Qiming 1158

Chapter 1024: Fire Dragon Burning Warehouse
Wang Yan is also a famous general in the Chuan-Shu Theater. Like Wu Lin and Yao Zhong, he is one of the three major generals in the Chuan-Shu Theater. He has made many military exploits.

If he takes over Yao Zhong's position, the Xiangyang army, which is mainly composed of the Sichuan and Shu army, will not make any waves, and the military's heart will be quickly stabilized.

In addition, after Wang Yan left, although Wu Lin was the only one of the three generals in the Chuan-Shu War Zone, because of Wu Lin's prestige in the Chuan-Shu region, it was entirely possible to lead the remaining army.

So from the current point of view, this is the best solution that the Southern Song Dynasty can achieve.

Although some people in the Privy Council thought that it was inappropriate for Wu Lin to command so many troops by himself, and Wu Lin's military power should be restrained, but at this point, Zhao Tan couldn't help thinking too much.

Therefore, Zhao Tan appointed Wu Lin as Sichuan Xuanfu envoy to temporarily command the Song army in the entire northern Sichuan area to solve the problem of commanding and defense of the Song army in the Sichuan and Shu area.

After this matter was resolved, Zhao Tan could finally order the Privy Council to prepare for the fourth crusade against Jiangnan West Road.

When the problem between Yao Zhong and Song Chen is clarified, the war can be started.

This time, no matter what, the peasant army on Jiangnan West Road will be completely wiped out.

In order to rush to Ezhou as soon as possible to deal with the civil and military disputes, Zhou Linzhi took a bus during the day, a boat at night, and traveled day and night, and finally arrived in Ezhou in early March in the fifth year of Hongwu and the fourth year of Longxing.

After arriving in Ezhou, Zhou Linzhi was welcomed by the local officials. Song Chen led Ezhou officials of all sizes to welcome Zhou Linzhi, wash the dust for him, and put on a banquet.

Zhou Linzhi came with the mission, didn't drink much, ate something to fill his stomach, and began to ask about the specific situation.

At this moment, Song Chen had already arranged everything in Ezhou, and was waiting for Zhou Lin to come to inquire about the situation, so he told Zhou Linzhi what was written in the playlist, and then took out the account book. Take Zhou Linzhi to the warehouse to check.

When Zhou Linzhi came, he brought a group of planners. The planners were ordered to check the account books and count the warehouse to prove that Song Chen was not lying.

Two days later, the inspection work was completed, and the specific amount was correct, but there was indeed a big problem in quality.

"Yao Zhong accuses you of colluding with the bandit army, selling it with good quality, and giving it to the army with bad quality. Is there such a thing?"

Zhou Linzhi was very unhappy when he looked at the inferior ordnance whose quality was indescribable.

Song Chen looked depressed.

"Xianggong, Xiaguan swears to the sky, these are the things that Xiaguan got his hands on. They haven't touched it at all. The quality problem of the court's ordnance has not been a day or two. You must have heard of it, right?"

This is also true. Zhou Linzhi has indeed heard about the quality of the ordnance produced by the official workshops of the imperial court. There are not many good products and many defective products. The army has long complained.

Not to mention the local army, even the new army outside Lin'an City has encountered such a thing. It can only be said that some people are too dark and too cruel.

In this regard, Zhou Linzhi has no better way, because his own hands are not clean, but he has not done anything about military spending.

"In that case, what Yao Zhong said is false?"

Zhou Linzhi looked at Song Chen.

Song Chen had a bitter look on his face, and did not forget to put eye drops on Yao Zhong.

"Does this need to be said? Everything you see with your eyes can't be fake, right? Yao Zhong is arrogant and domineering. He doesn't see any civil servants like us. He often talks about military merit obtained by fighting on the battlefield. How could he lose to you and other Jinshi, and he can say such arrogant words, which shows that this person is not a good person."

Zhou Linzhi had nothing to say and nodded, already believing Song Chen's words by [-]-[-]% in his heart.

But the matter was not over. After checking the problems in Ezhou, Zhou Linzhi set off for Xiangyang, ready to meet Yao Zhong and ask him about the situation on his side.

Although he is not familiar with Yao Zhong, this matter is of great importance, and it is related to the future and official position of a general, which should not be underestimated.

Moreover, Zhou Linzhi did not think that Yao Zhong would collude with the Ming Kingdom secretly.

When the difficulties of the Southern Song Dynasty were like that, Yao Zhong also insisted on fighting against the Jin Army and protecting Sichuan and Shu. How could he flirt with the Ming Kingdom at such a time?
He couldn't figure it out.

But it turns out that sometimes things that don't make sense don't need to be thought about, and a reasonable explanation will naturally pop up.

The night before Zhou Linzhi arrived in Xiangyang, three of the five large warehouses where Yao Zhong stored his ordnance were on fire.

The fire was raging, and it was out of control. When the people in the army found it, the fire could no longer be contained.

Yao Zhong was already asleep at that time, and when he woke up rubbing his eyes, the fire had engulfed most of the three warehouses.

Looking at the three burning warehouses, Yao Zhong was a little stunned at first, but he immediately realized that the three warehouses were all those inferior ordnance, and most of the inferior ordnance were in these three warehouses. in a warehouse.

This was his important weapon against Song Chen.

But now...

These defective products are gone, they have all been burned, I don't know what happened, I don't know if it was a natural fire or arson.

Of course it doesn't matter, what matters is that they caught fire, were burned, and ceased to exist.

Yao Zhong stayed on the spot, and after a long, long time, he remembered that this was already a situation for himself.

It doesn't matter who burned this, what matters is what Zhou Linzhi, who is about to arrive here, thinks.

Zhou Linzhi thought it was very important to him who burned it.

And how does Zhou Linzhi think who burned the three warehouses under his complete control?
The answer is obvious.

So when Zhou Linzhi saw the three piles of burnt waste that were still smoking black, he was very shocked, and looked at Yao Zhong, who had a bitter face and couldn't say it, in disbelief.

"Yao Tongzhi, is this?"

"Xianggong, I really didn't do this, and I don't know what happened. It burned down last night. All the defective ordnance that was pulled from Ezhou before was stored here, and I'm going to show it to you. Yes, so..."

"No more."

Zhou Linzhi shook his head and said, "I don't want to say more about merits and demerits, but Yao Tongzhi, these warehouses are under your control, you can do whatever you want. Besides you, who else is there? Do you have the patience?"

Yao Zhong really felt the feeling of being dumb eating Huanglian. He wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to explain the best.

With Zhou Linzhi's conviction, his order was also conveyed in place.

He was relieved of the command of the general army of Xiangyang Prefecture and the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture, and will be escorted to Lin'an as a guilt, after careful examination and inquiries.

The newly appointed Xiangyang Prefecture Grand Army Commander and Xiangyang Prefect is his old comrade-in-arms Wang Yan.

(End of this chapter)