The sound of drums of the gathering of the wing army began to ring. At this moment, sentries rushed to report, "Report to the general, 10,000 imperial guards have surrounded our military camp. The prefect Fan Ning and Linghu Jin asked the general to leave the camp immediately to hand over the military power, otherwise they would be punished as rebellion!"

There was a silence in the tent. Jiang Chenghua slowly clenched his fists, his face turned pale. Fan Ning actually moved the imperial guards. It seemed that they didn't want to give themselves a chance!

The six commanders looked at each other, and they realized that something was wrong at the same time. How could Fanning use the imperial guards?

They were all soldiers, and they knew the rules here, and mobilized 10,000 imperial guards. If they did not have the emperor's military talisman or gold medal, even the military orders of the Privy Council or the Third Office would not be possible. If things were wrong, Fan Ning must have won the emperor's military talisman or gold medal. The six commanders immediately realized that they had been fooled.

Jiang Chenghua did not notice the emotional changes of his subordinates. He quickly walked out of the tent and shouted loudly: "The whole army gathered!"

At this moment, several commanders winked at each other. Commander Li Han took the lead in knocking down Jiang Chenghua, and the other five people rushed forward and pressed Jiang Chenghua tightly to the ground.

Jiang Chenghua was shocked, "What are you going to do?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, more than a dozen personal soldiers outside the tent drew their swords together, but were stopped by two commanders, "Rebellion is to kill the nine clans. Do you want to rebel with Jiang Chenghua?"

The personal soldiers hesitated when they heard this. Several commanders tied up Jiang Chenghua and the leader said, "We don't want to rebel with you, please forgive me!"

"You let me go, I don't want to rebel!" Jiang Chenghua shouted in a hurry, but several commanders couldn't believe him.

At this time, hundreds of soldiers rushed over and surrounded more than a dozen personal soldiers. The personal soldiers did not dare to resist, and they all threw down their swords and squatted on the ground with their heads in their arms.

Several commanders Jiang Chenghua pushed out of the camp. The fire outside the camp was fierce, and densely packed imperial soldiers surrounded the camp gate. The open space in front of the gate was brightly lit, and hundreds of soldiers were holding torches, surrounding the prefect Fanning and the imperial guards' chief general Linghu Jin.

At this time, the camp gate opened and someone shouted: "We have captured Jiang Chenghua!"

Several commanders took out Jiang Chenghua, who was tied up like rice dumplings, and the commander Li Han threw Jiang Chenghua to the ground, clasped his fists and said to Fan Ning: "The last commander Li Han, Jiang Chenghua, resisted stubbornly and was caught by us, and handed over to the prefect Fan!"

Everyone knew very well that Fanning was the leader tonight.

Linghu Jin whispered to Fan Ning: "This Li Han was promoted by Cao Mingrui, the former appeaser, and is from the Cao family!"

Fanning nodded slowly, "The general understands the righteousness, which is admirable!"

He raised the gold medal high and shouted: "After the emperor's order, Zhao Qian and his gangster Jiang Chenghua, the rest of the soldiers are not guilty!"

Jiang Chenghua saw the gold medal in Fan Ning's hand, and his face suddenly turned gray. The Zhao family is finished this time

The imperial guards have finished their mission and returned to their own military camp.

In the central tent of the Xiang army camp, more than 20 Xiang army generals gathered together. Fan Ning placed the gold medal on the table and slowly said to everyone: "Zhao Qian has three crimes. First, the height of the Zhao family's ancestral hall is ten feet high, which is more than two feet higher than Guiyuan Hall, and is suspected of usurpation. Second, the Zhao family occupied ten thousand hectares of fertile land. For decades, the land tax and division of the land have not been paid, and he is guilty of serious tax evasion. Third, thousands of Zhao family farmer-departed with leather armor, spears, and crossbows, forming a de facto private army. The above three days are unforgivable. I have received the secret order of the emperor. This official has arrested the pacification envoy Zhao Qian and his followers and entered Beijing to question the crime. I will serve as the Pacification envoy on the Jingdong Road until the new Pacification envoy is appointed."

Li Han immediately led the generals to kneel down on one knee and salute, "Abide by the emperor's edict and meet with the pacification envoy Fan!"

Fan Ning smiled again and said, "The Pacification Envoy Department has its own operations, and the Xiang Army also has generals and commanders. Jiang Chenghua has been removed from office. This Pacification Envoy appointed Li Han as the commander of the Yingtian Prefecture Xiang Army. All generals shall not violate their military orders!"

"Abide by the order!"

Fan Ning gave a few more words, and everyone dispersed, and there were only Fan Ning and Li Han in the tent. Fan Ning then smiled and said, "Congratulations to General Li!"

Li Han bowed and said, "I will remember the grace of the Lord to promote me!"

Fan Ning waved his hand and asked again: "Apart from Jiang Chenghua, are there any Zhao Qian's followers or confidants in the various wing troops on Jingdong Road?"

Li Han thought for a while and said, "Jiang Chenghua is Zhao Qian's son-in-law, and his relationship is extraordinary, so he is a real hardcore confidant. It seems that he has never mentioned any confidant like Jiang Chenghua in other places. However, the commander of the Xiang army in Yunzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou was promoted by Zhao Qian in exceptional terms. He has a bad reputation. There are rumors that the three of them gave Zhao Qian heavy bribes, and they dare not say the specific low-level positions."

"What about the sacrificial envoy's office?" Fan Ning asked again.

Li Han smiled and said, "Zhao Qian has never attached much importance to the Pacification Envoy, and he cares more about the army. Therefore, since he took office, he has been inspecting military affairs in various places and rarely in the Zhengshi Office. It is said that the Zhengshi officials have deep resentment towards him."

"Why is this?" Fanning was a little strange. If he didn't care, he wouldn't have any resentment!

"It should be related to interests. The Shuaisi Yamen had a lot of winter and summer subsidies in the past, but after Zhao Qian took office, he cut it off and gave the money to the night patrol soldiers. The judge Wu Tong told me that his losses alone reached 30 trump cards, no welfare or housing. How could the Shuaisi Yamen have no resentment towards him?"

Fan Ning nodded. To put it this way, Zhao Qian did a good job. He favored the hard-working lower-class soldiers and was disgusted with the civil servants in the yamen. Of course, Zhao Qian's main purpose in taking office was to control military power, so he focused all his energy on the army, and it was understandable that he didn't care about Shuaisi.

On the other hand, the civil servants of the Shuaisi Office were not appointed by him, but by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Personnel. However, he had the right to recommend the generals of the Xiang Army. Generally, if the candidates he recommended were not seriously wrong, the Privy Council must be appointed.

Seeing that it was already three o'clock, Fan Ning asked him to rest. He rested in the military camp for two hours. At dawn, Fan Ning brought his follower Zhu Bao to the Pacification Office.

The tutor's office was originally in the city. Because Zhao Qian was inclined to control the army, he built this ten-acre yamen in front of the military camp. He achieved the goal of controlling the army, but it made the officials living in the city suffer and spent a lot of time on the road every day.

When Fan Ning arrived at the office of the Pacification Envoy, he happened to meet the Deputy Envoy Lu Chunqiu. Lu Chunqiu came out just after the city gate was opened, and it was not dawn when it arrived here.

Although the deputy envoy only has one additional sub-word, his official position is much lower. He is only a sixth-rank official. Compared with Zhao Qian, who is the fourth-rank official, it is two levels and four levels. For a civil servant, this is likely to be a struggle for twenty years or even life. In particular, the most difficult obstacle for civil servants is the fifth rank. Passing the fifth rank means the transition from a man to a doctor, and from a middle and low-rank official to a senior official, his salary will also surge, and he will also be treated as a official.

Unfortunately, most officials cannot overcome the fifth rank hurdle, and most civil officials live in the sixth rank.

Lu Chunqiu was about 40 years old, and he was a Jinshi, and had a career of 20 or 30 years. He had enough qualifications. If he had to endure the qualifications, he would not have a big problem to get to the fifth grade. It is precisely because of this that Lu Chunqiu was extremely cautious, for fear of saying the wrong thing, doing the wrong thing, and offending others.

Lu Chunqiu saw Fan Ning from a distance, and he hurriedly came up, "I am not good at Lu Chunqiu to see the Lord of the Mansion!"

Fan Ning said hello, "Did Deputy Envoy Lu come so early?"

Lu Chunqiu smiled bitterly. He had to come early. If Zhao Qian was touched by him late, he would definitely be scolded. Zhao Qian was too mean to the civil servants of the Siya. Everyone hated him and was afraid of him. Lu Chunqiu was no exception, but he did not dare to make any statement.

He bowed slightly and said, "I'm used to it!"

Fan Ning smiled faintly, "Actually there is no need to come so early. You can come half an hour late in the future and take a little longer."

Lu Chunqiu felt that Fan Ning had something in his words, and he didn't know how to interface for a while.

Fan Ning said again: "Zhao Qian was arrested by me last night. Of course, he was sent to the capital overnight under the secret order of the emperor. From today on, I will temporarily serve as the Pacification Envoy of Jingdong Road until the new official takes office."

This speech was like a burst of thunder blew up above Lu Chunqiu's head. He was stunned, his lips trembling, and he couldn't believe it.

"Don't Deputy Envoy Lu believe it?"

Lu Chunqiu shook his head quickly, "It's not that he doesn't believe it, but it's too sudden and he's not mentally prepared at all."

"If even the Deputy Envoy Lu is mentally prepared, Zhao Qian will not be able to arrest him."

Lu Chunqiu suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "I'm afraid there will be trouble in the military camp."

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "Don't worry! Jiang Chenghua was arrested by me last night, and the army has turned to be loyal to me. You can take a look at this."
Chapter completed!