A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 557 Treason to the Yi tribe!

The imperial family used the speed of cutting through the mess with a sharp knife to resolve the matter in the Beijing camp, and captured all the officials involved.

In other places, nobles and officials may still make some small moves, but in the sacred capital of Luoyang, the grass on the graves of those who dare to do so is already three feet high.

Following the imperial court's powerful attack, the Beijing camp soon took on a new look after being reorganized.

At this time, Wang Zhuo discovered that it had been ten years since Beijing Camp had become like this. Two or three consecutive terms had problems.

"Your Majesty, I suspect that those officials are also related to this matter!" said Wang Shu, the internal minister next to him.

Although on the surface, it seems that these things were all done by the generals, only a few of the officials were involved. But they did it so smoothly, and for so many years, the officials didn't seem to notice it at all.

But actually? How could more than 200,000 shi of grain and grass be transferred and more than 300,000 guan of money be distributed without any notice?

Now they have been able to operate like this for ten years. Even if those officials did not intervene, they must have acquiesced.

"They are afraid." Wang Zhuo thought for a while and said.

"Fear?"

"Yes, they are afraid. They are afraid that the royal family will always control such a powerful army, so that the royal family can rely on force to kill them. Once they do something extraordinary and are discovered by the royal family, their whole family will be killed and the entire clan will be exiled. End."

"So they were afraid that they would not be able to weaken the military force of the imperial court, and they would even be severely suppressed by the imperial court, so they started to use this kind of off-the-beaten-path tactics."

"The evidence you found has their hands in many places in the documents, such as grain trading and transportation. Those big businessmen are inextricably linked to them!"

Wang Zhuo looked at the file in front of him and said coldly.

Even Wang Zhuo suspected that these corruption methods were secretly taught to them by those officials, otherwise they would not be so hidden.

Wang Zhuo didn't say any more and just asked him to continue reviewing the army's affairs. For those officials, if they can catch a flaw, they will naturally follow the rules. If they cannot catch a flaw, then wait until they reveal it.

Although Wang Zhuo was unable to promote reforms, he did a better job than his father and grandfather in maintaining royal rights and stability.

The embroidered clothes envoy began to secretly keep a close eye on those officials. Not long ago, those officials wanted to spy on the palace's intelligence. Now everyone is being watched by the Embroidered Clothes Envoys, and even the royal family has secretly used some secret guards.

In the past, the royal family did not take them seriously, so they did not notice their little tricks. Now that the court has reacted, no matter what they want to do, there is no way they can hide it from the royal family.

After Wang Shu completed the review of the Beijing camp, he re-recruited the Beijing camp, and then transferred a group of military disciples from Daqian martial arts to join it. On the one hand, it is to retrain the Beijing camp, and on the other hand, it is to control the Beijing camp in the hands of the royal family.

Regarding the issue of the border army, Wang Shu was not in a hurry to investigate. He knew very well that the problem of the border army was also very big. But if it were investigated now, who knows what the reaction of the border army generals would be?

The court was also worried that these people would take the opportunity to cause trouble. After reorganizing the Beijing camp and restoring strength, Wang Shu began to review the border troops. Wang Zhuo appointed Huo Guang as the censor of the border patrol, responsible for inspecting the affairs of the border army on behalf of the emperor. At the same time, he ordered the Marquis of Changping Township Weiyu and the Marquis of Wu'an Township Li Teng to go together as the border patrol supervisors.

This time, Wang Zhuo transferred half of the top generals and families among the nobles and asked them to handle this matter.

Most of the border troops were from generals, and many of them had served under their grandfathers. They were considered their disciples and former officials. With their cooperation, even if some border army generals wanted to cause rebellion, they would be suppressed immediately.

After appointing these people to inspect the border troops, as expected by Wang Zhuo, the border troops were also deprived of their military pay, but this was not the most important thing. The more serious problems were Beidi County, Shang County, and Shuofang County. The border troops united to rebel.

The total number of these border troops is close to 100,000. Some of the border army generals want to coerce the border troops into rebellion, and some even want to lure the Xianbei and Huns to invade Daqian. As a result, they were discovered by Huo Guang, Wei Yu, and Li Teng.

The three of them took five thousand feather forest guards and some of the border troops under their control to take action first. Capture all the rebellious border generals.

This time, there were as many as a hundred generals with the rank of captain or above involved. Seeing this scene, Wang Zhuo was frightened even though he was mentally prepared.

If so many people are allowed to successfully coerce 100,000 border troops into rebellion, the border will definitely be corrupted by then. Wang Zhuo hated these people deeply, and they even wanted to attract the Xianbei and Huns.

Wang Zhuo did not punish him according to the previous treatment method, but directly punished him for treason. The whole family was beheaded in public, and then the Yi tribe did not give them a chance to be exiled at all.

These rebel generals are not just simply embezzling military salaries. These people are located on the border, are married to many aristocratic families, and then collude with each other to form an alliance of interests.

They took all the materials purchased by the imperial court and passed them off as good quality. At the same time, these people also secretly did business with the Huns and Xianbei people on the grassland, selling them large quantities of cloth, tea, salt, and even ironware.

It can be said that the Xianbei and Huns on the grassland have grown stronger over the years, and these people have played an important role in it.

Originally, the trade between the imperial court and the Xiongnu and Xianbei people in the grasslands was controlled by the government, and transactions were conducted in fixed places every year. The tea, cloth, salt, sugar and a small amount of iron provided by the imperial court were sold to the Huns and Xianbei at several times the price.

The Huns and Xianbei people cannot produce these things. Even if they know that they are expensive, they can only accept them. The imperial court used this trade to suck the blood of the Huns and Xianbei people, weakening or delaying their strength.

As a result, these people sold a large amount of materials to the Xianbei and Huns through the frontier generals for their own selfish purposes, and then exchanged them for war horses, cattle and sheep, furs, sinews and other things.

The Huns and Xianbei people obtained a large amount of materials and continued to grow in the bitter cold land of the grassland. At the same time, a large amount of iron tools were sold, which greatly improved the strength of the Huns and Xianbei people.

You know, in the past, the Huns didn't even have many knives, and their bows and arrows were made from bones and stones. Not to mention iron armor.

But in recent years, many Huns and Xianbei people have begun to use iron arrows. Originally, the court thought that they had obtained the iron weapons from the Western Regions and Wusun, but they did not expect that they were actually domestic thieves!

Wang Zhuo was furious at these traitors who were trying to steal the people inside and outside, and he ordered the Yi clan to be killed.

(End of this chapter)