On the fifth day after Shen Hao arrived at Tanshi, the first incident occurred because the supervisory army refused to implement the new requirements of the supervisory envoy and refused to accept the supervisory supervisor's revision opinions. He insisted on making "changes" to a military document that was obviously unnecessary. Therefore, the supervisory envoy arrested him and charged him with "discipline disorder". The person in charge of the arrest was Zhang Ye, the deputy Qianhu official of the Supervisory Envoy.
After the first case, there was a second case. In just half a day, news came from Li Jiang: a supervisor who refused to cooperate with the supervisor in exercising his new powers was killed. The reason was that this man reacted too excitedly when he saw the supervisor trying to take him back. The supervisor regarded him as a threat and surrounded him and killed him.
As soon as these two examples emerged, the already extremely tense situation in the south became even more worrying, and at the same time it gained an additional layer of chill.
Who wants to die if he can't? What's more, I know in my heart that I am unreasonable, but I have been used to bullying the supervisor and have forgotten the other party's identity. Now the bloody corpse silently reminded these people that the inspector was also the Xuanqing Guard, and they really couldn't be messed with.
It was quiet all of a sudden, at least on the surface. A new structure quickly formed in the entire southern frontier army: the army was responsible for fighting, the supervisory army was responsible for supervising the army, and the supervisory envoy was responsible for supervising the army.
Link after link seems to have formed a new situation. But only people inside the insider know that the two sides are still competing with each other secretly.
"So, wasn't it Zuo Yuliang's idea that vehicles and horses cannot enter the core area of the border army south of Tanshi?"
"Yes, sir. Two months ago, the Daoxing General Manager's Yamen intended to coordinate civilian transport forces to enter the front line from Tanshi to Zhuohuo Pass to replace the border army's supply battalion so that the supply battalion could cope with the increasingly complex situation outside the customs. But in the end, the supervisory army insisted on rejecting it. Now, the Daoxing General Manager’s Yamen is still sending notes to the Ministry of War and Zuoxiang’s Yamen, but there is no result for the time being.”
Two months ago? No results so far?
"Isn't it customary for civilian transport forces to replace the baggage battalion to be responsible for transportation within the customs? What is the Supervisory Army's argument for rejecting this normal military strategy?"
"It is said that private transport capacity is too variable, and it cannot be allowed to enter key border defense areas without careful screening. Therefore, screening of private transport capacity is still being carried out."
Zhang Ye also had to run to seek instructions from Shen Hao. He and Li Jiang had been severely beaten before, and they had regained Xuan Qingwei's behavior. They also responded strongly to the supervisor's lack of cooperation. With the power granted by the emperor, the usually arrogant supervisors could only stay away.
Another main reason for this is the bias of the military.
Here is the frontier army, and the most powerful force is naturally the frontier army. The new powers of the inspector are beneficial to the frontier army no matter what. Naturally, they will forget the "black skin" they shouted before and behind them, and instead put on a smile and say " "Assist the supervisors in the performance of official duties"... So even if the supervisors had the idea to try it head-on with the supervisors, in the end they could only endure the pain in their chests when they saw the frontier soldiers who were "ready to help". That breath.
However, Zhang Ye was a little unsure about what he encountered this time.
On the one hand, the military was telling him that the barbarians outside the pass were about to complete their final preparations for the war, but the front line could not spare enough supplies to build supply camps along the way. However, the heavy transport capacity is wasted in the pass. This situation of trade-off is not advisable at all, and it is completely inconsistent with the customary rules of the army of the country and the dynasty.
On the other hand, the supervisory army also had its own opinion. Because the private carriages and horses were involved in large-scale smuggling in the past, the routes were not clean, and the smuggling was in the direction of the southern barbarians. In fact, it was considered as smuggling with the enemy. Isn’t this how the previous Operation Clean West and the purge operations that spread across the country were started? Therefore, at this juncture, it is not difficult to understand that the supervisors are demanding.
Shen Hao was slightly stunned when he heard Zhang Ye's words. He didn't expect that the other party would actually bring this matter to him and ask him.
Is this considered sleeping on the pillow?
"This is a matter of military strategy. What is the conclusion of the picket department?"
"The conclusion of the picket department is that private transport capacity should be used within the pass, and the transport capacity of the baggage and heavy operations should be deployed outside the pass, which is more critical. We should not waste food because of choking, but we cannot take it lightly. While relaxing internal restrictions, we should strengthen the supervision of transport capacity in the core area. The horse and carriage agency conducts more careful screening.”
After hearing this, Shen Hao nodded and said: "The people in the picket department made a good analysis, so we will act according to their judgment. In addition, didn't our Xuanqing Guard make a list of horse and carriage dealers before? I remember, follow this and that list. Arrangements will be made by the horse and carriage agency, at least give priority, this will save a lot of screening time. "
The "list" Shen Hao was talking about was the list left after the purge of horse racing shops led by Xuan Qingwei in the imperial court during the "Jingxi Operation". The carriage and horse shops on this list are all "excellent" carriage and horse shops that Xuanqingwei has identified as having no suspicion or signs of collaborating with the enemy.
The enforcement of this "list" varies in different regions. The most stringent one is Jingxi, while other places have different degrees of enforcement.
Zhang Ye had also heard of this "list", so he nodded and didn't take it seriously at all, because according to the conclusion of the inspection department, combined with the "list" proposed by Shen Hao, it was absolutely reasonable.
Zhang Ye left in a hurry after receiving Shen Hao's clear instructions. But Shen Hao's evaluation of this person became even lower. This is a person who has some brains but no courage. He has too many ideas but lacks motivation. Even after the newly established picket department came to a conclusion about a mere transport capacity problem, they still looked around and were frightened. Such people cannot achieve big things, and they cannot even be allowed to take responsibility for key things.
Thinking of Wang Jian and Wang Yiming who were still in Fengli City, Shen Hao felt lucky for the first time in this regard. If all the people under him were like Zhang Ye, he would cry to death.
On the same day, the general manager of the southern military road officially issued an order that the heavy supply battalion currently responsible for the front line from Tanshi to Zhuohuo Pass would gradually free up its transportation capacity and assemble outside the pass. The vacated transportation capacity will be taken over by private horse and carriage companies. The general manager of Nanfang Military Road will determine the replacement selection based on the "excellent credentials" of the horse and carriage shop.
And this was another act of erasing the supervisor's decision and throwing it into the trash can, once again irritating the usually arrogant supervisor. However, other than a few more snowflakes of reports floating to the Zuoxiang Yamen, there were no other effective measures. Just stare.
A few days later, the first three horse and carriage companies were selected to take over part of the capacity gap vacated by the baggage camp. One of them is from Jingxi, called Hengshun Car and Horse Racing.
Because as a carriage and horse dealer that has been repeatedly cleaned and screened in the "Operation Clean West", Hengshun carriage and horse dealer is more likely to be trusted than other carriage and horse dealers. This is also the purpose of Shen Hao's "list" before. And with the entry of Hengshun Carriage and Horse Company, it gradually took over the transportation demand of the withdrawn baggage camp, and also sent the spies of the Blackwater Project to various parts of the southern frontier...
