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Chapter 687 The Emperor’s Wrath (Second Update)
Chapter 696

Although the two bowls of clear porridge disappeared after soaking in urine, at this moment, those relevant ministers who were already hungry and weak in limbs still stood up and put forward their own opinions and doubts, but no one dared to accuse the old god of being there. Gao Shize continued to stand where he was.

After all, the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao and Xu Wei are still there. Although Gao Taotao seems not to protect his weaknesses at all, who dares to have the guts to slander this guy? Gao Taotao, the empress dowager who has just retired, has a big problem.

If you don't hate him, it doesn't mean you can't express your opinion on this proposal, Xiang Jun, that is a cash cow for many civil servants and generals.

The Song Dynasty relied on the Forbidden Army to fight. If bleeding and sweating are two things, then the Forbidden Army is bleeding, while the Xiang Army is sweating.

When the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty fought, the Xiang Army at most acted together as a transport brigade. Only a few Xiang Army troops had a certain combat effectiveness, and most of them, hehe...

The emergence of the Xiang Army was due to the frequent disasters in the Song Dynasty, which caused many poor people to leave their homes in desperation and wander around in order to survive.Over time, fear of disaster.

For this reason, after following the advice of the officials, the emperor of the Song Dynasty decided to recruit refugees and serve as the Xiang army. Since most of the Xiang troops were refugees, it was impossible for them to have much fighting power. After all, under the disaster, not only the young and strong escaped, There are also old and weak women and children.Therefore, it is impossible for Xiang Jun to fight and kill.

Except for a few Xiang army units that are used to decorate the facade and need to be drilled for everyone to see, most of them have no combat effectiveness.

However, the Xiang army is the country's army after all, and it has to be paid, so the question is, since there is food and pay, are those people willing to leave?Of course I don't want to.

But the problem is that the management of the Xiang Army is really inferior to the school rules of the later generations of the Pheasant University. Therefore, many Xiang Army barracks will have fewer and fewer soldiers, and the pockets and waistlines of the officials will become smaller and smaller. obesity.

Since the big guys can get the fat and water from it, Xiang Jun is their cornucopia, and Gao Shi's proposal like this is tantamount to smashing their cornucopia. Although they dare not offend Gao Shize, they are still unwilling to do this. Things come true.

Seeing the impatient ministers jumping out one after another and chattering, Zhao Xu's expression sank slightly, but he didn't make any other movements, but nodded slightly towards Ma Shang who was beside him.

Ma Shang nodded comprehendingly, and began to silently record in his heart those civil servants and military officials who were particularly enthusiastic and opposed the most, and compared them one by one with the list in his hand, and after marking it, put this list It was quietly passed on to the imperial case.

But the emperor didn't mean to get angry at all, he let them quarrel with each other, but at the end of the quarrel, one and two peeped at each other with the white foam on the corners of their mouths, only to see that the young emperor was still looking like an old god in appearance.

"My dear fellows, I'm really curious why you reacted so strongly to the placement of the General Xiang Army in those three states."

"...Your Majesty, we are thinking about the safety of our Song Dynasty, and this can be expressed as the sun and the moon." Immediately, a minister jumped out and looked like he wanted to rip out his heart and soul to show that he was so patriotic and loyal.

"Well...but I don't think these reasons of yours are reasons." Zhao Xu said calmly.

"Although the Xiang Army is also part of the Great Song Army, don't you gentlemen know about its origin? Or are you pretending not to know..."

This sentence directly made the hearts of all the civil servants tremble, and they couldn't help but feel a little drummed in their hearts.

"I not only know the history of the Xiang army, but also know that the affairs that the Xiang army is engaged in are mostly chores rather than military affairs. Moreover, the court has always been generous to the soldiers, whether it is the imperial army or the Xiang army, no matter how difficult the court is. I have never given half a text..."

"However, I also know some news that makes me feel very bad. That is, some officials, under the banner of sharing the country's worries, seem to be really dedicated to the country and diligently protect the army. In fact, they Doing deception, colluding with colleagues, bribing inspection officials and eating nothing..."

Following Zhao Xu's words, quite a few of the expressions of the righteous officials changed, and some people's eyes even became anxious, nervously watching from side to side.

"And these people are among you!" Having said this, Zhao Xu suddenly jumped up and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty! Please quell your majesty's fury..." Zhao Xu's sudden action shocked so much that none of the court officials dared to stand still.

Zhao Xu didn't want to quell his anger at all, he glanced at the ministers who were kneeling on the ground, once again landed on the list that Ma Shang handed over, and shouted sharply. "Chen Kun from the Ministry of War, Zhang Shun from the Horse Guard, Cen Zhong from the Infantry Guard, and Du Qian from the Privy Council?!"

Every time the name of one of the officials was called, the official's face turned pale, his body limp, or there were two wars.

"Just now, you guys spoke so righteously and arrogantly, I almost thought you were thinking about the country and society of the Great Song Dynasty, and worried about the country and the people so much, maybe I should give you a half-official position , is worthy of your loyalty..."

"Unfortunately, no! Chen Kun, Ministry of War, took the opportunity of inspecting the formation of the Xiang Army on Hedong Road, and received 51 bribes from the commanders and commanders of the battalions. In the entire Hedong Road, the 120st Battalion of the Xiang Army Air Force has vacancies. , and even a battalion with the largest number of missing people has only [-] seven people.

There should have been 3000 Xiang troops in the entire Hedong Road Army, but now there are only [-], which is a gap of [-], and the court still has enough food and military salaries every month, and where did the food and military salaries go? ? "

Chen Kun from the Ministry of War was so pale that he was afraid of people, and he lay down on the floor, trembling. "Your Majesty, I'm guilty..."

"And your bodyguard Ma Junsi Zhang Shun..." Zhao Xu stood in front of the case, his eyes were like knives, and he looked directly at the civil and military ministers who were named by him, and his words were like awls, piercing fiercely. past.

And the important thing is that these are things that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty has undergone careful investigation and evidence collection, and they are definitely not aimless.

This is the fundamental reason why these guys are as limp as mud and ashamed.Following his words, the ministers present, or more or less all ministers who had benefited from the Xiang army, were also terrified at the moment, and the sweat on their foreheads could not be wiped off. It looked like shit that was so frightened that it almost fell into the crotch. If I tried to wipe it, it wouldn't be clean at all.

(End of this chapter)