Chapter 696

Although the two bowls of porridge were gone as soon as they soaked in urine, at this moment, the relevant ministers who were already hungry and their limbs were weak still stood up and put forward their opinions and doubts, but no one dared to accuse the old god of continuing to stand in the same place.

After all, the Empress Dowager Gao Tao Xu Wei is still there, although Gao Tao does not seem to be short at all, but who dares to have the courage to scare this goods, scolding this Gao Shi is a small matter, and provoking the Empress Dowager Gao Tao who has just retired.

If you don't scold him, it doesn't mean that you can't express your opinion on this proposal, Xiang Jun, that's a cash cow for many civil and military generals.

The Great Song Dynasty relied on the forbidden army to fight, if blood and sweat are two appearances, then the forbidden army is bloody, and the box army is sweaty.

When the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty was fighting, the box army acted together as a transport brigade at most, and only a few box army troops had a certain combat effectiveness, and most of them, hehe......

The appearance of the Xiang army was due to the frequent disasters in the Great Song Dynasty, which led to many poor people leaving their hometowns in desperation, and in order to survive, they were displaced from all directions. Over time, there is a fear of disaster.

For this reason, after listening to the advice of the officials, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty decided to accept the displaced people and fill them as the Xiang army, since the Xiang army is mostly homeless, then the combat effectiveness is naturally not much, after all, under the disaster, it is not only the young and strong who escape, but also the old and weak women and children. Therefore, it is impossible for the Xiang army to fight and kill.

Except for a small number of van troops that need to be drilled to show everyone, most of them have little combat effectiveness.

However, the Xiang Army, after all, is the army of the country, and it is to pay food, so the question is, since there is food and salary to collect, are those people still willing to leave? Of course not.

But the problem is that the Xiang Army is really inferior to the regulations of the Pheasant University in later generations in terms of management, so many of the soldiers in the Xiang Army barracks will become fewer and fewer, and the waist bags and waists of the officials will become more and more fat.

Since the big guys can get fat water from inside, then the Xiang army is their cornucopia, and Gao Shi's proposal is equivalent to smashing their cornucopia, although they dare not offend Gao Shize, but they still don't want this matter to become a reality.

Seeing that these ministers who were impatient to stand up jumped out one after another and chattered, Zhao Xu's expression was slightly gloomy, but he didn't make any other movements, but gestured to Ma Shang beside him and bowed slightly.

Ma Shang nodded understandingly, and began to silently write down in his heart those civil and military officials who spoke particularly enthusiastically and opposed the most, and compared them with the roster in his hand one by one, and then after making a mark on it, he quietly passed this roster to the imperial case.

But the Son of Heaven didn't mean to be angry at all, and they made a fuss with them, and in the end, one by one, the white foam at the corners of his mouth rolled his eyes and looked at each other, only to see that the young Son of Heaven still looked like an old god.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am really curious about why you reacted so strongly to the placement of the Xiang army in those three states."

“…… Your Majesty, we are waiting for the sake of the safety of my Great Song Dynasty, and this heart can be expressed by the sun and the moon. Immediately, a minister jumped out and looked eager to dig out his heart and liver to show that he was so patriotic and loyal.

"Hmm...... But I don't think any of your reasons are justifications. Zhao Xu said indifferently.

"Although the Xiang Army is also a part of the Great Song Army, don't you know its origin? Or deliberately pretending not to know......"

This sentence directly made the hearts of all Wenchen feel cold, and they couldn't help but beat a little drum in their hearts.

"I not only know the origin of the Xiang Army, but also know that the affairs of the Xiang Army are mostly miscellaneous rather than military. Moreover, the court has always been generous to soldiers, whether it is the forbidden army or the box army, no matter how difficult it is for the court, the food and salary have never been less than half a penny......"

"However, I know some news that makes me feel very bad, that is, some officials, under the banner of sharing worries for the country, seem to be really a courtier who is dedicated to the country and diligent in protecting the army, but in fact, they are deceiving their superiors and subordinates, colluding with colleagues, bribing inspection officials to eat empty salaries......"

With Zhao Xu's words, the expressions of the officials who originally seemed to be righteous and awe-inspiring changed quite partly, and even some people's eyes began to become uneasy, and they looked nervously left and right.

"And these people are among you!" Speaking of this, Zhao Xu suddenly slapped the case and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty! Please put out the wrath of the thunder...... Your Majesty" Zhao Xu's sudden move shocked that no one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to stand still.

Zhao Xu didn't want to extinguish his anger at all, his eyes swept over the ministers who were kneeling on the ground, and once again fell on the list handed by Ma Shang before, and shouted loudly. "Chen Kun of the Ministry of War, Zhang Shun of the Guards Ma Jun, Cen Zhong of the Guards Infantry Division, and Du Qian of the Privy Council, where is it?!"

Every time the name of one of the officials was called, the official's face turned pale, his body went limp, or he shuddered.

"Just a few of you, you are so righteous and awe-inspiring, and you are arrogant, I almost think that you are thinking about my Great Song Dynasty's Jiangshan Society, and you are so worried about the country and the people, maybe you should be promoted to a semi-official, so as to be worthy of your loyalty......"

"Unfortunately, it's not! Chen Kun of the Military Department, taking advantage of the opportunity of inspecting the establishment of the Xiang Army on Hedong Road, accepted bribes from the commanders and commanders of the battalions amounted to 23,000 guan, and there were 51 battalions of the Xiang Army on the entire Hedong Road, and there was a shortage of personnel in one battalion, and the largest number of people was even 127 in one battalion.

There should have been 30,000 troops in the entire Hedong Road Army, but now there are only 23,000 people, which is enough for 7,000 shortages, and the court is still enough to pay food and military salaries every month, and where have these food and military salaries gone? ”

Chen Kun's face was pale and frightened, and he fell directly on the floor, trembling. "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty......"

"And your guard Ma Junsi Zhang Shun......" Zhao Xu stood in front of the imperial case, his eyes were like knives, looking directly at the few civil and military ministers who were named by him, and his words were like an awl, piercing fiercely.

And the important thing is that these are all things that the Great Song Emperor has already carefully investigated and collected evidence, and they are definitely not untargeted.

This is the root cause of these guys' paralysis and dead faces. With his words, the ministers present, or those ministers who had more or less been in the affairs of the Xiang Army, and those ministers who had benefited from the affairs of the Xiangjun were also terrified at the moment, and the sweat on their heads could not be wiped off, just like the that almost fell into the crotch of their pants in fright, and they were afraid that if they wanted to wipe it, they would not be able to wipe it clean at all.