Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2973
Cui Dunli sighed respectfully, but Fang Jun frowned.

Before Chai Shao, although the Chai family was a member of the Guanlong nobles, they were actually not close to the Guanlong nobles. His ancestor, the Hussar General Chai Lie of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, had a grudge with Chen Chong, one of the "Eight Pillar Kingdoms". The Chai family has always been rejected by the nobles of Guanlong because Hou Mo and Chen Chong are the backbone of Guanlong.

When Chai Shao attached himself to Li Yuan, the great ancestor, and was quite close to His Majesty Li Er, who was the King of Qin at that time, his father's connections in the Northern Zhou Dynasty had long since disappeared, and he needed the help of the Guanlong nobles to gain a firm foothold in the court. The Long nobles were also very optimistic about this concubine of the Tang Dynasty who married Princess Pingyang, and the relationship between the two parties gradually approached and an alliance was formed.

Behind Li Yuanjing is the power of the clan and royal family, who have always complained that the power in the court is seized by the Guanlong nobles. The purpose of supporting Li Yuanjing is to regain the power that should belong to the royal clan from the hands of the Guanlong nobles. , Strictly speaking, it can even be said to be a political enemy, but why can Chai Zhewei and Li Yuanjing come together?
The interests are not consistent at all...

Unless, Li Yuanjing can give Chai Zhewei benefits that the nobles of Guanlong cannot give.

What is this benefit?

Not hard to guess...

After taking a sip of tea, he said to Cui Dunli, "Go on, from today onwards, you will be responsible for all transfer orders related to Zuo Tunwei, but any transfer orders, reconnaissance, and rotation training related to Zuo Tunwei must be prohibited. Strictly prevent the Zuotun guards from leaving the camp without authorization, no matter what the reason is!"

Cui Dunli was taken aback, and said in amazement: "Duke Yue suspects Zuo Tunwei..."

I didn't explain what I said, because I was worried about breaking a taboo, but the meaning was clear.

Fang Jun put down his teacup, and said worriedly: "It's just a precautionary measure. Chai Zhewei should belong to Guanlong's lineage, and now he meets King Jing in private. This is a big taboo, how could he not know? He committed it knowingly. , it shows that there is a reason for it to be seen. Now that Guanzhong is empty of troops, we must make complete preparations, so that we can be prepared if things are rushed.”

Cui Dunli questioned: "Although the Zuo Tunwei is under the control of the Military Aircraft Department and the Ministry of War, he directly obeys His Majesty's orders. The Ministry of War can certainly issue orders to the Zuo Tunwei, but whether the Zuo Tunwei accepts them is not within the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War."

The military system of the Tang Dynasty was divided into southern and northern yamen.

The sixteen guards originally belonged to the Nanya Forbidden Army, which was in charge of Zaifu, and the soldiers of the Nanya were sent by each zhechongfu; The left and right barracks that were built or restructured are responsible for the Xuanwu Gate, which is the key to the imperial palace.

Therefore, the left and right garrison guards are different from other military guards who obey orders from the imperial court, and are directly responsible to the emperor. The imperial court can only coordinate, but cannot directly order.

Chai Zhewei is a relative of the emperor, a young man with great ambitions, armed with a heavy army, if he refuses to obey, who can do anything?

Fang Jun stroked the short mustache on his lips, and felt a little troublesome. Chai Zhewei had always been at odds with him, and he was very jealous. When he heard that the order was issued by the Ministry of War, even if it was obvious that he should obey it, he would deliberately disobey it. Don't let yourself get away with this.

But it is not impossible.

"Just issue the official document. Later, I will ask His Royal Highness to send someone to Zuo Tunwei, and our military department will send several officials to form a joint law enforcement project. In the name of inspecting money, food and military equipment, we will strictly check the accounts and warehouses of Zuo Tunwei. , I don’t believe that he can make the accounts watertight and flawless.”

Cui Dunli nodded and said, "It's so feasible."

Left and right Tunwei, as the emperor's Beiya Imperial Army, is not the strongest because of the Xuanwu Gate of Suwei, but its status is the highest, so the court cannot directly issue orders.However, the money, food, and military equipment needed by the left and right guards still had to be allocated through the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and these two ministries had their own audit departments, which had the right to track and inspect the money and food allocated by them.

As long as there is a little problem with Zuo Tunwei's accounts, it can be reasonably and legally required to rectify it. During the rectification period, all soldiers will stay in the barracks to cooperate. Otherwise, once Dali Temple and Yushitai enter, it will inevitably be a catastrophe. big storm...

This trick is to repair the plank road and hide the old warehouse secretly. It is a bit insidious, but it does work.

Unless Chai Zhewei can ignore Yushitai's impeachment, he can only submit obediently...

It can be regarded as a ruthless move of "drawing salary from the bottom of the pot".

Fang Jun said: "Let's do it. You must keep an eye on Zuo Tunwei, otherwise if there is any change, the whole Guanzhong will be turned over."

Now the only established army in Guanzhong is the left and right guards, and the rest of the guards have more or less dispatched elites to fight in Liaodong. If the left guards plan something wrong, it will be a disaster...

Cui Dunli said solemnly: "Your officer knows, let me give you an order!"

He knew that after His Majesty's personal conquest, Chang'an would be full of wind and clouds, and there would be a lot of fighting among various forces around the position and interests, but he never thought that there would be an opportunity to use the army... Even a fool would know what this means.

Maybe it's a mutiny!

Thinking about the great cleansing of the court and the army after the "Xuanwu Gate Incident", Cui Dunli felt a chill down his spine...

When Cui Dunli walked out, Fang Jun sat and thought for a while, then picked up a pen and continued to review the official documents.

Jing Wang Li Yuanjing's behavior cannot escape the eyes of those with a heart. Fang Jun does not believe that His Majesty Li Er is unaware of it. Since he still chooses to stand still when he is aware of the situation, no matter what His Majesty Li Er's intentions are, it is impossible not to prepare countermeasures in advance .

As long as His Majesty Li Er has a countermeasure, Li Yuanjing is just a grasshopper in his hands and cannot turn the sky.As long as Li Yuanjing can't jump up, what can Chai Zhewei do?

Just now in front of Cui Dunli, he showed deep fear of Zuo Tunwei, but in fact, Zuo Tunwei seemed to have a large number of people, but Fang Jun never took it seriously.

Even if the worst happens, his right guard can destroy the left guard in a few charges, and the entire Xuanwumen is under control.

It's just that in this way, the one who is suspected becomes his right guard again...

*****
Chai Zhewei sat in the tent of the Chinese army and summoned the generals in the army one after another to improve his usual drill level and maintain the combat effectiveness of the Zuo Tunwei.

He is well aware that the current Chang'an City is turbulent, and if he is not careful, there will be abnormal changes.If one wants to abandon losses and seize benefits in the midst of mutations, one must have sufficient strength.And Zuo Tunwei is the support for him to stand at the forefront of the tide.

Even if you can't practice to death like You Tunwei, you can't muddle along in a mess, otherwise when the opportunity comes, you won't be able to grasp it...

Just as he was arranging tasks for his subordinates, he saw a deputy general coming in from outside and told him, "Marshal, some officials from the Ministry of War have come and said that there are documents to be issued."

Chai Zhewei wondered: "What documents will the Ministry of War issue to us?"

Although Zuo Tunwei is nominally under the control of the Ministry of War, it is only a restraint. Whether he listens or not is entirely up to Zuo Tunwei himself. The Ministry of War has no direct jurisdiction, and the two parties have no affiliation.In many cases, it is just because the promotion of generals and the audit of meritorious service are all in the Ministry of War, so on the surface, it gives the Ministry of War some face, everyone is good to me, and everyone is friendly.

But Fang Jun and I have always been at loggerheads, and the entire military department knows that they would never use the word "document issuance" in normal times, and it would be "assistance"...

The deputy general naturally didn't know anything, Chai Zhewei waved his hand and said, "Let him in."

"Here!" The lieutenant hurriedly exited the big tent. After a while, an official from the military department in a green official robe came in. He greeted Qiao Guogong first, then took out a document, handed it to the clerk beside him, and said respectfully: "The lower officials were ordered to come here, issue documents, and ask Qiao Guogong to respond, so that the lower officials can go back and return their orders."

Chai Zhewei ignored him, took the document from the clerk, opened it and looked at the big seal of the Ministry of Military Affairs where it was signed, to confirm that it was correct, and then carefully read the content.

If you don't look at it, just look at it like this, and your eyebrows will immediately stand up!
"boom!"

Throwing the document fiercely on the desk in front of him, Chai Zhewei yelled angrily: "It's ridiculous! My Zuo Tunwei is the head of the Beiya Imperial Army, and he directly takes orders from His Majesty. When will it be the turn of the Ministry of War to dictate and issue orders? His room Does Jun think that the head of the Zaifu can manipulate the government? Even if he is the head of the Zaifu, he has no right to give orders to the Zuo Tunwei! You go back and tell Fang Jun to stop pretending to be big in front of Lao Tzu, otherwise you will be off. Blame me for knocking on the door!"

The officials of the Ministry of War were so frightened that they didn't even dare to take the document, so they hurriedly saluted and quit the tent, and returned to the Ministry of War to report to their orders...

(End of this chapter)