Gao Jinxi, who was standing at the door, was even more frightened, he knew in advance these tricks of the eunuchs, and when Bao Fu was all out of the door, he reacted, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said: "The slave deserves death, I went out to urge before, and the eunuchs had said words that were suppressed first and then promoted, and the slaves were stupid, and they didn't notice it, so I begged the emperor to punish them together." ”

His words not only confirmed the accusations of the eunuchs' preferences for Zhenwu, but also took him out easily, which can be described as a typical fall into the well.

"Suppress first and then raise it?" Zhenwu snorted lightly and laughed, "I let them raise first and then suppress." As he spoke, he glanced at Gao Jinxi, and then said lightly: "That's it, those who don't know are not guilty, you go and take over the errand of the introduction." ”

Hearing this, Gao Jinxi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you for the emperor's kindness, and the servants obey the order." ”

Only then did Zhenwu turn sideways to Queen Hairuo and said: "These bold and reckless minions can't be connived at all, otherwise they will gain an inch." ”

Hai Ruo came back to her senses at this time, and understood why Zhenwu had an unprovoked attack on a group of eunuchs, and the second chief manager in her palace was also one of the eunuchs, and after a little silence, she said: "The emperor's candle shines brightly, has insight into the situation, and the handling is extremely appropriate, which not only rectifies the rules in the palace, but also takes care of the faces of the harem concubines." ”

As soon as the voice fell, a little eunuch bowed down at the door and reported: "Your Majesty, Yijun Wang Yinxiang handed a sign outside the residence to ask to see." ”

The old thirteen is here! That must be Zhao Shenqiao's news, Zhenwu nodded slightly, and then said to Hai Ruo: "It's not easy for show girls to toss back and forth, and the rest of the show girls will be selected, and there will be Queen Lao." With that, he stood up and ordered, "Let Yinxiang wait in the Ningning residence." ”

Although Hairuo is in the palace, he is still clear about the major affairs of the imperial court, knowing that Yinxiang is not only in charge of the Fengtai camp, but also in charge of the military department, knowing that today's selection of show girls. Still came to see him. Obviously, there was something urgent, she hurriedly got up and said: "State affairs are important, and the emperor can rest assured about the selection of show girls." ”

Zhenwu was also anxious to know Zhao Shenqiao's situation, and hurried back to Yiningju all the way and entered the palace, but he didn't see Yinxiang, so he knew that Yinxiang must be afraid of trespassing and refused to wait in the palace. Then he commanded: "Xuan Yinxiang will come to see you." ”

After Yinxiang strode into the hall, he saluted and said, "Weichen respectfully invites the emperor to be sainte." ”

As soon as he got up, Zhenwu said with a smile: "Excuse me, give a seat." ”

After thanking him, Yinxiang bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has already received Zhao Shenqiao in Luancheng the day before yesterday. ”

Luancheng? Zhenwu frowned slightly, Shanxi and Shaanxi have two roads into Beijing, from Zhengding to the northwest. Those who have been promoted by Lujing. For the way of the post station, all the emperor's envoys, military books and mails are all from this road, southwest, through Luancheng Zhaozhou into Yu, for the business travel road, Zhao Shenqiao does not take the post road, take the business road, is to hide the whereabouts?

Slightly groaned. He asked, "How is Zhao Shenqiao?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Weichen sat in Zhending Mansion, and after hearing the report, he went to answer it in person." Yinxiang bowed and said: "Zhao Shenqiao is still in good spirits, but he is quite haggard. As he spoke, he took out a letter, presented it with both hands, and said, "This is a secret letter handed over by Zhao Shen Qiaotuo Weichen." ”

Zhenwu took the secret letter. Zhao Shenqiao reported in detail in the letter that the officials of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces had embezzled and fraudulently received the Anji silver, pension silver, and anti-harm silver allocated by the imperial court, and mentioned that three of the five prisoners who reported the case were missing.

The so-called Anjiyin refers to the resettlement of the victims of the disaster who are in exile, because disaster relief and relief has always been based on the people's food, with the county town or the big town as the relief point, and the disaster victims from all over the world have gathered to the relief point to survive the disaster, these disaster victims not only have to give relief but also build sheds and houses for resettlement, in addition, after the disaster, they also need to send them back to their hometowns, depending on the distance of the disaster according to the size of the population of the disaster victims to pay a plate fee and a certain ration, this is to restore as soon as possible and promote post-disaster production.

And the pension silver is a wide variety, there are compassion for the poor and orphaned, raising orphans, receiving the poor, filial piety, compassion for the eunuchs, prisoners, Fu Nanyi, etc., after the catastrophe these pensions are very necessary, this year is not only poor medical care, people's physical fitness is also poor, every time there is a famine, even if the relief is timely, effective, there will be all kinds of death, the post-disaster pension is mainly to stabilize people's hearts, but also to win the hearts of the people.

Eliminating locusts mainly refers to catching locusts, since the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, the locust plague is extremely serious, so it attaches great importance to catching locusts, Kangxi also wrote "Locust Hunting" for this reason, local officials also summed up a large number of locust catching experience, after the drought is often accompanied by locust plague, this is also the so-called drought and locusts, after the drought issued to eliminate the pesticide silver, not only to eliminate the locust plague, but also to subsidize the people after the disaster in disguise.

Although he had expected it, Zhenwu was still quite shocked, these officials were so greedy for profit that they had reached such a point, so many orders and repeated sentences, strict punishments, and under the supervision of many prisoners, they dared to reach out and embezzle disaster relief money, it can really be said that they were extremely bold, and the three unaccounted for prisoners did not know what the situation was.

After pondering for a long time, Zhenwu handed the secret letter to Yinxiang and said, "You can also take a look." ”

A rough look, Yinxiang was shocked into a cold sweat, such a big case, with the consistent style of Zhenwu leading the troops, it is inevitable to do what he says, and he will kill the ring, Shaanxi, Shanxi Province's official shortage is mostly full, special flag people, the two provinces above the government road and the prince of the Beijing Division, Manmeng Xungui is more involved, either the in-laws of the children or the doormen, if it is a big killing, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil in the court.

But it is impossible for Zhenwu to gently expose this case, not to mention that Zhenwu will not break his word in the world, even Zhao Shenqiao will not give up, and he bowed down and said after a long silence: "Your Majesty, Weichen secretly thinks that this case must be thoroughly investigated." Wei Chen is curious, so many prisoners are supervising in the two provinces, why only five people are aware of the problem? ”

"It's not surprising." Zhenwu said casually: "The prisoners have no experience in disaster relief, and the focus of their supervision is on the relief of food during disaster relief, and they are concerned about whether people will starve to death?" After the rain and the disaster eased, they thought that the errand was over, so they naturally did not pay much attention. Besides, the security system, the bereavement pension, and the elimination of the silver were in the hands of the officials of the two provinces, and they had no way of knowing at all, how to supervise it? ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "This relief, I not only gave three orders in the Beijing newspaper, but also killed a group of warehouse officials and officials as a warning, but it did not have a deterrent effect at all, and it seems that there are still too few killings." Speaking of this, he snorted coldly, "I really don't believe that they are all things that ask for money and don't want to die, this case must be thoroughly investigated, and I will personally go to Jinshan." ”

Zhenwu is going to go on patrol? Yinxiang couldn't help but be stunned, how could anyone leave Beijing when Yuji ascended the throne? He hurriedly bowed down and said, "The emperor's body of ten thousand gold, how can he be in danger lightly? Just after the drought in the land of Jin and Shaanxi, the people's hearts are not stable, the public order is not quiet, and there is the possibility of an outbreak of plague. ”

"After a spring drought, I invested more than 10 million dollars of silver before and after, if the people's hearts are still unstable, the law and order are not quiet, and the plague breaks out, the officials of the two provinces can be killed." Zhenwu said in a deep voice: "I want to see for myself, how much of this silver is used on the people?" ”

Hearing this, Yinxiang couldn't help but secretly complain about his own gaffe, and was thinking about whether to ventilate a few ministers or Yinxi in the study, so that they could dissuade him, and he didn't want Zhenwu to continue: "Although I have been in the place for a long time, it is limited to the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River, and the provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu have never set foot in it. ”

Secret checks? Zhenwu is planning a private visit to Weifu? Yinxiang was shocked, what are you kidding, the people in Shaanxi and Gansu are fierce, but they are not as good as Jiangnan, not only this year's spring drought, but also nine years of drought in ten years, there is no good year at all, I dare not say that there are thieves everywhere, but I want to come and there will be no less, how can I serve a private visit? Once the news is leaked, the consequences are unimaginable.

Before he could speak, Zhenwu continued: "Last year, Huang Ama had a stroke for the first time, and I sent people to Tibet to hire a Tibetan doctor who was good at treating stroke to come to Beijing to recover and treat Huang Ama.

The guards who went to Tibet came back to report that there were rumors in Hami and Tibet that Dzungaria had frequent contacts with Tsarist Russia, and I was worried that changes in the northwest were imminent. The Battle of the Northwest used to be a grain and grass logistics, and now it is necessary to add arms supplies, and I expect Xi'an to build a large-scale ammunition, grain and grass supply base. ”

Gar had frequent contact with Tsarist Russia? Is the Northwest changing imminent? Yinxiang was overjoyed when he heard this, but he immediately became depressed, Zhenwu had already said that he would not let him go to the bitter cold land in the northwest, and then he thought that there were no outstanding generals in the DPRK and China, and he added a glimmer of hope to his heart, and he couldn't wait for the northwest to change greatly.

After suffering for a while, he immediately collected his mind, since Zhenwu still has this purpose, then there is no need to dissuade him, after a little groaning, he said: "Your Majesty, the people in Shaanxi and Gansu are fierce, and Wechen is really not at ease, Wechen begs to follow." ”

Zhenwu couldn't help but smile slightly, what the old thirteen had an idea, he was clear, and immediately said: "Brother Thirteen doesn't have to go with him, I am not in Beijing, you have to sit in Beijing for me, you and Brother Starling, one article and one martial arts, complement each other." ”

Hearing this, Yinxiang couldn't help but be disappointed, what a text and a martial arts, complement each other, isn't it just to keep yourself and starlings to check and balance each other, think about it, the old ten are guarding the new army, don't leave him, Zhenwu is really relieved, he wants to go to the northwest, but he ignores this, he hurriedly bowed and said: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Zhen Wu smiled slightly, and then said: "The strength of the new Janissaries is limited, and the training time is also insufficient, if it changes in an instant, it will inevitably be transferred to the Eight Banners, can the thirteenth brother draw 10,000 elites who will not let me lose face to participate in the war?" ”