Liangzhou is located northeast of Suzhou and can be reached by a quick march in one day.
Before departure, military orders had been expedited and sent to the Liangzhou and Lizhou Second Battalions.
According to Fang Jue's calculation, if the two battalions are notified in advance, they are fully prepared and can leave immediately, so they can meet in Liangzhou within two days.
To attack, it is natural to join forces first. The three battalions need a commander. They cannot fight independently, and military orders cannot arrive in time.
Moreover, Fang Jue was not prepared to talk about martial ethics this time. Luo Yang's actions made him very angry, and he would not be so polite to the Beiliang army.
"Young Master, will there be any problems if Suzhou is left to the civil servants like this?" Xiao Chaoguo was a little worried along the way.
"Didn't the Xuanjian Division keep Ning Fei as a supervisor?" Fang Jue said.
Xiao Chaoguo hesitated for a long time before telling some things about the tax increase and salary deprivation of Xuanjian Division officials.
"What?"
Fang Jue felt outrageous when he heard this: "Officials of the Three Law Departments cannot protect their own legitimate interests. How can you be the leader?"
Xiao Chaoguo blushed a little: "This matter must be reported to Your Majesty, but if His Majesty knew about it, I'm afraid he would be very angry..."
The Xuanjian Division can't control its own internal affairs, so how can it monitor the world?
When the time comes to reduce power, it will be a trivial matter, and I will be afraid that I will not be trusted by the emperor and will be marginalized from now on.
Fang Jue saw Xiao Chaoguo's worries and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiao. The Xuanjian Division has spies all over the world. His Majesty will not abandon such a department. He just needs to establish internal supervision to prevent such things from happening again."
Son."
It’s really hard to believe that something like this would happen to the Xuanjian Division.
It's like telling Fang Jue that all officials in the National Security Bureau have to pay "protection fees."
Not only outrageous, outrageous!
Suddenly, Fang Jue understood another layer of Xiao Chaoguo's worries: "Are you afraid that Ning Fei and others will become poor and collude with officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to interfere in disaster relief?"
"That's not true, then Ning Fei doesn't have the courage."
"One more thing..." Xiao Chaoguo said that Ning Fei's deputy was found to have embezzled millions of taels.
Fang Jue was quick-thinking and immediately understood what Xiao Chaoguo meant.
"A deputy chief minister, who is greedy for millions... How can there be so many projects for him to be greedy for?" Not only Fang Jue, but also Bai Qing came over, curious.
One million taels of silver is indeed outrageous for a deputy prime minister of the Qidi Xuanjian Division.
This makes people wonder whether this deputy prime minister has any special way to make money.
"Has it been interrogated?" Fang Jue asked.
"Not yet, but I sent someone to take him back to the capital."
Bai Qing sneered: "Then this person will probably not be able to go back alive, and something will happen on the way."
It’s an old traditional art.
Xiao Chaoguo is confident: "The people I send are all my trusted friends, and they are absolutely reliable."
"Before the emperor, I also thought Xiao Luoye was very reliable." Bai Qing mocked. He was not an orthodox official of the Xuanjian Division and had no respect for Xiao Chaoguo.
Therefore, it is not soft-spoken to stab someone with a knife.
These words really made Xiao Chaoguo shut up.
"This deputy chief minister is greedy for millions. He must have done something for someone, something more profitable. Maybe he can dig out a lot of people. Instead of interrogating them on the spot, you sent someone back to the capital..."
Bai Qing continued to laugh and said: "Master Xiao, are you afraid that if you interrogate on the spot and find out something, your own men will silence you?"
"..." Xiao Chaoguo became even more autistic.
He really didn't trust the people from Qidi General Secretary that much, so he left them in Suzhou and didn't take any of them to the battle.
Deputy Sicheng is so greedy, Ning Fei really doesn't know at all?
Even if Ning Fei was not involved, he must have known about some rumors, but he said nothing and pointed no direction.
Either he was involved, or the matter was so important that he didn't dare to say anything in order to protect himself.
Xiao Chaoguo had long suspected that there was a huge involvement behind this, so he did not dare to interrogate him at that time. He was really convinced by Bai Qing.
If many people participated, he, the leader, might not be able to get out of Qi Di at that time.
That's why we sent someone to send him back to the capital instead of interrogating him in the local cell of Xuanjian Division.
"How about you stop following the expedition and go back to investigate this case. If you don't have trustworthy manpower, ask the Ganzhou Battalion for help. I remember that the Xuanjian Division has the right to temporarily mobilize garrison troops below the Qianhu Camp?" Fang Jue said.
"It's possible...but in this case, the whole world will know that our Xuanjian Department has become extremely corrupt."
Xiao Chaoguo felt that he couldn't afford to lose face, so he came to ask Fang Jue for help.
Fang Jue raised his eyebrows: "Do you want to use the power of Emperor Zun Pavilion to investigate this matter secretly?"
"Exactly...this case may involve the capital. I'm worried that if we investigate it openly, the consequences may be serious. We must conduct a detailed investigation secretly before taking any action. We can't let those people be on guard." Xiao Chaoguo is exactly this.
Meaning, he wanted to borrow the power of Emperor Zun Pavilion.
Because everyone knows that when the Emperor Zun Pavilion was established, it was an organization established by the Emperor to monitor the world.
The Hanging Sword Division and the intelligence organizations of various countries were all born out of Emperor Zun Pavilion.
But later, Emperor Zun Pavilion publicly stated that it no longer cares about the political affairs of all countries in the world, and left Taihuang Mountain to be a Bai Xiaosheng who comments on the world.
But Xiao Chaoguo knew that the Emperor's Pavilion was still the Emperor's Pavilion. In addition to not supervising the royal families of various countries, the power of the Emperor's Pavilion still penetrated into every corner of the world.
Xuan Jian Si is also ashamed of himself!
"If the Emperor Zun Pavilion takes care of this kind of thing, there will be no peace in the future." Fang Jue shook his head, but rejected Xiao Chaoguo's request.
"Young Master, this is not a matter for our Xuanjiansi family, it is a major matter for the Xia Kingdom." Xiao Chaoguo advised.
Fang Jue: "Let's do this. I will send you some experts from Emperor Zun Pavilion to assist you in your investigation, but Emperor Zun Pavilion cannot take care of this matter personally."
This is meddling in internal affairs. If Emperor Zun Pavilion does this, it will be tantamount to provoking the judicial systems of various countries.
Although Emperor Zun Pavilion didn't care, neither Fang Jue nor the old pavilion master would do this.
"This...that's okay." Xiao Chaoguo didn't insist anymore and readily agreed.
Fang Jue rolled his eyes at him.
Bai Qing also laughed: "Your Majesty, what a trick. You didn't want to invite Emperor Zun Pavilion in the first place, you just wanted to borrow someone, right?"
"Ahem...what did Brother Bai say? If Young Master and Emperor Zun Pavilion are willing to help, that would be the best..." Xiao Chaoguo said uncomfortably.
In a room, if someone feels that it is too stuffy and wants to knock down the walls, everyone will definitely be unwilling to do so. But if he then says that he should at least open the windows, everyone who was opposed before will be willing.
This is called advancing before retreating.
"Young Master, General Lin, in this case I will go back first. I am not good at fighting, so I'd better take care of my own people so that nothing happens to Suzhou, otherwise my job as the leader will really come to an end." Xiao Chaoguo counted a few people and said
Ready to go back.
Fang Jue said: "Don't let anything happen again in Suzhou. As for the people sent to you, they will contact you."
"Thank you, Master!"
Xiao Chaoguo took a few guards and turned back, leaving the army.
After he left, Lin Bei said: "Young Master, I always feel that Xiao Chaoguo is hiding something from us."
"Have you made any progress?" Bai Qing joked.
Lin Bei rolled his eyes at his enemy and said, "He is the head of the Hanging Sword Division. No matter how downcast he is, he will never be so destitute that he has no one available and would borrow someone from the Young Master."
"He was just testing." Fang Jue knew very well that Xiao Chaoguo should have followed the order.
As for whose order...
"You mean, Master just wants to test whether Emperor Zun Pavilion has any intention to interfere in Daxia's internal affairs?" Ye Hongyi said in surprise.