In some respects, what Wang Lanping is doing in Nanjing today is similar in nature to the 'Biyang Zhenfu Division' established by Li Zicheng in Beijing a few months ago, and the starting point is more or less for one word, money.

The only difference is that Li Zicheng is a blatant robbery, Wang Lanping is under the guise of building a palace for the emperor to force hundreds of officials to raise donations, the means are actually the same, the harvest is naturally similar, after three days of Beijing investigation and fundraising, more than 200 Beijing officials, four out of ten, many of which are a product of the dynasty, and the money collected is also more than 10 million taels, which is really not much from the hundred officials, most of them are confiscated from the family property of corrupt officials, and the court finances have reached the point of exhaustion. This is also the fastest way to increase fiscal revenue at present.

There is another point that Wang Lanping is different from Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng did not do a good job of appeasing and wiping his ass after killing and robbing officials in Beijing, and almost offended the people on the first floor of the gentry, while Wang Lanping killed people in the court, on the other hand, he also continued to improve the newcomers to ensure the normal operation of the major yamen in the capital.

The holy decree of Kaien Ke has been issued, the world's scholars take Jiangnan as the priority, and the Jiangnan scholars gather in Nanjing City, this decree comes out, the whole city is boiling, three days later, the world knows that Wang Lanping is not only a capable minister in the hearts of the world who removes corrupt officials and fights for the powerful, but also is praised by thousands of students as ' The protector of the rise of the cold door', because in the Hongguang Dynasty, there are only two ways for anyone who can get out of the official position, one is to run the official and buy the official, and the other is the children of the family.

As for Wang Lanping's killing of courtiers in the government and the opposition, and the rebellious actions of coercing Emperor Ming, no one condemned it, after all, the news discourse power in this era is almost entirely in the mouths of scholars, and what they say, the people will naturally believe what they say.

In the past few days, Wang Lanping has not only made drastic measures to rectify the administration and finances of officials, but also made some moves on the military affairs around Nanjing, and with the money gathered from hundreds of officials, many things will naturally be solved, first, to strengthen the city defense of Nanjing, recruit sergeants, second, the Nanjing Ordnance Department has also been working day and night, building a large number of weapons, and third, purchasing and hoarding military food and medicinal materials.

However, these measures can only be carried out in a few places in Nanjing City and the surrounding areas, Wang Lanping's current strength can only control these places, a hundred miles away from Nanjing City, he will be beyond the reach of the whip, want to expand his influence, the next step is to take office as the governor of Zhejiang as soon as possible, with the military power, financial power and administrative power of the Zhejiang region, it is equivalent to having half of the Jiangnan.

At present, the prefectures and prefectures of Zhejiang Province nominally belong to the imperial court, but in fact they are controlled in the hands of the local town guards, resulting in this situation that the imperial court cannot control the locality, and it has to be said that the current Yangzhou governor Shi Kefa, when Hongguang was the emperor, Shi Kefa was the first assistant of the cabinet, and the imperial court at that time could really be said to be poor and white, and even the salaries of officials could not be taken out, let alone the salaries of millions of military horses in Jiangnan, so Shi Kefa's genius brain flashed, and made a decision to drink to quench his thirst, and the cabinet drafted, Let the military expenses of the general army of the world be provided by local taxes to solve the current financial difficulties of the imperial court.

This is equivalent to the imperial court giving up the financial power of local taxation to the military generals, who already have military power, and now the imperial court has given them financial rights, and the waist pole will be strong at once, and the number of troops under his command is rolling and expanding, and everyone dares to stiffen their necks and follow the theories of the imperial court.

Later, Shi Kefa found that it was inevitable that the world would be divided like this, but he couldn't change it, and it was impossible for the generals of the general army to stop who had tasted the sweetness, and he ignored the court in Nanjing, Shi Kefa even wanted to die, and later Ma Shiying took the throne, all he could do was to entrap and buy, and now in Wang Lanping's era, the secession of foreign towns has become a foregone conclusion, and the imperial court's decree has become a dead letter when it comes out of Nanjing.

Whether it is Shi Kefa's moderate and stable government or Ma Shiying's cultivation of cronies, when it comes to the root, it is all civil officials in power, and the main manifestation of civil officials in power is only in the court of open and secret fighting, deceit, but once Wang Lanping takes power, it undoubtedly throws a signal to the world, princes and generals, and those who are strong and strong live in it.

Because of a military general, many of them have no background, not a big family, the strength in their hands is a knife and a gun from the battlefield to fight, today Wang Lanping can raise troops into Beijing to guide the country, in the eyes of the generals, they firmly believe that there are soldiers is the king of grass, power will only come from the swords and guns in the hand, just a Dingnan Marquis soldier is only 30,000 dare to coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven in Nanjing City, naturally there will be people one after another, there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the town guarding generals in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wang Lanping thought of the consequences of the matter on the day he entered Beijing, so he had to control the Zhezhi region in the shortest possible time, which is the world's wealth, with these, he could compete with other governors in terms of momentum and strength, and then annex them one by one.

In the city of Nanjing, Wang Lanping became an authoritative figure in the Ming Dynasty of Hongji I, the wealthy families rushed to take refuge, there is a way to be a person who won the Tao chicken dog ascended to heaven, with Wang Lanping's value of a hundred times the expansion, naturally his generals also rose, especially Song Xian, Song Dali, Fang Guoan and other battalion commanders of the champion army, whether it was to see the prince or the imperial court, then it was just as if they didn't see it, but the first reaction of these people when they saw them was how far to hide, which cool and where to stay.

And these Wang Lanping has also heard, he is also worried that he will not repeat Li Zicheng's mistakes in Beijing, Li Zicheng is in Beijing too much trouble, can not restrain his subordinates, resulting in the loss of the people's heart, and finally make the officials angry and resentful, Wang Lanping repeatedly ordered, not allowed generals to harm the people, nor allow the generals to be rude to their relatives and nobles at will, the effect can not be said at all, but the generals have been bullied and played with by civilian officials for hundreds of years, and today they have turned over, and no one is exempt from the psychology of this nouveau riche.

On this day, Song Dali just saw the camp outside the city back to the city, the horse team to the west gate of the city, happened to meet the new king, the new king is the prince of the Ming Dynasty in the clan, the identity is extremely noble, when Li Zicheng attacked Shanxi, the old Jin king was killed, this Jin king followed the attack, after the loss of the domain, he and many other vassal kings together went south to take refuge, at this time in the city of Nanjing, all kinds of princes gathered, although the status is, but lost the land of wealth, they all rely on the court to feed, in the eyes of the people of Nanjing, These princes and nobles are all moths of the Ming Dynasty, and they all deserve to die, and Song Dali's idea is no exception.

This King of Jin also didn't go out to look at the Yellow Calendar, but he met with Song Dali, who was hot-tempered and had no good feelings for Da Ming, and he could only blame him for being unlucky.

King Jin's guard of honor squeezed into the gate of the city, apparently wanting to go out of the city for a walk, but Song Dali's horse team was also at the gate of the city, and no one on either side avoided it.

"General, the King of Jin is about to leave the city, should we let him go first" A soldier quickly reported to Song Dali.

Song Dali was riding a horse at the end of the horse team at this time, talking and laughing with his fellow generals, hearing this, he thought for a moment, and then nodded, this is the king of Jin, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, okay, let him pass first.

"Okay, give the order, everyone retreat to the side of the road, let the King of Jin go first" Song Dali also remembered the instructions of the Marquis of Dingnan from time to time, and tried to avoid disputes with the prince and the martyr.

Song Dali's horse team Hulala all stood on both sides of the road, and in order to show the respect of the courtiers, Song Dali led a group of generals to get off the horses, stood aside, and greeted each other.

At this time, the King of Jin drove past Song Dali's side, the gorgeous carriage came slowly, the young King of Jin who was white and pure in silk squinted, and fell asleep with the shaking of the carriage, and when he walked to Song Dali's side, King Jin suddenly opened his eyes slightly, and said weakly, "Stop"

The car stopped next to Song Dali, Song Dali arched his hands, bowed slightly, and said, "I've seen King Chitose of Jin."

King Jin straightened his body, looked at Song Dali and the soldiers beside him, and said, "Where are you soldiers?" ”

"Back to the King of Jin, the last will be the Nanjing garrison battalion soldiers and horses" Song Dali was dealing with it patiently, if it weren't for Wang Lanping's military order, he wouldn't have bothered to take care of this group of bird princes.

King Jin nodded, "Oh, it's the person of the Marquis of Dingnan, just right, this king is going to pay homage in front of the Taizu Mausoleum, the accompanying sergeants are understaffed, and they are afraid of being disturbed by thieves along the way, you came just in time, you and your soldier King Ben will borrow it first, and then go to thank the Marquis of Dingnan in the future."

Song Dali was stunned, and he was a pawn for you? What do you think, Lao Tzu's soldiers only obey the orders of the Marquis of Dingnan, this is the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, and you dare to point fingers at a fallen prince here.

Song Dali straightened up and arched his hand, "Dare to ask King Jin if there is an order?" ”

The King of Jin is also a noble emperor, and his face showed a slight anger, "Oh, didn't this king say, temporarily borrow your military horses, and explain to the Marquis of Dingnan when you return to the city, it won't get in the way."

"Then the last general will not be able to obey his orders, without the dispatch of the Nanjing garrison commander Dingnanhou, the last general will not dare to move a single soldier, please see the king of Jin"

King Jin became angry when he heard this, and he patted the edge of the sedan chair and scolded, "Fart, open your dog's eyes and take a good look, I am the King of Jin, but I just want to borrow your soldiers and horses temporarily, do you want Wang Lanping to nod at this point?" No matter how big he is Wang Lanping, is he bigger than the emperor and bigger than my king Jin? If you know the image, you will lead me with a horse and whip, and this king is in a good mood, and may not be like you."

This King of Jin is also young and less familiar with the world, not to mention that the prince of this year is not valuable, even if he turns a hundred years forward, a prince has no right to mobilize local garrisons, this is a major event that violates the ban, not to mention that this King of Jin is now facing a fierce general like Song Dali, who has just held great power.

"King Jin, the last general is in charge, retire" Song Dali turned around to leave, he couldn't afford to hide, he was also afraid that he would get up for a while and do something to cause trouble for Nanhou.

But where has this King of Jin been snubbed like this, a somewhat childish face has been furious, and he roared, "On the contrary, a small battalion general dares to disobey the King of Jin, come, take him down, don't say it's you, even the Marquis of Ding Nan has to give three points to this king, give me a beating"

The four Jin King guards complained bitterly in their hearts, but they still ran over and beat their bosses in front of hundreds of and ten generals, and they also lost the King of Jin to think that it was really worthy of Zhu Yuanzhang's blood, so courageous, the four of them walked to Song Dali's side with palpitations, and glanced at Song Dali in embarrassment, which means: General, offended, the king's order is difficult to disobey, you take care of one or two, and the matter of receiving a few whips will pass.

The soldiers around Song Dali saw that the main general was in a hurry, and hurriedly surrounded them, wanting to stop the situation, Song Dali, who was holding his arms, hurriedly glanced at them and motioned them to retreat, it is better not to cause trouble, if it really makes trouble, the ghost knows what the consequences will be.

"Kneel down, give this king twenty whips, let him increase his memory, and when he sees this king's car in the future, he has to walk with his head down, do you know" King Jin was a little proud.

'Smack! Song Dali's face immediately had a blood mark, but he gritted his teeth and endured it with all his might.

"General!" His subordinates couldn't stand it and shouted in unison.

Seeing this, King Jin suddenly felt in his heart, it seemed that Wang Lanping's soldiers were nothing remarkable, and when he saw the power of my heavenly family, he only had to obey the softness, and immediately hummed and smiled, "You know how powerful this king is, go back and tell Wang Lanping, these soldiers and horses will be borrowed by this king for a while, and then return to him, you guys, open the way for this king's head, walk!" ”

"Wait!" Song Dali suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the whip that was about to be swung down, "King Jin, the last general said that without the transfer of troops, none of these soldiers can move."

"You, don't be ashamed, hit me, beat me to the death" King Jin finally jumped like thunder, and almost didn't get out of the car himself.

Song Dali also endured again and again, but he was also a battlefield veteran, the person who came out of the pile of dead people, it was already commendable to lower his voice so far, this time he couldn't bear it anymore, he made a hard effort, pushed away the four guards, and said with a waist pole, "King Jin, the court has its own rules, and no vassal king can transfer a soldier or a pawn without permission, although the identity of the last general is weak, but you have no right to order my soldiers and horses, come, send the King of Jin to go."

At the sound of an order, more than 100 cavalrymen quickly surrounded him, wrapped the car of the King of Jin, unsheathed his sword, and said in unison, "The King of Jin is driving!" ”

Seeing this, King Jin's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Dog thing, I, I will kill you, come on, cut him down"

There were also more than a dozen guards in King Jin's entourage, but in the face of this kind of scene, no one dared to move.

Song Dali smiled coldly, pointed to the front of the car, and said, "King Jin, please."

King Jin felt that he was too faceless for this kind of scene, and pointed at his accompanying guards, "Why, even you dare not listen to this king's words, go on, kill him, otherwise I will go back and I will land your head one by one"

Speaking of this, it is death to go up or not, the two sides finally met with swords, and more than a dozen people drew their knives together and rolled towards Song Dali.

Song Dali didn't want to do anything to this King of Jin, but he couldn't stand people looking for death again and again, with a wave of his hand, a hundred knives were slashed, and more than a dozen guards died immediately, seeing that the King of Jin on the car was dumbfounded, and stammered, "You, you, do you want to rebel?" I, I want to, I want to find the emperor to sue you."

Song Dali touched the whip mark on his cheek and smiled, "You don't have this chance, kill him"

The knife fell, and the soul of the king of the Ming Sect returned to the belly of the horse, it seems that no matter how noble a person is, he has only one life, and he can't live if he does his own evil.