Chongzhen suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly: "How long have you been working here?"

The soldier said carefully: "The villain joined the army the year before yesterday and has been on duty here."

"When did these granaries come in?"

"It was three months ago, and it was said that it was a batch of food dispatched from the pass, and it was given by the court."

"Thank you from the court?" Chongzhen took a deep breath, didn't ask anything else, and he strode out.

He still looked calm, but his fist hidden under his long sleeves was tightly pinched, and blue veins burst out on the back of his hand.

Chongzhen quickly returned to his palace and said, "Pack up your things and return to Beijing."

"yes."

The Jinyiwei and Shenwuwei cleaned up very quickly, which shows that they are usually disciplined.

After packing up, he left the city in a mighty way.

No one dared to stop the city gate.

Someone quickly ran to the General Office and woke Wu Xiang up in his sleep.

"What!" Wu Xiang was shocked, "Your Majesty is going to the granary!"

"Yes, Wu Shuai!"

"Where are people now?"

"He has left the city."

Wu Xiang stood there in a daze, then immediately put on his clothes, tidied up his troops, and ran towards Chongzhen's direction to leave the city.

But he can't chase him.

An hour later, Lu Xiangsheng, who was camping 80 miles east of Jinzhou City, received a secret letter from the emperor, which contained a short and meaningful sentence: Beware of Wu Xiang.

Often, the smaller the number of words, the bigger the matter.

Although Lu Xiangsheng couldn't figure out the reason, since the emperor had personally reminded him, he had to be careful.

How to interpret these four words?

Everything starts with the grain in the grain warehouse.

The reason is very simple.

The grain in the grain warehouse is the military ration transported by the court. It is raised locally by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War and dispatched by the Ministry of War.

If there is insufficient, the subordinate yamen of various military preparation roads will also recruit from military households locally.

For example, Liaodong.

One of the strategies of Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan was that the Liao people defended the Liao territory, including military farming in Liaodong and self-sufficiency.

After all, Jiannu is extremely mobile, and the war may come very suddenly.

If all the food on the Liaodong front is attacked by the imperial court, it may be completely unresponsive.

Therefore, from the perspective of dealing with sudden wars, this is definitely a good tactic.

There are many fertile land in Jinzhou area.

But the problem arises, so it is easy to raise a warlord leader.

The evolution of imperial power in China in history, and by the Ming Dynasty, the central government was extremely sensitive to military power in various places.

The military pay and rations in various places were all assigned by the court in person, in order to seize the lifeline of the troops in various places, so that the troops would not rebel with the generals and avoid the Anshi Rebellion.

Is this game effective?

The effect of curbing military generals is very good. After all, everyone is human, and if they are human, they need money. Not only do they have to eat, but they also have families to raise them later.

But the disadvantage is that once the logistics and military system is corrupt, there will be insufficient food and grass supply, unstable morale in the military, and unstable morale in the military will lead to mutiny.

Mutiny of the border army was common in the late Ming Dynasty.

So what is the connection with Jinzhou’s grain warehouse?

Of course there is!

Sand is found in the grain warehouse in Jinzhou.

There are two possibilities.

1. It may have been replaced with sand during transportation, not done by Wu Xiang.

If this is the case, it is the responsibility of the Ministry of War, or both the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue are responsible.

2. After being transported to Jinzhou, it was replaced by Wu Xiang.

If this is the case, Wu Xiang should be executed by Lingchi.

So, what is the result?

No matter what the Ministry of War was transferred here.

Finally, there was sand inside and moldy grain outside. This was obviously re-arranged in the grain warehouse after someone unloaded the grain, in order to cover up the eyes.

Wu Xiang couldn't not know about this.

Why do this?

Because of raising private soldiers!

The food from the court was detained and transported to his own granary, and the food was distributed at will by himself.

Give more family soldiers to you, and less than that if you are not your own.

This is no secret, it is recorded in historical materials.

Just for this, he should be dragged to Lingchi at Caishikou.

Zhang Chen, who was rushing towards Shanhaiguan, felt like a volcano.

What does military ration mean to the army?

Military rations are the most basic guarantee of the army. Without it, everything is nonsense!

Just like if you work hard in the company, then your boss will draw you perfectly and give you 1,000 yuan a month, but you still have a family to support. What do you think of the boss’ character?

Even if the boss is wearing patched clothes, gets up early in the morning to study, and then gives you chicken soup in various ways, what would you think?

Of course you want to slap it in the face: Boss, are you in the brain?

Finally, the company went bankrupt. Before the boss hanged himself, he said: It’s not my fault for the company to collapse. It’s all you employees. Why do you work hard for me! You all deserve to die!

So back to the point, the situation in Jinzhou has been exposed now.

Wu Xiang must have known that he has left, and he has two choices:

1. Betray apologize and admit your mistakes.

But he had just been defeated and is now found to have made food fraud again.

If he had no problem with his brain, he would probably not choose to apologize.

2. Since he doesn't know, he is likely to take risks. After all, he has family soldiers.

Moreover, in the current situation in Liaodong, Huang Taiji seems to be in the initiative, and he may even turn himself into a resignation to Huang Taiji.

How to defect to Huang Taiji?

Of course, it was to launch a surprise attack on the Tianxiong Army.

Therefore, Chongzhen sent a secret letter to remind Lu Xiangsheng.

But he can't catch up now.

Even if you chase after me, you may not be able to eat ten thousand Shenwu Guards.

After chasing for a long time, Wu Xiang did not catch up and finally returned to Jinzhou anxiously.

Wu Xiang thought for a long time in the General Office.

Should I apologize?

Or should we put all the responsibility on the Ministry of War?

In fact, Wu Xiang definitely does not want to betray, nor dares to betray.

Why?

He had no vision of God, and he did not know that the Tartar Qing Dynasty might win the world in more than ten years.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, no one thought that the Ming Dynasty would perish in more than ten years.

After all, in terms of land, population, wealth, and number of troops, the Ming Dynasty completely crushed the Later Jin Dynasty in Liaodong.

When people change jobs, they will weigh the trade-offs.

After all, this is a major event of life and death.

However, after hesitating for a long time, Wu Xiang still felt uneasy.
To be continued...