"Li Jue, if I ask you, you will answer honestly, I will not harm the pond fish, after all, the people are innocent, but if you have half a lie to let me know the truth, not only your family is not guaranteed, I am afraid that the people of the whole city will also accompany you to the funeral, once I am annoyed, it is absolutely unreasonable." Lu Bing laughed evilly, his expression was so evil that even he felt a little disgusted.

Li Jue sighed and said: "That's it, I'll just explain it truthfully, Li Jue can do it on behalf of others, but it is absolutely impossible for the people to accept it on behalf of others, you ask." ”

"Generations? It seems that there is a mastermind behind it. What head do you want?! Why do you want to collude with foreign people, capture my Ming people, harm my Ming officials, my hands and feet are broken, and the pipa bones have also fallen into two big holes, if I don't know the miracle doctor, I will be abolished. Not to mention, Xu Jinbao, the secretary of Dali Temple, was taken captive, and Zhang Dengyuan, the imperial historian, was also killed because of your foreign connection, you are a traitor and know no, I can't solve my hatred after shooting you five or six times, damn me so angry that I talked nonsense again, and I can only solve the hatred in my heart by cutting you with a thousand knives. Lu Bing said angrily: "Say, why? ”

"For the sake of the people in the city, someone told me that you came to Changzhou with the Shen family to do business, I know that whether it is or not, you have to meddle in the affairs of Changzhou, Su Changshu is full of the world, and it is enough for the pockets of corrupt officials and merchants, and the people are still not rich. When you come, everything will be done, the corrupt officials will still be corrupt, and the merchants will still make money, but the endless taxes and more and more expensive things will have to be borne by the people, and how will the people live when the time comes. Li Jue said.

"Who instructed you, and who told you that I want to do business with the Shen family." Lu Bing asked with his eyebrows, countless faces flashed in his heart in an instant, but they all ruled out, this may be unlikely After all, only a few people know about this matter, and he and Zhu Houxi will definitely not talk nonsense, and the mouths of his subordinates are also very strict, it seems that the problem should be within the Shen family. Lu Bing looked at Zheng Mingchuan and Chao Shu, who nodded, probably thinking that there might be something wrong with him.

Li Jue smiled and said, "What kind of person are you Li Jue, I'm not a fool." Although people have another purpose, they want to borrow a knife to kill people, but they can be regarded as a great favor for me, at least the people have lived a stable life for a few more months, and we both have interests, and it is purely because I kill more birds with one stone to do so. I, Li Jue, dare to act boldly, I won't betray others, Lord Lu, you can kill me, and my family will also be dealt with by you. ”

"Nima, do you still see death as home?" Lu Bing couldn't cry or laugh, he wanted to threaten Li Jue with the people of the whole city, so that Li Jue was forced to confess to the mastermind, and after signing and drawing, Lu Bing would be able to take advantage of the truth. But after thinking about it, I have heard for a long time that Li Jue is a good official who cherishes the people, and he also saw some of it through threats just now, so it is really a sin to use the kindness and good qualities of others to threaten others. Besides, although it is a pretended threat, it will also frighten innocent people, so Lu Bing will give up.

Lu Bing has a fixed number in his heart about who is the mastermind, there is not much difference between having evidence and not having evidence, it is nothing more than a number of famous teachers, even if Lu Bing finds out now, he can't move those people, and after Zhu Houxi has full power in the future, he will slowly clean up those people, and when the time comes, he will be ordered by the emperor and his strength will be strong, and those so-called evidence will be insignificant, and he can do whoever he wants.

Li Jue said: "Lu Bing, you remember, I didn't help the foreign people, the real Japanese will be even more disgusting, despicable, shameless and indecent, the people who attacked you, or most of the Japanese who are wandering in my Ming territory, are just my Ming people, I can't comment on them, because they have the right to choose their own lives." But don't worry, the captives should still be alive because of your relationship with someone. ”

"Be clear." Zheng Mingchuan was worried about Shen Yew's comfort, and he was anxious at the moment, and roared hoarsely.

"I've said enough, you'll understand by then." Li Jue stopped talking, gritted his teeth and prepared to die. Lu Bing sneered twice and said to Wei He: "Let Li Jue go to me, let the group of brothers who surrounded the yamen also withdraw, I know it in my heart, but I just came to confirm it." ”

The subordinates untied Li Jue, Li Jue stood there solemnly and did not speak, just looked at Lu Bing, stunned, Lu Bing walked up to Li Jue and said: "What happened to Emperor Zhengde (Zhu Houzhao) in the southern tour back then?" Do you really think that it is just to catch and release King Ning like a child's play, since this is the case, King Ning has been captured, and the emperor only needs to bring the guards to come, why should the mighty regiment training camp and the brigade of military horses accompany him? What Emperor Zhengde wanted to do was to smash the power of the powerful in the south and return the people to a rich and peaceful life, but because of various power struggles and villain conspiracies, Emperor Zhengde fell short. Now I am traveling on behalf of Emperor Jiajing, but I am planted because of your collusion with those Japanese robbers, or those who pretend to be Japanese robbers. Indeed, as far as I know, I admit that under your management, the people of Changzhou have no worries about food and clothing, but further south, those places that should be rich, should have been directly named Hangzhou as Bianzhou in the poem, but the people there are suffering one after another. You said that you are the master of the people, and after we enter Changzhou, the people may not live as well as now, I dare not assert what will happen in the future, but I dare to say that more people in the world can live a better life because of the success of my inspection. Not to mention these, those powerful people fill their pockets and empty the treasury, what do we use to defend against foreigners, once the foreign invades the country, there will be no country, and what people will come! Where do you go to love the people! ”

After Lu Bing finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Li Jue and said, "You are a good official, please accept my worship for your offense just now." Suddenly, Lu Bing raised his foot and kicked out of the road, and suddenly Li Jue rolled out of the road, Lu Bing said disdainfully: "It's a pity that you are not a smart person, you have ruined more people for your foolishness, and you must obey the orders of the emperor as an official, except for major issues of right and wrong such as the rise and fall of the country, do not be smart and make claims." ”

Lu Bing turned to Wei He and said: "Pen and ink wait, I will write an excerpt to the saint, Li Jue must accept the punishment he deserves if he does something wrong, as for how to punish it is the emperor's business, or the matter of the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department, my duty is only to report the truth." Lu Bing wrote on the paper brought by Wei He as he spoke, and Zheng Mingchuan looked at it with a novelty. Lu Bing is not an ordinary pen, but a charcoal-like thing, and the posture of holding the pen is also very strange, when Zheng Mingchuan was about to ask, Lu Bing finished writing, and then explained that a herald was sent to the capital, Zheng Mingchuan could only press the doubts in his heart and did not ask.

The south has been rich since ancient times, but in recent years, they have formed their own faction, relying on the emperor of the sky to start a wild expedition and misdeeds, but there are also many people with conscience, such as Li Jue, in addition to paying some tribute to the south, they basically do not oppress the people, so the people are much better off when they are managed by the imperial court.

It's just that they don't know the price of firewood and rice, they only care about their own one-acre and three-point land, but they forget that the huge cost of Jiangshan Sheji, not to mention the national etiquette and other vain things, that is, the army on the border needs to be fed, so they don't have to worry about it. They just felt that the country had increased its taxes, which was not good for the people, but they forgot that the reason why the country can be called a country is because it has armed forces to protect the regime, and they also forgot the shame of the Mongols invading and the Han people being reduced to a fourth-class people.

Qing officials still think like this, not to mention those corrupt officials and fools who are self-proclaimed and mercenary, Lu Bing sighed along the way, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and I am afraid that no one will understand these words until the country is ruined. Chao Shu asked Lu Bing why he didn't take this opportunity to directly lead the army to attack the power in the south, and by the way, he completed the agreement with the Shen family, the last time the affairs of Changzhou were captured before Shen Yeli was dealt with, and what should have been done can be done now.

Lu Bing just said that the time has not yet come, but in fact it is true, when the army is on the march, it is difficult to get out of the entangled in the south now, and it will not be possible to rectify it without two or three years of effort. Even if you forcibly intervene and suppress all opposing voices with military power, if a mad person is forced to rebel and a fire breaks out in the backyard of the battle in front of you, you will not be able to take care of both sides, and you will definitely lose in a mess.

At the same time, whether they can beat the southern magnates is still between the two, and now the reason why Zhu Houxi and Yang Tinghe did not do anything against the southern magnates is because no one wants to break this peaceful situation, but just find opportunities for each other to corrode and infiltrate, which is a common political game of the Han people.

Of course, there is one thing that Lu Bing did not explain, that is, he doesn't want to let the Shen family get the southern economy he wants now, this is too early, once there are businesses supported by the regime, they will definitely be able to soar into the sky, and then the Shen family will be even more intensified, and now they can threaten the emperor, won't they overthrow Zhu Houxi at that time? Therefore, today's actions can be regarded as some punishment for the Shen family's previous arrogance.

Lu Bing rested in Changzhou for a day, and then ordered scouts to investigate along the road to see if they could find out the news of the abduction of Xia Dade and other Japanese robbers. According to Lu Bing's understanding all the way, most of these Japanese robbers are gathered in the southeast coastal area known as the territory, so they have to explore these places first.

The search lasted for more than 40 days, from a simple search of hundreds of scouts to a carpet search with a small team of 500 ordinary armorers. During this period, the small rogues were frightened and were defeated by these squads sent by Lu Bing, and the assembled brigade of pirates was constantly moving, lest they meet Lu Bing, who was strong and strong, and hoped to be able to huddle together for warmth.

Sixty days later, Lu Bing received a letter saying that several groups of Japanese soldiers had gathered, numbering more than 4,000 people, and hoped to have a meeting with Lu Bing, so as not to cause a bloody disaster when the soldiers met. Lu Bing readily agreed, and the two parties made an appointment to meet at Huating in Songjiang Mansion. Lu Bingti ordered troops and horses to approach Songjiang. At the same time, according to the scouts, the Yangtze River Town Fusi and the Nanjing Zhili Army also saw that they were encircling and converging on both sides of the negotiations.

Lu Bing not only felt relieved by the arrival of the Ming reinforcements, but was worried because of the transfer of the team, he used to be in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the big camp of the southern magnates was the old Xun of Nanjing and the old people in the opposition.

The Japanese side quickly sent a messenger, saying that they wanted to talk with Lu Bingzai in the formation of the two armies, and the other side had a total of twelve leaders, each with two attendants to escort, a total of thirty-six people, and Lu Bing could also bring people to the talks, but the number could not exceed thirty-six.

The two armies are not too far apart, but they are also a thousand steps away, neither bows and arrows nor firearms can attack, and the choice to negotiate here is enough to show the fear and cunning of the Japanese invaders, and Lu Bing readily agreed. Lu Bing didn't entrust him to go to the appointment alone, not to mention that he is still not sure how much he has recovered, even if he is as good as ever, with the experience of these days, Lu Bing will also be cautious and walk on thin ice. Therefore, in addition to Wei He staying to dispatch and coordinate with generals at all levels, Lu Bing took the deceased Zheng Mingchuan and the elite of the warriors he trained, and thirty-six people went to the meeting.

In the formation of the two armies, the Japanese robbers prepared a banquet, put small cases on blankets, and when Lu Bing arrived, the eighteen leaders had already arrived. Among them, there was a man with a big waist and a round waist sitting in the first seat, and there was an empty man in his hand, Lu Bing walked forward quickly, and Chao Yu and Zheng Mingchuan followed closely behind.

Lu Bing sat down cross-legged, took the wine in the cup and drank it all, then arched his hand to the person next to him and said, "What is this called?" You don't look like a widow. ”

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