Daming Military Empire

Chapter 34 Scum
The news of Ningyuan's mutiny spread to the capital, and even Zhu Youjian, who had always been amiable, went into a rage. He slapped Bi Zisu's memorial on the table, and said sharply, "Hasn't Liaodong's grain and salary for the first half of the year already been allocated? How can this household department pay?" What's going on, what's going on with Wang Zhichen?"

Zhu Cijiong had been prepared for a long time, but he was not very angry. He asked curiously: "Oh, the minister of the Liaodong Economic Strategy King, wasn't this appointed by Wei Zhongxian during the late emperor's time? Isn't he an eunuch? How did he stay in office until now?"

Sun Chengzong replied with shame on his face: "Your Majesty, this is all the fault of my humble minister. I don't know people well. Please punish me."

He regretted it in his heart. In fact, he had long heard that Wang Zhichen was good at ingratiating and bribing important officials of the court, so he was able to climb to the high position of Liaodong Economic Strategy when Wei Zhongxian was in power.However, he was ignored by some friends of the Donglin Party, and they let him go and let him stay in the post until now something happened.

He immediately realized a very serious problem, that is, most of his friends were bribed, or their relatives and friends were bribed, otherwise they would not come to him for no reason and say good things about Wang Zhichen!
Thinking that the members of the Donglin Party who prided themselves on being upright and honest would also be bought, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but feel a bitterness in his heart. The Donglin Party now is different from when it first started, and has been slowly corroded by time.

Sun Chengzong knew that it was Wang Zhichen's problem, but Zhu Cijiong didn't know, he still suspected the Ministry of Household Affairs.

He comforted: "The appropriation of the salary has nothing to do with the Taifu. The Taifu doesn't have to blame himself. We will start the investigation from the household department and go all the way to find out who embezzled the salary."

Sun Chengzong knew that there must be no problem with the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was very clear about the behavior of Daozong, honest and self-disciplined, and well versed in the way of being an official.

Sure enough, when Lai Daozong was called to the Imperial Study Room of the Qianqing Palace, he directly brought the acceptance document proving his innocence, with Wang Zhichen's signature and seal on it, and there was no problem at all.

The matter has come to this point, there is no need to doubt, it must be Wang Zhichen's problem, Sun Chengzong said bitterly: "This matter was caused by a humble minister, and I am willing to go to Ningyuan to appease the rebels and punish corruption. I promise that I will return the emperor an indestructible Ningjin defense line."

Zhu Cijiong was still thinking hard about how to solve this matter. The most suitable candidate, Yuan Chonghuan, has been left out by him for more than half a year. Now that he is going to invite him out of the mountain, he must promise the position of supervisor, otherwise he will not be obedient. Wipe your ass for yourself.Once Yuan Chonghuan is reused, the old problem of taking credit and arrogance will definitely recur, and in the end he will inevitably be executed by Ling Chi, which is the last thing Zhu Cijiong wants to see.

Now that Sun Chengzong is willing to go out in person, it is naturally the best.

Zhu Cijiong knew that Sun Chengzong was a more suitable candidate than Yuan Chonghuan, but all along, Sun Chengzong was assisting him as the Taifu, which made him forget that Sun Chengzong was originally the Liaodong Economic Strategy, and he built the Ningjin defense line by himself.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong readily agreed: "Then please trouble the Grand Master. This Ning Jin line of defense is the foundation of defending the rear gold. There is absolutely no room for loss. I can rest assured that the Grand Master can go there in person."

Sun Chengzong also suggested: "I still need to assist the emperor in handling government affairs. I definitely can't stay in Liaodong for a long time. I dare to ask the emperor to arrange two people. With these two people, we can keep the Ningjin line of defense."

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, his heart skipped a beat, wouldn't it be better to let Yuan Chonghuan be the supervisor of Ji Liao!He asked cautiously: "Which two people are they, Taifu, but it's okay to talk about it."

Sun Chengzong cupped his hands and replied: "Yuan Keli, the admiral of the three military battalions, is mature and prudent, and he once served as the governor of Liaodong together with the humble officials. If he can be appointed as the Liaodong economic strategy, the towns in Liaodong will be as solid as gold. Yuan Chonghuan, the left servant of the Ministry of War, was originally the governor of Liaodong. Go to office again, and this mutiny will be easily resolved."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Yuan Chonghuan is not allowed to be the supervisor of Ji Liao, he is really not expected to be a big boss.However, isn't this guy still farming in Guangdong? The distant water can't solve the near fire. He couldn't help asking curiously: "Isn't this Yuan Chonghuan still in Guangdong? The situation in Ningyuan is urgent, can he come here?"

Sun Chengzong replied embarrassingly: "Yuan Chonghuan has been in the Ministry of War for more than half a month, and he can go to Ningyuan with the minister at any time."

It turned out that this guy couldn't be idle anymore, and came to work by himself, which saved time on the road. Since we are all in the capital, we are ready to go. Zhu Cijiong said quickly: "Everything is up to the master, but I don't know what the master will take. How much money to go?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Cijiong only felt a pain in the flesh. If the few 10 taels in Ningyuan are fine, if the entire Liaodong has not been paid for four months, it will be terrible. At least three to four million taels will be blocked. Live in this pit.

The money that was confiscated from the eunuchs is really not enough. The three military camps now have 20 standing soldiers and horses. Another 500 million taels was allocated to the Ministry of Industry in May, and now there is another big hole in the Northeast. If this continues, the more than 100 million taels of silver does not know whether it can last for two years!

Fortunately, Sun Chengzong didn't open his mouth like a lion. Instead, he shook his head and said: "There is no need to bring the salary. I will try my best to recover the money they are greedy for. If there is still a difference, the emperor will just pay it back."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words. Fortunately, he didn't need to reissue the full amount, otherwise he really couldn't bear it.

Since Sun Chengzong can go to Liaodong in person, he doesn't have to worry about the Ningyuan mutiny. He must be able to handle it better than Yuan Chonghuan.

But once Yuan Keli left, there was no commander in chief of the Three Army Battalion, so what should we do?Zhu Cijiong asked for advice: "Teacher, Yuan Keli is the admiral of the Three Army Battalion, and he left, what should the Three Army Battalion do?"

Sun Chengzong had a draft for a long time ago, and he immediately replied: "The three major battalions of the imperial guards are collectively called the Jingying, and they can be divided into three people to lead alone, or there can be only one admiral of the Jingying to manage the three battalions. The emperor can enter the loyal Marquis Qin Liangyu As the admiral of the Beijing camp, he is in charge of the three major battalions of the Imperial Guard."

This proposal hit Zhu Cijiong's heart. The loyalty of the Qin family is unquestionable. It would be best if all the imperial guards were handed over to Qin Liangyu, so he naturally readily agreed.

What happened to the minister of the King of the Liaodong Economic Strategy? It stands to reason that such a big official can leave a strong mark in history, but this king's minister has only a few fragments of records in the history books, which has nothing to do with his super-rank status. It doesn't match at all!
His predecessors Sun Chengzong, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Yingtai, Wang Zaijin, and his successor Yuan Chonghuan, all of them were full of long and detailed records.
There is only one explanation: when Qian Qianyi majored in "History of the Ming Dynasty", he deleted the records about him!

Why do you say that?We must know that it is impossible for a person like Wang Zhichen who is not from the Eunuch Party or the Donglin Party to be able to climb to a high position in the Liaodong Economic Strategy.What's even more powerful is that he survived the two emperors of Tianqi and Chongzhen. Such a person can no longer be described as slick and slick. He must be a person who is good at making money.

He came to power by bribing the eunuchs. It stands to reason that such a person would definitely be replaced immediately in the hands of Chongzhen, but he was able to sit in Liaodong for more than a year. An important figure in the establishment under the emperor.

The party in power during the Chongzhen period was the Donglin Party. That is to say, he bribed an important figure in the Donglin Party. As a result, he has no biography, no resume, and no record of how he became the Liaodong Economic Strategy in the history books. Who was he bribing?

There is only one person who is an important figure in the Donglin Party, and who can delete all the life stories of a high-ranking official, and that is: Qian Qianyi!
I have to say that this Qian Qianyi is really a scumbag. In order to cover up the scandals done by him and his political group, he even changed the history of the late Ming Dynasty beyond recognition!
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