In Nanjing City, in the restaurant under the name of King Tang, the two kings of Tang and Lu gathered together again.

Since the incident of the relocation of the clan to Taitai, the two kings, who were originally hostile, have gradually come together to deal with their common political enemy, Wang Yan.

Secret meetings between the two of them every month have become the norm.

Etiquette collapsed, starting from Jiajing Wanli, the strict etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty was affected by the people, and many things that were explicitly forbidden by the Taizu were broken by the people. From the very beginning of food and clothing, and now the housing and transportation, they are breaking the regulations and destroying the regulations.

The Tang Dynasty named this restaurant, it broke the rules of etiquette, the height exceeded the palace, but this did not suffer from the punishment of the government, because this kind of breaking the rules of the situation, is very common among the people, if it is really more serious, the Ming Dynasty's business will not be good to develop.

This six-storey restaurant is a traditional structure of Chinese architecture, with a dome at the top, then turning to Baliangzi and Huizilou below, in line with the concept of a round sky and a place.

The two kings of Tang and Lu are on the top floor, which is usually not open to guests, and is specially used for the secret meeting of the two kings.

On the "mouth" in the middle of the "Hui" sub-building, there is a stage, on which is "babbling" and singing, the guests are all sitting in the room, looking at the middle, not crowded together like those in the theater, it seems to be relatively high-end.

The whole building is very quiet, only the sound of silk and bamboo and the beautiful and tactful singing can be heard, not as noisy as the storytelling and singing review office.

Tang Wang was dressed in a four-clawed dragon robe, a jade belt around his waist, cloud shoes on his feet, and a winged crown, standing by the window, King Lu was dressed almost like him, because both of them had just come out of the cabinet.

"King Tang, Wang Yan is going to eat your 30,000 horses this time, if we don't react, he will inevitably press forward step by step, and finally take away our military power."

Although Wang Yan is going to use King Tang's soldiers and horses this time, his lips are cold and his teeth are cold, once this opening is opened, Wang Yan will definitely move his people next, so King Lu will fully support King Tang this time.

Tang Wang listened to King Lu's words and walked back to the table, picked up the small wine glass and took a sip, "Wang Yan is the best at judging the situation, acting in no hurry or slowly, he likes to soak slowly, and when you notice it, he has already taken the lead." ”

King Lu's face was cold, "King Tang is not going to fight back, and he will eat Wang Derenbu by default?" ”

"Naturally, we have to fight back! Wang Yan's reforms have made the people of the world miserable, and the ordinary people have lost their land and land, while their gentry and wealthy families have lived a luxurious life. King Tang shook his head and said: "The family is the great harm of the dynasty, since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, to the Middle Tang Dynasty, the gate lords are clear about the harm of the dynasty, they don't care about the country, they only think about the family inheritance, but they occupy many resources of the dynasty, and they are the cancer of the imperial court." Emperor Wen of Sui was eloquent and roughly opened the imperial examination, and the Tang Dynasty made it great, opening the ascending steps for the Shu people, making the gate valve gradually decline, and Wang Yan was indeed recasting the gate valve at this time, and the scene of frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen wine and meat is not far away! ”

King Lu nodded, "At present, the world is full of miasma, and the people in the local area are unstable, and trade can enrich the country, but everything must be reversed, and it makes sense for the ancestors to despise businessmen." Now that the collusion between merchants and gentry has become the norm, and a large number of people have lost their land and poured into the city, so many people have gathered together, which is a very unstable factor. According to the lonely point of view, the people should be bound with the land, so that the court can be stable, like now, let the people move, the court's household registration and road guidance system have been affected, Wang Yan will sooner or later reap the consequences. ”

At present, Wang Yan's reform has indeed caused many problems, for example, in a certain coastal village, everyone originally fished for a living, and the standard of living was the same, but suddenly a certain child went to sea with the fleet, followed the fleet to rob other merchant ships, and divided the property and became rich overnight.

At this time, first of all, the status of the clan elder in the village was challenged, and the children might not listen to him if they had money, and the villagers would not look for the clan elder when they had something, but others would follow suit when they saw that it was so easy to make money.

However, a society cannot allow everyone to succeed, and only a few can succeed. The vast majority of the remaining people, when they see that the people around them suddenly become rich, they also want to be rich, but they can't pursue it, and they will become anxious.

The same is true for enlargement from a village to the whole country, after the exquisite pursuit of interests in the whole society, having money and power has become the only criterion for success, all people are desperately trying to climb up, but it is indeed the majority who can't climb up, and there are even many people who don't want to climb up, just want to live quietly, are also passively involved in social change.

People have changed from an agrarian society where the sun sets to a commercial society that pursues efficiency and profit, and the collapse of etiquette and pleasure will cause the whole society to fall into anxiety and ask all kinds of questions.

This may be a magnificent process of change for the country and future generations, but it may not be the luck of the small people in this era, and they may not be able to survive this great social change.

Speaking of this, King Lu paused for a moment, then looked at King Tang and said: "The world of the Ming Dynasty, we can't let Wang Yan go on like this, in case of chaos, this soldier and horse is our last resort, and it is our hope for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, and it cannot be easily handed over." ”

Tang Wang sighed, "Wang Yan first used the excuse that the situation in the southwest was critical, and transferred Wang Deren's department and Sun Shoufa's department to the southwest and Nanyang respectively to guard against Dolgon and Haoge, and now he has upgraded the Five Loyal Army to the five forbidden armies of the imperial court. The forbidden army wants to pick people, I have nothing to say, Wang Yan is now in charge of everything. If Wang Deren is still in Jiangxi, I may still have some solutions, but he is in Sichuan, and I am really out of reach. ”

After moving from the Zong Domain, Wang Yan's power was greater, and the two kings could only rely on people to breathe, without strength, and most importantly, there was no reason to confront Wang Yan head-on.

Wang Yan upgraded the Five Loyal Army to the Five Forbidden Armies this time, not to say that only the Five Loyal Army was mentioned, but to let go of the elite from the Ming system for reorganization, if the two kings of Tang and Lu want to raise their subordinates to the forbidden army, they can also let Jin Shenghuan, Zheng Chenggong, and Zhang Mingzhen reorganize, but they are unwilling, and this unwillingness is completely because they do not want to lose control of the army, and there is no reason to refute it on the table.

Any central court would not want to have an army that is not controlled by the state, and the imperial court controls the army, which is the general trend, and all Tang Lu can do is to delay it by causing a mutiny in too much urgency.

If Wang Yan comprehensively reforms, then they can use the big deal as an excuse to drag things out for the time being, but Wang Yan is a thief, he will give you little by little, so people can't refute it.

"What about the counterattack that King Tang said?" King Lu frowned.

King Tang stood up, "The purpose of Wang Yan's military reform is to let the imperial court control the army, and the ministers in the court don't want to have warlords, and they don't want the power of the feudal town to rise, so they are more on Wang Yan's side." Su Guansheng and others hope to seize power through the court struggle, the idea is too naïve, although I don't want Wang Deren's department to be incorporated into the forbidden army, but without Su Guansheng's support, it is difficult to stop. ”

Tang Wang turned around, "I guess we will talk here again, Sichuan has already started, and Wang Deren may have accepted the reorganization." In this matter, I don't want to oppose it openly, and I am ready to start from other aspects. ”

"What does King Tang think?" King Lu has already felt that the whole society is very unstable, he has been preparing in secret, hibernation and waiting for the opportunity, but he always feels that some preparations are insufficient, or he does not know the essentials, so he wants to know what means King Tang has.

Tang Throne came back, "Wang Yan is powerful, and he has long wanted to get rid of you and me, but because he has no handle, it is difficult to do it, so as not to be spurned by the government and the opposition." We should now try to avoid confrontation with him head-on, so that he does not get the hang of it, and does it to us in a proper way. At the moment, what we have to do is to make secret preparations, and wait for the opportunity, I think that his policies will soon go wrong, as long as the world is in chaos, we will come out to clean up the situation. ”

King Lu pinched the cup in his hand and nodded, and King Tang continued: "The preparations we have to make are first, soldiers, and second, money. The army is the imperial court, this is the general trend, we can only delay, it is impossible to stop, but fortunately, after such a reform, the army is not completely under Wang Yan's orders, but under the orders of the imperial court, although we have lost direct control of the army, but Wang Yan is also self-defeating. This is also an opportunity for us, Taiwan Island is currently in need of development, and Lone is ready to recruit landless people in various provinces, imitating Taizu's guard system, and secretly training troops in Tuntian, Taiwan, King Lu, what do you think? ”

Taiwan is the sphere of influence of the clan, and it is difficult for Wang Yan to perceive it, and it is indeed feasible to organize and train a private army here in the name of cultivating wasteland and tuntian.

"Tang Wang Gaojian! This can be done, and there are many fields in Taiwan alone, which can be quietly cultivated, but it needs to be hidden. King Lu's eyes lit up, and he was a little excited, Wang Yan was nationalizing his army, but they had trained a few private soldiers, which was equivalent to a few more secret trump cards in their hands.

"However, training requires money, and it is a headache to be alone. Now that the central government is strong, the local government is weak, and the imperial court will directly control the city and the city department this year, and strengthen local financial control, I am afraid that it will not be easy for us to get money to raise troops. ”

Wang Yan used the Wude to suck the blood of the Ming Dynasty and blatantly make money, and he took much more benefits from the court than Tang Lu, but the court turned a blind eye, because Wang Yan made money legally, but Tang Lu smuggled and throttled some taxes, because he violated the laws of the court and broke the rules.

The army is a gold-swallowing beast, and secret training costs money, but this year, the imperial court will strengthen the financial monitoring of the city and local provinces, and Tang Lu's financial resources will be compressed, and without money, everything is empty talk.

King Lu pondered for a while, these policies of the imperial court also affected him, thinking of this, he was a little angry in his heart, "The matter of money is not difficult to handle, I have always had a talented way, but recently Wang Yan wants to move my talented path, we can cooperate to organize Wang Yan!" ”

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