Chapter seven hundred and eighteen the invisible net
, Daming primary school student
The biggest fear in the world is the unknown. Now that he understands the new governor's thinking, Datong Governor Shi Dao feels relieved.
After meeting Qin Dewei, Governor Shi came out with General Wang, and before mounting his horse, he deliberately said to General Wang: "I can feel at ease now."
Wang Zongbing asked: "How can you see it?"
Governor Shi then replied: "What we were most afraid of before was that the inspector was young and energetic. He ordered the officers and soldiers to go out to fight the Anda army. I was afraid that they would be defeated.
Or for the sake of the safety of Yanghe City, where the governor is stationed, the elite soldiers of Datong City were forcibly taken away to Yanghe City, leaving Datong City in a more critical position without thousands of elites out of thin air."
Of course, General Wang also understood that no matter what kind of chaos was mentioned above, he, the military attache who directly led the troops, would be in a dilemma.
Governor Shi continued: "But if Governor Qin just wants to send troops out to burn the wasteland, that won't be a problem."
At present, Anda's army is still wandering in the hinterland of Shanxi. The Ming Dynasty's defenders can only hold on to the wall and clear the country. It will take a month for Anda to finish looting and slowly withdraw outside the fortress.
As for the other two northern rebel forces, Ji Nang was supporting Anda in the direction of Hetao, and the Little Prince's troops were on the Xuanfu side.
Therefore, the next month is a time lag. The risk of setting off from Datong to burn wasteland is not great. There will be no problem within at least one or two hundred miles. Besides, it is indeed the season for burning wasteland.
Finally, Governor Shi said in a panic: "As long as Inspector Qin doesn't direct the war carelessly, we can hold on safely and there will be no major mistakes."
General Wang still sighed. Compared with blind military command, he was actually more afraid of Inspector Qin's "politics" and deliberately targeted him to investigate the problem.
The main reason is that he himself is not clean. Some time ago, when Anda gathered a few tribesmen and launched an unprecedented large-scale invasion, he, the commander-in-chief, was afraid of the Northern troops, so he secretly sent people to bribe Anda, so I did not
After attacking Datong City, they turned south and went deeper.
If these things are discovered by the new supervisor, the consequences will be disastrous.
But it was not convenient for Mr. Wang to confide his feelings to Governor Shi, so he could only say insinuatingly: "But there is also the matter of clan clan Zhu Chongzhuo's rebellion. How do you know that it won't implicate me?"
When I was appointed as the chief military officer of Datong Town, it was because of Zhang Zan, the former chief commander of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Zan was eliminated by the Qin Governor.
If Governor Qin regards me as an enemy because of this, what should I do if I use this as an excuse?"
It turned out that this was what General Wang was most worried about. After thinking about it from a civilian perspective, Governor Shi said with certainty:
"No, Commander Qin is just here to beat you and urge you to gather your best cavalry as soon as possible to form a new battalion!
If Inspector Qin wanted to cause trouble against you, he would definitely want to avoid alerting the enemy, so he would not have publicly reprimanded you just now."
Normal civil servants who are responsible for their own affairs basically follow this routine, and Governor Shi understands this very well.
General Wang saluted Governor Shi and said, "You civil servants still have some of the passion of seniors, but our military attache is speechless. Please give Futai a few words of kindness in front of the governor."
Governor Shi naturally agreed: "It's easy to talk about! We are governors of the same city, so we should work together as one."
General Wang followed the trend and said: "Futai is right!"
After they parted, Governor Shi secretly sneered, "If you, General Wang, bribed Beilu, you can hide it from others, how can you hide it from the governor of the same city?"
This is a handle that can only be used at critical moments.
Compared with the governor and general soldiers who were stationed in Datong town and had clear division of labor, Governor Xuanda was indeed like a "foreigner".
Logically speaking, Governor Xuan should be stationed in Yanghe City, a hundred miles away, and then perform their respective duties, instead of going to Datong City to increase the degree of power involution.
The next day, when Qin Dewei was sitting in the hall having breakfast, Lieutenant Commander Jin Ruquan, a lieutenant general who had not slept all night but was in high spirits, appeared in front of him.
He also reported: "Last night, we focused on interrogating the bandit leader named Luo, and confessed to more than a dozen believers."
Superintendent Qin said slightly strangely: "But I heard that Patriarch Naluo claims to have hundreds of disciples."
Jin Ruquan replied: "That is a claim after all. It is the same as Cao Cao's claim of an army of 810,000, with only a dozen close believers."
Supervisor Qin slapped the table and said: "This water is too much!"
I originally thought it might be a big case involving hundreds of people, but I didn't expect the scale to shrink dozens of times. It's simply unreasonable.
But no matter how small the mosquitoes are, they are still meat, so they can only let their men continue to catch people.
More than a dozen followers dare to call themselves the founder. This is the case with the White Lotus Sect. The organization is very scattered and the followers are fragmented. In other words, there is rarely a unified large-scale organization.
Even if one "ancestor" is captured, there are still several in the same area, and they will never be completely eliminated for hundreds of years.
However, such a loose situation has also resulted in the White Lotus Sect's ability to rebel being mediocre, far behind the Yellow Turbans and Taiping.
When Qin Dewei finished his breakfast, he saw the servant Wang Da coming to report: "Then Magistrate Liu is here again!"
Qin Dewei asked a little surprised: "Why is he here?"
Wang Da replied: "Listening to his tone, it seems that he is extremely grateful to the master and wants to take refuge with him."
Qin Dewei got up and went to the reception hall and ordered Magistrate Liu of Datong to be brought in.
As expected, Magistrate Liu came up and made a big salute, and said with tears of gratitude: "Supervisor, I am so kind and kind. I am so grateful that I don't know how to repay you!"
Qin Dewei frowned, feeling that the prefect was too flattering. What kind of kindness? Is that so?
He is just a governor whose main direction is military affairs, and he does not directly control Magistrate Liu.
Magistrate Liu observed his words and may have felt that he had gone too far, but Governor Qin did not understand what he meant, so he quickly explained:
"I have been in the officialdom for many years, and I have never seen anyone as wise and decisive as the Superintendent! So I couldn't help myself for a moment, so please don't blame me, Superintendent!"
So Qin Dewei finally understood where Governor Liu was excited.
Magistrate Liu had just given him a gift the night before, and he had completely "handled" Zhu Chongzhuo yesterday, so Magistrate Liu had some misunderstandings.
Probably in the mind of Prefect Liu, he, Governor Qin, is really a very fastidious person. After accepting the gift, he will really do things, and he will do it neatly and without any sloppiness. He is really the best superior officer.
Moreover, Magistrate Liu also judged based on his official experience that through this successful "transaction", credit had been established between the prefect and the governor, and the relationship could be further developed and more possibilities would be opened.
Thinking of this, Inspector Qin felt a little disgusted and scolded him rudely: "Shut up! I discovered the case of Zhu Chongzhuo's rebellion because he wanted to eliminate traitors for the country and had no other purpose!"
Don't use your decadent and dirty officialdom culture to randomly deconstruct other people's righteous actions!
Magistrate Liu quickly responded: "Yes, yes! The Superintendent is right, he is just serving the country to eliminate traitors! The lower officials are superficial!"
Even Qin Dewei, the sharp-tongued troll, can't really scold such an "official old man."
So he could only wave his hand and said impatiently: "If there is nothing else, please leave!"
Magistrate Liu quickly spoke again: "Actually, I came here this time because I heard that the Superintendent wanted to send troops to burn the wasteland."
Qin Dewei's face suddenly became serious, he slapped the table and yelled: "You, a prefect, dare to spy on a military plane! Where did you learn about it?"
How could this horse-riding man be so unreasonable? He only told the governor and the commander-in-chief personally about his "intention" to burn the wasteland last night. How come the prefect knew about it today? Can he still keep it a secret?
Magistrate Liu hurriedly shouted: "Supervisor, please don't be upset! Today the governor ordered me to prepare grain, grass and military supplies. I accidentally heard something from the governor, saying that it was used to burn wasteland and send out troops."
The details in the officialdom are very meaningful. Qin Dewei immediately thought, did Governor Shi deliberately reveal the information about burning wasteland to the prefect?
He didn't believe that this was a coincidence, but it could explain two things. The first governor and prefect Liu should be in the same group;
The second time Magistrate Liu came to see him, it might also represent Governor Shi's will, and there must be something wrong with him.
As for why Governor Shi didn't come forward personally to tell the truth, this is called "the king does not see the king".
In today's officialdom, although the governor's power level is slightly lower than that of the governor, and he is slightly inferior in etiquette, there is not much difference in actual grade, and they are usually regarded as officials of the same level.
Qin Dewei subconsciously rubbed his forehead. The imperial court sent its own governor to declare military affairs in order to ward off foreign enemies.
As a result, there was no trace of the happy war, but the entangled official disputes were about to appear first.
What's happening with this country? I'm wondering!
Of course, Magistrate Liu didn't know what Governor Qin was thinking, so he continued according to his own draft:
"The Superintendent also knows that the Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of extreme tribute to the Northern Lu and cut off commercial exchanges.
However, the Northern Lu were in urgent need of Han products, from salt, tea, utensils, and even needles and threads.
Therefore, the products of the Han region are so expensive in the Hu region that they can even be directly exchanged for gold."
Governor Qin asked calmly: "So what?"
Prefect Liu was afraid that the Governor would be impatient to listen, so he spoke faster and said: "It is precisely because of the huge profits that smuggling along the border wall has been banned many times, but it is just a small matter. If you want to smuggle supplies to the barbaric areas, it is best to
There is a different way of doing things that are good."
Qin Dewei, who knew the elegant meaning of Xiange after hearing it for five hundred years before and five hundred years later, had never seen anything before. However, he pretended to be interested and asked, pretending not to know, "What can I do?"
Magistrate Liu was shocked and said: "It is to go out to burn the wasteland! Only by burning the wasteland, we can go deep into the grassland and wild areas openly, and we can transport large quantities of materials in the name of military supplies!"
There are four main reasons why Magistrate Liu dared to make such a bold disclosure in front of Governor Qin:
First, Governor Qin does things for money. He pays attention to people. He seems to have a good reputation. He can talk about things without admitting the debt right away. There is no justice in business.
Secondly, Inspector Qin did not seem to be "averse" to the word "smuggling". Zhu Chongzhuo had always wanted to expose smuggling, but Inspector Qin never brought this up.
Third, Governor Qin did not hesitate to accept heavy gifts and was not someone who cared about foreign wealth.
Fourth, Liu Yong did not give any specific explanation, he just stated such a phenomenon.
Qin Dewei continued to pretend not to understand: "Then what do you mean when you talk about this? You just want to remind me to be wary of officials who burn wasteland and smuggle materials secretly?"
Magistrate Liu laughed "haha" a few times and said, "The supervisor must have understood it already. There is no need to explain it in detail."
After Qin Dewei thought for a moment, he replied: "Not only do I not understand, I even don't know anything."
Magistrate Liu didn't understand for a while, what did this "I don't know" mean.
Qin Dewei spoke in detail again: "You are all old local officials and have the ability to arrange some things on your own. Originally, I did not need my help, so I know nothing about it."
Only then did Magistrate Liu suddenly realize that he could just turn a blind eye.
So he also responded: "What the supervisor said is absolutely true. There are some small things that do not require the supervisor to do it personally."
Qin Dewei thought for a while and revealed some more information: "This time, I may personally lead the team and go out for hundreds of miles to perform meritorious deeds."
Magistrate Liu immediately gave his blessing and said: "I would like to wish the supervisor immediate success! If necessary, I will contact the supervisor or flag officer directly."
After leaving the mansion, Magistrate Liu quickly went to the Procuratorate in the north of the city, where the governor of Datong was based.
After reporting the conversation with Governor Qin, Magistrate Liu said: "Looking at Governor Qin's intentions, there is no doubt that he has no intention of interfering with the smuggling."
Governor Shi still had some doubts in his heart, "When we were in the capital to review our duties, we heard a lot about Qin Dewei.
It is rumored that this is a person who likes to seek fame and reputation and does not care about money at all.
That’s why this court just predicted that Qin Dewei might not accept smuggling for profit, but how could he agree to it?"
The well-informed Magistrate Liu smiled and said: "This is not surprising. In places like the capital, officials are cautious about their words and deeds, but when they get there, there are not a few officials who let themselves go.
Besides, officials in the capital have a lot of entertainment and spend a lot of money, but the actual salary is low. If there is an opportunity to make money while working abroad, who would dislike the lack of money?"
Governor Shi nodded and said: "This makes sense. You go ahead and prepare! But you still have to remember one thing. Qin Dewei cannot be allowed to discover evidence that directly involves you and me."
Magistrate Liu agreed and said: "The lower official naturally knows that everything should be done according to Futai's instructions. But the chief military officer still needs Futai to say hello. After all, those sent out to burn wasteland are officers and soldiers."
After Magistrate Liu left, Governor Shi sent someone to contact General Wang, and the two made an appointment to meet in the evening.
Governor Shi advised General Wang: "This time, according to the order of Governor Qin, we will mobilize elite troops to go out to burn the wasteland. General Wang, you should be cautious when selecting your personnel."
Wang Sheng didn't understand what Governor Shi meant, so he asked: "Why be cautious?"
Governor Shi said more specifically: "First, don't personally lead the team to burn the wasteland; secondly, try not to let your cronies burn the wasteland."
General Wang asked in surprise: "Why is this?"
Governor Shi replied: "This is to prevent Qin Dewei from playing any tricks again. Since you are not in the wasteland-burning team and have no close confidants, you naturally do not need to take responsibility."
At first glance, Wang Zongbing felt that what Governor Shi said seemed reasonable, so he agreed.
If Qin Dewei really wanted to do something, he couldn't afford to stop it, but he couldn't afford to get himself involved either.
After Governor Shi sent General Wang away, he smiled proudly, and the invisible net gradually took shape.