Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Moth of the Nation

Lu Xiangsheng stood outside Xuanfu City, wearing a cloak, the weather in the north was cold, although it was not yet late autumn, but it was already making people feel a trace of winter chill, at this moment, he looked blankly at the invisible Jingshi giant city in the south. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time back to Beijing, his experience is really as the small people outside the Shunde Mansion said, was appointed by the emperor as the governor of Xuanda, the general system of the three sides, it stands to reason that now he Lu Xiangsheng is already a very human minister, with the body of a literati led the three-sided tiger and wolf division, the three towns of Xuanfu Datong Shanxi near the Beijing Division, it stands to reason that it is not the emperor's personal confidant, and will never be arranged in this position, but Lu Xiangsheng has a sense of powerlessness in his heart, and the bleak autumn wind seems to have blown into his heart, making him feel cold.

He Lu Xiangsheng is upright, but he is not stupid, he has served as the prefect of the daimyo, and all kinds of people have also dealt with him, he is not a white ding without any experience in governance, on the contrary, when he was the king of Qin, he led a large number of people, and rushed to the capital early, if he does not understand the hearts of the people, relying on that simple order, how can he lead some peasants to rush to the Beijing division?

When he returned to Beijing this time, he was full of passion and wanted to say goodbye to His Majesty, but the emperor, who once trusted him immensely, rejected his request, but directly sent eunuchs to his army to directly announce the decree, and did not even let him enter the gate of the Beijing Division, so he let him serve in the Daoxuan Mansion. With such obvious signs, how could he, Lu Xiangsheng, not see them? This is His Majesty's dislike for him, or it should be said, His Majesty's jealousy of his ability to fight well and the brave generals under his command!

Lu Xiangsheng sighed, but Your Majesty, if you don't have this brave general, how can you defeat those rebels? If there is no absolute control, how can these slippery soldiers be forced to fight with those bandits? Could it be that as the little people said, they want me to leave my job early and return to my hometown?

A gust of cold wind blew, gently blowing the hem of Lu Xiangsheng's clothes, and the bleak autumn wind blew Lu Xiangsheng's heart became colder and colder, making him can't help but tighten the cloak on his body.

"My lord, the weather is cold, let's go back to the city early to rest," the guard behind him watched Lu Xiangsheng's movements and said with some worry.

This sound woke Lu Xiangsheng from his contemplation, he smiled bitterly, he turned around and walked towards the gate of Xuanfu, it was really as this little people said, he Lu Xiangsheng, he really couldn't leave, if he didn't train these three sides into a strong team, how could he go?

However, the most important thing in this training of the three towns is the issue of grain and grass on the three sides, it stands to reason that the Ming Dynasty spent 100,000 yuan on military expenses at every turn, and the soldiers of the border army did not ask for enough money for everyone, nor did they ask for a new weapon for each person, but at least they had to be well fed and clothed. But the current reality is that the soldiers in the three towns of Xuanda Shanxi, not to mention the salary, even food and clothing cannot be guaranteed.

If it weren't for Lu Xiangsheng's inspection, he couldn't believe that the former border army of the Tiger and Wolf Division was a strong soldier, but now it is like a flower child, if it weren't for the broken mandarin duck jacket on their body, he wouldn't dare to say that this is the former border army, and when he inspected the arsenal, he almost didn't choke away by the dust in the arsenal, which can't blame the sergeant who managed the treasury for not cleaning, but there is no need to clean it, because Lu Xiangsheng opened a warehouse at will, and the weapons in it actually had weapons from the Yongle period.

Even if it is deducted from the military department, plus the empty salary, it shouldn't even be a few new swords and spears. And the pale faces of Qianhu next to him made Lu Xiangsheng stunned even more, because this Qianhu said that from last year to now, the entire Xuanda has not received a penny of silver from the Ministry of War, that is to say, every year the Ming Dynasty has spent millions of dollars on military expenses, and it has not used a penny of silver from the border army!

Although Lu Xiangsheng is a squire of the military department, he has never worked for a day in the yamen of the military department in Beijing, so he can't manage this matter, and he can't manage it, because although he is upright, he can't do it against the officials of the world.

Thinking of such a thing, Lu Xiangsheng's steps became heavier and heavier, the more he knew the situation of the Ming Dynasty now, the heavier his heart became, and for the bandit army raging in the Central Plains, his heart was even more bottomless, it was easy to exterminate, but even if Li Zicheng was eliminated, the current situation, after a few years, there would be another Wang Zicheng Zhang Zicheng.

It's the way of the world that forces the people to rebel. If such a thing cannot be fundamentally resolved, this chaos will never end.

The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, he frowned, looking at the galloping post man, Lu Xiangsheng sighed, this rebellion, wasn't he once a post pawn? If it weren't for the lack of food, I'm afraid I wouldn't have rebelled.

He shook his head and walked to the side of the official road, where there were a few guards, Lu Xiangsheng took the reins handed by the guards, turned over his horse, and galloped towards the city. Far away, the tall city wall of Xuanfu appeared in front of him, if you look at it from the outside, the city wall of Xuanfu is better than the city wall of Jingshi, if it is not for the mottled city wall, revealing the rammed earth inside, this city is really a male city.

Lu Xiangsheng rode his horse through the tall gate of Xuanda, different from the desolation outside the city, but there is a deformed prosperity in this city, Xuanfu is close to the frontier, and walks out for dozens of miles, it is the vast grassland, where is the horse fur urgently needed in the interior, and here, there is a lack of salt, pig iron, and tea bricks on the grassland. Therefore, although the government army strictly inspected smuggling, when there was a shortage of military salaries, the border soldiers below turned a blind eye and collected certain benefits before letting these merchants go.

Today's Lu Xiangsheng has no such thing as management, although these things have the possibility of being an enemy, but if he Lu Xiangsheng cuts off everyone's financial route, I am afraid that his soldiers will be able to mutiniate immediately. Although these guys are too much worse than his Tianxiong Army, these border troops mutinied, and those in the court who were interested in watching his Lu Xiangsheng's jokes would definitely fall into the ground! Besides, if these soldiers are not fetters of the army and blend into the people, it will be a big hidden danger. Nowadays, the rebellion is becoming more and more difficult to deal with, isn't there that there are many former border army and military households?

Lu Xiangsheng thought about this, and walked straight towards the post station, this Xuanda General Soldier's Mansion lives in Xuanfu Chief Soldier Yang Guozhu, and the Governor's Mansion is still being repaired because of disrepair, he is such a Xuanda Governor, and he can't be crowded together with the General Soldier, so he temporarily lives in the post station office. However, counting all over the world, he Lu Xiangsheng works at this post station, and he can be regarded as the only scorpion.

Lu Xiangsheng had just entered the courtyard of the post station, and saw a person pacing back and forth at the door, but it was the post man of the post station who was waiting at the door, and when he saw Lu Xiangsheng coming, he hurriedly said, "My lord, the post man just sent a letter from an adult, and the villain didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly sent it."