The Ministry of War has a chief officer and two deputies. The chief officer is Yang Yansi, the Minister of War, and the two deputies are Xu Hong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, and Wen Mingju, the right minister of the Ministry of War.
According to the custom of the old Jing Dynasty, Shangshu was the chief official, and under him, the left was in front and the right was in the back. Therefore, Wen Mingju was at the bottom of the ranking list in the Ministry of War.
Needless to say, Yang Yansi was one of the most famous bosses in the old Jing Dynasty.
Xu Hong, the left minister, also has a lot of gossip, but what is widely known is that Xu Hong is Yang Yansi's number one confidant. The two have known each other for more than sixty years and have a life-or-death relationship. It was precisely for this reason that the emperor called them away and took them with him during this "safari".
Wen Mingju's status has always been very embarrassing. His origin was not in the military, but as a palace guard. Although he also had the word "military", he was not affiliated with the Ministry of War. He was under the jurisdiction of the palace and the royal family, and was mainly responsible for guarding the palace and serving as a guard of honor.
Wen Mingju was one of those young people with good talent for cultivation and good luck. He had been with the emperor for many years, and he became a familiar figure and became the person in the emperor's pocket. Later, the emperor transferred him to the Ministry of War, and he jumped directly up from the chief flag officer of the Ministry of War one step at a time, and took the position of Right Minister three years ago.
With Wen Mingju's background and promotion, it is naturally impossible to convince the public. He is just a "sculpture" in the Ministry of War, good-looking but useless.
Everyone knew that the emperor was behind Wen Mingju, so he was "ignored and ignored" without offending him.
Wen Mingju himself also understood his situation. He knew that he was the emperor's spy sent to the Ministry of War. When he participated in the decision-making, he would listen in and never express his opinions. Then he would relay what he heard to the emperor, or help the emperor bring it to Yang Yansi. A word or something. It's natural to be a tool man.
Yang Yansi and Xu Hong were taken on a hunting trip by the emperor, and the most powerful person in the Ministry of War became Wen Mingju. In the past, no one cared about this, because Wen Mingju would not cause any trouble, so everyone could rest assured. But this time it was different.
The emperor personally gave Wen Mingju the instruction to "fully cooperate with the Xuanqing Guards in investigating the case." Naturally, Wen Mingju would not disobey. He seized his temporary power of the Ministry of War and directly gave the Xuanqing Guards the strongest support.
Whether it was issuing authorization documents, opening the Ministry of War's file library to Xuanqing Guards with limited access rights, or even helping to shield the middle and lower-level personnel of the Ministry of War so that they could not report secretly to Yang Yansi and Xu Hong who were far away in the suburbs of the city.
Wen Mingju knew very well what would happen if he did this. He basically dug out the possibility of staying in the Ministry of War. He could only resign as the right minister of the Ministry of War and go elsewhere. But Wen Mingju had no choice. He was in the emperor's pocket, and he couldn't back down even if he died, let alone this "small scene".
However, when Wen Mingju received the latest co-investigation document handed over by Xuan Qingwei, he still couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart.
"Searching through all the documents related to Fengxiao Camp, as well as Xu Hong's personal documents... This... has Xu Hong been traced?!" Wen Mingju felt that the situation was far beyond him The imagination comes even harder.
"Sir, the people from Xuanqing Guard are still waiting outside. Do you think we should let them go back first and wait for news?" The adjutant came in with his head lowered to report.
"No, you take my warrant and take Xuanqing Guard's people to get things from the archives. Remember, do your best to cooperate with them. Do you understand?"
"My subordinate understands."
You’ve done everything, what else do you have to worry about? Stand in line thoroughly. The emperor personally went out to help Xuanqingwei for more than a day. Now that he has the power of the Ministry of War, he must do his best to help. He even hoped that Xuan Qingwei could investigate and deal with important things, otherwise he might not be able to step down in the future, and the possibility of being hidden by the emperor was greater than the possibility of changing places and continuing to be released.
The person waiting outside the door was Wang Jian, who made the trip himself. Because the things to be investigated this time involve the organization records of third-rank officials and military units, which are already top-secret contents of the old Jing Dynasty, even if the Ministry of War fully cooperates, they will not give copies to Xuanqing Guards like before. If you want to read it, you can only check it at the Ministry of War and cannot take it away.
Not long after waiting, the adjutant of the right minister came out of the public room, and then asked Wang Jian to follow him with a cold face, saying that Mr. Wen had already agreed.
Wang Jian also had a straight face and an expressionless expression. From the moment he walked into the Ministry of War Yamen, he could feel the needle-like gazes everywhere around him. It seemed that everyone here was full of hostility towards him, even the adjutant who was leading the way. He also didn't give him any good looks. I guess if it weren't for the support of Mr. Wen, the right servant, Wang Jian wouldn't even be able to get through the gate of the Ministry of War, right?
"After you fill out the badges, approval documents, and review contents, hand them over to me, and then go over there and wait." The person in the desk room looked businesslike.
It was the adjutant who intervened: "Master Wen means to give them priority and follow the authority in urgent matters."
"In urgent matters, follow authority? Everyone who comes here to check things is in a hurry. Just wait."
Wang Jian thought that something was going to happen. This would probably take a long time, right? He couldn't afford to wait. So he quickly begged the adjutant that he wanted to see the right servant, and wanted to use Wen Mingju to suppress the difficulties in the case.
The adjutant was unwilling, but could not refuse, because he knew which side his right-hand man was on. But it didn't come to this in the end. After the adjutant whispered a few words to the people in the docket, Wang Jian still got priority. It's just that Wang Jian heard a lot of curse words.
Go ahead and scold me, I'm not in the mood to argue with you right now, my mission is important.
He then entered the review room of the filing room, and then waited for almost half a stick of incense before someone walked in with a thick stack of filing documents, put it on the table and told Wang Jian a few words, but did not go out. He stood aside with his hands tied, obviously to monitor Wang Jian and prevent him from rubbing seals privately.
Wang Jian didn't know if this was a normal rule, so he didn't ask. After getting the document, he immediately opened it and read it.
The first is Fengxiao Camp’s documents. Wang Jian checked it quickly and memorized it in his mind. When he found the key information, he would take out Qianli Note and send it back. This wasn't a rubbing, and the man standing guard didn't say anything.
The three departments of "Little Ghost, Ghost Sect, and Judge" who were far away in Fengri City immediately began to analyze and sort out what Wang Jian sent back. At the same time, Shen Hao could also continue to get the same news.
According to the records on the documents, Fengxiao Camp was established in the 87th year of the Yuan calendar before Jingji. It was not called this name at that time, but was called "Jingxi Army Muxiang, Jia Zhen, 35 Mixed Camp" according to the organization at that time, just like the ordinary mixed camp. It was an extremely common organization in the Jingxi Army at that time. .
Later, in the spring of the 88th year of the reign of Emperor Jingji, on February 2, war broke out in the south. This mixed battalion followed the Jingxi Army to station in Haixia as reinforcements, and conducted adaptive training in Haixia and entered into wartime planning. At that time, the commander in charge of the Jingxi Army's reinforcements was Xu Hong.
