I'm really not the carpenter emperor

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you too much, and you won't understand." After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he examined Zhang Yan from head to toe, especially lingering on a certain part for a while.

Zhang Yan noticed it and was ashamed.

"Queen, you are bigger than last year, right?" Zhu Youxiao took Zhang Yan to the couch, almost mouth to mouth, and said with a narrow smile:

"This is my credit, right?"

"His Majesty……"

As Zhu Youxiao's lips approached, Zhang Yan closed her eyes and her voice weakened.

Outside the palace, the lady officer Xu caught a glimpse of this scene, but didn't dare to take a closer look, and quickly ordered the laughing maids to turn off the lights, and each dispersed, guarding the surroundings.

……

The next morning, Jizhou City.

The sound of horseshoes gradually weakened, and in front of the cloud of dust from the north, five dignified Jinyiwei stopped, all of them were dragons and tigers, and the leader was a Jinyiwei Qianhu who was not to be underestimated.

This is not an ordinary Jinyiwei Qianhu, but one of Zhu Youxiao's confidantes.

The reason why it is said to be a confidant is because this Jinyiwei Qianhu is wearing a gorgeous and mighty flying fish suit, and on his waist is the embroidered spring knife that cuts iron like mud.

In the world, apart from Xu Xianchun, there are only five Jinyiwei with this configuration, all of them are Zhu Youxiao's absolute confidantes, and they are the five famous thousand households in Jinyiwei.

These five big thousand households are all ruthless things with their own superiors, especially Tian Ergeng, who was almost given up by Zhu Youxiao at first, and then won the trust again by virtue of his own ability, and was finally transferred to the capital.

To embarrass this kind of person, no one is not afraid.

The five thousand households of Jinyiwei are also the most capable subordinates of Commander Xu Xianchun, and even the Dongchang fanzi did not dare to provoke them at will.

The one who was sent to Jizhou was Cui Yingyuan who was very effective in investigating Wenxiang Sect in Shandong.

Since receiving the order, Cui Yingyuan didn't dare to delay for a moment, put down everything at hand, and came to Jizhou overnight to find out the truth.

Cui Yingyuan pressed the Xiuchun knife with one hand, looked up at the loosely guarded city, had some guesses in his heart, frowned and said:

"This is Jizhou, they are all spread out, and they went to the city to inquire. Wang Bao has been the commander-in-chief for more than half a year, and he has to inquire about what he has done in Jizhou."

Having said that, Cui Yingyuan looked around at the four of them and said in a deep voice:

"This matter is very important, we must inquire about it before tomorrow, do you understand?"

The four were about to leave, when Cui Yingyuan called them again, and said, "Don't ask the local supervising department, I only trust the first-hand information you found."

"Go!"

"As ordered!"

The four Jinyi guards clasped their fists one after another, and dispersed to enter through various gates.

The gatekeeper always saw someone coming, and was about to ask a question, but he was directly slapped in the face with a waist card, and only heard humanely:

"Li Heng, Xiaoqi, Fusi, Beizhen, don't ask what you shouldn't!"

After saying that, he rode his horse in.

The people who came here saw that they were Tiqi from the capital, and the leader was wearing clothes they had never seen before. At first glance, they were definitely aristocrats.

Boss quickly backed away, watching the Jin Yiwei tie up his horse in an inn after entering the city, and then disappeared into the alley.

Cui Yingyuan came in, naturally with a purpose.

He went directly to the few remaining subordinates of the previous general Wang Wei, that is, the family of the guards who stayed in Jizhou City.

According to intelligence, this former commander-in-chief of the Ding team lived in a small alley.

The alleys are intricate and complicated. Cui Yingyuan searched for half an hour, but he really didn't expect to live in such a shabby place. Looking at the dilapidated wooden door in front of him, he stepped forward suspiciously and knocked on the door knocker.

"Who is it!"

After a while, an impatient voice came from the yard.

Cui Yingyuan didn't answer, but continued to knock.

As the door opened, an unshaven middle-aged man in his forties appeared in front of Cui Yingyuan.

When the man saw Cui Yingyuan, he was subconsciously startled, and immediately closed the door and ran away.

But Cui Yingyuan had been prepared for a long time. He blocked the middle of the wooden door with the Xiuchun knife. Seeing that the door could not be closed, the man turned around and left, and then closed the door with a "bang".

Cui Yingyuan was not in a hurry to chase, he walked into the yard calmly, looked around and said:

"run?"

"Do you know that when the Jizhou army arrived in Datong, they were put off the combat list?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is a big fool. If Wang Bao continues to work in the position of the general soldier like this, the Jizhou army will be abolished."

"I used to be an elite who fought against Jiannu anyway, and you just watched it become worse than the next generation?"

"There is a big man who intends to punish Wang Bao, but there is no evidence. I wanted to check here, I'm afraid I came to the wrong place!"

As he spoke, Cui Yingyuan narrowed his eyes, and touched the Xiuchun Knife, but it was the middle-aged man who opened the door and came out.

Chapter 522 Smart People Do Smart Things

"So that's what happened..."

"In that case, it's not surprising that the Jizhou Army will be removed from the list for the Northern Expedition. I'm afraid that the current Jizhou Army will only add to the chaos if they leave the customs."

Cui Yingyuan sat in the yard, and after listening to the middle-aged man, he understood what happened in Jizhou after Wang Wei's death.

Thinking about it, he muttered a few words, then got up and was about to leave.

The middle-aged man stood up immediately, and asked anxiously, "I don't know if this big man you mentioned has such great energy as you mentioned?"

"After Wang Bao became the commander-in-chief in Jizhou, he committed all kinds of evil!"

Hearing this, Cui Yingyuan chuckled lightly and held the Xiuchun knife tightly. He didn't want to talk too much nonsense with him, so after thinking about it, he left a sentence:

"Don't say it's a Jizhou general soldier, even the royal family and nobles, that big man can do it."

"This..." The middle-aged man looked at Cui Yingyuan's gorgeous flying fish suit, and the shock on his face was beyond words, "Even the royal family and nobles can do it...?"

"boom--!"

The only answer to him was a door closing.

……

"What, Cui Chengxiu actually took the initiative to resign?"

About five days later, Zhu Youjiao was sitting in the Xinuang Pavilion watching the memorial, and when he heard Wei Zhongxian's performance, he laughed immediately.

Cui Chengxiu doesn't want to be an official anymore, who will believe it?

I'm afraid this is someone else's so-called "good plan" for him, but it's good, this guy is so sensible, it saves me a lot of effort.

"Zhongxian, what do you think?"

Zhu Youxiao held the resignation memorial, raised his eyebrows slightly, and stared quietly at the person in front of him.

Wei Zhongxian rubbed his hands in his sleeves, and his mind became active.

In fact, he had already guessed that the emperor hoped that Cui Chengxiu would take the initiative to resign, that the emperor and his ministers would perform a good show, and then replace him with someone who knew military affairs as minister.

For Cui Chengxiu, this trick is also a wise way to protect himself.

The so-called break it when you stop it, if you don't stop it, you will be disrupted. This Cui Chengxiu is indeed a smart person.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Cui Butang has been the Secretary of the Ministry of War for many years, and he has worked hard without merit. Now he resigns, perhaps because he helped Wang Bao to be the chief soldier of Jizhou."

As he spoke, Wei Zhongxian raised his head slightly, peeking at Shangyi.

Realizing that Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything, he felt relieved and continued:

"The old slave felt that when Wang Wei died in battle, the Jizhou Army urgently needed a general to manage it. As Wang Bao's younger brother, no one knew what kind of man he was."

"Cui Butang can't just blame Cui Butang's ignorance for this matter. In the Ministry of War, those assistant officials also have their own crimes. If they want to be punished, they should be punished together."

"You're right. I don't know if it's because of Cui Chengxiu."

Zhu Youxiao gave a "hmm" and said lightly:

"Cui Chengxiu is indeed a talented person. Apart from the Ministry of War, he can also be loyal to the court in other places. You can reply like this."

"Cui Chengxiu's resignation, I don't approve, isn't Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Household Department, implicated in a major imperial examination case and dismissed? Let him be transferred to the Household Department."

Wei Zhongxian bowed hurriedly and shouted:

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

After dealing with Cui Chengxiu's matter, the next question is whether Wang Bao should be killed or not.

Tian Ergeng and Cui Yingyuan's replays were sent to the capital in these two days. The news made many people unbelievable. Since Wang Bao succeeded, the Jizhou army has plummeted.

Within the Jizhou Army, Wang Bao first dismissed a large number of old soldiers who had followed Wang Wei in the South and North, even the former's family team was no exception.

Retiring the veterans was the first step, and then Wang Bao formed his own family team.

Although his family team is also called family team, its combat power is very different from Wang Wei's. It is not good at leading troops to fight, but it is good at bullying goodness.

In addition, Wang Bao also crazily withheld the Jizhou army's food and salary.

The imperial court would deduct [-]% or more of the food and salaries sent to Jizhou every month. If the soldiers refused to accept it, they would be severely scolded and kicked out of the army.

As for drills and training, since Wang Bao took office, except for a few inspections, he never cared about it the rest of the time.

As a result, the military discipline of the Jizhou Army became more and more corrupt.

Those who are still left today are either good fighters who bully the people, or soldiers who have been stuffed in to eat and wait to die, and they have no combat effectiveness.

As for Tian Ergeng's return, it is even more hair-raising.

Everything that Sun Chuanting reported was true as Zhu Youxiao expected, and the facts were even more unbelievable than what was stated in the memorial.

According to Tian Ergeng, there are four large pits for burying corpses at the foot of Jiaoshan Mountain. The corpses inside were burned beyond recognition, and most of the heads were cut off.

Jin Yiwei later went to the local guard to find officers and soldiers to fill up the big pit, and the victims were buried one by one. The number of victims was about 800.

A small village that was once thriving is now a hell on earth.

Seeing these two secret reports, Zhu Youxiao's eyes gradually darkened.

Under his own rule, there were actually officers and soldiers who rioted and slaughtered an entire village at the foot of the mountain, just to avoid overdue punishment.

More people died in the hands of the officers and soldiers than the Mongols!

This reminded Zhu Youxiao of the Chongzhen period in history. This kind of thing was commonplace all over the country.

This kind of atmosphere must not be encouraged.

Now that the apocalypse has not arrived for five years, and the successive disasters have just emerged, the government and the army have done this kind of thing. If they are not dealt with seriously, some people will dare to do it again!

The Jizhou Army was originally an elite army that could go out and fight Jiannu.

Zhu Youxiao really didn't expect that in just half a year, the elite officials and bandits who did all kinds of crimes would split so quickly.

The wrong person was chosen for the first term of the army, and the entire army was polluted.

Speaking of which, Zhu Youxiao is also responsible for this matter.

Wang Wei died in battle, he was a good general, Zhu Youxiao felt distressed at that time, Ai Wuji Wu so he acquiesced in allowing Wang Bao to take over the post of general soldier.

But they don't know that this Wang Bao is basically a waste who knows nothing under the protection of his elder brother's wings.

"If Wang Wei is alive in heaven, he should be ashamed of having such a brother." Zhu Youxiao said silently, clutching the two memorials tightly, and said:

"In view of Wang Wei's combat achievements, the Wang clan will not be affected, it's just..."

"The Jizhou army has a big problem. It needs to be reorganized immediately, and the veterans should be recalled and compensated for food and wages. In the army of Ming Dynasty, there is no need for these reptiles that kill the common people."

"Send Dongchang down, check one by one, ask one by one, anyone who has killed people in Jiaoshan, no one will be kept!"

"Have you considered the candidates for rectifying Jizhou's soldiers and horses?"

With that said, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian.

The latter was taken aback, thought for a while and said:

"Your Majesty, the son of the Duke of England, Zhang Shize, is twenty-two years old this year, and he is brave and promising. I heard that he has always wanted to lead the army in battle."

"Zhang Shize..."

Zhu Youxiao was naturally familiar with this person. The last British Duke in history, the country was destroyed in the Jiashen year, and he was also the only relative who led the army to the Shun army and died as a benevolent.