Chapter 258: Up and down! (Here we come!)

Author: The Cat on the Wall 1

Chapter 258: Up and down! (Here we come!)

Di Qing went to Guangnan West Road to suppress the bandits, but Zhang Heng was based in Guangzhou, working with Bao Zheng on post-disaster reconstruction and other matters.

Bao Zheng deeply hated the dilapidated scene after Nong Zhigao's death. Although Zhang Heng felt a little regretful, he took it calmly.

Bao Zheng was a little surprised at this and said: "Ju Zheng, this is the Guangnan East Road that you built with your own hands. Now it has been destroyed by bandits. Aren't you sad?"

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "It's sad for sure, but overall, the damage to the people is not too great. This is already a great good thing. If industries and commerce are destroyed, just rebuild them again.

As long as people are here, there's nothing special about it."

Bao Zheng just sighed when he heard this. The truth is this, but if he really encounters it, he can only admit that he is unlucky.

Zhang Heng believes that post-disaster reconstruction is not just about repairing city walls, revitalizing industry and commerce, and resuming foreign trade, but the most critical thing is to rectify the officialdom.

This time Nong Zhigao attacked, many prefecture and county governors, supervisors, etc., except for some who dared to defend the city against Nong Zhigao, the rest all fled.

Of course, they also have good reasons. Most of the prefectures and counties on Guangnan East Road have no city defenses, so there is no other way but to abandon the city and flee.

But this is not a good reason. If they really want to run away, they must at least evacuate the people in time and deploy the army in time. It doesn't matter how long they can stop them. But they only care about their own escape and leave the people in the city to Nong Zhigao.

, If Nong Zhigao had not had plans for Guangnan East Road and was unwilling to kill ordinary people, then the number of people who might have died on Guangnan East Road would not have been thousands.

Therefore, officials who have abandoned the city and fled in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas must be dealt with strictly!

If Di Qing was still serving as the Xuanfu envoy, he might neglect holding these officials accountable for the sake of military victory, but Zhang Heng is not Di Qing.

After all, Di Qing was a military commander. If he held civilian officials accountable, he would get into a lot of trouble. But he, Zhang Heng, was a civilian official, and he was the envoy to propagate Guangdong and Guangxi. He was considered a powerful civil and military officer. If he didn't take the opportunity to hold people accountable at this time, what would happen?

When is the time to hold people accountable?

This time Zhao Zhen asked Zhang Heng to come to the Guangdong and Guangxi areas to quell the chaos. The mission he gave him was the so-called Xuanfu envoy.

The power of this dispatch is very great.

The so-called Xuanfu means that after a major disaster occurs, the imperial court promptly sends officials to comfort and maintain stability in the disaster-stricken areas. In order to maintain stability, what the Xuanfu envoys do is to stabilize the place in a timely manner. As for what means are used during the period, it is up to them.

It's secondary, the most important thing is maintaining stability.

Therefore, this Xuanfu envoy can not only manage the army, but also manage the government. Not only can he organize and participate in wars against neighboring ethnic governments, maintain military order, quell mutiny and rebellion, but he can also provide local disaster relief, reclaim farmland, build water conservancy and other civil affairs fields.

Important participation rights were also maintained.

At the same time, Xuanfu's complete control over local financial power further enhanced his military and political strength, making him a de facto local leader.

In fact, the full name of Zhang Heng's Xuanfu envoy is Xuanfu envoy, which means the word "dispose" is added after "Xuanfu". This shows that the Xuanfu envoy at that time also had the personnel power to deal with officials.

Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, this mission was easily not granted. If Nong Zhigao had not wreaked havoc in Guangdong and Guangxi this time, Zhao Zhen would not have given this important weapon to Zhang Heng.

You have the right to use it and it will become invalid upon expiration.

Since Zhang Heng has obtained this power, he naturally wants to use it, and there is no psychological burden or political side effects in using it, because the officials to be dealt with have all made mistakes.

Zhang Heng began to make drastic adjustments.

In the ninth month of Guichou, Nong's army entered Hengzhou Zhizhou, downstream of Yongzhou. Zhang Zhong, the prime minister in the palace, returned and took him into custody. He abandoned the city and left the city.

Zhang Heng ordered people to detain Zhang Zhonghui, the magistrate of Hengzhou, and serve the officials and kings in the east. He removed their dispatches and ordered the general magistrate of Hengzhou to take over the affairs of the state.

On Bingchen in October, the Nong army invaded Guizhou and Zhizhou, and Secretary Cheng Li Ju fled without a fight.

Zhang Heng ordered people to detain Li Ju, the magistrate of Guizhou, and the general magistrate of Guizhou took over;

In October of Gengshen, Nong Zhigao led his army into Gongzhou, Zhizhou, and Zhang Xu, the prime minister in the palace, abandoned the city and fled. The next day, Nong's army entered Tengzhou, Zhizhou, and Prince Li Zhi fled away.

Zhang Heng arrested Zhang Xu and Li Zhi in accordance with the law, and then served as general magistrate and magistrate in accordance with the law;

Subsequently, the Nong army easily occupied Wuzhou and Zhizhou. Secretary Cheng Jiangbo refused to resist and abandoned the city to escape.

In Guihai, the Nong army entered Duanzhou, and the prefect Ding Baochen was so frightened that he fled for his life in panic regardless of the city...

Ding Baochen also refused to tolerate Jiang Zi, arrested them all, and ordered him to take charge of state affairs.

At the same time, Zhang Heng listed the crimes of these people one by one, wrote them in a memorial and sent it to the capital. All the crimes of these people were implemented by Zhang Heng, and their future was over!

These are just things that can be seen. Zhang Heng only exercises power in accordance with the law. This is the power of the Xuanfu envoy for internal management.

That is to say, during the execution of internal administrative tasks, the Xuanfu envoys had the right to depose, appoint, remove, and promote the bureaucrats within their jurisdiction. They could request the court to appoint or promote someone by stating their subordinates' merits and achievements to the court.

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At the same time, the Xuanfu envoy also investigated the misdeeds and dereliction of duties of other officials and reported them to the court.

And Zhang Heng also used his strength in very subtle places, places that others couldn't see.

Zhang Heng mobilized many of the subordinate officials he had previously recruited on Guangnan East Road to serve in the states and counties on Guangnan West Road, and they were very critical six-room subordinate officials, so as to truly control these states and counties.

This is Zhang Heng's true purpose.

Nong Zhigao was just a clown, and Zhang Heng didn't care about such a small amount of credit. Whether he was promoted to participate in political affairs, or to be a privy councilor, or even to become a disciple of Zhongshu, he was just a matter of time.

He didn't doubt that he couldn't get to those positions, but what he wanted was to actually master some places.

While Zhang Heng was working hard, Di Qing's results were constantly reported back.

When Di Qing set out from Guangzhou, Nong Zhigao had already reoccupied Yongzhou to fight against the Song army. This decision was a wise one.

Before Zhao Zhen appointed Zhang Heng as the Xuanfu envoy, Zhao Zhen had already sent Yang Tian, ​​Sun Mian, and Yu Jing to lead the army to attack the rebels. This was due to the lack of ability of these people, so the Song army had no results for a long time.

But although these people couldn't defeat Nong Zhigao, they put a lot of pressure on Nong Zhigao.

Nong Zhigao fought many battles with the officers and soldiers led by Yang Tian, ​​Sun Mian, Yu Jing and others. Although Nong Zhigao rarely suffered losses, the strength of the Song army made him clearly realize that if he was still on Guangnan East Road,

If he is entangled with the Song army, he will never be able to compete with the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, after a secret discussion with Huang Shimi and others, he resolutely made the important decision to return to Yongzhou.

In fact, Nong Zhigao's decision was indeed a very wise one. Yongzhou is very close to Guangyuan Prefecture where Nong Zhigao started his career, so he can draw on all his original strength. It is a place where he can attack, retreat and defend in order to advance.

So even Di Qing is very cautious.

Before Di Qing arrived at the front line, his military orders had been conveyed to all the troops, telling them not to engage in battle with the rebels rashly, but to obey his unified command.

However, there are always some idiots who want to take credit.

Chen Shu, the governor of Guangxi, took advantage of the fact that Di Qing had not yet arrived and led eight thousand infantry to attack the rebels. They were defeated at Kunlun Pass and Yuan Yong and others fled.

Di Qing reported the matter to Zhang Heng in a military letter, saying that the different orders in the army were the reason for the army's failure. The general will have to reorganize the army to achieve unified command, so some extraordinary measures will be taken. If there is any accountability at that time, Zhang Heng will

My husband can blame these crimes on him.

Zhang Heng heard Di Qing's heart and couldn't help but shake his head. Di Qing was really ruthless in his actions. He was worthy of being a fierce general who stood up to join the army and climbed out from the pile of dead people.

The next day, Zhang Heng heard that Di Qing had gathered all the generals in the hall in the morning, arrested Chen Shu, the commander-in-chief, and called in thirty people including Yuan Yong, the commander-in-chief. They were pushed out of the army gate and beheaded on the charge of fleeing after defeat.

Later, Sun Mian and Yu Jing wrote to Zhang Heng to complain, saying that Di Qing killed the general without authorization and asked Zhang Heng to deal with Di Qing.

After Zhang Heng saw these letters, he wrote a letter with a smile and sent it to the front line by military mail.

Di Qing's army was stationed in Pennsylvania. He killed Chen Shu and others, which indeed shocked the generals. However, Di Qing also knew in his heart that after the war was over, there might be matters of settling accounts between the Autumn Queen. These were nothing more, but he

But he still felt a little uneasy in his heart, because now his immediate boss was Zhang Heng.

Regarding Zhang Heng's affairs, Di Qing went to find people to inquire a lot after returning to Bianjing from the northwest. This inquiry made him frightened, fearful and respectful of Zhang Heng.

What scares Zhang Heng is Zhang Heng's methods, and what he admires is Zhang Heng's righteousness for the country and the people. Of course, there are also Zhang Heng's methods.

Di Qing could only admire him as a simple good man, but he was far from frightened. However, Zhang Heng's methods made even Di Qing feel frightened.

Although Di Qing did not know what happened in the Jiangnan case and the Haizhou case, a large number of officials were dismissed, and even high-ranking officials at the political level were demoted because of this. We can imagine what Zhang Heng's methods were.

Di Qing was under the direct leadership of Zhang Heng this time. He killed Chen Shu and others, of course for victory, but he did so without asking Zhang Heng's opinion. If Zhang Heng was dissatisfied with his approach, Zhang Heng would

With Heng's methods, there are a hundred ways to torment Di Qing!

"Di Shuai, a letter from Zhang Shuai." General Pi came in with the letter.

Di Qing quickly opened the letter and read it at a glance, with a smile on his face.

General Pi saw this and asked quickly: "Shuai Di, is this a good thing?"

Di Qing glanced at General Pi and said, "Good thing."

He casually gave the letter to General Pi, who looked at the letter and said with some surprise: "Mr. Zhang actually took over all this matter? This is totally unnecessary. You did this, he just

As long as you need to know, you don’t have to take it upon yourself, right?"

Di Qing glanced at the general. If this general was not his son, he would have to give him a slap in the face.

But Di Qing did not give Di Shen a serious blow, but sighed: "You don't understand. Zhang Xianggong is the real prime minister. He will not only take the credit of his subordinates but not help them to take care of things. This

He is an officer who can be followed!

If I, my father, die for my country in the future, you brothers can get closer to Xianggong Zhang. For the sake of being a father, he will definitely take more care of you, you know?"

Di Zhen nodded quickly: "Yes, father, father, what should we do next?"

Di Qing said: "Let us repair for ten days first, reorganize the army, and unify the orders. Otherwise, if we fight the enemy with such morale, we will only betray Zhang Xianggong's trust."

After Zhang Heng sent the letter, he no longer cared about the things ahead, but was worried about the next thing.
To be continued...