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After Wu Xinyan eliminated his doubts, he even felt that the military attachés in front of him were a little friendly for a while.
Wu Xinyan did not feel embarrassed at all about the various requests made by the military attaches.
After all, with Liang Fuchen personally going to the Hetao area to take charge, there are no longer any civil or military officials in the Huamachi camp who can check Wu Xinyan, and during this period of time, the supply logistics provided by the imperial center to support the Hetao area can be said to be endless and in astonishing quantities. , Wu Xinyan could easily satisfy the requirements of these military attachés as long as he did something secretly.
In fact, during this period of time, Wu Xinyan has used military resources and logistics more than once, and his pockets have really grown a lot.
In Wu Xinyan's view, the imperial court was very rich, and Zhao Junchen was also very good at making money. If there was money, everyone should make it together. Being generous to the imperial court and earning favors and credits for oneself was simply the most cost-effective business in the world.
Therefore, after Wu Xinyan briefly discussed with the military attaches, he agreed to their various requests and stated that Huamachi Camp would give them priority in providing them with the most sophisticated ordnance and armor in the future.
However, although Wu Xinyan agreed to the requests of the military attaches, these military attaches still did not clearly express their support. Instead, they all turned their attention to Liu Manniu, who was sitting at the front.
Wu Xinyan was not surprised by this situation. He had already seen it. Although Liu Manniu was taciturn and Li Pi spoke on behalf of everyone most of the time, he was obviously the military attache's representative. As a leader, Li Pi would always take a look at Liu Manniu's reaction before making a statement.
Moreover, as the garrison officer of Guyuan North Road, Liu Manniu's official position was also extremely important. He had tens of thousands of troops under his command, all of whom were elite soldiers.
Therefore, Wu Xinyan immediately looked at Liu Manniu with a smile and asked: "Liu Shoubei, we are all our own now, do you have any difficulties? If you have any difficulties, just raise them directly, our family will definitely I will try my best to solve it for you.”
After Liu Manniu pondered for a moment, he slowly said: "If there is a difficulty, there is indeed one thing! The internal levels of each border town in our court are clearly defined. From bottom to top, they are small banner, general banner, hundred households, thousand households, garrison, Staff general, deputy commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief, and guard commander-in-chief!
The humble position is currently in charge of the entire North Road of Guyuan Town, but such an important position as Guyuan North Road should have been under the jurisdiction of a general. However, after the previous general of Guyuan North Road died in the Loop, this position has been vacant. , the humble position is to take care of the North Road as a guard, but after all, the name is not justified, and many times when doing things, it is not enough. "
On the other side, Li Pi also helped: "Wu Jianjun, you don't know Liu Shoubei's grievances. After he was forced to join the new army, he participated in the Xiaochuan River Victory, the Weishui River Victory, and the battle to recapture the Hetao. He did not miss it. In any important war, among the many military attaches on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu, not only did he participate in the most battles, but also made the most meritorious service. Logically speaking, even being promoted to three levels in a row would not be too much!
But in the past, Zhao Junchen was afraid that his prestige among the new soldiers was too high, so he secretly suppressed him. It was not easy until Zhao Junchen left and Mr. Liang Ge came, but Mr. Liang did not trust us, the new soldiers. As a man with a military background, and because Liu Shoubei had always been taciturn, he did not explain the truth to Mr. Liang Ge in time, so he was deliberately suppressed again!
With Liu Shoubei's military exploits, prestige, and qualifications, no one else could be worthy of the position of General of Guyuan Zhenbei Road. However, Liang Ge always looked down on him, but Liu Shoubei's military exploits and prestige were really unstoppable. , let him take charge of the entire Guyuan North Road from a defensive position. Obviously, he needs to be treated coldly. Sooner or later, he will be replaced by someone else, which is very chilling! "
Wu Xinyan quickly understood that Liu Manniu wanted to be promoted.
For Wu Xinyan, this is not a difficult task. As the supervisor of the Shaanxi-Gansu Army, he originally had the right to evaluate merits and demerits, rewards and punishments. If he wanted to promote Liu Manniu, he could only add more on the occasion of submitting a memorial to Emperor Deqing. A sum of money.
What's more, Wu Xinyan was originally dissatisfied with Liang Fuchen's deliberate hiding in the Hetao area during this period, and naturally he would not consider Liang Fuchen's mood and thoughts. He immediately patted his chest and assured: "The imperial court really shouldn't let the hero down! Liu Shoubei can rest assured that as long as you can fully assist our family in rectifying the border troops, let alone a mere general, we can get you even the position of deputy commander or even commander-in-chief!"
After saying that, Wu Xinyan turned to look at the other military attaches and promised: "The same goes for all generals! As long as you help our family complete His Majesty's purge plan, you will all be rewarded! One hundred households will be promoted to one thousand households, and one thousand households will be promoted to one thousand." Households will be promoted to garrison, and garrison will be promoted to generals. Our family will do what we say!"
After hearing Wu Xinyan's promise, all the military attachés looked at each other again, and finally had no hesitation anymore. Headed by Liu Manniu, they all raised their voices and said: "In the future, the humble officers and others will follow the lead of Supervisor Wu. Go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Seeing that all the military attachés finally showed their full support for him, Wu Xinyan laughed immediately, feeling that his mission of purging the border troops and eliminating Zhao Junchen's influence was more than half successful!
However, Wu Xinyan did not know that the military attachés in front of him were Zhao Junchen's true confidants and die-hard supporters who stayed in Shaanxi and Gansu. They and their soldiers had even reached the point where they only knew about Zhao Junchen but not about him. The status of the imperial court!
In short, as long as Liu Manniu, Li Pi and others are still there, even if the imperial court repeatedly purges Shaanxi and Gansu three times, Zhao Junchen's power foundation will still be as stable as ever!
In this way, after the two sides reached an "interest alliance", all the military attachés acted actively. Not only did they contribute forcefully, but they also actively provided intelligence information to Wu Xinyan!
"There are 12,000 troops stationed on Guyuan North Road, of which about 6,000 can be mobilized for low-level positions. They are ready to listen to Supervisor Wu's orders at any time!"
"Wu Jianjun, as far as I know, Cai Xun, the garrison of Sanyuan City in Yulin Town, has a very close relationship with Zhao Junchen. After the victory of the Weishui River, he clearly had no military merits, but Zhao Junchen still asked the imperial court for him, which is enough to prove that he is He is Zhao Junchen’s confidant. He has five thousand troops under his command. We must pay special attention to it during the next purge!"
"Not only Cai Xun, but also Lu Ping, the deputy commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town. When Zhao Junchen was still presiding over the military affairs in Shaanxi and Gansu, this Lu Ping had secret discussions with Zhao Junchen many times. It is obvious that he has a close relationship!"
"Zhao Junchen's influence in Shaanxi and Gansu is indeed great. It can be said that there are many party members all over the place. His humble boss Wu Yan gave Zhao Junchen a large sum of money to get into his current position..."
Listening to the information provided by the military attaches, Wu Xinyan couldn't help but look more serious. He felt that Zhao Junchen had too many party members in Shaanxi and Gansu, and the purge must be very involved. At least the military attaches from various places in Shaanxi and Gansu were involved. Half of them need cleaning.
However, he still did not doubt the information provided by these military attaches, because the information also completely matched the content of the intelligence he had collected during this period.
The fact is that after Zhao Junchen led his army to annihilate the Mongolian coalition forces, he was in great glory for a while. At that time, almost all civil and military officials in Shaanxi and Gansu were rushing to flatter Zhao Junchen and wanted to climb into Zhao Junchen's lap. .
Therefore, to put it bluntly, the vast majority of civil and military officials in Shaanxi and Gansu are related to Zhao Junchen, and they will also be implicated during the court's purge.
But these civil and military officials just want to speculate. They are not Zhao Junchen's true confidants, and they will never sacrifice their lives for Zhao Junchen in the future!
At the same time, Zhao Junchen had already predicted that Emperor Deqing would definitely purge Shaanxi-Gansu officials and eliminate his own influence in the future, so he did the opposite and deliberately dealt with those speculative officials who flattered them. He win over and promote vigorously, but on the contrary, he deliberately suppresses and treats his true subordinates with cold treatment.
People like Liu Manniu, Li Pi, Nie Cheng and others, as Zhao Junchen's true confidants and die-hard supporters, not only did they not appear on Zhao Junchen's list of people asking for credit after the war, they were promoted faster than those opportunistic officials who flattered him. Go slower.
This is because, in Zhao Junchen's plan, those speculative officials who only know how to flatter others are just cannon fodder and cover, that is, the scapegoats during the court's purge!
And people like Liu Manniu, Li Pi, Nie Cheng, etc. will have to wait until the court takes action to purge them, and then they will see a turn in their career!
That is now!
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However, it was said that after the discussions between the military attachés and Wu Xinyan ended, it was already evening, and then Wu Xinyan personally arranged a banquet for them to cleanse themselves from the dust. By the time it was all over, it was already late at night.
After the military attaches said goodbye to Wu Xinyan and left, they came to Liu Manniu's room one after another and began their private discussions.
"Everyone has read Zhao Gechen's secret letter. Taking advantage of this opportunity for the imperial court to crack down on the border troops, we must make the matter as big as possible. The wider the involvement, the better!"
"As long as the senior military attaches in the three major military towns of Guyuan, Ningxia and Gansu are in opposition to us, we will wait for an opportunity to overthrow them! After overthrowing them, there will be a vacancy in the position, and we will have the opportunity to take a further step and gain greater power. !”
"We can't just focus on those positions at the top. The middle and lower-level military attachés in our respective jurisdictions, as long as they are not of the same mind as us, must also take the opportunity to get rid of them, and then replace them with our old brothers from the new army of soldiers!"
"Liang Fuchen was unwilling to participate in the purge of the border troops, and now he is hiding in the Loop. This person is too alert and has never fully believed in our rhetoric. Taking advantage of this person's absence now is our great opportunity!"
"Ha! If we take the opportunity to climb up the high branches of Wu Xinyan and the Royal Horse Supervisor, we can be regarded as fringe figures of the 'Imperial Party' from now on. Even Liang Fuchen will not be able to target us at will in the future. Zhao Gechen will protect and support us brothers from now on. Nowadays, I can finally save some worries!"
"Wu Xinyan has promised that Huamachi Camp's armor and weapons will be provided to us first. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of our respective armies... During this period, the imperial court has repeatedly purged the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu. , obviously there is no room for Cabinet Minister Zhao, so we must make preparations in advance!"
"When Dongchang was purging local civil servants and private gentry some time ago, several people who really loved Zhao Gechen were arrested. Do you think we can take the opportunity to fish them out this time?"
While the military attachés were discussing, a conspiracy to seize power began.
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And just as the purges on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu had officially reached their climax and attracted the attention of all parties, a high-profile incident also happened in the southeast of the imperial court.
Moreover, there is still a conspiracy hidden under the truth of the matter.
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