When Li Shouqi's confidant Wang Huan ran to find Li Chunlai, he had already been picked up by Cao Huachun.

But Wang Huan didn't know that the person was captured by Cao Huachun, he only knew that Li Chunlai was missing.

Of course I have to look for it when I am missing, but I don’t rush to find Li Chunlai immediately, because there are several other people who have to deal with it.

But the progress of this matter has completely exceeded their understanding.

Li Chunlai was thrown into Dongchang Prison that day.

In the evening, a book of offerings was placed on Chongzhen's desk.

Xiangcheng Bo Li Shouqi!

Chongzhen was slightly stunned. It seemed that the historical records record this guy was not a thing, and there was no mistake in the record.

His records are all recorded in "The Long Blog of Chongzhen" and "The Records of Chongzhen".

Li Shouqi is a despicable person. He is the governor of the Beijing Guard, but he often uses the Beijing Guard to make money for himself.

In addition to embezzling military pay, he would also make money from various miscellaneous places, such as asking the Beijing Guard to work, so he would charge his wages.

Li Banghua has been rectifying the Beijing Guard in the past two years, and he has a very deep conflict with Li Banghua.

Sun Chengzong is now the Privy Councilor and the executor of the new military and political affairs. It is obviously against Li Shouqi's interests and wants to get rid of Sun Chengzong.

"It's outrageous! Cao Huachun, go and get people immediately and throw Li Shouqi into Dongchang Prison!"

"yes!"

In the middle of the night, Xiangcheng Bo Mansion was already dark and even the dogs in the kitchen were asleep.

But a group of factory guards went to knock on the gate of Xiangcheng Bo Mansion. The servants were impatient to open the door. As soon as the door was opened, a group of people broke in and couldn't stop it.

Soon, Li Shouqi was dragged out of his sleep.

Half an hour later, he appeared in the prison of Dongchang.

He was still confused and was beaten.

"Eunuch Cao, is there any misunderstanding?"

Cao Huachun smiled and looked extremely friendly, and said softly: "No misunderstanding, just keep fighting."

Li Shouqi was beaten so hard that he cried and howled: "Eunuch Cao, what happened? Tell me, I have money, if you have anything, you can sit down and talk slowly!"

"Speak slowly? Are you sure you are willing to say it?"

Li Shouqi almost collapsed: "Tell me, please ask quickly, don't just patronize and beat me!"

"Li Chunlai is your person, right?"

When Li Shouqi heard this name, he was surprised and scared?

Sorry, Li Shouqi has no such emotions.

He was confused.

Because he had never heard of this person.

He sent people, but he wouldn't care about what names those people were called.

"Eunuch Cao, I said it was a misunderstanding. I don't know this person at all. You must have caught the wrong one. I want to see Your Majesty..."

"Then, Wang Huan, do you know each other?"

Li Shouqi remembered something in an instant, and his scalp suddenly became numb.

He knew what Cao Huachun was asking about.

Seeing that his expression seemed to be almost done, Cao Huachun said, "Your Madam Xiangcheng, you've got it all."

"Eunuch Cao, I'm a misunderstanding!"

"Fight, hit until he is willing to tell the truth."

Another fierce beating made Li Shouqi unable to bear it anymore, and finally confessed everything honestly.

Early the next morning, after Chongzhen finished his breakfast, Cao Huachun reported Li Shouqi's confession.

Chongzhen finished reading it calmly, and then said calmly: "The Three Courts will hold trial."

This still needs to be reviewed?

If you really think you need to be judged, it would be too easy to cheat.

Going through the motions and using the judicial authority of the Three Laws to convince everyone.

As a result, Li Shouqi was beheaded and his home was searched.

Three days later, the national treasury invested 300,000 taels of silver and 8,000 acres of land.

The most important thing is that the Governor of the Beijing Guard was removed, and the Beijing Guards now directly came to the Prime Minister for Old Man Sun.

So far, the only little influence of the nobles on the Beijing Guards and the Governor's Office of the Five Army has basically been completely destroyed.

Some people say that nobles come to check and balance civil officials, which is a false and empty space of self-perception.

Since the Song and Ming dynasties, the checks and balance mechanisms within civil servants have been very perfect, especially after the prime minister was abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang, civil servants basically had no power to confront the imperial power.

What is power?

The final decision-making is power.

The institutionalization reflected is that signing and stamping is power.

Which civil servant has the right to make decisions with signatures and seals?

Of course, when the old nobles decline, we must support a group of new nobles.

For example, people like Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, and Old Man Sun.

But they have to wait until they have military achievements.

There is no rush to do this, the most important thing now is to train the new army.

It was early April in a blink of an eye, and Chongzhen was settled in the Qing Dynasty.

The Ministry of Revenue transported all the food required by Shubu from Kalaqin's tribe to the north and handed it over to Shubu. The total amount of 300,000 stones handed over, costing 400,000 taels of silver.

This is a very expensive price.

However, within the budget of Chongzhen.

Using money to do diplomacy is the lowest cost way to play, not to mention the current situation and crisis.

Liu Ce has been setting off for a while, but no news has been heard.

However, another new question appeared, about the new army.

The recruitment of personnel of the new army is now quite smooth. Most of Sun Chuanting's people were recruited from Shaanxi, and Hong Chengchou also ran to Shaanxi to recruit soldiers.

He himself is the political participation of the Shaanxi Chengxuan Zhengshi. He has many acquaintances in the local area. Chongzhen just received his memorial saying that there were already 6,000 troops.

Since it's okay to recruit people, what's wrong?

War horse!

In the new army, half of the troops were cavalry, and cavalry needed horses. The horse politics in the late Ming Dynasty basically collapsed, and the official did not use many horses at all.

There are people who raise horses, but the price is already 30 taels (about 19,500 yuan) per horse.

The normal price used to be 10 taels, and the expensive one was 15 taels.

The new army wants to purchase 20,000 horses, which requires 600,000 taels of silver at this market price.

It was seriously exceeded the budget, and Chongzhen approved the price, but it was not easy for the people to find 20,000 horses for a while.

So Li Banghua made a suggestion to do dispatch from the inn.

There was a very bad phenomenon in the late Ming Dynasty, which was that officials liked to use the resources of the stations privately.

The station itself is equipped with horses, but most of the time, the horses are ridden by officials and not returned.

Li Banghua felt that a horse could be drawn from each station, which would solve the urgent problem.

The efficiency of the station may be reduced.

But then again, the inn at the end of the Ming Dynasty had been eaten and wasted, and it would definitely not be possible.

It is better to collect a batch of horses when they are placed at the post station and wait for them to be occupied by officials.

Chongzhen also criticized Li Banghua's proposal.

Next, I started buying horses from high prices among the people and at the same time, I drew some of them from the inn.

It is expected that in April, 10,000 horses will arrive in the capital for training and use by the new army.
Chapter completed!