The Golden Age Chapter 448: East window incident
Department of the Treasury Department of the Hyobu, when Han Zhou got the news, he almost collapsed.
Xu Lang is very cunning. When Qin Xiao asked him to lead someone to find the official seal, Xu Lang knew it was just an excuse, but just to find a reason to distract himself.
Although Qin Xiao is young, it is impossible not to know the consequences of losing the official seal.
If an official really loses his official seal, he must try his best to conceal it. It is impossible for others to know. Qin Xiao claims that his official seal has been lost. Xu Lang knows that there must be something wrong, but he is a freshman. The rank crushes people to death, and he can't follow Qin Xiao's will to find the official seal.
But after he left, he immediately sent a Clerk to the Treasury Department to report to Han Zhou.
Wu Defang is not far from the Gongdefang where the Ministry of War is located. The staff rushed all the way and rushed to the Ministry of Treasury to report to Han Zhou. In fact, what he brought was very simple, only that Xue Keyong brought people to the Jiaziku. After receiving the weapon, Qin Xiao distracted Xu Lang with excuses, not knowing what he intended to do.
The Clerk didn't know what Qin Xiao wanted, but Han Zhou suddenly understood.
His face changed suddenly, and he almost slumped in a chair, horrified and regretful.
Today Xue Ke used to go to the warehouse, he should go there himself.
It’s just that I was kicked by the Black Overlord last time. I haven’t recovered my body yet. I only thought that Xu Lang was there and things would be done smoothly, but at this time I finally realized that the young Ling was obviously Take advantage of today's opportunity to make a move.
Qin Xiao used Xu Lang to find out that batch of inferior weapons.
Although he was shocked in his heart, Han Zhou did not dare to delay. He immediately called for someone, but he did not dare to make other departments of the Ministry of War detect suspicion. He only brought a dozen people from the Department of Treasury and drove to Wu De. Fang rushed over.
The carriage is already running very fast, because the speed is too fast, the injury on the back is quite a bit painful, but Han Zhou dislikes that the carriage is running slowly, and urges loudly: "Quick, fast!"
More than a dozen small officials from the Department of Treasury followed behind the carriage, panting like a cow.
Fortunately, going from Gongdefang to Wudefang does not need to go through the downtown area, but it is smooth along the way, but before passing the other yamen of the Gongdefang, the guards were surprised to see a group of small officials running with the carriage.
In front of the north gate of Wudefang, there are four guards on the left and right, with knives around their waists and spears in their hands. Although the thick gate is open, the entrance is horizontally fenced.
Even if the weapons depot is under the jurisdiction of the Treasury Department, even the chief of the Treasury Department is not allowed to ride in a carriage. When Han Zhou got out of the carriage, it was a coincidence that he saw the article in the north gate of Wudefang On the wide and straight stone path, a team of horses is coming here.
Han Zhou had just met Xue Keyong, the leader of Yuzhou Battalion, in the Ministry of War two days ago, riding a big horse with a tall head and a armor.
Seeing Xue Ke with the caravan behind him, and the car was carrying boxes, Han Zhou only felt that his legs were weak, and he barely cheered up and hurried forward to greet him.
Xue Ke led the team to the north gate, and a guard immediately stopped him to check the official letter. Han Zhou also led a group of small officials to the fence.
Xue Ke handed the official letter to the guards for inspection, but did not dismount, but only rode on horseback, condescendingly looking at Han Zhou outside the fence with a grim expression.
"Tong Ling Xue
! "Han Zhou reluctantly piled up smiling faces and arched his hands.
Xue Keyong didn't even mean to return a gift. He just nodded slightly and said: "Why Master Han came here in person?"
"Leader Xue is the hero." Han Zhou smiled and said: "This time I come to receive weapons, and the subordinates are in charge of the Department of Treasury. Naturally, I have to come personally to help select them."
In the eighteen states of the Tang Dynasty, each state has a governor, and under it there are two deputies, Biejia and Changshi, who assist the governor with civil affairs, while Changshi is responsible for local military and public security affairs.
The state battalions in each state are under the jurisdiction of Changshi, but the direct command of the local state battalions is under the command of the state army. The state army is responsible for the training and combat of the army. However, there is no warrant for the history and long history, and the state army commander is also It is not allowed to mobilize troops and horses without authorization.
In addition, each state's soldiers and horses also have supervision troops, which are sent by the North Court. Normally, without the official letter stamped by the supervision troops, the local state troops cannot receive payment and weapons at all.
Xue Keyong is the commander of the Yuzhou army. Yuzhou is a large state among the 18 states of the empire, and it has nine counties under its jurisdiction. Therefore, Han Zhou has the rank of military generals from the fourth rank.
Han Zhou is only the sixth-rank master, but after all he is a Beijing official, and he is still an errand in the Ministry of War. Therefore, local generals with fifth-rank official ranks are actually shorter in front of Han Zhou, but Xue Keyong is not among him. Next, signaled that Han Zhou would also call himself an official in front of Xue Keyong.
"No need." Xue Ke said coldly: "The weapon has been received, I was about to go to the Ministry of War to thank Dou Butang."
When Han Zhou saw Xue Ke's expression, he knew that something was not good. He was even more shocked when he saw Xu Lang coming with the team from a distance and was gesturing to himself.
The guard of Wu Defang is led by a lieutenant from Wuwei Camp, and it is the lieutenant who checks the official letter at this time.
On the official letter, it clearly stated the number of weapons Xue Ke used to receive. After receiving it, he must have the seals of the various officials. At this moment, the captain only saw that there were no official seals on the official letter. Frowning, he looked up at Xue Ke on the horseback and said, "Why didn't you stamp it?"
"I haven't received the weapon yet, how do I stamp it?" Xue Ke said lightly.
The school lieutenant looked at the vehicles. The vehicle was carrying a weapon box. Xue Keyong claimed that he had not received the weapon, so he opened his eyes and said nonsense.
Wuweiying garrisoned Kyoto. Although this lieutenant was far inferior to Xue Ke's rank, he naturally did not have the slightest fear of the local state army. Moreover, where he was responsible, he pointed his finger at the carriageway: "Isn't the car a weapon?"
Xue Ke shook his head and said: "No. If you want to know what it is, go and check it out by yourself."
The school lieutenant frowned. Han Zhou saw that he was unhappy, and he had already ordered: "Remove the fence, this officer has something to talk to Commander Xue." Although the guards here also know Han Zhou, they are routine, Han Zhou still showed the seal, and the soldier moved away from the fence. Han Zhou stepped forward quickly and arched his hand to Xue Ke: "Leader Xue, how about taking a step to speak?"
He barely pretended to be calm at this time, but he was sweating coldly on his back.
The guards of Wudefang are not from the Ministry of War. They are fortified by the Wuwei Camp, which is controlled by the South Court.
The Southern Court was established when Emperor Wu Zong was reigning, and among the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wu Zong’s merits were comparable to the founding fathers. Southern Xinjiang was conquered in the hands of Emperor Wu Zong, and the Bohai Kingdom in the northeast, Once became a threat to Datang
The greatest enemy.
Those Moli people who live on fishing and hunting are brave and good at fighting. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, their attention has been on Southern Xinjiang and Xiling. After Xiling is included in the territory, the empire’s strategy has always been to conquer southern Xinjiang and to attack the northeast. The Li people didn’t care too much, but they knew that the Moli people took the opportunity to expand. Moli’s five tribes were first unified, and then conquered the city in the east of Liaoning, and even frequently invaded the territory of the Tang Dynasty. When the Tang conquered southern Xinjiang, the Moli people’s Bohai Sea The country has become the little overlord of the Northeast.
It took eight years for Emperor Wuzong to finally let Bohai State bow down and claim the court. During this period, the decision-making of the South Court can be said to have played a major role.
In the beginning, the South Court was composed of the most trusted military generals of Emperor Wu Zong. It was established during the conquest of southern Xinjiang. It was mainly composed of soldiers. Until the death of Emperor Wu Zong, the officials in the South Court were almost uniform. All of them were of military background and were extremely powerful.
After the successor king ascended the throne, he made some changes to the South Court. Some civil servants were arranged in the South Court. Although there were some twists and turns, the later kings also kept the South Court, and the South Court has always been The power of the military is dominated.
From the beginning of Emperor Wuzong, the Kyoto Garrison Camp was handed over to the South Campus, and all the leaders of the Kyoto Garrison Camp came from the South Campus.
From the first day of its establishment, the South Court has become a thorn in the eye of the Ministry of War. After all, the South Court has taken away a lot of power from the Ministry of War. This is to take away their cake from the Ministry of War. It's clear that although everyone is amiable on the outside, they are like fire and water in the dark.
The weapons depot under the control of the Wuwei Battalion Guards Department under the control of the South Court was originally the imperial hand.
Han Zhou knew very well in his heart that once these Wuwei camp people opened the box and found inferior weapons in the alley, the results would be unthinkable.
These guards will definitely report the matter to the South Court quickly. Once the South Court seizes this handle, they will naturally take the opportunity to attack the Ministry of War.
So the box must not be opened.
Xue Ke used to see Han Zhou being very humble in front of him. He hesitated and finally got off his horse. Han Zhou saw that things had changed, so he hurriedly raised his hand and asked Xue Ke to use a secluded place, although he knew he was seen by a group of people. It's not a good thing for myself and Xue Ke to whisper, but at this time they didn't care about so much, and reluctantly smiled: "Leader Xue, those boxes...?"
"Ms. Han, it would have been a rectum, so I won't stray around with you." Xue Ke lightly said: "What's in the box? You don't know what is in the box, right? You are the commander of the Treasury Department, brought it in. Others don’t know the weapons of this kind. If you don’t know them, it would be a joke."
Han Zhou whispered: "Since Commander Xue doesn't go around the corner, the next official will also say bluntly, you can't take these weapons away."
"Of course, the general will not transport these weapons back to Yuzhou." Xue Ke sneered: "If the general distributes such weapons to the brothers, they will use such weapons to kill the thief, and to die. What's the difference? Lord Han, believe it or not, they really have the courage to come directly to the capital to file a case with such a weapon."
"The lower official believes." Han Zhou accompanied a smiling face: "Leader Xue, there are many things that you don't understand. Put it this way, this matter is very important. Once it really gets into trouble, the lower official can't escape his crime. , But Master Commander will inevitably be involved. To put it mildly, it is unknown whether Commander Xue will leave Kyoto alive."