Chapter 787 Killing without Blood
This combination of sticks and red dates will never go out of style!
Zhang Fei's actions made Zhong Yan and the others tremble with fear. The goal of this plan was too grand and too complicated. It was also the first time they heard of using the system to make trouble. They had no idea what to do and could not bear the responsibility.
At this time, Zhang Fei suddenly revealed his trump card and told them that all the public security, procuratorial and judicial officials were recommended by them. In other words, their power would not be transferred. The court would only arrange a few police chiefs who knew how to use firearms to come here to help with training.
They immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, they all highly respect the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems, but if you want Su Che to come here to be the prosecutor general, they will be absolutely unwilling to do so.
However, they all knew that the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems were the general trend. Currently, all departments in Shaanxi had already switched to the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems, except for a few border states like theirs. They felt a little pressured, and now that they were allowed to make their own arrangements, they were of course very willing.
The reason why Zhang Fei dared to do this was because he had conducted a detailed investigation on the situation in their border states. In fact, these military generals attached great importance to their base camp and cherished the people of their state. They distributed all the rewards given by the court in full. They opened up new territories and gave the land to their own soldiers. It was precisely because of this that their army could always maintain its combat effectiveness, and this did not contradict the concept of the law of the rule of law.
While Wang Shao had not arrived yet, Zhang Fei explained to them in detail how to establish public security, procuratorial and judicial organs in this border state, because the border state was indeed very different from other states, and all of this had to focus on farming and military affairs.
There can only be one Xizhou model. If there are more than one, it will not work. This is because the success of Xizhou lies in concentrating all trade with the Western Regions in one state, which is why it became so prosperous.
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Other border states still need to encourage agricultural production and try to be self-sufficient.
After a few days, Wang Shao finally arrived in Yanzhou. In fact, he had arrived a long time ago and was just waiting outside for Zhang Fei's signal.
Because he knew that Zhong Yan and others were very dissatisfied with him, but the entire plan had to rely on these Western Army generals. That was why he invited Zhang Fei to persuade these Western Army generals.
Although he did not ask to be the commander-in-chief, he actually had this ambition. It was he who proposed this plan, and no one was more suitable than him.
"I am very grateful to the President for this."
When he saw Zhang Fei, Wang Shao bowed and said.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "This was actually what Envoy Wang fought for himself. If Envoy Wang had not achieved such great success in the Xihe area, the government would not have let Envoy Wang carry out the entire plan."
Wang Shao smiled and said, "I am unworthy of this. Wang knows that the chief judge has been planning for this for a long time. I am just following the chief judge's plan."
Times have changed. Today, the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems are strong, and the power of the chief judge is extremely great. They must be given sufficient respect.
Zhang Fei immediately said, "When you meet General Zhong and the others later, Envoy Wang, please don't say that. Just say that you arranged this several years ago."
Wang Shao was surprised and asked, "Why?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because you are the commander, and I am going back. It doesn't matter if they are convinced."
Wang Shao was very moved and said, "This is true!"
Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "Don't thank me. After all, I am the chief judge. It is not good for me to talk about this kind of thing."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Wang Shao could only accept it with a smile.
The two chatted for a while, and then Zhong Yan and his friends arrived.
Wang Shao walked out quickly, bowed to them, and said to Zhong Yan: "General Zhong, your Zhong family is indeed a family of generals. Your nephew Zhong Shidao is the chief of police in Xizhou. He has repelled the enemy's attacks more than ten times without a single defeat. Now he has just been promoted to the chief of police in Hezhou."
He's trying to get close to me right away.
Your nephew is rising rapidly in my Xizhou, which shows that I have no hostility towards you.
Zhong Shidao? Zhang Fei thought, is it just a coincidence?
Zhong Yan hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed: "I have to thank Envoy Wang Xuanfu for his careful cultivation of the teacher's way."
Wang Shao hurriedly said, "No, no, I didn't take care of him much. He rose step by step from an ordinary policeman through his own efforts."
It is impolite not to reciprocate.
Zhe Jizu bowed and said, "Envoy Wang is truly a man of both civil and military talents. Not only has he helped our Song Dynasty expand its frontiers by thousands of miles, but I heard that he has also made Xizhou very prosperous. This really makes us ashamed."
"I dare not! I dare not!"
Wang Shao quickly bowed in return and said, "Generals, please stop making fun of me. If you hadn't put pressure on Xixia on the northern front, Xixia would never have allowed our army to exist in Xihe.
Later, when Xixia recovered, they immediately instigated Zuo Siluo to launch a counterattack against our army, which caused our army to suffer heavy losses. However, Xixia was always afraid of the generals, so they did not dare to send their main force. Otherwise, the border expansion plan would be difficult to succeed.
Therefore, if we talk about the credit, Wang can only take 30% at most, and 70% should belong to the generals. "
After he said this, Zhong Yan, Zhe Jishi, Yao Si and others at least felt a little better.
This is really not a compliment. The reason why Zhong Yan and others were unhappy with Wang Shao and did not recognize his contributions was because they knew that it was because they had tied up the main force of Western Xia that Wang Shao was able to succeed in his speculation. Afterwards, the court gave most of the financial resources to Xihe.
Wang Shao's expedition really caught Western Xia off guard, because the Song Dynasty had not mobilized its main force in the north at that time. With Wang Shao's military strength at that time, it was impossible for him to take such a large piece of territory. At least that's what Western Xia thought. Even if they had to fight, they would have enough time to react.
But Xixia never expected that Wang Shao would play dirty tricks from the start. He instigated the various Tibetan tribes and gathered many tribes. The military strength was replenished instantly, and he swallowed up five states in one go.
Not to mention that Xixia did not react, even the Song Dynasty itself did not react.
After they had flattered each other for a while, Zhang Fei finally spoke up, "Envoy Wang, we came here all because of your memorial. Please don't make me come here in vain."
Wang Shao said modestly: "I am still inexperienced, and I am just throwing out some ideas. I still need the advice of the generals."
Wang Shao flattered people everywhere, and Zhong Yan and the others felt a little embarrassed.
Zhong Yan clasped his fists and said, "We are just warriors. It is difficult for us to fight in the battlefield. For this plan, we can only follow the lead of Envoy Wang Xuanfu!"
Zhe Jishi and Yao Si also clasped their fists, expressing their willingness to accept Wang Shao's command.
But this is just verbal, and we still have to look at the specific plan.
Wang Shao saw that the time was almost right and began to talk about his plan. "In fact, I have been preparing for this day three or four years ago."
Zhong Yan and others looked at each other.
We started planning for this three or four years ago.
It’s deep enough!
But he didn't notice that when Wang Shao spoke, he glanced at Zhang Fei guiltily, and then continued: "After I came to Xihe area, I noticed that Queen Mother Liang and her brother Liang Yimai intended to occupy the magpie's nest, and in Xixia, they played tricks, persecuted loyal officials, and repeatedly provoked wars with our Song Dynasty. This should be very clear to you generals."
Zhong Yan nodded and said, "The Queen Mother Liang is a Han Chinese woman. If she wants to take power in Xixia, her identity will be her biggest obstacle. In order to win the support of the Xixia nobles, she can only become an enemy of our Song Dynasty. If she takes power, the relationship between the two countries will only become more and more tense."
Zhang Fei on the side nodded secretly and thought to himself, so they all understand this, there is really nothing new under the sun!
The fact that Empress Dowager Liang was in power was actually very disadvantageous to the Song Dynasty, because her status determined that she could not be on good terms with the Song Dynasty.
"General Zhong has a point."
Wang Shao nodded, "But this also caused dissatisfaction among many Xixia ministers, especially those ministers and nobles who wanted to make peace with our dynasty, including their young masters.
Although Empress Dowager Liang had sent troops to our dynasty several times, Western Xia could not do without our Song Dynasty in terms of trade, especially their salt. Many conflicts were caused by salt. Since the current Majesty ascended the throne, it has been strictly forbidden for Western Xia salt to enter the country.
At that time, whether it was the nobles who supported Empress Dowager Liang or the nobles who supported their young master, they were all eager to sell salt to the Song Dynasty."
Yao Si suddenly asked, "Is Envoy Wang using this to alienate them?"
Wang Shao nodded and said, "That's right. Xihe was in chaos at the time, so both factions secretly sent people to sell private salt to Xihe. After I stabilized Xihe, I sent people to attack the nobles who supported Queen Mother Liang, and allowed the private salt of the other faction to enter the country."
Zhong Yan suddenly said, "The flood of illegal salt back then was probably released by Envoy Wang Xuanfu."
Zhang Fei suddenly coughed.
Zhong Yan first looked at Zhang Fei in surprise, then realized that the smuggled salt into the country helped Hezhong Prefecture overcome the salt debt crisis, and this salt debt was paid by Zhang Fei, so they all kept silent.
The reason why Zhang Fei hinted to them that this matter actually had nothing to do with Wang Shao was because he was worried that they would follow Wang Shao's example. After all, the benefits involved were enormous and no one could withstand the temptation.
Wang Shao also quickly got back to the point and continued: "After the development of the past few years, the power of those dignitaries who support the young master of Xixia has been greatly strengthened due to trade with Xihe, especially at the border between Xizhou and Xixia.
This year, the Queen Mother Liang was going to return power to the young master, but judging from the current situation, it was impossible for the siblings to return power to the young master easily, so last year, they began to strictly prohibit local merchants from trading with Xizhou.
This not only caused great dissatisfaction among many nobles and ministers in Western Xia, but also caused complaints from many merchants in Xizhou.
Because trade with Xixia was one of the main reasons for Xizhou's prosperity, Queen Mother Liang's actions cut off the financial resources of many Xizhou merchants. I also secretly sent people to fan the flames and put all the blame on Queen Mother Liang and her brother.
Now the time has gradually matured. The young leader faction in their country needs the merchants on the border to resist and create public resentment so that they can put pressure on Empress Dowager Liang in the court and use this incident to force her to hand over power. The merchants in Xizhou also hope to continue to maintain trade with Western Xia.
Therefore, our first step is to provide manpower and support to the merchants in their resistance to the ban of Queen Mother Liang at the border."
Zhong Yan frowned and said, "But this is only on your southern front. There are not many merchants in Suizhou and other places who intend to rebel against Queen Mother Liang."
Wang Shao asked, "Has no Xixia noble contacted the generals recently?"
"That's a bit true." Zhong Yan said embarrassedly.
"That's right."
Wang Shao said: "Many of the merchants in Xixia are backed by their ministers. They cannot personally intervene for the time being, so they can only let the merchants make trouble first, and then they will put pressure on the court. So as long as the southern line is successful, they will definitely get in touch with the generals, make trouble everywhere, and put pressure on Empress Dowager Liang.
We first defend our own borders, and then secretly send soldiers into the country to assist them in the battle.
There is no way out of this situation. Empress Dowager Liang will never tolerate it, because if she compromises, it will be equivalent to returning power to the young master. And the Xixia young master's faction will definitely bite, so we can slowly erode Xixia's territory and consume Xixia's strength. "
Zhong Yan, Zhe Jishi and others looked at each other and thought, what the Grand President said was indeed right, these literati were really cruel!
In fact, this kind of trick is often used by scholars and officials, but they only use it on their own emperors. This time they are going to use it on neighboring countries.
These civil servants are the most clear about this situation.
Zhe Jizu said: "If Empress Dowager Liang orders the army to suppress us, if we don't send out our main forces, I'm afraid we will be unable to resist!"
Wang Shao said: "The border between Xixia and our dynasty is mostly mountainous, which is also the difficulty our army faces when attacking Xixia. If they send a large army, we will run away. After they leave, we will come out to harass them. In short, we must not let them close the trade with Xizhou.
This can also cover up our ambitions. Therefore, when we cooperate with Xixia merchants, we must emphasize that we must ensure smooth trade and keep small-scale operations. Before they completely fall out, if we send a large army to the border, it will make them united.
But as long as they control trade with our dynasty, their influence in the country will only increase, which is something Queen Mother Liang does not want to see."
Zhang Fei said: "Let me add one more thing. Before receiving the order from the emperor, the main force on the western front will focus on defense. Only in this way can we avoid the intervention of the Liao people.
This is a protracted war. If we lose our patience, the initiative will be controlled by the Liao Kingdom, and they can then attack our country and Western Xia at will.
Another point is to prevent you from being impeached by civil servants."
As he spoke, he suddenly said to Wang Shao, "Envoy Wang, I have no intention of offending you."
Wang Shao smiled awkwardly, "I know."
Zhang Fei continued, "You have to remember one thing. The entire court, including the prime minister, knows nothing about this plan, and they will not agree to it. If you act impulsively, even if you go to the military court, it will be very disadvantageous to you, because the emperor and I will distance ourselves from any responsibility."
Several generals were stunned.
Is it that direct?
A swear word silently floated through my mind.
Zhong Yan asked shyly: "What if something unexpected happens?"
Zhang Fei said: "General, you are standing on your own city wall, so there is no chance of any accidents. Xixia has invaded many times, but you have always beaten them back. Just keep this in mind."
Zhe Jizu said cautiously: "But we are going to send troops into Xixia, and we can't hide this from the prefects."
Zhang Fei said: "Don't worry about this. According to the plan, Xixia will invade first. You are just defending. If you do everything according to the plan, the emperor will support you in the court. In addition, the most important thing in this war is intelligence. The Security Department of the Song Dynasty will be fully responsible for intelligence work, so that you can get the most detailed news in Xixia as soon as possible, and there will be very few chances of misjudgment."
Zhong Yan and his men had already witnessed the methods used by the Song Dynasty Security Bureau and were convinced of them.
In fact, the Song Dynasty Security Bureau did not have much connection with the capital on this front. Li Bao was in charge of it all. Before Wang Shao expanded the border, he had already been deeply rooted here.
After understanding the whole plan, Zhong Yan and his men had no choice but to do something else. Even if they were asked to be the commander-in-chief, they did not dare to do so. After all, the emperor had distanced himself from the matter first. If they were not careful, they would become scapegoats. Zhong Yan had been a scapegoat once before and understood the methods of these literati.
We must follow Wang Shao's lead.
You should come.
Therefore, Zhong Yan and others also explained to Wang Shao the specific conditions of Suizhou, Yanzhou, Fuzhou and other places. Wang Shao then made unified arrangements on who to use, how to operate, and how to utilize the economic and institutional advantages of the Song Dynasty.
The few of them talked all night, and by the time Zhong Yan and the others came out of the house, it was already the morning of the next day.
"These scholars talk about morality and justice, but they kill people without spilling blood behind the scenes!"
Yao Si said with lingering fear.
So damn insidious.
Zhong Yan said: "We must be extremely cautious this time. If anything goes wrong, the government and the chief judge will distance themselves from the matter."
Several people nodded in unison.
After completing the deployment in Yanzhou, Zhang Fei and Wang Shao went to Xizhou separately.
After arriving in Xizhou, Zhang Fei no longer hid his identity, but entered Xizhou openly as an inspector.
Since they were here to inspect the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, the first thing they would do was of course to visit the local imperial court. However, when Lu Dajun and Fan Zhen saw Zhang Fei, they kept complaining.
Although Xizhou is very prosperous, the relationship between the imperial court, the procuratorate and Wang Shao is still relatively tense.
For example, smuggling salt and killing the prisoners of war.
Fan Zhen had recorded everything in the account book, so there was no way Wang Shao could get away with it.
However, they don’t have a military court here, so they have no authority to handle these cases, which makes them very depressed.
In the past, the prefects were able to control these military generals, but the public security, procuratorial and judicial departments were relatively powerless.
After listening to their complaints, Zhang Fei pretended to be surprised and said, "The emperor ordered me to come here mainly to reward you two, because the emperor has learned that Xizhou has developed very well and you two have made great contributions. I never thought that you two would have such big complaints."
Fan Zhen said: "It is Wang Shao and his people who often ignore the law, are ambitious and act on their own."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, “Judge Lu may not know, but you, Prosecutor Fan, should know very well how I handled cases when I was the judge in Hezhong Prefecture.”
"Why did the Grand Judge mention this?" Fan Zhen asked curiously.
Zhang Fei said: "I just want to say that Hezhong Prefecture was not without problems at that time. There were still many problems, and some people, I knew that what they did was illegal, but I was not in a hurry to deal with these matters.
This is because the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems are different from the judicial system of thousands of years ago, and are also different from everyone's habits. This requires constant adjustment and cannot be achieved overnight. The public security, procuratorial and judicial systems are not panaceas that will work immediately after taking them.
The situation in Xizhou is even more special, so you two still need more patience."
Fan Zhen said: "We are not impatient, we just want to know how to deal with these problems."
Zhang Fei said: "Report it truthfully."
Fan Zhen said: "We have reported it truthfully, but there has been no reply from above."
Zhang Fei said: "That means the royal court does not intend to hold them accountable."
Fan Zhen asked, "Isn't this considered as covering up?"
Zhang Fei said: "Maybe there is a suspicion of shielding, but it is not shielding Wang Shao, but shielding national interests. Why do we need to set up a military imperial court? In fact, it is to take into account the overall situation and national interests. The Supreme Imperial Court did not give a verdict, either because the Imperial Court believes that what they did is in line with national interests, or because they considered that giving a verdict is not in line with national interests.
In the end, Wang Shao did not oppress the people, engage in corruption and bribery, and certainly did not bend the law for personal gain. This is enough to prove the success of the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems, as well as the contributions of the two of you.
As for foreign affairs and war, you two only need to collect evidence and report to the court. You cannot interfere without authorization, because this involves national security. The court has its own arrangements, and these arrangements are often not approved by the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs. However, you two must also perform the duties of the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, supervise all illegal matters, and then report them truthfully. "
Fan Zhen and Lu Dajun looked at each other. Although they were still a little dissatisfied, since Zhang Fei had already said so, they could only give up.
After all, this kind of matter should be handled by the central government.
This is actually one of the purposes of Zhang Fei's coming here. He is about to take action. There will definitely be many shameful things involved. He must give an explanation to Fan Zhen and the others and take national interests into consideration.
After talking with them, Zhang Fei rushed to Yunzhen Temple, which is the financial hub of Xizhou.
"You little bastard, you tricked me here and left me alone."
When Ma Tianhao saw Zhang Fei, he was surprised and happy, and he started swearing.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I am here to borrow Fourth Brother to go home."
Ma Tian
Hao was stunned and asked, "Take me home?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yes! I also know that Fourth Uncle has suffered a lot over the years. Now the situation here has been settled. If Fourth Uncle wants to go back, he can go back with me."
Ma Tianhao blinked and said, "What do you mean the overall situation has been determined? There are still many problems here."
"For example?"
"For example, the amount of money involved here is not small. If we are not careful, it will be a loss of hundreds of thousands of strings of cash. If I am not here, Master Lu will be unable to handle it alone!"
Zhang Fei smiled without saying anything, looking at him.
Ma Tianhao said unhappily: “I knew I couldn’t hide it from you, kid. Yes, I just like staying here and don’t want to go back to Beijing.”
Zhang Fei asked: "Why?"
Ma Tianhao said: "It's so nice here, we are free and no one cares."
Here, he felt a little bit of the happiness of a capitalist.
Zhang Fei said: "But this place may also become chaotic."
Ma Tianhao said carelessly: "I am not afraid of this. I came from the Third Yamen. I also wanted to serve the court before, but unfortunately I was persecuted by the villains."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "In that case, why not try something exciting?"
Ma Tianhao asked curiously, “What’s exciting?”
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "It's just a war for businessmen."
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