"Even a figure like Commander Liu can't resist the attacks of the officials. I, Xu Maolu, am neither a cronie of the saint, nor do I have any backstage, so I really want to sit in that position, and I am not at the mercy of others! ”

After listening to Xu Maohua's words, Zhong Nan couldn't help but glance at the other party. In this world, there are many ambitious people, but many of them are empty ambitions, but they do not have bright eyes. In the end, such a type of person will inevitably not end up miserable.

And this Xu Maolu, let's not say whether he really has no ambition, but he must have vision. Not only can he see his own disadvantages, but he can also see the risks of the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and based on this alone, Zhong Nan feels that the other party is not simple.

"It's so dangerous in this position, so I'd better not do it." Zhong Nan smiled.

Squire-sama laughed. In fact, the previous commanders were either senior military attaches or royal nobles, but either way, they were deeply favored by the saints at that time. Only such a person can sit firmly in the position of commander. ”

"Makes sense. It's just that I don't have deep qualifications, and I'm not a member of the royal family, so if I really look at what Xu Tongzhi said, I guess I won't be able to sit still! Zhong Nan pretended to sigh.

"Today's Manchu Dynasty civil and military, who doesn't know that Lord Shilang is a saint? What's more, Lord Shilang is a high-ranking military attache who has been the general soldier of Jizhou, and now he is the youngest squire in our dynasty. If even you can't sit steadily, then it is estimated that few people can sit firmly in the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard! Xu Maolu said with a smile.

"Hehe, I hope so!"

Xu Maoyu didn't answer, just sat on the chair with a calm expression.

Zhong Nan took advantage of this time gap to take a closer look at the other party. I saw that this Xu Maolu was forty years old and nearly one meter eight tall, which was indeed relatively tall at that time.

Xu Maoyu is not only tall, but also not thin, although he is not fat, but he does feel very impactful.

"How long has Xu Tongzhi been in Jinyiwei?" After a while, Zhong Nan asked the other party.

"I have been on an errand for seventeen years and five months. At first, he was a school captain, and later served as a small banner, a general banner, a hundred households, and a thousand households. In the fifteenth year of Wanli, he was promoted to the town envoy of the North Town Fusi; Eighteen years, promoted to command; Nineteen years, promoted to command Tongzhi. Xu Maowei told his experience in Jinyiwei one by one.

"It turns out that he is still the old man of Jinyiwei." Zhong Nan likes this kind of people with single work experience because they will be very professional.

"Before joining Jinyiwei, what was your position?" Zhong Nan had the idea of recruiting the other party.

"I have been a soldier for five years, first in the guard, and then in the ranks of the Zhejiang soldiers." Xu Maolu said in more detail.

Zhong Nan, the "Zhejiang soldier", knew that he was the predecessor of the "Qi Family Army", and his military quality was relatively high, and his personal character was better than that of Li Chengliang's "Liaodong Army".

"Although I am a commander, my main job on weekdays is still on the side of the military headquarters. Therefore, the daily affairs of Jinyiwei may need Xu Tongzhi to worry a lot in the future! Zhong Nan threw an olive branch.

"Please command and rest assured, I will help you guard this acre and three points of land. Any wind and grass, big and small, will be reported to you! Xu Maowei's statement is undoubtedly telling Zhong Nan: Jinyiwei is your final say, I am just a worker.

"Hmm!" Zhong Nan pondered for a moment, and then said, "I will have more and more work in the future, you have to be ready at any time, maybe you may change places." Is there a problem? ”

"Thank you, Lord Squiro, for cultivating!" How could Xu Maoyu not understand the meaning of Zhong Nan's words, to be honest, he had been looking forward to such a day for a long time.

Although Jinyiwei is very powerful, over the years, the "East Factory" helmed by Zhang Whale has obviously surpassed it. In addition, Jinyiwei's reputation is not good, whether it is the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, or the common people, not many people like them. So if he can really change his position, as long as it is not Qingshui Yamen, Xu Maoyu is still quite willing.

"As long as they follow me sincerely, I will not treat them badly. At this point, Xu Tongzhi must not worry and doubt. Zhong Nan made a promise.

"My subordinates understand!"

……

Recently, Zhong Nan hasn't been working in the military department much, mainly because there are too many chores, and he has been on an errand newly dispatched by the emperor. Fortunately, Xing Jue was easier to talk and didn't mind.

Today, I finally found time, so Zhong Nan went to the military department. He felt that although his boss could be considerate of himself, we should not be too arrogant.

After going to Xing Jue's place to sit for a while, Zhong Nan returned to his desk. He pored over the reports that had been submitted recently, and one of them had taken him to heart.

The report was submitted by Gu Wanchang, the commander-in-chief of Shandong, who referred to the recent situation in North Korea. In fact, it was Zhong Nan who suggested to Zhu Yijun that he should pay attention to the situation in North Korea. Now it seems that Gu Wanchang and they are not lazy.

In this report, Gu Manchang mentions Yi Sunsin, a famous Korean minister, who was dismissed from all official positions by their king and demoted directly to an ordinary soldier.

Another piece of news is related to the Wa Kingdom. Yi Zongcheng, an envoy sent by Korea to the Japanese kingdom, was expelled by the Japanese for committing the crime of adultery. After Li Zongcheng left the Japanese state, he immediately returned to Seoul, and the Korean side was worried that the Japanese state would be dissatisfied, so they issued an edict to arrest Li and put him in prison. Despite this, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was furious and threatened to punish the other party.

The Li Zongcheng incident happened several months ago. The most recent development is that the reserve of the Wa Kingdom in Pusan, which originally had only 10,000 people, increased to 20,000 after the Spring Festival. In this regard, the statement given by the Wa State is that they want to put pressure on North Korea to punish Li Zongcheng severely, otherwise there will be more severe retaliation.

Yi Sunsin was removed from office on charges of conspiracy to usurp power. According to the grapevine, this matter also has a lot to do with the Wa State, and it is very likely that it is a spy of the Wa State and uses a counter-intermediary scheme.

After reading this report, Zhong Nan intuitively felt that there was a problem. In the original time and space, the Japanese invaded Korea twice during the Wanli period, the first time was defeated by Li Rusong and the second time was repelled by generals such as Ma Gui and Chen Luan.

The original two Korean Wars, Zhong Nan was more impressed by the second time, and the reason was that the Chinese people were a little embarrassed - Bangziguo made a movie called "The Battle of Mingliang", and Zhong Nan learned about the Korean War that occurred during the Wanli period through this movie.

After that, Zhong Nan searched the Internet for some historical materials before and after the Battle of Mingliang, so that he had a lot of understanding of the Second Korean War that took place in 1597-1598.

Although the current time is still the beginning of 1596, it is difficult to guarantee that the Second Korean War will not break out in advance - after all, today's time and space have been disrupted by Zhong Nan's travel, Zhang Juzheng can die ten years later, and the Battle of Ningxia can also be advanced by a year, nothing is impossible.

Before the outbreak of the Second Korean War in the original time and space, what special events occurred, Zhong Nam can no longer remember. The only thing that has a slight impression is that Yi Sunsin, a famous general of the Korean naval division, participated in the war as an ordinary soldier. Now it seems that Yi Sunsin has been swept to the end, and it is not clear that war is really coming.

Anyway, you have to take precautions in advance, Zhong Nan said in his heart.

Zhong Nan took this report and went to Xing Jue. He told Xing Jue about his worries, of course, he just said that the war may break out in the near future, and he hoped that the military department could do something in advance.

Regarding Zhong Nan's sense of distress, Xing Shangshu first praised it, and then said with a bitter face: "What can the military department do in advance, it is impossible to send the army to North Korea first, right?" ”

"And more importantly, the imperial court is now extremely short of money, whether it is to prepare soldiers, horses, food and grass in advance, or to build heavy firearms in advance, it can't come up with the money!"

"Then it's really a war, what should I do?" Zhong Nan was worried.

"If the Japanese State really wants to invade Korea, the Ming Dynasty will definitely send troops, and even if there is a shortage of money at that time, they can only send troops over. Just now...... It's hard to say that you are moving the saints! Xing Jue sighed.

"The household department is already nervous like this?" Zhong Nan thought it was incredible.

"Zichu, do you know how much the imperial court spent in the last war to aid Korea?" Xing Jue suddenly asked about the finances.

"I didn't pay attention to that." Zhong Nan told the truth.

"I don't know the exact number, but there must be two million taels of silver!"

"So much? It's almost time for the previous year's tax money! Zhong Nan finally understood what his boss said: Daming is now in financial difficulties, and he really doesn't dare to fight easily.

"Yes! Now the silver vaults of the household department are about to starve to death of rats. Not long ago, the Holy Lord also intended to expand the scope of the mining tax collection a lot, although it has not been finalized, but the financial situation continues to deteriorate like this, and it is necessary to make this decision! "Xing Jue is also a book, and he is an old man in the imperial court, whether it is the source of information or the analysis of the current situation of the court, it is not comparable to Zhong Nan.

"Is a mining tax really doing more harm than good?" Zhong Nan was a little curious, Zhu Yijun had also mentioned it before, saying that it was a last resort; Today, Xing Jue also said that it was the next policy. But in later generations, mining also needs to pay taxes, and collecting resource tax is too normal in Zhong Nan's view, why does everyone think it's not good?

"Actually, the Holy Lord has been collecting mining taxes for a long time, but only in Nanzhili. If the scope of collection is not expanded, the impact will be small; It's just that if Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Shaanxi and other places are really included, it will inevitably be chaotic! Xing Jue didn't say it very thoroughly, I don't know if it was a taboo or some other reason.

"My Lord Shangshu, what do you always say, I'm not the kind of person who can't keep his mouth shut!" Zhong Nan was a little anxious.

"Zichu, then I'll really say it." Xing Jue paused, "It's nothing if you really want to collect mining taxes, but the saint asked the people from the inner court to go, and the silver collected did not go to the treasury, but to the inner treasury for use!" ”