Number of People

Chapter 2177: The Gui-shaped scissor blade is cut to the bone and forced to go to Liangshan

　　After sending away the two of them, Feng Ziying had completely lost interest in this group of people.

I originally thought about whether I could select one or two useful people from this group of people, and use them reluctantly, so as not to say that I was originally a martial artist, but I was extremely unsympathetic to this group of martial artists.

But looking at the performance of these guys, they actually want to threaten themselves with mutiny. This is too underestimated.

 Do you really think that you are a civil servant who has never seen the world?

 Summoning Wu Yaoqing to come in, Feng Ziying asked immediately: "Where did Ma Jinbao go?"

Wu Yaoqing was stunned. Seeing Feng Ziying's expression was not good, he quickly responded: "We should have passed Pingliang. Your Excellency, it will only take more than ten days for you to write to me. It will take time for him to set off immediately after receiving the military order, not to mention that he still needs Make preparations for the food and baggage."

 Feng Ziying also knew that he was a little anxious, but he had to be anxious.

If the problem of the Four Guards of Xi'an is not solved, the safety of Shaanxi will not be guaranteed at all. However, these Luli gangs are firmly entrenched in Xi'an City. Maybe they can't disrupt the army, but if they want to harm the people of Xi'an City, they may all have to do it. He's a good player now. "

"After Pingliang?" Feng Ziying gritted her teeth, "Write a letter asking him to speed up, come through Jingzhou, Pizhou and Mulingguan, and wait for orders in the Liquan and Xianyang areas."

Wu Yaoqing knew that Feng Ziying was probably disgusted by the Xi'an Siwei group, so he planned to kill her.

Ma Jinbao is the deputy commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town. He has been extremely enthusiastic about Feng Ziying since he entered Shaanxi.

Although there are also down-and-out aristocrats in Guyuan Town now, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Feng Tang took away most of the elites to form the Northwest Army. The Guyuan frontier army, which originally had a peak of 780,000 troops, can now collect 10,000 to 20,000 troops who can fight. The soldiers are all pretty good.

This time Feng Ziying sent a letter asking Ma Jinbao to lead the elite troops of the third battalion to Xi'an, which almost wiped out all the soldiers who could fight in Guyuan Town. This was a bit risky, but it was just to prevent the Xi'an Four Guards from causing trouble. I didn't expect to take precautions in advance. The arrangement is really going to be put to use now.

"Okay." Wu Yaoqing responded: "But it will take more than ten days at least. It may not be possible to reach the land of more than 600 miles in half a month."

"Well, I'll just put up with these losers for another twenty days. It's been so many years since I've been the governor. Am I still not able to put up with them for another twenty days?" Feng Ziying took a deep breath and sighed, "I don't understand. Okay, let’s not talk about generals, but you can’t have a litter full of rats, right? In the time of Taizu, none of the people who followed the dragon were extremely talented and amazing people. How come their descendants have become the same? Such a fool?"

Wu Yaoqing also smiled bitterly, unable to answer.

 Do you still think you are a monster like you? Isn’t it the most normal situation that one generation is inferior to the other?

These people rely on the shadow of their ancestors and live in high status. They have never experienced wind and rain. Even when Ningxia suppressed the rebellion, they still lived their small lives in Xi'an. How could you care about the hardships of the people in your court?

Now that you suddenly come and want to destroy other people's jobs, of course they will make trouble with you. You can't just say that if you destroy their jobs, they will be at your mercy, right?

Feng Ziying also knew that these topics were of little significance to discuss with Wu Yaoqing, and waved her hand: "Okay, let's write the letter, and also ask Xie Zhenye to come to my place. Although everyone knows that I am the evil person behind this, the rules are still the rules, this Orders have to be issued by Dusi. If he doesn't even have this responsibility, then I really have to replace him."

In the next ten days, the governor's yamen seemed to have lowered its response to the Xi'an Four Guards going out to Weinan and Yaozhou. However, it asked the Four Guards to step up the inventory and purge the troops. However, the governor's response to the Four Guards' order to step up the inventory and purge of the troops was much higher, especially as the troops were being cleared out one after another. The imperial censors of the Procuratorate intervened in many cases of cheating and deportation, depriving seven officers of their official positions and detaining four officials from Xi'an government office and Xianning county government office. It is said that these cases were involved. There are more than 600 people who are living on empty wages, and more than 1,000 people have quit their citizenship.

 But this is far from the end, but only the beginning.

 But for Liu Yuanpei, Xie Gun, Qiu Ziquan and others, this is a good sign.

This shows that the governor is content to establish his own prestige by making a fuss about the officers and local officials below him on the issue of empty pay and resignation from the military. This means that he will no longer force more than 10,000 people to go eastward to Weinan and Yaozhou, that's what really costs people's lives.

The only thing that made Liu Yuanpei and others feel a little uneasy was that the censors in the Procuratorate seemed to be getting more and more crazy. They were tossing around the four guards almost day and night. It was not enough to kill seven officers. In just five days, Four more officers were dragged in, and three more officials from the Chang'an County government were imprisoned. The amount of free pay involved was still rising, and the number of people who had quit their citizenship was also rising sharply.

This made them a little worried. If the governor has no standards on this issue, there will be too many people involved. Is it possible that you, an imperial envoy who has only been here for a few months, want to deal with a problem that lasts for ten or twenty years? Is it possible to thoroughly investigate and solve it?

However, it is still within their tolerance range now. They also know that the governor is not satisfied and must produce some decent results to report to his superiors, or to use them as political achievements for his promotion, so as long as they do not exceed the bottom line, they All are acceptable.

"Sir, according to past practice, I'm afraid it's almost done by now." Chang Xuande was a little uneasy.

He was a little confused about the governor's thoughts. He had previously said that the Four Guards of Xi'an would go out of the city to wipe out the rebels. It was said that the Four Guards reacted strongly and almost caused a mutiny. Now that he has given in, he will be eating his money. It is also reasonable to make a fuss about the issue of seceding from the military and show political achievements.

But now fourteen military attachés from the garrison to Qianzong and the general have been captured, and as many as 23 officials from Xi'an Prefecture, Xianning County, Chang'an County, Gaoling County, and Jingyang County have been imprisoned, retroactively. It will be the thirty-seventh year of Yuan Xi.

The scope of involvement is getting wider and wider, involving more and more people, including many military attachés and officers and soldiers who have been appointed or transferred. Even Xie Zhenye, the current commander of the capital department, is also involved, involving empty pay and stolen money from the military. It has exceeded 300,000 taels, and it is still growing, which is a bit scary.

Not to mention that the censors were frightened, even Feng Ziying gasped after learning the news.

Three hundred thousand taels. When I came to Shaanxi, the imperial court only gave me three hundred thousand taels. Now I just poked holes in the four guards of Xi'an, which is a black hole of 300,000 taels. The Zhou Dynasty has reached this level. Is there any help?

It's no wonder that the censors in the Procuratorate, who are known as iron-headed and bronze-necked censors, are also a little frightened. If this continues, I don't know how many bad things will be uncovered, and it is not impossible to involve millions of dollars.

After all, thousands of people have deserted their military memberships privately, and thousands more have been living without pay for ten or twenty years. What should be the annual food and salary of the Xi'an Four Guards with an establishment of more than 30,000 people? According to the calculation of two adults living on empty wages for only ten years, it should be two to three million taels. This is simply not worth counting, and this does not take into account the profits made by those who have deserted the military.

Even the amount of 300,000 taels has exceeded the number of investigations and punishments by the Shaanxi Province of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the past three years. Even Xiong Jianqiu and Chang Xuande felt a little uneasy.

The imperial censors are not fools. They can do anything if they push these soldiers and ruffians into a panic. It is relatively easy to cause a mutiny to prevent you from stepping down and end in despair. Really It is not impossible to force some desperadoes to the point of desperation, then simply rush into your procuratorate or governor's office and kill them all.

Your governor's office still has two to three hundred soldiers guarding it, but the procuratorate doesn't have that. Besides, what can your two or three hundred soldiers do in the face of thousands of guards?

Achievements are important, and the people in the Procuratorate also hope to have a bright face, but life is more important, especially now that there are so many people and so much stolen money, and there is an explanation, why have to push these people to the point of no return? Is there a way to go?

"About?" Feng Ziying smiled leisurely, "I think it's still far away. Three hundred thousand taels is not enough. My goal is one million taels, the free wages of thousands of people, and more than twenty years of continuous drinking of soldiers' blood. , are these ant-like guys the scapegoats? Isn't there anyone in the Chief Envoy Department involved? I haven't seen the direction yet, but I know there are still big fish that haven't come out yet."

"No, sir, something will happen if this continues." Chang Xuande became anxious and took a step forward, "You have only been here a few days, and the situation in Xi'an is not very clear yet. The Four Guards of Xi'an may not be able to fight, but It's not a bad idea to cause chaos, and if you want to investigate higher up, yes, the Chief Envoy, the Imperial Envoy, the Dusi, and people from the Xi'an Prefecture will all be involved. It's even possible to bring in a few third- and fourth-grade officials. But can you bear it?"

"Oh, it seems that you have a good idea about the selection of virtues." Feng Ziying laughed, "Why, these worms have been drinking the blood of soldiers for twenty years. It's reasonable. The court is stretched thin, and the elders are everywhere trying to catch people blind, but the money is missing. Into the pockets of these people who spend their days basking in the sun and drinking tea, but when it comes to war, they still come to threaten me and say that they can't fight. They just eat the royal grain and national tax without any loss? Do you think the world is so good? What’s the matter?”

"But three feet of ice is not a day's cold, and this kind of thing is not left behind in a day or two..." Chang Xuande suppressed his temper, "If we really want to continue the investigation, I'm worried that our people may come out after entering the military camp. not coming."

"Why, if they dare to kill the censor, then you will be famous in history." Feng Ziying said cheerfully.

"That's not the case, but they are definitely not willing to cooperate anymore, and then we can't investigate further." Chang Xuande said helplessly, "Sir, it's almost the same. This can be regarded as their submission to you, and it should be said that the responsibility in Dusi is greater. "

 (End of this chapter)