Why did Yang Cong leave like this, did he just come here to have a look?

Of course not, he still has a backhand.

He drove the horse back to Dingxiang with people, but Shen Lian secretly hid in the dark with his Jinyi guards, preparing to close the net.

Wang Bo of the Thousand Households of the Herdsmen didn't know that he had been targeted, and at this moment he only had the 80,000 taels of silver in his eyes, so much silver, it was the first time he had seen it in his life, not to mention the excitement.

Of course, most of this silver had to be handed over, and he couldn't keep it here for long, because there was not much time, he actually ordered someone to pile all the silver in his bedroom, and if he had nothing to do, he opened the box to take a look and touch it, which was better than the addiction of the rich!

Unfortunately, his addiction to the rich man did not last long, and at about midnight that night, hundreds of dark shadows sneaked into the residence of the herd and surrounded his house.

This group of herds is not a place to guard thousands of households, the guards are just ordinary herdsmen, and the area under the jurisdiction of the group herdsmen is still very large, the personnel live relatively scattered, and the defense is not very strict at night, so these black shadows can appear silently outside his compound.

He should never have dreamed that Yang Cong and Yang Gongzi had already dug a big pit and was ready to bury him, when he was in a daze in the dark and was covered by someone to pick him up, he thought that some horse bandit had come to rob the silver, he was naturally struggling frantically, trying to break free from the people in the dark, and then opened his mouth to call for help.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he struggled, it was useless, and the strength of others was much greater than his, and after a while, he was tied hand and foot, gagged, and thrown to the ground.

At this time, the figure in the darkness actually lit the oil lamp directly!

He looked around in a panic, and these guys were not even masked.

These people are too rampant, aren't they afraid that they will see them and recognize them in the future?

Or maybe they're ready to kill people, so they don't care what they look like!

Just as he was thinking nonsense, a man in black suddenly took out a waist card and held it up in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Be honest, you know this, right?" ”

He looked carefully at the sign, and suddenly his eyes were about to pop out.

Brocade, brocade, brocade, brocade clothes!

Why is Jinyiwei here?

He was stunned for a moment, and his eyes involuntarily glanced at the silver box not far away, it's over, it's over, everyone has stolen goods, and now he is really at a loss for words.

Thinking of what he had done all these years, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and this time he was afraid that he would die.

Shen Lian looked at the beads of sweat on this guy's forehead and understood, this guy should be scared, he raised his hand and motioned his subordinates to pull out the rags in this guy's mouth, and then asked coldly: "Say, do you want to die or live?" ”

Isn't this nonsense, it's okay, who wants to die, Wang Bo stammered: "I want to live, I want to live." ”

Shen Lian nodded expressionlessly, and then ordered his subordinates to take out the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone they carried with him, set them on the table, and prepared to record a confession.

Wang Bo understood as soon as he saw this posture that these brocade guards were asking him to confess honestly.

Where did he dare to hide it, no matter what Shen Lian asked, he answered honestly, only hoping that these Hades would spare his life.

Shen Lian asked for a while, until everything was almost asked, he ordered someone to loosen Wang Bo's ties, and asked Wang Bo to sign and draw on the confession, pressed his handprint, and then said coldly: "You'd better be honest, what should you do, just because we haven't been here, you know?" If you dare to report the news, or abscond in fear of crime, hum! ”

Yes!

What does this mean?

Wang Bo nodded subconsciously, his face still confused.

Unexpectedly, after Shen Lian finished speaking, he waved his hand, directly took his subordinates, and left!

What the hell does this mean?

Wang Bo stood there stupidly for a long time, still didn't understand what these brocade guards meant, just let himself go, he didn't even take away the silver, there was no such cheap thing, right?

He stupidly looked at the silver boxes piled up in the corners, and then at the dark night outside the door, as if he understood something.

These brocade guards may not have gone far at all, and they are not afraid of what they are doing at all.

Did Jin Yiwei really not go far?

Of course not, Shen Lian ran for more than ten miles in the night with his subordinates, and then took the mount hidden in the hidden place and went back to Dingxiang, as for the silver, Yang Cong hoped that Wang Bo would hand it over and hand it over to Chen Da and other corrupt officials, and then it would be used as evidence!

There was more than one such investigation, and Yang Cong, with the cooperation of the Jin Wangfu and a group of local tyrants and squires in Taiyuan, quickly figured out the situation of military supplies.

There are tens of thousands of war horses raised by the three herds under the Shanxi Metropolitan Division, but unfortunately, these war horses are not raised for the border troops of Tunwei, but for officials at all levels.

Also, the craftsmen who are responsible for making weapons are not without work, they all serve the labor according to the regulations, but unfortunately, the objects of their service are not the border guards, but those officials.

As for military uniforms, military tents, grain trucks and other baggage, there are also special craftsmen in charge, but unfortunately, the objects they serve are not the border guards, but those officials.

In other words, the logistics system of the entire Shanxi border army is still there, but it has become a tool for officials at all levels to seek personal gains, and the border troops who really need logistics materials cannot get any supplies.

It can be said that the logistics system of the entire Shanxi border army is rotten to the roots, and officials at all levels are desperately trying to reap the benefits in it, while the border army that is really working hard for the country is thrown aside by them and does not care about it!

Yang Cong finally understood that the combat effectiveness of the Ming border army would get worse and worse, and the backwardness of weapons and equipment was only a trivial reason, and the bigger reason was the overall erosion of the upper-level officials, these people only thought about how to make money, and never thought about how to deal with the Tartars.

Originally, the grain and grass of the border army officers and soldiers were provided by the salt merchants, and the salt share distributed to the salt merchants was far more than these, but this was not conducive to their corruption, so they changed the law to revise the Chinese law, and put the logistics supply of the border army into their own hands, and the baggage part was slowly fished out by these corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

It is rumored that during the reign of Xiaozong Hongzhi, some people proposed to completely abolish the Kaizhong Law and allocate the grain and grass of the border army by the household department, but as a result, the layers were stripped down, and the grain and grass of the border army were seriously insufficient, which almost provoked a mutiny, and the supply of grain and grass was transferred back to the hands of the salt merchants.

This shows how greedy these officials are.

Of course, most of these are not the rules that Chen Da made out after taking office, but the rules that existed before, however, Chen Da went with the flow like this, only for his own personal gain, completely ignoring the life and death of the border army, even if the Tartars hit the Xuanfu and ignored it, it was really shameless, did the court let him be the governor of Shanxi to let him lie here to collect money?

As more and more evidence was collected, Yang Cong became more determined to pull Chen Da off the horse, even if it was not for himself, for the soldiers of the border army, and for the people of the border guard, he would also pull this shameless guy off the horse.

If he is allowed to continue like this, sooner or later the Tartars will break through the defense lines of Biguan, Ningwu, and Yanmen, and rush into the hinterland of Shanxi to plunder, and when the time comes, it will be another terrifying catastrophe!