The people were still aggrieved by the unfair treatment of General Lin Ye one day, but they began to cheer and applaud Lin Ye the next day.
As for those who were thoughtful, they sensed something was wrong from the very beginning, so they had no intention of wading into this muddy water.
After His Majesty's decree was read out in the court, many people knew that Guan Yuanqing, the Minister of War, was finished.
Only with hindsight did people realize that it turned out that His Majesty wanted to check the follow-up of the Ministry of War.
The guardian black knights of Shangyang Palace are all people selected by the Ministry of War every year, and this matter must be related to Guan Yuanqing.
The reason why His Majesty and the General jointly staged such a drama must be because during the previous investigation, no evidence was found that Guan Yuanqing planted a traitor among the black knights.
Now that it's all right, if there is evidence and everyone has been arrested, is there still a long way to go before there is evidence?
Lin Ye's transfer to Jingzhou seems to be a horizontal transfer, or even a demotion in terms of actual power.
But His Majesty's move is absolutely crucial. With Lin Ye leading the cowardly army from Yunzhou in Geling, no one can overthrow the new monarch through mutiny in the next ten years.
Think about it, how many years in advance did the emperor plan his layout in Yunzhou for today's layout?
Lin Ye's soldiers were all recruited from Yunzhou, and even a small half of them were from Dongbo.
These people have no interest in any of the major families in Jingzhou.
Even after the Cowardly Army arrived in Jingzhou and people from various major families began to bribe them, it would not be possible in a short while.
Who among the officers and soldiers of the Cowardly Mang Army didn't know that their general was at odds with his old clan? When they first arrived in Jingzhou, who among the ranks of the Cowardly Mang Army dared to go against the General at this juncture?
Whoever dares to accept the benefits of the major families will be struck by the general's butcher knife very quickly.
This is an army that cannot be controlled by the Xungui clan in a short period of time. The person who controls this army is Lin Ye, who cannot be controlled by the Xungui clan no matter how long it takes.
Xin Yanqiu, who is about to take the throne soon, will have a stable position with Lin Ye around.
As long as Xin Yanque makes no mistakes of his own, and they are irreparable mistakes, his throne will be indestructible.
However, the big shots in the court also knew that the real struggle had just begun from this moment.
They couldn't stop the emperor's plan, and even looked forward to Xin Yanque taking the throne as soon as possible, but they didn't want the emperor to make enough arrangements, and this kind of arrangement was still an arrangement that they couldn't make a comeback.
Therefore, it was impossible for them to let Lin Ye take root in Jingzhou so smoothly. Every day after that would be a war.
Lin Ye no longer cared about the Ministry of War at this moment, nor did he want to pay attention to the attitudes of the courtiers.
After announcing the decree that day, he left Geling City with his military camp and went to Nu Mountain to check it out.
The soldiers and horses of the Nushan camp have been transferred before, and now there are very few troops stationed here.
This team of less than a thousand people barely maintained the existence of the camp, and what they had to do every day was to clean the camp.
The Nushan Camp is not far from Geling City. At the speed of the cavalry, it only takes three days at most to get from the Nushan Camp to Geling City.
As luck would have it, the Cowardly Army can now be considered a cavalry force.
However, Lin Ye has never shown off. Lin Ye has never allowed his subordinates to show off that he is a wealthy landlord.
After successive battles, other teams have reduced their numbers and suffered losses.
Only Lin Ye's Cowardly Army has more and more troops, and now the number of Cowardly Army's horses is unbelievable.
The figures reported by Lin Ye to the Ministry of War were that the Cowardly Army had more than 90,000 troops and more than 30,000 war horses.
But in fact, Lin Ye has been trying his best to make a fortune these years, especially after the battles between Dongbo and Guzhu, no one has made a bigger fortune than him.
After Lin Ye led his troops to attack the southern border of Loufan in one go and wiped out thirteen small countries in a row, Lin Ye's cowardly army was already extremely rich.
But at this time, the emperor still felt that Lin Ye was not rich enough, so he ordered the Cowardly Army to station in Dongbo, and accepted the camp of Hongwu Ding.
Hongwu Ding had been in Dongbo for many years, and all the wealth he had accumulated through dishonorable means went into Lin Ye's pocket.
How disgusting was Lin Ye when he returned to the army?
Is it miserable in winter? It was already so miserable that Lin Ye sent someone to cry out to Yu Yucheng, the king of Dongbo, saying that he didn't have enough money and food to go back. Yu Yucheng just squeezed out a batch of food and grass from his teeth and sent it to him.
For doing things like this, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lin Ye is crazy.
It stands to reason that as long as he has some humanity, he would not be able to ask for food and grass from the Dongbo court.
It was natural for him to ask for it confidently. In Lin Ye's words, people must always remember that no matter how difficult it is for you, when you ask for help, you have to pay for it. If you are rich, give more. If you don’t have something, give less, but you can’t give less.
Since the founding of Dayu, there has never been a cavalry team with more than 100,000 people. Not to mention other things, the money, food and materials consumed to raise such a team makes even Dayu feel pain.
Lin Ye was raised by fighting and robbing along the way.
The rich will rob more and the poor will rob less, but it is absolutely impossible not to rob.
Was Guzhu poor at that time?
Lone Bamboo is even poorer than Dongbo. Lin Ye has to scrape a layer of ground to get back even if he takes soldiers and horses for a walk.
If not, how could he have grown the Cowardly Army to that level in just a few years.
Some people say that those who do business are even more treacherous than profiteers.
Perhaps, this was the reason why the Emperor felt that Lin Ye was the only available person.
A few days later, Lin Ye's team arrived at the Nushan camp, and more than a thousand jade soldiers who stayed here lined up at the gate of the camp to greet them.
They have received the news that starting from today, they will be incorporated into the Cowardly Army, and the Nushan Camp they have been guarding will also be renamed Jingzhou Camp.
Although the Jingzhou camp was not under the control of the Ministry of War, Yin Chongti, the Minister of the Ministry of War, also followed Lin Ye's orders.
Arriving at the gate of the camp, Yin Chongti smiled and said to Lin Ye: "General, I gave these more than a thousand elites to you in vain. To be honest, I am a little reluctant to part with them."
Lin Ye said: "What does Master Shangshu mean by being reluctant? Are these more than a thousand people going to be incorporated into my cowardly army?"
Yin Chongti's expression changed slightly, because he had already guessed what Lin Ye meant.
"The general will not be..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Ye nodded: "Master Shangshu, there is no need to feel reluctant to part with it. I don't want this team of more than a thousand people."
Yin Chongti looked grim: "These elites performed their duties loyally while staying at the Nushan camp. They are not the ones who made mistakes. Instead, they have contributed to the court and your Majesty. How can the general say such cold and ruthless words that we don't want them?"
Lin Ye said in a calm tone: "If these more than a thousand people are all elites as Lord Shangshu said, then wherever they are transferred, they will be popular and reused, but they cannot stay with me. In the army.”
Yin Chongti said: "I have already sent people to tell them that they will be members of the cowardly army from now on."
Lin Ye said: "Master Shangshu, you have told them, it is your business. I am the general of the Cowardly Army. Whether I have said it or not will count."
No matter how good-tempered Yin Chongti is, his face can no longer be shown at this moment.
But Lin Ye didn't seem to notice that his face was not good-looking at all, and even if he did, he didn't care. Yin Chongti said: "If these soldiers are not incorporated into the Cowardly Army, where will they go?"
Lin Ye said: "That is a matter for the Ministry of War, a matter for the imperial court, and a matter for Lord Shangshu."
Yin Chongti: "These people..."
Lin Ye looked at him: "I don't want it."
Yin Chongti said: "I have long heard that the general is unkind when it comes to military affairs, and now I really see it."
Lin Ye said: "Master Shangshu, if you feel sorry for these soldiers, why not think about how to arrange them appropriately now."
Lin Ye glanced at the soldiers, who were all looking at him with complicated expressions.
"The cowardly army is the cowardly army. The cowardly army cannot become impure as soon as it arrives in Geling City."
Lin Ye looked at Yin Chongti again and said, "If Master Shangshu finds it difficult...then try your best to overcome it."
After saying this, Lin Ye urged his horse forward and stopped in front of the more than a thousand soldiers lined up.
He looked at the soldiers again, and then performed a military salute on horseback. More than a thousand soldiers immediately stood up and returned the salute.
Lin Ye said: "You have been taking care of this camp. This is your home, so I know that I took over the camp as soon as I came and even drove you out. Who can I tell you about this?" They all seemed cold-blooded."
"I don't expect you brothers to understand my difficulties. Since I led the army, I have never expected anyone to understand my difficulties."
"As a soldier, you should overcome any difficulties. Today I take over the Nushan camp, but I cannot accept it. Brothers, if you want to scold me, you can do so now."
Soldiers, look at me and I look at you. No one came forward to speak for a while, but no one showed kindness to Lin Ye.
They all felt that they had been humiliated. If a soldier felt that he had been humiliated, he would never be kind to Lin Ye for the rest of his life.
Lin Ye said: "If you brothers don't scold me, then I will enter the camp. Please ask Yin, the Minister of War, for an explanation. If the Ministry of War cannot give you an explanation, you can go to Geling to ask for it from His Majesty." In other words, if you don’t dare to go but want to go, I can take you there.”
Yin Chongti looked unhappy, but he was not angry at all, not at all.
Because the emperor told him about this before he came.
Yin Chongti said that if he wanted to test whether the general could win people's hearts and whether he was careless or unsafe in his actions, he should try using the soldiers and horses left behind at Nushan Camp.
The emperor smiled at that time and said, if Lin Ye didn't pout you directly, then I misjudged him.
However, the emperor did not object to Yin Chongti's proposal. He used a team of more than a thousand people in the Nushan camp to test Lin Ye. What the emperor wanted to know was not whether Lin Ye could win over people, but whether he would ignore the thousands of people. Maybe a large part of it was arranged by others.
Yin Zhongtai urged his horse forward, smiled coquettishly and said: "General, you really pushed me to the point where I am no longer a human being inside and outside."
Lin Ye said: "Master Shangshu has said it before. In my case, Master Shangshu will never be a human being."
Yin Chongti: "..."
Lin Ye looked back at the soldiers. He lowered his voice and said, "No matter where Master Shangshu arranges for them to go, I will take part of the military pay of the Cowardly Army and give them twenty taels of silver each."
Yin Chongti asked: "Why didn't the general say it in front of them just now?"
Lin Ye said: "They are soldiers. I don't want them. But giving each of them some money is an insult to the soldiers. The Ministry of War is different. The Ministry of War gives them money, which is what they should be given."
Because of these words, Yin Zhongti glanced at Lin Ye more.
Lin Ye said: "What I'm more afraid of is that the soldiers will forgive me just because of twenty taels of silver..."
