Here Xu He was talking to Luo Qingxiao, but Zhang He hurriedly ran out and said, "Donkey, the people in the palace have already come a few times!" ”

Xu He nodded when he heard this, and said to Luo Qingxiao on the side: "You don't have to worry, wait for this matter, I will be the first to do your business!" ”

Luo Qingxiao looked at Xu He with a dull gaze, and there was no expression on his face.

Xu He knew that his family was in difficulty, and he saw that the land that had been mortgaged out was gone, which meant that since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the efforts of several generations of the Luo family had all come to naught.

But Xu He can't help it, the governor's mansion has been burned, where to give him the whole paperwork.

At this time, Zhang He urged again: "Donkey, the palace is urgent, you see ......"

Xu He wanted to comfort Luo Qingxiao, but he didn't say anything after all, but just said to Zhang He: "Give this Luo Zhuangshi some silver!" ”

After saying that, the coachman turned his horse's head and went to the palace.

……

As soon as he arrived at Wanshou Palace, Xu He felt that the atmosphere here was not right, and Wang Ji, who was always smiling on weekdays, did not dare to wait outside the hall in an air.

Seeing Xu He, he whispered: "Donkey, Your Majesty is in a bad mood today, and for a while, you must not make him angry." ”

Xu He nodded.

didn't wait long, and then I heard Emperor Zhizheng inside say: "Hasn't Xu He arrived yet?" ”

Wang Ji hurriedly nodded at Xu He, and then replied, "Your Majesty, the horse has been waiting for a while!" ”

"Call him in!"

As soon as Xu He walked into the Wanshou Palace, Emperor Zhizheng frowned and said, "Were you injured last night?" ”

Xu He hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister was not injured, fortunately, before going out, the princess was not at ease and sent some people to follow me, so as not to be succeeded by the villain." ”

Emperor Zhizheng heard from his words that the princess was in harmony with him, and this matter was good news after all.

So his face softened and said: "My mother has been pampered since she was a child, but I didn't expect that after becoming a wife, I could t-shirt you, and people are also thoughtful, so I can rest assured!" ”

After gossiping, Emperor Zhizheng asked directly: "A fire will burn down all the divisions of the Division, if you investigate the situation of the various divisions under the jurisdiction of the former military governor's office, you can only read the documents from the military department and the official department!" ”

"Hurry up these days!"

Xu He was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "Your Majesty, if you go to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials to read the documents now, I'm afraid there won't be enough time." ”

Not enough time, what time?

Emperor Zhizheng of course understood that Xu He's so-called time was the time when the thieves were about to launch in Huguang.

"So what do you think of now?"

Xu He thought about it and didn't answer Emperor Zhizheng's question directly, but told him about the situation of Yongzhou Wei that he had seen.

"It can be seen that there is a high probability that there is a serious shortage of Yongzhou guards, and the guards are simply unusable."

"Moreover, in this case, Yongzhou Wei is like this, and the other health offices in Huguang must also be like this, and Huguang's capital division must also know!"

"If there is no thief, we can check it, and we can rectify it, but now we check, in case the news leaks and spreads to Huguang, I am afraid that people's hearts will be unstable......"

"Then nothing? Let them do whatever they want? Emperor Zhizheng stared at Xu He angrily.

Xu He knew that this anger was not directed at him, so he was not afraid: "It's not that I don't check, but I ...... Don't check on the surface! ”

Emperor Zhizheng frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Your Majesty, the top priority now is to guard against the recurrence of Huguang incidents."

"The thieves of Sichuan went and returned to Huguang, there must be something strange in it!"

Emperor Zhizheng looked at Xu He and said, "Everyone knows that something is wrong, and now the key question is, what can I do to deal with these thieves?" I don't even know how many people there are in Huguang! ”

Xu He complained in his heart, not to mention Huguang, which guard in the world does not eat empty salaries, but at present, Huguang seems to be the most serious.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much, Huguang's guard is unusable, but the generals and schools of Huguang are of great use!"

"What do you mean?" Emperor Zhizheng frowned.

"It's still Yongzhou Wei, if Xiaochen's estimate is good, these people use all the powerful people in the hereditary military households as their own personal soldiers, so the guard is not without soldiers, but the guards have all become the high-level soldiers of the guard!"

Pro-soldiers are also private soldiers, and under normal circumstances, such soldiers are selected from their own families.

Even if you are the commander of the Huguang Xingdu Division, you are a cow, and your family is longitudinal and horizontal, but the last time you played the report, there were more than 1,000 people in your family who reported their merits, so how big is your [family]?

Converting the military households of the guard post as domestic soldiers can reduce taxes on the one hand, and on the other hand, they can also withdraw part of the battle rewards from the state.

And what Emperor Zhizheng hated the most was that in order to prevent the loss of military households, the imperial court had issued a lot of policies, not only in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but also in the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there were regulations dedicated to this matter.

But these people don't care at all, it can be said that from the local government to the imperial court, these people have made this matter a nest case, a blatant nest case.

So, can Emperor Zhizheng not get angry?

This is no longer angry, I feel that if I give him a knife now, he can go out of the palace and take out all those people.

But being angry can't solve any problems, and Emperor Zhizheng said with a gloomy face: "You mean to let these people take their families to guard against thieves?" ”

Xu He nodded: "The family is the private soldiers of the officers of the guard, and these private soldiers are better than the guards in terms of training and weaponry!" ”

"These people are all built by the officers of the guard station for a lot of money!"

"That's my money, it's the court's money!" Emperor Zhizheng glared at Xu He and emphasized.

Xu He swallowed his saliva and nodded: "Yes, but these people think that these private soldiers are their own private property, and they will not use their private property to fight a tough battle with the anti-thieves." Unless ......"

"Unless the court's bounty makes them feel that it is worth it!" Emperor Zhizheng looked at the palace door and said leisurely.

Xu He didn't speak, and stood with his head down.

Emperor Zhizheng said: "So, what you mean is that there must be brave men under the heavy reward, and these so-called private soldiers not only do not have to pay taxes for the military camp, but also get rewards from the imperial court!" I'm going to pretend I don't know! ”

"Yes, now that we are employing people, we can't mess up the morale of the army in front!"

"However, here in the imperial court, Your Majesty, we can secretly investigate first!"

"How so? Survey? In case something happens to Huguang, even if you investigate something, you can't act rashly. ”

Xu He arched his hand and said: "It used to be like this, but after a fire last night, it was different." ”

"Oh?" Emperor Zhizheng looked at Xu He suspiciously.

Xu He said: "If the thieves in Sichuan did not return to Huguang, then we can investigate and deal with the affairs of Huguang with great fanfare." ”

"Now that the thieves in Sichuan have fled to Huguang, then we can't act rashly."

"But last night's fire allowed us to start the former military governor's mansion without moving the military department and the official department."

"The officers at all levels of Huguang, seeing that we did not move the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, but only moved the former military governor's mansion that was burned clean, they must know that even if the problem is found, there is no way to hold them accountable! So, you will definitely feel at ease! ”

"But the problem of the former military governor's office, let's take this opportunity to pull it out, although the former military governor's office now only has the responsibility of uploading and disseminating, but this is also the most important link in the middle, after cleaning up, the future former military governor's office experience department is still the place where it is uploaded and issued, but it is necessary to strengthen the function of auditing!"

"The people below are breaking the law, cut off from here!"

"The people above are covered, cut off from here!"

"As long as it's a matter in the military, this is an iron gate!"

"First use the former military governor's mansion as a pilot, the effect is good, and it will be promoted to the five military governor's mansions!"