Fu Shanhe

Chapter 37 The Cheating Emperor

Royal Garden.

"What stage has the case reached?"

Emperor Tianyuan asked casually while taking a walk.

After the inside story of the Liaodong defeat was uncovered, the civil servants could no longer harp on the decision-making errors, and even the number of people criticizing the military reform decreased a lot.

The buzzing sound has become less frequent, and Emperor Tianyuan, whose ears have been quiet, has been in a good mood recently.

"Your Majesty, after we interrogated the relevant personnel, we found that the person who suppressed the urgent military report was Liaodong Duan Wenhong's master.

This person disappeared after the Liaodong War.

Even his family members, more than 100 people, suddenly disappeared from Suzhou two months ago.

In addition to this person, Shenyang Guard also reported to Liaodong Military Preparations and Liaodong Governor's Office, but they did not take it seriously. "

Gu Yuansong's words made the cabinet ministers following behind him tremble with fear.

Dayu has strict control over the people. Only those with the title of scholar or above can enter and leave freely. Ordinary people must obtain a pass if they want to leave the county.

Even if the Northern Tartars could bribe a legal advisor, they did not have the ability to extend their tentacles into the heart of the empire and quietly transfer more than a hundred people from the client's family.

For something like this to happen, there must be someone inside the empire cooperating.

What’s worse is that in terms of time, the time of family transfer and the time of the decisive battle in Liaodong were almost synchronized.

Someone must have leaked the information in advance, allowing the Northern Tartars to prepare in advance.

He then mobilized his secret agents within the empire and planned a series of subsequent actions.

Those who are responsible for formulating the battle plan and implementing the plan are all suspects.

The Liaodong Governor's Office and Liaodong Military Preparations Office were seriously derelict in their duties. It is not ruled out that someone in them colluded with the Northern Tartars.

Elder Pang and Elder Xu were the most embarrassed. They had just been criticizing Liaodong for its defeat, but when they turned around they found that the boomerang had hit them.

The Liaodong Governor and the Liaodong Military Commissioner were both capable generals of the Qingliu Party, and at this time they became the main persons responsible for the defeat in Liaodong.

Not only will these two people be doomed, but the local officials who let the rebel's entire family of more than 100 people go will also be held responsible.

If we continue to investigate further, we will not know how many members of the Qingliu Party are involved.

It is probably unfair to say that they betrayed Dayu.

But some of their actions were indeed related to the defeat in Liaodong.

Pang Hengsheng vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

How come all the clues point to their Qingliu Party?

It is true that the Qingliu Party is a mixed bag, but its main areas of activity are in the south and the capital, and there are not many officials serving in the north.

When something unexpected happened in Liaodong, the ones most likely to be involved should be the Liaodong Faction and the Jin Party.

This is a major case that everyone in the court is watching, so the Jinyiwei would not dare to frame someone.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you thoroughly investigate the Liaodong Governor's Office and the Liaodong Military Preparations Department. No matter who is involved, we must investigate it thoroughly.

Anyone who dares to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country will be punished!"

Pang Hengsheng spoke first.

The more unfavorable the situation is, the more proactive we should be.

Anyway, he didn't believe that the Liaodong Governor and the Liaodong Military Preparations Commissioner would collude with the Northern Tartars. As long as they were not treasonous, there would be room for maneuver.

For the Qingliu Party, officials’ personal abilities may be problematic, but their political stance must never be wrong.

This is the foundation of their existence.

If anyone colluded with the Northern Tartars, he would no longer be a member of the Qingliu Party.

"Then let's check it first!"

After a pause, Emperor Tianyuan asked.

"Have you thought of a strategy for the loss of military farmland in the garrisons?"

The real highlight came, and the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became tense.

Supporting the inventory of military fields is one thing, but coming up with a plan is another.

The former is just empty talk and does not need to take responsibility no matter what the result is.

Once it comes to a specific plan, you have to participate personally and be responsible for every word and action.

“Your Majesty, the situation at the garrison is complicated and involves too many historical issues.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, in order to show preferential treatment to scholars, the court tacitly allowed scholars who passed the imperial examination to leave the garrison with the military land they cultivated. If we were to investigate, I'm afraid it would be difficult to determine the nature of this part!"

As soon as Duke Chengguo Jingguoliang opened his mouth, he pushed things to a climax.

At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of the imperial court allowed scholars to take military land away, which was essentially to suppress military generals.

The Grand Marshal's Office, which has financial, personnel and command powers, is on par with the cabinet in terms of power.

The balance between civil and military power was still too dangerous in the eyes of Emperor Xuanzong, the civil emperor.

No one expected that such a loophole would lead to the decline of the Wei Suo system.

Seeing that the scholars could turn military land into private land, the military generals were not to be outdone and joined in the feast of dividing up the military land.

If everyone acts together, no matter how big the family business is, it will not be able to withstand such a disaster.

After the military land was divided up, the fighting capacity of the garrisons was completely destroyed, and servants began to appear on the historical stage.

During the period of stability in the empire, the occasional bandits, robbers and civil unrest were dealt with by the servants of the generals.

The world was peaceful and no one wanted to get involved, so life just went on.

It was not until border troubles arose again that everyone realized the seriousness of the situation and began to pay attention to the garrison system again.

The previous emperor had conducted a thorough investigation of the garrisons, but the resistance was too great and it ended in failure.

"Duke Chengguo, there's nothing wrong with this.

Since His Majesty Xuanzong has allowed it, let this part go and track down the whereabouts of the other military fields!"

Lord Xu said with a smile.

If we ignore this part of the land, the resistance to the investigation will be halved.

Except for the garrisons in the nine borders, which still have a certain degree of combat effectiveness, the garrisons in other areas are just a group of farmers.

Many thousand-household and hundred-household leaders now live a life similar to that of the village and borough heads in the common people.

If the imperial court is really determined to investigate, it will be difficult to stop these people.

"Lord Xu's suggestion is good, but have you ever thought that more than half of the military farms in the garrison were lost in this way?"

The question raised by Duke Xingguo Qin Shibiao made everyone unable to hold their breath.

More than half of the land is military land, this data is shocking.

"Duke Xingguo, this is too exaggerated!
Since the founding of our dynasty, how many Juren and Jinshi have been produced in the guards? How could they have taken away so much military land?"

Zuo Guangen said disdainfully.

It's fine to fool the civil servants, but if you want to scare him, you've found the wrong person.

If the military fields really fell into the hands of literati, then what would the generals who were guarding the treasure mountain do?

You may not care about other things, but when it comes to your own interests, who will give in easily?

“Father-in-law, this has nothing to do with the number of people.

Ordinary military households do not have the ability to support a scholar.

Those who were able to pass the imperial examinations and become Jinshi in the garrisons generally came from high-class families.

These generals who chose to switch from military to civil service were naturally able to be taken away, and they were all taken away."

Qin Shibiao explained calmly.

Putting the blame on the civil service group is the strategy set by the nobles.

The amount of land taken away when Wu transferred to Wen is a confusing matter in itself.

……

"I understand a little bit. The focus of your argument is nothing more than who took away the military land.

If we quarrel here, we will definitely not reach a consensus.

Dayu had a total of 493 guards, 2593 offices, and 315 thousand-household garrison offices.

Then you can discuss and allocate tasks, and each of you will be responsible for checking a part of the garrisons.

As for historical issues, I do not intend to investigate them in depth. As long as the military land is handed over, I will let bygones be bygones.

If they resist stubbornly, they will be dealt with directly according to the "Dayu Law".

All of you are the pillars of the country. The military farms of the guards involve the life and death of Dayu. I am counting on you to take care of it!"

After saying this, Emperor Tianyuan bowed to everyone, not giving anyone a chance to refuse.

(End of this chapter)