In fact, He Shitai's men had been investigating the Arsenal these days, so they naturally knew what was going on. There was no psychological burden at all in arresting people at this time.

After all, He Shitai not only had Jiaqing's imperial edict in his hand, but also capturing people would allow everyone to get promoted and make money, so all the officers and soldiers of the new army were very enthusiastic about the task of capturing people.

Although it was already late at night when the action took place, all the officers and soldiers of the new army still showed great energy and rode their horses to various places.

One Niulu was only responsible for arresting a dozen people. He Shitai divided the people who needed to be arrested into 25 areas to facilitate arrest nearby, so it didn't take much time to capture all the people.

Such a big commotion naturally alarmed various forces in the city. However, when everyone learned that He Shitai was carrying out his mission on orders and Jiaqing had transferred troops from the Forbidden City in advance, no one dared to make any small moves.

After a surprise interrogation in the middle of the night, followed by a house search for silver, He Shitai made the case of the Military Equipment Bureau an ironclad case, and also found evidence of the crimes of many officials.

After all, even if the officials of the Military Equipment Bureau were corrupt, they would not dare to keep all the money to themselves, as they were deeply implicated.

On the second day, after a rage in the court, Jiaqing finally raised the butcher knife.

However, Jiaqing's butcher knife was only aimed at Han officials, while most Manchu officials were raised high and then put down lightly, and many were simply fined.

In the Military Equipment Supervision Bureau corruption case, nearly a thousand officials were arrested, more than five hundred people had their homes searched, and more than fifteen hundred officials were demoted, fined, or reprimanded.

What made Jiaqing sigh the most was that although the cash obtained from the confiscation of property was less than 10 million taels, the value of the real estate, shops, land, etc. added together was much higher. Adding the expenses due to demotion, salary penalty and reduction, the total profit exceeded 400 million taels.

Although it was far less than Heshen's wealth, it was equivalent to the court's fiscal revenue for nearly ten years.

With money, they could rebuild armaments and form a new army. After that, Jiaqing personally inspected the military camps in the capital. Coupled with the shock of the corruption case in the Military Equipment Bureau, the atmosphere in the court changed suddenly, and the strength in all aspects was greatly improved.

Although Hunan and Jiangxi had fallen into the hands of the Huaxia tribe at this time, Jiaqing was more confident than before.

When the corruption case of the Military Equipment Bureau of the Qing Dynasty reached Wuchang, Chen Gu could not help but sigh to Zheng Ming, "This is a qualified emperor. The Qing army will definitely be more difficult to deal with in the future!"

"The general trend of the world is still in our Huaxia tribe. The emperor realizes it a little late." Zheng Ming said with a smile.

When the news reached Guangdong, Rong An, who was in Panyu, could not help but laugh three times and sighed, "Heaven will not destroy the Qing Dynasty." Then he was charged with a serious crime.

Rong An followed the advice of his master Xu Dao and faked his death in Jiangjin County. He then left his hometown and came to Panyu, Guangdong to seek another way out.

Thanks to the care of his grandfather Abida, Rong An lived a relatively good life in Panyu. Over the past year or so, with the assistance of Xu Dao, he not only made a lot of money from business, but also secretly formed his own private armed forces.

Although there is currently only an armed force of 1,500 people, the armaments are very luxurious. Not only are they all firearms troops, but also heavy firepower such as submachine guns, explosive packs, and detonators account for a very high proportion.

It is no exaggeration to say that with the 1,500 men in Rong An's hands, they can easily fight against 10,000 ordinary Eight Banners soldiers and win the battle.

"Young master, young master, look who I found!" Xu Dao ran in excitedly and shouted to Rong An who was still hungover.

"Mr. Xu has always been calm in the face of emergencies. Why are you so excited today?" Rong An asked in surprise.

"Hehe, you'll know after the young master takes a look." "Pa pa!" Xu Dao raised his hands and clapped twice, and a cloth-clothed boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old walked in.

Seeing the person coming in, Rong An couldn't help but widen his eyes, "How could there be someone who looks so similar?"

"The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. The population of our Qing Dynasty is more than tens of millions. It is not difficult to find two similar people. Of course, it is not easy to find two specific similar people. But the destiny is in our Qing Dynasty, and there is God's will in the dark!" Xu Dao said with some pride.

Rong An thought for a moment, frowned and said, "Chen the thief is as cunning as a fox. I'm afraid this man may not be able to succeed in the assassination!"

"Young Master, you are wrong. This person is rare, why would you use him to assassinate someone?" Xu Dao smiled and said, "You can just use the beauty trap!"

"Can men also use the beauty trap?" Rong An asked in surprise.

"Young Master, you are obsessed with appearance again. The so-called beauty actually has nothing to do with beauty or ugliness, or even gender. It only has to do with who falls into the trap.

Young master, imagine that if you have a best playmate who has been close to you since childhood, but dies to save you when you are in danger one day.

Young master, you will definitely feel guilty and grateful to this person, and this matter may even become a lifelong regret for you.

But one day, a person who looked exactly like him appeared in front of the young master. Young master, you said to him, "Long time no see, brother. How have you been these years?"

Let me ask you, how would you feel, young master?"

After Rong An was brought into the situation by Xu Dao, he put himself in the other person's shoes and thought about it. Finally, he smiled bitterly and said, "In this case, even if you know that the other party is fake, you should still want to make up for it to him!"

"Haha, that's right. The reason why it's a pity is that you can't help yourself. So, young master, now you understand what a true honey trap is, right?
Men are indeed a little worse than women. After all, the regrets caused by love between men and women are the most unforgettable, but the love between brothers is actually enough!"

Xu Dao looked at the boy in plain clothes and said with a smug smile, "That day, Chen Gu, for the safety of this man and his teacher, dared to attack the city with 200 men, facing my 500 elite battalion. In the end, he won, but it was a lucky victory.

If the yamen had not caught fire at that time, Delentang could have led the entire army to attack, and it is not certain whether Chen Jue could survive.

It can be seen that this person must still have some status in Chen Gu's heart, so using this person to perform the beauty trap and arranging him by Chen Gu's side will definitely be of great use."

Rong An nodded and asked the boy in plain clothes, "What's your name?"

"To answer your question, sir, I am Zhang Shan, the bow is Zhang, and the mountain is Shan!" Zhang Shan replied.

"Hahaha, good, very good, even the names are the same, it's God's will!" Rong An laughed.

Xu Dao smiled and said, "It's not easy to arrange this person to be with the thief Chen. We have to think of a good way to make things go smoothly!"

(End of this chapter)