The inspectors and censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate came out like locusts and invaded all the central departments in Beijing except the Ministry of Rites!
Why didn't you go to the Ministry of Etiquette? Because the general examination is about to start, Zhao Yu will certainly not harass him at this time, but he is not so polite to other departments. Strict orders have been issued and a thorough investigation must be carried out!
The five ministers were furious. It was useless to get angry with the imperial censors. They went directly to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and asked Zhao Ziyu what on earth do you want to do?
Zhao Yu was calm and calm, and said that I had no intention of doing anything. This was all done impartially. You adults came here in anger. Could it be that our subordinates of the Metropolitan Procuratorate violated some laws and regulations? That must be severely punished!
No? I wouldn’t even dare to measure them! So what are you here for?
"You just check the accounts. Why are you checking old accounts? Those accounts are piled up in the warehouse. It's hard for us to find them. How can we check them out in a short while? There are dozens of people in our Ministry of Works now. With all the people following you eating ashes in the warehouse, how can you do anything else?" Ma Wuming said loudly.
"You can just check the general ledger number. Why do you need to check item by item? You also need to check the details of the confiscated property and display all the seized items. Do you know how many items were copied from Cheng Youwen's family? More than 10,000 pieces! I have to take them out for you to look at each one? Isn’t this tortuous?" Chen Wenqi said.
"You also need to check military merit rewards and pension amounts, as well as verify personnel lists and distribution details. Last year alone, 30,000 soldiers were shipwrecked. We have been busy for several months before finally sorting out and distributing them. Now you have to sort it out again and investigate one by one... Are you deliberately looking for trouble?" Lu Jing said.
"It's okay, Mr. Lu, if you don't mention this matter. Now that I have mentioned it, I have to ask you, if there are no corpses of 30,000 soldiers in the capital, how do the family members who come to receive pensions identify their corpses and collect money? Since there are no corpses, how can funerals be carried out? How did you agree on the fee? Is there any fraudulent claim? Are the procedures in compliance?" Zhao Yu asked.
"The families of these soldiers are all in other places, and it is impossible for our Ministry of War to find all of them in the capital, so we tally up the birthplaces of the soldiers and send them to the garrisons in various places, and they will distribute them on their behalf." Lu Jing said, "It is a serious crime to pretend to receive military merit. , Logically speaking, nothing will go wrong."
"If everything is done with reason, then why should legal principles be used?" Zhao Yu said, "You, Mr. Lu, don't think anything will go wrong, but do you know that there is something wrong? I received it at Fengyang Mansion. How many complaints have come from the families of those who died in battles in various places? I, the Fengyang Mansion, can’t handle them, so I can only transfer them to your Ministry of War, and they’ve all fallen into disgrace!”
"I also know about this. Those complaints have been transferred to the local garrison generals, and they have dealt with them properly." Lu Jing said this without any confidence.
"Everything has been dealt with. How was it dealt with? Have you sent someone to pay a return visit?" Zhao Yu said, "Are the troops stationed in those places dealing with things or people?"
"Master Zhao, I can only ask about this kind of thing. I can't intervene in what to do specifically. I can't go to various places to inspect in person, right? Even if we send people to go there, we don't have that many manpower." Lu Jing said.
"I understand this. Mr. Lu, it is really impossible for you to personally take care of these trivial matters. But to you, Lord Shangshu, it is a trivial matter, but to those common people, it is a matter of life and death! They came to the capital. When you file a complaint, you are suing the local garrison, but you ask the defendant to deal with them..." Zhao Yu said.
"This may be a small matter, but false reporting of military merit is a serious crime, right? Are the military merits reported by Prince Li Feng over the years all true? Has your Ministry of War checked them all? I'm afraid you know most of them, but You just pretended to be confused and passed it by, right? Anyway, if the emperor doesn’t investigate, you have no responsibility.”
"It's not just Prince Li Feng, King Zhongcheng, and King Jiangdong who reported the military exploits of Jiuxi, Yizhou, and Shunfeng. You probably didn't check them in detail either? Haha, the battle was won, and the emperor was happy. Your Ministry of War I’m just happy to go with the flow and add the icing on the cake, right?”
"In my opinion, the military achievements in the battle reports over the years are all accurate! Take Duan Fengnian, he sends hundreds of heads every year to receive rewards from your Ministry of War. Are those heads really the remnants of the former Han Dynasty Li Chang? I You can’t even see it! Duan Fengnian has been troubled by raising tigers over the years, and your Ministry of War cannot escape the blame!"
"This time, the young prince and Xiao Houye led the troops to suppress the rebellion. The military merit rewards are more reasonable, because the two people who have made great contributions, Xiao Houye and Gong Gong, do not take the credit! Xiao Houye even Yan Yunjun's soldiers Their rewards have also been waived, and the recommendations are all from the White Dragon Guard and the Black Dragon Guard..."
"Zhao Ziyu, these are just slanderous words!" Lu Jing said angrily, "False reporting of military merit is a heinous crime. You have directly convicted several princes! Do you dare to be responsible for your words? "
"Haha, I, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, have the power to report things based on hearsay. Of course, I will not convict several princes just based on hearsay. That's why I have to verify the evidence. If your Ministry of War does not cooperate, then I will inevitably be punished. I suspect that you are trying to hide evidence, or are colluding with some people to deceive the emperor!" Zhao Yu said.
"You, you, you, Zhao Ziyu, you've gone too far!" Lu Jing's face turned pale with anger, he stood up, slapped the table, and walked away.
"Lord Lu, walk slowly." Zhao Yu got up and walked to the door. Seeing that Lu Jing left without looking back, he had no choice but to come back. His expression did not change and he said to Ma Wuming slowly, "Lord Lu thinks I am bullying others too much. Ma Wuming What does Lord Wu Ming think?"
"Not only did you, Zhao Ziyu, bully others too much, you also took revenge for personal gain!" Ma Wuming said, "Just because our Ministry of Works didn't send anyone to repair your house, you sent people to make trouble, and your Ministry of Works couldn't even do its normal work. Unable to proceed!"
"You can't say that, right?" Zhao Yu said slowly, "How come you, Lord Ma Wuming, are only allowed to act impartially, but I, Zhao Yu, are not allowed to perform my duties? Originally, everyone was an official in the same dynasty. It cannot be said that officials protect each other. There are not many Friendship, but it doesn’t make sense for you, Mr. Ma, to be unkind and instead accuse me of being unkind!”
"Zhao Ziyu, don't worry about controlling your qi. Our household department has to do so many things every day, and our manpower is already extremely tight. We can't stay in the department every day to deal with your inspections, right?" Chen Wenqi said.
"Your household department is short of manpower and busy with affairs. Are all the people in our inspection department idle?" Zhao Yu said, "It's just that everyone performs their duties. Mr. Chen Wenqi, don't complain to me. After all, This is also for your own good, otherwise I might be guilty of negligence in the future."
"You mean there's no room for negotiation?" Ma Wuming said.
"Private matters can be discussed, but how can we discuss official matters?" Zhao Yu said, "Everything must be handled in accordance with the law and regulations."
