"Wu Qing." After Zhao Jiu finished speaking, he suddenly asked with his hands behind his back. "Did you hear any rumors?"
When these words were spoken, Han Shizhong, Lu Benzhong and others were all stunned. Yang Yizhong still had a blank expression on his face, but Hu Yin narrowed his eyes slightly.
As for Wu Jie, he finally became a little flustered.
"Wu Qing is different from other generals." Zhao Jiu sighed when he saw this, but walked down from the front of the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum with his hands behind his back, shocking the others to follow him. "Left Army Han Qing, Right Army Zhang Qing and I are friends in need, Front Army Yue Qing, Central Army Li Qing, Navy Army Zhang Qing and I are tacitly aware of each other, and Cavalry Army Qu Qing has also been polished in front of me for a whole year... Only Wu Qing, although he cooperated well with me at Yaoshan, in essence, we can only be regarded as ordinary monarchs and ministers, and we are not as unforgettable as the others, who know each other inside and out."
"I do not have much experience and accomplishments." Wu Jie quickly responded from behind. "I am not as good as the other governors."
"So you want to gain some military merit?" Zhao Jiu asked as he walked. "To consolidate your position? Or do you want to prove that the rear troops of the Imperial Camp are still viable?"
Wu Jie was silent for a moment, but still replied honestly: "Your Majesty, all of them."
"Then you must have really noticed some rumors and trends." Zhao Jiu frankly stated the truth in a calm tone. "Many people in your Imperial Camp Rear Army and Han Shizhong's Imperial Camp Left Army were corrupt and abused their power. I found out as soon as I arrived in Chang'an... It was Hu Qing who reported it, but I have heard a lot of things before that. Do you think you can hide those things in your army from me, or from Hu Qing, who was the Chief Censor?"
"I have no way of managing the army." Wu Jie's yellow face finally turned pale. "But I know that Hu Caosi is a man of integrity, so I want to make some military achievements as compensation and proof."
"Then do you know that when Hu Qing reported these things, he repeatedly begged me to be lenient and to postpone the response because military and national affairs are at hand?" Zhao Jiu had a blank expression on his face and continued to ask as he walked.
Wu and Han turned their heads together to look at Hu Yin, who had a gloomy face behind them, and they felt relieved for a moment.
"But does Wu Qing know?" Zhao Jiu continued, but he couldn't help but sneer. "I hesitated for a long time before agreeing, and there are some things that I will not be shaken by because of military achievements and time... For example, your favorite general Yang Zheng was only in his thirties when he became the governor of Huanzhou, but he likes to torture and kill concubines, and likes to peel people's skin like Fan Qiong. Do you think I can tolerate such a person? This person is the one you let make great contributions in this battle, and I must kill him after this battle. And if I were you, for his own good, I should find a way to make him die on the front line."
Wu Jie was startled and his face turned pale again: "I really don't know about this matter."
"If you don't know, then you don't know. After all, Yang Zheng is just a criminal case. But if you say you don't have any clues, I don't believe it." Zhao Jiu said with emotion. "Because I have clues in my mind. Just think about it. In the chaos of the past few years, how many people relied on a knife in their hands to do anything, digging out hearts and lungs, cutting open abdomens and limbs, slaughtering cities and exterminating families. We have all walked out of such bad things. Who hasn't seen it? But now that times have changed, some people have contracted bad habits and can't change, while others have seen more and don't care... I have known for a long time that such people and things are bound to be inevitable. But Wu Dutong, you have to remember that I can't tolerate such things at all! Because I must be a clean man. Even if the Song Dynasty was a bit dirty in the past, it must be a clean country now. How can I tolerate such a conscienceless thing?"
"I've remembered it!" Wu Jie responded without saying a word, but no one knew what he had remembered.
"Besides that, I cannot tolerate anything about the land." The further Zhao Jiu walked, the colder his tone became. "Land granting is the foundation of stability in Guanzhong. It's only been a year and a half, and there are actually officers who have occupied a large area of land? The local government will investigate, and the army will have to protect it. If you don't know about this, it would be a complete deception of the emperor... I don't know if you have read the court reports, and know what I said to those officials during the Yuetai sacrifice. Those who dare to tamper with the land are no different from treason in my eyes... After this battle, if I don't deal with these people thoroughly, I will not be named Zhao! Wu Qing!"
"I am here."
"Do you know my intention now?" Zhao Jiu suddenly stopped and looked back, shocking Wu Jinqing so much that he stood still on the spot and dared not move. "Are you still afraid? Are you still suspicious?"
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"If I were you, I wouldn't think about these messy things, because you shouldn't think about things other than military affairs, and there's no need to think about them... In the final analysis, I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, will never let my soldiers suffer any grievances, but I will certainly not allow them to degenerate so quickly."
"Yes." Wu Jie walked around to the bottom and bowed his head to answer.
"Go!" Zhao Jiu, who was wearing a plain cotton robe, looked down at him and patted his shoulder. "Don't think too much. Military strategy comes first, and the front line comes first... If it's a military matter, but you have an idea, whether it's allowed or not, just speak up. I will definitely consider it properly."
"Yes." Wu Jinqing bowed again and hurried down the mountain.
Throughout the whole process, Han Shizhong, who was originally invited by Wu Jie, remained silent obediently and did not act like an older brother at all.
"Your Majesty." However, Han Shizhong did not speak, but someone else spoke. Seeing Wu Jie hurriedly leaving, his figure still on the mountain road surrounded by the imperial guards, Hu Yin directly responded with a serious face. "The two major imperial camps in Guanxi cannot be called decadent, but old habits die hard. Compared with the past, they have actually been getting better in the past two years... There is no need to belittle yourself."
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