Zhu Heng was prepared to start a civil war in Liaodong.
On the surface, there was nothing wrong with it.
Ever since Yuan Chonghuan's death, the Guanning Army was no longer the same as before.
Besides, the Guan Ning Army was not any better.
Even though the Guanning Army wasn't the Wei Suo Army, they were recruited from the Liao people.
Therefore, there was no land acquisition or anything like that.
However, the situation of drinking soldiers 'blood and eating empty rations became more and more serious.
After the imperial court's hard-earned rations had been exploited layer by layer, it was easy to imagine how much was left to reach the hands of the low-level soldiers.
If the military was in such a dire situation, the lives of the people would be even more miserable.
Therefore, the administration of officials had to be carried out. The corruption in Liaodong had to be severely punished, and this place had to be built into a place where officials were clean and honest.
However, although the administration of officials sounded simple, it required an extremely important thing.
That was money!
Without money, everything would be in vain. He couldn't let them work on an empty stomach, right?
If you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse eat grass.
Let's get back to the main topic first.
On the surface, this official administration was to rectify the current corruption in Liaodong.
However, this was only one of Zhu Heng's goals. He wanted to use this administration to cover up his deeper goals.
There were only so many traps in the entire Liaodong officialdom.
If he wanted to control Liaodong, he would naturally have to arrange for his trusted aides.
Moreover, he wanted to annex the entire Liaodong and turn it into his own independent kingdom.
Only with Liaodong as a base would he have the strength to destroy Houjin.
After annexing Hou Jin, his strength would definitely increase greatly.
At that time, he would also have the capital to go south and overthrow the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it was still too early to say that.
Therefore, the purpose of this administration was to make room for their own people. It was that simple.
The Golden Phoenix Country was a good breakthrough point.
Firstly, this guy had offended him, so if he cut him, no one could say anything.
After all, this guy was indeed a greedy person with irrefutable evidence.
Secondly, he could pull out the radish and bring it out of the mud, then expand it.
This way, more space would be available.
Hence, the atmosphere of the entire banquet was very strange.
It was not an exaggeration to say that everyone was in danger.
After all, in a situation where the imperial court did not give out food and pay, who would not be a little greedy? It was just a matter of greed.
The next day, a storm swept through the entire Liaodong officialdom.
That night, the commander's home in the Golden Phoenix Country was raided.
Moreover, Zhu Heng allowed the commoners to go and watch.
The common people all felt that it was not lively enough, let alone punishing the great greed.
So, the mansion of the commander of the Golden Phoenix Country was surrounded by people.
Zhu Heng sat on an armchair at the door.
The newly appointed Liaodong governor, Sun Chuanting, was personally in charge of leading the troops to raid the houses.
Silver, gold, jewelry, calligraphy, antiques, jade, and some rare treasures were brought out one by one.
Immediately, the people became excited.
This was all taken from them and the soldiers.
How could they not be angry?
Especially when they took down the local soldiers in charge of the outer defense. One could tell how they felt from the anger on their faces.
He looked at the Golden Phoenix Country who was being escorted and was furious.
If looks could kill, he would have been cut into a thousand pieces by now.
After a long time, they finally finished the entire mansion.
The final statistics showed that there were a total of twenty-three to seven hundred taels of silver, which included bills.
There were also over 1,400 taels of gold, calligraphy, jewelry, and jade.
In total, it was more than 500,000 taels of silver.
This was not a small sum.
One had to know that the annual salary of the entire Liaodong army was only three to four million taels.
The commander of the Golden Phoenix Country had already taken a small portion of it.
It was no wonder that Liaodong, which had sufficient food and pay every year, could not pay them and even caused a mutiny in Ning Yuan.
When the data was announced, everyone was in an uproar.
"Kill him, kill this corrupt official.”
"Yes, kill him and skin this dog thief alive.”
The emotions of the people were ignited in an instant, and they were abnormally excited.
Zhu Heng pressed his hands down, and the crowd gradually quieted down.
The commoners had a good impression of Zhu Heng, who investigated and punished corrupt officials as soon as he took office.
The key was that this man was really good at killing Jian Lu.
Zhu Heng coldly looked at the Golden Phoenix Country and said,""Commander Jin, do you have anything else to say?”
The Golden Phoenix Country smiled bitterly and said with a pale face,""I have nothing to say after falling into your hands today. However, I am the commander of the army. You have no right to decide my life and death.”
Zhu Heng snorted and said sarcastically,"Indeed, but do you think you can still live after arousing so much public resentment?”
The Golden Phoenix Country's eyes widened as they stared at Zhu Heng.
At this moment, he also understood that Zhu Heng wanted to let the people come and watch with great fanfare.
It turned out that he wanted to kill him, and it was the kind that would kill him.
One had to know that this was Jinzhou and Ningyuan, the frontline of the resistance against Houjin.
Once this place stirred up public anger and a mutiny, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Therefore, no one could protect him at all.
Emperor Chongzhen hated people who were greedy for his money.
"Dear fellow villagers, please listen to me.”
"I will confiscate all the gains from this raid. I will take out 200,000 yuan to improve the civil administration facilities, and the rest will be distributed to the soldiers.”
"If anyone dares to intercept even one tael, don't blame me for being too sharp.”
Zhu Heng's behavior was actually very inappropriate. He would definitely offend Shangguan.
After all, the huge sum of money obtained from such a raid was usually handed over to the Ministry of Revenue.
He did not have the authority to deal with them.
But did Zhu Heng still care about this?
Besides, Chongzhen gave him the right to act as he pleased.
Therefore, he still had the right to dispose of the stolen goods.
The citizens and local soldiers cheered on the spot.
When this matter was widely publicized under the push of some people.
Zhu Heng had also successfully won over the hearts and minds of the people in Liaodong.
500,000 yuan wasn't a lot, but the effect was great.
Zhu Heng had achieved his goal.
Relying on the administration of officials to gather the hearts of the people and the morale of the army.
Anyway, it was stolen goods. He did not feel bad using other people's money to spend his own money.
In just two days, Zhu Heng had spread his influence throughout Liaodong.
This made Zu Dashou admire him.
He admitted that this method was something that even Yuan Chonghuan could not compare to.
However, isn't this lord afraid of being suppressed by the big shots in the court?
Of course, Zhu Heng was not afraid. Although this would cause some trouble, he already had a way to deal with it.
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