prosperous age

Chapter 434 The Storm of Impeachment Caused by the 433 Mutiny

With the appointment of Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, this personnel change involving the Ming Dynasty Hall for many days can be regarded as a drawing.

At this time, the six ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate seem to have new officials who should be replaced, and the officials' attention has also shifted to handling government affairs.

In addition to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry has also become the yamen with the least changes. Ouyang Bijin, the former head of the government, was changed to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

As for the other departments, they have all changed their ministers. With such a change, the middle and lower level officials of the yamen will naturally try their best to show their hands in front of the new lord, in order to win favor and help themselves to become prosperous in the future.

And the court, which was supposed to be calm and calm, was sent to Xiyuan with an urgent report from Nanjing. After the news spread, it was shocked again.

Nanjing is still the capital of Nanjing, and there has been a mutiny in the military camp.

Last year, the Zhenwuying Mutiny had greatly reduced the perception of officials in Nanjing on the capabilities of officials in Nanjing, which directly led to the resignation of Ma Kun, the Minister of the Household Department who had just been transferred from Nanjing to the capital. Unexpectedly, only one year later, Nanjing once again There was a mutiny.

Although he knew that this matter had nothing to do with the Ministry of War in the capital, Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of War, was called into Xiyuan as soon as he saw the memorial. It is conceivable that Emperor Jiajing must be greeted with a thunderous anger.

A mutiny would not be a trivial matter in all dynasties, and its sensation and influence were enormous. Although Wei Guangde and the others were in Prince Yu's Mansion, they heard about it immediately and hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the news.

The current Wei Guangde, because of his wife Xu Jianglan, has deepened his relationship with Duke Wei's mansion in Nanjing, so he has naturally become sensitive to news about Nanjing.

Soon, the military camp and the general cause of the mutiny were found out. It was Chihe Xinying that caused the mutiny. Although it was named Xinying, this military camp had actually existed for more than 20 years. Feixiong Yingwu Guangwu Three Guards consists of 3000 people, and they perform their duties every spring and autumn.

This incident was similar to the last Zhenwu camp mutiny. The soldiers of the Chihe Xinying camp were given three buckets of food a month, and six qian of silver was given to them every year as a rental fee for military uniforms. Ben has lived in peace for many years.

But last month, Wu Qin, a thousand households of Yingwuwei, sent an official document to the Nanjing Ministry of War, saying that Chihe Xinying was not a soldier but a ganger, and suggested that it should be dismissed.

From this, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest. The soldiers of Chihe Xinying broke into Wu Qin's mansion and tied up others, escorted them to the high platform of the military camp and beat them up. The posture of driving on the streets of Nanjing City.

The Zhenwu Battalion also set a bad precedent. Although the Zhenwu Battalion mutiny was quickly contained, it had a great influence. The soldiers in and outside Nanjing naturally learned a lot from it.

There is a folk saying that those who cry are still getting milk, perhaps this is the reason.

As long as the soldiers can be incited, many things that were unimaginable before can be quickly done.

Of course, the consequences of doing so are unaffordable to most people, so although everyone knows about it, no one dares to use it easily.

But this time it was different, Wu Qin wanted to smash Chihe Xinying's job, no matter how he could bear it, he didn't need to deliberately incite, and the soldiers of the army camp would start to make trouble.

The battalion officials only need to let it go, and they can easily make things worse.

Fortunately, the battalion officer of the new Chihe battalion also knew the seriousness. Although he was annoyed by Wu Qin's behavior of smashing his job, he still sent his own soldiers to firmly guard the camp gate to prevent the disorderly soldiers from rushing out of the barracks. thing.

The Minister of the Ministry of War of Nanjing is from the former Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, Jiang Dong, the governor of Xuanda, who succeeded Yang Shun to clean up the mess of Xuanda. There are also garrisons outside the city of Nanjing.

Many of the military households these days are related by in-laws. If Chihe can't help to appease them, other military camps will take the opportunity to make trouble.

After all, no one would think that there is too much money, so if you can make a fuss, if you can get some benefits like Zhenwuying did last year, why not do it.

In order to effectively control the situation, Jiang Dong directly wrote in the name of the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the soldiers in and out of the city of Nanjing were paid the same as before.

With the documents issued by Jiangdong, the officials sent out naturally quickly controlled the various military camps. After the officials of the Ministry of War arrived at the new camp in Chihe and issued Jiangdong's order, Wu Qin from Qianhu was released by the mutiny soldiers.

Although after that, the nine most violent prostitutes were still arrested, but the incident was resolved on the same day, which can be regarded as extremely efficient.

This is just a routine work report in Nanjing, but after the news of the mutiny came out, it still bluffed all the officials in the capital.

The news was sent by Li Fang to inquire about it. Everyone in Prince Yu's Mansion was in the room, and they all let out a sigh of relief after hearing the servant's report.

Jiangnan is already chaotic enough. Calculating the time, Japanese pirates have invaded in recent days. There is also the chaos in Fujian. Now there is this one. Before, the court was discussing whether the increase of the people in Jiangnan should be postponed. , Let the people's strength be restored, don't even think about it now.

Money is used everywhere, so where does the money come from if there is no additional distribution?

Prince Yu's Mansion is naturally aware of the discussions in the court, and everyone thought of this by coincidence at the moment. It was because the Ministry of Household Affairs had no money, and all the officials in the capital were eagerly waiting for the Ministry of Householding to pay their salaries.

"The apportionment in the south of the Yangtze River may continue for two years, but I don't know how long it will last like this?"

King Yu sighed.

Although he is not the head of the family yet, judging from recent days, he also realizes that it may be a bit difficult to be a good family member of Daming.

It is difficult for a rich man to be a man without money, and the same is true for being in power.

If the imperial court has money, everything can be solved, because there is nothing that cannot be solved without money among the people.

But the current situation in Daming is caused by the lack of money.

The imperial court had no money to pay, so it was necessary to increase the dispatch in the south of the Yangtze River. The consequences of the addition of the dispatch also appeared, and the people were unstable.

Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi have already become troubled. Although the root cause is still in the so-called "Flying Dragon Country", if the Japanese problem cannot be solved as soon as possible and the collection and increase of taxes are stopped, it is difficult to say whether there will be a second or third in other places. come.

At that time, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River may not be the court's final say.

"It's all due to Hu Zongxian's incompetence, exhausting the strength of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, and not completely solving the big problem of Japanese pirates, but causing disasters among the people."

Yin Shizhen said angrily.

"In my opinion, it's time to send someone to conduct a thorough investigation. There have been rumors from the ruling and opposition parties that Hu Zongxian and others have stolen military pay, which has resulted in the lack of morale of the soldiers who suppressed Japanese pirates because they did not receive the pay they deserved, making it difficult to wipe out Japanese pirates."

Zhang Juzheng nodded in agreement.

In fact, there have been rumors about Hu Zongxian stealing military salaries for a long time. As early as in the 36th year of Jiajing, there was an impeachment by the Kodao Yanguan Shangshu, but the memorial was either retained by Emperor Jiajing, or it was reported after an edict was verified. Find.

Even so, the rumors in the ruling and opposition parties about Hu Zongxian collaborating with Jiangnan officials to steal military pay have never stopped, but there is no evidence.

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he looked at Wei Guangde. In this room, Wei Guangde had dealt with Hu Zongxian. He had contact with Hu Zongxian when he went to supervise and kill Wang Zhi.

Of course Wei Guangde noticed Zhang Juzheng's gaze, and also saw the gazes of Yu Wang, Yin Shizhen and others, but he smiled wryly: "If I am in Hu Zongxian's position, if I want to steal the military salary, for example, make the account books fit perfectly, don't you?" Give people the slightest clue to verify it."

"You mean, Hu Zongxian didn't steal the military salary?"

Yin Shizhen frowned and asked.

"In this world, which official doesn't take advantage of it, let alone in that position."

Wei Guangde shook his head with a smile and said: "What I mean is that if Hu Zongxian doesn't leave his post, there is no way to find out. Unless there are soldiers who report, otherwise no matter how you investigate, there will be no results."

"oh, I understand now."

At this time, Zhang Juzheng nodded and said.

He probably understood the meaning of Wei Guangde's words. There must be no mistakes or omissions in the amount of money received by Hu Zongxian, but the amount of money sent out is not the number recorded in the ledger.

No matter whether it is a false report of military exploits or empty pay, there must be a signature of the leader and general to receive the money. With these things, every expenditure can be verified, and naturally there are no loopholes.

It's just that the money that went out according to the rules may not be taken out of the Governor's Mansion by those generals, and even if they are taken out, don't they have to send some back?
But these are not easy to publicize, after all, there are not a few officials in the world who eat this.

If you can't eat it, it's just because you didn't take care of it, so you can't get a share of it.

As long as Hu Zongxian is in the position of governor, those generals will not dare to report against him, otherwise their future will be ruined, and if they fail to report, they will be branded as slandering the official.

After all, Hu Zongxian's background is not someone else, but Yan Song, the chief assistant of the dynasty.

They were discussing in Prince Yu's Mansion, while Yang Bo, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was beaten by Emperor Jiajing in Yongshou Palace, and Qi Qiran walked out of Xiyuan and got into his own sedan chair, but there was no relief on his face, an expression of luck that he had escaped. .

Regarding the chaos in Fujian, the Ministry of War had made a plan before, that is, it would be best if Hu Zongxian could successfully wipe out Zhang Lian's rebels.

And it was none other than Jiangdong, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

Jiang Dong had served as a servant in the Ministry of War in the capital for many years, and was appointed to take over as the governor of Xuanda when he was in danger. He was one of the few officials in the court who had military command experience.

According to the expectations of the Ministry of War, once Hu Zongxian failed to suppress the bandits, he would immediately ask Jiangdong to be the supervisor to suppress the bandits full-time, while Hu Zongxian would be in charge of suppressing the Japanese.

Part of the troops from Hu Zongxian's disposal and Zuo Jin's newly transferred soldiers and horses belonged to Jiangdong, and he led the extermination of Zhang Lian.

It's just that in Yongshou Palace today, Yang Bo clearly felt that Emperor Jiajing was dissatisfied with Jiangdong and mishandled it.

A small matter can actually lead to such a major event as a mutiny, which shows that the ability is low.

Although in the palace today, Emperor Jiajing did not intend to dismiss Jiang Dong, but he has been an official for many years and he knows that if he doesn't want to now, it doesn't mean he won't want to in the future. The emperor rejected the request.

There are still six subjects and thirteen censors, I'm afraid it will be difficult, and maybe he will be impeached and resigned directly.

Yang Bo's guess is really good. He is familiar with the urgency of officialdom, and he got the news in less than two days. Let alone the memorial.

At the same time, it is also proposed that Chihe Xinying dismiss the chief Yu Zhong and other six people.

The cabinet naturally did not dare to preside over Nanjing Kedao's proposal to dismiss Minister Jiangdong from the Ministry of War, and agreed to all other petitions.

After the Zhenwu camp, many military camps moved upon hearing the news, and they were all eager to try it out. Probably because of the improper handling at the beginning, it made some people want to follow suit.

Nanjing Kedao asked for strict investigation and punishment, and affirmed the law, but it can't be said that there is something wrong.

It's just that the cabinet is not sure about whether to be dismissed in Jiangdong, so Yan Song and Xu Jie sent the memorial to Xiyuan together, and sent it to the palace together with Liang Menglong, the censor of the thirteen Taoists, Chen Daoji, etc. Impeachment of Shangshu Jiangdong of the Nanjing Ministry of War, He Qian, the right servant of the Nanjing Criminal Department, Hu Zhi, the governor of the right deputy capital of the Water Transport, Meng Huai, the governor of Shanxi, the governor of the right capital of Shanxi, Liu Lun, the governor of the right capital of Huguang, Hu Rulin, the governor of the capital of Gansu, and Shang Baosi Bai Qichang is not in office, and Fu Yi, the left servant of the Ministry of household affairs, Ge Jin, the right servant of the military department, and Zhang Chunju, a servant of the Imperial Academy, should be dismissed, so they should be dismissed.

This time, taking advantage of the mutiny in Chihe Xinying, Beijing's Kandao officials were fully fired. In just two days, nearly a hundred impeachment memorials were collected, and the six ministries and local officials in Nanjing were impeached on an unprecedented scale.

This is also the reason why both Yan Song and Xu Jie couldn't bear the pressure. If the impeachment of Ke Dao in Nanjing is fine, now the Ke Dao in Beijing is also involved, and it means to expand the situation.

It was strange that this incident had not been revealed before, and it made Yan Song and Xu Jie even more worried.

Judging from the impeachment storm launched by Ke Dao this time, it is obvious that it has been brewing for a long time, and it may have even started to plan secretly when Zhou Yan was seriously ill, but it is not known whether the speech officials did it spontaneously or someone secretly colluded.

And Emperor Jiajing was sitting on the throne of Yongshou Palace, looking at the impeachment memorials piled up on the imperial book case in front of him, he also felt dizzy.

Like Yan Song and Xu Jie, he didn't know until today that the Kedao officials had accumulated so much anger. Neither Dongchang nor Jinyiwei had noticed anything unusual about the officials.

Although the impeachment was initiated by a group of seventh-rank officials, their words are not light, and their remarks often affect the scholars, forming a kind of oppression in the world.

He just lost his temper in front of Yang Bo two days ago, because Nanjing, just Nanjing, had two mutinies in two consecutive years, and this was in the heart of Daming.

After thinking about it for a long time, it would be fine if it was only a few or a dozen impeachments, but this time it was different, nearly a hundred, and almost all the censors in the capital participated, so he couldn't help but think about how to appease him.

"Approved."

After deep thought, Emperor Jiajing finally made a decision, uttering two words lightly from his mouth.

Emperor Jiajing felt a trace of fear again for no reason.

(End of this chapter)