Soon, Yun Zheng arrived at the military camp of Jingyang Prefecture.
Wei Yu led 10,000 infantrymen to garrison here.
Honestly speaking, Yun Zheng felt that it was a waste to send 10,000 elite soldiers to Jingyang Prefecture.
But now that the third brother is regent, he must be on guard.
Otherwise, who knows if the third brother will go crazy?
Moreover, he was originally planning to shake up the officialdom of Fuzhou. Now that so many people have resigned from their posts, it is impossible not to shake up the officialdom of Fuzhou.
With ten thousand elite soldiers stationed in Jingyang Prefecture, he wanted to see how many of them were not afraid of death.
Yun Li had no control over how he dealt with the aristocratic families and clans, but if any aristocratic family or clan wanted to join him, he wouldn't mind turning into a property-confiscation maniac.
It was just right that the fields of those people were taken over as government land, and potatoes were planted on a large scale in Fuzhou.
"How is your stay in Jingyang Prefecture? Is it much warmer than Beilu Pass?"
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As soon as he saw Wei Yu, Yun Zheng started to joke.
"It should be warmer."
Wei Yu smiled sheepishly, "But I still hope to lead the army into battle one day."
"I guess it will be your chance to go into battle in a few days!" Yun Zheng smiled and asked, "It seems that there are not 10,000 troops in this camp, right?"
"No."
Wei Yu immediately replied: "There are only 5,000 people in the camp, and another 5,000 are stationed outside the city..."
The scale of the camp in Jingyang Prefecture is limited, so it is no problem to garrison 10,000 people.
But if we want to practice, it will be difficult to deploy these 10,000 people.
Therefore, Wei Yu stationed 5,000 men in a temporary military camp outside the city to facilitate training.
“No wonder!”
Yun Zheng suddenly realized something and asked, "Have you sent people to survey the terrain of various places in Fuzhou?"
"Surveyed!"
Wei Yu nodded quickly, "I will make a simple sand table based on the survey results of each department. Would Your Highness like to take a look?"
Yun Zheng laughed, "Of course I want to see it! Lead the way!"
Under the leadership of Wei Yu, Yun Zheng quickly arrived at the general's camp.
The sand table was placed right in the middle of the general's camp.
While Yun Zheng was looking at the sand table, Wei Yu said, "This is just an approximate sand table, not very accurate. Your Highness can check it together with the map of Fuzhou..."
Yun Zheng nodded and checked silently.
Fuzhou's terrain is also typically high in the west and low in the east.
Jingyang Prefecture seems to be a dividing line.
To the west of Jingyang Prefecture, the area is mainly plateaus and barren semi-desert areas, bordering the equally barren Liangzhou.
To the east of Jingyang Prefecture, the terrain gradually becomes flatter, mainly hilly areas, with small areas of plains bordering Minzhou.
Yun Zheng looked for a while and asked, "How many miles is Jingyang Prefecture from Yaoxi County?"
"About two hundred and twenty miles."
Wei Yu answered, but was secretly surprised.
Yaoxi County is the place in Fuzhou that is closest to Liangzhou!
As soon as Yun Zheng arrived, he set his sights on Yaoxi County. Was he planning to send troops from Yaoxi to attack the tribes in Moxi via Liangzhou?
Or should we be wary of Zhao Ji in the northwest?
Zhao Ji shouldn't have the courage to provoke the Northern Palace Army, right?
Even though their garrison in Fuzhou only adds up to 20,000 troops, there are many soldiers in Shuobei!
Once Zhao Ji acts rashly, Shuobei can dispatch 100,000 troops at any time!
With the combat effectiveness of the Beifu Army and the Guiyi Army, 100,000 troops against the 200,000 troops in the northwest is not more than enough, but it should not be a big problem either.
The key is that Yun Zheng’s reputation is there!
Many soldiers would probably be scared before the battle even starts.
Yun Zheng thought silently for a while, then smiled and said, "It is indeed too much to station 10,000 troops in Jingyang Prefecture. Order the 5,000 troops outside the city to station in Yaoxi! Their training will focus on combat in the arid areas of the plateau!"
Wei Yu's heart moved, and he immediately asked: "Your Highness, are you preparing to attack the tribes in western Mo?"
"That's about right!" Yun Zheng nodded and said, "First, train these 5,000 people well. Once they are familiar with it, I will send more troops to Yaoxi to start training!"
In the short term, as long as the tribes in western Mo do not take the initiative to attack, he will definitely not take the initiative to attack either.
But sooner or later they will have a war with the tribes in western Mo, so it is better to prepare early.
"I understand!"
Wei Yu nodded suddenly.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng and Wei Yu took another walk around the camp.
As the capital of Fuzhou, Jingyang Prefecture has a very complete military camp and there is nothing that Yun Zheng needs to worry about.
In the evening, Ji Ran prepared a banquet at the governor's mansion to welcome Yun Zheng and Tuo Huan, and Wei Yu also attended.
After the banquet, Yun Zheng returned to his room.
Not long after, Shen Kuan brought You Jiu in.
"How's the investigation going?"
Yun Zheng raised his eyes and asked You Jiu.
“Officials of the sixth rank and above have basically been investigated.”
You Jiu said this and presented another thick booklet.
Yun Zheng took it and examined it carefully.
You Jiu and his team conducted a very detailed investigation, and they found out everything about these officials' relationships, backgrounds, and reputations among local people.
While verifying these things, they also accidentally obtained evidence of corruption and abuse of power by some officials.
Yun Zheng took out the list of officials who had resigned and compared it with the booklet in his hand.
Soon, Yun Zheng discovered the key information.
More than half of those who resigned from their official positions had close ties with the Juping Su family.
Now, it is basically certain that the resignation incident was manipulated by the Su family of Ju Ping behind the scenes.
However, what surprised Yun Zheng was that these officials who had close ties with the Juping Su family all had very good reputations in the places where they served, and Youjiu and his team had not found any evidence of corruption or abuse of power.
Oh shit!
No wonder these bastards dare to make trouble by threatening to resign!
Sway public opinion!
If he were to use force to deal with these officials who had a good reputation in the places where they held office, the people from all over the country would probably, either spontaneously or under the manipulation of others, stage a petition for him!
If I kill them without asking any questions, I will become a symbol of cruelty and ruthlessness.
Only when you have something to rely on can you dare to be so presumptuous!
I just don't know who is behind this Ju Ping Su family?
Yun Zheng pondered for a while, then asked, "Is there anything you haven't figured out about Ji Ran? Or, is there any hidden network of relationships he has that you haven't figured out yet?"
Judging from what You Jiu and the others have found out, Ji Ran is basically an honest official.
Moreover, Ji Ran does not have any big family supporting him.
Ji Ran was the top scholar in the seventh year of Zhihe.
In just twelve years, he climbed up step by step from a county magistrate to the position of governor of Fuzhou.
All the places where Ji Ran served were managed in an orderly manner and he enjoyed great reputation among the people.
Ji Ran is so clean!
It was so clean that Yun Zheng could hardly believe it.
It is indeed difficult to become a governor of a state without some background and connections.
The governor of a state is a real powerful person.
Even though the governor was only a fourth-rank official, many third-rank officials in the court did not have as much power as the governor.
For a person with such real power, even if he doesn't form cliques himself, there will be people who will seek him out to form cliques!
Being in this position, there are many things that are beyond one's control.
If the powerful figures in the court approached Ji Ran to form cliques and Ji Ran refused, wouldn't those powerful figures stab Ji Ran in the back in secret?
"this……"
You Jiu opened his mouth slightly, hesitated for a moment before speaking again: "This is all we can find out at the moment. There may be something else that we haven't found yet. I will order someone to check it out carefully."
"Um!"
Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "Find out more about this Ji Ran!"
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