"Also, there aren't too many ......" Ning Wu was desperate to survive.

He didn't dare to tell the truth, because some things were serious and the charges were great.

If His Majesty took it seriously, he had no evidence, and he was later accused of being falsely accused.

Oh, that's it.

"Is the Lizhou camp empty? Do you know how much your lord general Sun Yi, his cronies Fan Ji and others eat? Xiao Pingsi asked casually.

As long as Ning Wu was willing to speak, many things could be known.

"Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know this, only knows anyway...... They're all quite rich, richer than me. Ning Wu scratched his head.

He knew that as soon as he said this, it would be difficult for him to go back to the Lizhou camp.

Maybe Your Majesty doesn't plan to let yourself go back again.

"Huh." Xiao Pingsi laughed, he had never seen such an official who couldn't express himself.

What do you mean to be richer than you?

According to Yu Lu, the deputy general Yu Lu is only under the main general, and everyone else is richer than you, which means that everyone is greedy?

"What about you, have you ever eaten empty salaries and caught strong men?" Xiao Pingsi asked with a smile.

Ning Wu was surprised: "Your Majesty actually knows how to catch a strong man?" ”

This grasping strong man is a little different, and it is not a strong man in the normal sense.

The general arrest of strong men refers to the fact that there are not enough soldiers and need to be used to catch the army, so the strong men among the common people are arrested and joined the army.

But at the border pass, catching strong men is a black talk.

It means that from some remote places at the border gates, some young people with good labor will be caught and sold outside the customs.

To put it bluntly, it's human trafficking.

This kind of thing is difficult to investigate, especially when the local garrison does this work, and there is no trace of it, and sometimes an entire village of people will be arrested and sold to people.

Then it is transported out of the customs by human teeth, and the entry and exit of the checkpoint are controlled by the defenders, so of course they can be hindered.

The business of "catching strong men" has always been the best, and Beiliang has a huge demand for population, and they need labor.

And in the border areas of Great Xia, many people were confiscated or exiled, and they were rooted in the hukou, these people have no background, and they will be arrested if they are caught.

Villages often disappear at the border gates, and the official version is that they were slaughtered by enemy troops or robbed by horse bandits.

But what the truth is, the parties know it well, and sometimes even Beiliang will admit some of the slaughter of the village that was not committed.

Because if such a business is to be stable, both sides must do a good job of covering up, if Bei Liang leaks secrets, Daxia will not be able to do this business anymore.

"I know what's so strange about catching strong men?"

Xiao Pingsi's face was cold: "The spy of the Hanging Sword Division I sent to the border pass has asked you to sell it to Beiliang, it's hard for me to think about it?" ”

"Huh?" Ning Wu was shocked.

This, it's also too embarrassing.

The spies of the Hanging Sword Division were all sold to Beiliang, no wonder His Majesty even knew this extremely secret black work so clearly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has definitely not participated in the arrest of strong men, and he does not dare to eat empty salaries."

Saying that, Ning Wu said aggrievedly and pitifully: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, the ministers have been in Beijing for a few days, and they don't dare to go out, and the things in Beijing are too expensive, and the ministers can't afford to buy them for fear of embarrassment......"

Xiao Pingsi couldn't help laughing: "From the fourth-rank deputy general, you are also the first person in this dynasty." ”

From the officials of the fourth grade, he couldn't afford to eat in the capital, what do you say you are messing with.

As the saying goes, in three years, the Qing Governor's Mansion will be 100,000 snowflakes of silver.

The prefect, that is, the mansion, is only four products.

It can be seen how much money can be made by being an official.

Ning Wu was so poor, which was embarrassing at the same time, but also made Xiao Pingsi's eyes soften when he looked at him.

"You said you didn't do it, that means the Lizhou camp did do such a thing?" Xiao Pingsi perceives the elements.

Ning Wu didn't say anything, but that look in his eyes already said everything.

"Well, it looks like I'm right."

Xiao Pingsi smiled lightly and said: "The problem of the Lizhou camp is just that it is not about eating empty salaries and catching strong men. ”

"Ning Qing, do you have to wait for me to ask you one by one before you can say it?"

Ning Wu arched his hand: "The minister doesn't dare." ”

But he didn't dare to sue!

In officialdom, it is taboo to make a small report, unless it is a big crime such as rebellion that has to be sued, everyone else has to be regarded as not seeing.

If anyone is quite a Qingtian master, then maybe his corpse will float on the surface of the Qingshui River one day.

As long as you don't say it, even if you don't want to go along with it, everyone won't mind, they just think you're high.

But once you tell the truth, it is incompatible with the world, and everyone has to guard against you, don't think about it for the rest of your life.

"Well, I ask you, is there a deficit in the pension of the military households in the Lizhou battalion?" Xiao Pingsi asked.

"Nope." Ning Wu shook his head.

"Huh?"

Seeing that Ning Wu was so decisive, Xiao Pingsi was suspicious.

Ning Wu said: "Your Majesty, if anyone dares to move in the army, it is a big taboo. Anyone can die in battle, if you are greedy for other people's pensions today, how to guarantee your own pensions in the future, no one in the Lizhou camp will dare to do such a black hand. ”

"Well, it's kind of a bottom line." Xiao Pingsi was noncommittal, and his tone was somewhat mocking.

"Just ......"

"What?" Xiao Pingsi saw that he still had the following.

Ning Wu: "It's just that the rewards that should be distributed to soldiers by the imperial court are often missing. ”

According to the rules of the imperial court, the royal family and the country's festive days are to be rewarded to public officials across the country.

Equivalent to a bonus.

"Oh, I'll just say, there's no cat that doesn't steal." Xiao Pingsi sneered, and already had a general understanding of the Lizhou camp.

These things can also be learned from the Hanging Sword Division, but Xiao Pingsi still has to ask Ning Wu carefully.

Because the Hanging Sword Division is also composed of human beings, if you rely only on them forever, it is inevitable that you will be pampered and arrogant, and you will be deceived by the Holy Hearing. As an emperor, you have to open a holy hearing, and you have to ask a few words about anyone.

"In fact, in the Lizhou camp, there are very few military salaries, but the generals have a way to make money."

Ning Wu knew that it was difficult to be good today, and if he didn't tell a few words of truth, His Majesty would not give up.

Anyway, he didn't get involved, just said it, it's a big deal to beg His Majesty not to let him go back to Lizhou.

"Oh, what's the way, tell me about it?" Xiao Pingsi asked with a smile of interest.

"Smuggling." Ning Wu gritted his teeth and said.

Seeing that His Majesty was unhurried and leisurely arranging his clothes, Ning Wu knew that His Majesty had actually known these things for a long time.

"It's not a big sin to smuggle some in-demand goods and get some money." Xiao Pingsi said lightly.

"Your Majesty, it's not just a commodity in demand......

Ning Wu sighed: "They dare to sell anything, even the ordnance, war horses and ...... that they have exchanged Collect money and let other arms traffickers cross the border. ”

"What?" Xiao Pingsi is not calm.

If you smuggle some silk porcelain or daily necessities, it doesn't matter, if you really want to investigate, the whole country garrison will be finished.

But when it comes to ordnance, it's different.

This is an enemy.

"Ordnance and war horses, there are records in the battalion, how can this be exchanged?" Xiao Pingsi was a little puzzled, because these things are checked every year, and it is impossible to be bought every time.

Then the Great Xia court didn't do anything else, just finished fighting corruption all day long.

Ning Wu said with a smile: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the ordnance and the war horse are all worn. ”

"Some ordnance that has been in stock for many years looks like it should be replaced by wear and tear, but in fact, it has never been used and put in the warehouse, and it is sold almost brand new."

"The imperial court will not ask, because these ordnance has already reached the time of natural attrition."

"And war horses...... War horses in the army will also have output, and these outputs are rarely recorded...... There are also some old horses, but they are well grown, and they will be sold to the horse farm as stallions......"

Ningwu Balabala, shook out all the in the Lizhou camp.

Since he was tricked by His Majesty, he has no way out, either he will say it all, or pretend to be a fool and treat His Majesty as a fool.

As he spoke, Xiao Pingsi's face became more and more ugly as he listened.

He didn't expect that there were some things that even the Hanging Sword Division hadn't found out.

For example, in the matter of catching Zhuang Ding, if it weren't for the fact that the spy of the Hanging Sword Division was sold, Xiao Pingsi would not be sure, and the border garrison would really dare to do such a thing.

"Huh...... A good loyal minister and a good general, a good one for the country. Xiao Pingsi didn't have much atmosphere, but he just thought it was ridiculous, these people who relied on merit to ask for money from the imperial court were selling their own country at the same time.

"Your Majesty forgives me, the minister has known this for a long time, and he doesn't dare to say much for self-preservation, but I'm afraid that the minister of Lizhou won't be able to go back." Ning Wu shook his head helplessly.