Guo Zan went straight to the great merit.
The soldiers below didn't know Gao Kewei, but he did.
After arriving at Majiadu, he thanked Chen Yin's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart, and then thanked His Majesty for the royal guards who had deployed in Sichuan.
"Where are the people?" He shouted at the top of his lungs as soon as he broke into the requisitioned foot shop at the ferry.
He was still holding the riding crop in his hand. After turning over and dismounting, the squad leader had already come over to greet him: "Tie him up in the guest room, uncle!"
"Are you from the right guard? What's your name?" Guo Zan was very excited.
"Fan Dun, a humble man, is the flag of the right guard."
"Well done! If you are the rightful owner, I will give you credit when I return to Chengdu!"
Fan Dun smiled broadly and said, "The main credit goes to Brother Jinyiwei."
"How are others?"
"Gao Kewei dragged him into the river so much that he choked on his water. He was also tired. The doctor was looking at him." Fan Dun added, "My name is Wei Tan. He asked my uncle to go back and help me to intercede. Forgive him for his own actions." I advocated telling the subordinates that this group of people is most likely Gao Kewei. The four of them followed Gao Kewei out of the city together. Gao Kewei kept running away separately on the way, and there were at least two substitutes on the way. I don’t know whether this is true or not. "
Only then did Guo Zan realize that he might not have caught the real master. Hearing this, he suddenly became solemn and said: "It's a merit but no fault! You saw that we were hunting vigorously, why didn't you warn him? Don't worry, I will report it to the Marquis and His Majesty." Qing, I will visit him later."
While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the guest room of the foot shop.
Gao Kewei's clothes were not yet dry. He was tied to the window in the room and wrapped in a thin quilt. He was shivering with wetness and dryness.
Guo Zan looked at his face carefully and laughed loudly after seeing the change in his eyes: "Hey! Gao Zhengtai, how come you have shaved your beard like this after not seeing you for a few days? The body and skin are affected by your parents, You are unfaithful and unfilial!"
Fan Dun, who arranged for someone to tell Wei Tan and was with Guo Zan again, was overjoyed: "Uncle, did you arrest the wrong person?"
"That's right!" After saying that, he stepped forward and stretched out his hand to wipe Gao Kewei's face twice more. "The fake pimples ordered by this disguised person are not good, hahahaha!"
After being stained with water, Guo Zan wiped away the ink stains that had penetrated into the skin a little.
"We can't let him catch a cold and die. Quickly remove his wet clothes, wipe himself and put on dry clothes. Then find a carriage and take him back to Chengdu!"
"No! No, no, no, no, Cheng Anbo, His Majesty wants to cut down the vassal vassal and kill a group of relatives. Do you really not think about yourself?"
Guo Zan didn't care about this, so he took off the thin quilt and took out the knife to cut his clothes: "You are still here to confuse me? You really have the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard! Zhang Wei's matter must be related to you, you are just now You were so frightened that you ran away! Now that I have captured you, your future is bright!"
After saying that, he smiled and tore off the torn clothes on Gao Kewei's body, and said with a tsk-tsk: "Gao Enren, you are so white!"
The dignified inspector was stripped naked by him quickly, leaving only some pieces of cloth where he was tied up with ropes.
Gao Kewei's face was red and his heart was filled with fear.
He hissed: "This is no child's play! Cheng Amber, you don't understand..."
"I don't need to understand! Should you be honest and get dressed yourself so as not to die of illness, or should you suffer a little and let my soldiers help you get dressed?"
Seeing that Gao Kewei didn't dare to give himself pleasure at this moment, Guo Zan knew that he was afraid of death.
Just be afraid of death, it will save you some trouble.
On the one hand, he is so courageous, but on the other hand, he is afraid of death. It is really strange for people.
Gao Kewei was held down by several soldiers, and then put on two clothes casually from his naked body. The process was unsightly, and he suffered all the teasing and ridicule from Guo Zan.
At this moment, another notification came from outside: "Uncle, there is a man who calls himself Captain Jinyi and wants to see the Captain of Guards."
"oh?"
Guo Zan heard this and went out. When he saw the person, he saw that the person took out a badge to prove his identity.
"The badge is not trustworthy." Guo Zan looked at him deeply, "I just captured the traitor, and you came here to find me. How do I know whether your identity is true or false, and what is your purpose?"
As soon as he said these words, Fan Dun immediately waved his hand and led several people to surround him.
The man was honest and replied calmly: "I came here alone. When Wei Tan saw me, he knew the truth."
Guo Zan smiled and waved his hand: "I heard that Brother Wei only told Fan Dun his name later. If you are a traitor and accomplice, you should not know his name. Then why are you here?"
The people surrounding him dispersed again.
"I followed Master Xing's orders and came all the way to find him. I heard that Brother Wei was chasing him for two days and one night, shouting in the river, and then I found out that he was one of our own, and he had also informed my uncle."
"...Notify me? That's it, you come with me." Guo Zan turned around and ordered, "Feed him some porridge, don't starve him, and let the doctor come and take a look."
After that, he led this man towards Weitan: "There are new orders from the Jin Yiwei movement? But is there another decree coming from the capital?"
"...Uncle, I'm sorry, I can't tell you the detailed order because I'm humble." The man replied, "But this order was originally related to my uncle's pursuit of Gao Kewei, and there is no need to pass it on again now. Is the person he captured the real owner?" "
"It's the real owner." Since Guo Zan had captured Gao Kewei, he didn't ask any more questions, but said, "Well, Wei Tan has been chasing him for two days and one night. Does that mean you didn't know what happened at the beginning?"
"Exactly, that's just a normal response."
Guo Zan couldn't help but look at him.
Presumably Xue Lun and himself were also noticed by Jin Yiwei on weekdays.
When he arrived at Wei Tan's room, he was already asleep.
The visitor thought for a while and then said: "My uncle is eager to return to life, so let's stay here and wait for him to wake up."
Guo Zan nodded: "Then I will leave some more people here to guard against the traitors and their comrades here to support them, so as not to let them succeed in seeking revenge."
This is not only to guard against others, but also to guard against yourself in front of you.
The visitor from Jin Yiwei didn't take it seriously and just said: "Uncle, I have considered it carefully. I am grateful for my humiliation."
Guo Zan walked out for a few steps, then turned back and asked, "Did Chen Yin send a message to hundreds of households in Chengdu? It was only after your Jin Yiwei was traveling in Sichuan that he confirmed Gao Kewei's rebellion and knew that I was searching for him in this area, so he ordered you to Are you tracking Gao Kewei’s people before coming to deliver the order?”
"Exactly."
Guo Zan grinned: "You Jin Yiwei are really full of talents."
"Uncle, I dare not take it seriously."
"I will report to the Marquis and ask for credit for you." Guo Zan asked, "Wei Tan said that Gao Kewei divided his troops all the way, and how many other substitutes were there to pass on the orders? My soldiers don't know where they are lurking. Where to go?"
"Uncle, don't worry. The Marquis has sent orders to all the guards in Shu to guard the key points. After receiving the order, brothers with humble positions will meet with the generals of the guards and capture the thieves."
"Okay, then I'll feel relieved."
The carriage escorted Gao Kewei and his three surviving accomplices all the way. It was already night when Guo Zan arrived in Chengdu Fucheng.
Naturally, a fast horse rushed to Chengdu Mansion to deliver the message. Xue Lun was overjoyed and personally greeted him outside the north gate.
Glancing at Gao Kewei and the guards who were tied up in the carriage to prevent him from committing suicide, Xue Lun smiled happily: "Did you ask him about his other strategies to disrupt Shu?"
"He refuses to say it." Guo Zan's current mood is not as beautiful as it was at the beginning. "I'm afraid he will be tortured. Now he knows he will die but he still doesn't dare to commit suicide. Maybe he has some backup or backup."
He would rather suffer than have some fun. Guo Zan felt that Gao Kewei was still lucky.
Could he be rescued by someone else?
Xue Lun nodded: "It doesn't matter. Now that we have captured him, it depends on what His Majesty's will is. As long as you and I are here, there will be no chaos in Sichuan!"
…
In the capital, the emergency report from Sichuan was divided into three lines.
Xue Lun's side is all the same, and Jinyiwei and Neichang also have news coming back.
From the perspective of the advisers, it was just after the rebellion of the Five Military Camps ended and His Majesty's decree came to the place, there was such a reaction immediately, and the situation was worrying.
The main question is: Is Xue Lun's statement credible?
"Your Majesty, there should be another secret report about this incident in Sichuan, right?" Yang Tinghe was the most worried now, "Then Gao Kewei actually said that he wanted to go to the ancestral graves of old ministers under the guise of Fei Zichong and Marquis Yangwu..."
Wang Qiong and others looked at Yang Tinghe with complicated emotions.
Whether Fei Hong dares to fake it or not is a lingering shadow in Yang Tinghe's mind.
Fei Hong, whose ancestral grave was dug up, is staring at Sichuan.
But now a memorial has arrived in Beijing, and it is written that Gao Kewei threatens to lead people to shovel the Yang family's ancestral graves. How can Yang Tinghe not be worried.
Zhu Houcong smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Ge, didn't I arrange someone to guard your Yang family? Marquis Yangwu also said that Gao Kewei's old suspicion formation was probably a plan to escape from the golden cicada. Now that he has Cheng Anbo has been sent to Xindu County, so there is no danger. It only takes an hour, so there is still time."
"...So, Marquis Xue can be trusted?"
Yang Tinghe was only worried about his family's ancestral graves and the general situation in Sichuan. Yang Tingzhong... to put it cruelly, he is his younger brother after all. Yang Tinghe's family mainly lives in Beijing.
Of course, you can't say that you don't worry about the safety of your tribe. But compared with Yang Tinghe's real ending as the leader of the New Law Party, this is only a trivial matter.
The emperor's smile gave him a lot of comfort.
As long as Xue Lun is trustworthy, then with the Sichuan military commander here, the Sichuan incident will not become a flame that ignites the impulses of people in the provinces who are ready to move.
Zhu Houcong put away his smile and nodded: "Marquis Yangwu has rich experience and high moral standing. He is a sensible person just like Marquis Zhenyuan. Now that the Sichuan incident has just happened, I don't rush to draw conclusions. Let's wait for another day or two. Let’s see how the follow-up report goes. On the other hand, the Marquis of Zhenyuan apologized and the Marquis of Jing’an asked to stay in Huguang. What do you think?”
It is now April, and Zhu Houcong will indeed be emperor for three years.
In the past three years, so many things in various parts of the Ming Dynasty were reported to him, and there would be various follow-up reports. Zhu Houcong was no longer a child.
There are many things that cannot be rushed when you are in the capital, and the efficiency of communication is the same.
For him, as long as he can control the direction and rhythm of the general trend, micro-management is impossible.
Reports from Jin Yiwei and the inner factory all corroborated some of what Xue Lun said: Fei Hong was indeed not in Chengdu, Yang Junlin was indeed detained by Xue Lun first, and the people sent by Gao Kewei to cause chaos were all being followed.
It's just a matter of how to deal with it.
In comparison, the incident in Huguang has not happened yet, but we need to decide how to deal with it.
Gu Shilong's son was involved in interests with the Prince of Chu's palace, and there were many vassal kings in the prosperous land of Huguang, so many guards had only guarded against a few vassal kings for so many years.
After Yongle, after the vassal king lost his bodyguards, did he still need to be so nervous on guard?
Except for the two feudal kings who rebelled during the Masanori Dynasty.
Therefore, many local health centers outside of border towns have become more and more corrupt over the years. This is not a tacit fact, but an issue that has been discussed many times in many memorials.
Corruption represents the involvement of interests.
One of Zhang Wei's crimes now is embezzlement of military pay.
"I'm worried that Mr. Sun Ge's temporary stay in Huguang will cause some people to think astray." Cui Yuan said immediately, "Although letting these people jump out is the original purpose, there are changes in Sichuan at the moment. If there are too many places for chaos, I'm afraid Can’t cope with it…”
Zhu Houcong did not express his opinion for the time being, but looked at the others.
Wang Qiong also said: "Although the fifth military camp has been initially inspected and rectified by Ding Guogong, it still needs some time to stabilize the morale of the army. Although the selected forwards of the Shenji Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion can be sent to various places, once the selected forwards of the Beijing Camp are moved, their momentum will change. It will inevitably invade like fire, and it is difficult to predict what kind of changes it will cause in the future, and we still need to act according to events."
They are still cautious because Sichuan has undergone such changes. There is already an inspector-general in Sichuan who is dragging the chief envoy together to cause trouble. It is not yet known where things will go. And if the Beijing camp is sent to various places to guard, then it really has to be prepared to deal with the war to quell the chaos on multiple fronts.
At this point in time, Sun Jiao, the head of state, stayed in Huguang. This sent a wrong signal to some people in other provinces. They thought that Sun Jiao was unwilling to return to Beijing because he was the head of state to protect himself.
Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth and said, "I think this is a prudent move by Duke Jiu Feng! When Duke Jiu Feng and Marquis Zhenyuan ask for a report, your majesty can approve it and encourage him. Marquis Zhenyuan, please put him first and let your majesty have the opportunity to do so." In order to frighten certain relatives, there is no need to punish Zhenyuan Hou now that Zhang Wei has been involved. It is better to ask Jiufeng Gong to investigate and deal with the matter, so that Zhenyuan Hou will set an example by being punished, reprimand his son, and quickly clean up the water conservancy in Huguang. "
"At the same time, three thousand of the Shenji Battalion can be sent out of Huguang to be dispatched by the Marquis of Zhenyuan." Yang Tinghe was stimulated by Sichuan and became brave at this moment. "This move can be regarded as urging the Marquis of Zhenyuan, or it can be regarded as the work of His Majesty and his ministers. The decision has been made. If there are people in the provinces who are unwilling to accept that the new law will eventually be implemented, they can speed up the connection. Your Majesty will definitely gain nothing from walking around the Jinyi Guards and inspecting the internal affairs factories in Anbu in the provinces."
Then he said: "Sichuan Gao Kewei acted so boldly like a frightened bird, I guess it must be related to Zhang Wei's incident. Although your Majesty is not in a hurry to deal with the Sichuan incident, you can first send an order to Marquis Yangwu to interrogate Yang Junlin whether he is involved in Zhang Wei's incident. Yang Junlin's previous confession must be untrue in order to get out of guilt. If the investigation is clear, who else in each province is involved, the truth will come to light."
After so long, although Zhang Wei was not a truly brave person, he was now a "silly and brave" person who didn't say much about anything.
Of course, it may also be because he has some other bloodline hidden somewhere and is protected by some people.
Just like he has a daughter married to Li Xiang.
After Yang Tinghe said this, everyone else couldn't help but stare at him.
He hoped that Marquis Zhenyuan and Sun Jiao would raise their swords in Huguang, and he also hoped to use the Sichuan incident as a breakthrough point to find a list in more places.
Then, there were clear reasons for the selection of forwards in the Beijing camp.
Until now, Yang Tinghe no longer cared about whether the strength of the royal guards and inner factories stationed by the emperor in the local areas would frighten local officials.
If the new law fails, the ancestral graves of Yang Tinghe's family will definitely be shoveled.
Wu Tingju, the Minister of Household Affairs, only reminded him: "Your Majesty, you must not ignore the grain and tax this year."
Yes, the next few months will be a busy time for farming.
When we decided to investigate Li Xiang's case in depth, we knew that Huang Mingji's annual grain purchase from Jiaozhi and Annan had reached the level of more than 300,000 shi, but that was not enough.
The most important thing is how far this turmoil will affect the Ming Dynasty and how long it will last.
Even if some people's families have food, money, and food and wages, it will be self-defeating if the wars continue and the people miss farming, lose their harvests, and cause disasters.
The advisers have fully expressed their opinions, and now it is up to Zhu Houcong to make the decision.
To their surprise, Zhu Houcong's method was very simple: "In Southern Zhili and the other 13 provinces, if there is no governor, a governor will be appointed. I will consider the eunuchs guarding each province and order them to temporarily supervise the Jinyi Guards to travel in each province and work with them. The governor shared the secret report. Before the Wanshou Holy Festival, please clean up for me first. With Mr. Sun Ge as the governor of Huguang, who among the ministers in South Zhili, Shandong, and Jiangxi is willing to go?"
The counselors' eyes couldn't help but freeze: The counselor went to various places to take office as governor?
(End of chapter)
