What Wang Jian held in his hand was the last official document he received from Wenning County.
In the official document, the Wenning County Magistrate almost shouted at the top of his lungs, requesting Yushitai to send troops quickly, otherwise he would not be able to defend Wenning County, which only had earth walls.
"...Zhizhu repaid her with tears and blood at the Xingyu Shitai. Since the day before yesterday, the ignorant people in the countryside have gathered outside the city. They claim to respect the sky and isolate themselves from the inside and outside. They are forging weapons outside the city day and night. People say that there may be demons. In and out of it, the leader of the bandits, Li Hong, claimed that Laojun had come to the world..."
"... Youyou and others retreated to three houses and searched the yamen, only to have more than ten old and sick servants. Zhi and the county chief Shutian patrolled the city day and night, not daring to make any mistakes. At night, they saw lights outside the city connecting the sky and the earth, and the sound of horns was endless. But once If things are not coordinated, I am afraid that the city will fall if the people make noise together. It is not a pity to die on duty, but I am afraid that the big bandits will rise up..."
Suche scanned the official document hastily. The content contained the most common schizophrenia characteristics in Daliang official circles.
Wen Ning County is surrounded by rioters, but the rioters are only building weapons outside the city and carrying out some collective activities. The leader of the organization is Li Hong, so Wen Ning County is still peaceful at present.
There "seem" to be demons among the rioters in Wenning County, but overall they are still within control.
The rebels outside Wen Ning County were numerous and rebellious, but they never attacked the city.
The wandering government officials in Wen Ning County have basically dispersed. The county magistrate searched the entire county and found only a dozen who were willing to continue to work for the court. He and the landowner led these dozen old, weak, sick and disabled people to firmly defend Wen Ning County. Ning County.
Wen Ning County is calling for reinforcements, not for Wen Ning County Magistrate himself, but because he is worried about the spillover effects after Wen Ning County is breached.
Suche had only one conclusion after reading it.
Either those who write official documents are crazy, or those who read official documents are crazy, or everyone is crazy.
Of course, the few people here are all experienced people who can see the essence through phenomena. They do not need confirmation from Tiqi, nor do they need to use magical powers to confirm in person.
After just reading the text once, everyone had a common idea.
Wenning County is finished.
At this time, the reason why Xing Yushitai was able to receive such an official document from Wen Ning County was that the "monsters" who organized the rioters to siege the city were still undergoing internal integration.
Even if the demons came well prepared, they still had to organize the people who came from all over the country.
Even if you can cut down trees to become soldiers and raise poles to become flags, you still need to follow orders and prohibitions and have orderly command to form a team.
Since these monsters can concoct talisman water to win people's hearts, once they complete the adjustment, it will be a matter of time before Wenning County is wiped out.
Maybe before the county falls, these monsters will attack the city wall several times in batches to practice their skills. If Wen Ning County is lucky enough, they may receive victory documents from Wen Ning County after a while.
If this group of monsters had some resourcefulness, Magistrate Wenning might have been able to lead the dozen old, weak, sick and disabled people he mentioned to repel several "attacks" from the rebels before he died for his country.
“Wenning County must not allow any mistakes.”
Wang Jian frowned. He stood at the edge of the lobby with his eyebrows furrowed and his teeth biting his lower lip tightly.
If the rioters just surrounded Wenning County, then you can still call it a civil uprising.
After all, there was no rebellion by killing officials.
But if Wen Ning County is captured, it will be a complete rebellion.
At that time, in addition to failing to assist the Prince of Wuling County, Wang Jian was also charged with incompetent handling that led to rebellion. Even if Xiong Shou and Li Yizhen really wanted to excuse him, they might not be able to explain it to the court.
Although the Langya Wang family is the first-class family in Daliang, they can't cover the sky with one hand after all.
Su Che, Li Yizhen and Xiong Shou looked at each other and found that the other party kept silent in a tacit understanding.
The king of Wuling County is not here now. Wang Jian, as a long-time official, is the highest official in Cizhou. However, Xiong Shou and Li Yizhen, the two censors of Xingyou, are both imperial envoys of the imperial court, with the emperor standing behind them. Unless the imperial court explicitly issues an edict for them to listen in front of Wang Jian's army. Order, otherwise these two would be imperial envoys and would not have Wang Jian's turn to command.
The same goes for Tiqi and Jingyesi. These two organizations are under the imperial court and are only responsible to the imperial court. Xing Yushitai could summon local officials up and down Cizhou, but he could not control Tiqi's affairs.
Therefore, the incident in Wen Ning County may be a cruel test in Wang Jian's life. If he can survive, let alone getting promoted to an official position, at least he will have a peace officer.
If you can't get through it, it will be like ushering in the death of your political career in your prime.
"The two of us have responsibilities to the court, and such military and state affairs are not related to my rank. Please consider it carefully, Wang Changshi."
Xiong Shou naturally lost his good attitude towards Su Che when he saw Wang Jian's face.
It was just dark and cold, with a solemn tone.
Su Che listened silently beside him, so much so that he didn't feel that Xiong Shou favored one thing over another.
The imperial court must both guard against and appoint those Xingyou censors in the censorship station.
Not defensive? Most of the people in the Yushitai have cultivation levels of the sixth level and above, and are old-name Huandan. If these people form cliques in the officialdom for personal gain, the damage they will cause is incalculable.
But no need, there are so many big demons and crazy demons in the world, and without the help of these practitioners, should the emperor be allowed to go out on his own every day to slay demons and catch ghosts?
Therefore, on the one hand, Daliang not only gave Xingyu Shitai fine clothes and food, but also set many rules. One of them is that Xingyou Censor can understand the local situation and investigate corrupt officials, but he is strictly not allowed to make friends with local officials. Do not interfere in local government affairs outside of the court's explicit orders.
In fact, Wang Jian didn't want to invite these two masters.
Wang Changshi was familiar with the affairs of the imperial court, and of course he knew the authority and responsibilities of Censor Xingyou, so he came in to find another person this time.
"Of course I don't dare to invite the two imperial envoys. It's just that the matter in Wenning County involves demons, so I want to ask Xiao Su Lixing to go to the south. But I'm afraid it will affect the two imperial envoys' investigation and handling of the case. so……"
Su Che looked at this Wang Jian and said, "You Langya Wang family is still too arrogant. They surrounded my Tiqi Yamen in front of me and asked me to go to the North Kingdom. Now I can actually lick my face and beg for help."
This level of shamelessness is truly remarkable.
"Well, the matter involves the disappearance of the Prince of Wuling County. I am still here to listen to the instructions of the two imperial envoys and check carefully. This can be regarded as preserving my innocence."
Suche said as he slowly tapped his tiger's mouth with the beauty's folding fan.
Wang Jianjian looked at Xiao Su. If the two imperial envoys weren't there, Wang Jianjian would have laughed. Would his innocence still need to be preserved?
"How many soldiers and horses are there in Taichung now?"
Li Yizhen suddenly asked.
Wang Jian has a long history and is still proficient in government affairs, so he immediately replied.
"When Yu Xingtai was here before, there were about 5,000 soldiers and 200 horses. When Yu Xingtai left office, there were only about 4,000 soldiers left."
The military system of Daliang is inappropriate to describe the military system as generals, because they are all private soldiers.
The imperial court had a central army, but it was in Jiankang. The local troops either came from local aristocratic families or private individuals recruited by the officials themselves.
Nowadays, the most powerful troops in Cizhou are the private soldiers brought by Wang Jian himself, that is, the black armored cavalry that surrounded Tiqi Yamen.
In addition, the people on the surface are all military generals under Cizhou Xingtai. These people are originally from wealthy families in Cizhou. They have official titles, but they are actually stationed in several places.
Some of them were appreciated by Yu Hao and leaned against Yu's big tree in Yingchuan. As soon as Yu Hao left, they followed him.
This kind of military system seems very childish, but it is also a reality in Daliang today.
The situation in the north was actually similar. During Wei Huaiwen's Northern Expedition, both sides were filled with men and horses drawn by various clans, big and small.
When something happened in Xuanshan before, the imperial court sent Feng Buhang and Wuyundu to clean it up, and the Cizhou local force used to cooperate was 3,000.
Each of these three thousand is led by a military leader, and these military leaders are all warrior families passed down from generation to generation.
Although Wang Jian was an ordinary person, he knew how to deal with military power, so he naturally had a good grasp of the relevant situation.
"How is Chang Shi prepared to handle this matter?"
Li Yizhen seemed to be more enthusiastic than Xiong Shou.
