Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 139 Mutual Restraint
Tongling County and Qingyang County continued to lower their heads with weird expressions and said nothing.

Huang Wenbing, who became famous for finding faults in others, squinted his eyes and stared at Tongling County and Qingyang County. The first thing he thought of was: these two people must have a major interest relationship in the privately owned copper mine occupied by bandits!

In fact, I think so because Huang Wenbing is also in power, and the administrative district of Wuweijun is next door, only across a river, and it is also a mining area.Huang Wenbing knows better than anyone else that as long as the consul acts, not only can the gangs and bandits be eradicated, but they can be greatly suppressed.

On the other hand, as a copper mine-intensive area, it is logically impossible for Chizhou cottages to be so large that they cannot fail without the support of the consul.

Huang Wenbing felt that this was caused by interests. If the copper mine was in the hands of the government, once it entered the list, it would become the interests of Cai You and the court.If it is in the hands of local gangs and bandits, then without breaking the balance, there is a high probability that it will become the interests of local officials such as the chief book and county lieutenant, and it is very likely that the county magistrate will be involved, at least follow the trend.

Since he was afraid, or implicated in his interests, Huang Wenbing observed the expressions of Qingyang County and Tongling County, and it was obvious that they basically became the anti-war faction in this bureau.

It doesn't matter if they are good or bad people, because it will affect the interests of their rule.

Obviously, if chaos breaks out, the city may be able to defend it, but if the main strongholds cannot be wiped out in a short time, the counties with almost no defense capabilities will be in dire straits.Therefore, whether these external magistrates were afraid of death or trouble, were greedy for money, or felt sorry for the people under their rule, it was almost inevitable that they would oppose the war.

Seeing Wang Qilong, the magistrate of Tongling County, who was silent, pondering this, Huang Wenbing sneered. From the bottom of his heart, since the Wuwei Army has come, it is not so easy to leave, and they are here to fight.As for the interests of Chizhou and the life and death of the people, Huang Wenbing didn't care much, or his concern was limited.

What Huang Wenbing valued was the concept of "government strangling thieves", and more importantly, the political and career interests brought about by this matter, as well as the financial interests that Zhang Shuye was most concerned about.

In this case, it was necessary to find someone with common interests on this occasion, so Huang Tongpan smiled half-heartedly and looked at Supervisor Yongfeng (President of Chizhou Branch of the Central Bank, directly under the supervision of Zhang Shuye).

The director of Yongfeng Supervisor seemed very embarrassed and did not want to offend Cai You, but Cai You was not his immediate boss, which politically meant that it was not Cai You who was responsible for Chizhou's failure to complete the task of making money, but himself.

Worried about gains and losses, Supervisor Chen felt very embarrassed, clasped his fists with sweat on his forehead, and said: "Mr. Zhizhou, Mr. Judgment, the copper mines in the hands of the government are tending to be exhausted. Since the Mid-Autumn Festival, my supervisor has basically ceased fire and slowed down work." , Seeing that this year's money administration tasks cannot be completed, which will affect all government measures related to finances next year, I really feel like I am walking on thin ice. This bandit... I am afraid that he is really going to be hanged?"

"Supervisor Chen is right."

Huang Wenbing didn't look at Cai You, but twitched his beard and looked at Zhao Cheng, with a slightly impatient tone: "How does Guichi county captain view the current situation?"

Zhao Cheng said with a strange expression, "There is room for the lower officials to speak?"

Huang Wenbing thought about it. I heard that you are cowardly and anti-war. Do you think I want to give you a chance to speak?If it weren't for the fact that you are a county lieutenant and a celebrity under Cai You's command, how could you waste your time.

Huang Wenbing glanced at Dong Ping again.

Dong Ping understood, and immediately answered, "I have heard that Mr. Zhao is familiar with bandits and has many contacts. I think that asking him such questions at this moment is not only useless, but also not good for the government."

Huang Wenbing smiled secretly in his heart, but pretended to be shocked and looked at Zhao Cheng.

Cai You narrowed his eyes and stared at Dong Ping, "So this Chizhou depends entirely on you, Dong Ping, to identify the loyal and the traitor? So, where do you put the Chizhou guard appointed by the emperor in this state?"

Everyone lowered their heads, Zhao Cheng also looked at Dong Ping curiously.

Only then did Dong Ping change his expression slightly, "The last general dare not..."

Cai You wanted to continue to reprimand Dong Ping, but Huang Wenbing intervened ahead of time, scolding Dong Ping, "Xiao Xiaowu must be cautious when speaking here, you already have the suspicion of 'sue civil officials', otherwise Mr. Cai will be at odds with you." You care about it, but this official will not spare you."

"The last will obey."

After Dong Ping dodged easily, he looked at Zhao Cheng complacently and said, "My lord, forgive me, Dong made a slip of the tongue."

Zhao Cheng hesitated for a while and said, "It's okay, I have encountered too many criticisms, just be happy. Looking at the general's strategy of sending troops, Xiao Zhao was shocked. The future of Chizhou, the future of the country, will be It all depends on a brave man like the general."

Huang Wenbing was stunned for a moment. What he paid attention to was not Zhao Cheng's sarcasm, but that he, who was always cautious and careful, became curious and looked at Zhao Cheng while twirling his beard.

Cai You didn't think too much about military affairs, but looked at Zhao Cheng with satisfaction and nodded frequently.

"What is the purpose of Mr. Zhao's words?"

Dong Ping looked at Zhao Cheng lazily and contemptuously.

All eyes were focused on Zhao Cheng. Anyway, whether it was taking over the host or overpowering the host, someone would always make a fool of himself in such matters.

The inside story is that after the Wuwei Army entered Chizhou, Guichi County Lieutenant Zhao Cheng had communicated with the state government and arranged a large area of ​​open space around the satellite city of Yongfeng Prison as temporary barracks. He also wrote a letter of advice to Huang Wenbing, suggesting that the Wuwei Army be stationed in the important place Yongfeng. Supervisor, to follow up a certain action.

You can also think with your toes that the Wuwei Army who entered Chizhou during this special period will naturally not trust people from Chizhou.Dong Ping, who claims to be proficient in formations and brave, believes that the excessive contraction of the forbidden army in the city will not only appear cowardly and unable to achieve a deterrent effect, but will also be excessively restrained and harassed by Chizhou bureaucrats.

Also because Dong Ping received a private letter from the big celebrity Wang Fu to provoke him, he felt even more disgusted and hated Zhao Cheng.

However, "Guichi County Cloth Army Policy" was obviously written by Zhao Cheng, so Dong Pingzhi ignored it and suggested that Huang Wenbing, a scholar who did not understand military affairs, deploy the thousand imperial cavalry between Guichi County, Qingyang County, and Tongling County. On the high hills of the rivers and mountains in the triangle area.

The characteristic is that Xishan Gaogang is very close to Wang Xiubu's Ganoderma lucidum cottage. They are both on high places, and they can look at each other from a distance. They can also win the reputation of not being afraid of bandits and supporting Wang Xiu.

Huang Wenbing didn't trust the people from the Chizhou faction after weighing it up, and he didn't want to "trash" the only elite in Chizhou in Yongfeng prison according to the Chizhou bureaucrat's thinking.

In addition, the deployment of Xishangang has another purpose. If the Chizhou pre-war meeting reaches a decision, Cai You only needs to officially declare Chizhou's "emergency", then the troops can be deployed quickly. Forced to climb Ganoderma lucidum mountain to trap Wang Xiubu to death.

These are the speculations and games that have been waged before the people of the two lines have "joined forces". The bureaucrats present here are all old foxes, so of course they are aware of this.

To put it simply, at the beginning of Cai Jing's return to prime minister, the court politics is relatively inconsistent, and Lao Cai is a little impatient with the slow actions of his eldest son Cai You.Coupled with the addition of a group of masters surnamed Zhang, the main combatants forced the palace, which led to the Wuwei army in the Huaixi military system entering Chizhou.Instead of the Cai family's traditional basic plan, the commander of Jiangnan East Road sent troops.

So now there is mutual restraint.

(End of this chapter)