SFS Chapter 359 General Rectification
Chapter 359 General Rectification
It is related to their own interests, and the interests are huge. This time, the core figures of the Donglin Party no longer argue, but have reached a consensus and collectively remonstrated!
They didn't believe that Gou Hunjun really dared to take the risk of turmoil caused by the paralysis of various departments and the inability of the government agencies to operate.
Of course, they also prepared for the worst. If Chongzhen, a foolish emperor, refused to listen to loyal advice and insisted on going his own way, then they could only remonstrate and replace him with an obedient puppet emperor.
As the public trial ended and more than 3,000 heads fell to the ground, the matter came to an end. But for Zhu Youjian, this was just the beginning, and the end was far away. It was a rare opportunity to catch the 100,000 Beijing troops. , he will not stop.
As the middle-level officers were invited to drink tea by the Jin Yiwei, after enjoying eighteen kinds of skills that made people feel ecstatic, they cried for their fathers and mothers and told all the scandals done by their eighteen generations of ancestors. Out.
The dark things in the military are nothing more than empty pay, depriving soldiers of their military pay, secretly selling weapons and equipment, etc., and then being bribed by certain forces to become their lackeys.
Eating empty pay and drinking the blood of soldiers has long been a semi-open secret in the Ming army. The higher-ups knew it very well. As long as it did not cause a mutiny, they would turn a blind eye and pretend not to know. But Zhu Youjie wanted to cause trouble. , don’t talk about trivial matters, and deal with it even if it doesn’t matter.
As a large amount of evidence was collected, a large number of high-level officers and even generals in charge of military power were invited to the prison of Jinyiwei. Even those generals who were not affected, although they still retained their military positions, their military power was Apart from Zhu Youjian, no one had the right to mobilize the 100,000 elite Beijing troops.
With such a big movement, not to mention the official, even ordinary people knew that although the Donglin Party members were a little nervous, they were not very nervous. They even wished that Zhu Youjian would make things bigger, and the more chaotic the better.
The officers who were bribed by them were just lackeys who followed orders. These cannon fodders were useless and they could just bribe other cannon fodders.
If the matter gets serious, people will definitely be panicked and unrest will arise. The more this happens, the more opportunities they will have to remonstrate collectively, and the greater the pressure will be on Chongzhen, the foolish emperor.
As piles of interrogation reports were submitted to the palace, Zhu Youjian responded overnight. Although he rushed through the night to read the reports and immediately made comments, he was sitting on a lazy chair. Li Xiangjun stood behind and gently Massaging his painful temples, Chen Yuanyuan sat in front of the dragon case and read the report softly.
Throughout the night, Zhu Youjian's reply contained only a few words: "shoot him dead" and "put him aside for now."
Generally speaking, people who eat empty pay and drink soldiers' blood are put aside for processing. The money they eat must be vomited out several times. Otherwise, they have to eat peanuts or even have their homes raided.
Those officers who have been bribed by various forces and become scoundrels will be shot regardless of their status and background, and their homes will be ransacked after their death.
If he wants to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, he must use thunderous and iron-blooded methods, otherwise he will not be worthy of the reputation of "tyrant" given to him by the Donglin Party members.
Zhu Youjian was so busy that he was so busy that Jin Yiwei was so busy that he was so busy that he fell on his back. Xu Yu, the commander of the Royal First Division, was also very busy.
The emperor gave him the important task of rectifying the 100,000 Beijing troops. He immediately led the entire division to surround the four military camps of the Beijing army, prohibiting entry and exit, and violators would be shot on the spot.
These days, the 100,000 Beijing troops have been tortured to the point of panic. Many officers have been captured by the wolf-like Jin Yiwei. The rest are mostly grassroots officers. No one dares to cause trouble. They all stay in the barracks uneasily, waiting. Unknown destiny.
There were also some junior officers and soldiers who were timid and fearful of death. They took off their military uniforms and ran away secretly a few days ago. The Jinyiwei who were secretly monitoring them did not arrest them, but allowed these people to leave.
They are all small miscellaneous fish, and they are useless if caught. They can also save some military expenses. This is what Zhu Youjian meant.
After Xu Yu sent troops to control the four military camps in the east, west, north and south, he then took a roster and called the names. Xiangdong Camp had more than 41,300 soldiers nominally stationed there. In addition to the more than 200 officers who were captured, In addition to the more than 100 low-level officers and soldiers who escaped secretly, there were actually only more than 18,300 soldiers.
Among these more than 18,000 soldiers, there are only about 5,000 young and strong soldiers, and the rest are all old, weak, sick and disabled, there are more than 2,000 underage child soldiers, and hundreds of named dandies. Children.
When the other three military camps counted their rosters and reported the results, Xu Yu and his three brigade commanders couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
The Beijing army has a total of more than 121,300 people in four battalions. Counting the old, weak, sick and disabled, underage child soldiers, and nominal dandy brothers, there are actually more than 63,000 people. The rest Nearly 60,000 people simply don’t exist.
When the report was presented to the Long Case, Zhu Youjian's face instantly turned black as the bottom of a pot.