Chapter 436: Cutting the Ghost Guard

Emperor Dade immediately allowed this personnel appointment, such as the plague has passed for most of the time today, although there are still some places where it is still serious, but because a large number of people from the north have gone south, there are many fewer rebellions in the north. Although Shi Chong's plan was not implemented as smoothly as expected, in the past few months, there were fewer rebellions in the north due to the lack of people, and in the southern Lingnan region because a large number of Han people moved to the border, most people focused on survival, and there were few rebellions.

However, only because of the arrival of the Han people, the living space of the barbarians in the Lingnan region was squeezed, and Han barbarian disputes often occurred. However, the Hanbarian dispute has been going on for hundreds of years, and it is not much of a problem, and the biggest problem in the DPRK and China today is naturally the Jiangnan Rebellion.

Subsequently, Shi Yong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, reported that the rebels of the puppet Wu Wang Deyue stormed Hangzhou, but were stubbornly counterattacked by the soldiers and civilians of Hangzhou.

Emperor Dade became interested and asked why the people of Hangzhou were so determined to fight back.

Zhao Bu, the right-hand attendant of the military department, explained: "Hangzhou is the richest of the three prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, while Yuezhou and Jiangzhou produce rice, but their commercial tax revenue is extremely underdeveloped, and the people's lives are not as good as Hangzhou. After the puppet Wu rebels entered Hangzhou, their original target was only large families, but many of the puppet Wu rebels were poor and crazy people, and even ordinary people wanted to rob them, and if they resisted, they were killed, so they burned and looted all the way to the city of Hangzhou. This move led to the unusually united people and scholars of the seven prefectures and 28 counties of Hangzhou, and resolutely resisted the puppet Wu rebels, although the puppet Wu rebels attacked the city of Hangzhou, but the attack was weak. In addition, the Vermilion Bird Army also counterattacked at this time and captured the six counties of Dingyang Prefecture in Jiangzhou, forcing the puppet Wu rebels not to dare to attack Hangzhou City with all their might. Your Majesty, as long as Hangzhou City, the capital of the Seven Prefectures of Hangzhou, is there, there will be no danger in Jiangnan. After the White Tiger Legion went south, the defenders of Hangzhou, the White Tiger Legion and the Vermilion Bird Legion counterattacked together, and the puppet Wu rebels would definitely be wiped out. ”

Emperor Dade was overjoyed and asked when the White Tiger Army would set off, and the governor of the Marshal's Mansion immediately said that the forward troops had already set off, and the rest of the army still needed three days to prepare. At this time, the generalissimo was preparing to take a boat down the river and attack the base camp of the puppet Wu rebels.

"The handsome man does things, I have always been at ease." Emperor Dade was satisfied, it seems that this rebellion will be put down soon.

Subsequently, Zhang Kuancai, the left minister, reported some things, most of which were corruption and bribery committed by inspection officials.

In fact, although the power of the six courts of the Zuo Xiangfu is great, there are only two ministries and institutes that really have real power, one is the Supervision Yuan, and the other is the Fan Li Yuan, and the rest of the Wentian Yuan, the Taishi Yuan, the Tai Academy and the Tai Hospital have no place to report, and Zhang Kuan's main job is also to inspect hundreds of officials.

The reason why the officials are afraid of him is because he has the power to inspect the corruption of officials, after all, how can any official be truly honest, and it is normal for people to treat and give gifts, and there is no exception in ancient and modern China and abroad. Zhang Kuanjuan's request for the arrest of several officials will inevitably lead to vacancies, and filling the vacancies of officials is also a major force competition, so Zhang Kuan's words are naturally more important.

However, the several officials Zhang Kuan reported for impeachment today were all officials from various localities who had served as officials in Yuezhou and were later transferred to other prefectures and counties as officials, and it was precisely because of their misdeeds in Yuezhou that the civil unrest in Yuezhou eventually led to the outbreak of civil unrest in Yuezhou. The imperial court did not pursue it before, but now it has been pursued ten years ago.

Among the people who Zhang Kuanzuo reported for arrest, two of them were his students, and everyone felt a pang in their hearts, it seemed that the Jiangnan Rebellion had indeed touched the bottom line of the imperial court, and even Zhang Kuan, who had always defended his students, also attacked the students.

"These people are so hateful, the Inspectorate must deal with them strictly." Emperor Dade said angrily, "If it weren't for these corrupt officials and corrupt officials who messed up Jiangnan, how could the people rebel?" Damn, damn! The Criminal Department must fully cooperate with the work of the Supervision Yuan. Baiguan, from now on, there is no time limit for the investigation of corrupt officials, I can't tolerate them embezzling gold and silver for their children and grandchildren to enjoy, thinking that God is unaware of ghosts, and no one will track them down after they die of old age? Amusing! Amusing! No way! From now on, there is no time limit for the investigation of corrupt officials throughout the country, and if corruption cases are discovered, all relatives who have enjoyed power will be punished together. ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Kuan, the left minister, immediately shouted, and the other officials hurriedly shouted, as if they were such incorruptible officials.

The difference is that some people have a bottom line for corruption, while some people have no bottom line, some people have the means to cleverly embezzle and not disturb the people, and some people have no means to just loot the people's fat and ointment.

At the end of the report, the officials finally waited for the opportunity to impeach Zhang Xiaowu, and just when the officials were about to impeach Zhang Xiaowu, suddenly the governor of the Marshal's Mansion continued to play: "Your Majesty, the White Tiger Legion has been transferred out of Beijing, and the morale of the Qinglong Legion is newly defeated, the Vermilion Bird Legion is far away in Yangzhou for repair, and the first army of the Xuanwu Legion undertakes the defense of Longdu and the security of Longdu City, so it must take care of one and lose the other." Therefore, before leaving, the marshal entrusted his ministers to ask His Majesty to rebuild the silver guard to protect the safety of the dragon. ”

"Oh?"

Everyone looked strange, because the silver-clothed guard once supported the former prince to attack the current emperor, so whether to restore the silver-clothed guard has always been a taboo topic for everyone, but I didn't expect Dushanbo to leave such a proposal before leaving, what is he thinking, and what is he going to do, does he want his righteous son to take charge of the silver-clothed guard and further control Longdu? Everyone looked at several of Du Shanbo's righteous sons, including Luo Xiu, who was not in charge of the military department, but Luo Xiu was at ease, as if he didn't care about his own business.

Zhang Kuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this move is really important, but the reconstruction of the Yinyi Guard needs to find a large number of people, and it is not an overnight thing. ”

The governor of the Marshal's Mansion said with a smile: "The Marshal recommends one person, and the silver guard can be rebuilt immediately, and it will be effortless." ”

"Who does the marshal recommend?" Emperor Dade asked.

"Commander of the ghost guard, guard with a sword in front of the emperor, Zhang Xiaowu."

Everyone was taken aback, and they all looked at the governor, and the man said carefully: "The big marshal said, now that the war in the north of Cyprus has gradually stopped, it is really a waste for my court to provide 10,000 ghost guards. There are already 10,000 wolf guards in the Saibei region to guard the two wolf passes, and then 10,000 ghost guards to assist them in the war, which will only allow the dogs to unite against the Central Plains. Moreover, the land in Saibei Mucheng is barren, and the 10,000 ghost guards who do not produce anything except consume the country's grain in vain, there is no doubt that they will face the enemy. Dushan Bo Song asked to reduce the number of ghost guards, from 10,000 guards to 3,000 guards, and the remaining 7,000 ghost guard soldiers can be transferred to Longdu and incorporated into the silver guards to guard Longdu. ”