Chapter 434: The Impeachment Storm caused by the Mutiny

With the appointment of the Left Censor of the Censorate of the Censorate, this personnel change that involved the Ming Dynasty for many days was considered a matter of the first sentence.

At this time, the six ministries and the Censorate should have changed, and it seems that new officials have already taken office, and the officials' attention has been shifted back to handling government affairs.

In addition to the unchanged Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works has also become the yamen with the least changes. The former head of Ouyang Bijin was renamed the Minister of Personnel, and Lei Li put down the project responsible for the construction of the imperial tombs and returned to the court to take over the Ministry of Works.

As for other departments, they have changed the Secretary of State. With such changes, the middle and lower-level officials of the yamen will naturally have to work hard to show their skills in front of the new masters in order to gain favorable impressions and help them achieve success in the future.

The court, which should have been calm, was sent to Xiyuan with a rush to Nanjing. After the news spread, it was shocked again.

Nanjing is still in Nanjing, and there are mutinies in the military camps.

Last year, the Zhenwuying Mutiny had greatly reduced the view of the ability of officials in Nanjing to stay in Nanjing, which directly led to the resignation of the Ministry of Revenue Minister Ma Kun, who had just been transferred from Nanjing to Beijing. Unexpectedly, there was another mutiny in Nanjing in just one year.

Although he knew that this matter had nothing to do with the Ministry of War in the capital, the first time he saw the memorial, Yang Bo, the Minister of War, was summoned to the West Garden. It is conceivable that what greeted him was the thunder and anger of Emperor Jiajing.

Mutiny will not be a trivial matter in all dynasties. It has great sensation and influence. Although Wei Guangde and others were in Prince Yu's Mansion, they heard about it immediately and hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the news.

Now Wei Guangde, due to his wife Xu Jianglan, has deepened his relationship with the Duke of Wei in Nanjing, and naturally becomes sensitive to news about Nanjing.

Soon, the military camp and the general cause of this mutiny were also found out. The new camp in Chihe was the one who caused the mutiny. Although it was named the new camp, this camp had actually existed for more than twenty years. The soldiers in the army were composed of the three guards of Nanjing Feixiong Yingwu, Guangwu, and the three guards of Nanjing were divided into three thousand people, and the spring and autumn equinoxes were equated to the ethics every year.

This incident is similar to the last Zhenwu Camp mutiny. The soldiers of Chihe New Camp gave three dou of grain per month, and six coins were also given to them every year as the fee for leasing military uniforms. According to the rules left when building the camp, they were always in peace for many years.

But last month, the Qianhu Wu Qin of Yingwu Wei submitted a document to the Nanjing Ministry of War, saying that the Chihe New Camp was not counted as soldiers but as a helper, and suggested that he be dismissed.

As a result, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest. The soldiers of Chihe Xinzhang actually broke into Wu Qin's mansion and tied up others, took them to the high platform of the military camp to beat them. The crowd was in a turbulent manner, and the army was about to start on the streets of Nanjing City during the Zhenwu Camp mutiny.

It is also a bad precedent for Zhenwu Camp. Although the Zhenwu Camp mutiny was quickly curbed, it has a great influence. The soldiers in and outside Nanjing naturally learned a lot from it.

People have something to say, but they still have milk to eat when they cry. Perhaps this is the reason.

As long as you can incite soldiers, you can quickly accomplish many things you never dare to think about in the past.

Of course, most people cannot afford the consequences of doing so, so although everyone knows that this is the case, no one dares to use it easily.

But this time it was different. Wu Qin wanted to smash the job of Chihe Xinying. How could he tolerate it? Without deliberately inciting the soldiers of the military camp started to make trouble.

The camp officials only need to let go and make things worse easily.

Fortunately, the official of the new camp in Chihe also knew the importance of it. Although he was annoyed by Wu Qin's behavior of smashing his job, he still sent his personal soldiers to firmly guard the camp gate and prevent the rioters from rushing out of the military camp. He hurriedly arranged someone to inform the Ministry of War, requesting that the matter be quelled as soon as possible.

The Minister of War in Nanjing was from Jiangdong, the former left assistant minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Xuanda. When he replaced Yang Shun to clean up the mess in Xuanda, he heard that the soldiers of the Chihe Xinying mutiny and found out the whole story, he hurriedly sent people to not only comfort the Chihe Xinying, but also the garrison inside and outside the Nanjing city.

Many of the military households these days have in-laws and cannot comfort Chihe, and other military camps take the opportunity to cause trouble.

After all, no one would think that there was too much money and make a fuss. If we could get some benefits like Zhenwu Camp last year, why not do it?

In order to effectively control the situation, Jiangdong directly wrote in the name of the Minister of War, and the military salaries, money and food in and outside the city of Nanjing remained the same.

With the documents from Jiangdong, the officials sent out naturally quickly controlled the various military camps. After the officials of the Ministry of War arrived at Chihe New Camp and issued the order from Jiangdong, Qianhu Wu Qin was released by the mutiny soldiers.

Although nine of the most terrifying people were still arrested afterwards, the incident was resolved on the same day, which was extremely efficient to handle.

This is just a routine work report in Nanjing, but after the news of the mutiny came out, all the officials in the capital were still scared.

The news was that Li Fang sent someone to inquire. Everyone in the house of Prince Yu was in the house. After hearing the eunuchs, they all breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the eunuch.

Jiangnan is already in chaos. Calculate the time. The Japanese pirates are attacking in large numbers recently. There are also chaos in Fujian. Now there is this place. The court had discussed in the court whether it was time to suspend the additional mission of the people in Jiangnan to restore the people's strength. Now I don't even think about it.

Money is needed everywhere, so where does it come from without additional payment?

The discussions in the court were naturally very clear about Prince Yu's mansion. At this moment, everyone thought about this. It was because the Ministry of Revenue had no money and was disturbed. Now all officials in the capital were still waiting for the Ministry of Revenue to pay their salary.

"The Jiangnan levy will continue for two years, but I don't know how long it will last?"

King Yu sighed.

Although he is not in charge of the family, he has also realized from the recent days that it is a bit difficult to be a good family in the Ming Dynasty.

Rich men are difficult for men without money, and it is actually the same for rule.

If the court has money, everything can be solved, because there is no money to solve the problem among the people.

But the current situation in the Ming Dynasty is to make money short of money.

The imperial court had no money to pay wages, so he had to add additional stakes in Jiangnan. The consequences of additional stakes also showed that the people were unstable.

Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi have already started to make trouble. Although the root cause is still in the so-called "Flying Dragon Kingdom", if the Japanese treasury cannot be resolved as soon as possible and the additional stakes will be stopped, it is difficult to say whether the second one will appear in other places and the third one will come.

By then, I am afraid that the court will not have the final say in what the situation in Jiangnan is.

"It was Hu Zongxian who was incompetent and exhausted the people's strength in Jiangnan. He did not completely solve the major problem of Japanese pirates. Instead, it caused chaos among the people."

Yin Shidai said angrily.

"I think it's time to send people to investigate thoroughly. There were rumors in the government and the country that Hu Zongxian and others invaded and stole military pay, which led to the lack of morale in the Japanese soldiers who could not receive the military pay they deserved, making it difficult to eliminate the Japanese pirates."

Zhang Juzheng nodded and agreed.

In fact, the rumors about Hu Zongxian's invasion of military pay have been around for a long time. As early as the 36th year of Jiajing, a censor of the Kedao submitted a memorial to impeach, but the memorial was either left by Emperor Jiajing, or it was issued an edict to report it after verification and no discovery was found.

Despite this, the rumors in the court and the people about Hu Zongxian and Jiangnan officials invading and stealing military pay have never been interrupted, but there is no evidence.

After Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, he looked at Wei Guangde. In this room, Wei Guangde was the one who had dealt with Hu Zongxian. When he went to prison for Wang Zhi, he had contact with Hu Zongxian.

Wei Guangde of course noticed Zhang Juzheng's gaze and also saw the eyes of King Yu, Yin Shidan and others, but he smiled bitterly and said, "If I were in Hu Zongxian's position, I would invade and steal military pay, such as making the account book tightly and not giving anyone any proof of it."

"What do you mean is that Hu Zongxian did not invade military pay?"

Yin Shidan asked with a frown.

"Which official in this world doesn't have any cheaper one, let alone in that position."

Wei Guangde smiled and shook his head and said, "I mean, if Hu Zongxian does not leave his post, he will not be able to find out at all. Unless there is a soldier's head, no matter how you investigate, there will be no result."

"Yeah, I get it."

At this time, Zhang Juzheng nodded and said.

He roughly understood what Wei Guangde said. There would definitely be no mistakes in how much money Hu Zongxian received, but how much money he sent out was not the number contained in the account book.

Whether it is falsely reporting military achievements or getting empty salary, there must be signing and detaining soldiers and generals to receive money. With these things, every expenditure is documented, so naturally no loopholes can be found.

However, the money that was paid according to the rules may not be taken out of the Governor's Office by those generals, and even if they were taken out, wouldn't they still have to send some back?

However, these are not easy to disclose. After all, there are many officials in the world who eat this bite.

What I can't eat is just because I don't care about this matter, so I can't get a piece of it.

As long as Hu Zongxian is in the position of governor, those generals will not dare to rebel and report it. Otherwise, their future will be overwhelmed and they will be called slandering Shangguan. The punishment is probably light, and the family may be destroyed.

After all, Hu Zongxian's backstage was not someone else, but Yan Song, the chief assistant of the dynasty.

They were discussing in Prince Yu's Mansion, and Yang Bo, the Minister of War, was criticized by Emperor Jiajing in Yongshou Palace, walked out of the Western Garden and got into his sedan chair, but there was no slightest expression on his face, and he had escaped the disaster.

Regarding the chaos in Fujian, the Ministry of War had made a decision before, that is, if Hu Zongxian could successfully eliminate Zhang Lian's rebels, it would be best. If the suppression of the thieves is unfavorable, the Ministry of War also prepared a preparatory plan, which would be to replace people.

The one who changed was either someone else, or the Minister of War, Jiang Dong, in Nanjing.

Jiangdong served as the Minister of War in the Capital for many years, and was ordered to take over as Governor of Xuanda in the face of danger. He is one of the few officials in the court with military command experience.

According to the Ministry of War, once Hu Zongxian failed to suppress the bandits, he immediately requested Jiangdong as the supervisor to suppress the bandits, while Hu Zongxian took office to suppress the bandits.

Hu Zongxian disciplinary part of the troops and the newly transferred troops of Zuo Jin were sent to Jiangdong, and he led the way to wipe out Zhang Lian.

However, in today's Yongshou Palace, Yang Bo clearly felt Emperor Jiajing's dissatisfaction with Jiangdong and was inappropriate in handling it.

A small thing can actually cause a big thing like a mutiny, which shows that it is low in ability.

Although Emperor Jiajing did not intend to dismiss Jiangdong in the palace today, he had been in office for many years. He knew that not thinking about it now does not mean that he would not want it in the future. If it is time to recommend it, it is hard to say that today's disgust would directly lead to Emperor Jiajing's rejection of this request.

There are also six departments and thirteen censors, which are not easy to pass, and they may be impeached and stepped down from office if they are not done well.

Yang Bo's guess is really good. He is familiar with the nature of the officialdom. He received news in less than two days. Nanjing Taoist officials Yang Quan and Liu Xingsu and others impeached Jiangdong for the incompetence of the Chihe New Camp Mutiny, and their actions were eccentric and eloquent. They asked for a dismissal.

At the same time, it was also proposed that Chihe New Camp dismissed six generals, including Yu Zhong, and the chief evil was sent to Nanjing Faji and arrested those who missed it, and that internal and external custody, and that Chihe New Camp had old rules and no need to discuss the revolution.

The cabinet naturally did not dare to be proficient in Nanjing's proposal to remove Jiang Dong, the Minister of War, and expressed its agreement with other requests.

After the Zhenwu Camp, many military camps were moved by the news and were eager to try it out. It was probably because of the mishandling of the problem that those who were interested had the intention to follow suit.

Nanjing Kedao requests strict investigation and handling and declares laws and regulations, but it cannot be said that there is any mistake.

However, the cabinet was not sure whether Jiangdong was dismissed, so Yan Song and Xu Jie sent the memorials to Xiyuan together. The six ministers of the six departments were also sent to the palace. The Thirteen Censors Chen Daoji and others impeached the Secretary of the Ministry of War Jiangdong, the Right Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Justice He Qian, the Right Deputy Chief Censor of the Governor of the Grain Transport Hu Zhi, the Right Deputy Chief Censor of Shanxi Meng Huai, the Right Deputy Chief Censor of Huguang Liu Lun, the Right Chief Censor of Gansu Hu Rulin, the Second Chief Censor of Shang Bao Siqing Bai Qichang, the Left Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Fu Yi, the Right Minister of the Ministry of War Ge Jin, and the Hanlin Academy Zhang Chun was not appointed to the position, so the matter should be discussed.

This time, taking advantage of the Chihe New Camp Mutiny incident, the Beijing Kedao censors were fully fired. They collected nearly 100 impeachment memorials in just two days, and impeached six ministries and local officials in Nanjing, with an unprecedented scale.

This is also the reason why Yan Song and Xu Jie couldn't withstand the pressure. It would be fine if Nanjing Kedao impeached. Now Jingcheng Kedao has joined in, and it also means to expand the situation. If the situation is not good, it will be a storm in the government and the government.

This incident was not revealed before, which was strange, and it also made Yan Song and Xu Jie even more worried.

Judging from the impeachment storm initiated by Kedao, it has obviously been brewing for a long time. Perhaps it was because Zhou Yan had started to plan secretly during his serious illness. But I don’t know if it was the censors who did it spontaneously or if someone secretly connected.

Emperor Jiajing was on the imperial throne of Yongshou Palace, and he felt a big headache when he looked at the impeachment memorials piled up on the imperial desk in front of him.

Like Yan Song and Xu Jie, he only realized that the censor Kedao had accumulated so much anger. Before, neither the East Factory nor the Jinyiwei had noticed the abnormality of the censors.

Although it was an impeachment initiated by a group of seventh-rank officials, they were humble and spoke very seriously, and their remarks often affected Shilin and formed a kind of oppression of the world.

He only got angry in front of Yang Bo two days ago because Nanjing, just Nanjing, had two mutinies in two consecutive years, which was in the heart of the Ming Dynasty.

After thinking for a long time, it would be fine if it was just a few or dozens of impeachments, but this time it was different. Almost a hundred censors in the capital participated, so he couldn't help but think about how to appease him.

“Add to.”

After deep thought, Emperor Jiajing finally made a decision and spit out two words gently.

Emperor Jiajing felt a little fear again for no reason.
Chapter completed!