"I don't dare, my soldiers all escaped from Yangzhou, they hate the imperial court, they don't dare to do anything, come and give orders to the three armies......"

"Slow, Guogong"

When Zhou Yong, the general political envoy of the General Political Department, saw Wang Lanping's attitude, he also knew that if he didn't agree to this matter, it was really possible for him to do these things.

Zhou Yong said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, it is better to agree, Dingguo Gong is also dedicated to the revitalization of the Han family, now the hearts of the people of the government and the opposition are floating, there is a Xiangye sitting in the Prime Minister's Mansion, raising his arms, maybe he can revive the dynasty, since ancient times, there are many virtuous monarchs who have been assisted by prime ministers and become emperors through the ages, such as the Shang Yang of Qiangqin, Zhuge Liang of Shu Han, Fang Du of the Tang Dynasty, Kou Zhun of the Song Dynasty, all dynasties abound, I am in this troubled era, and there is no lack of such a virtuous prime minister who assists the emperor"

The corners of Wang Lanping's mouth rose, and he nodded approvingly at Zhou Yong, "Master Zhou, who knows the times, what do you say?"

The other five people thought about it, forget it, their elbows can't twist their thighs, people now have the strength to oppose Ming but just want to be a prime minister, why force him, if he is determined to turn against Ming, the consequences will be more serious.

Zhang Huangyan sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll be sparse."

Everyone nodded in unison.

Wang Lanping immediately thanked him, "Thank you, but you don't have to worry about being infamy, the first candidate is not you, I don't want to make the reputation of my capable generals stink."

Zhang Huang said, "Then, who will it be?" ”

Wang Lanping said, "Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and the thirty-five Donglin Party officials who are in the prison of the Criminal Department"

Zhang Huang said, "They? They have been detained in the criminal department for more than three months, and they have not been sentenced or tried. There are also many loyal ministers among these people, does Dingguo Gong want to take this opportunity to let them out? ”

"Oh. Loyashi? Who is Zhongliang? Tell me about it."

In Wang Lanping's mind, the Donglin Party is almost equal to a shameless person.

Zhang Huang said, "Such as Gao Hongtu." Jiang Riguang, Huang Daozhou, Lu Daqi, Yuan Jixian, Lu Zhenfei, Yao Sixiao, and Qian Qianyi can all be called loyal and good ministers."

Wang Lanping turned around and sat down on the top of the main hall and said, "The Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party have been fighting for fifty years. It's a group of people who don't succeed enough to do more than they lose, I won't use them."

Zhang Shenyan and Liu Zongzhou on the side were shocked in their hearts, and said in unison, "But I am also a member of the Donglin Party."

Wang Lanping waved his hand, "From now on, you have nothing to do with them, you, and you." From now on, he will be the man of my prime minister's house, and the man of all the people of the world."

Everyone was silent, and the cage could still be used to force people's hearts, haven't you heard that Corporal Lixian is going to be talented.

This time, Wang Lanping vowed to wipe out the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party. Only kill people's heads before they stop.

After a long while, Zhang Huang said, "The Duke of Dingguo just said two things. What else is there to do? ”

Wang Lanping got up and said, "Yes." Third, we want to strengthen our military and then strengthen our country. First of all, you have to ask for silver, Zhang Shenyan, now that you are in charge of the household department, how much silver is in the treasury? ”

Zhang Shenyan shook his head and said helplessly, "It's only 80,000 taels, and it's just sent by Hangzhou Weaving, and half of this silver has to be put into the inner government for the palace."

Wang Lanping stretched out his hand to make a 'eight' gesture and shook it, "What can be the use of a mere 80,000 taels of silver?" Do you know how much money was spent in the first battle of Yangzhou? Three million taels, three million taels were lost in one battle"

Zhang Shenyan said, "The finances are drying up day by day, and I can't do anything, and the taxes and silver in various prefectures and roads are also uneven."

Wang Lanping still knows something about the family background of the household, and it is strange to have silver.

"Well, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, it's hard for you, the Minister of Finance, to work hard to run the Ming family, the more money the country has, the heavier the taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people are unbearable, this is a vicious circle, coupled with the provincial and state capitals layer by layer, the people's lives can't go on, it's time to rectify it, not only finance, I want to break all the old rules and bad laws, push out the new, completely change all this, by the way, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu"

Sun Zhiren arched his hand and said, "The lower official is here"

"You start preparing immediately, after the beginning of spring, the imperial court will open a branch to take scholars, so many officials up and down the Ming Dynasty, it's time to add some fresh blood to go in, remember, this scientific examination is different from the past, in Beijing three officials below the grade and all the alternate officials and the world to refer to, those who do not win will be dismissed immediately, and those who win the list will be awarded the official immediately, and this scientific examination is no longer confined to the eight strands of the prose, nor is it cramped to the sage classics"

Sun Zhiren was puzzled, "Then, what is the test?" ”

"I haven't decided what to test yet, but it's still early, there are still two months, I'll tell you when the time comes, you first promulgate this matter to the world, on the first day of February next year, the world will raise the son to gather in the Gongyuan, oh yes, Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, this scientific examination still has your business, the liberal arts are good for government affairs, this military affairs have to count on the martial arts, if you want to strengthen the army without generals, this time the martial arts hope to select some generals for the imperial court."

Everyone seemed to see a thriving court rising from this room, and at the same time, they also saw that a troubled man was born.

"Oh yes, where did you just go" Wang Lanping's third thing was not finished, but he said a digression, and then turned back, "Yes, yes, silver, the court can't do anything without silver, and it is far from quenching the thirst to reform Dingxin now, first get through the difficulties in front of you, and then do it, adults, do you know how much national money the prince and lord of the world will spend a year?" ”

This matter is best known to the household department, and every hereditary noble's salary received from the imperial court over the years has been documented.

Zhang Shen said, "According to the records of the clan, there are still about 300,000 royal relatives in Jiangnan, and the imperial court needs to allocate 9 million taels of silver every year to support, and there are also 50,000 nobles at all levels, with an annual consumption of 2.8 million taels of silver, and according to the income of the household department this year, a total of about 20 million taels of various taxes and silver can be collected, but at present, only 80,000 taels are put into the warehouse, even if these silver can be collected one by one, more than half of the expenses will be spent just to support them."

Wang Lanping said, "Well, Zhang Shangshu really knows everything about the household department, this is almost the end of the year, and even a fraction of the tax money has been confiscated." How to get it, the end of the year is approaching. Many of the ministers are still waiting for the silver to live a fat year, and the salaries of the garrisons everywhere must be made up one by one. They worked hard for the court, and the court should not treat them badly"

Zhang Shenyan said helplessly, "If you can't solve the tax bank, you can't do anything."

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu on the side was busy saying, "Yes, the department will be opened at the beginning of spring, and this will cost at least 200,000 taels of silver."

Wang Lanping said, "Yes, there are many places to spend money." There are only so many sources, but there is a silver mountain in front of you, do you dare to dig it, it is at least enough for the expenses of the imperial court for a year."

"Where is the silver mountain?" Everyone's eyes widened.

"The Ming clan and nobles at all levels"

As soon as everyone heard it, they immediately understood, and Wang Lanping said to more than a dozen lords in the court for no reason: The mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village, I'm afraid that's what I mean.

Zhang Huangyan didn't have a good impression of these court moths, and he didn't pay taxes or grain. The imperial court also has to spend a huge amount of money every year to support it, not only that, but these people do not occupy the best local fertile land, and there are thousands of hectares. There are tens of thousands of hectares, living a life of arrogance and lasciviousness, but the people can hardly even make ends meet. The fewer such people, the more beneficial it is to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Huang said, "But these people are all nobles. How can you get money from them, this mountain is not easy to dig?"

Wang Lanping smiled. "Nonsense, you have to bend over to pick up silver on the ground, as long as you support me, I will uproot this mountain sooner or later"

Zhang Shenyan said happily, "How? ”

Wang Lanping started the case, "Start with the more than ten lords in the court, knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, Li Zicheng didn't do it in Beijing." Chasing stolen goods and helping to pay salaries', why can't we do it, but I'm not as barbaric as Li Zicheng, Qian Shangshu, you control the criminal department, you send someone to check for me, and check these lords for me, as long as you find out a trace of bad deeds, they will be recorded for me, and we will settle accounts together in the future, I will give you three days, rest assured, you let go of your hands and feet to do it in these three days, I have ordered the palace gate to be closed, they can't go out, do you dare to do it"

Qian Xiaole has been looking forward to this day for a long time, he has suffered from the nest of these lords on weekdays, this time he has to check the eighteenth generation of his ancestors, but this person is not enough.

"With the Duke of Dingguo in charge, I don't dare to do anything, it's just that this person is understaffed, and the Criminal Department has never interfered in the cases of these lords, I'm afraid ......"

Wang Lanping waved his hand, "Don't worry, I have already made arrangements, Commander Zhang, please come out"

As soon as the words fell, a person walked out of the back room, dressed in a flying fish suit, with an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist, and everyone knew that this person was Zhang Mingzhen, the commander of the Jinyi Guard in the yamen of Nanjing Jinyi Guard, which had been broken.

It's just that everyone can't help but be surprised, this is strange, isn't Jinyiwei only loyal to Zhu Mingzi, how did he get involved with Cao Cao of the Ming Dynasty, and he seems to have been behind the house all the time, so he should have heard everyone's words clearly.

The cold sweat of everyone came down, and the disrespectful words that the six people said to the Son of Heaven in this room all entered the ears of the commander of the brocade guard, this Wang Lanping is really old-fashioned.

Wang Lanping said, "Don't worry, Commander Zhang is my confidant, everyone in this room today is of the same heart, don't worry, Lord Qian, Jin Yiwei will cooperate with you to handle the case, now you don't have to worry about it."

Jinyiwei has the black information of officials all over the world, if they are there, there is no need to check, go to Jinyiwei Yamen to turn over the files, and kill all those who are greedy for more than 1,000 taels, so as to ensure that none of the officials in the world are wronged if they kill ninety percent.

"Okay, with Commander Zhang, this thing will be done"

Wang Lanping said, "Okay, this is just a knock on the mountain, the case should not be too big, it will be carried out secretly, and when I officially take over the phase, I will let the other princes and nobles obediently spit out the silver in their mouths one by one."

Subsequently, these six people left the palace and each handled the government affairs in the yamen, leaving only Zhang Mingzhen, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who had not left.

Zhang Mingzhen said, "Grandpa Guo, you promised me that you want us to recreate the style of Jinyiwei."

Wang Lanping smiled, "Well, now I will satisfy you, come, follow me to the palace"

The two came to the court, and the court was still overcrowded, one by one, especially those lords, if it weren't for the soldiers, they would dare to run to the martial arts to pull Wang Lanping out and beat him violently, for more than two hundred years, who dared to spread wild in front of them.

As soon as Wang Lanping entered the palace, the Duke of Wei shouted, "Wang Lanping, what is your intention in putting us under house arrest in the court, let me tell you, this world is still surnamed Zhu, and it is not your turn to be presumptuous here."

Wang Lanping didn't even pay attention to his thoughts, and led Zhang Mingzhen to the front of the hundred officials.

"Where is Zhu Zhikui of Yingtian Governor's Mansion?" Wang Lanping shouted.

"In, in, Xiaguan here, here" Zhu Zhikui, who was in a hurry, crawled out of the corner, and the previous scene of the fourteen adults cutting off their heads together almost scared him to death.

Wang Lanping pointed at Zhang Mingzhen and said, "Governor Zhu, this is Lord Zhang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, do you know him?" ”

"Know, oh no, don't know, heard of"

"Well, yesterday the Ling girl above my mansion sued you for the three major sins of the Zhu Governor's Mansion, are you guilty?"

"Wronged, Grandpa Guo, the lower official has always handled cases impartially and cleanly, it must be Miss Fang who saved her brother and misheard the rumors in the market, but the lower official doesn't blame her, she is also like reminding the lower official to always remember the official voice, don't know the law and break the law"

"That's good, but, if you say it's guilty or not, it doesn't count, I don't count, since someone sued you, you have to clarify it before you can convince the public, I think this case will be handed over to Jinyiwei to handle, Lord Zhang, you have to give prefect Zhu justice."

Zhang Mingzhen was overjoyed in his heart, "The lower official obeys orders!" ”

Wang Lanping took the opportunity to say, "Well, in order to facilitate your investigation of the case and restore all the rights that Jinyi Wei should have, from the emperor to the hundred officials, you can rest assured and boldly investigate"

"Yes!"

As soon as Zhu Zhikui, the prefect of the Heavenly Mansion, heard that Jinyiwei had taken over the case, he fainted on the spot.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have not been supervised by the Jinyi Guard for several years, and it has only been a few days of comfortable life, and they have died and regained their fire, and they are all depressed.

At noon, Song Xianzheng hurriedly ran towards the Fengtian Palace, and said loudly on the spot, "Bingda Governor (Five Army Governor's Mansion), the remaining three battalions of Xiangshan have been built into the Five Army Governor's Mansion, and the three military marquis are already waiting outside the palace."

Wang Lanping had long expected the arrival of these three people, and they would not be able to go anywhere if they did not surrender, and most of the money and food of the soldiers and horses under their command were in Wang Yongji's camp.

"Take them into the temple"

When he was young, three generals in armor entered the hall, of course they didn't know Wang Lanping, but they could also see that he must be the most majestic in the hall.

The three of them bowed down.

"The last general, the former governor of Zhejiang, the Marquis of Anhua, Zhang Bingzhen, met with the governor of the capital"

"The last general of the former Zhejiang anti-Japanese army, the Marquis of Zhuji, Wang Zhiren, visited the governor of the capital"

"The last general was the former governor of Zhenjiang, the Marquis of Jingjiang, Yang Wencong, and met the governor of the capital"

Wang Lanping looked at these three people, what if there are 70,000 soldiers and horses, stay in Xiangshan for a few months, do you need to kneel in front of me if you come to the palace early, now Lao Tzu occupies the palace, according to the emperor, you have to listen to what Lao Tzu says, don't be a powerful minister if you don't have the courage to be the emperor, and the 10,000 soldiers will still play you to death.

Wang Lanping said, "Wang Yongji and others rebelled and have been executed by the emperor's decree, you did not participate, the emperor is deeply pleased, okay, please get up, from today onwards, your troops will be built in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and all soldiers will go to the military department to register and make a book, and the military salary will also be allocated to you on time."

"Emperor Xie, Governor Xie"

"Well, go down, the soldiers and horses are still stationed in Xiangshan, you go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to name first, Zhang Bingzhen is the Governor of the Left Governor of the Former Military Governor's Mansion, Wang Zhiren is the Governor of the Right Governor's Mansion, Yang Wencong, you are the Governor of the Left Governor of the Rear Army Governor's Mansion, and the soldiers and horses of each battalion are still under your command."

"Decree of the Governor"

The meat is on the chopping board, and it is not good if you are not obedient, Dingguo Gong is worthy of the glory of the emperor, and the 10,000 elite soldiers in his hands are all tigers and wolves.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the lords saw that in half a day, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies had already subdued 150,000 troops, how could they not be shocked. (To be continued.) )