The noble generals on duty in the Beijing camp began to feel uneasy and suddenly complained against the emperor Zhu Youxiao, Yuan Keli and other courtiers.
"Damn it, we didn't mess with his surname Yuan, why is he trying to get in trouble with us! He's so good, he suddenly wants to rectify the Beijing camp, can you please calm down!"
Xu Xi, the Duke of Dingguo, complained because of this.
"Oh, it's really hard to live this life. Not to mention the loss of a lot of fertile land after the land was cleared, now I don't even think I can keep my job in the capital camp."
Li Kaixian, the Marquis of Fengcheng, also agreed.
"No, but now there is no other way but to obey his wishes. But he, Yuan Keli, has made our life difficult, and we cannot make life easy for them, the civil servants! If we really want to rectify the Beijing camp, the civil servants in the Ministry of War will also There is no way to escape. Although His Majesty is now in strict control of government affairs, those officials in the Ministry of War will take money out of the frying pan and be greedy, especially those officials below. They have no way to sue based on the old veterans of the Beijing camp. Deliberately not giving these veterans documents to retire due to old age, but taking the opportunity to extort money, or forcing them to bribe the government with loan sharks. Since Yuan Keli wants to rectify the Beijing camp, then we will let these veterans go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to cause trouble. Let’s see how Yuan Keli handles it!”
Xu Xi said therefore.
"That's right! I'm afraid that except for a few officials from the Ministry of War, there won't be many who are clean."
Li Kaixian also sneered because of this.
So, next, these nobles actually encouraged the veterans in the Beijing camp to come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
"Let them make trouble! I just want to see how many people these nobles can inspire. Dongchang and Jinyiwei don't have to worry about it."
Zhu Youxiao soon learned of the matter, but when this kind of political activity did not rise to the level of targeting him as the emperor, he would not personally end it, and naturally he would not let Dongchang and Jinyiwei come forward.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, since Yuan Keli wants to rectify the Beijing camp so that the noble generals in the Beijing camp do not have the opportunity to live on empty wages and enslave soldiers, he should be prepared to be counterattacked by the nobles and accuse him of embezzlement by the civilian officials of the Ministry of War. The bad habit of asking for money, food, and favors.
As the emperor, he will naturally not stand up immediately.
"Da Sima! Why are you suddenly rectifying the capital camp? Isn't this intentional to cause trouble?"
"That's right! The Beijing camp has always had the important responsibility of protecting the capital. It is the emperor's personal army. How can it be tampered with? If trouble is caused and the soldiers mutiny, causing harm to the country, wouldn't it be a big deal?"
"Honorable nobles, military ministers, our civil officials, and even the imperial court. There are too many forces involved. It can be said that a single move can affect the whole body. From what I can see, since the emperor now has the Guards, If we have a strong army, there will be no need to reorganize the Beijing camp, otherwise, it will easily lose the dignity of the court, as if so many people are not in charge of the Beijing camp."
Many civil servants in the Ministry of War were moved and anxious after learning that Zhu Youzhao had agreed to Yuan Keli's petition to rectify the capital camp, and they talked to Yuan Keli all over the place.
"The imperial edict has been issued. Please come back. If you are not willing to obey the edict, you can resign. Yuan will not force you."
Yuan Keli replied.
"you!"
Guang Shiheng, a member of the Ministry of War, was very angry because of this. He suddenly shouted at Yuan Keli, but he did not dare to say anything for a while and had to throw away his sleeves.
At this time, outside the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
A large number of elderly veterans from the Beijing camp had gathered outside the Metropolitan Procuratorate, squeezing the Metropolitan Procuratorate to a crawl.
"We want to file a complaint!"
"We want to file a complaint!"
"We want to file a complaint!"
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These old veterans even shouted and cried about their misery.
Some people say that they went bankrupt because they were blackmailed by officials from the Ministry of War.
There are also stories of how officials in the Ministry of War withheld money and food.
For a moment, the sound of crying was loud.
And there are more and more, densely packed, apparently tens of thousands of people.
Cui Jingrong has been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and now his replacement as Yushi of Zuodu is Zhou Yongchun.
Seeing this, Zhou Yongchun could only say: "Come, go to the back door to prepare the sedan, I want to go to the cabinet!"
Zhou Yongchun therefore hurried to the cabinet.
And because of this, all the cabinet ministers soon learned about the elderly veterans causing trouble in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
"Yuanfu, elders, what should we do? Our Metropolitan Procuratorate is about to be demolished now."
Zhou Yongchun said anxiously.
Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate had been troubled before, and the previous two Zuodu censors had not ended well after the Metropolitan Procuratorate was troubled, so he felt a little scared now.
"Why are you panicking! They are not here for you. What is your Metropolitan Procuratorate? The Metropolitan Procuratorate belongs to the imperial court and His Majesty. Your duty is to report the truth truthfully. Whoever caused the trouble will be dealt with! "
Cabinet minister Xiong Tingbi angrily scolded Zhou Yongchun first.
Zhou Yongchun therefore looked at Xiong Tingbi and Xu Guangqi.
Fang Congzhe also said: "What Mr. Xiong Ge said is right. You should go directly to Da Sima about this matter. He is the one who instigated it."
"yes!"
Zhou Yongchun hurriedly left the cabinet.
But at this time, many civil servants had come to Yuan Keli's place.
Xie Sheng, who served as a doctor in the Ministry of War before being promoted to Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, also raised his hands to Yuan Keli and said: "Da Sima! Please forgive me for being presumptuous. What are you going to do? You suddenly have to reorganize the capital camp. Why don't you do it?" Let’s discuss it with everyone first! Now this, this, isn’t this pushing everyone into a pit of fire?”
Fang Kezhuang, the left deputy governor of the capital, also said: "Yes, now the Metropolitan Procuratorate is about to be demolished by those vulgar people from the Beijing camp! They say they want to denounce our civil servants and make them lose their way! What should we do! Aren’t you making things difficult for us?!”
"What I am rectifying is the capital camp, what does it have to do with the princes? Why did I push the princes into the fire pit, and why did I make things difficult for you? You are all honest and upright ministers, and you must also agree with Yuan's rectification of the capital camp. "
Yuan Keli replied.
"You! Yuan, you are really a lunatic!"
Xie Sheng started to curse.
He was really anxious, because when it came to extorting money from the old, weak, sick and disabled in the capital, he was the most violent. The reason was that he had fallen in love with a housewife in the capital and was anxious to save money to ransom her and take her as his wife. The concubine, because these soldiers were all low-level military households and did not dare to cause trouble, so they fished harder. The amount they fished was enough to peel off the skin and make grass.
Fang Kezhuang also gritted his teeth: "Brother Yi Jin is right, you people are really more terrifying than the Fang Party! Do you really want to be so disrespectful of the dignity of scholar-bureaucrats?!"
"Yuan doesn't understand what this has to do with the dignity of scholar-bureaucrats."
Yuan Keli said.
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"His Majesty has decreed that all ministers will meet at the Huangji Palace tomorrow morning, so all officials above the seventh rank in Beijing are required to attend!"
At this time, a messenger came.
Xie Sheng and other civil servants became even more panicked after hearing this.
Yuan Keli didn't take it seriously. He knew that doing so would cause some civil servants to jump out, and even eunuchs to jump out.
But Yuan Keli didn't care and just continued to prepare for him to rectify the Beijing camp.
And wait until the next day.
After Zhu Youxiao met all the ministers, he also talked about this matter: "That's great! I heard that someone in the Metropolitan Procuratorate is causing trouble again? Zhou Aiqing, the imperial censor of Zuodu, is this possible?"
Zhou Yongchun hurriedly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. Those who caused the trouble are all veteran military households in the Beijing camp. I and others are investigating their grievances in detail. We still don't know whether it is true or not, and whether someone did it deliberately."
At this time, Xu Xi, Li Kaixian and other distinguished officials secretly laughed. They could see the uneasiness of many civil servants from the trembling looks on their faces.
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