"Master, Huang Hong has returned from Lingqiu City." Zhao Wu came to the signing room to report.
Liu Heng put down the paperwork in his hand and said, "Let him come in."
Zhao Wu walked out of the signing room.
Not long after, Zhao Wu came in from outside with Huang Hong.
"My subordinates have met the boss." Huang Hong made a decision towards Liu Heng.
Liu Heng waved his hand and said, "Tell me, did you go to Lingqiu City to find out any news about Zhang Wenhe and others this time?"
"We've found it," Huang Hong said. "This is news from the county government. Please take a look at it."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of white paper with writing on it from his sleeve.
Zhao Wu took it, walked to the table and placed it on it.
Liu Heng picked it up and looked at it, looked up at Huang Hong, and asked, "What's Guo Binchang's attitude?"
"County Magistrate Guo pretended to be ill and told the outside world that he was bedridden and unable to prosecute the case." Huang Hong said, "My subordinates guess that he is not willing to be an enemy of our Tiger Character Banner."
Zhao Wu on the side sneered: "I'm afraid he is afraid that we will attack Lingqiu County, and then he will be guilty of losing his land and be beheaded by the court."
Liu Heng said: "No matter what the reason was for him to pretend to be ill, it finally bought us time and gave us the opportunity to find out Xu Tong's methods against us."
Huang Hong said: "My subordinates have already dealt with Xu Shunping."
Liu Heng said coldly: "There is no need to be polite to those who dare to jump out and become our enemies. You foreigners can deal with them directly. At this time, you must use thunderbolt means to scare those who are ready to move and make them understand. , what will happen if you dare to be an enemy of the Tiger Flag."
"Yes, I understand." Huang Hong agreed, and then added, "When I was leaving the east gate of Lingqiu City, a general guarding the city informed my subordinates that there was something unusual in Lingqiu's guard Huang An."
"I have been busy with the Fan family's affairs before, and I didn't bother to take care of him. I didn't expect that he would become restless first." Liu Heng had a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
Huang Hong said: "There is a spy in the garrison. Do you want your subordinates to launch a spy to get rid of this person?"
"No need." Liu Heng waved his hand and said solemnly, "You have to remember that if you can avoid killing officials, try not to touch the people in the government."
"I understand." Huang Hong lowered his head.
Liu Heng tapped his fingers on the table twice and said: "Although we can't kill him, we can't keep this person in Lingqiu anymore, otherwise he will be a disaster sooner or later."
"Master, what do you mean?" Huang Hong looked at Liu Heng.
Liu Heng said: "People from the Intelligence Department don't need to get involved in this matter. What you have to do is keep an eye on the governor's office. I want to know the news about Xu Tong at any time, especially the news about our Tiger Flag."
Huang Hong said: "As soon as Xu Tong came to Lingqiu, he started recruiting handymen to do the work. He has already placed people in, but because the time is too short, they cannot be reused for the time being, and no useful information can be obtained."
Zhao Wu on the side said: "This Xu Tong is quite good at putting on a show. I heard that he brought hundreds of people with him when he came to Datong, and he actually hired handymen. Such a person is not a good official at first glance."
Huang Hong said: "Xu Tong is indeed not a good official. Many businesses in Taiyuan have been occupied by Xu Tong through means. The people in Taiyuan are also living in misery. They are not as good as the people of Datong, let alone We are the people under the rule of the Tiger Flag."
"The imperial court did not punish such a corrupt official, but even promoted him to be the governor of Datong. What do the high-ranking officials in the imperial court do for a living? Corrupt officials like Xu Tong should be taken out and beheaded with a click." Zhao Wu said bitterly. Make a chopping motion.
Huang Hong said sarcastically: "In the entire Ming Dynasty, there is only one Hai Qingtian who can barely be regarded as an upright official. The rest of them are one by one, but none of them are clean."
As Yang Yuan's deputy, he has seen too many dark sides of officialdom and knows what kind of virtue the officials of the Ming Dynasty have. As for upright officials, he has never seen any of them.
Liu Heng said to Zhao Wu: "If the officials of the Ming Dynasty were all honest and upright, how could our tiger-character flag have a foothold?"
The tiger-character flag was used to smuggle northern captives, build armor and soldiers and cannons, and train soldiers and cavalry. All of them were worthy of being charged with confiscation and execution. During the Hongwu period, the imperial army had already come to clear out the tiger-character flag, which was the Tianqi period. , local officials accepted the benefits of the Tiger Flag, turned a blind eye to what the Tiger Flag did, and pretended not to know.
"That's right." Zhao Wu scratched the back of his head.
Huang Hong said: "Guo Binchang is pretending to be ill. There is no point in Zhang Wenhe staying in Lingqiu. He will return to Datong soon. Should my subordinates lead someone to intercept and kill him on the way to get rid of this trouble?"
Liu Heng thought for a moment and said: "Keep him alive for now, maybe he will come in handy in the future, and this person has been with Xu Tong for so long, so he must know a lot of Xu Tong's secrets."
"Yes." Huang Hong responded.
Liu Heng turned to Zhao Wu and said, "Go and invite Mr. Zhao."
Zhao Wu agreed and left from the signing room.
Yang Yuan of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau was not in Lingqiu, and many affairs of the Foreign Intelligence Agency fell on Huang Hong's shoulders, so he did not stay in the signing room for too long, and left the signing room to do other things.
Zhao Yutu lives in Xujiazhuang. As soon as he got the letter, he quickly came to the signing room where Liu Heng was staying.
"Master, are you looking for me?"
"Sit down." Liu Heng pointed to the seat next to him and said immediately, "Have you arranged everything in Zhaojiayu?"
"It's been arranged." Zhao Yutu said, "Except for a few workshops for making ironware, the rest have been moved to Hutou Village Mountain."
Liu Heng nodded and said: "The things on the grassland are over, and we can start shipping large quantities of goods to the grassland. With the dividends of smuggling, we can appease those officials who have benefited from the above, so that they will not stand on Xu Tong's side." there."
"Xu Tong's coming to Datong as governor did cause some officials to waver, but his subordinates were worried that Xu Tong would have a hand in our smuggling." Zhao Yutu showed a trace of worry on his face.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "That's why I found you. You have to go to the General Military Mansion in person to spread the news that the business roads on the grassland have returned to normal. As long as there are no problems with General Zhang and the guard at the border, we will The smuggling business will not have big problems."
"When will my subordinates go to Datong?" Zhao Yutu asked.
"It's best to leave before the year." Liu Heng said: "When you get to the General Military Mansion, you have to find a way to persuade General Zhang to promote Chen Yusheng, a thousand households in the Lingqiu garrison camp, to be the Lingqiu garrison."
"This shouldn't be difficult." Zhao Yutu thought for a while and said, "Lingqiu garrison Huang An belongs to Deputy Commander Li Kaiyang. Now that Li Kaiyang is firmly suppressed by Commander Zhang, replacing Huang An won't be a big problem. "
"That's good." Liu Heng said, "Today is different from the past. You have to be more careful when going to Datong. I will ask people from the Foreign Intelligence Agency to cooperate with you."
"Is the boss worried about Xu Tong?" Zhao Yutu said.
Liu Heng nodded and said: "Xu Tong's staff came to Lingqiu this time but came back without success. I'm worried that he will do something so desperate that he will start to randomly arrest people from our Tiger Flag."
"I understand, my subordinates will be careful." Zhao Yutu nodded in agreement.
