"Other issues are not a big deal, but the most serious one is the promotion of the generals in the Beijing camp."

"It's fine if you have merits, but you can get promoted without any merits. What's worse, you can get promoted several levels without even being on the battlefield. I, Li Banghua, have been an official for decades, and I've never heard of such a thing!"

......

In the following time, Li Banghua read out all the shortcomings of the business one by one.

At first Chongzhen just remained silent.

Then there was some shock.

After hearing the end, he felt only anger.

Is this still the Beijing Camp?

Not even as good as bandits.

At the very least, the bandits would not collect the money without doing anything, take the war horses for themselves, or try to gain rewards without doing anything.

What did the Beijing Camp look like before?

Combat power!

Only the elite border troops are eligible to rotate into the Beijing camp.

Now, they are all relatives and friends, the old, the weak and the disabled.

Not to mention fighting, they can’t even stand in line properly.

at this time.

Li Banghua has finished reading the contents of the book.

He gently closed the book in his hand, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is the current situation of the Beijing Camp."

Chongzhen snorted coldly and looked at Liu Wenyao, the governor of the Beijing camp, expressing his dissatisfaction with his eyes.

Logically speaking, Liu Wenyao only served as the governor of the Beijing camp for a few months, so these old problems cannot be blamed on him.

but...

Chongzhen was still very angry.

What made him angry was not the problems, but the fact that Liu Wenyao knew about them but did not report them, allowing these problems in the Beijing camp to rot and ferment.

Liu Wenyao knew he was guilty, and he knelt down to plead guilty: "I am now the governor of the Beijing Camp. All these problems in the Beijing Camp are my responsibility. Your Majesty, please dismiss me from my position as the governor of the Beijing Camp."

Chongzhen narrowed his eyes and thought quickly.

It is impossible to be dismissed, not in this lifetime.

The eunuch party and the nobles were interest groups created by the emperor to fight against the civil service group.

Now that the eunuch party has fallen, the nobles need to stand up.

Especially at times like this, Liu Wenyao must stand up.

Because among all the nobles, only the brothers Liu Wenbing and Liu Wenyao were deeply trusted by him.

In fact, emperors of all dynasties only need to do two things well and the country will be fine.

One is to make money, the other is to employ people.

Chongzhen already had money, so he only had to consider the issue of employing people.

The people you employ cannot be allowed to be suppressed, nor can they be allowed to dominate the market.

This is true for Li Banghua and Liu Wenyao as well.

What's more, the power of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty was already great enough.

Li Banghua is capable and loyal, but he is ultimately a civil official and cannot be given too much power.

Once power is given away, it is difficult to take it back.

Besides, you don’t know whether Li Banghua’s successor will be Zhang Juzheng, Yan Song, or someone like Wei Zaode who is full of empty talk.

So power must be decentralized.

Just when Chongzhen was about to issue an order to pardon him, Li Banghua suddenly stood up and pleaded for Liu Wenyao: "Your Majesty, the Left General Liu Wenyao has just taken up the post of Governor of the Beijing Camp. These problems in the Beijing Camp have been around for a long time. The responsibility is not his. Please don't punish him."

"The responsibility does not lie with Commander Liu. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please do not punish me!"

Under the leadership of Li Banghua, all the ministers in the court knelt down to plead for Liu Wenyao.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon throne in a daze for a moment, and soon understood Li Banghua's intention.

Today he first pointed out the problems of the Beijing camp, and then pleaded for Liu Wenyao.

This shows that this move was only intended to solve the problems of the Beijing army and had no intention of suppressing the noble group.

He had no intention of interfering in the post of Governor-General of the Capital.

A loyal minister, a very loyal minister!

Looking at the frail Li Banghua, Chongzhen was very pleased: "In this case, let Liu Wenyao redeem himself for his crime. I will give you two months to solve all the problems of the Beijing camp."

"The Ministry of War is responsible for coordination and supervision."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Wenyao knelt down to express his gratitude.

"I will obey your Majesty's order." Li Banghua followed suit and saluted.

Looking at the emperor and his ministers who cooperated well with each other, Song Quan, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, stood there a little confused.

No! This is not right!

Shouldn’t the focus of today’s morning court be to convict Li Banghua?

How did it become about dealing with the problems of the Beijing military camp?

Song Quan looked around blankly and found that the commanders of the Five Military Commanderies were all staring at him with murderous eyes.

They are all more or less involved in the problems mentioned by Li Banghua, especially the problem of empty salaries.

Of course, the bulk of the profits were taken by the then Governor-General of the Beijing Camp, and they only took a small portion.

These governors all had the same idea: Song Quan, Song Quan, we don’t want to get involved and we can’t get involved if you report and impeach Li Banghua.

But don’t mention those trivial things!

But now things are different.

All the old accounts were dug up.

It's more of a failure than a success!

"Your Majesty," Song Quan was still unwilling to give up, "Li Banghua's lax governance led to the Ministry of War embezzling pension funds. I beg Your Majesty to punish Li Banghua."

Seeing that Song Quan was going to impeach Li Banghua, the commanders of the Five Military Commandery began to feel a chill in their backs.

They had only one idea, which was to shut Song Quan up.

If I continue talking about this, I don’t know what old stories will be brought up again.

Xinjianbo Wang Xiantong turned around and glared at Song Quan, praying silently in his heart: Stop talking, stop talking.

Seeing Chongzhen remained silent, Song Quan raised his voice and said, "Your Majesty, Li Banghua is not strict in his rule. Please issue an edict to convict him and purge the court."

The prayer in Wang Xiantong’s heart instantly turned into a curse: Are you going to die or not? Shut up now!

Wang Hongzuo, the Minister of Finance of the Ministry of Revenue, followed up and said, "Your Majesty, please clean up the court."

Seeing that the two men were still not giving up, Chongzhen stood up.

The court suddenly became quiet.

Chongzhen said, "Song Quan, Wang Hongzuo, what do you think about the incident in which Chengde, a doctor of the Ministry of War's arsenal, embezzled the pension money?"

"I think this matter is of great importance and should be severely punished," said Song Quan.

Wang Hongzao also expressed the same view.

"How to punish severely?" Chongzhen asked.

"Cheng De, the military treasury official, has no regard for the law and has committed crimes in defiance of the law. He should be removed from his post and his property confiscated to set things right. Li Banghua, the chief minister of the cabinet, has not been strict in his administration. He should be removed from his posts as chief minister of the cabinet and the minister of the Ministry of War."

"But," Chongzhen looked troubled, "after the dismissal, who will fill the vacancies of the Minister of War and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet?"

Song Quan raised the corners of his mouth, feeling somewhat proud.

His goal was achieved.

Chongzhen has already begun looking for a new prime minister.

Thinking of this, Song Quan said happily: "I am a low-ranking official with little power, and there is no suitable candidate. This matter should be recommended by all the ministers together."

Chongzhen's expression suddenly changed, and he said sternly: "So, your purpose of framing him is to bring down Li Banghua?"