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Chapter 103: Great earthquake in the court (please subscribe with monthly tickets)
Although no one of them got the stolen goods this time, they got this batch of armor.

But if this batch of armor was allocated to Liaodong, and Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong, insisted that he had not received it, then it would be impossible for the Arsenal Department to balance the accounts.

But if you want to pierce the window paper of the Arsenal Department, you must go to the capital.

As a border general, Li Xianzhong naturally could not leave easily. In order to avoid trouble, he could only ask Li Sanshun to make a trip to the capital for him.

Of course, as Tieling General, Li Sanshun could not leave his post without permission easily. He went to the Ministry of War with a mission this time.

In recent days, Li Xianzhong has been sending documents to the Ministry of War every two days to collect the reward money. The people in the Ministry of War are unwilling to open the urgent report sent by Kaiyuan.

Naturally, the Ministry of War had a bad look on Li Sanshun's arrival.

He was left hanging in the lobby of the Ministry of War for a full two hours. From afternoon until dark, not only did he not see Huang Jiashan, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, he didn't even get a drink.

In the end, Liu Wenzai couldn't bear the situation, so he served Li Sanshun tea.

Liu Wenzai said: "General Li, it's useless for you to see Huang Shangshu. Our Ministry of War quickly provided the verification results of General Li's head. Now the Ministry of Revenue cannot get the money."

Li Sanshun said: "We can only ask the Ministry of War for money. We can't go beyond the Ministry of War and directly ask the Ministry of Household for money. We have to trouble Huang Shangshu about this."

"Of course, General Mo's visit to Beijing this time is not mainly for money, but for equipment. It has been a month and a half since the 'Kaiyuan Victory', and the equipment provided by the Ministry of War so far is pitiful."

"The reward money has not been distributed for the time being. Brothers, we can tighten our belts and endure it. But if we don't have equipment and the Tatars come, how can we fight against the Tatars?"

Speaking of equipment, Liu Wenzai even smiled bitterly.

He also heard about the batch of equipment applications that Yuan Yingtai, the governor of Liaodong, sent to the Ministry of War. The muskets cost 2000, and the armor actually cost 500.

Liu Wenzai said: "I'm afraid I won't be able to get the batch of equipment you originally asked for even if the arsenal is emptied. It will definitely not be distributed to you for a while."

Li Sanshun said: "His Majesty personally promised to give priority to replenishing the equipment of our Liaodong Cavalry, but so far we have received a total of 50 pairs of armor."

Hearing Li Sanshun's words, Liu Wenzai's expression changed, but then he said with a smile: "I have some impression of this matter. The Ministry of War did allocate a batch of equipment to the Liaodong Iron Cavalry through the revolving door, but the specific number is small. Then you have to ask the military officer of the Arsenal Department, but he is not in the Ministry of War today."

This was the first time Li Sanshun heard that the Ministry of War had specially issued equipment to the Liaodong cavalry. It seemed that there was indeed a problem.

So he said loudly: "Then I want to find out more from Wu Langzhong. Where did the equipment he distributed go? Why didn't we receive it?"

Then Li Sanshun left the Ministry of War and went to the arsenal to find Wu Dayuan.

Liu Wenzai hurried to the Inspectorate while no one was paying attention.

Liu Wenzai is also a Donglin Party member. The purpose of his trip is naturally to find Yang Lian, the imperial censor of the Imperial Procuratorate.

Regarding the equipment of the Liaodong cavalry, he remembered clearly that Eunuch Chang, who was beside His Majesty, personally sent a message to the Ministry of War. His Majesty requested to replenish the equipment of the Liaodong cavalry. Then Huang Shangshu allocated all the 500 pieces of armor remaining in the arsenal to Liaodong.

Now Li San conveniently said that they had only received 50 pieces of armor. There must be something fishy in it, and it was probably tampering with the military officers.

Soon Liu Wenzai told everything about the news he got from Li Sanshun.

After hearing this, Yang Lian was furious and cursed sternly: "I have heard that the arsenal managed by this military officer is very problematic. This time, he even dared to tamper with the equipment that His Majesty requested to be sent to Liaodong. I am really brave. "

Liu Wenzai said: "The military officer has always had no scruples and done whatever he wanted by virtue of being the 'Qi Party' with Huang Jiashan, the Minister of War, and occupying a good position in the Arsenal Department."

"It must be that Li Xianzhong relied on his holy will and did not bribe him, so Officer Wu deliberately made things difficult."

Upon hearing this, Yang Lian became even more furious and said: "Although Li Xianzhong is a bit arrogant, his Liaodong cavalry has made many military exploits for our Ming Dynasty. I heard that more than [-]% of his troops were killed in the 'Kaiyuan Victory' not long ago."

"Commander Wu is jamming his equipment at this time. This is shaking the foundation of our Liaodong!"

"As the Imperial Censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, I must uncover this national traitor and eradicate the traitor for the country!"

Liu Wenzai said with a smile: "Huang Jiashan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, is old and incompetent. I am afraid that it will be difficult to effectively control the Ministry of War. Mr. Wu is his ally, and Governor Yuan was originally the minister of the Ministry of War. He has made great contributions this time in Liaodong. , wouldn’t it be better if we could replace it?”

"The governor of Liaodong knows best about the equipment sent from the arsenal to the arsenal of Liaodong. To be on the safe side, we should first verify the data with Governor Yuan, so that we can catch the military officer."

Just as the two of them were still discussing how to reorganize the court through this incident, they would also bring clarity to the world.

Suddenly there was a lot of noise outside. When they walked out, they saw flames shooting into the sky in the direction of Chongwen Gate.

Yang Lian shouted: "Oh no, this is the direction of the arsenal!"

Four words "Fire Dragon Burns the Cang" popped up in their minds!
At this time, thick smoke was seen billowing from the military arsenal located near Chongwenmen. The officials in the arsenal were in a mess. Someone kept shouting: "The water is leaking, hurry up and put out the fire."

Many people gathered around, but they were blocked by the soldiers from the arsenal.

According to regulations, the warehouse is an important area. Even if there is a fire, other people are not allowed to enter at will to help put out the fire, lest anyone take advantage of it.

The officers and soldiers in the arsenal picked up buckets and bamboo brooms to put out the fire, but they could only barely prevent the fire from spreading to other warehouses, and could not stop the fire in the armor warehouse.

By the time the firemen from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division arrived with a large cart loaded with buckets of water, the armor storehouse was already on fire.

It took more than an hour for the fire to be put out. Fortunately, the fire did not spread to nearby houses.

The military officer of the Arsenal Department was watching all this silently not far away.The news about Li Sanshun causing a big fuss in the Ministry of War quickly reached his ears.

He knew that his secret sale of 400 pairs of armor to Jianzhou at a sky-high price was about to be exposed.

This time, the "fire dragon burning the warehouse" was actually something he had prepared a long time ago. He originally wanted to set a fire together with other warehouses in a while.

Unexpectedly, Li Xianzhong would send someone to find him so quickly, so he had no choice but to burn the armor warehouse in advance.

Of course, just burning the warehouse is not enough, because he did only distribute 100 pieces of armor to the Liaodong arsenal.

Even if he burned down the warehouse, it would only mean that these armors were burned, but it would not change the fact that there were less armors issued in the arsenal.

Therefore, there must be a "scapegoat" to bear the responsibility for missing hair and armor.

Soon I heard someone shouting: "Oh no, Master Liu committed suicide by hanging from the beam!"

Yang Lian, who arrived late, was itching for popularity.

They didn't expect that Officer Wu would act so quickly. Not only did he burn down the armor store, but he also found a scapegoat in advance.

It is true that they can substantiate the fact that the Arsenal Department has fewer hair and armor, but at most they can only accuse the military officers of poor supervision.

It is absolutely impossible to capture Huang Jiashan, the Minister of War.

Because Emperor Wanli would not pay attention to the memorials of these people, everything was decided by the first assistant Fang Congzhe.

Sure enough, although members of the Donglin Party filed letters to impeach Mr. Wu for dereliction of duty, Huang Jiashan failed to supervise and demanded punishment together.

But Fang Congzhe only punished the military officer by demoting him and retaining him.

He was demoted from a fifth-rank military arsenal chief to a fifth-rank Yuanwailang, but he is still in charge of the arsenal department.

Huang Jiashan, the Minister of War, only verbally reprimanded him a few words and asked him to strengthen the supervision of his subordinates.

Although Yang Lian, the censor of Qiandu in the Inspectorate, and Liu Yijing, the minister of household affairs, demanded severe punishment.

But Fang Shoufu just said: "The main person responsible has committed suicide out of fear of crime, and the jointly responsible person has been dealt with."

The Donglin Party members were also helpless.

At this time, Li Sanshun was toasting Cui Wensheng in Zuixian Tower.

Eunuch Cui looked at the gold in front of him and said with a smile: "General Li always thinks about the Za family. How can this be embarrassing?"

Li Sanshun said: "General Li said that he felt sorry for having been taken care of by Eunuch Cui many times. He told me to visit you when I came to Beijing this time and bring you some specialties from the grassland. I hope you don't do it." dislike."

Cui Wensheng said: "This specialty is good, and I like it very much. General Li sacrificed his life for the Ming Dynasty, so the Za family naturally wants to seek justice for the soldiers."

In the Yikun Palace, Wanli soaked his feet with a medicinal bag while enjoying Cui Wensheng's massage service.

Concubine Zheng was posing in front of the mirror.

Soon Wanli discovered the uniqueness of this mirror inlaid with various gems, and asked: "Where did this mirror of my beloved concubine come from? Why have I never seen it before?"

Concubine Zheng said with a smile: "This mirror was captured by Li Xianzhong, the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, during his raids on the Horqin tribe. It is said to be from the palace of the former Yuan Dynasty. Someone was specially sent to deliver it to this palace."

Wanli had already heard the battle report about Li Xianzhong's raid on Horqin, but he said with some jealousy: "It seems that Li Xianzhong has forgotten me!"

Concubine Zheng said: "I forgot to tell His Majesty that General Li also asked someone to bring some grassland specialties to His Majesty."

Soon Cui Wensheng opened a refined small box, which was full of golden gold, probably no less than 500 taels.

Wanli, who loved money as much as his life, smiled from ear to ear when he saw the gold, and said: "When did the grassland become rich in these specialties?"

Concubine Zheng said: "General Li is also avoiding suspicion. If he presents these to His Majesty through formal channels, he will not be scolded to death by those civil servants!"

Wanli said at this time: "It's really difficult for him. I heard that in defeating Jianlu this time, his original path was greatly damaged!"

At this time, Concubine Zheng said: "Originally, the harem should not be involved in politics, but I still want to say something fair for General Li. The people in the Ministry of War are really outrageous."

When Wanli heard about it, the Ministry of War allocated 500 pieces of armor, but in the end he only received 50 pieces.Then the ones that were not issued were inexplicably set on fire.

His lungs were almost bursting with anger, so he ordered Wu Dayuan, the former arsenal director of the Ministry of War, to be imprisoned, and ordered the three departments to interrogate him. He must give him an explanation, and then directly let Huang Jiashan, the minister of the Ministry of War, take office.

This undoubtedly caused an uproar in the court.

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