The entire capital became turbulent because of this incident. At the same time, as the incident spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, on one side were the extremely angry people of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other side were the officials everywhere who became frightened.
The implication of this case is really too great, involving all aspects of the Ming Dynasty's army.
Not only the civil servants, but also many generals, nobles, etc. in the Ming Dynasty's army were also implicated, and they also had a share of the empty pay and the blood of the soldiers.
Moreover, many people are even worried that once this case continues to develop, various health centers will also be implicated. You must know that many hundreds of families, thousands of families, etc. in many health centers made their fortunes by enslaving military households.
It can be said that everyone involved in this case is secretly trembling. While they are constantly cleaning their tails and butts, they are waiting anxiously in panic all day long.
Jinyiwei and Dongchang worked very efficiently. In just a few days, a large number of officials were arrested.
Almost all the officials responsible for the production of armors and the allocation of military supplies at the Ministry of Household Affairs were captured. Especially the officials responsible for the production of weapons and armors. None of them escaped, and they were all put into the prison of the factory guard.
Emperor Hongzhi took out 1,500,000 taels of silver from the internal funds and put it into the hands of the Hubu, who withheld almost 500,000 taels of silver.
This matter was decided by Zhou Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, because in Zhou Jing's view, this big battle could not cost 1.5 million taels of silver, especially since His Highness the Crown Prince organized a fundraiser and raised several thousand taels of silver.
In the case of tens of millions of taels of silver, it doesn't take much money.
Therefore, Zhou Jing also secretly withheld five hundred thousand taels of silver, preparing to use it to fill the national treasury so that it could be used elsewhere.
This was regarded as withholding, not just taking it into his own pocket. The treasury was empty, and as a housekeeper, it was difficult for him to have a large sum of money. He also wanted to withhold some of it for emergencies.
Of the remaining one million taels of silver, 500,000 taels were allocated to the various armies below for use as marching silver, and the other 500,000 taels were used to make weapons, armor, etc.
As a result, of the 500,000 taels of silver used to make weapons and armor, after layers of deductions and corruption, only 100,000 taels of silver ended up in the hands of the craftsmen. However, these craftsmen had to follow the requirements of the Ministry of Revenue.
After creating the prescribed number of weapons and armor, you can imagine the final result.
So this route was investigated, and dozens of officials were eventually arrested, including ministers like the Minister of Revenue, Zuo Shilang.
As soon as these people were arrested and interrogated by the factory guards, a bigger hole was immediately opened. It turned out that not only this time, the money allocated by the court in the past to build weapons and armor had been deducted layer by layer.
layer of corruption.
The amount of money allocated this time was enough, so you can still see armor and weapons. In the past, when there were no wars and Emperor Hongzhi didn't pay attention to this aspect, you couldn't even see weapons and armor.
Allocating funds every year, nine out of ten times will end up in the mouths of these people.
The hole got bigger and bigger. Officials who had done things in the Ministry of Household Affairs in the past and were responsible for related matters were quickly arrested. After interrogation, they all admitted to this.
After this arrest, dozens more officials were brought in.
Factory guards found boxes of money from the homes of these officials. A small seventh-rank official in the Ministry of Household Affairs had embezzled tens of thousands of taels of silver. Some of the money even had the mark of Emperor Hongzhi's internal money on it.
On the Kaabayin side, there were 500,000 taels of Kaabayin, and three armies sent it out. In the end, only a very small amount of silver was distributed as Kaabayin to the soldiers below.
Most of the money was deducted, embezzled and misappropriated at all levels. Starting from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs, it was passed on layer by layer. In the end, not even a drop of rain fell into the hands of the soldiers below.
If it weren't for the reward of one hundred taels of silver for killing a Tatar, and the reward of two hundred taels of silver if killed in battle, no one would be brave enough to kill the enemy this time.
An investigation here revealed that dozens of officials had entered the Ministry of War, and they were all big fish.
The commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, Liu Yu, who had just been named Jingbian Bo not long ago, was the first to go in. He had too many things to do.
Not only did they embezzle and embezzle money from Kaiba, but they also set up private horse markets and slave markets to privately sell ironware, salt, tea, grain, etc. to the grassland people, colluded with officials and businessmen, and resold military rations, etc.
If any one of them comes out, everyone can be moved, and now they are all found out at once.
Li Gao, the commander-in-chief of the South Route Army, and Ren Liang, the eunuch who supervises the army. Li Gao had just been named Lan Tianbo and was now arrested. Not only did they embezzle the Kaaba Bank, but they also colluded with officials and businessmen to resell military supplies.
What's serious is that in this war, good people were killed and meritorious deeds were used.
Deliberately arranging domestic slaves to serve as military households, killing good people and taking credit for their rewards.
As soon as the news came out, both the government and the public were shocked. There was such a bold person who dared to kill a good person and take credit to defraud him of the reward.
Of the three armies, only Wang Yue of the west army, also known as Dingbianhou, was considered upright and had relatively few problems. Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi believed that he had made great contributions in defending the territory for many years and had made great contributions this time, so there was no
Move him.
Two of the commanders-in-chief of the three armies entered directly, and in addition to the two of them, a large number of other senior generals also entered. Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were copied from the homes of Liu Yu and Li Gao.
Huge amounts of stolen money.
This is because it is not just the matter of withdrawing money, but the matter of empty pay, drinking of soldiers' blood, and deprivation of military pay has been around for a long time. A casual investigation revealed that some ministers in the past were also found out and implicated.
At this time, more people came in. From the court to the local government, thousands of officials and generals were investigated and imprisoned by the factory guards in an instant, so that the factory guards' jails were not enough.
In addition to the officials in the court, the factory guards also did not let go of the businessmen who resold military supplies outside the government and the public. Soon, the businessmen who resold military grain and military supplies were also found out.
Dozens of Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants in Shanxi were arrested at once.
Shanxi merchants in Shanxi not only resold military supplies, but also colluded with the border troops to go to the grasslands to do business, selling ironware, tea, grain, etc. that were strictly prohibited by the imperial court to the grasslands to make huge profits.
Too many people have been identified. In just a few days, thousands of officials have been arrested, ranging from six ministers and ministers to local officials, down to some petty officials and minor officials. More and more people are involved.