Li Xiupeng said righteously: "I believe that Wu Ningbo did this for a reason! However, if you are wrong, you are wrong! And if you do something wrong, you will be punished, so why bother talking about useless things!"
When Liu Haojia heard this, he looked up to the sky and laughed. After a while, he stopped laughing and yelled: "Useless thing? What is the useless thing I am telling you? That is that since the navy was established several months ago, tens of thousands of soldiers have not received a penny. Pay! If I hadn’t done this, tens of thousands of naval officers might have mutinied long ago!”
Hearing Liu Haojia's roar, the courtiers were quiet for a moment, and then there was a burst of noise! Everyone knows how much information Liu Haojia contains in this sentence! The first is that the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War are deducting money and food, and then the army may mutiny!
No matter which one of these two things is taken separately, it is a big deal! Especially the matter of soldiers mutinying! If such a situation really occurs, it will be even more terrifying than when the Japanese pirates made trouble! If nothing else, at least there is no problem with corruption in Jiangnan!
Emperor Wanli looked angry when he heard this. He patted the imperial court and shouted loudly: "Stop arguing! Uncle Wu Ning, please explain the matter clearly to me. What is going on?"
The courtiers all became quiet after hearing this, and all looked at Liu Haojia. I just heard him say loudly: "Your Majesty, it has been almost eight months since the establishment of the Navy! During this period, I have not received a penny or a grain of rice! But in this kind of situation Under such circumstances, the naval officers are still going to sea to suppress bandits, which shows that they are loyal and brave! However, these naval officers also have families to support, and they themselves need to have a full stomach to have the strength to fight! So in desperation, I had to send some The property of the gentry and officers who collaborated with the bandits was confiscated, and they were also used to make up for the shortage of military resources!"
As Liu Haojia spoke, the expressions on the courtiers' faces kept changing! There is surprise, pity, and greed! In particular, the expressions of the officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War are even more exciting! In particular, the faces of the two ministers were even more gloomy and terrifying!
Originally, their plan was to use food and salary to control the navy, so as to pave the way for future gains. Moreover, they also specially asked their subordinates to give them a small amount of salary after delaying for a period of time to appease their subordinates so as not to cause trouble!
But they completely forgot that there is a saying called what goes up and leads to imitation! If the people above dare to poke a hole, the people below can dig out a big hole for a carriage! And they also underestimated the greed of the people below! They had no idea that these people had not been paid at all in the past few months!
In the silence, Emperor Wanli squeezed out his voice through his teeth and said: "Okay, we have almost forced tens of thousands of soldiers to the point of mutiny. I am really afraid that I will not die! People from the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of War, please come out and explain!" "
A moment after Emperor Wanli finished speaking, the two men in official and second-grade official attire slowly left work and knelt on the ground. One of them is Guo Xiaoxing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, but his face looks pretty good and he seems to be confident of passing the test. Another person with a thin face is Ma Yunqi, Minister of War. And his face looked much uglier! .
Seeing the two of them kneeling on the ground, Emperor Wanli had no intention of letting them get up! This was a great humiliation, but no one present had any intention of complaining. Because this matter is really too big!
I only heard Emperor Wanli say: "Master Guo, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and all the money comes from you, why don't you tell me first?"
Guo Xiaoxing heard the rage in Emperor Wanli's calm tone, and immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Navy has paid out its salaries in the past few months, but the specific figures need to be checked in the accounts."
Emperor Wanli turned his head and said: "Zhang Jia, take someone to the Ministry of Accounts in person and bring them the accounts of the payment to the navy within two years, including the account books! By the way, don't forget to bring them with the Ministry of War. .”
Everyone's heart sank when they heard this! Especially Liu Shouyou, who was standing in the middle of the class, was a little flustered! Because according to usual practice, Jin Yiwei must take part in these matters, but now Emperor Wanli directly ordered people from Dongchang. It seems that he does not trust Jin Yiwei very much!
After Zhang Jia took the order and left, Emperor Wanli looked at Ma Yunqi and said, "The Ministry of Household Affairs said that they would allocate money to your Ministry of War. What do you say?"
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Yun Qi kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, the ownership of this navy has not yet been decided, so it is inevitable that there will be some arrears in terms of pay. There will always be..."
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Haojia said loudly: "Your Majesty, Mr. Ma is just making excuses! When His Majesty decreed the establishment of a navy, the decree was clear. The navy was originally to be separated from the navy. So, then The salary that was originally supposed to be paid to these navy officers was automatically taken over by the navy and distributed according to the specific number of people. Now Master Ma is talking about things that have not yet been decided. It seems that he does not take His Majesty's decree seriously at all!"
Ma Yunqi straightened up after hearing this and said loudly: "Uncle Wu Ning, don't rant! The Ministry of War is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses. There are countless holes to be plugged. It is common to occasionally embezzle pay and silver. Why do you embezzle it when it comes to your navy?" Terrible?"
Liu Haojia sneered and said: "Master Ma said that I can understand the matter, but you must have a limit to this misappropriation. How can a penny of salary be missing for seven months? You are trying to drive everyone in the navy to death!"
As soon as Liu Haojia finished speaking, many people in the ranks of nobles and military attachés had already issued angry denunciations! Although they are in high positions now, they may not care about ordinary soldiers, but their natural stance determines that they must support Liu Haojia at this time! Especially if you make good use of this matter, you might be able to get some more money from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War in the future, so they will naturally pursue him fiercely!
After Xungui's voice slowly subsided, several more people in the civil service queue fell to their knees after leaving work. These people are all people who can talk to the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War, including the minister and several doctors.
They are worthy of being a systematic person, as if they have discussed it in advance, they list the reasons in order to defend their yamen. The narrative is perfectly connected, and the reason can be summed up very simply, that is, the revenue of the Ministry of Revenue is insufficient every year, but the money spent is increasing year by year!
Therefore, their yamen has been able to reduce expenditures as much as possible, so the money allocated by the Ministry of Accounts is much less than in previous years. But the Ministry of War said that the stall was too big, and the money allocated by the Ministry of Revenue was not enough, so they had to work hard to maintain the situation! Therefore, the soldiers below should sympathize with the difficulties of the court!
