In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order. Chapter 271 of the main text: Wang Anshi's vigilance. The next day, early in the morning.
Commander Yao Bin was still receiving other envoys.
However, in the morning, more than ten soldiers from the Imperial City Division were transferred from Daming Prefecture to be deployed by Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi thanked Yao Bin and officially started his day's work.
The full complement of the cavalry battalion should be 400 men, and the corresponding number of horses should also be 400.
He inspected the stables, where there were only about thirty skinny or old horses.
This is actually not normal.
Although the Song Dynasty had a small number of horses, it had more than 200,000 registered cavalrymen, and it imported tens of thousands of war horses from Qingtang every year. It was impossible that there were only that many.
However, Wang Anshi just recorded all these things and asked about them later.
There were 384 soldiers on the register, so Wang Anshi asked the soldiers to come one by one to answer his questions.
Basically each soldier was given 10-20 minutes, but the problem remained the same.
It was normal at the beginning. The lower-level soldiers were the objects of exploitation, but when they became squad leaders, they could always make some money.
Therefore, as a vested interest group, they will certainly comply with the requirements of their superiors and strictly order the soldiers under their command to speak with one voice.
When we ate the lunch brought in by the guards at noon and continued working in the afternoon, things started to get outrageous.
Inside the commander's barracks, Wang Anshi looked at the "strong man" in front of him and said to Wang Tengyun with a mixture of laughter and tears: "Do they take me for a fool?"
The "strong man" standing in front of them was indeed tall and strong, but he had no beard and a sturdy body. Although he spoke in a rough voice, it was a female voice. It was obviously a female giant in disguise.
Wang Tengyun also glanced down at the record of "broad chest and strong body" in the military register, then raised his head and said sternly, "Do you want to confess yourself or do you want me to punish you severely?"
This frightened the female man opposite, and she quickly said, "I don't know anything. I'm a butcher in town, and I'm quite strong. Liu Sanzhi said that if I could serve as a soldier in the camp for a few days, he would give me three strings of cash."
During the Northern Song Dynasty, "an" appeared in Hebei and Henan regions and became a dialect. This was recorded in "Liu Zhiyuan's Various Palace Tunes" and "The West Chamber" during the Song and Jin Dynasties.
Hearing that the man, despite being tall and strong, was trembling with fear, Wang Anshi said speechlessly, "Okay, I won't torture you."
After that, he ordered his men, "Call Liu Sanzhi in."
"Envoy."
A moment later, Liu Sanzhi came in. Seeing that the secret had been exposed, his face turned pale and he stood there, not daring to say a word.
Wang Anshi said: "I have said many times that this time the court is only temporarily checking the number of soldiers and will not do anything to you. Tell me the exact number of vacancies. If you explain it clearly, there will be no problem. If I find out, then..."
Liu Sanzhi had no choice but to say with a sad face: "I will recruit everyone. There should be 384 people in this camp, but there are only 126 people."
"What about the horse?"
"horse"
"Did your commander sell it?"
"Forehead"
"Did I give you some of the money?"
Wang Anshi was patient and persuasive.
Liu Sanzhi laughed awkwardly and didn't dare to answer.
"alright."
Wang Anshi shook his head and motioned them to leave.
After everyone left, Wang Tengyun said unhappily, "These cunning thieves are still trying to cover it up."
"Don't make things difficult for the lower-level soldiers; they are victims too."
Wang Anshi advised: "The prefect said that if there is any way, they don't want to do this."
This is how the military camp is, with layers of exploitation. If the superiors do something bad, the subordinates may be blamed, so everyone is very secretive and dare not speak carelessly.
It was impossible for Wang Anshi to directly oppose them when he first arrived, so he could only find ways to appease them and get close to them first.
As long as you gain their trust and ask them questions step by step, you will naturally be able to find out the whole story.
The next few days.
Wang Anshi continued to talk and communicate with the soldiers in the camp.
Some corruption cases have been uncovered so far, such as the reselling of military equipment and horses.
He did not punish the soldiers, but comforted everyone, saying that the court would naturally make its own judgment and would not punish them unless they were personally involved in the crime.
Wang Tengyun was responsible for scaring the soldiers, saying that if they concealed the truth, the court would imprison them, punish them, or even behead them.
For a while, with one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, many soldiers were frightened and told everything they knew.
In fact, it is still some of the same old problems, such as eating up quotas, reselling military equipment, poor military discipline, etc. Not to mention the court, even the people outside the town know about it. Now the court only plans to record it first and carry out large-scale rectification.
That day, at night, Wang Anshi was writing furiously in the barracks, writing down the findings he had found into an official document, ready to submit.
Just at this moment, the guard outside came to report that a stray person was looking for him.
Wang Anshi was not surprised. After thinking about it, he originally planned to call Wang Tengyun, because the imperial censors staying in various places must also accompany them and supervise each other. However, considering that Wang Tengyun had already fallen asleep, he did not disturb him and wanted to see the situation first.
"Envoy!"
The man came in with an uneasy look on his face.
Wang Anshi laughed and said, "What's the matter? You came to see me in the middle of the night."
Sanzhi sighed, "I know the envoy is a good man, and I also know that the court will not do anything to us, so I came to inform the envoy."
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