Chapter 210: The Background of Establishing Authority
In terms of official rank alone, the Northern Pacification Office was actually lower than that of Shuntian Prefecture - even the highest-ranking Pacification Envoy was only a fourth-rank official.
However, in terms of real power, the Northern Pacification Office, which was the emperor's personal army and had the power to arrest, try, and report rumors, was much stronger than Shuntian Prefecture.
Therefore, the gate of the Northern Pacification Office appeared much more luxurious than that of Shuntian Prefecture.
Especially since today was the first time for the new pacification commissioner to report for duty, the scene in front of the gate was naturally different from the past.
Sun Shaozong was riding on his horse and could see from afar sixteen Dragon Guards lined up in front of the gate. Each of them had a tall and strong body. They stood on the stone steps with their swords drawn, looking indescribably majestic and fearsome.
The Dragon Guards guarding the gate saw Sun Shaozong coming from afar and quickly sent two people to greet him. One of them bowed respectfully and asked, "May I ask if this is Captain Sun in person?"
Although they all wore battle robes with the pattern of Ink Dragon Swallowing Clouds, the cloud patterns on their shoulders were different. Moreover, there were only a few old men in the yamen, and the only one who did not walk around the yamen all year round was Sun Shaozong.
Therefore, it is not surprising that they could recognize Sun Shaozong at a glance.
Sun Shaozong dismounted from his horse and said, "It is me. I have been ordered to come here to answer the call, but I don't know where I should wait."
"Your Excellency can just go directly to the meeting hall."
The man hurriedly said respectfully, "The commander has not arrived yet, but the chief judge, Chen Qianhu, is already waiting inside."
Captain Chen, the one in charge of punishment?
Isn't that the responsible boss in the Detective Department?
I remember that when the "blood letter" case first happened, Sun Shaozong also suspected him. Later, I found out that Captain Chen was on a business trip in the south at the time, so he was not a suspect at all.
He threw the reins to the captain of the Dragon Guard who was coming towards him, and followed the other man straight into the meeting hall.
Before entering the door, it sounded so quiet inside that I thought there were not many people inside. But after crossing the threshold, I realized that there were not just some people inside, but a sea of people!
Judging from the cloud patterns on most people’s shoulders, it was estimated that most of the Dragon Guards above the rank of eighth-grade flag in Beijing should be here.
It was difficult for them to stand or sit quietly without making any sound.
"Lord Sun."
As soon as Sun Shaozong stopped in front of the door, a general came up and said respectfully, "Your seat is in the front, please follow me."
The largest number of people in the hall were the general flags and small flags of the seventh and eighth ranks, about a hundred in total, all standing on both sides.
Going further in, there were about ten ordinary ebony chairs, which were almost full of people. Judging from their attire, they should all be centurions.
At the innermost part, there were only six yellow pear wood armchairs, two of which were placed in the middle, undoubtedly the seats for the pacification commissioner and the pacification assistant.
The four pictures on both sides should be the positions of the four actual commanders of the Northern Pacification Office.
Among the six armchairs, only the first one on the right was occupied by a fat man with a big belly. He must be Chen Xingzhi, the Chief of Execution.
Sun Shaozong was looking at Chen Xingzhi calmly, but he saw the general flag leading the way pointing to the first armchair on the left and said, "Master Sun, please take a seat."
It’s the first one on the left?
Sun Shaozong frowned, and Chen Xingzhi's face immediately fell. In fact, he was muttering in his heart just now, the Chief of Criminal Affairs has always been the top position below the Chief of Pacification, when did he become second?
Seeing that the person sitting at the top was actually Sun Shaozong, the 'newcomer', he felt very unhappy.
So before Sun Shaozong sat down, he snorted coldly: "So this is Lord Sun, I have heard of your great name for a long time. I have finally trained two talents under my command, but they were sent to the patrol camp by Captain Sun. Now that you, Lord Sun, have been promoted to Captain, I wonder how many people you are going to poach from our Northern Pacification Division?"
Sun Shaozong was a little hesitant at first, but after hearing his sarcasm, he sat down on the left armchair with a frank attitude, smiled and said, "I did send a mediocre person who had wasted more than ten years in the Detective Department but still could not inherit the ancestral title of centurion to the Patrol Battalion to serve."
"But such mediocre people should not be considered talents, right? Or is it that talents are valued so highly under your leadership, Lord Chen?"
"you!"
Chen Xingzhi stood up suddenly, glared at Sun Shaozong for a while, then sat back down with a sneer, saying, "Sir Sun, did you learn this skill of talking from those sour guys? We in the Northern Pacification Division don't have the habit of talking like that."
"how?"
Sun Shaozong pretended to be surprised and widened his eyes: "From what Captain Chen said, does he want to confront my subordinates?"
Chen Xingzhi opened his mouth and looked back and forth at Sun Shaozong's majestic body, but in the end he just sneered and turned his head away, ignoring him.
This guy is really adaptable.
Since Sun Shaozong had the upper hand, he did not pursue her relentlessly. He picked up the teacup and pretended to fill it with tea, but he was secretly observing the people below.
In the time it took to say these few words, most of the centurions had basically arrived, but there was no sign of the other two thousand-householders.
Could it really be...
Sun Shaozong was just pondering when he heard someone outside yelling in a drawn-out voice, "The governor is here~~~!"
Everyone stood up in awe, and when a figure wearing a bright yellow Qilin robe flashed outside, they immediately half-knelt in salute and said in unison: "Your subordinates greet the governor!"
The figure in the Qilin robe walked into the conference room calmly, walked all the way in front of Sun Shaozong and Chen Xingzhi, but paused for a moment. Then two people flashed out from behind him, half-knelt under Sun Shaozong and Chen Xingzhi respectively.
Yes~
It turns out that he was used as a background board to establish his authority!
Needless to say, these two people were the other two captains.
While two thousand commanders followed the pacification envoy Lu Hui, only Chen Xingzhi, the most important thousand commander in charge of punishment, was waiting here alone. He was deliberately placed under Sun Shaozong. The meaning of suppression and exclusion was simply beyond words!
Chen Xingzhi was not a fool either. His face immediately turned pale. He clenched his two big fists together and shook them in circles. It was unclear whether he was more angry or afraid.
This scene is obviously the most important part of the entire meeting. Apart from that, it is some old stuff.
Seeing that almost everything that needed to be said had been explained, Sun Shaozong was waiting for the show to end and leave, but he heard the pacification envoy suddenly said, "Okay, except for Captain Sun, everyone else can go first."
Huh?
Could it be that today's play has a sequel prepared just for itself?
