You know, when Wu Zheng went to the north to supervise the battle, the general's mansion was unanimous, that was, food and grass, and the military supplies were not enough, so it almost died in the middle of the Northern Expedition.

But now, Chen Mingxia, who is the Left General Secretary, admits that tens of thousands of firearms have been sold privately.

"Who?" Wu Zheng shouted, "Is it Mo Nian? Is it you? Or is there someone else?"

Chen Mingxia shook her head, "Don't be obsessed with death, Chen is about to die... The prince asked this, what's the point?"

Wu Zheng took a deep breath, "Okay! I won't ask you this anymore... Then I will ask, where did these private dealers' firearms go? Who are the proceeds distributed to?"

Wu Zheng asked very heavily, and Chen Mingxia answered heavily, because if he spit out a name, many people would die.

But Chen Mingxia finally spit out some people's names, and Wu Zheng's face twitched.

Finally, Wu Zheng almost gritted his teeth and asked Chen Mingxia, "...Chen Tingyang, Qi Daokun, and Song Yingxing, have these people involved?!"

Fortunately, Chen Mingxia shook her head this time, "The prince has always assigned his direct subordinates to be responsible for security in the military workshop. Especially after being bombarded that time, the prince even dispatched a department of the personal guard camp to be responsible for security..."

Speaking of this, Chen Mingxia sighed, "If it were Chen Tingyang, Qi Daokun, and Song Yingxing, the military workshop, were willing to get involved... Prince, today's situation... No, I'm afraid the prince wanted to kill Mo Zhinian in the capital before... Then there might not be today's thing!"

Wu Zheng's face changed, and his eyes became very complicated when he looked at Chen Mingxia. He was determined to create a new era of clear political orders. Unfortunately, the case from top to bottom was simply a joke.

I only had the secret stakes of Changlinwei spread throughout the city and various prefectures, but under my eyes and nose, such a large private firearm dealer case has only been truly opened today.

Wu Zheng felt complicated, regretful, angry, and self-blame, but more so, hatred!

I hate scholars of this era, why can’t I pour out some of the knowledge of sages that I have studied hard for ten years from my stomach!

Reopen the imperial examination?

Go to his x's reopening of the imperial examination!

It was Wu Zheng's idea that delayed the imperial examinations for a full ten years by delaying the reopening of the imperial examinations. Of course, this is a story later.

Wu Zheng is not a fool, so he naturally analyzed the loopholes in Chen Mingxia's words.

"Don't fool the orphan, just follow what you said... But now Mo Zhinian and others are mostly dead or missing. Even if there are those who know your secret, I'm afraid they won't offend you easily... You don't need to use this as an excuse to commit rebellion!"

When Chen Mingxia heard this, he lowered his head sadly. He sighed heavily and then replied, "The prince is wise... It's a pity that there are people who can threaten and coerce Chen!"

"Who?" Wu Zheng asked anxiously.

Chen Mingxia paused and hesitated.

Wu Zheng said sternly: "Since you are not afraid of death, what else should you be afraid of?"

Chen Mingxia looked up at Wu Zheng, "It's not that Chen is afraid, but that there is no evidence!"

“No evidence?”

Chen Mingxia nodded, "Just just now, Chen said that there are tens of thousands of firearms sold by private vendors... About 20% of them were hidden by Mo Zhinian privately. I believe the prince should know that Mo Zhinian secretly raised a large number of dead soldiers?"

Wu Zheng nodded.

"About 30%... At that time, the prince ordered Ma Shiying to secretly sell the old firearms replaced by the Northern Expedition Army to the Qing court. Mo Zhengnian took this opportunity to sell them to the north without the need to be inspected!"

"What about 50%?" Wu Zheng's face turned pale.

"A hundred percent sold to Zheng Sen..."

Wu Zheng had a slight head and understood the true source of Zheng Jun’s musket.

"Another 10% was taken to the Yangtze River, transported to Huguang and sold to the Yongli Dynasty."

"What else?"

Chen Mingxia hesitated for a moment, "The other 30%... Chen really has no evidence. These things were all handled by Mo Zhong Nian... I just guessed in my heart..."

"Tell me!" Wu Zheng shouted.

Chen Mingxia sighed lightly, "...it should be...the northwest!"

Wu Zheng was stunned, "Northwest? Is Wu Sangui?"

Chen Mingxia shook her head, "Wu Sangui's troops have been defeated by the prince and the king of Jin... What Chen refers to... Dashun!"

"Da Shun?" Wu Zheng was shocked.

"Yes." Chen Mingxia smiled bitterly, "The prince just asked me, except the prince, who else can threaten me in Jiangnan?... it is him... Dashun!"

Wu Zheng was even more surprised, "If the remnants of Dashun had not led the King of Jin to advance westward, they would have been annihilated by the Qing army... They were only a corner of the land, and could they afford firearms? In addition, even if the remnants of Dashun are supported by the Dashun army and have a chance to breathe, it would be impossible to threaten and coerce you thousands of miles away... This makes no sense!"

Chen Mingxia shook his head slowly, and he looked at Wu Zheng, "It seems that the prince really regards Guangxinwei... as the Northern Expedition Army!"

Wu Zheng was so shocked that he almost jumped up, "Chen Mingxia, are you talking about... Li Guo's Guangxinwei, buy a private firearm from Mo Zhengnian?"

Chen Mingxia looked at Wu Zheng silently.

Wu Zheng shook his head, "This is impossible... Li Guo has led Guangxinwei westward for more than a year... Where did he get the money? He bought so many firearms? Besides, his firearms and ammunition are all supplied by the General's Office. Why do he need to spend his own silver to replenish them...uh?"

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng looked at the silent Chen Mingxia and suddenly thought of another possibility... that is, Li Guo was privately expanding the army!

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain Li Guo's strange behavior.

Wu Zhengxin mentioned that the Northwest was the critical moment to achieve his achievements in the first battle. Li Dingguo was not wary of Li Guo’s unfair intentions. So, once Li Guo started, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At that time, the situation in the northwest will be in corruption. If Wu Zheng wants to unify, he will have to mobilize countless manpower and material resources to carry out a protracted Western Expedition.

"What evidence do you have?!"

Chen Mingxia smiled bitterly and said, "Chen has already told the prince... There is no evidence, this is just Chen's own guess."

"There is also a reason for the guess. I will never guess for no reason that it was Li Guo... right?"

Chen Mingxia paused for a moment, "The prince is right, Chen does have reasons to doubt Li Guo!"

"speak!"

"When the prince was in the capital, Li Guo sent someone to the mansion to meet Chen..."

"Li Guo sent someone to see you?" Wu Zheng asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

"...Firearm!" Chen Mingxia sighed, "But at that time, Chen still had firearms for sale... So, Chen refused the visitor... Originally, Chen thought that this matter had just passed, but he didn't expect that after a few days, the man came to see Chen again... and didn't say anything, but just handed over a account book..."
Chapter completed!