Several people in the tent were startled when they heard this. An imperial envoy was coming at this time. What should it be?
Because in terms of time, it is likely that the good news reached the capital at this time. Therefore, this imperial edict cannot be a response to the good news.
"Maybe we should strictly urge our family to rescue our soldiers!" Gao Qiqian laughed at himself, thinking that the emperor really valued Lu Xiangsheng.
In this regard, Wang Chengen also agreed that it must be a similar intention.
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was very grateful. There are so many decrees, such frequent urgings, and the emperor's grace is so great that it is really impossible to repay it!
With these thoughts in mind, they quickly gathered together to receive the imperial edict.
What none of them expected was that they had all guessed wrong about the purpose of the imperial edict this time!
This imperial edict was the decree of Emperor Chongzhen to allocate the three hundred thousand taels of silver to Lu Xiangsheng. After the angel finished reading, a group of people were stunned.
Three hundred thousand taels, this is not a small amount of money. For the current army, it is simply a timely help.
Gao Qiqian couldn't understand, so he quickly asked: "Where did the imperial court get so much money?"
"Dongchang investigated officials at all levels in the Royal Horse Prison for false claims, withholding of military pay, corruption and perversion of the law, etc. As a result, the leader, Wang Zhixin, and others were questioned and beheaded. The money was all obtained from the confiscation of their homes. There were also some that Dongchang voluntarily turned over. silver."
As soon as the angel finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the big tent.
Impersonating claims, withholding military pay, and privately abusing military power for personal use should not be too common in the military. There are several military generals who do not do this. However, even yamen like Yumajian were investigated and questioned for doing this, so what should they do?
Thinking like this, many generals began to sweat on their backs, and even Gao Qiqi became worried. Because he was also from the Royal Horse Prison, he also made a lot of money, but he was outside the Royal Horse Prison, so he escaped.
After hearing this, Wang Chengen couldn't help but be a little surprised that his godfather's revenge was so violent. At the same time, he also realized that the 300,000 taels of silver probably included the 40,000 taels of silver that he had taken out.
Yeah, it’s a little heartbreaking!
Lu Xiangsheng was very happy about this. He had three hundred thousand silver in one go. Now he had a lot to do! However, he was a little strange, so he asked the messenger angel: "What does it mean for Dongchang to voluntarily hand over dirty silver?"
"Your Majesty gave you the opportunity to plead guilty. He took the initiative to confess, voluntarily handed over the dirty money, and then let go of the past. That's the case here in Dongchang." After the angel answered this, he suddenly looked at Wang Cheng'en and said, "Eunuch Wang also has personal experience of this. right?"
This question immediately made Wang Chengen very embarrassed. But when he saw that everyone in the tent was paying attention to him, and seemed to be very concerned. For some reason, something moved in his heart, and he suddenly felt that the emperor had sent him here, and he was waiting for this moment.
Thinking like this, he couldn't be dissatisfied because his personal privacy was exposed in public. He nodded quickly and responded: "Our family was also ignorant in the past and did some things we shouldn't have done. Fortunately, the emperor was kind and gave our family a chance to reform. opportunity, after handing over the dirty money, not only did he forget about it, but he also sent our family out on errands!"
In other words, it should be his attitude of pleading guilty that made the emperor recognize him. Not only did he forget the blame, but he was also given a high position. He came out of Beijing to supervise the affairs, which was considered a high promotion.
Thinking this way, many people felt relieved. Since the emperor will give such an opportunity, it will be much easier to handle.
"By the way, it's not just our family!" Wang Chengen thought of something and added, "This is also true for many yamen in the palace. The emperor discovered some problems, and the eunuchs who were in charge of them all wrote confessions. The emperor then One thing is, as long as you surrender, the Emperor will forget about past events, but if you continue to hide it, once you are discovered, you will never forgive!"
Lu Xiangsheng on the side heard the cause and effect of the money, and couldn't help but have a new understanding of the emperor. In the past, he had never thought that the emperor had such means.
In his impression, Emperor Chongzhen's skills were not very clever. Black is black and white is white. Once he identifies as white, he is very important, but if he is found to be black, he is cold-blooded and ruthless. There were many such examples in the Chongzhen Dynasty.
However, in today's Ming Dynasty officialdom, how many people can actually stay clean? In such a big dyeing vat, if most people cannot join in the corruption, they will either be kicked out of the officialdom or attacked and convicted.
Under this background, if the emperor finds something wrong, he will be severely punished. So he is facing the entire officialdom, how can it be so easy to rectify the atmosphere of the officialdom?
Thinking like this, he suddenly came across an idea, and quickly asked the angel: "How is the Jin Yiwei side?"
The factory guard monitors the world. It is the emperor's sword. Now that Dongchang has been rectified, what about Jinyiwei? If it has been rectified, it means that the emperor has found a shortcut to rectify the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.
"Jinyiwei is in the private office. Our family doesn't know the specific details." Angel replied.
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng immediately concluded that the emperor must have taken action against Jin Yiwei.
With this conclusion, he suddenly felt very excited, the emperor is wise!
While rectifying the factory guards, we also give the officialdom a chance to reform. Such a two-pronged approach will certainly not allow the entire officialdom to unite out of fear of crime. At least for now, Dongchang has become a knife for rectifying officialdom. Although now they are only attacking the palace yamen. But Lu Xiangsheng was sure that when he attacked the outer court, he wouldn't be too far away. Most likely, it was after the Manchu and Qing troops were driven out of the pass.
At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became very tall in Lu Xiangsheng's impression. If in the past, in his heart, Emperor Chongzhen was just a child who still needed his assistance and care; then at this moment, Emperor Chongzhen was already a real king and father, and he just needed him to Just obey orders and serve your father.
After most of the generals in the tent understood the movements of the capital, they felt relieved and began to think about their own affairs.
However, Lu Xiangsheng did not let them think about it, but immediately began to issue various orders. Things mentioned in the imperial edict, such as repaying military pay and distributing pensions, must be done immediately.
Although it was only a month's repayment of military pay, the unprecedented event of issuing pensions immediately caused a sensation in the entire military camp. Invisibly, morale immediately rose.
Although for the disabled soldiers, this little money really can't make them worry-free for the rest of their lives, and their morale is still not very good, but at this time, having something is better than nothing.
Lu Xiangsheng still had some money available, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot and announced that he would draw elites from all armies to form an elite division that could truly fight the Manchu army.
At this time, he finally felt that he was no longer so aggrieved. He could no longer only follow the Manchu and Qing troops from a distance, but could not put any pressure on the Manchu and Qing troops.
