And at this time, the lobby of the criminal department.

Zhou Kuo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, sat in the hall, and Guo Huai, the secretary of Dali Temple, sat on the left back side of Tongkuo with a table.

There was no one below, and on either side stood two rows of Yulin troops in black armor and long swords at their waists.

Zhou Kuo picked up the startling wood and patted it, then said loudly: "Take the prisoner Xia Yong." ”

After a while, a middle-aged man in prison clothes, tall, with a somewhat hideous face, and a disheveled head, was pressed into the lobby and pressed to his knees.

And his mental state is very poor, his eyes are a little red, his skin is a little rough, and he is obviously under great mental pressure.

Zhou Kuo picked up the startling wood and slapped it heavily, and saw Xia Yong come back to his senses, so he spoke: "Xia Yong, the former privy deputy envoy, you are also a veteran, you climbed to this position from the pile of dead, you don't lack clothing, food, fame, status, is it necessary to embezzle and take bribes again?" Tell me, how much are you really greedy? Tell us everything you know! ”

"You are also a meritorious minister of the court, don't make it difficult for me, say it!"

Xia Yong knelt on the ground, blinked his eyes, and after a long while, he spoke, "Yes! I am also a meritorious minister of the court. ”

"I said, when I was captured by His Majesty's Yulin Army, I knew that it was planted. I don't have the luxury of asking for His Majesty's forgiveness, once as a soldier, I dare to admit it if I dare to do it, but I regret it a little. ”

"During my six years as the deputy privy councillor, I have embezzled the military funds of the border gates many times, about five million taels, and lent them money to make money, as for how many times I can't remember clearly, but I have repaid them all, and the profit is about 800,000 taels, and I gave 200,000 taels to the right attendant of the household department at one time, Lang Diping, who mainly helped me cover up the flow of these money."

"There is also the fact that I once accepted a large amount of property from Li Yin, the envoy of the Jiangnan Festival, including 300,000 taels of silver tickets, a Jiangnan Forest Garden, and 10,000 hectares of fertile land. Three years ago, I went to Jiangnan to inspect the situation of the garrison, because Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, and the 200,000 garrisons in Jiangnan have long been less than 100,000, and the soldiers have no will to fight, and the full amount of food and salary allocated by the court has already been divided up by the officer class of the Jiangnan garrison headed by Li Yin, and only 20% is left to raise the army, and most of the allocated armaments have been resold by them. I don't know the specifics now. ”

"As for the rest of the miscellaneous things, I can't remember."

Zhou Kuo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, changed his face when he heard this, and his fingers trembled and pointed at Xia Yong and said, "Xia Yong, do you know what you are talking about?" Your Majesty's thoughts, as a martial artist, you know it, you dare to hide such an important matter without permission, even if you die ten times, you won't have time to atone for your sins. ”

Xia Yong listened, nodded, his spirit was a little uplifted, and he said with some joy: "Of course I know Your Majesty's thoughts, but I have long been deep in the game and it is difficult to break free, otherwise how could you catch me so easily this time, I don't know how many ways to escape from the capital and escape the world, but Daqian finally became an emperor who is good to the martial artists, as a martial artist, I don't want Your Majesty to be disappointed in the world's martial artists!" ”

"I can't wait for Your Majesty to ascend the throne early!"

"Tell Your Majesty for me, just say that I, Xia Yong, are ashamed of my trust in him!"

After speaking, Xia Yong knelt on the ground and didn't say a word.

Zhou Kuo saw it, and then ordered: "Take it away!" ”

Xia Yong was taken down.

Zhou Kuocai said: "Lao Guo, you try it first, I must report this situation to Your Majesty." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Guo Huai to react, he quickly ran out of the lobby of the Criminal Department and galloped towards the palace.

……

In the imperial study, Zheng Wen met with Zhou Kuo.

As soon as Zhou Kuo saw Zheng Wen, he knelt on the ground with an anxious expression. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said, "Your Majesty, woe has happened. Xia Yong was interrogated at the Criminal Department just now, and Xia Yong violently sent out less than 100,000 troops from the 200,000 garrisons in Jiangnan, and the officer layer headed by Li Yin, the envoy of Jiangnan Jiedu, embezzled more than eighty percent of the military salaries and resold most of the armaments. Your Majesty, you should quickly think of a way, I can't make it happen, Li Yin will rebel......"

Zheng Wen listened, and before he could finish speaking, he personally helped him up before he spoke: "Zhou Qing is too worried, don't be so anxious, sit down and take a sip of tea." ”

Zheng Wen personally poured a cup of tea for Zhou Kuo, and then said: "What's the panic, what's the matter." Just with him Li Yin, he also dared to rebel, and what kind of rebellion he used was with his wine bags and rice bags, and the tens of thousands of Jiangnan soldiers who lacked food and clothing. Didn't I look down on him? He can't do the opposite. ”

"What if it was the other way around? Zhou Qing, do you believe it! As long as I issue a holy decree of Li Yin's dismissal in the capital, when the holy decree has not yet reached Jiangnan, Li Yin will die so much that he can no longer die! ”

When Zhou Kuo heard this, he suddenly felt a little inexplicable, Your Majesty is not crazy!

Then he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, isn't you sick?" ”

When Zheng Wen heard this, he laughed with a "poof", and then said: "I understand what Qing means, Qing doesn't think I'm crazy, I'm very sober!" ”

When Zhou Kuo heard this, his face was a little embarrassed.

Zheng Wencai said with a serious face: "Who gave him Li Yin so much courage to do whatever he wanted in Jiangnan, deducting military salaries, eating empty salaries, and reselling ordnance, don't think I don't know, I know that it was the family in Jiangnan that gave Li Yin this courage!" ”

"I wish he would rebel, but if I did, I would send northern soldiers into Jiangnan and wash the Jiangnan family with blood!"

When Zhou Kuo heard this, his face was bloodless, and sure enough, the Son of Heaven was angry, and the blood flowed!

"How can tens of thousands of Jiangnan soldiers be the opponent of the 1.6 million army in the north, even if they add hundreds of thousands, they are not the opponent of the soldiers in the north." Zheng Wen said again.

"Moreover, the big families in Jiangnan also know that they will not be so stupid."

"I know, and so do they."

"Zhou Qing, do you know? Sooner or later, I will clean Jiangnan, in fact, these Jiangnan families also know. But I cleansed, how could I kill them all, I haven't gone crazy yet, at most, I will find one or two typical families to exterminate the clan, knock on the mountains and shock the tigers, and then let them spit out some benefits, so that they can restrain a little, this is already the limit of what I can do in a short period of time. ”

And Li Yin has long been corrupted beyond recognition by them, he is no longer the decisive and resolute battlefield general who fought bloodily, just a coward who was eroded by the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River and couldn't command the war. I don't worry about him at all! ”

"I just feel heartache in my heart, my heart aches for the 200,000 army in Jiangnan, they were also warriors who could fight bloody battles and were not afraid of life and death, it's a pity!"

Zheng Wen said, but tears involuntarily flowed from the corners of his eyes!

"It's a pity, it's the big guys, it's me who can't stand them!"

Zhou Kuo looked at His Majesty who showed his true temperament, but somehow, a sadness rose in his heart!

He also remembered this picture deeply for a lifetime, and he was moved for a lifetime!

And Zheng Wen wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand before he spoke again: "So, Zhou Qing doesn't have to worry too much, I know it in my heart." Just do your own thing! ”

……

Zheng Wen personally sent Zhou Kuo out of the imperial study, and watched him go away, before returning to the imperial study with a frown.

What he was worried about was not whether Li Yin would rebel.

In fact, he still has something to say, that is, the family in Jiangnan will never allow Li Yin to rebel, even if Li Yin has a slight inclination, Li Yin will die violently immediately, because the Jiangnan family needs a stable Jiangnan, not a war-torn Jiangnan.

Although Zheng Wen will purge Jiangnan, kill one or two big families, and erode their interests, but after all, that is only the future, and they have a way to deal with it. Even if Zheng Wen hits them hard, as long as they leave their roots, they will always recover one day.

But once Jiangnan rebels, they will usher in Zheng Wen's butcher's knife, and the entire Jiangnan will be a river of blood!

And what made Zheng Wen frown was that it was the situation in Jiangnan, although he had also seen the situation in Jiangnan from some intelligence, but he didn't expect it to be so serious!

Even the army with the strictest control of the imperial court has become so rotten, so if you think about the local officialdom in Jiangnan, the result is even more obvious!

But after all, Zheng Wen has just ascended the throne, and although he has generally controlled the situation in the court, after all, there are not many cronies, and the local officialdom in Jiangnan is difficult for Zheng Wen to change in a short period of time.

Obviously, the only way to do this is to change the garrison and send a general who Zheng Wen is absolutely trustworthy, loyal to him, and capable to serve as the Jiangnan Jiedu envoy to take charge of the Jiangnan garrison and reform the Jiangnan garrison for him.

So who are you going to send?

Zheng Wen was pacing in the imperial study, but the thoughts in his mind were carefully pondering.

Wu Yong, the Duke of Liao, is obviously overkill, his status in the military is too high, and he has a derogatory taste to serve as the Jiangnan Jiedu envoy, no!

Yulin Army Li Wei, no qualifications, no!

Qin Fei, the envoy of the Jingying Festival, has barely enough qualifications, but Zheng Wen does not plan to push him to the army again, the military camp Jiedu envoy he is serving in now is almost empty, and the army of the Jingying is almost led by Zheng Wen.

Then it can only be the veteran of Hebei Jiedu Envoy and Handan Hou Lincang, who sent him to Jiangnan as Jiangnan Jiedu Envoy.

And Li Tong of the Yulin Army is a native of Jiangnan, and he can be sent to Jiangnan as Lin Cang's deputy.

In this way, Zheng Wen is temporarily relieved of Jiangnan!

But obviously it was not sent immediately, he decided to wait and see the situation in Jiangnan and see before making a decision.

What if Gangnam is reversed? Then Zheng Wen must have jumped up with joy, and immediately sent the 300,000 troops of Yanjing City to Jiangnan.

The result is that within three months, the rebellion in Jiangnan will be put down, so Zheng Wen will not only harvest the money and fertile land of those big families, but the entire Jiangnan, he can control the entire Jiangnan in his hands, and I don't know how much grain he can harvest in a year!

Of course, death and injury are inevitable, but as an emperor, you should have an iron heart.

But apparently, he was just fantasizing!