The day after Zhao Jun returned to the palace, news came back that most of the soldiers who had been questioned in the Nanyun Campus had returned to Yunzhou City early this morning.

And their true identities have also been found out.

Inside the study of the palace.

Zhao Jun flipped through the secret report in his hand.

[Zhang Dazhuang: His real name (Liu Sanlai) is a member of the Nancheng Shenquan Society, and he lives by collecting security fees on the streets occupied by the Shenquan Society on weekdays, and he is a splash in the market. 】

[Liu Sanwu: His real name is (Ma University) A member of the Xicheng Sanshou Society, he makes a living by stealing on weekdays, and his club is famous in the entire Yunzhou City, and it is right to say that as long as it is lost in Yunzhou City, it is not wrong to find the Sanshou Society, even if it is not done by them, it is also done by someone who has a relationship with them, and the first force in Yunzhou City to steal the world.

[Li Yongda: real name......

But all the information that Zhao Jun asked that day was recorded in the book, and they all had a common characteristic, that is, the names were all fake.

According to the intelligence, they were all called to serve as temporary soldiers at a high price of three taels of silver before Yuan Xi, and they simply learned some daily drill movements, which were completely used to fool Zhao Jun.

After carefully reading the information booklet one by one, Zhao Jun calmly put the booklet on the table, picked up the teacup, got up and walked to the window, looking at the still snow-white scenery outside the window and drinking the tea in the cup.

Wang Huaien began to put away the booklet on the desk, and inadvertently glanced at the information mentioned in the booklet, and after putting the booklet in order, he came behind Zhao Jun, who was silently enjoying the scenery and drinking tea, and asked softly:

"Lord Wang, do you want to use that Cheng Cheng fake and use others to pretend to be soldiers and conceal the real number of soldiers to eat empty salaries to win Cheng Cheng?"

Casually put the teacup on the edge of the window, Zhao Jun didn't look back, he let out a breath gently, and the breath outlet instantly condensed into a white mist in the air, obviously the temperature outside was still not high.

"Do you think it helps?"

Zhao Jun's voice sounded faintly.

"It should ...... It's useful, this is an empty salary, the imperial court has been poor in finance and taxation over the years, and the imperial court should not tolerate this kind of behavior. ”

Wang Huaien thought about it and said what he thought.

"Yes, the imperial court's treasury revenue has been decreasing year by year in recent years, coupled with the plague in previous years, the sudden disasters in various places in recent years, the southern barbarians in the south have been in turmoil, the southeast is also unsettled, and the Xiongnu in the northwest have been committing crimes year after year.

And the imperial court has long been anxious because of the lack of silver, and eats grain every year, if the matter of empty salaries is exposed, normally the imperial court will not let the process be.

However, this is normal. ”

Zhao Jun paused, looked at the scenery outside the window that was still fluttering and falling with scattered snowflakes, stretched out his hand to take the next one and let it melt in his hand, turning into a puddle of snow water, feeling the cold touch of the snowflakes melting into snow water falling in his hands.

Then he continued: "However, the matter of empty salaries in the army has long been a common practice, and the border of the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty to prevent the Xiongnu has long been a practice, and now, once this matter breaks out, it will be difficult for the imperial court to deal with it."

The military of the entire Great Song Dynasty will gather their attention, if the court is severely punished according to the law, although it is a knock on the mountain for the army, but it will also provoke the army's precautions and dissatisfaction with the court, those military leaders will not be willing to give up the meat that has been swallowed in their mouths!

It remains to be seen whether those military leaders will be wholeheartedly loyal to the imperial court in the future.

If it is dealt with lightly, the imperial court will be swept away, and in the current situation where the army is needed everywhere, the military leaders will let go of their fear of the imperial court and despise it, and over time, whether the imperial court can still control the armies in various places can only depend on the will of heaven. ”

Wang Huaien was shocked and said in horror: "But this Cheng Cheng is just a military commander in Yunzhou County, will it really cause such an uproar?" ”

"Wang Banban, do you know that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad?" Zhao Jun suddenly asked.

Wang Huaien's expression froze, and he immediately understood what his prince meant.

"Shall we just let it go? Let him go, Lord Wang, you won't be able to get the military power of Yunzhou County, this will always be a constraint for you, and it will also hinder what you want to do, right? ”

The cold wind outside the window was blowing, and a gust of wind and snow suddenly blew into the study along the open window, and the two people in the frozen room couldn't help but shrink their necks.

Wang Huaien hurriedly stepped forward to take away the teacup and close the window, the temperature in the room gradually returned to warmth in the burning of the coal stove, and the two of them also breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Jun slowly walked back to his desk, sat on the chair with his buttocks, leaned back lightly, folded his hands behind his head, supported his head and closed his eyes slightly, and only then replied after adjusting a comfortable posture:

"How could he let him go, the things he did were enough for him to cut a thousand knives, whether it was from the personal needs of this king, or as the identity of the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, this king would never let him go.

Merely...... We can't just use empty wages to rectify him, and other crimes can still be used. ”

"But Lord Wang, we only have the evidence of his crime in our hands now, where else can we bring him down?" Wang Huaien was puzzled.

Zhao Jun just smiled slightly and asked, "Wang Banban, do you know where the real identity information of these pretending to be soldiers came from?" ”

"Where?"

"It's according to the county guard's house of the Ding Hu book one by one!"

Wang Huaien was shocked when he heard this.

"Lord Wang, in this way, doesn't Cheng Cheng know that we are investigating his empty salary? The county guard is now in power but Liu Xishan, the county leader, and this guy is the same as the four families and Cheng Cheng! ”

Facing Wang Huaien's shock and incomprehension, Zhao Jun only smiled slightly: "Yes, he will definitely know." ”

"Lord Wang, you are ......"

Without waiting for Wang Huaien to finish asking, Zhao Jun continued:

"But this king is to let him know, and only then will he focus on how to deal with this king.

Now the only thing he can do is to quickly ask Liu Xishan to help him transfer these playful household registrations to the military before the king is in trouble, so as to deal with the king's trouble.

But this must not be a small project, it requires a lot of time and a lot of manpower, and he does not have the time and manpower to help the four complete this year's transaction as in previous years, so that the king can firmly handle the four.

And as long as you take care of those four, in terms of the connection between the two of them......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junmeng opened his eyes and said coldly: "At that time, this achievement is the fish on the chopping board of this king, and you can handle it as you want!" ”

It was only at this time that Wang Huaien finally understood that the original verification of these fake soldiers was just a suspicious array laid by the prince, and what the prince really wanted to do was to repair the plank road and secretly Chen Cang, and directly give these local snakes in Yunzhou County a salary draw!

At the same time, Cheng Cheng, who had just thought that he had survived the catastrophe, received a message from Liu Xishan, informing him of the Yunwang Mansion's investigation of those splashes and the discovery of his empty salary, which made Cheng Cheng break out in a cold sweat, and immediately rushed to the county guard mansion to discuss countermeasures.

After discussion, the two agreed that the only way to do this was to convert those pranksters who pretended to be soldiers into military registrations and kill their military household identities, and only in this way could King Yun no longer be able to embarrass them from this aspect.

As for the thoughts of those who were originally good people who were converted into military households, and are they willing to do so? That's not on their radar.

Left and right are just some untouchables, and honestly obeying their arrangements is, dare to have opinions? Naturally, they will let these Diao people know the consequences of rebellion!

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