No one expected the sudden outbreak of the pension bank embezzlement case and the intensifying situation.
During dinner, Lin Ruhai, Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, and Jia Cong had a tacit understanding and did not mention the matter too much. After the female relatives went back, the four of them gathered in Jia Zheng's study to discuss how to deal with the matter.
Even though this case seems to have nothing to do with the Jia and Lin families, even the relatively slow Mr. Zheng noticed something was wrong.
The Ministry of War has completely fallen, and the Ministry of Revenue has also been implicated.
Jian Zifang, the Minister of the Ministry of War, is ready to submit a letter to become an official. How long can Lin Ruhai, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hold on?
Regardless of whether the emperor approves or not, the attitude must be shown first. Yes, you, Lin Ruhai, are as clean as water and have not been involved in the corruption case.
What about the crime of negligence? When there are disagreements in the court or among the people, someone always has to stand up and bear them out. How can one minister of the Ministry of War be enough?
Jia Zheng expressed his concerns, but Lin Ruhai expressed his attitude openly. A gentleman is magnanimous. He will write a letter to plead guilty. As for the outcome, the emperor will decide.
Jia Lian warned vigilantly: "Second uncle, uncle, I always feel that this case happened too coincidental. Mr. Zhou Ge was the one who presided over the trial, and the case was investigated too quickly. It's like someone was investigating Send evidence to Mr. Zhou Ge and check it accurately."
Jia Zheng replied subconsciously: "It's quite strange, but after all, he is the chief minister of the country, and with the assistance of His Majesty's Dragon Guards, the speed of the investigation is expected..."
"Actually... this case just started today, and the real thunder has not yet erupted."
Jia Cong walked to the window and asked his soldiers to guard the yard and not allow anyone to approach. Then he returned to the house and carefully explained to the three of them what Zhang Yue had ordered him to do.
The matter is more complicated than everyone imagined. The corruption case seems to be very big, but in real terms, how many officials in the government can be implicated?
It's just a matter of finding a scapegoat to settle the matter. Could it be that the ministers of the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of War were really removed?
But this is not a case of corruption. The target is not just one or two ministers, but the real target is the chief minister of the country.
"No! According to what my old man said, someone started planning a year ago..."
Lin Ruhai suddenly slapped his thigh: "Fortunately, fortunately, fortunately, it broke out today. Fortunately, my father-in-law noticed in advance and eliminated the threat for Mr. Zhou Ge. Otherwise, this matter would have been troublesome, and all these years of efforts would have been wasted. ”
Um?
Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, and Jia Cong all looked confused. Is this a good thing today?
"Think about it, if the pension money embezzlement case had not been revealed in advance today, and it had been delayed for another year or two, how many people would be dissatisfied with the imperial court? Especially in the Jingying camp, you must know that most of the soldiers in the Jingying camp come from good families in the capital. son."
Lin Ruhai added faintly: "The longer the backlog is, the greater the power will be when it explodes. By then, let alone the rulers of the country and the emperor, they will have to issue an edict to sin against themselves."
Jia Cong was the first to react and exclaimed: "Someone is plotting against the capital!"
The other two people also widened their eyes in shock. They were so brave that they dared to plant such a big thunder under the emperor's nose.
Lin Ruhai shook his head: "It should be more than that. Their plot should be bigger. It seems to be a corruption case involving pension money. There must be a series of links behind it, but it hasn't been exposed yet..."
There are some things that Lin Ruhai still can't figure out. The information he knows now is still too little. He just intuitively feels that something is not right.
"Uncle, do you think there is someone taking over Mr. Zhou Ge's position?"
Hearing Jia Cong's inquiry, Lin Ruhai nodded: "It's not impossible... Huh? Who is the chief minister of the cabinet...? I have to think about it carefully, but I always feel that something is not quite right!"
The matter was so complicated that the four people in the Rongguo Mansion sat in the study and discussed it until midnight without clarifying the situation.
In fact, not only Rongguo Mansion, but everyone who went to court early the next morning had dark circles under their eyes.
However, the British Duke Zhang Yue was in high spirits. It seemed that the old man was not worried at all, which made Jia Cong very curious.
The fierce quarrel at the court did not affect Jia Cong. Although he was a noble man, the civil and military officials of the court, including the man sitting on the dragon throne, did not regard him as an adult.
No one would let a child get involved in such a major event that was about to shake the prestige of the entire center.
Jia Cong was also happy and relaxed, and secretly moved next to Zhang Yue: "Sir, I want to ask you something..."
Zhang Yue, who had closed his eyes and fell asleep, raised his eyelids slightly: "Huh? If it happened yesterday, let's talk about it in the next court."
"oh!"
Jia Cong understood. It was not the right place to discuss this matter.
"Now the capital is boiling, the people are arguing, and the morale of the military is unstable. I believe that the chief minister, as the central minister, should be responsible for this..."
"What are you responsible for? How to be responsible? Isn't the Grand Prime Minister already investigating? Are you asking the Grand Prime Minister to abdicate so that you, an old bastard, can take over? Are you worthy?"
"I am discussing state affairs with the princes, what does this have to do with you, a common man?"
"Oh, it's just you? You're still discussing national affairs. Do you really think I can't hear your thoughts? Bah, shameless!"
"Vulgar, I won't care about a vulgar person like you..."
"Old bastard, how dare you glare at me? I'll beat you to death, you snarky fellow!"
"Vulgar warrior, come on, I'm afraid of you!"
Bang, clang, clatter, hiss...
Sure enough, don't have too high expectations for the great dynasty of Guochao.
Major affairs of the state were basically resolved by the small court in the Qinzheng Hall. It was similar to the Standing Committee in the previous life. The emperor convened the cabinet and the chief officials of the six ministries and five temples to discuss affairs in the Qinzheng Hall. It was much more useful than the large court meeting.
What does the Great Hall do? Fight, fight, fucking fight.
At most, the emperor used it to check the direction of the wind in the court and the official's attitude towards a certain matter, so as to make a simple decision.
Today's trend is very strange. The civil servants are cold and even opposed to Zhou Jiong, and there is a strong tendency to force the chief minister of the cabinet to step down.
On the contrary, the attitude of the generals was completely opposite to that of the past few days. When someone on the civil servants side asked Zhou Jiong to be responsible for this, someone on the generals side immediately stood up to defend him.
He even found a weird reason to start a fight and disrupted the meeting, causing the person's plan to fail before it officially started.
The emperor waved his sleeves and left, ordering the central ministers to discuss matters in the Qinzheng Hall.
Zhang Yue then opened his eyes and said leisurely to Jia Cong: "The play is over, let's go."
…
In the side hall next to the Qinzheng Hall, Zhang Yue said bluntly: "I asked the grandparents to escort them to the capital. I also asked them to point out the matter of blocking the door."
"After I went back yesterday, I was puzzled. I only guessed a thing or two when General Zhang came."
Jia Cong raised his hand to give a thumbs up, and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Old man, this move of yours is absolutely amazing!"
Zhang Yue shook his head and said with a smile: "It's just a last resort. If we delay it any longer, no one will be better off."
"Please tell me in detail, is someone plotting against the Beijing camp or..."
Zhang Yue looked at Jia Cong in surprise, yes, he had guessed this.
"Oh? You guessed it?"
Jia Cong shook his head: "I'm not sure. My uncle said last night that it might not just be for the Beijing camp. I'm afraid the person behind it has a bigger plan than this."
"Lin Ruhai is really amazing, your grandfather has really good vision!"
Zhang Yue praised it and continued: "Try to connect the people and things involved now, think about it carefully, and see if there is any connection."
After such a reminder, Jia Cong fell into deep thought.
The beginning of this case is very clear. Someone embezzled the pension money of the Mo soldiers, and the amount was huge, which had the potential to shake the morale of the military.
However, as the number of people involved in the case increased, local officials, gentry, and even former cabinet ministers who had retired from office were involved in the case...
"Former cabinet ministers, local officials... so many people are trapped in this. Is this someone who wants to make the court lose its prestige and make the people no longer trust the court? Hiss!"
Zhang Yue's face also showed a trace of solemnity. He found out about this incident when he accidentally visited the capital camp and heard someone talking about the lack of pension money this time.
After an investigation, it turned out that the matter of pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, and embezzling money and compensating money had already appeared as early as the second year of Yuanyou.
At that time, Wei Qinghe was still in power, and although there were some corruption cases, there were not many.
After all, Wei Qinghe's prestige was too high, and the power in his hands was ridiculously great. No one dared to attack the Beijing camp under his nose. The corruption was mainly in the three provincial guards of Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan.
But after Wei Qinghe died of illness, Zhou Jiong took over as his chief assistant. After someone tried it once or twice, they found that Zhou Jiong's control over the center was far inferior to that of Wei Qing and Yuan, and his prestige was only the same.
As a result, the pension money from Jingying also crawled on leechworms and began to suck blood.
Especially when the seemingly relatively conservative Zhou Jiong gradually revealed his political ambitions after ascending to a high position, many people became restless.
"No one expected that Zhou Jiong was the real reformist compared to the gentle old man Wei. The land and tax reforms in the past two years have touched the interests of too many people. In addition, you and the girl from the Lin family proposed a few days ago Compulsory education is simply digging their ancestral graves.”
Zhang Yue chuckled: "They felt that they were deceived by Zhou Jiong, so they started to fight back. Even after your teacher Xu Jin went south, the north and the south colluded and began to attack the entire center. Jia Xiaosan, the real war is about to begin!"
My husband is the head of the military generals and has a serious military appearance.
He told Jia Cong this because Jia Cong is the backbone of the next generation of military commanders.
"Civil and military disputes are unavoidable in all dynasties. As long as they are within a reasonable range, the king is happy to see them happen."
Zhang Yue explained the profound meaning to Jia Cong in detail and taught them earnestly: "Remember, fight for fight, and no one will be allowed to use this to undermine the prestige of His Majesty and the imperial court. Our martial arts heroes are different from the aristocratic families. Daxia can do without them. Wu Xun cannot continue to be an official in the new dynasty, do you understand?"
"clear!"
Jia Cong knows this truth very well. Wu Xun is the natural partner of the royal family. If Daxia disappears, the first people who will be unlucky are their noble relatives of Wu Xun. Most, most of the Wu Xun will be buried with Da Xia.
It's true that Zhou Jiong wanted to suppress the generals, but he also followed an open and honest way of fighting. Everyone can square up and fight.
But Zhou Jiong now represents the prestige of the imperial court. If he falls under this conspiracy, the entire dynasty will be damaged.
The people no longer trust the court, and the military's morale is unstable. They are still talking about reforms. It would be good to stabilize the rule of the court.
It is not unprecedented in history for things to go from prosperity to decline. When the central government loses its prestige and vassal towns rise again, the people behind this will laugh out loud.
This is not a calculation that happens overnight. People have already started laying out the plan. Regardless of whether it will be used or not, from the center to the location, every secret has been laid out and can be activated at any time.
"The aristocratic family has never disappeared, it just changed a group of people and changed its name!"
The old man was invited by the emperor to discuss matters. Jia Cong slowly walked to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry while digesting the secrets he heard today.
Before he left the palace, he was secretly invited back to the side hall. The person who invited him was none other than Zhou Jiong, the chief minister who had just come out of the Qinzheng Hall.
Zhou Jiong did not be polite to Jia Cong and said straight to the point: "Uncle Yongfeng, you should have noticed that someone is plotting against me."
Jia Cong nodded. From the scene during today's morning court, many people probably noticed that something was wrong.
I saw Zhou Jiong looking at Jia Cong with a complicated expression, and finally sighed: "I am now surrounded by people and separated from each other, and there is no one to help me. I can only turn to you, or in other words, to your Wu Xun..."
…
"The imperial edict states that generals died in hundreds of battles, and heroes returned in ten years. The pensions of the state and the dynasty are the foundation of the military's morale, and no moths can be allowed to get involved... The emperor ordered Yongfeng Bojia Cong to supervise the pensions of the dynasty's soldiers and horses, and to inspect the garrison posts in the capital."
It is said that British Duke Zhang Yue is the most suitable candidate for such a big event.
However, the inspection of military supplies and pensions was just a cover. The main purpose of Jia Cong's inspection in Beijing was actually to secretly investigate and root out the secrets that had been planted in the garrison posts of the capital and the various prefectures.
The old man's goal is too big, Zhou Jiong cannot easily trust others now, and Xu Jin is trapped in Nanzhili and will not be able to come back for a while. Only Jia Cong, the lubricant between civil and military forces, is the most suitable.
It is most appropriate to have high status, great power, and young age to make people relax their vigilance.
It seemed that the emperor had plans to give up on Zhou Jiong and asked Jia Cong to inspect the capital and investigate corruption cases. No one would have thought that Jia Cong, a national martial artist, actually went to help Zhou Jiong.
The emperor's secret edict to Jia Cong was full of murderous intent, and he personally wrote a big word "kill" in his handwriting. The eunuch Xia Shouzhong who conveyed the order even conveyed the emperor's oral instructions. Whoever was behind the scenes should be killed immediately without reporting it.
As long as something like this aristocratic family has the slightest chance of raising its head, it must be eradicated quickly. This is a lesson learned with blood in all dynasties.
Now that Daxia is in its prime, and there is such a sign, the emperor will certainly not let down his guard.
Jia Cong inspected the northern Zhili and Xuanda front lines. At the same time, he ordered Xia Lingxing, the deputy assistant to the cabinet, to inspect Shandong. Han Yang, the governor of the Right Army and Marquis of Jiyang, inspected Henan, and Shenwu General Feng Tang inspected Shanxi.
After this series of edicts came down, some people in the court began to snicker secretly.
Although he failed to overthrow Zhou Jiong at the court meeting, the emperor obviously did not trust him very much. Look, except for Xia Lingxing, all the four imperial envoys have military honors.
I'm afraid Xia Lingxing went out to get gold plating, and when he came back he could take over Zhou Jiong's position as chief minister...
When the center is in chaos, won't opportunities come?
…
Yingchun and Daiyu packed their bags for Jia Cong. They will leave the city for inspection tomorrow. Winter is coming soon. They are going to the bitter cold place in Xuanda, so thick clothes and robes must be prepared in advance.
Jia Cong wrote a letter and asked the soldiers to send it to Jinling as soon as possible to remind the teacher Xu Jin that the war had begun.
Different from Mr. Wei's methods, Zhou Jiong's temper was a little too anxious.
He probably wanted to prove himself too much, and he didn't have Mr. Wei's prestige and quiet means of nurturing things. He aroused a fierce counterattack from the local aristocratic family before the official start.
If Zhang Yue hadn't accidentally noticed it, it would have led to an explosive verbal attack before long.
"The new law is as harmful as locusts..."
"There are new laws for all kinds of mistakes. Zhou Jiong, the first assistant, should be the first culprit..."
Jia Cong didn't need to guess at the disaster that would happen to the reform faction when their interests were touched.
The struggle for interests is also a matter of life and death!
Killing without blood is much more tragic than fighting with the enemy with a knife.
You must take good precautions, and never dare to be plotted without knowing it.
Jia Cong thought about it over and over, but still felt a little uneasy. So he walked out of the house and said to Jia Shiyi: "Uncle Shiyi, summon the soldiers in the mansion, I have something to give you!"
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