The end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 194 Anti-Corruption Action 2

The previous battle caused many soldiers to die, so Liu Xia gave a lot of pensions. At the same time, according to certain rules, he also paid a certain living expenses to the families of these martyrs every month. Although it is not much, it can solve their most basic food problems. However, this has also led to some people's corruption.

The pensions of embezzled soldiers are the most tolerable for Liu Xia. After all, these are rewards for soldiers with their lives. In the Pingbei Army, salary is not calculated according to the whole establishment and then paid, but according to the number of people. Because the right to recruit soldiers is in Liu Xia's hands, those generals outside have no right to recruit new soldiers, so Liu Xia can accurately know the specific number of each army, of course, this is also There is a loophole that some generals do not report the dead soldiers for the salary of those soldiers. But this is a very dangerous behavior, because once it is found, it is basically a killing head.

Therefore, some people have no way to embezzle the soldiers' pay, so they put their black hands on the pensions of the dead soldiers. These pensions are mostly for the families of the dead soldiers, and most of these families are rural peasant women and so on. Naturally, there is no legal concept, and they don't know. How much is the specific pension? Therefore, some illegal soldiers can embezzle.

Withholding the pensions of the sacrificed soldiers, not only did Liu Xia feel angry, but even those officers and soldiers were very angry. The incident finally spread, which led to a chain reaction. The soldiers wrote letters to Liu Xia one after another, demanding that these people be severely punished. Those regimental commanders and brigade commanders also ran to Liu Xia's side one after another, and asked Liu Xia to solve these cancers. In the past few days, Liu Xia has received more than 5,000 letters from various armies.

The main reason why soldiers are willing to die is not that even if they die, their families will not starve to death because they don't have men, because Liu Xia is raising them. Now these illegal soldiers have deducted their pensions, which makes them worried about the situation of their families after their death. Liu Xia was well aware of the harm of these things, so she urgently held a meeting for representatives from various brigades in the Armament School that afternoon to appease them.

At the same time, a large number of personnel from the Investigation Department were dispatched to arrest the illegal soldiers as quickly as possible. In order to prevent these soldiers from jumping over the wall, the personnel of the investigation department have infiltrated various armies for close surveillance.

In this corruption case, the first officer to be arrested began to appear. This officer was Yangwu School, the commander of the third battalion of the Qinwei 2nd Regiment of the Qinwei Brigade, and also arrested the village head of Xiaoli Village in the southeast of Luoyang City. The village head of Xiaoli Village was a veteran who retreated from the battlefield. Because one arm was cut off on the battlefield, he could not stay in the army, and then he was placed in Xiaoli Village as the village head. And there are more than 20 families of martyrs in Xiaoli Village. It was also because there were so many family members of martyrs that the village head was able to embezzle, so the village head of Xiaoli and the head of the third battalion of the Second Guards Regiment of the Guards Brigade conspired to search for more than 20 families.

According to the continuous arrests, it was found that these criminals were former veterans, and most of them were placed. Because these personnel were not in the army, they became more socially communicative, so many of them began to be corrupt.

One morning eight days after the incident, today, Liu Xia led the soldiers of the Guards and a regiment of the Guards Brigade to the Soul of War Mausoleum. At the same time, she also brought more than 50 corrupt people who were arrested. Among the more than 50 people, 40 of them are village chiefs at the grassroots level, and more than a dozen of them are military personnel. The highest position is a deputy head of the regiment. The lowest is a captain.

Liu Xia looked coldly at the more than 50 people kneeling under the Soul of War Monument in the center of the Soul of War Mausoleum and said angrily, "You are really good! Look at what place it is! The people buried here are your brothers, your relatives, and your friends, but after they died, you actually bullied their families and plundered their rewards for their lives! Do you feel at ease when you use that money?

"Li Shanyong, deputy head of the Second Regiment of the Qinwei Brigade, I remember that you were a person who was not afraid of death and was not greedy for wealth. Although I don't know how you have become like this, since you have violated the military law, I don't talk much to you. You can plead guilty!"

The military uniform that Li Shanyong had already taken off, kneeling on the ground, lay on the ground and cried bitterly. Originally, his future was good. It is the easiest for the officers of the Guards Brigade to be promoted, and there are a lot of monthly military pay at the level of deputy regimental commanders. But because of corruption, he will go to the end of his life. And even if he dies, he is not qualified to be buried in this soul of war mausoleum. It is impossible to leave property for the old and young in the family, and it is impossible for Liu Xia to let his family be treated like a martyr. At this time, Li Shanyong regretted it and regretted it very much.

"General, general, your subordinates know their mistakes, and your subordinates know their mistakes. I deserve to die for my subordinate's crime. Beg the general for mercy, beg the general for mercy..." Li Shanyong shouted, and more than 50 other people also began to shout for help.

Liu Xia looked at Li Shanyong and others with disgust and said, "Come on, according to the military law, what should these people be guilty of!"

At this time, a Fenwei lieutenant stood up. The Fenwei lieutenant also looked at these people with great disgust and said, "General, according to the military law, these people should be sentenced to death!"

"Execute!"

Liu Xia's words fell. At this time, there were more than a hundred executioners from the side. The periphery of the War Soul Mausoleum was stained with the families of the martyrs. Most of these were the families of the martyrs who were bullied by them, and some of the families of the martyrs in Luoyang City came spontaneously. They wanted to see the end of these people.

"Kill him! Kill him!"

"Kill him! Kill him!"

Thousands of martyrs' families shouted in unison, which made the originally quiet soul of war mausoleum suddenly boil, as if thousands of dead martyrs buried in the ground were shouting. Many people suddenly felt the cold wind.

"Is it the warriors who have manifested!"

"Kill!"

The executioners neatly waved their knives and immediately cut off the heads of more than 50 people.

After this incident, the soldiers' mood gradually recovered, and Liu Xia also promised that if such a thing was found again, he would be punished more severely, so Liu Xia was supported by the soldiers. Then the Imperial Monthly wrote a close-up of Liu Xia's heroic anti-corruption.

In the evening, Liu Xia finally finished the things and returned to the backyard of the Duke of Zheng. At the first time, Liu Xia ran to the [Nuanxiang Pavilion] where Bian Yujing was located. At this time, it was already March, that is to say, Bian Yujing has been pregnant for six months, and there are still four months to give birth.

Liu Xia even put a countdown outside the Nuanxiang Pavilion, tearing off a piece of paper every month. This made Bian Yujing feel more and more happy, and at the same time, he looked more on the child in his stomach. If the remaining boy is the eldest son, he is more likely to inherit Liu Xia's title in the future. If it's a daughter, then it's the eldest daughter, and it's also a golden noble.

Kou Baimen's stomach also became bigger at this time. Kou Baimen was pregnant for a few months at night than Shang Bian Yujing, but it was also four months at this time. Compared with Bian Yujing, Kou Baimen hopes that the child in his belly is a boy, because if she is a boy, her status will be more stable. In this deep palace of Houfu, only with a son can she have all kinds of wealth, even these proud Qinhuai talented women.

Liu Xia walked to Bian Yujing's side, gently stroked Bian Yujing's stomach, and said, "Look at the boy, he has begun to kick his stomach!"

Bian Yujing smiled and said, "How did my husband know that there was a boy in his stomach?"

Liu Xia said with a smile, "Haha, I just know."

After listening to this, Bian Yujing sighed gently, "husband, what if there is a girl in this belly?"