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The Son of Heaven drove back to Nanjing from Xijing, and along the way, he successively interrogated several officials who were either corrupt or derelict in their duties. This may not sound like much at first glance, but if you figure out that these officials were taken down by Night, it's different.

This mysterious department is not accepted at night, and it is rumored that its organization is so strict and there are many personnel, which is no less than the brocade guard of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that all along, the night is mostly used to collect intelligence externally, and rarely used internally. Therefore, its name is far less than that of the Jinyi Guard of the previous dynasty, which made officials at all levels talk about tigers.

But this time, Ye Bushu suddenly showed his sharp minions, Yiyang Zhixian was taken away in the middle of the night, Huaiqing Zhifu was arrested in the public court, Zhengzhou Zhizhou was escorted away in Qinglou, and Gongxian Zhixian was escorted away when he made a generous presentation in the county school.

The evidence of these people's crimes is conclusive, Zhao Wenjing, the prefect of Huaiqing, embezzled 1,200 dragon coins and sentenced them to confiscation in accordance with the law, and the rest were punished according to the severity of the crime, and Wu Chaoqun, the lightest of them, embezzled 54 dragon coins of public funds and also ended up being dismissed.

These cases were personally inquired into by the Son of Heaven and quickly closed.

Ordinary people applauded; However, the officials of the DPRK and China, from the internal chief assistant to the Qipin county order, suddenly became uneasy.

Originally, the country was so big, there were so many officials, and a few local officials below the fourth grade were convicted, which is nothing. But the key point is that when these officials are convicted, they do not follow the normal judicial process, but are directly arrested and interrogated by the night without collection, and then the evidence of the crime is reported to the Son of Heaven, who will convict him.

This move is exactly the same as the Jinyi Guard's edict back then, which is what makes the hundred officials frightened.

What kind of place is Jinyi Wei's edict? No matter who you go in, it's almost impossible to see the light of day again, and you can get a hundred felonies out of nothing.

This news spread like a plague in the officialdom of Daqin, making everyone feel in danger and frightened.

Officials in Henan first discovered that several of the officials who were convicted were opposed to the presumption of innocence. Officials who are the most vehemently opposed to judicial reform.

Kaifeng prefect Lu Shiliang was also opposed to judicial reform, and the news that several officials of Wu Chaoqun had been convicted one after another came, which immediately made him unable to sleep and eat, and he was worried that he would come to the door every day if he didn't accept it at night.

His wife Liang saw him tossing and turning every night, so he gave him an idea, and when the royal car arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, he praised the emperor's martial arts when he greeted the royal car, and finally urged the emperor to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen.

"Feng Chan Taishan?" Qin Mu was a little stunned at that time, this Lu Shiliang really dared to think about it. Since the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty. How many emperors have been enshrined in Mount Tai?

Although a lot of territory has been laid now, but the domestic people's livelihood has not been fully restored, at this time to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen, is it a little too good to rejoice?

Speaking from the heart, it would be a lie to say that Qin Mu was not moved at all, but he couldn't mention it to a prefect like this, and he immediately ran to Mount Tai, which would really be laughed at for 10,000 years.

"Nonsense." Qin Mu scolded lightly, but did not reprimand again.

Until the royal car leaves Kaifeng. Although he never stayed overnight to find Lu Shiliang, he felt that every time they met, Huang Lianshan's eyes looked at him very intriguing, which made people's hearts go straight to hair.

After sending off the royal car. While he breathed a sigh of relief, he secretly decided that it would be better to be less of a head bird in the future and be an honest official.

When Qin Mu arrived at Shangqiu. There was news from the Western Regions that Batur had honestly retreated from southern Xinjiang according to Qin Mu's conditions. gave up the entire northern frontier to Li Dingguo.

Qin Mu couldn't help laughing when he heard it, it seems that the last Chang'an military parade, the hunting in the Hetao, was not tossed in vain, and Batur Khan of the Dzungar Department was so frightened that he honestly did what he said.

Sima An persuaded: "Your Majesty, the more this is the case, the more Batur should not be underestimated, this kind of person who can bend and stretch is the one who should be more careful." ”

Qin Mu immediately suppressed his laughter, and said suddenly: "Mr. Sima is right, Batur is indeed not simple, he suddenly gave up the Guasha area and hurriedly retreated to the Western Regions, and now he can judge the situation and resolutely give up Moxi and the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, it seems cowardly, but it is not a person of great wisdom and courage, I am afraid it will be difficult to make such a decision." ”

In terms of the current situation, the Yarkand Khanate, which Batur had just taken over, had the people rebelling endlessly, and because the Moxi people were captured and his army was in turmoil, he now has a new understanding of the weapons of the Qin army. Under such circumstances, if he continues to fight with Li Dingguo at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, it will do more harm than good to Dzungar.

Therefore, it is absolutely wise for Batur to make such a decision based on the situation.

Gu Junen frowned and said: "Your Majesty, after Yan Yingyuan's 10,000-mile attack, Moxi is already rare, and now Batur will take away the men and the old and weak at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountain according to His Majesty's words, and there will only be some women left at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountain."

The population of our Great Qin is not large now, and there is a shortage of labor, so it is bound to be difficult to move people to the Western Regions on a large scale and send troops, and it is impossible to send too many people over for a while, otherwise it will be a great trouble to transfer the grain and grass of the army from the country.

The southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains is good to say, Tsarist Russia and other tribes have long been eyeing Moxi, and I am afraid that they will soon take advantage of the situation. ”

Qin Mu bowed his head and said: "What Gu Qing said is extremely true, what is the good plan for the ministers to deal with this?" ”

The minister who accompanied him was silent for a moment, and now Moxi is sparsely populated, and he sent troops over, and he couldn't even solve the problem of the army's grain and grass.

Moreover, due to the sharp decline in the population caused by the wars in recent years, there are still many barren lands in the Central Plains, and it is impossible to relocate people. If there is no people, how can the army be garrisoned?

Sima An thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, during the Tang Dynasty, the Western Regions were opened up and the capital was established, one was to implement military reclamation, and the other was to collect past commercial taxes for military use. At present, it is not realistic for our Great Qin to send a large number of troops over, but we can send a small number of troops to guard some strategic points, and assign women from the Western Regions to the soldiers in the army as wives and concubines, so that they can either cultivate or graze around the garrison to solve the supply problem of the garrison. ”

As far as Qin Mu knew, the Tang army controlled the Western Regions at that time, mainly because it also controlled some strategic points, and the number of troops stationed in it was determined according to the importance of the location, with a maximum of one or two hundred, and a minimum of a dozen people.

But this approach is feasible at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, but not in the vast grasslands of Moxi.

In the endless grassland, there are no strategic points, and there are not many important passes for you to garrison.

Once an enemy comes to attack, 100 people can easily be killed by others on the grassland where there is no danger to defend, and you don't even know who will be killed by that time.

Frankly speaking, some ministers feel that a place like Moxi has no value, and it is a waste of manpower and material resources, and there is no need to pay attention to it now.

"At the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, then do what Scholar Sima said, let Li Dingguo send a small number of soldiers to guard at various important passes, and as for Moxi, you have to send some troops over, not too much, just patrol for a while. Which one who doesn't have long eyes dares to come and grab it, and then I'll talk about it.

The vast Moxi grassland, rich in water and grass, the nearby nomadic tribes must be salivating, they want to come to graze, let them come for the time being, let's draw the border, cross the border to graze, just pay some rent. There are not many soldiers we have sent, and it is estimated that the daily supply of the soldiers will be enough by collecting rent. ”

Rent collection? Sima An almost choked on the tea, it is estimated that in this world, except for this imaginative emperor, no one will definitely think of using the Moxi grassland to collect rent.

However, if you think about it, this is really a feasible strategy, anyway, the grass is there, and it will grow again the next year after eating, don't waste it, and rent it to some small tribes for grazing.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while, and the idea of rowing back the entire Moxi grassland and renting it out was too novel.

Yang Chao, the head of the household, said: "Your Majesty, didn't Gao Yigong reorganize 30,000 Tubo Qingzhuang in Qinghai-Tibet? It is better to simply add a province to the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and then let these 30,000 Tubo youths go to Moxi to herd sheep. ”

"Yes, yes, this is a workable strategy." Qin Mu greatly appreciated this, these 30,000 Tubo young and strong are natural herdsmen, let them go to grazing, I don't know how much income they will generate for the imperial court a year, and then send three or two thousand well-equipped Qin soldiers to sit in the town.

These 30,000 Tubo youths can not only graze, but also greatly increase the control of the Moxi grassland, which can be said to be counted in one fell swoop.

"Okay, that's it. Then add a Tien Shan province. ”

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PS: I suddenly found that there are ten days left to the New Year, and I am inexplicably a little alarmed, another year, another year! Let me find a corner and howl twice (to be continued......