truth about the changes in the situation in Liaodong Town! Because the situation in Liaodong Town
Deliberately blocking the news, we only know that Liaodong Town is currently undergoing a drastic change, but many key points are unclear and unclear!
After General Linghu led the Liaodong regiment to enter Zhao Junchen's station, it certainly gave Zhao Junchen more opportunities to secretly investigate you, but you also had more opportunities to secretly investigate Zhao Junchen, especially since Zhao Junchen was in Liaodong.
What role did the town play during the period of drastic changes? We must take the opportunity to investigate clearly!
According to the available information, Zhao Junchen played almost no role during the drastic changes in Liaodong Town. Instead, he repeatedly encountered obstacles and was once placed under house arrest by Liaodong Town... But our family does not believe that people like Zhao Junchen
The powerful ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government were helpless because of a group of warriors in Liaodong Town! He must have played a key role! But our family must investigate clearly what role he played and what he gained by taking advantage of the opportunity.
the benefits of!"
Having said this, a trace of complex emotions flashed through Eunuch Feng's slender eyes, including ambition and hatred!
The origin of Eunuch Feng's identity is complicated even in the inner court.
His real name is Feng Huan. Before he became the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, he once served as the eunuch in charge of the inner transport warehouse, and he had a close relationship with the seventh prince Zhu Hejian in private.
When Zhao Junchen was promoted to Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he returned the power of the Inner Transport Treasury to the inner court. However, Zhao Junchen was not willing to give up his influence on the Inner Transport Treasury easily, so he frequently made trouble secretly and let Feng Huan take charge of it.
During the period of the inner transport warehouse, he suffered several serious setbacks. Emperor Deqing considered it to be a failure in his performance and could not continue to serve as the eunuch of the inner transport warehouse. Fortunately, the seventh prince Zhu Hejian secretly helped and arranged for Feng Huan to serve as the imperial eunuch.
Otherwise, Feng Huan would have completely lost his power long ago.
Therefore, there was an old grudge between Feng Huan and Zhao Junchen, so Feng Huan deliberately wanted to realize Zhao Junchen's ambition, so Emperor Deqing deliberately arranged for Feng Huan to be responsible for this task.
On the other side, seeing that Feng Huan had already planned everything, Linghu Guang felt a little relieved and nodded repeatedly: "In that case, I will sacrifice my life to accompany Feng Neichen to complete this important matter, and then together we will receive His Majesty's commendation, be promoted and make a fortune."
!”
"Haha! Yes! Get promoted and make a fortune!"
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All parties in Liaodong did not know what happened between Zhao Junchen and Linghu Guang, let alone what impact this incident would have. They were still keeping a close eye on Wu Yingxiong, Zhao Junchen, Xu He and others.
Human dynamics, I want to explore and understand the future changes in the situation in Liaodong.
Especially after Zhao Junchen and Wu Yingxiong broke up on bad terms, everyone was eager to know what caused the conflict between Zhao Junchen and Wu Yingxiong, and whether Zhao Junchen took advantage of this conflict or Wu Yingxiong.
Gain the upper hand.
And while Zhao Junchen frequently received visitors from all forces, Wu Yingxiong was not idle either.
After leaving Zhao Junchen's residence, Wu Yingxiong has been constantly on the move. Not only does he frequently meet with visitors from all parties like Zhao Junchen, but he also frequently summons representatives of various forces. He also takes the time to hold urgent discussions with Fang Guangchen, Wu Shilin, Wu Yinglin and others.
At the same time, Wu Yingxiong also sent a large number of cronies to visit various parts of the camp, and frequently contacted the middle and low-level soldiers of Liaodong Town in the name of investigation, taking the opportunity to agitate people's hearts and bribe internal agents. Naturally, Liaodong Town would not sit still and wait for death, and would always obstruct them with a tough attitude.
, there were constant small frictions between the two sides, and several times they almost led to large-scale conflicts, which made all the forces watching frightened.
But in the end, because of Zhao Junchen, both the Wu family in Shanhaiguan and Liaodong Town were wary, and they restrained themselves and did not quickly turn into a war between the two armies.
However, no one knows how long this dangerous balance can be maintained. Maybe just a misfire will cause the situation to get completely out of control.
Wu Yingxiong had already made up his mind. As long as he could completely control Liaodong Town, he would not hesitate to fight with him. Once there was a conflict with Liaodong Town, as the governor of Jiliao, he would be justified no matter what, and his subordinate Guan Ning
Iron cavalry are better at frontal combat and small-scale chaotic battles. At least they will not suffer when a conflict breaks out.
But after meeting with Zhao Junchen, Wu Yingxiong could not continue to maintain a tough stance because Zhao Junchen moved out Zhang Su, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, as a threat, and he did not dare to let the situation in Liaodong become a powder keg that could explode at any time, otherwise if Zhang Su was allowed to
If Su sends troops to intervene, the Wu family's ambitions in Shanhaiguan will be completely shattered.
Finally, after a whole night of consultation and thinking, Wu Yingxiong finally made a new decision.
On the second day, when the sky was dim and bright, Wu Yingxiong visited Zhao Junchen again.
After a brief exchange, Zhao Junchen ordered people to beat drums to summon all forces to come to his camp to discuss matters.
Wu Yingxiong knew very well that the high-ranking military attachés in Liaodong Town were definitely not willing to personally take risks and go to the garrison of Guan Ning Cavalry, so he borrowed Zhao Junchen's camp and arranged the gathering place for all forces to meet here.
Sure enough, it was discovered that it was Zhao Junchen who summoned everyone, and representatives of all forces set off one after another without much scruples.
Only a quarter of an hour later, Zhao Junchen's camp gathered all the forces in Liaodong. Not only the high-ranking military attachés of Liaodong Town were present, but also all levels of civil servants and representatives of wealthy families in Liaodong. Shanhaiguan
All the main figures of the Wu family showed up together.
Even Ximen Sheng, who was under house arrest, was brought to the scene by Wu Yingxiong.
However, when everyone showed up, there were extremely obvious dark circles on everyone's faces. Apparently they were worried that the situation would be completely out of control and they didn't sleep well last night.
After representatives from all forces entered Zhao Junchen's camp, they found that Wu Yingxiong was sitting on the main seat, and Zhao Junchen was sitting with him on the side, seemingly just watching and witnessing. Then they realized that Wu Yingxiong had summoned them.
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Wu Yingxiong didn't care about everyone's surprise. When he saw that all the forces had arrived, he went straight to the point and said: "This time the governor led his troops into Liaodong territory mainly for three things. One is to investigate Liaodong Town.
The truth behind the murder of General He Yu was, secondly, to help stabilize the situation in Liaodong Town, and thirdly, to assess the merits, demerits, rewards and punishments of the generals in Liaodong Town..."
After hearing what Wu Yingxiong said, everyone in the tent was moved in their hearts.
According to Wu Yingxiong, he only wanted to "assist Liaodong Town to stabilize the situation" rather than "take over Liaodong Town to control the situation", and he only wanted to "evaluate the merits and demerits of the generals of Liaodong Town" rather than "severely punish the generals of Liaodong Town"
"General's responsibility for crimes", these two statements may seem to have little difference, but in fact they are quite different.
It was obvious that Wu Yingxiong had quietly softened his attitude a little.
Wu Yingxiong's change was probably due to the conflict between him and Zhao Junchen yesterday. In the end, Wu Yingxiong took the initiative to give in.
Thinking of this, everyone in the tent secretly glanced at Zhao Junchen from the corners of their eyes, while Zhao Junchen had a calm expression, as if he was just a bystander.
Wu Yingxiong ignored the reactions of everyone in the tent and continued: "But after the governor began to investigate, he soon discovered many strange things, and then discovered the terrifying hidden under the series of changes in the situation in Liaodong.
Conspiracy! That is... all the changes in the situation in Liaodong, including the murder of He Yu, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town, are all due to the Jianzhou Jurchen's leadership behind the scenes and adding fuel to the flames!"
After saying that, Wu Yingxiong raised his hand slightly and saw a group of Guan Ning cavalry soldiers filing into the tent carrying various types of evidence.
Including dozens of heads with pigtails captured by the Liaodong cavalry, the torn letters and Jianzhou Jurchen coins found at the scene of He Yu's murder, and the personal confession of the Liaodong scholar Zhang Zhengqing himself.
After seeing these "irrefutable evidences", many people in the tent were in an uproar.
Because of the confusing situation in Liaodong and the full efforts of Liaodong Town to block the news, most people did not know the existence of these evidences until now.
On the surface, these evidences are irrefutable, and no one in the tent is suspicious.
In the midst of the uproar, many people were naturally angry and expressed that the Jianzhou Jurchens had ulterior motives and had committed extremely heinous crimes, and must be punished severely.
After seeing the anger among the people, Wu Yingxiong snorted coldly and continued: "The governor has reason to believe that the Jianzhou Jurchens did this series of things not just to disrupt the situation in Liaodong, but there must be a bigger conspiracy. Maybe
...The Jianzhou Jurchens are now taking advantage of the chaotic situation in Liaodong to raise troops to invade! It is more likely that a huge war has started on the defense line of the Northeast Liaoning Road hundreds of miles away, and we will see it soon.
Hurry up and ask for help from Liaodong Zhen North Road!"
Speaking of this, Wu Yingxiong's voice became louder and louder: "Therefore, the governor has decided to immediately integrate all the troops in Hujiazhuang and rush to the Liaobei North Road defense area as soon as possible to thwart the ambitions of the Jianzhou Jurchens and punish them.
The Jianzhou Jurchens committed a heinous crime!"
After hearing what Wu Yingxiong said, everyone in the tent was in an uproar again. Unexpectedly, there was going to be another war in Liaodong, and many people were worried.
At the same time, Zhao Junchen nodded slightly, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Obviously, Wu Yingxiong finally adopted his first suggestion and decided to temporarily suspend his plan to annex Liaodong Town and give priority to leading his army northward for reinforcements.
This approach also has many benefits for Wu Yingxiong. As long as he successfully repels the Jianzhou Jurchens, Wu Yingxiong can greatly enhance his military prestige. It will also make it easier for him to control the situation in Liaodong when assessing merits and demerits after the war.
Of course, Zhao Junchen had already made arrangements in advance for such a situation, and he would never let Wu Yingxiong succeed smoothly!
According to Zhao Junchen's plan, whether it is military achievements, prestige, or merits and demerits, rewards and punishments, they will all become his own!
However, Zhao Junchen still underestimated Wu Yingxiong's methods and mentality.
Wu Yingxiong was also worried about Zhao Junchen's fishing in troubled waters, so he seemed to have adopted Zhao Junchen's suggestions, but changed many details.
As Wu Yingxiong began to announce his specific arrangements, Zhao Junchen could not help but change his expression slightly!