"Brother Shixian, don't be angry, I have no intention of doing so. I just want to tell you a truth, what is the way of heaven? What is the right path? What is orthodoxy? Lu Bingdao: "As the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you will not seek politics, but there have always been many people who do not seek politics in your position. It is said that the Ming official system is not good, which leads to the current situation, but it cannot be changed. Some people also say that in fact, the current situation is the accumulation of many hidden dangers in the previous dynasty, I think no, any system has its drawbacks, and it depends on the virtue of the supreme leader, which is why the early kings of each dynasty will make great efforts to rule the world peaceful. The descendants of the future generations are not distressed when they sell their fields, and the founding monarch knows that it is not easy to come down this day, and he will work hard no matter whether he will do a good job or not. As the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked. Today's saint Zhu Houxi is greedy for pleasure, suspicious of loyalty and goodness all day long, appointing people with no talent and no virtue, in addition to gaining power all day long, he can't think of any strategies for benefiting the country and the people, how is it the blessing of the people for such a person to sit in the world? What is the orthodoxy of imperial power, and is the Ming dynasty inherited by the ancestors? Could it be that it was granted by the day after Pangu opened the world and Nuwa created man? I'm afraid it's not, the change of the court has been a common thing since ancient times, and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning? In the final analysis, the old Zhu family is just a monk who wants to eat, is this the royal orthodoxy that you want to be loyal to? As long as the people of the world live a stable and prosperous life, what difference does it make who will sit in this world? ”

"Lu Bing, everyone has a Tao in their hearts," Qi Jing channeled: "My way is to be loyal to the emperor." No matter what you say, I will not change until I die. And although there is some truth in what you said, it is a matter of being loyal to the king. As a Ming official, you are so treacherous, betraying the emperor is against the importance of the Holy Lord, and now you are using this kind of crooked nonsense to exonerate yourself, I really misjudged you. I always thought you were a good man, but you didn't need a reason, it was nothing more than that you wanted to win the world. Where did so many sermons come from? ”

Lu Bing laughed: "Do you remember what the dead man who sent you a message said in my life, I, Lu Bing, have a clear conscience and am not sorry for Daming." I don't feel sorry for Zhu Houxi, only Zhu Houyu is sorry for me! I never thought about it, and I didn't need to explain it to others, but you only say a few more words when you're a friend. I'm just here to save my life. You know the injustice he has done to me over the years. There are also things you don't know, why should I put up with it, I am not a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and I should not be loyal to Zhu Houxi! ”

"If you want to kill or kill you, Hugh is talking nonsense, it's useless to convince me, the so-called famous teacher can explain to the world." Qi Jingtong raised his head and said, he didn't know what Lu Bing meant by saying that he was not a citizen of the Ming Dynasty. Actually, if you think about it, don't you? Lu Bing had already crossed over from death, how could he be a person from the Ming Dynasty. The traditional concept of servility and the king calling the ministers to die and the ministers having to die, and the father letting the son die and the son not daring to die, did not enter Lu Bing's heart.

"Foolish, loyal, foolish, filial! Unreasonable! Lu Bing sighed and waved his hand to let Qi Jingtong go.

Qi Jingtong looked up to the sky and laughed out of the big tent of the Lu family's army, someone loosened Qi Jingtong's ties, and then gave him a horse Qi Jingtong turned over and went towards the capital.

Lu Bing laughed secretly when he saw Qi Jingtong leaving, and smiled "Wait for good news".

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In the early spring of the sixteenth year of Jiajing, the greenhouse planting technology was successful, and the off-season fruits and vegetables of Shandong in the winter sold well in the Ming Dynasty, even if the Shandong border was surrounded by many people, it was difficult to stop the greedy behavior of the officials and nobles. This time, on the contrary, the price of these out-of-season fruits and vegetables has been speculated, and it is simply the price of gold when they are transported to the capital, but those who are greedy for public funds are not distressed, and it is quite the meaning of freezing bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat.

Of course, the people of Shandong enjoy special discounts, and although the out-of-season vegetables they eat are not more expensive than ordinary vegetables, they are also affordable for ordinary people, and they are even more open to supply in the army from time to time. Of course, there is no need to worry about the problem of private sales now, because except for the caravan of the Lu family, ordinary people really can't transport things out, and at the same time, these caravans are also under the protection of officials from all walks of life, and there are also checkpoints that have been opened with a lot of money, acting as the responsibility of the intelligence department.

In March of the sixteenth year of Jiajing, Qi Jingtong was not punished, but was awarded the post of chief military officer of the thief, specializing in commanding the soldiers and horses around Shandong. Previously, Zhu Houxi only verbally criticized the neglect of these generals for their disrespect for the will, and did not severely punish them, let alone kill them. Kill the generals before the battle, but I am afraid that I will force everyone against and cause unpredictable consequences.

On March 16, the 16th year of Jiajing, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Household Affairs conducted a unified examination, and all the salaries and rations of the army were deducted, and the morale of the enemy soldiers and horses in Shandong was greatly boosted. Qi Jingtong fought hard and prepared to fight Lu Bing again.

Yu Dayou, Li Du and others wrote an essay against thieves, showing their loyalty to the imperial court and swearing to break with Lu Bing. Yu Dayou was reused and completely became Chen Hong's descendant. Only Tang Kekuan was the only one who resisted his name and was accused of colluding with anti-thieves and was imprisoned.

On 18 March, the Jiangsu Japanese invaders landed on the shore and fought with the officers and soldiers, but the strange thing is that this time the Japanese invaders were different from the past, although they broke the city, they did not kill, nor did they flee after looting, but attacked the city and fought in a very orderly manner. Zhu Houxi announced to the world, saying that this was Lu Bing's comrade, and that Lu Bing colluded with the Japanese and conspired to plot against the Ming Dynasty, and everyone was punished for it, and he was the public enemy of the whole country.

On March 26, the southern Shaolin Temple revolted, and Yu Dayou was ordered to suppress it.

On March 27, Taihu Lake Water Village captured Changzhou and declared a rebellion.

On March 29, there was chaos in Guangzhou, and the local yamen collapsed.

At the same time, on 29 March, the Nanzhen Fusi Yamen led more than 1,000 Jinyi guards to block the city gate, blocking the contact between the Nanjing Military Department and the outside world, and besetting the officials of the six Nanjing departments.

On April 4, the sixteenth year of Jiajing, the Xiliang Kingdom attacked Jiayuguan and hit the Datong fortress within three days. When the DPRK and China learned the news, they panicked and mourned all over the country.

The next day, the wolf soldiers were in chaos, and the two armies of Wang Zhenhu and Wei Yinbao attacked again. The wolf soldiers avoided it, but went north to kill, slaughtering the people for a while.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty has become a pot of porridge, and the war has spread across the land of China, with countless dead and wounded and rivers of blood.

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"Mess up, mess up. Just give me chaos. At nightfall, Zhu Houxi took the regiment of military reports and turned around: "Let me see how much strength Lu Bing has hidden, what is this called." This is called luring the snake out of the hole, this is called catching turtles in the urn, now Lu Bing can't admit that he is a thief, I have to give him a net. ”

"Your Majesty." Chen Hong said with low eyebrows on the side.

Zhu Houxi glanced at Chen Hong and said, "I haven't said anything about you yet." Nanjing, Jinyiwei, how did you do it? I didn't even look at it, and I gave the Nanjing Sixth Department to a nest, so that the order could not be passed on, and the soldiers could not enter. ”

"The minister is incompetent, and the saint forgives sins." Chen Hong said, Zhu Houxi breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "I don't blame you, you can't rely on you for this, you also reminded me at the beginning." It was I who was careless and didn't remove that side in time. That's right. Who are those weird wreaks? ”

"If you go back to the saint, you are an orphan of the Southern Song Dynasty." Chen Hong said, and then added: "They claim to be orphans of the Southern Song Dynasty, but they are just a group of anti-thieves and grass people surnamed Zhao." ”

Zhu Houxi suddenly laughed: "Lu Bing, Lu Bing, you see what is the foundation of his Shandong soldiers and horses, it is Xiangma." There are water bandits on the Taihu Lake, and there are spies on the Jinyi Wei side. What else are the people in the rivers and lakes, the widows, the orphans of the Southern Song Dynasty, by the way, that Lu Bing's master Ji Lianhong also married a princess of the dead country, his righteous brother is the lord of Xiliang, and his eldest son is the son of the thief Jiang Bin. Hahahaha, this is really a standard anti-thief structure, a patchwork grass platform. ”

Chen Hong also laughed dryly, but he really couldn't laugh, and he didn't know why Zhu Houxi laughed, these are Lu Bing's strengths are Lu Bing's killer features, these forces should not be underestimated in any aspect, and they are enough to bring a devastating blow to Daming. But Zhu Houxi did laugh heartily, and he didn't know whether he was pretending to be calm or having a sick brain.

"Holy." Chen Hong said: "Do you need to send troops to relieve the siege of Nanjing, as well as the banditry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" ”

Zhu Houxi picked up a cat on the ground, stroked its black fur and said: "No, why, don't use it at all, if they can't even solve this matter by themselves, then it's better to have a cat, isn't it Xue Mei." Zhu Houxi loves to raise cats, and among the two favorite cats, one is called Xuemei and the other is called Lion Cat.

Xuemei is all black, full of aura, very proud and suspicious, not good to others, but very obedient to Zhu Houxi, and extremely empathetic, sometimes Zhu Houyu a look over, this cat knows what it means, it is simply a little clear. The reason why this cat is called Snow Eyebrow is because although it is all black, there are two white hairs on the eye sockets, like two snow-white eyebrows, so it is called Snow Eyebrow.

The lion cat is because of its huge size, and some people even say that it is not a cat, it is simply a lion cub. It's hard to say how big this cat is, because it seems to grow when it sees the wind, and it grows taller every day, some time ago, there was a palace maid who didn't take care of the lion cat and was bitten to death, and it was eaten on the spot, but Zhu Houxi was very happy because of this, and gave this cat a general saying that it was extremely brave.

But don't mention, this cat doesn't look big, but it's not bulky, and its movements are as agile as a leopard. The reason why this cat pleases Zhu Houxi, just like the eccentric Xue Mei, is because they only recognize Zhu Houxi as the owner. It is said that cats rape dogs are loyal, and most cats will not treat the breeder as their master, but only as their own servants, but these two cats are different, they regard everyone as a subordinate, and only Zhu Houxi can get them. On weekdays, there is no need to speak, just a low cry, no matter how much trouble the two cats make, they will obediently go to Zhu Houxi's arms to be coquettish, docile like little sheep.

Zhu Houxi touched his eyebrows, rubbed his foot against the lion cat lying on the ground like a calf, and said, "Chen Hong, remember, this time you must take Shandong down in one go." Shandong is Lu Bing's base camp, as long as this place is taken, other places will be self-defeating, where do they have any faith and righteousness, they will only be vassals and powerful. As soon as the Lu family in Shandong is finished, the tree will fall and scatter. As the saying goes, shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief and capture the king first, that's all. ”

"The Holy Ming is nothing but the Holy One." Chen Hong patted the horse and praised. (To be continued......)