Chapter 399 Turning the tide (9)
Along the way, Zhao Ning has always been forbearing.
Zhao Ning saw the appearance of Bing Cao's principal, and Zhao Ning also heard what the other party said, but he didn't deal with the other party.
When the water is clear, there are no fish, there are too many officials like Bing Cao, Zhao Ning can replace the entire Cangcao, but he will not replace the entire Yunzhou Thorn Mansion.
He was not afraid of what the emperor thought of him and what the court said about him, but he also had to consider the psychology of the officials in the entire Yunzhou Theater - the Yunzhou Theater included several states and counties, and Yunzhou City was only the core area.
As long as the officials of the Assassin Mansion can stick to their posts and not delay their business, Zhao Ning can also turn a blind eye and deal with it after the war.
The psychology of the words and deeds of the chief soldier Cao reflects the current atmosphere of the entire officialdom.
But any official who has a little real power in his hands will never have a clean breeze on his sleeves, and the rule of officials has long been rotten in the immersion of the ocean of wealth under the prosperous and prosperous era, and the power will inevitably have money.
Half of the funds allocated by the imperial court for the practical work of the people, whether it is disaster relief funds or road repair funds, can be used, that is, the officials are exceptionally honest;
Whether it is formal taxes, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes set up by local governments, or donations from the people, the officials only intercept half of the wealth collected by the government from the people through various means and black-box operations, which is also worthy of conscience.
Not to mention the bribery of businessmen, the filial piety of local forces, and the proceeds of corruption and perversion.
From the important ministers in the court to the servants of the state and county governments, they have long been accustomed to making themselves rich through gray income. The solid group consciousness formed by the current dynasty for more than 100 years and the history of more than 1,000 years is not something that Zhao Ning can change overnight.
It is impossible for him to be an enemy of the entire officialdom of the Great Qi Dynasty at this time, all he can do is to rectify the word, not completely change.
The actions of the Tsing Yi swordsman in Yipinlou over the years have only made the government dare not dare to ignore the fish and meat in the township and the lives of the people, and it is impossible to go deep into the officialdom to completely change the appearance of the officials.
But at this extraordinary time, the treatment of young and strong people who came to help the war regardless of personal gains and losses with their dedication to serving the country and their personal gains and losses is still intolerable to Zhao Ning.
These days, Zhao Ning and Di Cambodia's rectification of the Yunzhou Assassin Mansion has achieved obvious results, at least now the civil officials dare not bend the law for bribes, and they have to stick to their posts to do things.
For example, the soldier Cao is in charge, and he only dares to hold grudges, and when he shows his privileges, although he is tough, he does not dare to leave his post without permission, and he has to worry about Di Cambodia coming to investigate from time to time.
But at present, it seems that the civilian officials are basically abiding by the rules, but the army is still following the old habits because it has not been purged.
The entire dynasty is a whole, and if the officialdom is bad, it is inevitable that not only the civil officials in the local prefectures and counties and the court are corrupt and pervert the law, but also the army.
"I remember that there was a clear order in the Thorn History Mansion that the food for the young and strong people every day must be dry rice with pickles, steamed cakes are full, and a meal of fat meat must be provided every three days, why is it just gruel with a steamed cake now?"
Zhao Ning held back his anger and decided to understand the situation as fully as possible first, so he walked to the shed where the rice was kept, and talked to the guy who looked like the leader.
The head of the guy looked up and saw Zhao Ning, and he was stunned at first, for no other reason, that is, the face of the person in front of him was too handsome and his temperament was too outstanding, like an immortal who was not stained with dust.
But he was just stunned, and under the hint of Zhao Ning's secret method of cultivation, he felt that the young man in front of him was just a small official of the Assassin's Mansion, so he answered the conversation normally, pouted and said with resentment and disdain:
"As mentioned above, there is a big war in Yunzhou next, I don't know how long it will take, and all kinds of materials, including food, have to be carefully calculated for long-term consideration, so that's all there is to eat!"
This sounds reasonable, but in fact it is nothing more than nonsense, how can people fight a war if they don't have enough to eat? If the people's hearts are broken, where will there be a long-term situation? Moreover, because of the early preparations, Yunzhou is not short of food.
Zhao Ning said: "I see that the people are not full, they have no strength, they always have no spirit to do things, they stumble a lot, and they have to be whipped by the military academy, which is not a long-term plan."
"Why don't you listen to the order of the Assassin's Mansion here? Is it that the military academy here is greedy for food?"
The head of the gang laughed: "The Assassin Mansion? The Assassin Mansion can manage the people, but the people can't manage the barracks! As for the greedy ink, I haven't seen it anyway, and I haven't heard of it. Chief Zhao's military orders are very strict, who dares to be greedy for ink at this time?"
After asking the guy, I got the answer I could get.
He explored the camp again, and finally figured out that the military academy here was indeed not greedy for ink, and there was a lot of food in the warehouse, but it was not used for the food of the people.
This made the murderous aura in his heart even stronger.
Obviously, the military academy here is doing something that harms others and is not beneficial to themselves, they don't give the people good food, and they can't benefit from it, but they do it!
This can only show one problem, these military academies are also like the chief of the soldiers, because Zhao Ning and Di Khan have lost income by rectifying the officialdom, and they have grievances in their hearts, so they vent their anger on the people, don't give them good food, and whip them!
It is precisely because they are not greedy for ink that even if they are questioned above, they are not guilty, and they may be able to make a careful calculation and have a long-term vision.
The military academy has a bad heart to this extent, and human nature is ugly to this point, which makes Zhao Ning angry.
People with power have become accustomed to sitting on superior privileges, fiddling with prestige to the calls below, and looking up to themselves as high. Enjoying the honor that others can't enjoy is almost their belief and meaning in life!
"Since we have no benefits to take, why should we make the people below comfortable? We have no money to come into, and our lives are not as good as usual, but the people below can eat enough meat and live better than usual, why?!"
At this moment, Zhao Ning, relying on Wang Jijing's strong perception ability, heard someone in the distance say something like this. He followed the sound and looked, and saw the two military academies gathered together, pointing at the strong man and others who were beaten.
In their eyes, there is a different kind of happiness.
Two years ago, Zhao Ning heard about an incident in a certain place because it failed to be rated as a moral model state and county of the imperial court, and the officials lost their interests, so they arrested the woman pushing the cart on the street and asked her to apologize in front of the people all over the city.
What I saw in front of me was no different from what I had heard about in the previous two years.
Zhao Ning had seen enough things, understood enough things, he jumped up, jumped to the highest roof, overlooking the four directions, the cultivation qi in the middle of the Wang Extreme Realm was no longer hidden, and the tide swept through the camp!
Inside and outside the entire camp, as well as the nearby city walls and fang areas, thousands of soldiers, people, and civilians suddenly felt the scorching sun, as if they were being targeted by a giant beast outside the sky, and their hearts sank so much that they wanted to kneel.
All of a sudden, everyone couldn't help but look at the roof.
They saw the awe-inspiring head of the camp in the north of Bianliang.
Those who have seen Zhao Ning hurriedly salute: "Meet Mr. Zhao!"
At first, most of the people didn't react, but after one after another people bowed down, the rest all reacted, and the military academy that beat the people stopped, and the military academy that pointed at it hurriedly saluted: "Meet Manager Zhao!"
The young men and women all knelt down quickly.
Glancing at the groups of soldiers and civilians who knelt down, Zhao Ning frowned and slaughtered: "Get up! Where is the main general in the camp?"
A middle-aged general dressed in brocade had just run out of the house, and before he could bow down, he heard Zhao Ning's sharp voice, looked up and saw Zhao Ning's unkind face, and couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat, and replied tremblingly:
"The last general, Liu Quan, wait for the chief manager to send you!"
Zhao Ning waved his hand, and the military academy that had whipped strong men and other people before flew out of the crowd involuntarily, and smashed heavily in front of Liu Quan's feet like a winter melon, causing blood to leak from the corner of his mouth.
"Ben will ask you, do you know that the military academy in your camp wantonly beats the people?"
Zhao Ning looked down at Liu Quan, his voice was cold, "If you know, why don't you stop it?" If you don't know, what are you going to eat?!"
Liu Quan intended to argue, but just glanced at Zhao Ning, he felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and the huge cultivation coercion brought him boundless fear, making him unable to talk to Zhao Ning at all.
"The last general is derelict in his duties...... Please punish the general!" Liu Quan bowed his head and confessed.
Zhao Ning beckoned again, he had been watching a good show in the distance before, and he was not inferior to the two military schools, and he flew up at the same time and fell in front of Liu Quan's feet, the two of them fell and vomited blood, but they were confused and didn't know what was going on.
"As the commander of the capital, you are in charge of a battalion, but the military academy under your command takes pleasure in bullying the people, how did you become a general? What crime should you be guilty of?" Zhao Ning asked again.
Liu Quan's legs weakened, and he knelt down with a puff, "The last general is guilty, and the chief manager is angry......
Zhao Ning ignored him, stretched out his hand, and the porridge in the shed fell steadily in front of Liu Quan:
"The general has long said that we must be kind to the people in the city, especially to help the young and strong. Master Di also has an order, to give the people enough rice and steamed cakes, you innocently deduct the people's food, what do you want?!"
Liu Quan was already trembling and speechless.
"Since you have nothing to say, then don't blame General Ben for being ruthless, come and cut down these four people, including Liu Quan, and pass on the heads of all battalions! Tell all the generals and colonels to see, this is the end of violating this general's order!"
Zhao Ning waved his long sleeves and issued an unquestionable military order.
As soon as these words came out, the battalion officers and soldiers were very stunned.
Liu Quan was so panicked that he kowtowed and begged for mercy, his forehead was broken, and he didn't see any mercy from Zhao Ning, seeing that a few Tsing Yi cultivators jumped out of nowhere, and they were about to take him down.
In the face of the death crisis, the desire to survive made Liu Quan's emotions uncontrollable, he jumped up suddenly, looked directly at Zhao Ning with his chest straight, gritted his teeth and said disapprehensively: "Why did the chief manager kill the last general? The last general is indeed derelict in his duties, but the crime is not to death!"
"The military academy whipped the people because the people did not work well and the people did not eat well, but also to save military food as much as possible and make long-term plans!
"The general manager is going to kill the last general, this is indiscriminate killing, and the last general will die, I am afraid that the soldiers of the three armies will not be convinced! The Beihu army is coming to the city, and the big man is finally doing this, so he doesn't worry about the next battle?!"