Yan Zhen was a veteran Liaodong general with outstanding military exploits and high reputation. He Yu did not like him during his lifetime, but he had to reuse him.
At the same time, Yan Zhen is also the senior military attache with the most military power in the Jinzhou camp. In addition to the more than a thousand Liaodong cavalry under his command, he also commands another three thousand garrison troops.
Therefore, when Yan Zhen and Wu Jiyun joined forces, the situation in Jinzhou Camp quickly returned to apparent stability. No one dared to act willfully and fish in troubled waters.
Around noon the next day, after everything had settled for the time being, Zhao Junchen summoned all military attachés with more than 1,000 households in the Jinzhou Camp and several major civil servants, wanting to cover up a series of things that happened last night.
Conclusion.
It is worth mentioning that the meeting place where Zhao Junchen summoned everyone was in the main hall of the General Military Mansion.
What happened last night seemed to have broken He Yu's remaining power.
Before this, everyone in Liaodong Town regarded the General Military Mansion as an inviolable place. Even with Zhao Junchen's noble status, after arriving at the Jinzhou Camp, he could only borrow a room in the Garrison Mansion and was unable to move forward.
One step from the General Military Mansion.
After a series of events last night, Zhao Junchen publicly occupied part of the rooms in the General Military Mansion on the grounds that the garrison mansion was unsafe, but no one raised any objections again.
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After being summoned by Zhao Junchen, all the forces in the Jinzhou camp showed respect and quickly arrived, leaving no one missing.
As a matter of course, Zhao Junchen sat in the seat where He Yu once was, and his eyes slowly swept across the people in the lobby. He saw Yan Zhen's face solemn, Wu Jiyun's face expressionless, and the remaining eight or nine thousand households had different expressions or expressions.
Angry or frightened.
At the same time, several civil officials, including Wang Shizhen, the governor of Liaodong, and Huang Ke, the inspector-general of Liaodong, all looked worried. However, Yao Rang, the eunuch who was attacked last night, was calmer and calmer at this time.
Finally, Zhao Junchen fixed his eyes on Yao Rang and asked with concern and consolation: "Yao Chenchen, you were frightened last night. Fortunately, you were safe. Otherwise, I would not know how to explain to the court afterwards."
Yao Rang still smiled cautiously, nodded and said: "Thank you Zhao Gechen for your concern. Our family's life is cheap, and there was no danger last night... However, I hope Zhao Gechen will investigate the truth of a series of events last night as soon as possible, especially
Why did Peng Ji suddenly rebel? Our family needs to report the truth to His Majesty."
After hearing what Yao Rang said, everyone in the hall nodded in agreement.
Peng Ji's rebellion was not only without warning, but also without any reason. Everyone felt that this matter was too strange.
What's more, everyone present was familiar with Peng Ji's character and did not think that Peng Ji had the courage to lead his troops in rebellion.
If it weren't for the conclusive evidence that Peng Ji personally led his troops to raid the Supervisory Army Mansion last night, many people would simply suspect that all of this was a frame-up.
Zhao Junchen's expression became more serious and he nodded: "First of all, there is no doubt about Peng Ji's rebellion. Wu Qianhu Town captured more than 130 of Peng Ji's private soldiers last night. These private soldiers
He has truthfully confessed that Peng Ji personally directed them to attack the Supervisory Army Mansion, which can be said to be conclusive evidence! At the same time, several corpses were left near the General Military Mansion, all of which were private soldiers under Peng Ji's command, so the General Military Mansion
The attack obviously has something to do with Peng Ji..."
At this point, without waiting for anyone to question, Zhao Junchen continued: "As for Peng Ji's motive for rebellion, I have already found out the truth!"
After hearing this, Yan Zhen quickly asked: "Oh? Please tell me in detail, Zhao Gechen, why Peng Ji rebelled? To be honest, I still can't figure out the reason for his rebellion."
Zhao Junchen raised his hand and saw dozens of Forbidden Army soldiers entering the lobby one after another carrying a large number of boxes.
Then, as Zhao Junchen waved his hand again, the lids of these boxes were lifted one after another.
The next moment, golden light spread throughout the hall, and everyone couldn't help but open their eyes wide and breathe heavily.
These boxes are all densely packed with gold bricks!
Zhao Junchen's expression remained normal, and he just waited quietly for a moment, until everyone gradually returned to calm, and then said coldly: "This batch of gold! These accounts! This is the reason for Peng Ji's rebellion! After discovering Peng Ji's rebellion,
This pavilion sent people to take over all the rooms in the Supervisory Army Mansion for investigation, and soon discovered the existence of this batch of gold, totaling up to 13,000 kilograms! At the same time, many account books were also discovered, most of which were from Jinzhou University.
The real accounts of the camp, but some of the accounts are fake accounts that Peng Ji is making!"
After hearing Zhao Junchen's reminder, everyone who was fascinated by the gold bricks discovered that among the boxes filled with gold bricks, there was also a box for storing accounts.
Zhao Junchen shook his head slightly and continued to explain: "After I personally reviewed these accounts, I found that these thirteen thousand kilograms of gold are the food and salary balance of Liaodong Town over the years. They were all replaced by Mr. He into gold bricks. They have been
Stored in the military depot of Jinzhou Camp!
But after General He was killed, Peng Ji was obviously greedy and wanted to seize the opportunity to embezzle the gold, so he secretly moved all the gold out of the arsenal and planned to wait for an opportunity to transport it out of the Jinzhou camp; at the same time,
Peng Ji also forged many false accounts. According to the statement in the false accounts, the thirteen thousand kilograms of gold was not stored in the military warehouse of Jinzhou Camp. It had long been moved by General He into the private room of General Military Mansion.
Ku... After hearing this, have you figured out Peng Ji’s motive for rebellion?”
Wu Jiyun snorted coldly and said: "That's it! Peng Ji's rebellion was just to kill people and silence them and eliminate evidence! After Mr. He was killed, only Peng Ji, who was in charge of the military depot, knew the specific size of the gold.
and whereabouts, so Peng Ji raided the General Military Mansion and killed two of General He’s sons and several elders of the He family!
In this way, when Liaodong Town investigates the whereabouts of this batch of gold in the future, he can come up with these false accounts and insist that all the gold was moved to the private treasury by Mr. He. But at that time, no one in the He family knew about it.
They all died unexpectedly, it can be said that there is no evidence of death, and Peng Ji can no longer have any worries and can eat this gold with peace of mind!"
Later, Yao Rang also nodded and said: "No wonder Peng Ji wants to kill our family. Our family did find signs that Peng Ji secretly misappropriated military supplies, but no evidence has been found. But Peng Ji is obviously worried about our family."
Reported him to the court, that’s why he led his troops to attack the Supervisory Army Mansion! This Peng Ji, whose mind has been blinded by gold, is completely crazy!"
After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation and Wu Jiyun and Yao Rang's singing, everyone in the main hall of the General Military Mansion fell silent.
As high as thirteen thousand kilograms of gold, such an astonishing profit is enough to drive anyone crazy and take risks.
In this way, the incident of Peng Ji leading his troops to raid the General Military Mansion and Supervisory Army Mansion can be explained.
In fact, when things have developed to this point, there are still many strange and suspicious aspects in Peng Ji's rebellion.
But after Zhao Junchen publicly displayed the gold, everyone in the hall was speechless.
On the one hand, this is because everyone has never seen such an astonishing amount of gold with their own eyes before. At this time, they were all fascinated by the dazzling golden light in front of them and diverted their attention;
On the other hand, everyone knew that the origin of this gold was not clean and must be related to the smuggling trade in Liaoyang City, so they did not dare to dig deeper, otherwise it would drag down the entire Liaodong Town.
Compared to the collective interests of Liaodong Town, the so-called truth seems irrelevant.
However, although everyone in Liaodong Town did not dare to investigate further, Zhao Junchen was still reluctant.
"Do you think... what will be done with these thirteen thousand kilograms of gold? Should it be deposited again in the military warehouse of Liaodong Town? Or..." At this point, Zhao Junchen emphasized his tone: "For the sake of Liaodong Town
For long-term considerations, let me take this batch of gold back to the capital and return it to the national treasury?"
After hearing this, the expressions of all the military attachés of Liaodong Town in the main hall changed.
Everyone understands that after Zhao Junchen, Yao Rang, Wang Shizhen and others discovered the existence of this batch of gold, they will definitely report the news to the imperial center, so this batch of gold is destined to no longer be retained, and it must be
To be turned over to the national treasury.
As Zhao Junchen said, returning this batch of gold to the national treasury is precisely for the long-term interests of Liaodong Town.
Otherwise, the imperial center will not only strictly investigate the origin of this batch of gold, but will also greatly reduce the annual disbursement of Liao's salary in the future - your Liaodong Town has such a large amount of gold and can be completely self-sufficient, why does it need the imperial center?
Allocate Liao wages?
All the military attaches in Liaodong Town are not stupid, so they can naturally think clearly about the pros and cons.
However, it was really hard for them to agree to give up this batch of gold so easily.
What's more, all the military attachés of Liaodong Town present were only at the thousand-household level, and were not qualified to decide on the disposal of this batch of gold on behalf of Liaodong Town.
As a result, everyone in the main hall of the General Military Mansion was silent, and no one was willing to answer Zhao Junchen's inquiry.
Zhao Junchen didn't care when he saw this, nodded slightly and said: "Since you are unwilling to express your position, then wait until I personally lead the troops to the front line and ask the senior generals in Liaodong Town face to face!"
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, everyone in the hall was stunned!
This time, even Yao Rang was unprepared and unexpected, and asked quickly: "Chairman Zhao, you still want to stay in the Jinzhou camp to take care of the logistics. Why do you want to lead the troops to the front line in person? Minister Zhao, you have a noble status.
, there is no need to personally take risks!”
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "I originally wanted to stay in Jinzhou Camp to take charge of the logistics and supply matters, but now and then! The current situation in Jinzhou Camp seems to be temporarily stable, but in fact it is still
Undercurrents are surging, and there are many crises!
Because of Peng Ji's rebellion, military attachés such as He Rensheng and Wang Kang were all killed. Even more than ten members of He Zongbing's family members died. Although Peng Ji had been suppressed and executed by Wu Qianhu, those who were loyal to He Zongbing
The officers and soldiers in the camp still have lingering hatred. Peng Ji's old army and the garrison under his command have also been resented and angered by them. The two sides are already full of conflicts, and civil strife will break out again at any time. The entire Jinzhou camp
It’s a powder keg that’s ready to explode at any moment!”
Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen's face was full of selflessness and he said loudly: "Jinzhou Camp is the core of the entire Liaodong Town. It can be said that one move can affect the whole body. Once there is civil strife in Jinzhou Camp again, not only will there be
It affects the logistical supplies on the frontline battlefield, and even the various defense zones in Liaodong Town will cause chaos!
To avoid another civil strife in the Jinzhou camp, the only solution is to divide the troops! Let the frontier soldiers loyal to General He be stationed in the Jinzhou camp, and then send all the garrison troops under Peng Ji and the old soldiers to the frontline battlefield.
Support, and then avoid frequent contact between the two parties, will naturally not cause civil strife!"
Zhao Junchen's proposal to divide the troops is very reasonable, and everyone present also understands the current tense situation and undercurrents in Jinzhou Camp.
But after Yao Rang hesitated for a moment, he still couldn't help but question again: "Even so, why did Zhao Gechen need to lead the troops to the front line in person? Wouldn't it be okay to hand over this task to Yan Qianhu or Wu Qianhu? What's more,
Zhao Gechen, if you leave Jinzhou Camp, who will be in charge of logistics?"
Zhao Junchen shook his head again and said: "Yan Qianhu must continue to stay in the Jinzhou camp and use his prestige to stabilize the situation. Wu Qianhu personally led his troops to suppress Peng Ji's rebellion last night and also personally executed Peng Ji and
His cronies are not suitable to lead those garrison soldiers who once had a close relationship with Peng Ji to the front line, otherwise mutiny might occur! Therefore, I must personally go to the front line battlefield, because I am the only suitable candidate.
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After a pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "As for the logistics and supplies, we can leave it to the Governor of Liaodong, Mr. Wang. Governor Wang is experienced in the art of money and food turnover, so there will be no mistakes! And I will lead the troops there.
On the occasion of the frontline battlefield, a batch of logistical equipment will also be taken away from the Jinzhou Camp, which is enough to allow the frontline soldiers to hold on for a while longer."
After hearing this, Yao Rang hesitated for a moment, unable to find another reason to refute, so he had no choice but to acquiesce to Zhao Junchen's proposal.
At the same time, all the military attaches in Liaodong Town looked at each other and raised no objections. Only Yan Zhen showed a look of reluctance. He was obviously regretful that he could not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in person, but he also knew the priorities.
He did not resist Zhao Junchen's arrangement.
After seeing this situation, Zhao Junchen's eyes flashed with a hint of calculation.
In fact, the reason why Zhao Junchen designed and framed Peng Ji from the beginning was not just to control the Jinzhou camp, not just to collect all the gold back to the treasury, but also to give himself a legitimate reason to
Lead the troops to the front line in person!
This peach in Liaodong Town is about to mature, and Zhao Junchen will never allow anyone to pick it first!