"I don't dare?" Zhu Shitai sneered, "I have His Majesty's handwriting and the seal of Jin Yiwei Beizhen Fu Si. I want to investigate. Who dares to stop me?"
"Who dares!"
Sure enough, it is most effective to use your identity and privileges to intimidate others.
Zhu Shitai's shout made the soldiers on the opposite side become timid.
In this era, not to mention these nobles, every big family has its own private armed forces. However, because the nobles are well-equipped and most of them are veterans, their combat effectiveness is very high.
Even many regular troops could not defeat them. In the late Ming Dynasty, the only people in Liaodong to defeat were Li Rusong, Li Chengliang, Wu Sangui and their family soldiers.
But in front of Jin Yiwei at his peak, they did not dare to make mistakes.
"As I said, I don't know why these stolen goods appeared in my military camp, but they definitely have nothing to do with me!"
Chen Dace said, "I will ask to see Your Majesty tomorrow to see how lawless you are and how you confuse right and wrong!"
I thought these words could scare the fledgling Zhu Shitai, but he didn't expect that the latter was not afraid at all, and even took a few steps forward to stand in front of the swords of the soldiers.
"You are confused, Marquis Wu Ping. It is not Zhu Shitai who is checking the vacancies in the capital camp now, but the Jin Yiwei who is handling the case!"
Chen Dace panicked.
"Bold! Zhu Shitai, are you the only one who has brothers? Do you know that 5,600 people in my military camp are all my brothers? You only brought a few royal guards with you?"
"Dare you attack me? I want to see if you can walk out of the gate of my Liwei Camp today!"
Suddenly, there was deathly silence in the tent.
Zhu Shitai waved his hand, and Bai Hu, a Jinyi guard behind him, understood.
He slowly took out the Impermanence Book, opened it, and took out the pen.
(It is doubtful whether the Wuchangpu actually existed in history, but intelligence agencies like Jinyiwei must have small notebooks that keep records at all times.)
"Wu Pinghou said that the 5,600 people in Liwei Camp are all his soldiers! He also said that the gate of Liwei Camp belongs to him!"
"you…"
Chen Dace's words were incoherent.
Zhu Shitai took another step forward and stared at his face.
"Killing the Jin Yiwei will be punished as treason! As long as a drop of blood from my brothers is left here today!" Zhu Shitai pointed at the Jin Yiwei behind him and said, "You will not be able to see the sun in the next few days!"
"I'm already locked up in the Criminal Department, how can I still be scared by you?" Zhu Shitai smiled, "I'm in Feiyu uniform, if you have the ability, you can use the knife!"
After speaking, Zhu Shitai waved his hand, and the guards in uniform behind him stepped forward to surround them all.
The soldiers outside the tent had already been controlled by more Jinyi guards.
"Come here!" Zhu Shitai shouted.
"exist!"
"Invite Marquis Wu Ping and a few brothers outside to bask in the sun. I see that their faces are not good. They must be weak!"
"yes!"
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Zhu Shitai, how dare you touch me!"
In an instant, Chen Dace and his soldiers were captured by dozens of Jinyi guards. Each of them removed their swords, put their hands behind their backs, and started to control them by pinching their necks.
"I am the Marquis! How dare you touch me? I want to marry you! I..."
The soldiers outside the tent saw Chen Dace forcibly pulling him out, and then looked at several senior Jinyiwei officials wearing unicorn uniforms. They did not dare to resist, and obediently obeyed the Jinyiwei's orders and squatted on the ground with their hands on their heads.
These people usually bow to senior officials and have no courage to confront them.
Therefore, although Zhu Shitai only brought 200 Jinyi guards, the thousands of people in the camp could only obey his orders.
Zhu Shitai then ordered his men to search the entire military camp, take the military register, and count the soldiers, ordnance, horses, and military fields one by one.
After an hour, all the problems here have been clarified.
Chen Dace was forced to the ground by two Jin Yi guards and watched as one Jin Yi guard after another walked to Zhu Shitai to report.
Seeing the corners of Zhu Shitai's mouth gradually raised, he also became worried.
The hundred households just now on the side were writing furiously to record everything.
After everything was done, Zhu Shitai happily came to sit in front of Chen Dace.
"Oh! Lord Wu Ping, do you know what a surprise there is here?"
"This junior has just arrived, and you have always prepared such a gift. This is such a surprise!"
"I'll tell you the story!"
Chen Dace lowered his head and began to breathe quickly.
"You just said that there are 5,600 people in Liwei Camp, but now there are only 4,931 people in this camp. What about the remaining 669 people? Where did they go?"
"Ah? Marquis Wu Ping? This junior can't find them?"
Chen Dace buried his head even lower.
"Then there is the ordnance. According to the Beijing military system, at least two-thirds of each battalion must wear armor, no matter what material it is made of."
"But the amount of armor in the Liwei Camp arsenal is far from enough?"
Zhu Shitai spoke very loudly, hoping that the other soldiers would also hear how much Chen Dace had swallowed. If he didn't explain his crime clearly to them, they might make trouble later when he took the people away.
Chen Dace remained silent and lowered his head silently.
"Firearms are even more extreme. Compared with the Beijing military system, there are 34 fewer firearms, and nearly half of the ammunition is missing. 呲呲呲..."
"Marquis Wu Ping, are you in a hurry to raise an army?"
Chen Dace could no longer calm down, raised his head and said hysterically, "Zhu Shitai, do you think I'm the only one like this?"
"Your Majesty has ordered a thorough investigation of the capital camp. Don't worry, nothing will be found!"
"There are so many people's interests in it. You are a young man from a well-known family and you are not deeply involved in the world. The water here is deeper than you think!"
"So many people are swallowing and drinking the soldiers' blood, why are you catching me and not letting me go!"
Zhu Shitai sneered.
"Who made you fail to wipe your butt properly? Uncle Zhang, the British father-in-law, has warned you, right? Did I, this junior, give you three days?"
"There are no problems at all in the first few military camps, and I didn't catch them and hold them back, right?"
"Junior gave you time, but you still blame me for not cleaning up these things?"
"I...I..." Chen Dace felt aggrieved, his eyes moist.
"No one told me...ahhhh..."
Zhu Shitai was completely stunned by this incident.
I didn't expect that such a big man, who commanded thousands of troops, would cry in grievance?
"Okay, okay, don't cry. You will inevitably be punished for paying such a large amount of money anyway."
The other soldiers around also looked at this scene in shock.
Firstly, he was surprised that Chen Dace had swallowed so much money, and secondly, the Marquis, who usually showed off his power and treated them like cattle and sheep, cried like a child?
"As well as military land, you have swallowed up at least nearly a thousand acres! I will report these things to Your Majesty one by one!"
"Wait for you to be punished!"
"Come here! Take Chen Dace away!"
"yes!"
Four royal guards walked over, carried Chen Dace on their shoulders, and left, leaving him crying.
Later, Zhu Shitai told the soldiers what Chen Dace had committed and what was going on in the imperial camp's thorough investigation. He told them that someone would come to temporarily lead them in the next few days.
After all, these people's hearts must be appeased, otherwise they will cause trouble.
After that, he left with Jin Yiwei.
A soldier asked the veteran beside him, "Where was this Marquis taken by the royal guards?"
The old soldier said, "Where else could it be? Think of it as a prison sentence!"
