"In the fifth year after the establishment of the country, the minister became the general of the Flying Bear Army and began to covet pleasure, and accumulated wealth for the sake ······of pleasure, and the minister used his power to seek huge profits for others, and since then it has been out of control." Cao Jiao told the story.

Zhao Junsheng listened quietly, for Cao Jiao's use of power to make profits, the lawsuit has already been clearly investigated, the reason why he did not move Cao Jiao is that on the one hand, considering that Cao Jiao was seriously injured last time he rescued the driver, and he can no longer serve in the army; On the other hand, because Cao Jiao has followed him for many years, there is absolutely no problem in loyalty, so he has been pressing the results of the investigation of the lawsuit.

After Cao Jiao finished speaking, he took out two books from his sleeve, "This is the detailed process of the minister's offense, and the minister has written it out and explained it on it!" There is also this, this is the property that the minister has used his power to make profits over the years, all of it is here, all of it is handed over, please punish Your Majesty! ”

Zhao Junsheng took the two books with an ugly face, opened them and looked at them one by one, and the more he looked at them, the more angry he became, "Cao Jiao, Cao Jiao, the treatment I give you to these founding heroes is not low, right?" High-ranking officials, marquis and generals, and there are a lot of rewards every year, and you can't spend them all, why do you still do this? ”

Cao Jiao, who knelt on the ground, said with a wry smile: "The ancients often said that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to enter thrift from luxury, this is true, once people are used to enjoying themselves with wine, they no longer want to live a thrifty life, the minister is not strong enough, and he has not resisted the temptation of some people, once he gets on the thief ship, it will be difficult to go down, for the sins of the minister, the minister himself knows in his heart, please Your Majesty does not have to show favoritism, how to deal with it according to the regulations, this is the minister's own fault, and he can't complain about others!" Now that he took the initiative to tell this matter, the minister feels much more relaxed and relieved! ”

After reading the two cantatas, especially all the ill-gotten gains obtained by taking advantage of his power listed in the second cantata, the amount was simply appalling, the total amount was as high as 2.65 million guan, which was more than the property of An Dashi, a Sogdian merchant who had seized the rich and rival country in the first place!

"Smack!" Zhao Jun was so angry that he slammed the two pieces on the table, "You······ General Cao, your courage is too great, if you continue like this, as long as you are richer than me in a few years, you will be richer than me, and you will be as rich as the country! ”

"The death penalty of the minister, the death penalty of the minister!" Cao Jiao kept kowtowing.

Gao Xiu had the heart to say a few words to intercede for Cao Jiao, but now he is also unable to protect himself, and he has just been reactivated, so he really has no confidence to intercede for Cao Jiao.

Zhao Junsheng looked over at this time, "Gao Xiu, what do you think of what to do with Cao Jiao?" ”

Gao Xiu hurriedly bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister is neither a scholar of the Criminal Department, nor a royal envoy, nor a Dali Temple, in this matter, the minister is not qualified to speak!" ”

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, and said to Cao Jiao: "You go back first, this case will be ordered to be tried by the three divisions, you can wait for the summons of the three divisions at home at any time, and go to the court on time for trial, go!" ”

"Command!" Cao Jiao agreed, and after kowtowing, he was helped up by the eunuch and turned around and left hobbly.

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while and asked the eunuch: "Kang Yide, what are Cao Jiao's two sons doing now?" ”

Kang Yide bowed down and replied: "The old slave heard that General Cao's eldest son was sent to enlist in the army and became a small soldier, and no one knew that he was Cao Jiao's son; The second son is preparing to participate in next year's entrance examination! ”

Zhao Junsheng picked up the two recitals on the table and handed them to Kang Yide: "You go to the table, pass on my will, order the three divisions to try Cao Jiao's case, give this to them, and relay my words: Cao Jiao took the initiative to confess to me, I said, but anyone who takes the initiative to confess and surrender will be commuted by the presiding judge at the time of judgment!" ”

"Yes!"

Since Cao Jiao had already taken the initiative to confess all the details of the crime, the officials of the Three Law Divisions did not have much workload, and only needed to verify the details he confessed, dismiss the officials involved and investigate them, and then conduct an interrogation.

The sentence of Cao Jiao by the Three Law Divisions also came down quickly, and in view of his voluntary surrender and confession, he was sentenced to ten years in prison and confiscated all illegal gains.

Zhao Junsheng read the verdict and issued a special amnesty order, in view of his meritorious service in saving the driver and his disability, he was exempted from the punishment of ten years in prison and his knighthood was reduced by one level.

Since the news of Cao Jiao's crime spread, attracting the attention of the entire Great Qian, following Gao Yun and Cui Hao, another founding hero was arrested and put on trial, from the first trial, many people have been paying attention to the progress of the trial of this case, especially those who are involved in the Cao Jiao case, one by one are frightened, lest Cao Jiao bite out of themselves.

However, Skynet was restored and not leaked, and after all, the people involved in the case were arrested and tried by the government one after another, and confessed their crimes.

This time, a large number of court and local officials, and even military generals and officers in the army were dismissed and investigated, and they were all people with high official positions, and many official positions were vacated, and the most important thing in this world was people who worked hard to climb up.

The people applauded because these fish and their corrupt officials had finally been duly punished, and those officials applauded loudly, and even wrote in support of the emperor and the court's verdict because they all wanted to be on the throne.

The aftermath of the Cao Jiao case had not yet subsided, and the Great Qianchao caused a shock in the world because Gao Xiu took a large number of elite soldiers and strong generals from various yamen and the Zhongbing army to inspect the various armies of the Zhongbing Army, the towns and garrisons in various places, and the soldiers of the counties and counties.

Zhao Junsheng thought that the Daqian Dynasty was already the most incorruptible and efficient court in all dynasties, and the Daqian army was also a rare army with strong combat effectiveness, but after so many years, all kinds of problems gradually arose in the army.

Half a month has passed since the inspection teams of the Provisional Military Judge Advocate General's Office were dispatched, and one case after another has been reported, and there are many people who eat empty quotas, and there are also people who resell military funds, ordnance, grain, and grass, as well as those who are slack in training and lax in military discipline.

It is even more common for the town garrison army and the county and county armies in various localities to have dilapidated urban defense facilities and lax patrols.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the case reports sent by Gao Xiu with a serious face, the severity of the problems in the army was beyond his imagination, and he was still preparing to drive the royal car to Rouran in mid-April, but now the problems in the army made him chill, how could he rest assured that he would lead the troops to the battle?

After careful consideration, Zhao Junsheng temporarily suppressed these case reports and disposed of them after the investigation was completed.

The efficiency of the various inspection teams is still very high, and they immediately start investigations when they go to various places, openly questioning some military generals, officers, and soldiers, and at the same time encouraging military personnel to actively and enthusiastically report and allow anonymous reports; once someone reports and exposes, they immediately file a case for investigation, summon the person who has been reported, suspend the other party's military duties, and isolate the person for examination.

The problems found out were written into the report, which flew to Chang'an like snowflakes and was sent to Zhao Junsheng's imperial case, and there were several such reports every day.

After reading it, Zhao Junsheng personally classified and sorted out the report files, placed them separately, and found someone to build a cabinet to store and lock.

In early April, the investigation of the inspection team sent out was completed, and Zhao Junsheng sent someone to announce the edict to Gao Xiu to meet him.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his head, got up and said: "The inspection teams have completed their inspections, but the matter is not over, so many cases have been handled in such a short period of time, there must be problems in some cases, maybe someone was deliberately reported and framed, maybe someone was hidden deeper and was not found out, so the various inspection teams cannot be transferred back, and they must continue to stay to deal with follow-up problems!" ”

"The patrol teams should have a backup of these cases, right?"

Gao Xiu hugged his fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and said to Gao Xiu: "Let them continue to stay, if the perpetrators do not pay, someone will appeal, let them re-investigate, if someone is still reporting, they must continue to investigate!" Also······"

Zhao Junsheng said and picked up the key to open the small cabinet, took out all the files and files from it and put them on the imperial case, which was divided into three stacks, he pointed to one of the stacks and said: "These are the ones that I feel basically have no doubt after reading them, and they can be decided and enough to kill the head, I have already made instructions, and all of them will be beheaded for violating military law!" The Provisional Judge Advocate General's Department immediately sent an order to all relevant inspection teams and asked them to carry it out! Remember, announce their crimes in front of all the soldiers and execute them publicly! These people are heinous crimes, not killing is not enough to stabilize the morale of the army, not killing is not enough to comfort those heroic souls who died on the battlefield in the past, and not killing is not enough to show the majesty of military law! ”

"This stack, I also read it, most of the people involved in this case are enough to be beheaded, some people can be sentenced to prison, and some are enough to be dismissed, but I feel that there are still some questions in these cases that have not been investigated, after all, most of them involve capital crimes, these people have served the country, and it is not easy to climb to this position, for the sake of prudence, it is still necessary to let the inspection teams continue to re-investigate again, and minimize unjust, false and wrongful cases!"

"In the last stack, these people are involved in relatively minor circumstances, as chief officials who are greedy for pleasure and cronyism; In addition, as the chief officer, the urban defense facilities in the jurisdiction are not maintained all the year round, making these facilities obsolete, damaged, and unusable, and the arrangements and supervision in the sentry posts and patrols are not in place, which makes the military discipline of the subordinates loose and the military appearance is not in order, and because of their own incompetence and laziness, the training of the officers and men under their command is lax, these are the responsibilities of the chief officer, in the final analysis, it is to eat and wait for death, inaction, what use does the Daqian court want them? Give this stack to the Ministry of War, let them deal with it, and take all those who don't do it, and replace them! ”

"No!" Gao Xiu agreed, but a chill gradually shrouded his heart, this time he was afraid that he would kill a river of blood, and there would be a big change of blood in the army.

Gao Xiu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, if it is carried out, I am afraid that there will be a large number of vacancies in the army, which will cause a big shock, and the matter of going on the expedition will ······."

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "The expedition is going on as usual, the army is scheduled to start in late April, the specific date is to be determined, the soldiers and horses who went out have received relevant orders and are being trained and assembled, even if there are criminals among the soldiers on the expedition, the military law will still be enforced!" ”

"Yes!"