Chapter 522: There Are No Wolves and Tigers Huazhou

It was Lu Bing who said something about the danger of money, Emperor Jiajing was already faintly unhappy in his heart, this anger was not directed at Lu Bing, but he felt that these people who were in the palace were really losing too many things, and they were tossed clean by these chaotic ministers and thieves outside, but although he didn't care about things over the years, when he was in court, he still paid attention to the documents of the military department and various border towns, no matter what, this is the world of Daming's own family, and it is really sloppy.

These courtiers will not have anything to hide in this matter, after all, they can also usurp power and make a fortune when the country is stable, and the country and the country are ruined like them, but the nine towns of the border pass, except for the occasional military intelligence report of foreign enemies in Shaanxi Sanwei, the rest of the places are peaceful in the world.

Emperor Jiajing has always felt that this is God's blessing to the Ming Dynasty, in the case of chaotic ministers and thieves controlling the government and the people's livelihood, there is no foreign enemy to enter the court, and no one is taking advantage of it, so he can wait until he cleans up the situation and reorganizes. Lu Bing in front of him bluntly said that the danger of the military is greater than the people's livelihood, and the emperor even has such an idea, is it that Lu Bing wants to deliberately say that the situation is so difficult and dangerous, and he wants to win a greater position.

But he quickly suppressed this thought, Lu Bing had a few ups and downs, there was no need to bully, Lu Bing over there had been watching the emperor's face change, and the changes in the expression on Jiajing's face and the movement of his eyes after taking the medicine were all unmistakably falling in the eyes of the three people below, this is the symptom that the emotions will be amplified after taking the medicine, but the person taking the medicine doesn't know it, and thinks it's refreshing.

Seeing that the emperor's expression finally calmed down, Lu Bing felt that it was time to speak, so he cleared his throat and said:

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has been more than 100 years since the time of Taizu's Dingding, and the Tartary Tartary has always been a great disaster for the country.

This is the theory of the extreme, the reason why the Ming court set up the nine-sided military town is because of this, even if you look at the Qin and Han dynasties thousands of years ago, the Han or other ethnic groups that occupy the Central Plains, what you have to watch out for is the nomadic cavalry from the north, but from the Xiongnu thousands of years ago, Xianbei, Rouran, Khitan, Jurchen to today's Mongolia, the Tartars have tasted the beauty of the Central Plains, and they have always wanted to fight back, even if they can't fight back, they have to loot a lot of things.

After the Ming Dynasty conquered the country, the only enemy in the four sides of the country was the Mongols, whether it was the emperor who put the focus of the entire empire's defense in the north, or prepared to resist the Mongol attack, or prepared to destroy the scourge on the grassland, of course, in history, the Ming Dynasty was indeed not damaged by the Mongols, he was destroyed by the peasant uprising in Shaanxi and the Jurchens in the northeast.

What Lu Bing wanted to express was obviously not this, he just lightly recounted a fact, and continued:

"In the past five years, except for the three towns in Shaanxi, the rest of the towns have not fought a war with the Tartars, and some border towns have not even encountered the Mongols for several years."

Along the line of the Great Wall to the north, the east is the Tatars, the central is the Tile, the western region is the Yilibari department, according to Lu Bing, the Tatar department and the tile spur department have disappeared, only the Yilibari department is left, but Jiajing also knows the rules on the grassland, the big and small tribes and forces fight each other, one side loses, and the other side quickly fills the space left by the former.

Just listening to Lu Bing's words, although there is only the Yili Bari Department left in the northern grassland, they are honestly staying in the west, not going to places where the water and grass are more fertile and the terrain is more favorable, but the things that surprise them even more are still behind.

"There are no Tartars on the grassland, but the merchants in Shanxi, Shaanxi Province are still out of the jam for business, and they never stop, which shows that there is still a force on the grassland."

This force has made the Tatars and the Tile Thorns nowhere to be found, and the Yilibari tribe has honestly stayed in the west and dare not move, these are not nothing, and what is even more chilling is that they still don't know which side this force belongs to. After Lu Bing finished saying this, the people in the room were speechless and fell into silence. Emperor Jiajing looked at his subordinates in the room.

Zhou Lin and Father-in-law Rui had irrepressible shock on their faces, Lu Bing's expression was still indifferent, sure enough, the peace in the past few years was just an illusion, the wolf on the grassland was gone, but this wolf was scared away by a bigger beast, and I don't know if this beast is a lion or a tiger, and I don't know where it is.

The emperor just wanted to have a seizure, but his hand was not slapped on the table, but he suddenly took it back, and sighed there, in the past few years, the work of Jinyiwei and Dongchang has been almost completely paralyzed, Lu Bing has completely relied on the documents and archives of various yamen to judge to this extent, it is not easy, the emperor also has his own eyes and ears in the Yamen, and he also knows that most of the strength of Jinyiwei in the past few days is doing this, and there is really nothing to blame.

However, after being quiet for a while, Zhou Lin hesitated to open his mouth there:

"Your Majesty has heard a little about the things on this grassland, it is said that it was those homeless people recruited by the Jingshi Business Group back then, these people are all vicious people who do not obey the king, no one dares to provoke outside the customs and on the grassland, and the things on the grassland may be done by them."

Speaking of the Jingshi merchant group, as well as the recruitment of displaced people during the reclamation outside the Guan, Lu Bing's eyes jumped, and he didn't say anything, the reclamation manor outside the Guanxi can be said to be the cause of the big land inspection case that year, speaking of which Lu Bing is of course uncomfortable, Emperor Jiajing also knows this, and nodded there and said to Lu Bing:

"Can the Qing family recruit these people from outside the border, after all, the wilderness is not a long-term place, and besides, it is a pity that such martial warriors are in a foreign land."

This sentence is actually to give Lu Bing relief, but the meaning of the next words is also clear, and it is not clear whether the military town is returning to the heart now, so he also has the intention of recruiting forces that are not in the system, after all, the outside is not as intertwined as the inside, and it is easier to be loyal to himself.

Emperor Jiajing's understanding was a little wrong, he thought that the places around the Ming Dynasty were all wild places, as long as he had the intention to solicit, the other party was naturally enthusiastic to take refuge. As soon as he said this, Lu Bing was a little embarrassed, and coughed a few times there, but he didn't know how to say it.

"Since Your Majesty thinks so, your subordinates can try it, but these people have not been convinced by the king for a long time, I am afraid that they will be unruly, and I don't know what to do!"

After hesitating for a while on the side, Zhou Lin, the commander of Jingwei, still interjected:

"Your Majesty, there is one thing that Weichen can't understand, if those homeless people outside the border are so strong, why there is no warning in the border towns, although the discipline is corrupt in several places in Xuanda Jiliao, but these generations of military generals still know the rules, and they will not hide it or report it."

The implication is very clear, since it is to defeat the Tartars, then why not come to loot the richer Central Plains, if it is said to be for the service of the Ming Dynasty, such ghosts do not believe it, if it is really loyal, it will not run to the outside of the gate.

Lu Bing couldn't figure out this matter, so he could only explain the past vaguely, and said with some confusion:

"The minister is also a little confused about this matter, or it may be that these homeless people have no ambitions, just trying to be stable for a while, but after the minister reorganizes Jinyiwei and Dongchang, he will go to investigate."

When things came to this, it could only be solved in this way, Emperor Jiajing was quite helpless, and there was no way, the medicinal power gradually dispersed, Jiajing felt the heat of his body surge, and he wanted to go back to the harem to vent, but looking at Lu Bing's appearance, it seemed that he still had something to say, so he had to force himself to listen. Lu Bing also saw the emperor's somewhat anxious expression, but such a military event must be explained clearly, and it cannot be delayed.

"Long live, I remember a few years ago when the minister was still recuperating, the southeast area has been a long time without a warning."

The pirates harassed by pirates in such coastal areas have always been something that can be solved by the officials, and because of Jiang Feng's actions, the scourge of the Japanese has not yet reached a great extent, and the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians has never happened again, so it will not attract much attention.

When Lu Bing mentioned this matter, several people present showed blank looks, and Lu Bing said to himself, it seems that he is going to be so shocking today.

"The imperial court has banned the sea for fifteen years, has this sea really been banned?"

Several people present, including Emperor Jiajing, showed a rather embarrassed look on their faces, the forbidden sea was proposed by Emperor Jiajing, and then the ministers and businessmen below relied on this order to ban the sea to smuggle money on a large scale, the state tax was reduced, and the income that should have gone into the treasury flowed into the pockets of individuals.

Many wealthy businessmen started their lives by relying on the business on the sea, and among these people here, Jiajing knew that the forbidden sea was a chaotic government, and Zhou Lin and Rui Xiaosan both made a lot of money in the sea trade, so they didn't know what to say. Lu Bing's next question is even more irrelevant:

"Your Majesty, do you know Huazhou?"