novelonline Chapter 638 Jia Heng: Hold back and settle accounts after autumn
Chapter 638 Jia Heng: Hold back and settle accounts after autumn
Chapter 638 Jia Heng: Hold back and settle accounts after autumn
next day, afternoon
After waiting anxiously, Jia Heng and Zhao Mo, a cabinet scholar, went to the Jiangbei Daying Jiedushi Shuiyu's mansion under the escort of a large number of guards from the Jinyi Mansion. Returned to the house at noon.
In the flower hall, Shuiyu, the clan uncle of King Shuirong of Beijing Jing, was in his early forties, with a handsome face and a short beard under his chin. He was wearing a second-rank military officer's robe, sitting on a pear-wood chair , after hearing Jia Heng and Zhao Mo mention Hong Xun's important matters, his complexion changed and his mind turned.
Shui Yu is the younger brother of the former King of Beijing Jing, and now he is in charge of Jiangbei Daying.
After a while, Shui Yu smiled and said: "Uncle Yongning, Elder Zhao Ge, it is said that the safety of the river embankment involves the safety of millions of people in the north of the Yangtze River. It is my duty to send troops to help, but the two adults don't know. After the New Year's Eve in the Jiangbei Camp, there has been no payment for half a year, and now we are going to fight against floods. I am afraid that the last general will be willing to take orders, and the brothers under him will not be willing either. I learned that the last general is still going to the Nanjing Military Department to ask for payment."
Zhao Mo asked with a blank expression, "Water Festival, how much is the Southern Xinjiang Military Department in arrears?"
"The salary for half a year is only 30 taels of silver, which is not much." Shui Yu was overjoyed when he heard the words, but said calmly.
Zhao Mo frowned, and turned to look at Jia Heng. After all, it was Jia Heng who advocated the deployment of troops to make up his mind.
However, two or three million taels of silver and the money for repairing the embankment were all put together by them. How can there be more money to be allocated to Jiangbei Daying?
Jia Heng's face was like dark water, calm and unwavering, under his sword eyebrows, he looked at Shui Yu sharply, and said: "Water festival, how many soldiers and horses are there in the Yangzhou camp?"
Shui Yu looked unnatural, and replied: "The actual number of troops is [-], divided into five armies, left, right, middle, front, front, and back."
Even though he knew that he couldn't hide the truth from the boy in the python suit who was also in the army opposite him, but there were some things he could do but couldn't say, so it was hard to tell the truth.
Jia Heng's eyes were indifferent, and he said: "Since the generals and soldiers cannot be dispatched without food and salary, according to my opinion, according to the soldiers and horses who go to help, Nanhe Yamen will pay one month's salary from the Nanhe Yamen, which is regarded as the employment of generals."
For 3 people, [-] in real money is not bad. One month's salary, if you think about it, you can still turn it around, but Jiangbei Daying doesn't know the general situation, and this account will be calculated later.
Shuiyu: "..."
In Jinling, I heard my son say that the cabinet ministers and military planes came to dispatch troops, and he came all the way here in a hurry. He wanted these two important court officials to put pressure on the civil servants of the Ministry of War to get back the arrears, not for this one. The monthly salary is only a few bucks, what can it help?
Shui Yu looked distressed, and said hesitantly: "Uncle Yongning, the Nanjing Ministry of War has been in arrears for half a year, and the generals and soldiers are very resentful. This month's payment of food and salaries may not necessarily be dispatched as ordered."
"Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use them for a while! The imperial court has allocated money to support tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Jiangbei and Jiangnan battalions over the years, not to let them eat imperial rations for free! Now that the matter is approaching, it is time to use soldiers. Afterwards, they will make meritorious service to the community, and then pay them. There is also a saying, how dare you disobey orders?" Jia Heng said in a deep voice.
Yangzhou has been a prosperous place since ancient times, and there are many brothels and Chu halls. According to the previous information of Jinyi Mansion, the generals and soldiers of the Jiangbei Camp went to prostitutes as soon as they got their salaries. The [-] soldiers were not enough.
However, after this incident, without him having to speak to the imperial court, there were civil servants who cut down the army and horses of the Jiangbei battalion.
Why doesn't Beijing Camp cost a tael of silver?
Zhao Mo also nodded, and then said: "What Uncle Yongning said is reasonable. Afterwards, this pavilion and Uncle Yongning jointly wrote a letter to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households to urge them to make up the owed wages in the future. Everyone will be happy."
Gather the manpower first, and spend a small amount of money to do big things.
Shui Yu looked distressed, and said: "Uncle Yongning, Mr. Zhao Ge, if you haven't mobilized money, I really can't mobilize troops."
Jia Heng said in a cold voice: "General Shui feels that it is difficult to transfer, so he will not transfer it. This official and Mr. Zhao Ge will formalize this matter. The Jiangbei camp is stationed with a large army. Facing the danger of the river, there is no one soldier. The pawn can be adjusted, and I insist on asking what the imperial court has done with the salary allocated every year."
Shui Yu's complexion changed suddenly, his heart was unhappy, and his tone was a bit unkind, he said: "Uncle Yongning, what do you mean by this? You didn't get the official document from the Ministry of War to allocate soldiers and horses, and the subordinate officials didn't make things difficult for you. Taking the overall situation into consideration and fully cooperating with the deployment of troops, now Yongning Bo is really domineering."
Jia Heng said: "I use the Tianzi sword to dispatch the Jiangbei camp, and deal with it expediently. Now that the flood is critical, the soldiers and horses of the Jiangbei camp are beside us, and they are supported by the state money. How can we stand by and watch!"
Shui Yu's eyes were gloomy, he snorted coldly, and cursed secretly in his heart, the villain is successful, arrogant and domineering!
Seeing the dispute, Zhao Mo quickly said: "Water festivals are in order, the flood situation is urgent, and there is no room for delay. Yongning Bo has the method of taking care of both, why don't we send troops to help first, and wait until the flood is over safely, and then make further calculations. "
Jia Heng frowned, thinking, what is this called?
Shui Yu borrowed the donkey from the slope and said: "I will give Mr. Zhao Ge a face."
But he also knew in his heart that if he really didn't move his soldiers and watched the danger of the river affairs from the sidelines, the Holy One would probably be furious afterwards.
It's just that this beam is settled today.
Jia Heng said: "The specific number of soldiers and horses dispatched from Yangzhou cannot be judged by the roster. The soldiers need to be inspected."
He didn't want to go to [-] in name, but actually [-] were old, weak, sick and disabled, so what would these people from Jiangbei Daying go there for?
Shuiyu: "???"
Jia Heng said indifferently: "Now, from the Beijing camp to the Nine Sides, vacancies are being reduced. The King of Beijing has also gone to Datong and Taiyuan Army Town to rectify military affairs. General Shui has also received a letter from the Lord of Beijing."
He really doesn't care about Shuiyu's resentment. Jiangbei and Jiangnan camps must be rectified. This is his duty as the Minister of Military Aircraft. Shuiyu will blame himself sooner or later, and this time it is an opportunity to rectify the southern army.
Shui Yu's face was gloomy, this person is not worried about the mutiny of the soldiers at all, there is no way to end it?As long as he secretly instructs the soldiers to make trouble...
Jia Heng put down the teacup at this moment, turned to look at Zhao Mo, and said, "Old Zhao Ge, the [-] troops of our Beijing camp are in Nanhe, plus the [-] soldiers from Yangzhou, and the soldiers from Hedao Yamen, plus The recruited Ding Fu should have enough manpower, if not enough, Henan Dusi and Jingying can also provide reinforcements."
The [-] tiger and ben troops of the Beijing camp are all stationed in Nanhe. Whoever dares to make trouble, the army of tigers and wolves who have just put down the rebellion in the Central Plains can calmly suppress it.
Shui Yu's eyes were fixed, and his heart tightened.
The [-] Beijing battalion is in Henan, and he has less than [-] Yangzhou troops...
You don't have to think about any tricks.
Jia Heng glanced at Shui Yu, feeling cold in his heart.
If he didn't know what these generals were thinking, he wouldn't need to be the governor in brocade clothes.
Changing places, he can think of several ways to do bad things. This Shui Yu will probably not let it go after the incident, and even find someone to impeach him, but it can only be a waste of effort.
A cabinet minister and a military plane dispatched troops together, and deployed troops with a talisman such as the Tianzijian. The flaws in the procedure were minimal.
Zhao Mo said: "Uncle Yongning, since this matter has been discussed, you and I should go to the Jiangbei camp first to inspect the troops and horses, and support Nanhe."
Jia Heng nodded, and after talking, the few people left the water mansion, led a mighty retinue, and went to the Jiangbei camp to dispatch troops and horses.
At this moment, the Jiangbei Daying military camp stationed outside Yangzhou City was shrouded in thick rain and fog, but there were no soldiers on the sentry post or arrow tower.
The entire Jiangbei camp was lax in military discipline and lax in defense. At the door, generals could be seen entering the barracks with the umbrella and support of Ma Bian, talking and laughing, and there were also groups of drunken people coming from outside.
In fact, this is the ethos of the northern and southern armies of the Han Dynasty. Before the Beijing camp was rectified, the military discipline and combat power were not much stronger than that of the Jiangbei camp. The frontier troops on the nine sides were under difficult conditions and had better combat capabilities.
Zhao Mo frowned, his face gloomy and uncertain.
Shui Yu's face was not very good-looking, and he felt that his face was dull. He ordered the guards beside him to enter the beating drum to gather the generals, and at the same time led Jia Heng, Zhao Mo and other large numbers of people into the barracks.
And the generals who got Shuiyu came out of the barracks and came out of the barracks and rushed towards the Chinese army camp with the sound of drums as dense as raindrops.
Seeing this scene, Jia Heng shook his head secretly.
Sure enough, you can't count on these southern soldiers. The world has been peaceful for a long time, the culture is peaceful and the military is playing, and the military discipline is lax.
In the barracks of the Chinese army, Shui Yu looked at the gathered generals, his gaze was uncertain, and he said in a deep voice: "General Xie, what about the others?
Although Shuiyu was a Jiedu envoy, there was no battalion commander below, but five battalions, all led by participating generals, under the jurisdiction of guerrilla generals.
The General Xie who was summoned hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Jie Shuai, they are still in the city because of something, the last general will send someone to look for it."
Seeing this scene, Jia Heng felt cold in his heart, as expected, he couldn't expect anything in return.
Zhao Mo frowned at this moment, and his eyes were a little colder.
Compared with the Beijing camp where the military parade was carried out at the beginning, and then the rebellion was quickly put down, and the flood was prevented, this Jiangbei camp is simply unbearable!
Everything is about comparison.
The Zhejiang party has never doubted that Jia Heng has achieved outstanding results in rectifying the army and horses, and even has a general strategy. However, in the counter-insurgency of the Central Plains, after being named Yongning Bo, a consensus has been formed between the government and the opposition.
As the generals of the army came one after another, the Chinese barracks in the five main rooms were crowded with people, and the darkness was overwhelming.
Shui Yu briefly told the generals about dispatching troops to support the Nanhe River Yamen in fighting floods and repairing the embankment, which immediately caused an uproar in the Chinese barracks.
One of the five generals, surnamed Wang, clasped his fists and said: "Jie Shuai, our duty is to defend the river and guard the old capital of Jinling. Shouldn't the people in the Hedao Yamen be in charge of such emergency repairs? ?”
Shui Yu said in a deep voice: "This is the order of the imperial court. We can only obey the order and act. Once the river north breaks the embankment, we will not be able to survive alone."
"This is all caused by their river yamen. If they hadn't been greedy for money for the river project, how could this happen?" Another general said, obviously well-informed.
As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion in the barracks of the Chinese army.
Jia Heng got up, looked at the general, and said: "I am the Minister of Military Aircraft, Jia Heng, the deputy envoy of the Jingying Jiedu, ordered by the emperor to appear as the governor of Hetai. The former governor of Hetai, Gao Bin, committed suicide in fear of crime. Nanhe Many embankments under the jurisdiction need emergency repairs, this time the Jiangbei camp will go to Nanhe for reinforcements, and each person will be paid a month's salary, and those who are unwilling to go can also bring it up, and this official will not stop them."
The participating generals and guerrilla generals present at the scene all looked at the tall and straight boy in the python suit with the sword on his waist. In fact, he was just taking advantage of the crowd to create momentum.
Seeing the boy in the python suit and the Jin Yiwei in the flying fish suit at this moment, his heart shuddered, and he felt a murderous aura rushing towards his face.
Seeing that no one answered, Jia Heng looked at Shui Yu, and said calmly: "Shui Jie Dushi, some generals who don't want to go don't have to force them, just stay in Yangzhou."
When Shui Yu heard the words, his eyes flickered, and he felt a faint feeling in his heart.
At this time, General Wang said: "If you are fighting with a thief, the general will not frown, but the work on the embankment is really impossible for the general, so I ask Marshal Jie to make amends."
With one person taking the lead, two or three other generals joined in, and although there were two guerrilla generals who did not speak, they also stood silently beside the general surnamed Wang.
Looking at this scene, Zhao Mo frowned, feeling a bad impression.
These warriors are completely ignorant of the general situation, disregarding the overall situation, and extremely vulgar!
Not waiting for Zhao Mo and Jia Heng to explode, Shui Yu acted furiously and shouted: "What are you messing around with?! How dare you disobey the imperial court's military orders!"
Jia Heng looked indifferent, glanced at Shui Yu, and said in a deep voice: "Shui Jie Dushi, since he doesn't want to go, and I don't force it, then just stay in Yangzhou City."
Forbearance, settlement after autumn is a fine tradition in this land.
The general who had been yelling to leave looked at each other for a while, stood on the spot and watched, wondering and uncertain, and regretted his words, but it was difficult to take them back for a while.
But Jia Heng ignored them, looked over the remaining generals and schools, and said: "The flood situation is urgent, and there is no time to wait. The remaining army will start to deploy troops and horses. Later, they will assign flood control tasks to assist the river workers in the river yamen to build dikes."
At this time, Liu Jixian took a book and handed it to Jia Heng, which officially recorded the situation of the dams in Yangzhou that needed to be guarded.
Seeing that Jia Heng's face was indifferent and he hadn't had an attack, the general of Jiangbei Daying, who was originally uneasy, was relieved.
As time passed, the soldiers and horses of the Jiangbei camp began to mobilize.
About 1 more young and strong were assigned to the Gaoyou Lake Dam and river embankment not far from Yangzhou to guard Gaoyou, Baoying and other places. The deputy general of the Hebiao camp has been taken over by the general of the Jingying camp.
To be assigned to the school, Jia Heng and the cabinet scholar Zhao Mo did not stay any longer, and sent someone to say goodbye to Lin Ruhai, and left Yangzhou with a large number of guards from the Jinyi Palace and the Jingying Cavalry, and returned to Huai'an Mansion.
The embankments under Luoma Lake, Hongze Lake, and Huaihai Road have been taken over by the Jingying section, and the river embankments under the responsibility of the Nanhe Governor's Yamen are basically guarded by people.
Huai'an Mansion, Qingjiang Pu, Gao Zhai
Shen Fang, the governor of Liangjiang, and Xu Shikui, the governor of Jiangzuo, parked their sedan chairs in front of the archway of the Gaofu, and looked at the Gaofu where the white flags and white filial cloths had been hung.
Gao Bin's body was brought over after Wu's autopsy, and had stayed in the mansion for a while, his wife Zheng did not take their son to Jinling to join Shen Fang.
However, Shen Fang and Xu Shikui, the governor of Jiangzuo, led their entourage to Huai'an Mansion under the retinue of Dubiaoying.
At this time, Jinyi Qianhu, the leader, came forward with an Xiuchun knife, and said: "The governor has an order that all relatives who come to the mansion to pay homage must leave their names in the book and handwriting."
General Wei Qingyuan of the Supervising Biaoying Battalion was about to ask questions, but was stopped by Shen Fang, his face was as gloomy as the sky, and he said: "I am the governor of Liangjiang, Shen Fang, Shen Jiefu, where is the book, I will write it myself."
As he spoke, under the escort of several attendants, he came to the eaves of the corridor and wrote his name in the book.
Xu Shikui, the political envoy of Jiangzuo, also followed Shen Fang, picked up a brush, and wrote his name on the book.
Afterwards, the two of them each brought two entourages into the high mansion.
At this moment, the flower hall has been set up as a mourning hall, Gao Bin's coffin is placed in it, and tomorrow will be the first seven.
In the past few days, because the Jinyi Mansion has sealed off the Gao Mansion and searched the property, there are actually no big figures paying homage to Gao Bin.
Dressed in linen and filial piety, Mrs. Zheng knelt before the coffin, beside her two daughters and youngest son Fu'er.
"Uncle." Fu'er called Shen Bing, and threw herself into Shen Bing's arms as she spoke. The two families are relatives, one is in Jiangning and the other is in Huai'an Mansion, and they move around all the time.
Shen Fang looked at the little boy, his gloomy eyes softened a bit, he put his arms around the boy's head, and said in relief: "Good boy, Fu'er."
Then, handing the little boy to the attendant at the side, they squatted down together with Xu Shikui, Jiang Zuo's chief envoy, and burned paper money for Gao Bin.
At this moment, Zheng was crying like pear blossoms and raining, her beautiful and beautiful face in the past was as pale as paper, seeing Shen Bing, her voice was hoarse and crying: "Brother, my husband is wronged, wronged."
At this time, Shen Fang put down the paper money in his hand, and said with relief: "I know all about Dongxuan, your sister is already at the inn, and I will go to Huai'an Fucheng tonight."
At this time, Xu Shikui, the governor of Jiangzuo, looked at this and said, "My lord, please go to the Hedao Yamen to discuss the relief of the victims."
Shen Fang nodded, signaling Xu Shikui to leave.
After Xu Shikui left, Shen Fang sighed, and said with relief: "Fu'er is still young, and I won't be able to leave you in the future, so let me be sad."
So far, the results of Jinyi Mansion's interrogation of the officials of Nanhe Governor's Yamen Hekudao, Huaiyang Hewudao, and Huaixu Hewudao have been compiled into a book. The memorial has been sent to Shenjing by express delivery from Liubaili.
"It's the people from the Hedao Yamen, brother, you want to avenge Dongxuan." Zheng said anxiously with eyes full of resentment.
Shen Fang did not respond, but asked: "Did Jinyi Mansion send people to search the mansion these days?"
In the beginning, Peng Ye, the deputy capital censor of the left, ordered the imperial guards to strictly prohibit the entry and exit of Gao's house, but after Jia Heng arrived at Huai'an Mansion, after the inspection, he removed the guards and secretly monitored Gao's mansion.
Zheng Shi said: "People from the Jinyi Mansion came and searched a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, and removed all the silver from the warehouse. Later, they withdrew, saying that they were asked to wait for the imperial court's orders at home."
Shen Fang heard the words and asked, "Have you received anything else?"
Mrs. Zheng was stunned for a moment, shook her head and said, "I haven't found this again, brother, this is..."
"It's nothing." Shen Fang nodded, and didn't say anything more, his eyes were dim and uncertain, and he finally sighed in his heart.
With the death of one person, the Liangjiang officialdom is safe and sound, how heroic?
(End of this chapter)