Madam Li naturally didn't notice that Cao Cong didn't look happy at all, and said happily, "If that's the case, that's great. Isn't this a great thing?"
"Wrong, it's a bad thing."
Cao Cong shook his head: "Let's not talk about the dangers overseas. There is a possibility of overthrow. Even if everything goes well, it will not be as stable as the army, let alone..."
"What's more?"
"Besides, many things cannot withstand scrutiny, and I'm afraid many people are unwilling to do so."
"What's so troublesome?"
Mrs. Li was puzzled.
Naturally, the Cao family also occupied a lot of empty salary quotas and supplied weapons and equipment.
But it would be good if I could make 200,000 strings of cash this year.
After all, the share is so small that if dozens of military families were to divide it up, it would definitely be impossible for every family to have tens or hundreds of millions. The annual finances of the Song Dynasty would not be enough to support them.
So if they can also go overseas, even if it takes five years, they can still get back seven million, which is seven times the profit. Why can't they do it?
Isn’t that better than now?
However, Cao Cong turned his head and looked at him, saying meaningfully: "Many things are hard to say."
"Tell me, what is there to hide between husband and wife?"
Mrs. Li was somewhat dissatisfied.
Cao Cong had no choice but to say, "The vacancies are even greater than we imagined. The court wants to lay off 800,000 people, and they expected 300,000 to 400,000 people to be laid off, but in reality, 200,000 would be good."
“.”
Although Madam Li had heard about the chaos in the military family, she did not expect it to be so chaotic.
She had no choice but to say, "If that's the case, as long as everyone sincerely admits their mistakes to the emperor, I'm sure the emperor will forgive them."
"more than."
Cao Cong said helplessly: "Many military equipment is either poorly made or simply does not exist. Every year, a large amount of military equipment expenses are falsely reported."
"this"
Mrs. Li opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
No wonder Cao Cong was so worried even though the court offered them such great conditions.
Once the imperial court starts to take action against the redundant troops, it must investigate the situation thoroughly.
In the past, the secrets were kept secret from each other, and the supervision of the imperial court was not in place. Almost no one checked, so they were left to their own devices.
I didn't expect that the door would be pulled out so hard.
This is because the Song Dynasty developed new firearms such as grenades and cannons in the past few years. Otherwise, if they encountered the Western bandits and the Liao army, wouldn't they be defeated with their weapons and equipment and the quality of the army?
"And if the emperor and Han Long knew about these things, they might grit their teeth and let it go because the Northwest Army and the Hebei Army had won a victory."
Cao Cong said calmly, "But did you know that many of the generals' families previously secretly resold their warehouses' weapons to the Western Xia and Liao kingdoms, selling copper, iron, alum, and other items to the enemy. They also relied on their guards to bully the market and act recklessly, some even beating people to death and raping women?"
In an instant, Mrs. Li understood why her husband looked so upset.
It’s not that the conditions offered by the court are bad.
But the military nobles had done too many bad things in the past. Once they were discovered, given Zhao Jun's inability to tolerate any wrongdoing, I'm afraid many of them would be killed.
She quickly asked, "Is anyone from the Cao family involved?"
"Of course there is."
Cao Cong raised his head and looked towards the sky, saying bitterly, "These are troubled times!"
As he spoke, his face became even more worried, and he looked very sad.
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