Chapter 66: The Controversy over the Firearms Battalion

Wen Xiang and Zai Yuan told what they had seen and heard word for word, and handed them all over together with the testimony of the witnesses.

Wen Xiang said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the fact that Guo Ye, the chief soldier of Baoding Town, smashed the county government is true, and He Jiabao was also burned by him, of course, no one was injured, but the He family's Zhuangzi was burned; A few days ago, he coveted the beauty of Chen E, the sister of the chief Chen Hai, and forcibly seized it, resulting in one death and three serious injuries to the family, and the house was burned. The locals even said that the He family claimed that the entire Tong County belonged to their old He family, from Luo Tinghe to Ren Tong County to the present, only five years, the land of the He family has skyrocketed from the original 1,000 acres to 100,000 acres, this is only the land of Tong County, in the neighboring Sanhe, there is also a large amount of land occupied by the He family, it is estimated that there are at least 130,000 acres of land, the entire Tong County is only 500,000 acres of land, after going out of Huangzhuang, it is only more than 300,000 acres, they have occupied more than one-third of the private land in Tong County, The entire Tong County is the He family, and it is definitely not a lie! ”

In five years, the land in his hand has skyrocketed from 1,000 mu to 100,000 mu, such a speed, if there is no cat in it, he is afraid of killing Xianfeng, Xianfeng does not believe it, not to mention that Huangzhuang is only more than 100,000 mu, and the land of the He family is more than Huangzhuang, which is repayable?

Xianfeng looked at Wuren and Kuang Yuan below, and now the two of them are also a little dumbfounded, 100,000 acres of land, don't talk about the He family, it is a first-class member in the court, and there are not many people who have so much land! That's too nonsense, isn't it?

Xianfeng asked lightly: "Tell me, how should this case be handled?" ”

Now Wu Ren and Kuang Yuan are embarrassed to open their mouths because of their previous mistakes, their faces are flushed, and they can only stand aside.

Minister Ruilin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in the village of precious fish and meat, he has forced people to die, and the crime is not forgiven, and he needs to be punished with capital punishment to make an example." As for Luo Tinghe, there is also a failure of lax supervision, however, Luo Tinghe is just a negligence, and he does not know what is the precious fox fake tiger power and false orders, and his father Luo Bingzhang is supervising the war in Hunan, encircling and suppressing the Taiping bandits, at this time, ......"

Ruilin and Luo Bingzhang have always been good friends, and Ya didn't want to involve Luo Bingzhang's father and son too much in this matter, so as to remind the emperor that he should also take into account the overall situation and the war in the south.

Xianfeng snorted coldly and said: "Your Majesty is not strict, the family is not strict, Luo Bingzhang is now going to be old and confused, forget it for the sake of his hard work for the imperial court, this matter will not be investigated, and he will be dismissed to the post of county commander of Luoting Hetong County, and demoted to the master of Taifu Temple!" A one-year fine! issued an order to reprimand Luo Bingzhang, let him suppress bandits in Hunan, do not live up to his hopes, as for the military affairs of the governor of Sichuan, let go of it first, and choose another person. As for He Guigui, he was handed over to the Criminal Department for punishment according to the law, and all the land of the He family was confiscated. ”

Xianfeng dealt with the matter of Luo Tinghe and did not give others a chance to speak, after all, Luo Bingzhang still had to maintain it, that was a big member of the southern town, an important backbone of the Hunan system, if he dealt with it ruthlessly, he was afraid that it would attract the dissatisfaction of others.

However, after the handling is done here, Guo Ye's side must not be counted like this, even if Xianfeng wants to forget it, it will definitely not work, first of all, Zaiyuan will not agree, in the firearms camp, Zaiyuan has lost all the people.

Zaiyuan said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, please strictly punish Guo Ye, the chief soldier of Baoding Town!" Smashing the county government, beating the officials of the imperial court, and despising the Qincha, it is the imperial power that has nothing, how can such a person be in charge of such an important town as the firearms battalion! Please dismiss Guo Ye and investigate it! ”

Wu Ren also stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty, Guo Ye despises the imperial power, has no royal law, and if he is not strict, it is not enough to correct the discipline of the imperial court!" ”

The monk on the side had a crooked nose, ******, a bunch of bastards! When dealing with Luoting River, why don't you say that it is not enough to correct the discipline of the imperial court? Is Luo Bingzhang not easy to bully, so you are good at bullying? Guo Ye, that's Lao Tzu's most capable general! Without him, how will Lao Tzu compete with foreigners in the future?

Monk Greenqin shouted: "Your Majesty, although Guo Ye's behavior is inappropriate, but there is a reason for everything, and the minister thinks that he will make an edict, that is, after all, he has just entered the court, and he still doesn't understand the rules, if he suppresses it too much, I'm afraid it will hurt his self-motivated heart!" ”

Wu Ren retorted: "Monk King, is Guo Ye just misbehaving?" To defy the imperial power is to turn around! The firearms battalion is the most important combat force of the imperial court, and he was used as a tool for the dead, besieging the county government, attacking the Qincha, and beating the officials. Your Majesty, the minister thought that he should get rid of all Guo Ye's errands, go home and introspect, and the firearms revenue should be returned to the infantry commander Yamen, and ask the emperor to appoint another capable commander to restrain military discipline! ”

Monk Grinqin was in a hurry when he arrived, and he dismissed all his errands, Wuren, your mind is too vicious, right?

Monk Lingqin said angrily: "Wu Ren, you have to declare a personal vendetta, Guo Ye is a rare talent in recent years, how can you be discarded because of your words?" ”

Kuang Yuan pushed the monk Greenqin back lightly: "Monk King, you entered Beijing without permission, and the emperor has not yet dealt with you, and you still have the face to roar above the court?" Let's wait for the emperor's long grace later. ”

Monk Greenqin's face turned red, and Su Shun on the side stepped forward and said: "Monk King, don't be impatient, Guo Ye's matter, but there is too much fire, the Tongxian case shows that Guo Ye still lacks experience and is not enough to be in charge alone, the firearms camp is the top priority, and it is not appropriate to hand over the important barriers in the capital to him." Of course, there is a reason for it, and the emperor will not be too harsh......"

Su Shun's meaning is obvious, tell the firearms battalion to hand it over, hand it over to the infantry yamen, and take care of it for me, as for Guo Ye, we don't care about ourselves, forget it, the emperor likes him very much, and he will definitely not deal with it too harshly.

Sure enough, Su Shun's meaning was expressed, and Xianfeng's face softened.

Xianfeng coughed and said: "In this case, remove Guo Ye from the post of chief of the firearms battalion, remove him from the title of commander, temporarily move to Baoding, command the troops of Baoding Town, and be fined for one year; Monk Greenqin did not follow the edict, entered the capital without permission, fined him for one year, and immediately returned to Tianjin to deploy defense! Well, Su Shun, since the firearms battalion has been handed over to your infantry yamen, you can recommend a good talent for me to take charge of the firearms battalion. ”

"Wow!"

Su Shun was overjoyed when he heard this, the firearms battalion, which he had coveted for so long, finally fell into his own hands!