Chapter 24 Luo Yangxing was arrested

While Luo Yangxing was still on his way back to the capital, he had already received news from his confidants that his home base had been raided. This made his original mood of returning to the capital with meritorious service become hesitant.

Chongzhen did not relinquish his position, but just asked Li Ruolian to conduct an investigation. But until now, there is no news that his person has been replaced, which means nothing has been found.

But he was also afraid that this was Chongzhen's tactic to delay the war. If he were in Li Ruolian's position and had the opportunity to ascend to power, he would also kill Li Ruolian.

He was cautious and waited for two days before arriving in the capital on February 10th. It took him twenty days in total to go back and forth.

The group of people arrived in the capital and did not encounter any problems at the city gate. The Jinyi guards near the city gate did not react abnormally to arrest him.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, touched the broken monitor on his arm, and rushed to Beizhen Fusi.

But not long after he entered the gate of Beizhen Fusi, someone came.

"Master Commander, Your Majesty summons you to the palace."

"Li Ruolian, did you say something to His Majesty?"

"You can ask His Majesty yourself. I just said what I know. I don't know about your shameful things."

Li Ruolian didn't say anything, and a team of Jinyi guards beside him also looked at Luo Yangxing.

Knowing that he could not escape, Luo Yangxing was instantly discouraged and allowed Li Ruolian's men to attack him. None of his close followers could help him.

Although the current Jinyi Guards are rotten, they are still soldiers of the emperor. When a commander is removed from his post for investigation in the capital, no one will fight for him.

Luo Yangxing, whose hands were tied, met Chongzhen in the palace.

"Luo Yangxing, you really disappoint me."

Chongzhen held a red jar in his hand, and a faint cold air came out of the mouth of the jar. Although the weather was still a bit cold, he still fell in love with this sweet and pungent drink.

"Your Majesty, I am loyal and loyal, and I have never disobeyed your Majesty's trust! I have done everything your Majesty asked me to do."

Luo Yangxing could guess that what Li Ruolian handed over was nothing more than some evidence of corruption, so he persisted in insisting.

"Haha! Let's take a look. The North Town Fusi, the former Thousand Household Office, has a roster of 1,100 people. In reality? 722 people, Thousand Households, Hundred Households, General Flag, Small Flag, when

There are more than a hundred officials.

There are a total of sixteen thousand-household Jinyiwei in the capital. Except for the four ceremonial offices in the palace, there are actually obvious vacancies! There are nearly 30,000 Jinyiwei, and now the gap has reached more than 5,000. Have you eaten these people!"

Chongzhen threw a document in front of Luo Yangxing, became more and more angry as he spoke, and roared loudly.

Although it is said that there were 150,000 Jinyiwei at the end of the period, that is an exaggeration, and most of the Jinyiwei were still established in various places. The number of 30,000 in the capital was already a lot.

When Luo Yangxing heard this, he panicked. He had never calculated that Li Ruolian had revealed this matter. If Li Ruolian came to power, wouldn't he get the money?

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. The people below are hiding this from me. My supervision was not strict, which led to the lack of military rosters. I will investigate immediately."

"I have already given you the amount, do you still need to check? There are so many gaps, but the money and food are being distributed as usual. Tell me where all the money went!"

The more Chongzhen talked about it, the more angry he became. The free salary of five thousand people was at least two hundred thousand dan every year. He was frugal and frugal, but in the end, Jin Yiwei's dog was just taken away from him?

Think again about the capital camp and other garrison posts. Are there still 500,000 of the 720,000 troops and horses defending the capital?

"My lord, my lord, the people below are hiding this from me, Your Majesty."

"In addition to being free and corrupt, you also take the lead in corruption, pass messages to foreign ministers, collude with courtiers, and act as their protective umbrella. What do you, Luo Yangxing, do really well?"

Luo Yangxing still wanted to make a quibble, but saw his cronies stand up and take out a set of account books, as well as a copy of various conversations between him and the courtiers.

"Take him down, put him in jail, accuse him of corruption, confiscate his house and interrogate him!"

"Your Majesty, I am not convinced! Nowadays in the Ming Dynasty, there are thousands of guards, and none of them are free of charge. The free salary of the minister is equally shared by Li Ruolian."

"Luo Yangxing, although there are gaps in our Southern Town Fusi, but those rosters are not all in your North Town Fusi, will the money be in my hands? I need people to make up for it all the time!

I did commit corruption, but I have confessed to His Majesty and fixed the holes. I will naturally remember to do my duty in the future."

Li Ruolian said calmly that at this time in the Ming Dynasty, there was indeed a situation of no officials and no corruption.

Based on Chen Ye's words, Chongzhen also understood that this situation was inevitable, so he could only focus on attacking now and slowly rectify it later.

"Li Ruolian, from now on, you will temporarily act as the commander of the Jinyi Guards to rectify the Jinyi Guards in the capital and find out the vacancies in military pay.

Demoting all the people in Luo Yangxing's department by one rank, I will give you a list of people who should be sent to prison, who should be promoted, and the vacancies will be filled again.

I have already given you the list, but I only give you ten days. Jinyiwei must clear all the vacancies.

At the same time, we will strictly investigate corruption in Jinyiwei and let Jinyiwei be active again instead of just selling vegetables in a stagnant pool of water."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Ruolian raised his hand in response. The silver bracelet on his arm was eye-catching. He didn't know how the emperor knew which of these people were loyal and which were traitorous. According to his knowledge, none of the people on the list who were imprisoned were unjustly accused.

As early as when the monitoring equipment was installed, Chongzhen had already put the monitoring box into the Jinyiwei barracks.

As the soldiers in uniform held heart-to-heart conversations late at night, some names that they often heard appeared on the list. There were details about the deduction of military pay and the abuse of power.

"Wang Banban, who conveys the decree to the cabinet, and the commander of the Jinyi Guards, is arrogant and domineering, corrupt, and falsely accuses Zhongliang. He has been dismissed from his post and sent to prison. All the Jinyi Guards have disturbed all officials. I have arranged for people to clean up."

"I understand."

Wang Chengen responded calmly.

"Chongzhen: Owner, Luo Yangxing has been captured. Next, I plan to appoint Li Ruolian to clean up the Jinyiwei, and then send more supervisors to join the Jinyiwei as their political commissar. What do you think?"

"Chen Ye: It takes time to cultivate political commissars, but I think you can go and review them and then reward them.

This can solidify the morale of the army and make them realize that they are loyal to you as the emperor. You can see everything they do and there will always be someone willing to move forward.

By the way, I still have travel time available. Just in time, I can come and play for a few days while you review the Imperial Guards.」

"Chongzhen: What! Shopkeeper, didn't you lie to me?"

The immortal shopkeeper could actually come to him? This news really surprised him.

During this period, with the communication between Chen Ye and Chongzhen, Chongzhen already had a sense of dependence and absolute trust in Chen Ye.

Chen Ye and he have no conflict of interest. It can even be said that the two are interdependent. No matter which one gets better, the other will get better.

He has always hoped to meet Chen Ye once and thank the only person he can trust in the world in person.
Chapter completed!