The Forbidden City, the Qianqing Palace, the apocalypse opened a book that had just been presented from Shanxi.

The person who submitted it was Cao Wenzhao, who was transferred from outside the customs to Shanxi and Shaanxi by the Apocalypse to clear out the Liukou.

In the song, it is mainly stated that he led his army to fight with Liukou in Pucheng, Shanxi Province on March 17, the eighth year of the Apocalypse, and annihilated more than 2,700 enemies.

Tianqi was very happy: "General Cao is really worthy of my Ming Tiger General." ”

Since the Wang Er rebellion, the Ming army has not achieved a decent victory, but has allowed it to grow stronger.

This is not to say how powerful these peasant armies are, a group of peasants who have never fought a war only started an incident with hoes and sticks last seven years, and it has been less than a year. It can only be said that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the Guannai is too poor.

Such a Ming army, fighting the peasant army that has not yet become a climate is so laborious, how can it resist the entry of Jianyu?

No, if the relatively elite Ming army outside the gate is transferred, it will be able to beat it violently.

Of course, this cannot ignore Cao Wenzhao's personal ability, he was able to achieve such a result with less than 2,000 troops, which can be said to be a great victory.

Therefore, Tianqi immediately asked Liu Qiao's Nanzhen Fusi and Dongchang to each send a team of people to verify military merits, which is not because they don't believe in Cao Wenzhao, but a process that must be carried out for military merit reporting.

Otherwise, in the future, other generals will declare military merits and not verify them? Failure to verify will certainly lead to false reporting, and verification is mistrust.

So without discrimination, no one has anything to say.

And the reason why the people from Jinyi Weinan Zhenfu and Dongchang were sent to jointly verify was because Liu Qiao and Wei Zhongxian did not deal with each other, and the two of them should not dare to fake when they went to check, otherwise they would leave a handle for each other, and it was not worth taking this kind of risk at all.

Sure enough, after they received their respective orders, they didn't even act together, and they went their own ways, and they were ready to check on each other.

When they have completed the verification, Tianqi can justifiably promote Cao Wenzhao.

The next day, the letter written by Tian Ergeng was delivered to Dongchang, and it was presented to Wei Zhongxian as soon as possible.

So, he didn't delay any longer, and immediately entered the palace, ready to ask for merit from the apocalypse.

Knowing that Wei Zhongxian asked to see him, Tianqi counted the time, and probably guessed what it was for, and hurriedly summoned him into the study.

"Long live, news came from Luoyang, Ergeng and they did not disgrace their mission, this Fu King, really has the heart of rebellion."

Even if he was alone with the two of them, Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to say that this matter was planned by the apocalypse.

After Tianqi took the letter, he read it carefully, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, it is really a great achievement to expose King Fu's rebellion." ”

"However, in order to show justice and convince the other vassal kings, I need to send someone to check it."

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Long live what you said is extremely true. ”

Suddenly, Tianqi frowned, and said meaningfully: "I know that there are mountains of gold and silver in the Fuwang Mansion, and the wealth is rivaled by the country, but Luoyang is thousands of miles away from the capital, how many of these treasures will be able to enrich the national treasury, so that I can strengthen the city and train the border army to resist the captives?" ”

Wei Zhongxian couldn't hear what he meant? Banzai is worried that someone will take the opportunity to enrich their own pockets.

Banzai dealt with King Fu this time, not to avenge the emperor, but to go to the wealth of King Fu's mansion, which is something that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have never done, it can be said that it has broken the precedent, and it can also be seen that Banzai's pursuit of wealth.

However, Wei Zhongxian also knew that the apocalypse was not for his own greed for money, since the dragon body recovered, even his life was a lot more frugal, and he also saved tens of thousands of taels of silver from the palace during the Chinese New Year this year and handed it to Li Banghua to buy cotton clothes to help the soldiers in Beijing survive the cold winter.

Long live's mind has indeed been put from carpentry to Jiangshan Sheji.

But he, Wei Zhongxian, was born in the market, and he didn't have such a big pattern and retribution, so it would be a lie to say that he was not moved by such a huge fortune.

It's like a mountain of gold in front of you, and you can eat a full meal by grabbing a handful.

But he can imagine that if the matter is revealed, he will finally build a great achievement, and the opportunity to regain Banzai's trust will be ruined, and it is not impossible to even be directly abandoned.

Because I also said before Banzai, as long as you are obedient, you can get along well.

Therefore, he hurriedly said: "Long live, the slave maid will ask Er Geng to register all the property of the Fuwang Mansion, and the slave maid wants to ask Jinyiwei to send someone to supervise it, in case someone fills his own pocket." ”

Hearing this, Tianqi was very satisfied, and nodded happily: "Wei Daban is reasonable, I want to think what I think, and with Wei Daban to help me share my worries, I have also saved a lot of troubles." ”

Wei Zhongxian said respectfully: "Being able to share the worries for Long Live is the blessing of the slave and maid, and it is also the responsibility of the slave and maid." ”

Actually, there is no need for Wei Zhongxian to say, the Apocalypse will also send Jinyi Guard, in addition to the North Town Fu Division, there is also the South Town Fu Division, to supervise each other.

However, Tianqi still added: "I also know that you and the whole of Henan have made a lot of efforts to expose King Fu's rebellion this time, and I will allocate 500,000 taels from it for you to treat." ”

Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed when he heard it, because he knew that many officials were attached to him, more for the sake of interests, and once he copied the Fuwang Mansion this time, there would definitely be many people staring at him.

If you force them to stop, although these people dare not disobey, they will definitely have complaints in their hearts, and over time, they will inevitably deviate from morality.

And 500,000 taels is not much, but as long as they don't get more benefits, combined with the current situation, I believe they should be able to understand even if they are still dissatisfied.

And the reason why Tianqi made this decision was also deliberate, because he knew that the entire officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was very corrupt, whether it was confiscated or confiscated by the imperial court, it would be plucked by geese.

This is the corruption of the entire system, and it cannot be eradicated all at once.

This raid on the Fuwang Mansion, the wealth must be calculated in the tens of millions, if it is allowed to be left unchecked, it is not surprising that it will be stolen by several million taels.

If they don't pull out a dime, these guys who are used to eating and taking cards will definitely find opportunities to disobey the yang and yin of the court in the future, and even make a stumbling block, which is actually a kind of sadness that the influence of the Ming court on the local government is weakened.

In this way, Apocalypse wants to convey one of his own opinions: what I give you is yours, what I didn't give you, you can't take it yourself.

It's not that Apocalypse doesn't want to punish corruption, but the problem of corruption has been a big problem since ancient times.

In today's internal and external troubles, there is no peaceful environment, and the rectification of corruption is an empty talk, and forcibly taking drastic measures will only be counterproductive.

Therefore, the apocalypse can only put the most urgent problem of Jianyu and Liukou in front, which is a knife on the body, which is fatal.

Although corruption is a cancer, it will not be fatal for a while, and it can be dealt with gradually.