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Regarding Zhou Shangjing's proposal, Zhu Hejian said he would seriously consider it.
However, because of the high stakes involved, and because Zhu Hejian was also secretly afraid that Zhou Shangjing's proposal might have evil intentions, he thought about it for nearly half a month, but still failed to give Zhou Shangjing an accurate answer.
During this period, the situation in the temple center was basically stable, and various plans that had been gradually implemented before were still implemented steadily during this period, such as the agricultural reform plan, the commercial tax rectification of the northwest provinces, etc.; while previously Even with the wrangling matters, there was still no progress during this period, such as the imperial court's plan to reduce military expenditures in Liaodong Town, or the abolition of the crown prince.
Compared with the situation in the central court, which was stable, there was constant turmoil at the local level.
In the northwest, Liang Fuchen personally went to the Hetao Plain to sit down. In order to consolidate the imperial rule of the area as soon as possible, he frequently submitted memorials to the imperial center, either reporting progress or asking for money, food and supplies, so the treasury expenditures also increased significantly.
At the same time, Emperor Deqing's actions to rectify the officialdom of Shaanxi and Gansu were still being implemented steadily.
Prior to this, Dongchang had vigorously purged the civil service system and local forces in Shaanxi and Gansu. All local civil servants and gentry celebrities who had a close relationship with Zhao Junchen were implicated for a time, or were promoted openly or covertly. Or they were dismissed from office, and many people were arrested and had their homes confiscated, which can be described as "remarkable results."
However, the purge operation in the East Factory had just ended. Before all walks of life in Shaanxi and Gansu could breathe a sigh of relief, the takeover operation in the West Factory was immediately ushered in.
Compared with Dongchang's purge operation, which targeted the civil service system and local forces, Xichang's purge operation targeted the Shaanxi-Gansu border troops!
All in all, Emperor Deqing was determined to completely eradicate the influence of Zhao Junchen's legacy in Shaanxi and Gansu.
In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, no matter how huge Zhao Junchen's power was in the center of the capital and the civil service system, it was nothing to be afraid of, because Emperor Deqing's dominant position in the center of the capital could not be shaken at all. They only obeyed the orders of Emperor Deqing. As long as Emperor Deqing made up his mind to rebel, he only had to arrange for the imperial army to seal the city and send factory guards to arrest people, and no powerful officials would be able to fight back.
But Emperor Deqing would never allow Zhao Junchen to have too much power in the local yamen, and he would not allow Zhao Junchen to interfere with local military power, because the local yamen and various military towns were the weak points of Emperor Deqing's power. Once Zhao Junchen was allowed to If you sit tall, it will be easy for you to have a big tail. If you want to turn over the table in the future, you will be afraid of the rat, and it is easy for variables to occur.
Therefore, Emperor Deqing was extremely determined and his attitude could not be shaken.
However, although Xichang understood Emperor Deqing's determination, it was not easy for them to successfully purge the Shaanxi-Gansu border troops.
After all, on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, the influence of military towns and Qianhu offices in various places is far greater than that of local civil servants and gentry nobles. Many officers hold military power, and a slight mistake will lead to mutiny. Therefore, compared with The East Factory was unscrupulous during the purge, but the West Factory was much more cautious when taking actions, and put more thought and energy into it.
In order to successfully realize the will of Emperor Deqing, not only did Wu Xinyan, the governor of the West Factory, personally go to Huamachi Camp to serve as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Emperor Deqing also arranged for 300 Jin Yiwei to join the 3,000 imperial guards. Arrive at Huamachi Camp and escort Wu Xinyan’s actions.
With Wu Xinyan, three hundred Jinyi guards, and three thousand imperial troops stationed in Huamachi Camp, Emperor Deqing's plan to purge the Shaanxi-Gansu border officially entered its climax.
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Wu Xinyan is only in his forties this year, and can be regarded as young and strong among the senior officials of the inner court. He has always been praised for his cautious and low-key style.
Since the reconstruction of the West Factory, as Zhao Junchen resigned from the post of factory director, Wu Xinyan became the current director of the West Factory. However, compared with Zhao Junchen's many achievements and glory when he served as the director of the West Factory, After Wu Xinyan took over as the director of the West Factory, the performance of the West Factory was much inferior, which made Wu Xinyan quite criticized.
However, Wu Xinyan believes that the current status of the West Factory is very good. Compared with the East Factory, which has done more and made more mistakes, the East Factory has changed three directors in just over a year. Although the West Factory has not made many achievements, There are many, but he rarely does anything wrong, and his position as the director of the West Factory is still stable.
With a personality like Wu Xinyan's, it was naturally quite difficult for him to vigorously purge the Shaanxi-Gansu border troops.
Therefore, after Wu Xinyan led the Jinyi Guards and the Forbidden Army to settle in the Huamachi Camp, he did not take any drastic action at first. He just collected information from everywhere, carefully analyzed the intelligence, and tried to bribe the trustworthy military attachés.
However, Emperor Deqing was very determined to purge the Shaanxi-Gansu border troops, and although Wu Xinyan's approach was sound, it also seemed perfunctory and negligent. Therefore, he received a secret edict from Emperor Deqing a few days ago. , was severely reprimanded by Emperor Deqing.
Regarding Emperor Deqing's reprimand, Wu Xinyan only felt aggrieved. You must know that Shaanxi and Gansu are the places where wars have been fought for a long time. The military attachés in various places have very strong warlord habits, and they will never put a supervisor like Wu Xinyan in his heart. In his eyes, the number of imperial supervisors who died inexplicably on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu in the past century was no less than those who died inexplicably in the Liaodong military town. Under such circumstances, how could Wu Xinyan dare to act unscrupulously?
Fortunately, a secret letter from Xu Sheng, the censor of the Royal Horse, was also delivered to Wu Xinyan at the same time as Emperor Deqing's secret decree. In this secret letter, Xu Sheng told Wu Xinyan a piece of good news, that is When Li Ru'an, the current eunuch in charge of the imperial study, served as the supervisor of the Shaanxi-Gansu army, he bribed and won over several powerful military attaches in the Shaanxi-Gansu border army. After Wu Xinyan had the assistance of these military attaches, he then took action to purge Shaanxi-Gansu. The border army is naturally much more secure.
After receiving such news, Wu Xinyan couldn't help but be overjoyed. According to the list provided by Xu Sheng, he immediately invited all the military attachés on the list to Huamachi Camp for discussion.
Because Emperor Deqing's urging was too urgent, Wu Xinyan had already made up his mind. Once he was sure that the loyalty of these military attaches was available, he would immediately launch a purge operation!
In Wu Xinyan's view, this approach was too hasty, but he had no other choice. If he continued to delay, the position of director of the West Factory would have to be replaced by someone else.
On this day, Wu Xinyan was handling official duties at Huamachi Camp - as the supervisor of the Shaanxi-Gansu Army, with Liang Fuchen personally going to the Hetao Plain to take charge, he is now the de facto number one figure in Huamachi Camp, and many things need to be done by him personally Decision can be said to be a heavy task.
While Wu Xinyan was thinking about a piece of logistical supplies for the Hetao Plain, a young eunuch from the West Factory hurriedly entered the room and presented a letter to Wu Xinyan, reporting: "Factory Supervisor, Mr. Liang Ge’s reply has arrived.”
Wu Xinyan frowned and immediately opened Liang Fuchen's letter. After reading it quickly, his face became angry and said: "This Liang Fuchen is said to be a responsible Zhuguo, but I think he is actually a What a cunning person. After the governor arrived at Huamachi Camp, he happened to go to the Hetao Plain to sit down. It was obvious that he did not want to participate in the Xichang's purge of the border troops and was afraid that he would lose military morale if he participated in it!
This is the third time that the governor has written to ask him to return to Huamachi Camp to assist in the purge of the West Factory, but he still makes excuses and refuses to come forward! Ha, the reason why His Majesty launched the purge of Shaanxi and Gansu was all because of his suggestion, but now he immediately avoided it after the operation started. He really wanted to be a bitch and still build a memorial arch! "
And just as Wu Xinyan was scolding, another young eunuch hurriedly entered the room.
But this time, Wu Xinyan received good news!
"Governor Wu, we have just received news that Guyuan Town North Road garrison officer Liu Manniu, Yulin Town South Road Qianhu officer Li Pi, Guyuan Junzhen North Road Qianhu officer Nie Cheng and others have now led the army into the Huamachi camp. within the territory!”
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I've been busy lately, so I can only update small chapters before next Tuesday, sorry!
In addition, Chongzi is actually very bad at writing small chapters. He always feels that two thousand words per chapter cannot advance the plot...probably because his writing is too wordy.
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