Zhao Junchen obviously came to Jinzhou Camp to help the Liaodong armies stabilize their logistics. He should have used his influence to ask for more money and food from the imperial center for Liaodong Town, but now he actually wanted to move all the funds in the military treasury.
Going to the treasury, what's going on?
Peng Ji quickly objected: "No! This is the gold that Liaodong Town will use to buy war horses in the future!"
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "You, Liaodong Town, need to make up for the shortage of food and grass, so you need additional support from the imperial center. However, if the imperial center allocates additional food and grass to you, you will overspend. You also need to replenish blood. This gold is just right."
After a pause, Zhao Junchen continued: "What's more, the scale of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is already large enough, and the number of war horses is also large enough. Why invest a large amount of gold again to add more war horses? Such a resource tilt will not affect the ordinary frontier troops in Liaodong Town.
What good do the soldiers do?"
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Peng Ji couldn't help but be stunned, and then he pondered for a long time, showing signs of wavering in his position.
In fact, Peng Ji was indeed somewhat persuaded by Zhao Junchen, and the reason why Peng Ji was persuaded by Zhao Junchen was also very simple, that is, "What benefit does it have to the ordinary frontier soldiers in Liaodong Town?"
This sentence seemed high-sounding and public-minded, but when Peng Ji heard it, he quickly tasted a different flavor.
In fact, Peng Ji did not lie. He Yu saved a large amount of gold during his lifetime, just to buy war horses everywhere to further increase the scale and combat power of his Liaodong cavalry, so the gold was used to buy war horses.
In the name of resisting the Jianzhou Jurchens, they asked for various resources from the imperial center, and then while fighting against the Jianzhou Jurchens, they secretly sold various resources to the Jianzhou Jurchens, in exchange for war horses and gold from the Jianzhou Jurchens, to enhance their strength.
With the private soldiers under his command, he would then have more capital to ask for various resources from the imperial court. This method has long been thoroughly played by He Yu.
However, in Peng Ji's view, he is neither qualified to compete for the position of the commander-in-chief nor has the opportunity to join the Liaodong cavalry to lead the troops. Therefore, he is also a member of the "ordinary border army soldiers", so why should he compete with the Liaodong cavalry for the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town?
Why not take advantage of this opportunity to fight for the interests of "ordinary frontier soldiers" like yourself?
He Yu has ruled Liaodong Town for too long. Everyone in Liaodong Town has become accustomed to equating He Yu with Liaodong Town and equating He Yu's interests with Liaodong Town's interests. Even though He Yu has died an untimely death, many people still
Habitually wanting to follow the rules set by He Yu, even a loyal and impure person like Peng Ji tends to seek more benefits for himself within the framework set by He Yu, rather than break He Yu in one fell swoop.
The framework developed.
At this time, Zhao Junchen wanted to break the myth in Peng Ji's mind in one fell swoop and make him fully understand that He Yu was dead. There was no need to continue to follow the framework he had set. He Yu's interests had never represented the entire Liaodong Town.
Interests, let alone the interests of many ordinary soldiers in Liaodong Town!
After thinking about this, Peng Ji asked cautiously: "So... Zhao Gechen, what do you think ordinary Liaodong Border Army soldiers like Bei Ji should do to benefit themselves?"
Zhao Junchen said no more, but took out the memorandum on reforming Liao's salary from his arms and asked Li Chuanwen beside him to pass it to Peng Ji for review.
This memorial should have been sent to the imperial court a long time ago, but after Zhao Junchen found that he had to go to Jinzhou Camp to take charge of the logistics, he kept this memorial at hand just to use it at this time.
Peng Ji carefully flipped through the memorial. When he saw the detailed content in the memorial and the names signed by the Liaodong town generals on the memorial, his expression suddenly changed. His expression was first shocked, then panic.
But in the end it turned into...expectation and greed!
After seeing Peng Ji's expression change, Zhao Junchen said leisurely: "If nothing else happens, the imperial court center will definitely agree to the reform of Liao's pay. Even if the next commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town wants to go back on his word, the imperial court center will definitely agree.
Find a way to continue to implement it! When the imperial court is implementing the Liao pay reform, considering that Jinzhou is the headquarters of Liaodong Town, Jinzhou Defense should be the same as the generals in allocating resources. What does Peng Shou Bei think?
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Without waiting for Peng Ji's reaction, Zhao Junchen said pointedly: "What Peng Shoubei said just now is correct. I'm afraid where the various materials in the military depot of Jinzhou Camp have gone and where they are used.
Only Mr. He knows the details. However, Mr. He is dead and many things are no longer clear...
And now it is the time of war, and various military supplies are being mobilized frequently. How many materials were originally stored in the arsenal? How much has been used recently? How much is left in the end? No one can tell clearly! So!
, until the next Liaodong garrison commander personally comes forward to count the inventory, these things can all be operated, right?"
Zhao Junchen was no longer implying this, it was completely explicit and tempting.
In short, what Zhao Junchen means is that he wants to carve up the military depot in Liaodong Town with Peng Ji!
It is not the military depot storage in the fake accounts, but the real military depot storage in Liaodong Town!
Just like what Zhao Junchen said, He Yu has no evidence to prove it. The war is currently in chaos and the future situation is uncertain. At this time, even if Zhao Junchen and Peng Ji take the opportunity to carve up all the military depots in Liaodong Town, they will not be able to prove it.
Absolutely no one can catch it!
With the accumulation over the years in Liaodong Town, even if the consumption during the war is huge every year, it is still an astronomical figure!
As for how much this astronomical figure is, Peng Ji naturally knows it best.
Such huge interests were enough to make Peng Ji take risks.
So, after Peng Ji's expression changed again for a moment, he suddenly reached out and picked up the fake accounts he gave to Zhao Junchen. After flipping through them for a while, he exclaimed: "What's going on? A humble official made such a serious mistake and ruined it for several years."
The outdated accounts were handed over to Zhao Gechen for review! Please forgive me, Zhao Gechen, I will immediately bring the latest accounts to you for review again."
The accounts were detailed with specific dates, but Peng Ji just told lies with his eyes open, saying that these accounts were all out of date from a few years ago.
Zhao Junchen also pretended to be dumbfounded and said with a surprised expression: "Are these accounts from a few years ago? Peng Shoubei is really wrong! But I also know that Peng Shoubei is busy preparing logistics and military supplies, so I won't blame him this time.
You, but I hope Peng Shoubei can bring the latest accounts to my cabinet for review as soon as possible."
Peng Ji completely made up his mind, nodded and left quickly.
Next, the accounts that Peng Ji handed over to Zhao Junchen will inevitably be the real accounts of Liaodong Town.
After all, Peng Ji no longer has time to prepare another set of false accounts, and Zhao Junchen is currently stationed in Jinzhou Camp and is responsible for logistics. If Peng Ji wants to move the air force depot, he will also need Zhao Junchen's support and acquiescence.
After Peng Ji left, in Zhao Junchen's room, both Li Chuanwen and Niu Fude had normal expressions. They were not surprised by such a situation, but Liaodong Governor Wang Shizhen and Liaodong Inspector Huang Ke had somewhat expressions.
Embarrassed, they saw with their own eyes that Zhao Junchen colluded with Peng Ji to empty out the military arsenal of Liaodong Town, and for a moment they didn't know how to react.
At the same time, after watching Peng Ji leave, Zhao Junchen's expression returned to being cold and solemn again, his eyes briefly glanced at Wang Shizhen and Huang Ke, and after a slight hum, he explained: "You two adults don't need to feel embarrassed.
Ge did not want to completely empty out the military warehouse in Liaodong Town, nor did he want to take advantage of the opportunity to embezzle the inventory of materials in Liaodong Town...
Such as food, grass, armor, ordnance, as well as the soldiers' pay, I will never touch it, and I will not let Peng Ji touch it, otherwise the entire Liaodong Town will no longer be able to maintain operation. I am not that crazy.
Short-sighted!
But for those things that are useless for Liaodong Town to maintain operations and fight, such as gold, treasures, Jianzhou specialties, and various luxuries, this pavilion will never leave a penny to Liaodong Town! These things are not
If you stay in Liaodong Town and leave it to the senior officials of Liaodong Town to squander money at will, bribe military attaches and private soldiers, and continue to let them increase their capital to support their own troops, it is better to take the opportunity to collect it into the national treasury and make up for the deficit of the household department!"
Of course, Zhao Junchen still didn't say anything, that is, with Zhao Junchen's control over the household department, after returning all the useless things in the Jinzhou camp army warehouse to the household department, he and Zhao Junchen collected these things
There is not much difference in my own pocket.
However, after hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, both Wang Shizhen and Huang Ke felt much more relaxed, and they both nodded in agreement, thinking that what Zhao Junchen said was reasonable.
Not long after, Peng Ji returned to Zhao Junchen's room again and once again took out a large number of accounts and gave them to Zhao Junchen for review.
This time, not only were there more account books, but the numbers recorded in the account books were also more accurate. They not only included the Liao salaries allocated by the imperial court, but also included the assessments and taxes imposed by Liaodong Town in Liaodong, as well as the Liaoyang City
The income from the smuggling trade recorded the real income and real expenses of Liaodong Town in detail.
After seeing these real accounts, Zhao Junchen quickly read through and studied them with everyone again.
This time, Peng Ji did not leave the account book and leave immediately. Instead, he stayed in the room and explained the various records in the account book to Zhao Junchen and others in detail. He had a positive attitude.
With Peng Ji's full assistance, Zhao Junchen and others found out the true situation of this huge interest group in Liaodong Town in less than two hours.
In the end, Zhao Junchen stared closely at the final figures on the accounts and thought to himself: "Although he was forced by Wu Yingxiong to come to Jinzhou Camp to take charge of logistics matters... this is not a loss!"
