Naturally, Xiao Yi would not let Cai Jin get his wish.
"Dai Qing still has important matters to attend to. Former Minister of War Yang Zhao reported at the beginning that Da Gan's military pay was in arrears."
"Ran Gu asked someone to conduct a cursory check and found that the military salary statistics compiled by the Ministry of War were not true. Dai Qing is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and needs to work with the Ministry of War to investigate the military salaries of the generals."
Check military pay?
The Ministry of War and Wu Xun were suddenly in an uproar, and they all exchanged glances. This matter of military pay is not a trivial matter.
Just now, he was standing here watching the tit-for-tat confrontation between Mr. Li and His Royal Highness. Why did the fire suddenly spread to the military pay?
Cai Jin suddenly thought, His Highness the Crown Prince was directing the fire towards Wu Xun.
If you want to check the military pay, you are tampering with the interests of the warriors. Will they watch His Highness the Prince check the military pay?
I thought that His Highness the Crown Prince was just someone who used offense as defense, but he didn't expect that his target was not only Gongxiang Li's side, but also Wu Xun's side.
Aren't you afraid that taking too big a step will directly arouse the dissatisfaction of civil servants and military generals, which will backfire on you?
He did not speak, nor did he accept the Longyou Road for disaster relief, nor did he object to Dai Guang and the Ministry of War checking military pay.
Cai Jin knew that he was not the only one who couldn't stand at this moment.
Sure enough, someone soon stood up. Li Sansi, the left minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and bowed: "Your Highness, the issue of military pay is of great importance. Now His Majesty is seriously ill and cannot come to court. Your Highness has just held an early morning court. He has no power to supervise the country." It has been more than a month and my prestige is shallow. If we directly start the inventory of military pay, I am afraid it will arouse the dissatisfaction of the border officers and soldiers, and it will easily lead to mutiny!"
"Now the four thieves in the North are ready to make a move, and the Yan Kingdom has even sent a mission. I don't know what their intentions are."
"If we chill the hearts of the border officers and soldiers, then the border will be unstable and Daqian's foreign troubles will become more serious. How can there be anyone willing to defend Zuo of Daqian to the death?"
"Your Highness, now we should focus on disaster relief on Longyou Road and recuperate until Your Majesty recovers and returns to the world."
"Even if there are signs of concealment of military pay, it's just money."
"If we can use money to appease the hearts of the border officers and make them risk their lives to protect Da Gan, Wei Chen thinks it is worth it!"
This person was also promoted by Li Linfu, and he was also a scholar in the Li Linfu clan.
Five years ago, I took the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination.
In five years, he went from being a county magistrate to being the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, which can be regarded as a smooth rise.
Many people are envious of this speed of promotion.
Moreover, the Ministry of War can be regarded as a lucrative job, and there is a lot of money in it. After all, it involves military pay, military merit awards, etc.
If Li Linfu wanted to become a powerful official, control the court, be inferior to one person and be superior to ten thousand people, he couldn't just control the subordinates of Zhongshu and the political affairs hall. There were also many of his people among the six ministers and nine ministers.
Of course, Li Sansi was right.
The issue of military pay is of great importance, especially in this special period. If the interests of the soldiers are really touched and some people use it as an excuse to trigger a mutiny, it will be more than worth the gain.
Once the soldiers felt that the imperial court had deducted their military pay, would they still be willing to defend the city and go to the battlefield?
Xiao Yi said nothing.
Seeing this, Di Yan immediately bowed and said: "Your Highness, I think it is feasible to conduct an inventory of military pay, but after the inspection, the military pay that is indeed in arrears must be paid to reassure the military."
This made it clear that we were on the side of His Highness the Crown Prince, so naturally we had to speak for His Highness the Crown Prince at this time.
Xiao Yi nodded at this time and said directly: "I killed the corrupt official Wang Hao, Yang Shenxun and others, and also killed the profiteer Jia Haolei and others."
"When we searched their property, we found some account books, and there were some records in those account books about their misappropriation of money, including military pay."
"The reason why Gu is checking military pay is not because he thinks that all the Thirteen Guards of Daqian are hiding their military pay."
"But I feel that someone must have deducted military pay, and there may also be cases of empty pay."
"That's why I asked people to check the military pay first. If there is really any deduction or empty pay, they should be severely punished. If there is really arrears, the military pay should be paid out as soon as possible to calm the morale of the military!"
This statement made the martial artists feel a little relieved.
It’s just that free money does actually exist. After all, the water above the court has been muddied by Li Linfu. There are many corrupt officials and everyone is greedy. After the trend is established, how many people are still in compliance?
I just want to say that some people also understand that once the emperor is the emperor, there are also ministers.
It’s not that you don’t report that the time has not come yet.
If you are too greedy and the hole cannot be repaired, then you can only use the lives of your whole family to fill it.
Just like Wang Hao, the Wang family can be considered a famous family. After Wang Hao became an official, he slowly became prosperous. After Wang Hao became the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he even ascended to heaven.
As a result, Wang Hao was beheaded in the East Palace just a few years before he became famous because the prince was supervising the country, and then the Wang family was raided.
Millions of dollars in wealth.
Gold, silver, jewelry, Zhenyuan Tongbao, etc. are piled up like mountains.
Some people still don't want Xiao Yi to be able to check the military pay, so that he can find it on himself.
But when they were about to come forward to stop them, Li Linfu bowed and said loudly: "Your Highness, the Holy Ming, checks the military pay to calm the morale of the troops. This matter is as important as the disaster relief on Longyou Road."
"The Longyou Road disaster relief can relieve millions of victims, and can also stabilize Longyou Road and solve the natural disasters that have plagued the imperial court for several years."
"An inventory of military pay can clean up the cancer in the military and prevent corrupt officials from taking advantage of empty pay, thereby lining their own pockets and consuming the people's lives and support!"
"His Highness used the power of thunder to intimidate Xiao Xiao, so that corrupt officials have no way to hide."
"I admire you."
As soon as Li Linfu expressed his stance, Zhu Mian, Wang Fu and others quickly followed.
Praise everyone vigorously without repeating themselves.
The martial artists suddenly became panicked.
It's over.
Mr. Li actually supports this matter?
So what should we do?
Xiao Yi looked at Li Linfu and knew why he stood up to support him at this time.
It was just that he felt that he had started to attack the generals and started to check the military pay, which would cause the generals to be dissatisfied and easily lose their loyalty.
However, in Xiao Yi's view, if you spend money and pay military salaries that do not exist in order to gain the loyalty of these people, you will turn a blind eye to the deception of these people.
In the future, they will continue to deceive, and even go further. In the end, they may have the wrong national policy of forcibly conscripting three rings in the late Ming Dynasty.
Military pay will be paid as usual, and rewards will be given for meritorious service. Those with military merit will be promoted to the rank and title. After death, they will also receive pensions. In the future, the heroic deeds of soldiers will be vigorously promoted to improve their reputation.
Those who are punished are the corrupt officials who ate their pay and deducted military pay, while those who are rewarded are the generals who have truly contributed to the great cause.
What we uphold is fairness and justice, and what we insist on is fairness!
You want to praise and kill.
Na Gu will let you know that if you are truly capable and courageous, your flattery is just to make Gu Gu famous!
Xiao Yi immediately decided to investigate the military pay.
However, the disaster relief mission on Longyou Road finally fell on Cai Jin, and he couldn't help it.
Xiao Yi has already flaunted himself as the second most loyal and capable minister under Mr. Li, and he is also a flattering and sincere person.
If Cai Jin still refuses to accept the order, Di Yan and others can unite and ask him to step down from his position as a political advisor and replace him with someone else to provide disaster relief.
