Lin Jue really has no evidence. Lin Jue did not shy away from this. "Yang Shumi, I really don't have any evidence for this matter, but I'm not talking nonsense, but I have some rumors?"

"Rumors? Hahaha, Your Majesty, listen. For such a big event, Lord Lin can actually open the river with confidence based on hearsay, which is simply unreasonable. Your Majesty, please punish Lin Jue severely, if you slander the old minister like this, the old minister can't afford it. If the emperor does not severely punish this person, the old minister will never agree. When Yang Jun heard this, he became energetic, jumped up and shouted loudly.

Lin Jue frowned and said, "If Yang Shumi wants evidence, go and check it yourself, and everything will come out." The official believes that Yang Shumi didn't know about this, and was fooled by the people below, so it was time for Yang Shumi to conduct a thorough internal investigation. Some people use military salaries to enrich their own pockets, but you, Yang Shumi, have to bear the blame because of this. How can Yang Shumi allow these moths to ruin your reputation for honesty and integrity? The military budget was embezzled by these moths, and this was not your original intention, Lord Yang. ”

Lin Jue's purpose today was to get Yang Jun to accept the proposal to pay for the military, not to force him to have no way out. is about to reach that point, Yang Jun will definitely bite back like crazy, and things will not be easy to do. So he deliberately took Yang Jun and the generals below him away and gave Yang Jun the steps down. In fact, Yang Jun, as the chief officer, if there is really a large-scale embezzlement of military salaries and he knows nothing about it, it will also be his dereliction of duty. It's just that there's no need to stress this at this moment.

Yang Jun didn't appreciate it, and sneered: "Don't come to this set, it's too late for you to say this now." Do you really think that the court has no rules and the king's law? Your Majesty, today there is him without me, with me without him, the emperor must give an explanation to the old minister. ”

A group of Privy Council officials also made indignant accusations. Lu Zhongtian, Wu Chunlai and others were naturally not willing to be lonely, and they attacked Lin Jue's move one after another, saying that 'as an important minister of the imperial court, he will be framed at will, and this move must be severely punished, otherwise this trend will grow, and the court will become a wind of slander and corruption, and it will be out of control. 'Yunyun.

Guo Chong frowned and looked at Lin Jue, and said in his heart: Lin Jue, Lin Jue, you are really acting impulsively. You dare to talk nonsense without evidence. Hey, after all, it's a little tender, and it's not steady enough. Now it's okay, what should I do? Am I conniving at your nonsense in public? I'm afraid it won't work. Hey, I thought I could support you up, but you weren't this piece of material.

Faced with such a situation, Lin Jue didn't seem to care with a sneer. Today was prepared, and the situation in front of us was already expected. What else can you do when you meet someone like Yang Jun who doesn't know what to do? I can only say it more clearly, so that he can retreat from the difficulty.

"Your Majesty, Ladies and Gentlemen." After everyone's attacks subsided a little, Lin Jue said loudly: "Whether it is framed or not, whether there is evidence or not, is actually very simple, just check it out." Your Majesty, the ministers were willing to send people to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter of empty food and salary in the army, and the results naturally came to light. I don't know why you are so excited? The minister just wants to straighten out the financial affairs of the court and put an end to financial loopholes to prevent someone from embezzling the court money to fill their own pockets, isn't this what the minister should do? You don't suspect this empty salary, but you come to attack the official, but not for what? Instead of solving the problem, solve the person who raised the problem? What makes sense? ”

Guo Chong nodded slightly, and was about to speak. Yang Jun was the first to speak: "Don't talk nonsense, you go to check?" What qualifications do you have to investigate the affairs of the army? Are you trying to meddle in the affairs of my Privy Council? Besides, who can believe the results you find out? Do you know that you are not framed? ”

Lin Jue said coldly: "Yang Shumi's words are unreasonable. Our three divisions and yamen already have the right to track and audit the movement of the allocation and use of the imperial court's money. Is it ultra vires for the three divisions to go to the yamen to investigate? All the funds of the imperial court were disbursed, and the three divisions and yamen were all left behind? According to the regulations, the whole process of supervision and verification is required. The three divisions have not been able to do this before, and they will do it from now on. Military affairs have their own particularities, so this official proposed the practice of covering military expenses, which is to respect the Privy Council and respect you, Lord Yang. If it is regulated, it is also within the scope of its duty to check your Privy Council. Is your Privy Council beyond the court? This Great Zhou soldiers and horses are the emperor's soldiers and horses, but they are not your Yang Shumi's private property, and Lord Yang must understand this. ”

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. If this trouble continues, it seems that things are going to go out of hand.

"Lord Yang said that he didn't believe me, I don't know how the Sansi Yamen became untrustworthy. The emperor trusts Weichen to be in charge of the Great Wednesday Division, but you, Lord Yang, say that it is not credible, what does this mean? Does it mean that there is a problem with the emperor's vision? Anyway, don't mention these things, you don't believe my three divisions of the yamen, but it is also very easy to do, the minister asked the emperor to appoint someone to form a joint inspection with my three divisions of the yamen, and supervise the whole process, this is always okay, right? Lord Yang doesn't believe in my Sansi Yamen, your majesty, you should believe it, right? The emperor shouldn't deliberately accuse you of Yang Shumi, right? The emperor sent someone to supervise the whole process, and if there was no empty salary in the army, I apologized in public and returned the innocence of the Privy Council. And are willing to accept all punishments. If it is found out, Yang Shumi, what should you say? ”

Lin Jue's words were sharp, and he fired like a machine gun, and Yang Jun was beaten all over his body, and he leaked out in one breath. He began to regret his actions. If this is investigated, it will definitely be found out completely. In fact, it is extremely easy to find out the matter of empty salaries, and it is only necessary to count the figures issued and the actual number of people in the army. If you check it, it's all exposed. Although he himself did not covet the money, a crime of negligence and dereliction of duty was inevitable. Moreover, a large number of cronies and generals were also imprisoned one by one. My own one-third of an acre of land is about to be turned upside down. More importantly, what will the emperor think of himself?

Guo Chong stroked his beard and thought about it, looking at this posture, Lin Jue was confident. And Yang Jun seemed to hesitate. That is to say, this matter may be true. Although Guo Chong was angry in his heart, he didn't want this matter to make too much trouble. For Yang Jun, Guo Chong still trusts. Without Yang Jun, who can take on the heavy responsibility of commanding the soldiers and horses to defend the Great Zhou? The army is in turmoil, that's no joke. If such an investigation reveals a mistake and causes chaos, it is definitely not what you want.

"Lin Jue, I think...... I don't have to send someone to investigate this. In the final analysis, this matter is a matter of corruption that may occur in the army, which is essentially an internal affair of the Privy Council. What do you see? Guo Chong said in a deep voice.

Lin Jue is waiting for Guo Chong and the mud, if he really comes hard, he can't actually defeat Yang Jun, Yang Jun's current position is irreplaceable. The time is far from coming to get him. Nor is that the purpose of today.

"Emperor Shengming, the minister has long said that it is better for Yang Shumi to investigate this matter himself. We don't have a lot of manpower in the three divisions, and we have to send people to supervise and investigate every appropriation, which is a great burden. Therefore, it would be best if the Privy Council could examine itself. The reason why the minister put forward the idea of taking care of military spending is actually to hope that the Privy Council can take responsibility for itself, self-examination and self-correction, and save us from checking the use of funds one by one, which is not to shirk responsibility, but to give respect to the Privy Council, and at the same time increase the efficiency of action. However, Yang Shumi's disagreement with the military expenses is covered, then my three divisions of the yamen have to send someone to investigate, otherwise the amount of money is unknown, and the court's finances are chaotic, the blame for this lies with my three divisions of the yamen, and on the head of the minister, won't the minister also be punished? Lin Jue bowed and said.

Guo Chong looked at Yang Jun, Yang Jun didn't know how to borrow the slope to get off the donkey at the moment, and hurriedly said: "That's it, the minister agrees to the way to cover the military expenses." As Lord Lin said, there is a suspicion that some people are eating empty salaries, and the old minister will personally supervise it. If anyone dares to do this, the old minister will be severely punished. Please rest assured. ”

Guo Chong nodded and smiled: "Very good, then it's decided." For specific matters, you will negotiate and contact privately. Retreat, retreat! ”

Guo Chong was satisfied and retreated. Lin Jue was also satisfied and led the crowd away. Leaving Yang Jun staring, his heart felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly. The annual military expenditure of about 40 million taels of silver has been cut to 25 million taels with a single knife, and there is no reason to arbitrarily propose appropriations after it is exhausted, and I am afraid that we will have to live a hard life in the future. I can't condone my fellows to be greedy for money at will. They must be restrained and calculated.

Several successive court encounters have ended with Lin Jue's complete victory. Under the rising tide, the three-division yamen led by Lin Jue suddenly became a powerful institution from the second-rate yamen in people's hearts. People suddenly understood, it turned out that the power and responsibility of the Sansi Yamen was so huge, and the money bag he held was the lifeblood of all the yamen. I didn't realize this before. If you don't have money these days, you have to be a grandson, and the Sansi Yamen turned out to be the grandfather of all the yamen.

People can't help but wonder why the Sansi Yamen didn't give people this feeling before. As a result of this thinking, the former Sansi Yamen lacked a strong leader. Several of the three envoys were submissive, but Lin Jue's appointment completely changed all this. As the so-called soldiers instigate one, they will instigate a nest. Without a strong leader, it would be impossible for the Sansi Yamen to rise.

From the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to the end of February, in just one and a half months, the pattern and atmosphere in the imperial court changed dramatically. Lin Jue's outspokenness in the court inspired the fighting spirit of some officials, and they gradually dared to criticize the words and deeds of Lu Zhongtian, Wu Chunlai, Yang Jun and others, and dared to argue on the basis of reason. When faced with major issues, it is not the same as everyone else. The atmosphere in the entire court is becoming positive, Lu Zhongtian is extremely a henchman, and the arrogance of Yang Jun and others has greatly faded. Around Lin Jue, a large number of people who dared to speak out gathered. It almost returned to the situation after Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru returned to the court, and it was even more active than then. Because Lin Jue challenged the ministers as a new generation without any qualifications, this was more motivating than the situation where Yan Fang and the two of them had deep qualifications, rich experience and high reputation.