Chapter 2165 The mystery of Gui Zi Scroll

 Feng Ziying is indeed not satisfied with the current situation, especially Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie.

He had known the situation with Xie Zhenye for a long time. Although Xie Zhenye was incompetent, he had a correct attitude. He had reported the situation of the guards under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Dusi early, which allowed him to have a true understanding. However, the performance of Lu Chuan and Sun Yijie was... It's hard to let go.

 It is admitted that the Provincial Envoys Department is one of the three departments, but in fact it assumes the responsibilities of the remaining five departments under the seven ministries, except for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice.

Of course, the Chief Envoy in the Ministry of Personnel has more power to recommend and evaluate, and has no decision-making power. However, Xi'an Prefecture alone covers six states and 33 counties. How can the Ministry of Personnel have the energy to intervene in a province from the seventh grade? The assessment, evaluation and even promotion of hundreds of officials from county magistrate to second-rank chief envoy?

It can be said that except for officials above the fourth rank, officials below the fourth rank mainly rely on officials from the Chief Envoy Department to evaluate and recommend these officials. The Ministry of Personnel only reviews these evaluation and recommendation opinions. Generally speaking, When local officials below the fourth rank are reported to the Ministry of Personnel, unless there is a special response or the officials are valued by the DPRK, they will basically be handled according to the opinions of the Chief Envoy.

In addition to the power of the Ministry of Personnel, the powers of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites are relatively complete. They are all in the hands of the Chief Envoy, and their power to guide the lower prefectures is unquestionable.

The Imperial Prosecutor's Office mainly assumed the power of the Ministry of Punishment, and also took into account part of the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. When the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not come down, this part of the power was partially shouldered by them, but when the censors came down, they After that, he took over automatically, but based on this origin, the power of the Inspector General's Office was unusual, and it had the weight to compete with the Chief Minister's Office.

The Dusi takes over the functions of the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Office, but has to take over part of the territory under the jurisdiction of border towns, so it is relatively weak, but it still has the decision-making power over the guards in inland areas.

Lu Chuan had previously held all the power, but when the situation became uncontrollable, he shifted all responsibilities to the Inspector General and the Dusi, accusing the Inspector General of being stupid and ignorant, and failing to detect the movements of the mob in time, which resulted in the government's failure to intervene in time. After the situation worsened, he accused Du Si of failing to train the guards well and being unable to cope with the rapid deterioration of the situation, resulting in loss of control.

Feng Ziying was particularly dissatisfied that Xi'an Prefecture would become an active area for rebels.

If the rebels in Yan'an, Qingyang and Pingliang were out of control, he would be forgiven for it. Indeed, the land in these three prefectures is barren, drought has persisted for years, and the gentry is powerful and harsh, making it difficult for the people to rise up for a living. This can be justified. .

But in Xi'an, which is the most beautiful place in Shaanxi and the most fertile area in the Guanzhong Plain, how could it become a riot area like Yan'an, Qingyang and Pingyang? The rebel forces are even more powerful than the three prefectures in northern Shaanxi, which is simply incomprehensible.

 Xi'an Prefecture has a great responsibility, but Lu Chuan cannot escape the responsibility.

"The situation of the four guards in Xi'an is very bad, even worse than I imagined." Feng Ziying said in a cold tone, "Xie Zhenye gave a detailed account of the situation, including some remaining issues left by Yun Guang when he was still the governor of Shaanxi. There are also mistakes made by Lu Chuan and Xie Zhenye in recent years. Theoretically, the Four Guards should have twelve battalions and more than 40,000 guards, but in fact the shortage is as high as more than 40%, with only ten incomplete battalions and less than 20,000 troops. Five thousand people, that's it. The key is that the combat effectiveness is extremely poor, the soldiers and armor are not repaired, and the training is blank. They are almost the troops stationed in the Guanzhong Plain. If they want to fight, they cannot be sent to the battlefield at all. They may even be worse than Minzhuang. "

“But because Xi’an’s Four Guards are there, the mechanism for strengthening the people has not been established at all. Unlike other prefectures, it can quickly mobilize the people. Doesn’t this mean losing both ends?” Wu Yaoqing also felt that this matter was embarrassing.

"Humph, the expenses of the Dusi are not low every year. Xie Zhenye admits that he has some problems, but the Chief Envoy and the Xi'an Prefecture have also budgeted for 15,000 people, but they are all funded by the Dusi. ,..." Feng Ziying squeezed out the words through her teeth word by word.

"What?!" Wu Yaoqing was shocked, "How dare they be so bold? Are they really not afraid of the Metropolitan Procuratorate..."

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away. These are the accumulated debts and bad debts of more than ten years. Many of them are blamed on Yun Guang. Anyway, Yun Guang has been interrogated and many accounts cannot be checked clearly..." Feng Ziying said with a cold smile: "In the past few years, they have made up all kinds of clever names. Xianning and Chang'an counties are right under their noses. It's hard to fake them, so they just list the counties far away, such as Zhen'an, Sanshui, Hancheng, and Heyang. In counties such as , Shanyang, and Shangnan, they randomly found thirty or fifty people to make a show, and then falsely reported that there were five hundred people strong. They did not expect that the chaos caused by this drought would cause the rebels to cause trouble in Heyang, Hancheng. Come on, Xie Zhenye felt that he couldn’t hide anything in this situation, so he took the initiative to confess to me."

 “Where’s Master Lu?” This is the key.

If Lu Chuan can maintain his posture, Feng Ziying may not necessarily have to deal with him. Wu Yaoqing is aware of Feng Ziying's historical attitude, but if Lu Chuan continues to resist, Feng Ziying will definitely not tolerate it.

"Huh, I'm just waiting to see when he plans to give me an explanation. Whether he wants to delay or pretend to be deaf and dumb, I'll let him go. I just follow my path. In the end, I want to Let's see how long he can survive. What will he say when this happens?" Feng Ziying's eyes became a little sharper.

Shaanxi was a mess. Feng Ziying had known for a long time that he had been to Shaanxi when Ningxia suppressed the rebellion. Later, Yun Guang, the governor of Shaanxi, was implicated. There were many shady activities in it, but he didn't dig too deep at the time, so he hastily dismissed it. Take down Yun Guang and settle the matter.

But after so many years, the imperial court did not appoint another governor. Lu Chuan was actually the number one figure in Shaanxi. His hands must have made a lot of money, but Lu Chuan was not particularly greedy in terms of money. He valued more Power, and extremely strong, but even so, Feng Ziying made a rough estimate that it would be easy for Lu Chuan to earn two to three hundred thousand taels in the past few years as the Zuo Chief Envoy.

Canals and ditches were built, post roads were built, cities were repaired, and relief donations were collected. In addition, Shaanxi has always been the area with the most serious land annexation. The government has huge power in adjudicating these land annexation lawsuits. In addition, there are some criminal cases. Lu Chuan acted as The chief envoy from the left just said hello casually, whether it was the lower prefecture or even the envoy to the inspection department, who would not buy it?

Even Wang Xifeng was able to use Yun Guang to bridge the gap and lobby the government to win the lawsuits and profit from it, let alone Lu Chuan, who is now more in power?

"Sir, I'm afraid now is not a good time to break up with Mr. Lu." Wu Yaoqing pondered for a while and suggested: "He is indeed a little panicked now, but after all, he has been operating in Shaanxi for many years. Sir, he is here for the first time, and he is also very enthusiastic. If your Excellency attacks him rashly, I am afraid that it will arouse the fear and alienation of the officials in this province. I think it is not appropriate to break up with him before completely pacifying the rebel forces. Moreover, my subordinates think that this is actually a temptation and test. Look at him. Are you willing to accept your actions and opinions, take the initiative to straighten things out here, and express your sincerity to your Majesty..."

Feng Ziying laughed out loud, "Lu Chuan has been arrogant for so many years, do you think he will bow to me easily?"

"Times have changed, and I'm afraid he can't be left alone." Wu Yaoqing thought it was normal, "Lord Lu is certainly strong in the Chief Envoy Department, and the right Chief Envoy is vacant, but several political and political councilors are not good people. Lu Your Excellency is holding on to the power and wealth of the Chief Envoy and is unwilling to let go, but the political and political councilors are definitely not satisfied and will inevitably use various opportunities to attack him. When Your Excellency comes, these people must feel even more Now that we have a backbone, we naturally have to use our criticism of Mr. Lu to show favor to you. Your Excellency can completely consider the pros and cons and choose the one that is most powerful to us..."

"Yao Qing, do you want me to provoke the masses to fight against the masses?" Feng Ziying laughed, but he was moved by the idea of ​​using these officials to compete with Lu Chuan. The scale is controllable, and he can slowly stand in it. Steady your footing, then penetrate in, and make the situation develop in a direction that is beneficial to you.

"Sir, even without us, Mr. Lu's character is too strong and he lacks tolerance for others, so there must be a lot of conflicts and constraints here, so this matter will definitely be properly resolved in your hands. "Wu Yaoqing is also analyzing for Feng Ziying, "My lord, I would like to take things step by step and calm down the rebels step by step, and then you can consider making a fuss about building water conservancy. After this severe drought, the people of Shaanxi have also been affected. I have to look forward to it, building water conservancy projects at this time will definitely win the support of the people. Even the landowners are a little dissatisfied, but looking at the miserable situation of the refugees and hungry people, and looking at the momentum of the rebel army, I am afraid they should also It’s a good time to weigh it up.”

"Yao Qing, you think too highly of these gentry landlords. Their vision is only so long. They only focus on the petty profits in front of them. They would rather be hanged by the rebel army than give up their wealth. The situation in northern Shaanxi You should have seen it, so I had no choice but to take the wrong approach." At this point, Feng Ziying seemed to think of something, "By the way, how is Qiu Zixiong's progress?"

"Soon, Yanchuan and Yanchang were captured by him, and he controlled the rhythm very well. Jing Zhizhong followed suit, but too much tacit understanding could easily arouse the suspicion of the gentry and landlords, so Qiu Zixiong and I I wrote to him and suggested that he should not think too much about Jing Zhizhong in the subsequent progress, and might as well throw random punches, so as to avoid giving others a thumb."

Wu Yaoqing's suggestion made Feng Ziying very satisfied, "Very good, Yaoqing, your opinion is very pertinent. Qiu Zixiong should understand the secret..."

 (End of this chapter)