The tone is not small.
Tang Buping sneered, took Huo Lin into the carriage, took out a document and handed it over. Huo Lin reached out to take it, but Tang Buping did not let go.
Huo Lin stared at Tang Buping: "What does this mean?"
Tang Buping said seriously: "You have to think clearly. When you enter the Security Bureau, many things cannot be told to outsiders. The Security Bureau is not a court and has criminal laws to follow. It has its own rules. If you leak secrets or make mistakes, you will be punished lightly." The punishment is flogging, or severe punishment is beheading!"
Huo Lin nodded: "When I was in the Western Regions, Xue Tongzhi told me that the Security Bureau has strict disciplines and many rules. I know this. I don't want to ask about other things. I just want to know one thing. Xue Xia said that once you join the Security Bureau, your family will Is it true that the Security Bureau is responsible for raising it?”
Tang Buping let go of his hand and said seriously: "You heard wrong. He died in the Security Bureau. Your family will be taken care of by the Security Bureau."
Huo Lin chuckled, took the document calmly, opened it and said, "I heard that the security bureau's treatment is good. The treatment of a thousand households is better than the treatment of the commander of Yiwei."
Tang Buping did not answer, but said with a straight face: "Some time ago, there was a document leak in the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion, which caused the court to have many scruples on the issue of Guizhou and find it difficult to take action. The emperor has given an order, and it must be investigated. The person who leaked the secret."
Huo Lin looked at the paperwork, and his expression finally became solemn. He encountered a difficult problem this time. If he could solve it, he might be able to gain a foothold in the Security Bureau. If he couldn't solve it, he would probably be kicked out of the Security Bureau.
Was the document leaked?
Huo Lin fell into deep thought.
Wuying Palace.
Liu Changge reported truthfully: "Based on the information we have so far, it is very unlikely that the document was leaked in the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion. However, due to the special status of the people involved, the Security Bureau cannot interrogate them. It is also possible that someone has concealed the truth..."
Mei Yin and Li Jian were both Zhu Yunwen's uncles, and they were relatives of the emperor. The Security Bureau could not just serve them with a big stick.
Although Gao Wei was not a relative of the emperor, he was decisive, capable and always loyal in handling military affairs in the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion. He was promoted to the position of Minister of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion a year ago. Punishing him would probably chill people's hearts.
Zhu Yunwen disagreed with the use of torture.
Liu Changge continued: "Tang Buping proposed to invite Huo Lin to join the Security Bureau to be responsible for investigating the matter. There may be a turn for the better. I request the decree to approve Huo Lin's entry into the Security Bureau."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Liu Changge and nodded slightly: "Huo Lin is a smart and responsible young man, bold and witty. It is indeed a good choice for him to join the Security Bureau. Originally, I was planning to put him into the Ministry of War. Since it is safe If the bureau needs talents, then I will be the one to do it.”
Liu Changge asked: "What official position is suitable for him?"
Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said, "Give him a hundred households. If he can detect the leakage of documents, he will be transferred to a thousand households to deal with difficult matters."
Liu Changge was a little hesitant. Considering Huo Lin's contribution in the Western Regions, it would be a injustice to give him a thousand households. However, the emperor only gave him a small hundred households. Isn't it a bit too unfair...
Zhu Yunwen took out a document and said to Liu Changge: "The issue in Guizhou has been unresolved for too long."
This long history can be traced back to the Hongwu period. It can be said that the Guizhou issue was an issue left by Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Yunwen.
In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Fu Youde, Mu Ying, Lan Yu and others pacified Yunnan and established the Yunnan Chief Envoy Department. However, Guizhou is still isolated in the southwest. Zhu Yuanzhang bluntly said: "If Aicui is not convinced, even if Yunnan is there, it cannot be defended."
The Aicui generation here refers to the Guizhou chieftain at that time.
Aicui was the Xuanwei envoy to Guizhou in the Yuan Dynasty. Together with Xuanwei, Aicui and Song Qin each controlled the land west of Shuidong and east of Shuidong. He was one of the most powerful chieftains in Guizhou.
In the fifth year of Hongwu, Aicui and Song Qin surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang's task at that time was mainly to deal with the remaining forces of the Yuan Dynasty, and he could only let them each take their own territory. But after pacifying Yunnan, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to completely take back Guizhou and return to his hometown. However, Aicui and Song Qin died successively. Aicui's wife Shexiang and Song Qin's wife Liu Shuzhen became the chieftains.
At that time, the governor of Guizhou, Ma Ye, saw two female prostitutes and thought that the court should take this opportunity to abolish the
The chieftains from Shuixi and Shuidong were removed, and Liuguan was set up, and then Guizhou's land reform was realized.
In order to achieve the goal of Guizhou's agrarian transformation, Ma Ye found an excuse to seize Shexiang, stripped it naked and whipped it, hoping to stimulate a civil uprising among the chieftains, and then sent out a large army to completely wipe out the chieftain forces and wipe out the situation for the agrarian return. obstacle.
Liu Shuzhen saw through Ma Ye's plan and immediately persuaded the native people not to rebel. She went to Nanjing to find Zhu Yuanzhang in person and accused Ma Ye of deliberately changing his mind. Zhu Yuanzhang did not take this opportunity to kill Liu Shuzhen, but ordered Shexiang to come to court.
Shexiang went to the capital and sued Ma Ye together with Liu Shuzhen.
The two chieftain chieftains were far away from the chieftain territory. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang was determined and ordered Ma Ye to launch an army, the local chieftain forces would be defeated because they were leaderless, and the imperial court's idea of returning to Guizhou would be realized.
But Zhu Yuanzhang did not do this. Instead, he issued an order to kill Ma Ye, and named Shexiang as Mrs. Shunde and Liu Shuzhen as Mrs. Mingde.
It is worth mentioning that Shexiang, after returning to Guizhou, promoted the power of the imperial court and calmed people's hearts. At the same time, he fulfilled his promise, personally led various ministries, organized and invested huge manpower and material resources, overcame obstacles, and opened up Yipian Bridge (Shi There are two post roads centered on Bingxian County:
One passes through Shuidong (northeast of Guiyang), passes through Wusa (Weining) and reaches Wumeng (Zhaotong, Yunnan);
One goes north through Caotang (Xiuwen County), Liuguang (Xiuwen Liuguang Town) to western Guizhou, and from Dafang to Bijie Erpu, a distance of more than 500 miles.
These two post roads are called Longchang Jiu Post.
One of the nine post stations in Longchang is called Longchang Post.
The surrender of She Xiang and Liu Shuzhen stabilized the situation in Guizhou. During the Hongwu Dynasty, it was quite stable and there were no major changes.
But the loyal Ma Ye died, and Ma Ye, who was dedicated to reforming his native land and returning to his hometown in Guizhou for the imperial court, died. In the end of the Hongwu Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang did not realize his return to his native land in Guizhou.
Now, it's Zhu Yunwen's turn.
Zhu Yunwen had never met Mrs. Shexiang. She died of illness in the 29th year of Hongwu. Zhu Yunwen expressed his admiration and respect for this person's open-mindedness and awareness of current affairs. She was a great Yi leader. And the wise Liu Shuzhen also left in the second year of Jianwen.
The departure of Shexiang and Liu Shuzhen had an impact on the stable Guizhou. The Shuixi and Shuidong areas were relatively good, influenced by the two ladies and deeply influenced by the imperial court, and were generally stable, but the chieftains in other places lost their intimidation and began to make moves.
Guilao, Wangshi and other places in Guizhou began to resist the imperial court and formed a force with Song A'ao as the leader. Not only that, the relationship between the two Xuanwei bureaus of Sinan and Sizhou in Guizhou has gradually deteriorated. Sinan chieftain Tian Daya and his son Tian Zongding have many conflicts with Sizhou Xuanwei envoy Tian Chen. In order to compete for the sand pit land, they In the third, fifth and sixth years of Jianwen, three wars were launched.
Zhu Yunwen saw all these changes, because it was a struggle between local chieftains and the imperial court was only suitable to mediate, or in other words, it was only suitable to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. It was unwise to directly participate in it.
But the problem is that Zhu Yunwen can no longer watch them fight, because these chieftains not only fight among themselves, but also refuse to obey the court. The taxes that should be paid are not paid, and the annual tribute that should be paid to the court is gone.
The wages of migrant workers are in arrears, and migrant workers can only look up to the sky and ask questions.
Since he was in arrears with taxes to the court, Zhu Yunwen could only draw his sword and ask them whether he should pay taxes or heads.
We are going to solve the problems that Lao Zhu did not solve.
But before that, we must find out who leaked the court secrets and who is disrupting the Southwest!
Zhu Yunwen hated this person so much that Gu Cheng in Guizhou was fully capable of dealing with disobedient people like Song A'ao, Tian Daya, and Tian Chen. If not, he could transfer Zhang Fu from Guangxi to Guizhou.
But now, with the city full of wind and rain, the situation in the southwest is like dry firewood. As long as there is a spark from the court, a large fire is likely to burn, burning several provinces in the southwest!
This result was difficult for Zhu Yunwen to bear.
He couldn't fight even if he wanted to, couldn't use his strength, and was forced to retreat due to the situation. Zhu Yunwen was filled with panic.
Zhu Yunwen gritted his teeth and ordered Liu Changge: "The Security Bureau must investigate as soon as possible."
In this case, no matter what method is used, the culprit who deliberately disrupts Southwest and maliciously spreads rumors must be found within three days! "
"Three days!"
Liu Changge was shocked.
Zhu Yunwen rarely sets time limits for the Security Bureau's work, but once he sets it, it must be done. Liu Changge knew very well that if the person who leaked the secret could not be found within three days, then he would have to find someone and lend his head!
News leaked out of the capital that a comprehensive reform of the country would be implemented. Once this news reached the ears of the chieftains in the southwestern provinces, the problem would become serious.
The best way to stop rumors from spreading is to refute them!
Unlike later generations who issued announcements to refute rumors, the Ming Dynasty had to use human heads to refute rumors.
Liu Changge took the order and hurried to the Central Military Governor's Mansion. He saw that Huo Lin had already arrived, but he was just sitting on a chair drinking tea. He couldn't help but said with a gloomy face: "The emperor has made a decree, and we only have three days."
Tang Buping was a little uneasy. The investigation was currently in trouble and there might not be a breakthrough in three days.
Huo Lin put down his tea bowl and said to Liu Changge, "You should know that I often go to the Imperial College to observe during this period, right?"
Liu Changge and Tang Buping looked at Huo Lin in confusion.
Huo Lin stood up, picked up a document from the desk, and shook it in his hand: "There is a method for teaching assistants in the Imperial College, which is called situational reproduction. I think that in order to find out who leaked the secret, we need to find out which link was leaked. To solve the problem, the best way is to recreate every situation the document had after entering the Central Military Governor's Mansion, and see whose hands the document passed through and where it went."
"what is this?"
Tang Buping didn't understand. The security bureau had questioned him thoroughly and asked about every detail, but no problem was found. If you reproduce the situation, you can find the problem?
Huo Lin explained: "The answer to the cross-examination is different from the reenactment of the situation. Since you can't do anything, then try my method. Who received this document? Demonstrate it from the beginning. I want every detail. !」
Liu Changge looked deeply at Huo Lin, nodded slightly, and said to Tang Buping: "Seal off the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion, let all personnel return to their respective positions, start from the time when the documents are sent in, and tell Mei Fushi and others to cooperate fully. Don’t miss any little thing.”
Everything seems to be back on April 1st.
The document was sent in, and the official who received the document began to inspect it, check the seal and the ink, and after confirming that it was correct, it was forwarded to Mei Yin and placed on the Mei Yin desk.
Mei Yin dealt with the documents and saw Li Yue's proposal to completely change the situation and return to local status, and then put this document aside alone.
Li Jian, the commander-in-chief of the navy, came and discussed with Mei Yin the issues of navy mobilization, food transportation, and the use of steam engines in warships. He also looked through Li Yue's documents and believed that Li Yue's idea was too bold and should not be implemented.
Mei Yin argued hard, believing that the army would pacify the Western Regions and take advantage of the victory, and the imperial court would be fully capable of gradually reforming the territory in the southwest year by year.
The two argued and Gao Wei arrived.
Situations of that day reappeared one by one...
