Chapter 696

Although the two bowls of porridge were gone as soon as they soaked in soaking, the relevant ministers who were hungry and weak in their limbs still stood up and raised their opinions and doubts. However, no one dared to accuse the old god of Gao Shize who continued to stand in place.

After all, the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao and Xu Wei are still there. Although Gao Taotao seems to be not at all protective of his shortcomings, who dares to have the courage to argue with this guy? He is a little bit accusing Gao Taotao, who has just retired, has a big deal.

Not quarreling at him does not mean that you cannot express your opinions on this proposal. The Xiangjun is the money tree for many civil and military officials.

The war in the Song Dynasty relies on the imperial guards. If bleeding and sweating are two different forms, then the imperial guards are bleeding, while the wing army is sweating.

When the imperial guards in the Song Dynasty fought, the wing army was at most a transport brigade. Only the wing army troops had a certain combat effectiveness, and most of them, haha...

The emergence of the Xiang army was due to frequent disasters in the Song Dynasty, which led to many poor people leaving their hometowns helplessly and wandering around for survival. Over time, they may cause trouble.

For this reason, after following the advice of the officials, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty decided to accept refugees and serve as the Xiang army. Since most of the Xiang army are refugees, it is naturally impossible to have much combat power. After all, under the disaster, not only young and strong people escaped, but also old, weak, women and children. Therefore, it is impossible for the Xiang army to fight and kill.

Except for the few wing troops that need to be performed for everyone to show off, most of them have no combat power.

However, the Xiang army is the country's army after all, and it needs to pay food and pay. So the question is, since there is food and pay to collect, are those people still willing to leave? Of course they don't want to.

But the problem is that the management of the Xiang army is really worse than the rules of the pheasant university in later generations. Therefore, many soldiers in the Xiang army camps will become fewer and fewer, and the waist bags and waist circumference of the officials will become more and more obese.

Since everyone can get fat water from it, then the Xiangjun is their treasure pot. Gao Shize's suggestion is equivalent to smashing their treasure pot. Although they dare not offend Gao Shize, they still don't want this matter to become a reality.

Seeing these ministers who were standing up impatiently jumping out and chatting, Zhao Xu's expression was slightly heavy, but he did not move any other things, but nodded slightly to Ma Shang beside him.

Ma Shang nodded in understanding and began to silently record the civil and military officials who spoke very enthusiastically and opposed the strongest, and compared the list in his hands one by one. After marking it on it, he quietly passed the list on it to the imperial case.

But the emperor had no intention of getting angry at all, so they made a fuss. At the end of the arguing, one of them pursed the white foam at the corner of his lips rolled his eyes and looked at him, only to see that the young emperor still looked like an old god.

"Your families, I am really curious about why you react so strongly to the placement of the Xiang army in those three states."

"...Your Majesty, we are thinking about the safety of our Song Dynasty. This heart can reflect the sun and the moon." Immediately, a minister jumped out and wanted to show his patriotic and loyal ministers.

"Well...but I think these reasons for you are not considered reasons." Zhao Xu said calmly.

"Although the Xiang army is also part of the Song army, do you know its origin? Or do you deliberately pretend not to know..."

This sentence directly made the civil officials feel tremble and they couldn't help but feel a little pounding in their hearts.

"I not only know the origin of the Xiang army, but also know that the affairs of the Xiang army are mostly chores rather than military affairs. Moreover, the court has always been generous to the soldiers. No matter how difficult it is, the court has never given a shortage of food and salary..."

"However, I know some news that makes me feel bad, that is, some officials, under the banner of sharing the worries of the country, seem to be a minister who is dedicated to the country and works diligently to protect the army. In fact, they are doing things to deceive superiors and subordinates, collude with colleagues, and bribe inspecting officials to get a job empty..."

As Zhao Xu said, the expressions of the two officials who seemed righteous had changed a lot, and some of the eyes of some people began to become uneasy and nervously watched from side to side.

"And these people are among you!" At this point, Zhao Xu suddenly slapped the table and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty! Please extinguish the wrath of the thunder..." Zhao Xu's sudden actions were so shocked that no one in the civil and military officials in the court dared to stand still.

Zhao Xu didn't want to extinguish his anger at all, his eyes swept over the ministers who were kneeling on the ground, and once again fell on the list handed over by Ma Shang before and shouted sternly. "Chen Kun of the Ministry of War, Zhang Shun, Zhang Shun, the Guards and Infantry Department, Cen Zhong, and Du Qian of the Privy Council?!"

Whenever one of the officials' name was called, the official turned pale and his body was soft, or there were two wars.

"You guys just now, they were so righteous and proud. I almost really thought that you were thinking about the country and the country of the Song Dynasty. They were so worried about the country and the people. Maybe they should be promoted to a half-official position to be worthy of your loyalty..."

"It's a pity, no! Chen Kun, the Ministry of War, took the opportunity of inspecting the organization of the Xiang army on Hedong Road and accepted 23,000 bribes from the command and command of the battalions. In the entire Hedong Road, the Xiang army had 51st battalions and the largest number of people were missing, and even one battalion had only 127 people.

The entire Hedong Road Xiangjun should have 30,000 Xiangjun troops, but now there are only 23,000 people, with a 7,000 minus. The court still has enough food and military pay every month. Where have these food and military pay gone?"

Chen Kun of the Ministry of War was pale and afraid of others, so he fell down on the floor, trembling. "Your Majesty, I know the crime..."

"And your guard, Zhang Shun, the military officer..." Zhao Xu stood in front of the imperial case, his eyes were like a knife, staring directly at the civil and military ministers who had been named by him, and his words were like acupunctures, stabbing them hard.

And what is important is that these are all things that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty has already carefully investigated and collected evidence, and are definitely not aimless.
Chapter completed!