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Eight or nine days have passed since He Yu was kidnapped.
During this period of time, although there have been turmoils and twists and turns within Liaodong Town, all the forces in Hujiazhuang, especially those careerists who are unwilling to be left alone, are not idle either.
For example, Fang Zhenshan has been extremely busy. He can be said to have spent all his time forgetting to eat and sleep.
Due to the blockade and restrictions of Liaodong Town, Fang Zhenshan was trapped in the former Forbidden Army camp and could not go out at will. However, the people also trapped in this camp were a large number of civil servants and gentry in Liaodong.
These civil servants and gentry were great opportunities in Fang Zhenshan's eyes, and they were also precious resources that Zhao Junchen deliberately left to him.
Therefore, Fang Zhenshan will naturally not miss this opportunity. Recently, he has been connecting everywhere and frequently contacting various forces.
Either they use Zhao Junchen's name to pretend to be powerful, or they pat their chests and promise various benefits, or they take advantage of the tense situation to spread various rumors with ulterior motives...
In the end, Fang Zhenshan's busy work was not in vain, and the results were remarkable.
To this day, Fang Zhenshan has successfully won the support of most Liaodong civil servants and some Liaodong gentry, and has also reached a tacit understanding with these civil servants and gentry - once a major change occurs in Liaodong Town, these civil servants and gentry will jointly submit a petition to the Liaodong Town. The central court submitted a memorial and jointly recommended Fang Zhenshan to take over the position of commander-in-chief of Liaodong.
In the Liaodong region, it is true that the military town forces dominate, but if the civil service system and the gentry forces unite, their influence cannot be underestimated.
Prior to this, because Liaodong Town had always respected its own troops, the successive Liaodong General Soldiers were basically jointly recommended by the senior military attachés of Liaodong Town. The central court was not able to interfere too much. At most, it could only reject one or two times, but most of the time I just nodded in agreement.
Therefore, if Fang Zhenshan is jointly recommended by the civil service system in Liaodong, it is equivalent to providing another option for the imperial court center. Then the imperial court center may agree to Fang Zhenshan's promotion out of various checks and balances.
Once the central government of the imperial court agreed to Fang Zhenshan's appointment, Fang Zhenshan would have the reputation of the imperial court's righteousness. Even if he was opposed by various forces within Liaodong Town, he could use various means to gradually resolve it and slowly make plans for it.
At the same time, the support of some gentry forces is even more important. Not only does it provide a footnote of "popular sentiment" for the joint recommendation of the civil service system, but also because there are quite a few middle- and lower-level military attachés in Liaodong Town, all of whom belong to gentry families. He is a descendant of family background, so after Fang Zhenshan has the support of some gentry forces, it will be easier to gain a foothold within Liaodong Town!
Coupled with the active assistance of the Li family, the generals behind Li Shijie, and the acquiescence and cooperation of Zhao Junchen, the powerful official in the temple...
With these favorable factors added together, Fang Zhenshan naturally believed that as long as there was a major unsolvable change in Liaodong Town, he would definitely have a chance to become the next Liaodong Commander-in-Chief, and this chance was not small!
Due to this consideration, Fang Zhenshan has been waiting anxiously in the past few days, hoping that there will be a big chaos in Liaodong Town!
At this time, Fang Zhenshan received two messages from Zhao Junchen.
These two messages, one require Fang Zhenshan to take action as soon as possible and try to contain the Liaodong cavalry reinforcements, and the other require Fang Zhenshan to take action to control certain people in Hujiazhuang as soon as possible, and to strictly enforce Interrogate the relationship between these people and the Jianzhou Jurchens!
After hearing these two pieces of news, Fang Zhenshan was immediately overjoyed.
He vaguely felt that the opportunity he had been waiting for finally appeared!
"Zhao Gechen asked me to act quickly and try my best to contain and attract the attention of the Liaodong Cavalry reinforcements. This means that a major chaos is about to occur within Liaodong Town, and it will also be a great opportunity for me!
Under such circumstances, if I just take some random actions and try to contain the Liaodong cavalry reinforcements, I am afraid that it will still be insufficient and will only be regarded as a speculator by all parties. Therefore, I must try my best to be decent when doing things and take the opportunity to do something for them. Establish your own prestige, let everyone take a high look, and then use your various plans to have a greater chance of winning!
As for what to do to establish prestige for oneself...it obviously depends on the second information provided by Zhao Gechen! However, I can't just rely on Zhao Gechen's command, I must also achieve more results!
In this world, although everyone praises the heroes who defeat the strong and help the weak, in fact most people support the strong and defeat the weak. The stronger you are, the more you will be treated. The weaker you are, The easier it is to be abandoned by others. Only when you show your own value first will others invest in you! "
Thinking about this, Fang Zhenshan had already made a decision in his heart. On the one hand, he sent someone to summon his cronies, and on the other hand, he immersed himself in writing hard.
By the time the secret letter was finished, several of Fang Zhenshan's cronies had already entered the tent and stood quietly in front of Fang Zhenshan.
These cronies have all been following Fang Zhenshan for a long time, and they are all loyal, smart and capable.
After seeing all his cronies showing up, Fang Zhenshan handed the secret letter he had just written to one of them and whispered: "Fang Ling, go and get this secret letter as soon as possible." Transfer it to Mr. Li Shijie, and be sure to convey the governor's attitude clearly to Mr. Li, saying that this matter is related to future success or failure, and asking him to fully cooperate!"
After the confidant named Fang Ling quickly left with the secret message, Fang Zhenshan was still excited and kept pacing in the camp and thinking.
After a while, Fang Zhenshan finally made up his mind, turned to look at several other close confidants, and ordered one after another: "Shuoyang, you also go there personally to bring Governor Wang Shizhen, Chief Envoy Song Huiwen, Mr. Song, Liaodong General Linghu from the regiment training, General Song from the Liaodong branch, Zhang Zhengqing, Zhang Daru... and other wise men all invited me to come here, saying that I had important matters to discuss with them!
Sun He, go and prepare all kinds of torture instruments. The governor will come in handy at any time. Then order all the guards of the governor to ambush near the governor’s camp and obey orders at any time!
Ju Ren, you are the most astute. This governor also has an important task for you. You should select a few capable and reliable people as soon as possible, and on the grounds of collecting supplies, leave the camp and go to Hujiazhuang to try to kidnap the governor. Several common people came over, they are..."
In this way, following Fang Zhenshan's various instructions, several of his cronies also took action.
After another quarter of an hour, the Liaodong governor Wang Shizhen, the chief envoy Song Huiwen, the Liaodong regiment training commander Ling Huguang, the Liaodong branch training commander Song Dahe, the Liaodong scholar Zhang Zhengqing and others invited by Fang Zhenshan also rushed to Fang Zhenshan's tent. .
Then, Wang Shizhen asked Fang Zhenshan on behalf of everyone: "Governor Fang, why did you invite us here?"
At this time, Fang Zhenshan had gradually regained his composure. He was not as excited as before. He just looked around at everyone with a smile, and finally his eyes stopped on the great scholar Zhang Zhengqing.
Then, Fang Zhenshan suddenly looked cold and serious, and asked sternly: "Zhang Zhengqing, do you know your guilt?"
Everyone present was shocked when they heard Fang Zhenshan's question.
But before everyone could react, Fang Zhenshan had already given the order again: "Come here, get Zhang Zhengqing to the governor!"
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Just when Fang Zhenshan started to take action, in the Wu family garrison camp, Wu Shilin, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, also received the news from Zhao Junchen.
But Wu Shilin's reaction was different from Fang Zhenshan's. He didn't particularly care about Zhao Junchen's news. He just casually sent away Zhao Junchen's messenger, then turned to look at Wu Yinglin and asked: "Actually, even if Zhao Junchen didn't say anything, We must take action, we cannot let Liaodong Town keep us trapped here... But, how should we take action? Should we expose our full strength? Uncle Clan, do you have any ideas?"
As he spoke, Wu Shilin's expression was full of confidence, as if he was already invincible.
Because, before Wu Shilin received the news from Zhao Junchen, he also received another news.
That is, the Wu family in Shanhaiguan has also sent a group of reinforcements, and they are about to arrive!
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