The entire capital was in turmoil because of this incident, and at the same time, as the matter spread to the entire Ming Dynasty, on one side were the angry people of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other side were the terrified officials everywhere.

The implication in this case is too great, involving all aspects of the Ming army.

Not only the civilian group, but also the generals, nobles and so on in the Ming army were also implicated, and they also had a share in eating empty salaries and drinking soldiers' blood.

Moreover, many people are even worried that once this case continues to develop, the various health centers will also be implicated here, you must know that many of the hundreds of households, thousands of households, etc., have made a fortune by enslaving military households.

It can be said that the people involved in this case are secretly trembling, constantly cleaning their tails and buttocks, and waiting anxiously all day long.

The efficiency of Jinyiwei and Dongchang was very high, and in just a few days, a large number of officials were arrested.

On the household side, almost all the officials responsible for the construction of armor and the allocation of military supplies collapsed, especially the officials in charge of the construction of weapons and armor, none of them ran away, and all of them went to the prison of the factory guard.

Emperor Hongzhi took out 1.5 million taels of silver from the inner treasury, and when it came to the hands of the household, the household department withheld almost 500,000 taels of silver.

This matter was decided by Zhou Jing, the head of the household, because in Zhou Jing's opinion, the big battle would not cost 1.5 million taels of silver at all, especially when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince organized a fundraiser and raised tens of millions of taels of silver, it would not cost much silver.

Therefore, Zhou Jing also privately withheld 500,000 taels of silver, ready to be used to fill the treasury so that it could be used in other places.

He is considered to be intercepting, not taking it into his own pocket, the treasury is empty, he is a housekeeper who is difficult to be, so he can't afford to have a large amount of money, and he also wants to intercept a little in case of emergency.

Of the remaining 1 million taels of silver, 500,000 taels of silver were allocated to the following armies to be used as silver, and the other 500,000 taels of silver were used to make weapons and armor.

As a result, the 500,000 taels of silver used to make weapons and armor, after layers of deduction and embezzlement, only 100,000 taels of silver went to the hands of craftsmen, but these craftsmen had to create a specified number of weapons and armor in accordance with the requirements of the household department, and the final result can be imagined.

So after checking this line, dozens of officials were finally arrested, including ministers like Zuo Shilang of the household department.

As soon as these people were arrested, after an interrogation by the factory guards, they suddenly shook out a bigger hole, it turned out that not only this time, but also the money allocated by the imperial court in the past to build weapons and armor was so deducted and embezzled.

This time the allocation of silver is enough, so you can still see the armor and weapons, in the past, there was no war, and Emperor Hongzhi did not pay attention to this aspect of things, even weapons and armor could not be seen.

Every year, nine out of ten appropriations end up in the mouths of these people.

The hole is getting bigger and bigger, and the officials who have done things in the household department in the past and who have been in charge of related things were also quickly arrested, and after some interrogation, they all admitted to this time.

As a result, dozens of officials were involved.

The factory guards found boxes of silver from the homes of these officials, and a small household department Qipin official embezzled tens of thousands of taels of silver, and some of the silver even had the symbol of Emperor Hongzhi's internal treasury on it.

There is also the side of the opening silver, the opening of 500,000 taels of silver, the three-way army sent down, and in the end, only a very small amount of silver was distributed to the soldiers below as the opening silver.

Most of the silver was withheld layer by layer, embezzlement at all levels, and embezzled at all levels, starting from the military department and the household department, layer by layer, and finally it did not even rain into the hands of these soldiers below.

If it weren't for the fact that killing a Tartar could reward a hundred taels of silver, and for the death of a knight with a reward of two hundred taels of silver, no one would have fought bravely to kill the enemy this time.

As soon as I checked here, dozens of officials entered the military department, and they were all big fish.

The commander of the East Road Army, Liu Yu, who had just been named Jingbian Bo not long ago, was the first to enter, and he had too many things to do.

Not only did they deduct and embezzle the money, but they also set up horse markets and slave markets privately, privately sold ironware, salt, tea, and grain to the grassland people, colluded with officials and businessmen, and resold military rations, and so on.

Any one of them can be moved, and now all of them have been found out at once.

Li Gao, the commander of the South Road Army, and Ren Liang, the eunuch of the supervising army, Li Gao has just been named Lantian Bo, and now he has also been arrested.

Deliberately arranged for domestic slaves to act as military households, kill good people, and receive rewards.

As soon as the news came out, the government and the opposition were also shocked that there were still such bold people who dared to kill good people and deceive them for rewards.

The three-way army, and only Wang Yue of the West Road army, that is, Dingbian Hou, is still upright, and the problem is relatively small, so Emperor Hongzhi has made meritorious contributions to defending the land for many years, and this time he has made great contributions, so he did not move him.

The commander of the three-way army directly entered the two, and in addition to the two of them, other senior generals and so on also entered a large number, and a huge amount of stolen money of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver was copied from Liu Yu and Li Gao's homes.

Because it is not only a matter of opening silver, this matter of eating empty salaries, drinking the blood of soldiers, and deducting military salaries has been a matter for a long time, and if you check it casually, some ministers in the past have also been found out and implicated.

At this time, there were more people who went in, and from the central government to the localities, thousands of officials and generals were investigated in an instant, and they were put in prison by the factory guards, so that the prison of the factory guards was not enough.

On the factory guard's side, in addition to the officials in the court, in addition to the government and the opposition, those merchants who resold military supplies were also not spared, and soon, the businessmen who resold military rations and military supplies were also investigated.

The Jin merchants on the Shanxi side, as well as the Hui merchants, were arrested at once.

The Jin merchants on this side of Shanxi not only resold military supplies, but even colluded with the border army to go to the grassland to do business, and sold ironware, tea, grain, etc., which were strictly prohibited by the imperial court to the grassland for huge profits.

In just a few days, more than 1,000 officials have been arrested, ranging from the six ministers of Shangshu and local officials to some minor officials and officials, and more and more people have been involved.