Chapter 1487 The way of the people
Chen Xi ordered troops to be sent, and Wang He and Su Jingyang were also sending orders to their subordinates in their camp. Yunliu, Ma Jiu and others arrived one after another on the Central Army's tent, waiting for Chen Xi's next instructions.
Ma Jiu asked, "Sir, will you go back on the road now?"
Chen Xi looked at Ma Jiu and saw Yun Liu's face full of confusion. He understood that they were all confused at this time. They had originally planned to stay in Liuzhou Prefecture City for two days and have some rest. However, Chen Xi said he wanted to start the journey before one day, which was equivalent to overturning the previous plan.
Chen Xi didn't want to tell Ma Jiu and Yun Liu about Huang Weicheng.
Chen Xi was not going to have a dispute with the local government. Liuzhou government obviously refused to cooperate with him in leading the troops. He didn't need to stick to other people's cold butts for a long time in Liuzhou City. However, if you tell your subordinates this, you will inevitably feel aware of it. Perhaps it will cause trouble with Huang Weicheng, causing irreconcilable conflicts between the army and the local government.
Chenxidao: "Liuzhou Prefecture City is just a transit place after all, and sending troops to remove the siege of Guilin Prefecture is the main task for this dispatch. It is reported that rebels in Luorong and Yongfu counties are invaded. Instead of being in the prefecture, we should take the initiative to attack, in order to complete the important task entrusted by the court as soon as possible!"
What Chen Xi said is a well-known fact.
The scale of the Southwest rebellion is large, but it is actually small. This is essentially different from the invasion of the northern Tatars. The rebels seem to be large in number, but in fact they are all mobs. Once the official army forces them to the wrong situation, they can scatter and return to their respective villages and become good people who "stay and stick to themselves".
Therefore, Chen Xi actually did not have many plans to lead the war. Many times, they took one step at a time, and only needed one or two decisive victory, and it was very likely that the war against the rebellion would end.
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The army entered the city, and within a day, the troops were about to go out again, and the local people could not react.
The official army had just arrived in Liuzhou Prefecture City, why was it suddenly leaving? Could it be that something happened to the rebels?
Chen Xi was too lazy to say hello to the government office. When Chen Xi led his troops out of the city, Huang Weicheng hurriedly came to chase him in a carriage. Instead of seeing him off, he came to try to keep him. However, after getting off the car and meeting, he seemed to deliberately challenge Chen Xi.
"...Why did Secretary Chen stay in the city for a day before leaving? Could it be that Liuzhou Prefecture did not replace the moldy and rotten grains you provided, and Secretary Chen held a grudge, so he left, and even wrote a memorial to impeach the officials?"
Huang Weicheng was quite well-organized in his work. Perhaps he realized that Chen Xi did not want to be petty with him. His momentum suddenly rose. He dared to question him in person, "If Secretary Chen did this, it was not a benevolent and righteous act. The subordinates must first explain to the court. Secretary Chen ignored the interests of the local people and framed and accused his subordinates..."
Su Jingyang followed Shen Xi and heard this, he said angrily: "Grandma, you guy is too bullying. If you talk nonsense, do you believe it or not, will you cut you down?"
The military generals do not have as much nonsense as literati, and they have a clear distinction between love and hate. Huang Weicheng takes the initiative to come to find fault. Chen Xi retreated to the house and made Su Jingyang angry. Now Huang Weicheng is getting worse. How can Su Jingyang bear it? At this time, he wishes that he could kill Huang Weicheng directly, and exude his anger.
Huang Weicheng looked down on Wufu at first. He heard Su Jingyang threatening and said angrily: "What are you doing? How dare you call me in my ear? It's simply insulting your etiquette!"
When Su Jingyang heard this, he couldn't bear it. He immediately pulled out his sword and prepared to greet Huang Weicheng.
Huang Weicheng was not willing to be outdone, but even pointed his neck at each other, as if he was completely disregarding his life... He was a fourth-rank civil servant and was not afraid of Su Jingyang at all, even if this person was a senior official in the second-rank court.
The situation in front of him was already very clear. Chen Xi knew that Huang Weicheng was sure that he would not do anything. He repeatedly came to the door to provoke him, first sending moldy grain to reward the army, and then slandering Chen Xi for sending back the grain to replace the local new grain. Then he said that Chen Xi was "framed and accusing". Huang Weicheng said everything himself.
Now, whenever things are made big and bloody, the person responsible must be Chen Xi. Regardless of the high and low of this matter, Chen Xi, as the commander who led the rebellion to suppress the rebellion, naturally has the responsibility to maintain local stability. Huang Weicheng is fearless and seems to want to deliberately anger Su Jingyang and lead to a dispute between civil and military affairs in the court. It is simply a naked "official battle".
"stop!"
Chen Xi shouted loudly.
Su Jingyang held the sword in his hand, unable to move forward and retreat. He was stunned for a moment when he heard Chen Xi's words, and he felt relieved, but he still glared at Huang Weicheng, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
Huang Weicheng looked arrogant, as if he was trying to seize Chen Xi and the many generals in front of him.
Chen Xi said to himself: "Huang Weicheng is confident and must know the situation in the court, and someone is instructing him behind his back. As long as he handed over the book, no matter the truth, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others will definitely stand out for him. It is because I am doing something wrong in the local area, otherwise why would a fourth-rank official have a dilemma with me, the Secretary of State?"
"Huang Weicheng thought he was invincible. Seeing that I took the initiative to avoid it, he wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue my crimes and create excuses for the support of the court!"
Wang He rode over from a distance, arrived in front of Chenxi, and said, "Sir, a small group of rebels were found in the forest area of the north mountain and forest, and there were about a thousand soldiers. Have you sent troops to fight?"
After the reorganization of the three armies, the main patrol and scouts were put down. Shen Xi's troops may not be able to fight, but they have been trained by Chen Xi in marching and reconnaissance.
Chen Xidao: "Since that's the case, the three armies will withdraw back to the city first. How to deal with the battle? Let's obey the orders of our officials!"
Wang He glanced at Su Jingyang and saw that the scene was a little wrong, so he could only respectfully accept the order: "Yes, sir!"
Huang Weicheng smiled proudly and said, "Shangshen Chen should be more aware of the current affairs. You are the governor of Huguang and Jianggan. You are just a military officer. You should not be involved in local administration too much. Otherwise, if something happens, Shangshen Chen has a hundred mouths and may not be able to explain it clearly..."
Chen Xi looked at Huang Weicheng and shouted sternly: "It is reported that Huang Weicheng, the governor of Liuzhou, had an affair with the rebels and intended to make chaos. Now, after the official found out that the situation is true, he will be temporarily detained and escorted to the Three Departments of Beijing for trial later!"
After saying that, Chen Xi waved his hand, and the guards around him were already furious. They pushed Huang Weicheng to the ground when they went up. Huang Weicheng struggled desperately, shouting: "What's the point of not worrying about being punished? Chen Shangshu, you are taking human life..."
Su Jingyang went up and stepped on Huang Wei's city, then asked his left and right to hold his hands and feet down, and cursed angrily: "Whether you are taking human life is the final say. Damn it, what is insulting your kindness? You are simply a kindness!"
Chen Xi was not as casual as Su Jingyang, and said again: "General Su, you should bring a thousand troops to the prefect's office and the city gates, and take over the city defenses without any mistakes!"
At this moment, Su Jingyang was very energetic. It seemed that Chen Xi had poured him endless strength into him and knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Here!"
After getting up, Su Jingyang, who was wearing armor, hurriedly took the people there, without any intention of dragging.
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Due to the rebels outside Liuzhou Prefecture City, the itinerary to the north of Chenxi changed again.
In order to ensure that Liuzhou Prefecture City is not in hindrance, Chen Xi could only take down Huang Weicheng first, otherwise this grandson might play tricks for him, and it would be possible to collude with the rebels.
Civil officials are not as straightforward as military generals. In the words of civil officials, they are talking about the Three Bonds and Five Constant Ones and ask others to set an example. However, when it comes to them, they can "adapt to adapt to changes" in any ethics. Even if they do something that goes against the Bond Ones and Constant Ones, they still feel confident that they are "empty and condemn".
Chen Xi was never afraid of military generals causing trouble. What he was afraid of was that civil servants were causing trouble for him behind his back. Now Huang Weicheng's performance made him feel alert. He was in charge of military affairs of six provinces with the governor of two provinces, and that officials from each province would add a boss for no reason, and would definitely be in conflict. In addition, the civil servant group was fueling the fire behind it, and the reform of his salt tea franchise system touched the interests of many people, so local rejection of him was definitely not a rare thing.
But Chen Xi is exactly the kind of person who doesn’t eat soft and hard food. Giving gifts is useless, and intimidation is even more useless.
Huang Weicheng dared to threaten Chen Xi with conspiracy and intimidation, and Chen Xi treated her body with the same way.
Chen Xi looked at Huang Weicheng's back as he was taken away and said to himself: "I think I am the second most accusation trick with me. No one dares to recognize me! I really think I am a timid civil servant, waiting to be slaughtered like a young man who is not in a deep way? I don't care about you, because I start from the overall situation. Since you are entangled, don't blame me for being rude! It was delivered to you by yourself!"
Chen Xi returned to the city, and soon Su Jingyang brought his people back, and he successfully completed the takeover of the Liuzhou Prefecture City Defense.
Su Jingyang was most concerned about the treatment of Huang Weicheng and said, "Sir, I didn't expect Huang Weicheng to dare to collude with the rebels. It is because there are so many dog officials who ignore the interests of the people that the people in the southwest will cause the lives of the southwest to suffer... What are you going to do?"
Because Chen Xi said before that "the situation is true when affair with the rebels", Su Jingyang didn't have to consider what the evidence was, and directly prepared to let Chen Xi convict Huang Weicheng of death.
But in Shen Xi's opinion, even if Huang Weicheng is guilty, he will not be killed. Chen Xi does not need to kill the whole family in order to fight for a breath. The charge of tying bandits is quite serious. The male member of the Huang family may be sentenced to be executed by the whole family, and even the female relatives must be sent to be slaves. Chen Xi doesn't want to do so terrible.
Chapter completed!