"Good guy, killing someone in the street! Who was killed?"
"I heard that he was a spy sent by the Mongols to inquire about military affairs."
"Hey, then I have to go and have a look. Recently, there are more and more Mongolians in the city, and they are more courageous than before. It's time to kill a few and show off their prestige."
The words of Yangfangdian spread from person to person. The caravan members who traveled around were much more courageous and knowledgeable than ordinary people. Knowing that Fangshi had found out the spies and wanted to kill them on the spot, no one was afraid. On the contrary, they gathered quickly and from time to time Making random comments and jokes.
Yang Woyan stood on the edge of the crowd, watching with a sullen face as his companions dragged out the three Mongolian spies and pushed them to the ground.
The three spies were indeed stupid. After they heard the rumor that the imperial court was about to significantly reduce the garrison in northern Xinjiang last night, they were immediately overjoyed, and then left the caravan overnight and tried to rush back to report the news.
However, having lived on the vast and sparsely populated grasslands for a long time, the Mongols simply did not understand how strict the layers of control measures in a huge city would be. When they wanted to go out on the street, they often bumped into soldiers patrolling the road at night; If you want to go out, there are guards everywhere at the city gate, the village gate and even the city gate; if you want to sneak in somewhere for a night, a few sneaky-looking Mongolians are too conspicuous and easy to identify.
So in the end, they gave up the idea of escaping immediately, tried to return to Yangfangdian, returned to the caravan, and left with the caravan.
The caravan had long discovered that they were missing. Before Yang Woyan left, he also deliberately left behind capable men to search everywhere according to his guess. In the Monan area controlled by the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was not uncommon for Mongolians to defect to the caravan and then regret it. These All of his subordinates had experience in capturing fugitive Mongolians.
Who would have thought that before the manhunt was even halfway through, these idiots would come back and throw themselves into the trap again?
Yang Woyan's men tied them up immediately, but they never thought of disturbing Yang Woyan's opportunity to show off in front of Lu Wusi.
In this case, if Lu Wusi wants to kill someone, it must be done neatly.
Yang Woyan immediately ordered people to be on guard, ordered people to clear the area, and ordered people to take action. These guards all had lives on their hands, and they immediately arranged the scene in a decent manner. The next moment, he slashed across the scene, and three people were killed. A spy was killed, and three streams of blood gushed out five or six feet high, then fell down and wet the loess on the ground. The onlookers cheered.
The Yangfang Store was a place where livestock was traded, and flies suddenly arrived in swarms, buzzing around.
At this moment, the crowd in the outer circle suddenly became restless, and a group of knights rushed over and asked, "Why did you kill someone?"
Half an hour later.
The knight returning from the Yangfang Store respectfully reported: "After checking, it was the order from the Jinshan Defense Judge."
A civil servant immediately shouted: "You bastard! What kind of thing is the Jinshan Defense Judge? He dares to order killings in Zhongdu?"
"I understand, you can go down." Xu Ding ignored the civil servant and waved his hand in a calm tone, and the knight immediately withdrew.
Several officials standing on the left and right sides of the hall were tensed up. Seeing that Xu Ding did not look angry, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Even the civil servant who stood up to ask questions was the same.
Logically speaking, not to mention that the Jinshan Defense Judge did not have the authority to do this, nor did the Jinshan Defense Envoy, nor did the Marshal from the North of Zhongdu above him.
Emperor Guo Ning of the Great Zhou Dynasty never concealed his humble background and knew nothing about specific government affairs and governance, so he was always willing to delegate power and completely entrusted important responsibilities to Yelu Chucai and Xu Ding. Especially Xu Ding, the emperor almost completely let go, allowing him to continue He replaced the official disciples left behind by his father, Xu Zhiguo, and maintained the power to control the situation in Zhongdu, ensuring stability since the rise of the two dynasties.
Daxing Mansion, the central capital, is the center of the country. Without the consent of Shangshu Right Prime Minister and Daxing Mansion Yin Xuding, no one has the right to kill people.
And these people who are discussing the matter are all members of the imperial court, and they all have high positions. Anyone who makes a word can punish just a few officials. But none of them will do this. Even the person who makes the criticism is just a person. I'm just testing Xu Ding's attitude.
According to the rules, the Jinshan Defense Judge did not have this power, even if the judge was instructed to act by a powerful agency close to the emperor such as the Department of Left and Right or the Department of Records. But in the Great Zhou Dynasty, no matter how much the emperor respected Xu Ding, he could not do it. No matter how the system is gradually improved, once a situation occurs, everything must give way.
This situation is that everything that has happened in the past few days is a prelude to military operations.
The emperor is really aggressive!
The news released by the emperor is true, and Zhou's attention is about to turn; but before turning, the emperor hopes to destroy the Mongols in a real war!
Xu Ding leaned back so that his back was slightly closer to the horizontal corridor at the back of the hall. The majesty passing through the hall from the shade made him feel much more comfortable.
Previously, when a lot of news about Goryeo and even about reducing the garrison in northern Xinjiang and turning to the sea suddenly came out from the Marshal's Mansion, the civil servants headed by Xu Ding were completely confused.
Are these news true or false? If they are false, how should we cooperate? If they are true, why are they not reported to the government affairs system? With the big changes in Goryeo, is it that the government affairs system is not qualified to participate in it? Is it possible that the emperor is dissatisfied with the civil servants? ?
Someone asked Xu Ding privately, and Xu Ding himself had many questions. He wanted to ask the emperor face to face, but he was afraid that he would be too impatient and lose the demeanor of a prime minister, and it would also appear that there was a lack of tacit understanding between the emperor and the prime minister.
At this time, the junior officers under the army began to arrest spies with great fanfare, and even killed people in the street. The subordinate officials in Daxing Prefecture were all dissatisfied, but Xu Ding figured it out.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue the exciting content! He knew why the emperor made such a decision, and also knew why the emperor quickly promoted this decision through the military system of the Marshal's Mansion, but until now it still There was no formal notification to the two prime ministers.
Because the decision to go to sea and reach out to Goryeo or Japan was the result of a compromise between the emperor and the army, rather than an active decision by the emperor himself. Even the intensified efforts to lure the enemy and the war that was about to break out were the same.
The army of the Zhou Dynasty was huge, and it involved huge economic and political forces, which would give rise to interest demands. No matter how high the emperor's prestige was and how he issued orders and prohibitions, no matter how powerful the supervisory agencies controlled by the emperor were, he could not act like he was following the numbers. Like a dozen or hundreds of people, they used one person to force the bridle of a giant beast and twist the army in an unwilling direction.
The ongoing invitation to fight is actually the result of a step-by-step exchange and balance of interests.
The emperor suppressed the desire of many warriors to go to war with the Southern Song Dynasty, so he had to provide the warriors with a new direction to gain profits.
Since the warriors in the south have gained a new source of profit, there is no reason for the warriors in the northern Xinjiang to do nothing.
The warriors in northern Xinjiang have hope of eating meat, but what about the threat from the north? If they want to reap the benefits with confidence, the warriors must first fight a big war in northern Xinjiang with all their strength. This battle will not reach Mongolia. With broken bones and tendons, it would be impossible for the warriors to escape from the grassland!
In the past half year or so, what happened was roughly this process.
Xu Ding didn't understand anything about military advance, retreat, offense and defense. But the strategic level at the top of a big power was actually similar to civil affairs and military preparations. The key point was that any decision that seemed to be made by a certain leader's talent and strategy would not be understood at all. In the final analysis, many internal and external factors interact with each other to derive inevitable results.
Xu Ding even found this interesting.
Back then, Guo Ning acted recklessly in Zhongdu City, and no matter how foresighted the old prime minister Shan Yi was, he could not control him. Now that Guo Ning has reached the position of emperor, his family has no choice but to be pushed by the general trend and can no longer let it go. The temper comes out as soon as it comes up.
Maybe the emperor himself didn't feel this clearly, but he was probably a little bit unhappy in his bones.
Therefore, it was obviously an extremely important matter that required close cooperation and full response from the entire court, but the emperor subconsciously suppressed it to the level of resolution by the Marshal's Office, and was not in a hurry to mobilize the entire court.
Fortunately, when the new dynasty was founded, it was a time when talents were emerging in large numbers. There were many smart people in the left and right departments and the recording department under the emperor. They did not directly go to Yuezu to do their work, but passed the responsibility for specific affairs to the notorious Jinshan Defense. Judge.
Xu Ding, who was on the outside, also saw clearly, so the Mongolian spy who was openly killed in Zhongdu City became the reason for the right prime minister to use his authority as the Yin of Daxing Prefecture to go to the Marshal's Mansion to inquire.
Such tacit cooperation between the civil and military parties showed that the Zhou Dynasty had its own unique operating rules and was by no means a grass-roots team in the eyes of the outside world.
The cool wind blew, making Xu Ding feel relaxed, and the worries of the past few days were swept away.
"Prepare your horses, I will go to the Marshal's Mansion once."
Xu Ding gave an order, and the attendants hurriedly went to prepare. He got up and walked out, and said to his subordinates: "Cheer up, we are going to fight a big battle!"
Seeing Xu Ding's gentle expression, one of his subordinates replied half-jokingly: "How big of a battle? The scale is bigger than the last time the emperor led people to kill in Monan?"
Xu Ding paused for a moment and then walked out the door.
I'm afraid the scale is much larger.
Compared with the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Genghis Khan was only more influenced by the many tribes below. And many tribal leaders had been patient on the grasslands for a long time, and they were probably much more irritable than the generals at all levels of the Great Zhou Dynasty.