Dengwen Drum Temple.

In the midst of all the attention, Yang Xin beat the drums in front of him, the drum that represented the right of the commoners to appeal to the supreme ruler, echoed in front of the empty Chengtian Gate......

"Alright, just knock a few times!"

Apocalypse said speechlessly.

"Can I knock a few more times?"

Yang Xin said.

The drummer next to him gave him an embarrassed face.

"Can he knock a few more times?"

Apocalypse asked.

"The emperor's eldest grandson, there are no rules that you can only knock on how many times, but this complaint has been delivered, so it is said that there is no need to knock it again!"

The drums were given in the middle of the matter.

For the first time, he was addicted to beating drums.

"Then knock a few more times! You are not honest when you beat a drum, Dengwen drum beats the general's order, what else do you can't do? If you have this ability, why don't you learn to write? In the middle of the matter, I went into the palace with me to deliver this complaint, as for you to take a good look at him, if something happens, I am the only one who asks, Xu Yanshi, I will leave it to you here, whoever dares to arrest him again will call me out! ”

Apocalypse said to Xu Xianchun.

The latter is actually called nine thousand years old, the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion met nine thousand years old halfway, and Xu Xianchun met Xu Xianchun on the way to the palace at nine thousand years old, he was afraid that he would not be able to arrive in time due to the rush of time, so he asked Xu Xianchun to delay the time. Lao Xu knew that Yang Xin and Apocalypse had hooked up, and it was necessary to show Apocalypse at his age, so he readily agreed, and then ran to show his righteous words.

It was clear that he had succeeded, and he had made himself a trusted man of the Apocalypse.

As for the protection of Yang Xin, this is not worth mentioning at all, this Dengwen Drum Courtyard is guarded by the Jinyi Guard, which was originally to supervise the imperial history, but later there are often people who beat the Dengwen Drum to commit suicide here to show the authenticity of their accusations, so they had to send a large number of Jinyi Guards to watch here.

And the supervisor was also replaced by the six sections.

This Dengwen Drum Courtyard, which is provided for civilians and is specially used to reach Tianting, is not the one who dares to knock on the thirty boards in our Qing Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was actually often ringed.

And there are all kinds of reasons, some come to appeal because of unjust cases, some apply for commendation and martyrdom, some ask to serve their husbands' sentences, and even the family members of death row prisoners come to beat the drum on the day of execution during the Jiajing period. The most exaggerated thing is that during the Hongzhi period, hundreds of father-in-law volunteers who had solved the problem by themselves but had no way to enter the palace actually came to beat drums to protest against the emperor not giving them the opportunity to enter the palace to serve, and strongly asked to enter the palace as eunuchs.

Angry, Hongji asked Nishiki to arrest them all and throw them into prison.

"Brother Yang, are you really going to Liaodong?"

After the apocalypse left, Xu Xianchun pulled over a chair and sat next to him, looking at Yang Xin and saying to the drumbeat of the general's order.

The latter finally stopped.

Yang Xin slapped the drumstick on the drum and let out a long breath.

"Happy!"

He said.

"What else could it be? Even the words of the Long Live Lord don't work, and even the emperor's eldest grandson comes forward in person, is there any other way to save my life? Instead of letting those civil officials send me to the court to behead me, it is better to go to Liaodong to kill me, even if I die on the battlefield, I will not be so angry! ”

Yang Xin then said.

"He's a good man!"

Xu Xianchun said with a thumbs up.

"But I have a trick for you, with your skills are suitable for secret assassination, I will write you a letter to Li Dudu, and ask him to find a few house slaves who are familiar with the situation on Jiannu's side, and lead you to infiltrate Jiannu's lair. No matter who it is, as long as you can assassinate someone with some identity, then Li Dudu can give you credit, so that you can get away with it if you have merit, even if you kill a few more ordinary Jiannu, they are easy to recognize, and it is enough to have five or six heads.

Both old and small are fine.

It's easy to pick those who are lonely, and it's easy to kill them with your skills, as long as there are Jiannu heads, so that Li Dudu's face is also good-looking. As for the civil officials, Xiong Tingbi is the governor of Liaodong, and Cao Wenzhao is his personal soldier, so he won't embarrass you in this kind of matter, what does the court know? It's nothing more than how to report on the front line, not to mention that no matter what identity you kill, the imperial court can use it to spread the newspaper for publicity, and this kind of thing is often done by officials and soldiers. ”

He went on to say.

"Thank you Xu for the matter, if Yang can come back from Liaodong alive, he will inevitably repay this kindness in the future."

Yang Xin said.

This is also an option.

He is not ready to develop in the Ming army, he just wants to make some military exploits to block the mouth of civilian officials.

In fact, it was impossible to develop in the Ming army.

At this time, there is no shortage of people in Daming who can fight, Cao Wenzhao's uncles and nephews, Zhou Yuji, Man Gui, and Zhao Shujiao Which of these people can't fight? The Qi family army in the Battle of the Hunhe River couldn't be fought or the white pole soldiers couldn't fight? There is no shortage of people in Daming who can fight, but these people are useless, the one-to-one exchange ratio between the Qi family army and Jiannu in the battle of Hunhe is still the Qi family army that has greatly regressed after Qi Jiguang's death for decades. As long as the Ming army is at this level, Jiannu can only kneel and sing about conquest, and the Ming Dynasty doesn't need any Spanish phalanx, Morris phalanx or Gu Erye, as long as Qi Jiguang is restored as it was decades ago, at most Hongyi cannons are added.

Then you can push Jiannu horizontally.

Militarily, it can be said that there is no problem in the Ming Dynasty, from weapons and equipment to the tactical system, from the level of generals to the composition of the army, there is no problem, at this time the Ming army is also a mercenary, and the 590,000 field troops on the nine sides are all mercenaries.

Eighteen taels of silver annual salary.

And this is only the basic military salary, stationed abroad to fight higher, during the period of North Korea, the highest average expenditure per person reached 30 taels, at this time the annual military salary for the nine sides added up to more than 10 million taels, and even Chongzhen when the military salary of more than three taels per month was already a common phenomenon, the highest record in the time of Sun Chengzong, the increase of 20,000 troops a year spent nearly 2 million, an average of nearly 100 taels per person.

But these are useless after all.

Because this is false, just like Chen Yujie said, this is what was thrown in this money box, in fact, it was all divided from top to bottom, from literature to martial arts, from eunuchs to private businessmen, and how much was left for the soldiers was really based on conscience. The Ming Dynasty does not lack elite soldiers and fierce generals, does not lack equipment and tactics, what is lacking is only a government that can make these play a role, a government that can make the salaries of more than 10 million taels of troops and 590,000 mercenaries really play a role.

Therefore, the reform within the imperial court is the most critical.

And the only hope for internal reform is in the combination of Apocalypse and Nine Thousand Years Old, so Yang Xin's real development direction is to join the ranks of the glorious eunuchs. Although the eunuch party is not a good thing, the difference between the eunuch party and the Donglin party is nothing more than the difference in interest groups, the former is the land gentry and the latter is the industrial and commercial gentry, but in essence they are both hungry wolves that eat people. And the core of their struggle is only who to collect taxes, the state is not financially adequate, the old tax system is not enough, and new sources of revenue must be found......

So to whom do you reach out?

The eunuchs wanted to extend their hand to the industrial and commercial gentry and continue to maintain the privileges of the landed gentry.

The Donglin Party said that your tax evasion, concealment, deceit, and sprinkling are the key to financial insufficiency, so why should we make up for the gap for you, and we must not pay taxes.

It's all a raccoon dog.

However, the core of the former is in the north.

And the empire will face a great drought that will sweep almost the entire country.

The latter's core control area is in the south, the richest and most disaster-tolerant province in the empire, and the result of the eunuch party is the most reasonable way for the empire to face this natural disaster. Targeting the richest provinces, keeping tax revenues constant or even handing out the poorest provinces, shifting the country's increased burden to those who are constantly absorbing silver from overseas, rather than to those who are already in famine. It is indeed an exaggeration to say that the eunuch party saved the country, and the eunuch party and the Donglin party are both the same hill, but their principles are indeed beneficial to the country.

Yang Xin silently looked at the Chengtian Gate opposite, and then a familiar face appeared in his field of vision......

"They really don't give face to the emperor's eldest grandson!"

He sighed.

That's Zuo Guangdou.

Not only Zuo Guangdou, but also more than a dozen green-robed officials, including Liu Yushi, who is still miserable.

This guy was looking over here, Yang Xin raised his hand to him happily, and then Zuo Guangdou also turned his head, looking at him as if he was looking at a clown who jumped off the beam, but soon turned around, and a group of people directly entered the Chengtian Gate.

"It's all the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, and it should be a face saint!"

Xu Xianchun said.

"I only know now that what emperor Chrysostom said, every word is actually fake, at least there is still a gap between the emperor of our Ming Dynasty and these eight words!"

Yang Xin said with emotion.

"Long live the Lord is indeed too tolerant of the official!"

Xu Xianchun said.

However, at this moment, Xiong Tingbi's figure appeared, and Cao Wenzhao, who was following him, also turned his head to look this way, and after seeing Yang Xin, he immediately said something to Xiong Tingbi, who immediately turned his head to look at Yang Xin.

Then they stopped.

Immediately afterwards, Xiong Tingbi urged the horse over.

Xu Xianchun hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and Xiong Tingbi returned the salute on the horse.

At this time, Xiong Tingbi was already a red-robed official, or crimson, the color of the Ming official uniform was crimson green, one to four grades were crimson, and the appointment of his right attendant of the military department and the governor of Liaodong was officially issued yesterday. Even if the difference between Wenchen and military generals is put aside, purely in terms of grade, he has already surpassed Xu Xianchun, and Wang Keshou, the governor of Jiliao who has not retired at this time, is at the same level.

"You proposed the five strategies of Pingliao?"

He looked at Yang Xin and asked.

Apparently he hadn't recognized this guy yet.

"Yes."

Yang Xin said.

"How did you hear that?"

Xiong Tingbi said.

"I said it's from the Immortal Sect, do you believe it?"

Yang Xin said.

Xiong Tingbi nodded, then stared at Yang Xin's face.

Yang Xin suddenly had a hint of foreboding.

Xiong Tingbi suddenly laughed.

"If you knew today, why bother in the first place?"

He said with a happy smile.

After speaking, he turned around and left Yang Xin with a frightened face.

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