Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 1: Training Anmin Town Tongzhou

Section 6 Combating Corruption (4)

Li Linbin saw that there had been bloodshed in Changping Prefecture and Tongzhou, and he was immediately anxious, his face had turned red, and he said: "Yunwei, I think you should stop this anti-corruption thing for a while, now things have begun to get out of control!" You can rest assured, I will return to the capital now, I still have some friendship with those imperial historians, I will definitely work with the imperial historians to thoroughly investigate this matter, and I will definitely give the soldiers a satisfactory explanation! ”

Liu Yunwei shook his head, resolutely rejected Li Linbin's proposal, and said: "I think Master Li should take a closer look at these evidence, there are also people involved in the case of the imperial history yamen such as Dali Temple in the capital, and there are people involved in the Fusi of Shen Zhibei Town!" How can Master Li make me trust those imperial historians? Besides, once I stop arresting criminals, I'm afraid it won't be long before those corrupt officials who have not yet been brought to justice will transfer and hide all the stolen money, and then we won't be able to find any evidence, and this crackdown on corruption will be abandoned halfway. ”

"What then! Do you have to kill the land of Gyeonggi to the point of blood? Do we have to wait until things are irreparable? Li Linbin said anxiously.

At this time, Liu Yunwei's eyes were full of murderous aura, he stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Do you know Lord Li? I saw my grandfather in a dream last night, and the tens of thousands of comrades who died in Liaodong, they all kept crying underground! Full of despair! ”

Li Linbin was taken aback when he heard this, and then he felt a chill all over his body, and opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

Liu Yunwei continued: "In the battle of Liaodong, 100,000 Han soldiers shed blood in Salhu, what are they for? For gold and silver, for fame? Neither! They are defending China and serving the country! In such a disadvantaged situation, knowing that the war would be lost and they would die, they still went out to fight outside the border and die generously, what did they do for it? Is it just to defend these corrupt officials! Now, the bloody sons who died on the battlefield have all returned to dust, and these miscellaneous pieces are still embezzling the new army's food and salary, and they are personally burying the new army that His Majesty has worked so hard to manage! Master Li, what does the New Army do? The new army is a thunderous blow from the imperial court to recruit Jiannu again! It is the sword of revenge of tens of thousands of unjust souls in Salhu! It is the king of the Han family who the people of Liaodong are crying blood and looking forward to! If these miscellaneous pieces can be eliminated in one fell swoop, the court will be clear, and the soldiers will be fair, then what harm will it do to turn Gyeonggi into a battlefield! Tell me, Master Li, did I do something wrong? Am I doing it wrong! Shouldn't these crumbs be killed! ”

At this time, Li Linbin's heart was extremely painful, he didn't know what he should say, he just shook his head and couldn't say a word. After a long while, Li Linbin finally calmed down and said, "Yunwei, I know that this matter is already very difficult, but we must end this matter as soon as possible!" In this way, you give me a bottom line! Give me a bottom line that can appease the soldiers! A bottom line that you can accept! ”

Liu Yunwei was silent, his eyes were fixed on Li Linbin, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Justice!" I and the soldiers of the Hanwei Army only need one justice! ”

Li Linbin's eyes flickered, and he looked at Liu Yunwei for a while before he said, "Okay, I'll rush back to the capital immediately, and I will use all my connections to mediate this matter." ”

"Then there's Lord Laury." After speaking, Liu Yunwei personally sent Li Linbin out of the camp. Watching Li Linbin's carriage gradually move away, Liu Yunwei said to a night bully beside him: "Give orders to the Changshui Department and the Yingyang Department to speed up the speed of anti-corruption, if there are not enough people, report to me immediately, and I will send reinforcements from the Longxiang Iron Cavalry!" ”

The one who did not receive his order at night and departed.

Liu Yunwei muttered: "Hurry up, we must investigate as many corrupt officials as possible before the imperial court fully intervenes!" ”

After Li Linbin left, he rushed back to the capital without stopping, and it was already night after entering the city. Although he was very tired, Li Linbin didn't care about going home to rest at all, but rushed directly to Huang Jiashan's house and handed over a confession and incriminating evidence transcribed by Liu Yunwei to Huang Jiashan.

Huang Jiashan was also shocked after reading these confessions and incriminating evidence, and exclaimed with a miserable face: "There are so many corrupt officials!" No wonder Liu Yunwei will lose his mind and lead the army to fight corruption, if this development continues, the Ming Dynasty will not be far from the death of the country! ”

Li Linbin saw that what Huang Jiashan said was very unlucky, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, so he changed the topic and said: "Lord Huang, let's talk about how to deal with the aftermath of this matter!" Now that the Han Wei Army has started killing in Changping Prefecture and Tongzhou, if the rest of the places also start killing people, I am afraid that the situation will get out of control in an instant, and at that time, it will be a great disaster! None of us can afford it! ”

Huang Jiashan was also so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly asked, "Then what does Liu Yunwei say?" How did he want to end the matter? ”

"Liu Yunwei said that he and the soldiers of the whole army only need to be fair!" Li Linbin said: "By the way, Liu Yunwei also said that Yuan Mingxuan has come to the capital and will come to us, so we will discuss this matter with Yuan Mingxuan." ”

Huang Jiashan was silent for a while when he heard this, and said, "Liu Yunwei is preparing to let Yuan Mingxuan come to pass the word!" Although this Liu Yunwei is only in his twenties, he has a heavy army to defend one side, and he is bold and careful, and he is decisive, this time the anti-corruption has caught us off guard, but Liu Yunwei seems to be strolling in the court, and the future of this son is limitless! ”

Li Linbin said anxiously: "When is this happening, Lord Huang, don't sigh at Liu Yunwei's personality!" We've all been hurt by this kid! Lord Huang, look, do we take the initiative to go to Yuan Mingxuan to discuss this matter, or wait for Yuan Mingxuan to come to us by himself? ”

Huang Jiashan sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's all this time, what are we waiting for, what are we waiting for, immediately send someone to find Yuan Mingxuan!" This matter can't wait any longer, I'm afraid it will change! ”

After sending people out to find Yuan Mingxuan, Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin sat in the mansion and waited for news, both of them were very irritable in their hearts, sitting in the hall, you look at me, I look at you, they are all sad and speechless. For a whole night, Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin did not receive news from Yuan Mingxuan, so the two sat in the lobby all night.

Early the next morning, Huang Jiashan sent out to find Yuan Mingxuan's family and sent back the news: Yuan Mingxuan has been found! At this time, he was on his way to Huangfu.

Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin breathed a sigh of relief, but after all, the two of them were not young, and they were very tired after a hard night. But Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin didn't dare to go back to rest, after all, there were still big things to discuss, so the two just ate some things and came to the main hall to wait for Yuan Mingxuan.

It didn't take long for Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin to see Yuan Mingxuan coming, and Yuan Mingxuan was also tired at this time.

Yuan Mingxuan first saluted Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin, and then without waiting for the two to speak, he said bluntly: "Now that the land of Gyeonggi has shown the image of chaos, I wonder how the two adults hope that this anti-corruption will end?" ”

Huang Jiashan frowned when he heard this, and said: "Of course, we hope that this anti-corruption campaign will end as soon as possible, but the premise is that it does not cause turmoil in Gyeonggi!" This must be guaranteed! ”

"What should be done with those corrupt officials involved in the case?" Yuan Mingxuan continued to ask.

Huang Jiashan and Li Linbin glanced at each other, and then said: "Of course, it is a severe punishment!" These corrupt officials are not strictly dealt with, which is not enough to calm people's hearts and correct the law of the country! ”

"What about the officials involved in the capital?" Yuan Mingxuan asked.

At this time, Huang Jiashan's forehead was already sweating, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I will immediately inform the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, and after checking the evidence, I will personally lead the troops to arrest people with the Shangshu of the Criminal Department!" ”

Yuan Mingxuan said with a smile: "Last question, I don't know what the two adults think, how to deal with the stolen money involved in the case this time?" ”

Speaking of this, Huang Jiashan's face was already a little unhappy, so he looked at Yuan Mingxuan, then looked to the side and stopped talking.

Li Linbin, who was on the side, saw it in his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then said tentatively: "Lord Yuan, next, Huang Shangshu will report the embezzlement of the new army's food and salary by corrupt officials to the imperial court, and the imperial court will come forward to take over this anti-corruption matter in an all-round way." However, please rest assured, Lord Yuan, these corrupt officials will definitely be severely punished! As for the stolen money, I think it would be better to return it to the national treasury. ”

Yuan Mingxuan sneered when he heard this, and said, "Collect it from the treasury? Is that after it is collected from the treasury, it will be allocated to the Hanwei Army? ”

Li Linbin nodded and said, "Yes, it should be so." ”

Yuan Mingxuan shook his head and said: "If this is the case, then it won't be long before another group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials will continue to embezzle the army's food and salary, and this time the anti-corruption will be completely meaningless." ”

Huang Jiashan said: "How is it possible? This time the matter is so big, how can there still be people who don't open their eyes and continue to pay attention to the new army's food and salary? ”

"As long as there is money to take, there will never be a shortage of corrupt officials!" Yuan Mingxuan said coldly: "When Taizu was in the court, how harsh was it to deal with corrupt officials? Peeling the skin and filling the grass, Ling Chi exterminated the clan, and Taizu even killed tens of thousands of corrupt officials a year! But the result? These corrupt officials are still going forward one after another, just like crossing the river, endlessly! Lord Huang and Master Li, how do you guarantee that no one will come to embezzle the New Army's food and salary in the future? ”

Li Linbin was dumbfounded for a while.

And Huang Jiashan asked: "Then according to Lord Yuan's meaning, how should these stolen money be handled?" ”