This time, Wang Ziteng wants to put Zhang Kang to death.

Therefore, he has to check not only empty salaries, but also the accounts of the treasury and armaments.

Wang Ziteng knew very well that since these generals dared to eat empty salaries to such a blatant extent, there was absolutely no reason not to be greedy for ink in the treasury and ordnance.

As long as you want to check, there is no reason why you can't find the problem.

And as long as the evidence is found and then reported to Emperor Chongkang, Zhang Kang will be dead.

In order to check the accounts, Wang Ziteng also borrowed a dry account room from the Xue family to help.

Wang Ziteng is a military general, and he can borrow the account office of the Ministry of Household Affairs to help him check his accounts.

And by his side, there is no master of auditing.

On the contrary, it was the Xue family, who learned the method of auditing accounts with Jia Huan in the past two years, and really cultivated a group of audit masters.

And these audit masters will conduct spot checks on branches around the country every year.

Because of the random inspection system, no shopkeeper dares to make ghosts in the branches of the Xue family in various places.

Now the Xue family's business is becoming more and more prosperous, and it has even exceeded the scale of the old club's living life.

This time, Wang Ziteng borrowed the Xue family's account room, just to be foolproof.

Soon, Wang Ziteng took his own soldiers and went straight to the Fenwu camp.

Zhang Kang was busy greeting him.

"The last general will meet the envoy of the festival."

Wang Ziteng said: "General Zhang is exempt, and the current saint has ordered the official to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the three major battalions, and also asks General Zhang to cooperate." ”

Zhang Kangbai said: "The festival makes the lord come with the king's order, and the general will not obey it." ”

Zhang Kang naturally knew that the prince had bad intentions, but he was helpless.

After all, this is the emperor's will, he is only a captain of the Fenwu battalion, and he only has 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command - 10,000 is still on the books, and the actual soldiers and horses are less than 5,000.

Besides, even these 5,000 soldiers and horses are not all with him.

Can he still pull the white flag and rebel?

He can only hope that this time the three battalions will be thoroughly investigated, just to check the issue of empty salaries.

Anyway, the three major battalions and all the armies have such problems, and the so-called law does not hold the people accountable, and in the end it can be solved.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Ziteng came up, he checked the issue of empty salaries.

This made Zhang Kang quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, after checking the empty salary issue, Wang Ziteng did not stop there.

Instead, he asked Zhang Kang to take out all the accounts for a thorough investigation.

Zhang Kang couldn't help but tremble, but he had to cooperate with Wang Ziteng and move all the accounts out.

Now he only hoped that Wang Ziteng would not find out the problem.

After all, this is not the first time that the three major battalions have checked their accounts, and the military headquarters will conduct a routine inventory once a year.

A general inventory is conducted every three years.

Although most of them are just going through the motions, they won't check carefully.

However, their accounts are also made by the old account office, and it is not easy to see the flaws even if they are experienced in auditing the accounts.

Unexpectedly, the Xue family's account room brought by Wang Ziteng has rich experience in auditing accounts.

It only took half a day to clear the accounts for three years.

In three years, Zhang Kang was greedy for 36,000 taels of silver.

This amount is staggering.

You must know that the military expenditure of the first battalion of the Fenwu Battalion for three years is only a hundred thousand taels of silver.

These military expenditures were almost half of his greed.

After a thorough investigation, Wang Ziteng immediately ordered the account office to copy the fraudulent accounts.

Then he ordered his cronies to arrest Zhang Kang, and Wang Ziteng personally entered the palace with the account book to report to Emperor Chongkang.

After receiving the report, Chongkang Emperor was furious.

Immediately ordered Zhang Kang to be sent to prison, Zhang's family directly raided the house, and then ordered the Criminal Department to try and convict.

Next, Emperor Chongkang ordered Wang Ziteng to continue to thoroughly investigate the three major battalions and let the criminal department cooperate with him.

With His Majesty's instructions, Wang Ziteng became more and more satisfied.

Next, Wang Ziteng began to thoroughly investigate the situation of the three major battalions eating empty salaries and greedy ink.

Of course, Wang Ziteng is not stupid, he has a choice to conduct a thorough investigation.

It is necessary to investigate the empty salary, after all, this is related to whether he can fully control the three major battalions in the future, and if he does not investigate thoroughly, there is no way to give Emperor Chongkang an explanation.

But if you are greedy for military salaries, you can selectively check it.

Anyway, the initiative is in his hands, and everyone is greedy for ink, just looking at the question of whether they want to check it or not.

And Wang Ziteng grasped this point, only checking Yuanping's lineage, or those generals who usually opposed him and were not easy to control.

Take down all these generals, and then replace them with generals close to the Jia family.

In this way, he not only excluded dissidents, but also inserted his own people, and also won over the generals of the Jia family.

These descendants of the Jia family will sooner or later become the team of his Wang family.

Under the leadership of Wang Ziteng, the rectification of the three major battalions was in full swing.

Judging by its progress, it will be possible to complete the reorganization of all three battalions by the end of the year.

This made those who were secretly observing also have to sigh that Wang Ziteng really has some ability.

I'm afraid that this thing was really done by him.

As long as the three major battalions can be firmly grasped in their hands, the Wang family will definitely become the new upstart in the capital!

It is not even known whether it will be able to become a top giant.

People in the world are accustomed to praising the high and stepping on the low, so in recent days, the Wang family has been full of people who come to visit.

The people of the Wang family are more and more satisfied.

After the prince finished checking the empty salary, he began the next step of rectification.

This time, the empty salary was checked, and the number of the three major battalions was reduced by more than half.

But even the remaining half are old, weak, sick and disabled.

These people are weak and useless.

The next thing Wang Ziteng wants to rectify is to remove the old, weak, sick and disabled and some veteran soldiers from the barracks.

Then recruit new troops and retrain.

Vows to train the three battalions into a mighty army!

Next, Wang Ziteng began to rectify battalion by battalion.

First of all, the first to move the knife was the Yongwu Battalion.

He first gathered nearly 5,000 soldiers from the Yongwu battalion, and then ordered these soldiers to lift stone locks, and those who could not lift a hundred catties of stone locks were all eliminated from the army.

This is not to be able to lift a hundred catties of stone locks, but to be able to lift them.

This requirement is extremely high, and the vast majority of ordinary people cannot do it.

Of course, the condition set by Wang Ziteng really didn't mean to make things difficult for people.

The three battalions are the majestic divisions of the Gongwei Beijing Division, and the first condition for the three battalions to select soldiers is to be able to lift a hundred catties of stone locks.

It can be said that the soldiers of the three major battalions of the first generation are really strong and strong, and their combat effectiveness is against the sky.

However, over the generations, the three battalions gradually became abandoned.

On the first day, the brave battalion of nearly 5,000 people was able to lift a hundred catties of stone locks, and there were only more than 500 people.

Getting this number, Wang Ziteng's face couldn't help but darken.

He knew that the three camps were rotten, but he didn't expect them to be rotten to this extent.

There are nearly 5,000 people, and only more than 10% of them can meet the standard.

Even if it is a rectification, it is not this rectification law.

There are only 500 people left in the first battalion, and after this rectification, all the three battalions will be added together, and at most there will be more than 10,000 people left.

More than 10,000 people, no matter how brave they are, how can they defend the Jingshi?

And if you want to replenish all the strength of the three major battalions, you have to replenish more than 100,000 people, so in a short period of time, where can you find so many soldiers?

Therefore, as a last resort, Wang Ziteng had to lower the standard again, and set the standard to lift the seventy catties of stone locks to pass the test.

Even if it is lowered to this condition, the entire Yongwu Battalion will still be eliminated by more than 1,500 people.

However, this figure is still within an acceptable range.

Next, Wang Ziteng called his two sons, Wang Ren and Wang Yi, to his side.

Wang Ren and Wang Yi are the sons of Wang Ziteng, who are born by his wife Li and are loved by Wang Ziteng.

Now Wang Ziteng's side is short of manpower, as the so-called tiger brothers, father and son soldiers.

Therefore, Wang Ziteng took his two sons with him and trained them personally.

For his two sons, this time the rectification of the three battalions is a great opportunity.

As long as things are done well, their future will inevitably be indispensable.

As long as they are patient, their Wang family will not worry about becoming a general.

Wang Ziteng called them to his side and patiently instructed: "Ren'er, Yi'er, this time I will give you an errand for your father, and you must do this errand with your heart, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"This matter is a matter of success or failure in rectification, and I don't feel at ease when I use someone else as my father, and I can only use you two brothers as a father."

Hearing Wang Ziteng say this, Wang Ren and Wang Yi brothers hurriedly said: "Father, just rest assured, we two brothers will be able to share our father's worries and solve problems." Father just said, let's two brothers, what errand are we responsible for? ”

Wang Ziteng said: "Seeing that the weather is getting colder day by day, these expelled soldiers must be properly settled. Now more than 1,500 people have been eliminated from the first battalion. ”

"The entire three battalions are down, I'm afraid there are not as many as 20,000 or 30,000 people? With so many soldiers, if they don't settle down well, I'm afraid it will cause a big disaster! Therefore, the severance pay for these soldiers will be paid by the two of you. ”

And to appease the emotions of these soldiers, and to report to the father as soon as he finds something wrong. The stakes are high, you two brothers, can you listen carefully? ”

Wang Ren and Wang Yi hurriedly agreed: "Father, please rest assured, we two brothers know the seriousness of the matter. My father just left this matter to the two of us, and there was nothing wrong with it. ”

Seeing that the two brothers agreed happily, Wang Ziteng also relieved himself.

He has so many things to worry about, and he really can't do it. If not, he would rather do it himself.

He is not at ease when he is entrusted to others to do it, and now it is more appropriate to leave it to his two sons to do it.

Wang Ziteng knew that his two sons, although their abilities had not yet been cultivated, the two of them were extremely obedient.

He had already carefully instructed him to leave this matter to the two brothers, and Wang Ziteng was also relieved.

Wang Ziteng just misjudged one thing, sometimes he is incapable, and he can't do it just by being obedient.

There were too many soldiers who were dismissed this time, and 20,000 or 30,000 people had to be dismissed.

For so many soldiers, each severance pay is ten taels of silver, which together is two or three hundred thousand taels of silver.

With so many people and so much silver, it is naturally impossible for the two brothers to go into battle in person, and they must use their subordinates to do it.

The two brothers actually only played the role of an overseer.

However, the two brothers' ambitions and talents were soon found out by their soldiers.

So his subordinates did what he liked, and after a lot of flattery, Wang Ren and Wang Yi, two brothers, were soon lost in this touting.

And then, these soldiers were entertained with good wine and food every day, and they also invited Qinglou Qingqi people to serve every day.

The two brothers were soon corroded by sugar-coated shells.

I have long forgotten all the things that Wang Ziteng explained to them, and I am intoxicated with wine and meat beauties every day.

And as soon as their subordinates did, they took the opportunity to get up and down their hands and embezzled most of the severance pay that should have been ten taels of silver.

And some of these demobilized soldiers are military households, and there are also family members.

Although the severance pay is less, with this silver, he can barely get by.

Although I complained, I also endured it.

But most of the soldiers either have their homes out of town, or they are simply left alone.

The severance pay they get in their hands is not even enough for the travel expenses.

As for the soldiers who had no home, each of them only received a mere two taels of silver, which was enough for them to eat for a few months?

They have no roof on top and no land below, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to support even this winter.

It's going to force them to their death!

……

On this day, Jia Huan went to Liufu.

Second Sister You held a baby boy and gave Jia Huan a salute.

Jia Huan hurriedly waved his hand to prevent him from saluting, and teased the baby boy.

This baby boy is the child of Second Sister You and Jia Lian, who was just given birth a few months ago.

In the Book of Red Mansions, the child of Second Sister You finally died in miscarriage, which also caused Jia Lian to have no queen.

Now, Second Sister You was rescued by Jia Lian, but she saved the child.

Second Sister You is also very grateful to Jia Huan.

Jia Huan asked, "Second sister, has your sister-in-law ever come back?" ”

Jia Huan and Liu Xianglian are good families, so naturally they don't need to report and transfer the house directly.

Jia Huan came a few days ago, but Liu Xianglian was not at home, and I don't know where he went.

Even if this guy is married, he is so out of tune.

Jia Huan came to him, but he had something serious to ask him.

Hearing Jia Huan's inquiry, Second Sister You hurriedly said: "Master Hou, I'm back, I'm talking about going to visit the house, this time hasn't passed yet, but it just so happened that the third master came to the door." ”

Jia Huan nodded after hearing this, raised his feet and walked inside.

Entering the hall, Liu Xianglian couldn't help laughing when she saw Jia Huan: "Brother Huan, you came just in time, I was thinking about going to the house to find you!" I don't think you're here first. ”

Hearing Liu Xianglian's words, Jia Huan couldn't help but say speechlessly: "Now that you are also a family, what is the reason why you are not at home all day?" ”

Liu Xianglian said: "When I come back this time, it won't be like this in the future." This time I went out, I was looking for some of my friends in the rivers and lakes, and asked them if they would like to follow me to join the Hou Ye. ”

"They are all willing to hear it, and they will come to it in a few days. They're all capable. I have done such a great thing for you, and you don't thank me, but come to blame me, I don't know what the reason is? (End of chapter)