Chapter 221 The dog jumps over the wall and kills the mouth
The Fangshan bandits were annihilated so quickly that even Xiao Tang had not expected it. Although Liu Min, one of the bandit generals, was determined to break through, the officers and soldiers also killed two military commanders and thousands of troops, but the bandits and the rebels
The rebellion was suppressed by Xiao Tang as soon as it broke out, preventing the Fangzhou bandits from further expanding. Overall, it was still a great achievement for Xiao Tang.
It's just that Yang Tai, the commander-in-chief of the troops and horses in this service, was just a decoration and traveled with the army. If he were to record the war and submit it to the Privy Council, he would naturally have to write a special letter: "Putting down the thieves in one party with lightning speed and calmness.
All the generals and assistants who have done meritorious service in the expedition will be reported to the imperial court on the day of the expedition to discuss their merits and reward them." But now he has no role in commanding the army, nor does he have any role in reporting matters to the court. Even the generals from the states in the west of Beijing will see him again.
When he came, there was also a lot less awe and flattery in his expression.
This guy Xiao Tang just wants to overpower me... Although Yang Tai is resentful in his heart, he can only hold back his resentment in his heart.
After Xiao Tang sent his subordinates to appease the villagers of Fangzhou who were stricken by bandits, recorded the killed and injured generals in preparation for petitioning the court, and recorded the shortage of chief and assistant officials in the counties of Fangzhou, he led his army back to Dengzhou Commandery Division.
"Brother Xiao, I have verified the accounts of food, salary and military resources. I only said that the money was emptied to support the defense expenses of the army. Last year alone, the difference was more than 300,000 yuan. This does not include pensions and other compensation.
Payment silver."
Xu Guanzhong, who stayed in Dengzhou and was responsible for verifying the evidence of Yang Tai's crime of corruption, reported to Xiao Tang Weiwei: "Furthermore, it is common for the Fangzhou Command to deduct and even pay all the corrupt sergeants a whole month's pay. Regarding this, the Dengzhou Command
, the soldiers under the command of the Inspection Department have long been deeply angry. Although I did not have time to go to the various states to verify one by one, it can be estimated that this atmosphere is similar in all the military prisons from Jingnan Road onwards. It is just that most of the benefits have been taken away by Yang Tai.
If the servant is taken over, how can he deal with it impartially?"
Huarong on the side heard this and said angrily: "It's all these profit-seeking thieves who ruined the rewards of the imperial court! They dared to deduct the military salary paid by the imperial court. They scratched gold on the Buddha's face. They exploited the army and defended the country in this way and risked their lives."
How can we make people serve us when we are soldiers in the army?"
Xiao Tang also felt angry when he heard that. A soldier has no pay, so how could he be willing to sacrifice his life for the country? The mutiny and rebellion of the officers and soldiers in Fangzhou is just a microcosm. If the military commanders along the way are not corrupt and exploited, the military department of the state government will be under his jurisdiction.
How dare you be so exploitative? However, there are too many military commanders in the Song Dynasty who rely on top-down management to secure their positions. From top to bottom, everything is so rotten. How can the military administration not be neglected?
Wen Huanzhang was as silent as an old monk in trance. Now Xiaotang, the South Jing Road pacifier, makes the killing general establish his authority, and deliberately excludes Yang Tai to punish him. Now Yang Tai should gradually wake up, whether in official circles or in the military
There are intrigues and fights for power and position in the military everywhere, but if we judge solely on the crime of corruption in the military, no matter how justified Xiao Tang is, he is guilty of public outrage. How many soldiers are there in each camp, whether the weapons are complete, and whether the military pay and food are
It is easy to detect these things based on detailed investigation. However, the trend of favoritism and fraud in the military has been around for a long time. Didn't there be inspection and inspection officials to eliminate and rectify these problems before Xiao Tang?
Pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud, and punishing Yang Tai for crimes like this will inevitably implicate most of the generals in the west of Beijing. We all have big and small corruptions, but if you are going to destroy everyone's jobs as soon as you come up, then everyone is not
Fighting with you?
Recalling what Xiao Tang said to him that day, Wen Huanzhang raised his eyelids and admonished Xiao Tang: "Master Xiao, although Yang Tai deserves to be punished for his crimes, you don't necessarily have to make a big fuss about this matter to get rid of him.
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Xiao Tang's side is Xiao Jiasui, who is well versed in strategy, and Xu Guanzhong is astute, but one of them is a wandering idle cloud, and the other is an outstanding and upright gentleman. They are both inferior in how to deal with the intrigues in the officialdom and act thoughtfully.
Wen Huanzhang was half-finished. When Xiao Tang saw Wen Huanzhang's words, he smiled and said: "Mr. Wen's words are exactly what I want. Yang Taixing's crime of assassinating a superior official, killing good people for deeds, colluding with bandits, and assassinating his colleagues is even worse.
Greeding military pay is an accessory crime, but it is not the main crime."
Hearing that Xiao Tang had already figured this out, Wen Huanzhang just nodded in approval and said nothing more. At this time, Yan Qing reported to Xiao Tang again: "Brother Xiao, when Yang Tai killed a good man and took credit for it, brother Shi Qian and I
Through open and covert investigations, two witnesses have been found. One of these two people was the envoy of the Ma Army under the command of Dengzhou at that time, and the other was an escort officer in the military department.
One year after the case, the prison officer was stripped of his military status for being evil to his superiors. Although he was resentful and wanted to expose the case that year, he also knew that he would be killed if he spoke lightly, so he kept silent until now. The Ma Jun envoy is now suffering from a serious disease.
, time is running out, and he often feels guilty and uneasy because of the atrocities he committed that year. After some persuasion from me, he is willing to testify against Yang Tai. He just wants his family not to be harmed when he is convicted and punished."
"Okay!" Xiao Tang said decisively: "In addition to Ji Sansi who is detained at Xi Sheng's side in Xiong'er Mountain, now that all the evidence for Yang Tai's crimes is complete, let's see how he can still deny it!" But Xiao Yi, you found it
Where are those two witnesses now?"
Yan Qing replied to Xiao Tang: "Because I was afraid of Yang Tai's spies in the Marshal Division, I had already placed the two people in an inn in Dengzhou. But now the military envoy is seriously ill, so I have to ask Miss Peng Xiu to prescribe treatment.
, try to keep him alive for a while..."
Yang Tai was sitting in the main hall of his residence at this time, his face was as dark as water, and his expression was so ferocious that it penetrated people.
One of his cronies sat down and reported to him: "Mr. Yang, that guy Xiao Tang is very sinister. During these days, while your lord went to Fangzhou with him, he sent his general to command the department. The account details in the military prison
They all took it away, but the gangsters only said that it was because of the pacification envoy that Master Jun's order came suddenly again, and the little ones couldn't stop it."
Yang Tai became angrier after hearing this. He slammed the table and shouted angrily: "That guy just asked me to go to Fangzhou to conquer the bandits. He really didn't mean well! But what can he do if he just investigates? I'm not like Hu Youwei.
Let him take charge of the general!"
But the confidant said again: "But I also found out that...someone from the Commander-in-Chief once went to see Zhang Fang, the military envoy under the command of Dengzhou Commander..."
When Yang Tai heard the name Zhang Fang, he felt it was very familiar. After he recalled it in detail, his expression suddenly changed. He said angrily: "What!? Isn't that guy already seriously ill and just waiting to die at home? You idiot!"
How does he do things, and how can he ask the people in the handsome department to look for him!?"
The confidant said with a bitter face: "My lord, you only said that when you were not in Dengzhou, you asked the villain to track down the whereabouts of the commander-in-chief. But since they are subordinates of the pacification envoy, what authority do you have to stop them?
ah?"
Yang Tai stood up and paced back and forth like an ant on a hot pot. Ever since Xiao Tang met Xi Sheng in Xiong'er Mountain, he was afraid that Xi Sheng would reveal that he had killed a good man and framed his colleagues.
He still wanted to spend a lot of money to manage it, so that he could teach Xiao Tang to let him go.
But that Zhang Fang was also one of the witnesses to the Xiong'er Mountain Massacre who was acting under Yang Tai at the time. Although after that year, Yang Tai framed Xi Sheng and then transferred the participants of that incident to the right ones.
To win over, after all, everyone did such evil deeds together. Yang Tai was not too worried that someone would risk his life and future to drag him into trouble, but he only missed that he had returned home due to illness a few months ago.
The Ma Jun envoy. Since Xiao Tang secretly sent people to find him, it is obvious that he is preparing to take action on him!
No! How can I just sit back and wait for death? Yang Tai's face was ashen and he roared: "Get ready! I'm going to see Mr. Xue!"...
Two hours later, when Yang Tai walked out of the Xiansi Mansion where the Prison Department was located, his face was ashen and he was wandering the long street like a lonely ghost.
Originally, Yang Tai placed his last hope on Xue Kewen, a prison official who secretly colluded with him. But when Xue Kewen heard that he had secretly collaborated with Dagushan Ji Sansi to ambush Xiao Tang, he immediately became furious and scolded him.
Bloody head.
You may be a clean official or you may be corrupt, but you must always act in accordance with the rules of the officialdom. The serious crime of plotting against an imperial official is far beyond the bottom line. Once Xiao Tang knows that Yang Tai is the instigator behind the scenes, Xue Kewen will be punished.
When it comes to official matters in prison, no matter how ruthless he is behind the scenes, Xiao Tang always takes the lead when it comes to making trouble in front of the officials. Officials also have to pay attention to "killing people without blood". If Yang Tai did this kind of messy thing, it would be nothing.
, wasn’t Xue Kewen dragged down by this pig teammate for no reason?
Just as a lie always needs a bigger lie, Yang Tai committed more crimes in order to cover up the murder of that year. He worked hard and told the story one by one about how he killed good people and took credit for their crimes and framed his colleagues.
Xue Kewen said, but Xue Kewen's face, which was furious, gradually calmed down, but when he looked at Yang Tai, his eyes were full of biting indifference and deep contempt.
Later, Xue Kewen said a few words to Yang Tai with a stern face, and then drove him out of his house like a fly. His cooperative relationship with Yang Tai's official position was just by controlling the Xiansi of South Jingnan Road, and the military commander made money.
Xue Kewen was greedy in the army and took advantage of Yang Tai and protected him. But there is a limit to wiping someone's butt. Xue Kewen didn't know much about Yang Tai's evil deeds in the army before, but now he is guilty of many crimes.
Do you want me to be buried with you?
Yang Tai was extremely resentful in his heart. He hated why Xiao Tang showed up at this time and ruined his future. He also hated that Xue Kewen, who had made him grovel in the past and received countless benefits from him, now kicked him like a smelly chamber pot.
kick away...
If you don’t do one, you won’t stop!
Yang Taihuo opened his bloodshot eyes, his face was extremely ferocious, and he thought viciously: Didn't you just find a few witnesses? Now that I am still the commander of the army, if I get rid of them all, you know