Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 297 History is sometimes strange
This matter will take a long time to develop, so Pei Yuan is not in a hurry.

According to history, both parties should have resolved the Liang Ci's murder case through compromise.

The main culprit, Liang Cifu, was on a temporary assignment for training.

Accomplices will be sentenced to death by slicing.

The executor was convicted of treason.

The deceased was in a stable mood.

Five years later, Wang Zhen, the Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief, who was known for his toughness and outspokenness, heard that Master Liang had returned from prison. He was overjoyed and immediately presented a poem to encourage him to forget the heavy responsibility of killing his entire family and return to serve his hometown in Guangdong.

The title of the poem is "Farewell to Liang Ci De, Please Return to Serve the Country", and the full content of the poem is as follows.

"A letter sealed with a petition to the pupils, thousands of miles away in the hope of winning a hundred battles. Young heroes are brave and courageous, and they are training their soldiers in their spare time. A famous horse gallops lightly on a steep slope, and a colorful swan stays in a short shed on the Yangtze River. What can be accomplished by the calculation of the lead and the tablet? This journey is worthy of the family tradition."

The attached "History of Ming Dynasty" summarizes Wang Zhen and others as follows: "He is upright and unique, outstanding and admirable. He is a noble official in the Southern Capital, and he is comparable to his predecessors. Isn't he a virtuous man?"

Well, history is weird sometimes.

Pei Yuan has temporarily locked on two targets, but he has no idea how to subdue them.

Now we can only wait for Yun Buxian to open the box and see who these two people are.

Seeing that Pei Yuan was about to leave, Yun Weilin took the initiative to say, "I used to work at the Da Ci'en Temple, and I was lucky enough to know a few eminent monks. If the captain wants to meet them, I can help to connect them."

Pei Yuan was not interested in this.

After the last conversation with Zhu Houzhao, Pei Yuan already understood how Zhu Houzhao viewed Buddhism.

Since the leader's attitude was mediocre, Pei Yuan was too lazy to join in the fun.

"That's all, let's talk about it later."

Pei Yuan added, "Since you are here, go meet Cheng Zhihu and see if he has any inconvenience in Da Ci'en Temple. If there are any monks who are disobedient, don't worry about who they are, just report the list to me."

Yun Weilin's heart trembled.

Pei Yuan seemed to ask Yun Weilin to take care of Cheng Zhihu, but in fact he asked Yun Weilin to convey a message to Da Ci'en Temple, asking them to be honest.

If they relied on the connections behind them to act unruly, Pei Yuan would be ready to take action against them.

Yun Weilin didn't know where Pei Yuan got his confidence from, but since he dared to say that, it was obvious that he had something to rely on.

Yun Weilin quickly responded and stood up to say goodbye.

When he turned around, he was already worried.

Pei Yuan's words were impolite, but what the final result would be was a test for Yun Weilin.

If Da Ci'en Temple and Qianhu Suo broke up immediately, Pei Yuan would definitely think that Yun Weilin was taking the opportunity to cause trouble and use Buddhism to gain respect.

If this trip can ease the relationship between the two parties and allow Cheng Zhihu to take over smoothly, then Pei Yuan will think that Yun Weilin has no bad intentions and is capable.

Yun Weilin had been in the Da Ci'en Temple for many years, and he did have the idea of ​​using Buddhism as a backer to make Qianhu Suo cautious.

However, if this kind of thing is a tacit understanding between both parties behind the scenes, there will be more room for maneuver.

But now Pei Yuan showed up directly and asked Yun Weilin for the stability of Da Ci'en Temple as a token of his allegiance, which made Yun Weilin very uncomfortable.

Yun Weilin sighed. Until he entered the gate of Da Ci'en Temple, he was still hesitating about what to do.
If a confrontation between the two sides is provoked, Yun Weilin has a great chance of winning, considering the huge influence of Da Ci'en Temple and the gradual decline of Qianhu Suo.

Even if he failed, with the promise of winning over by the Northern Pacification Office, he could also try to go to the Northern Pacification Office and set up another thousand-household unit.

But Pei Yuan came with such force, how could he let his first attack fail?
In the following days, Pei Yuan was busy with his own family while paying attention to the affairs of the Qianhu Suo.

Shi Yong, the commander of the Xuzhou Left Guard, who had always had an unclear attitude, showed a slight change in his reply after Ding Hong took a tough stance.

Especially after Shi Yong heard that the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Preparation for Japanese Aggression was demoted and the commander-in-chief of the Shandong Preparation for Japanese Aggression was transferred to Zhejiang, he couldn't help but feel excited.

But the reply was still vague and no promise was given.

Pei Yuan couldn't wait any longer, so he said to Ding Hong, "I will let Xiao Yan fulfill his promise, give you credit for the victory in Yanggu, and transfer you to the post of Commander of the Left Guard of Xuzhou. Send a letter to that guy Shi Yong by express horse, and tell him to get out of here immediately."

"You can tell him that you will lead the troops to take office when the time comes. You can kill as many of his trusted aides as he leaves behind."

Pei Yuan finished speaking and gave Ding Hong a fierce look, "I would rather kill as many people as possible from the Xuzhou Zuowei, than let them know what the surname of the Xuzhou Zuowei is."

Ding Hong was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

How could he not understand what Pei Yuan meant by those words? A small part of them were directed at Shi Yong, but a large part were directed at him.

Ding Hong had completely abandoned any extra thoughts at this moment, and said firmly, "The Xuzhou Zuowei must be surnamed Pei. Anyone who dares to oppose it will be killed by me!"

Pei Yuan nodded, "At least you are worry-free. Take your people south as soon as possible. I will give you one and a half months."

"I will ask Eunuch Lu, the commander-in-chief of military affairs, to keep an eye on Xuzhou and be ready to quell the rebellion at any time."

"If Shi Yong doesn't know how to appreciate my kindness, you can kill him and vent my anger. When Eunuch Lu completely suppresses Xuzhou Zuowei, I will try to let Commander Guo of Xuzhou Zuowei clean up the mess and let you be the commander of Xuzhou Wei."

"You are familiar with Xuzhou Guard, right?" Ding Hong didn't dare to say anything about Commander Guo's importance to him at this moment. He just nodded and said, "I will do whatever the captain orders!"

"Well." Seeing that Pei Yuan's anger had subsided, Ding Hong asked cautiously, "Then should we still do what we used to do when we reprimanded him with official documents?"

Pei Yuan also remembered this.

When Pei Yuan asked Ding Hong to intimidate him, he said that the court would soon issue three edicts to him, one was to reprimand him, one was to suspend him from his post, and one was to confiscate his property, so he should wait.

Pei Yuan slammed the table and said, "Of course! I will send a letter to the Nanjing Ministry of War."

After thinking about it, I felt that I could add more value. It seemed that the Xuzhou Zuowei was also under the jurisdiction of the Central Army Commander-in-Chief's Office.

Now Xiao Yan is eager to erase from the program the Xuzhou soldiers that participated in the Battle of Yanggu, leaving the two uncles of the Xiao family without any loopholes. Now he is eagerly waiting to quickly put the remaining Xuzhou soldiers into the vests of Xuzhou Zuowei.

Pei Yuan called Chen Toutie and asked, "Do you know where Xiao Yan lives?"

Chen Tou Tie said, "I don't know, but I can go to the Central Military Governor's Office to take a look."

Pei Yuan gave him an approving look, and then ordered, "Let Xiao Yan scold him harshly. The harsher the better. Then let Xiao Yan quickly commend Ding Hong for his merits and directly let him take up the post of Xuzhou Zuowei. You might as well tell him that I have made preparations to suppress the rebellion of Xuzhou Zuowei, so he should not have any worries."

Pei Yuan quickly sorted out the affairs of Xuzhou Zuowei, and Nanjing also urgently sent a number of vacant vacancies. Along with the vacant vacancies came the highly capable inspector general He Ru, whom Pei Yuan had been looking forward to for a long time.

Of course, He Ru has become history, and his current identity is Kong Xu, a sixth-rank pacifier of the Suppressing Evil Thousand Households.

Kong Xu was grateful to Captain Pei for appreciating him, but he was also very clear about what fate he would face in the future.

The He Ru of the past is dead, and everything about him is on the few pieces of paper in Pei Yuan's hands.

As long as Pei Yuan took back those pieces of paper, Kong Xu would disappear from the world as if he had never existed.

But Pei Yuan also said it very clearly. As long as He Ru could work seriously, there would be a day when he would be set free, and at that time he would at least be guaranteed a future as a fourth-rank prefect.

The reason why He Ru dared to take such a bold gamble was because he was a person who could not bear to be lonely.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to exercise his subjective initiative as a minor official of the imperial court to recruit a large number of Portuguese barbarians and obtain a Portuguese centipede ship from them.

The court promoted He Ru from the ninth rank to the ninth rank because of his hard-earned achievements.

And Captain Pei, simply because he had heard of his abilities, directly appointed him to fill the vacant position of a sixth-rank pacification officer.

So, when He Ru received Pei Yuan's letter, he immediately understood who he should sell his life to.

Pei Yuan paid attention to He Ru's practical ability and treated him with great respect.

Afterwards, he arranged for He Ru to work in the wing of his official office in Zhihua Temple.

The first task He Ru had to do was to re-assign the Xuzhou soldiers to the more than 200 vacancies in the Jinyiwei.

He Ru regained his identity through this set of procedures, so he was naturally familiar with the operation.

As for the Xuzhou soldiers, it is also easy to explain.

Chen Toutie told the 200 Xuzhou soldiers that they would be allowed to fill vacancies in the Jinyiwei in the future, which was immediately met with thunderous applause.

You know, even these elite troops of Xuzhou Guards mainly focus on repairing and building ships every day.

Apart from being able to have enough food to eat, their status has almost fallen to the level of a craftsman.

The Jinyiwei was the garrison at the top of the contempt chain in the entire system of officers and soldiers.

As long as they can be given the identity of Jinyiwei, what do they care about the headroom?

With the high degree of cooperation from those Xuzhou guards, He Ru methodically changed the identities of those Xuzhou guards and made them regular soldiers of the Nanjing Jinyiwei Zhenxie Qianhu Suo.

Pei Yuan also promised again that their families would be taken care of by the Xuzhou Zuowei nearby.

If one has made great contributions and received great rewards, he can also bring his parents, wife and children to live in the capital.

Xiao Yan also does his job very efficiently.

Because it involved the titles of two earls of his own family, Xiao Yan, the Left General of the Central Army and the head of the Ming Dynasty's military men, personally took Chen Toutie to complete the formalities.

This was the condition that Gu Dayong and Xiao Yan had agreed upon with Pei Yuan, and a lot of work had already been done in advance.

After the whole process was completed, Chen Toutie got the official document promoting Ding Hong to the commander of the left guard of Xuzhou. The official document for his promotion to the commander of the Shandong Anti-Japanese War Department would also be sent out quickly through the military post.

After that, it was used when writing official documents to reprimand.

Xiao Yan was promoted thanks to Xiao Jing's favor. He had no background and not much experience in writing official documents.

Considering that there are some shameful secrets involved in this matter, Xiao Yan can only do it himself.

He and Chen Toutie were having a heated discussion while writing letters to scold Shi Yong.

By the time the document was finished, both of them felt that the other was a dirty person.

Disgusting, tut!
(End of this chapter)