617 Temptation I
Li Chengliang warned Li Rusong not to get too close to Xiao Ruxun, Li Rusong felt that it was reasonable, but now, when such a huge profit temptation was placed in front of Li Rusong, Li Rusong couldn't persuade himself not to be tempted.
His Li family has been guarding Liaodong for two generations, and what he relies on is the semi-independent political and economic situation in Liaodong, and the family army of nearly 10,000 people is the main reason for the Li family to defend Liaodong and subdue the Mongol Jurchens, and in order to maintain this extremely strong force, the Li family needs to invest a little bit of money.
The Li family did business with the Mongols in Liaodong, did business with the Jurchens, and also did business with Shanxi merchants, and all the money they obtained was used to raise troops and satisfy the needs of the DPRK and China, which was a successful model that Li Chengliang explored.
Li Rusong has been following this method all these years, but even so, the core family army of less than 10,000 people has made Li Rusong feel very difficult.
And Xiao Ruxun is in that wild place in Myanmar, where birds don't poop and chickens don't lay eggs, he can actually earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year, and he can also raise 30,000 soldiers!
According to Li Rusong's actual situation, Xiao Ruxun's financial income is definitely not only 1 million, but 2 million is possible, otherwise 30,000 soldiers will definitely not be able to raise it.
Looking at the equipment and treatment of his Zhennan Army, as well as the physique and training level of the soldiers, this is the elite of the elite, how can everyone feed without an investment of dozens of taels of silver every year?
Weapons, military uniforms, food, accommodation, some usual rewards and benefits, etc., are all money, Li Rusong spends money on his own liver, and Xiao Ruxun's family is three times the size of his, and the sailor, although there is no cavalry, but the sailor also has to burn money, and firearms have to burn money, how much does it cost?
If it weren't for the emperor's bad brain, he paid out of his own pocket to raise soldiers for Xiao Ruxun, then what Xiao Ruxun said would be absolutely true, he had a way to get money, and the entire Ming Dynasty thought that Myanmar was a wild land, just doing some small business, and couldn't make a few dollars, but who knew that Xiao Ruxun was already eating fat and strong here, stronger than his Li family.
This Burmese town is the first town in the world!
Li Rusong couldn't help but have such thoughts.
And more importantly, the intimate relationship with the emperor revealed in Xiao Ruxun's words, thinking of the emperor who recalled him thousands of miles away, and pulled himself not to let him go, he had to let himself lead the troops to wait for Xiao Ruxun in the capital for more than three days, which seems to be telling!
Xiao Ruxun's development is supported by the emperor, Xiao Ruxun may have been in contact with the emperor, the emperor has been dissatisfied with the ministers for a long time, and plans to do it, the Shanxi faction suddenly rushed out to find their own beating, so it is understandable for the emperor to beat Shanxi, but this emperor has been languishing in the face of the ministers for a long time, and this suddenly rose up, does the Jin family have no idea of counterattacking?
When the Jin family was in charge of the government, what a beautiful scenery it was? Zhang Juzheng was at his most brilliant when he treated the Jin system by three points, and that Zhang Xuan did not dare to attack the Jin system at all, which was enough to see the strength of the Jin system......
Thinking of this, Li Rusong suddenly realized.
"Could it be that the ministers plan to kill the Jin family?"
Li Rusong blurted out.
I saw Xiao Ruxun smile slightly and nodded.
"The world's merchants have been suffering for a long time, and now the merchants and gangs from all over the country have risen together, and it is not the time when the Jin merchants were dominant earlier, Mr. Li, this time they are killing themselves and abolishing Datong and half of Shanxi, at this time, I don't know when to hold a meeting to discuss ways to solve the problem, but at this time, I am afraid that the meeting to prepare to divide the interests of Shanxi has already been held."
Li Rusong gasped.
Li Chengliang's inference is right, this time, there are really going to be waves in the court, but this wave is not led by Xiao Ruxun, but a large group of guys who are eager for interests and eager to blush, and the interests held by Shanxi businessmen have been coveted by the world's businessmen for a long time, and if they can be devoured, everyone is willing.
If there is only the emperor, Li Rusong will hesitate, after Li Chengliang's guidance, he knows that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is unreliable, and there is always a danger of becoming a mistake, but the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are very reliable, and they are particularly fierce in the struggle for power and profit.
The emperor has long been excluded from the circle of supreme power struggle, and the current emperor is almost like a mascot, if he wants to get a little real power, he will immediately be sprayed with fame.
The emperor's desire for power is unjustifiable!
How can this kind of emperor make the generals dare to get closer?
But Xiao Ruxun just got closer.
What does he want to do?
Could it be that he still wants to help the emperor regain imperial power? Back to the Hongwu Yongle era? Back to the era when our generals and nobles held power? Those times were beautiful, but they were also too ......
Wait a minute!
As soon as he thought of this, Li Rusong suddenly realized a little, and he now understands many things that he couldn't understand in the past! Including why he lost his qualification as the chief general of North Korea at the earliest time and became a deputy general, and why he had the advantage at the earliest time but still failed to compete with that guy......
Could it be that they were ...... from the beginning?
Seeing Li Rusong looking at him with unbelievable eyes, Xiao Ruxun felt that Li Rusong should have guessed something, Li Rusong was just a little anxious and had a little more muscles, but he was not stupid, he was very smart.
"Mr. Li, there are some things that I don't say much Mr. Li should be able to guess, all I want is to get something justified, and I also want to change some things that seem justified now, but when Taizu became an ancestor, it looked extremely ridiculous, the Ming Dynasty was too sick, and getting rid of the Jin Shang was just the first step in curing the disease."
Li Rusong took a deep breath.
"Is this all what His Majesty is thinking about?"
Xiao Ruxun opened his mouth and said: "There are also my advices, but the main thing is Your Majesty's own meaning, Your Majesty has suffered from the power for a long time, and has suffered from the civil officials who have been in power for a long time, Li Zongbing, since ancient times, the power ministers will not have a good end, you should also understand." ”
"Of course I understand this, I just never expected that Governor Xiao would have such an idea."
"Mr. Li, you and I are both military generals, and the suffering of military generals should also be able to understand, not to mention the former Song Dynasty, the national policy is so, but the Ming Dynasty is not like this, the Ming Dynasty has been changed from Yu Qian to become like this, the Taizu ancestral system is obviously not like this, but now it has become like this, what is even more ridiculous is that once some truly beneficial reforms appear, those who destroy the ancestral system are one by one, isn't this a ridiculous thing?"