Beizhen Fusi, Jinyi Wei case library.

The bookshelves are dotted with chess, and the books and archives are piled up.

It stores most of the archives and records accumulated in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years since the establishment of Jinyiwei. No matter how big or small, whether it is open or dark, outside the palace or in the city, the princes and ministers or the feudal officials, inside or outside the customs......

Compared with the mouth of the literati, this place can better represent the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Luo Chen stayed here for a day, roughly flipped through many books, and probably had a clear understanding of the current imperial court and the situation in the world.

Combined with the history he knew, he could say with certainty that this Ming Dynasty was already difficult to treat, and no one could give it a life.

The fatality of the Ming Dynasty does not lie in the rogue, nor in natural disasters. It is the upper echelons of the entire social elite, those gentry, nobles, imperial relatives, and even the old Zhu family itself, these big landlords who constantly suck the flesh and blood of the people at the bottom.

If the common people can still survive, who is willing to rebel.

In the final analysis, it was land annexation, and small farmers occupied less than half of the world's land, but the taxes and servitude they undertook had to support most of the imperial court, and the natural disaster of the Xiaoice River was only a fuse that completely detonated the bomb.

The land of the common people went to the homes of the officials and gentlemen, the ministers, the nobles, and the princes of the Zhu family, where did they get the land to feed the people?

The reason for this result, in addition to forced buying and forcible seizure, is the deep-rooted trend of giving money that cannot be shaken off for more than 200 years.

The old Zhu family gave preferential treatment to scholars, nobles, and vassal kings, and came up with a policy of preferential taxation, but the degree of preferential exemption for scholars and nobles was limited, and it was necessary to pay taxes normally beyond the limit of exemption.

But in fact, the nobles and gentry without exception, no matter how much land they have, have become full concessions. The officials colluded with the gentry, deceived the superiors and subordinates, and had the support of the nobles, which infinitely magnified the privilege of the gentry's preferential exemption.

Therefore, in order to escape the increasingly onerous servitude, the people "surrendered" their land to the names of the noble gentry, preferring to be landless tenants.

The country's wealth was constantly embezzled by the noble gentry, but the burden was passed on to the poor people who did not contribute. Then the more land the nobles and gentry, the heavier the taxes occupied by the people, and the more miserable the life became, and they could only go to sacrifice if they couldn't get by.

As a result, this endless cycle gradually becomes unresolved.

Didn't the old Zhu family know the consequences of doing this?

But if the emperor wanted to transfer the burden of the people to the nobles and gentry, he would immediately join forces to beat the emperor with the courtiers, nobles, and even vassal kings.

'Your Majesty, how can you compete with the people for profit, do you want to be shameless?' ’

'Do you know how Emperor Zhengde died?' ’

In the eyes of the gentry and nobles, the food in the field cannot be called a people at all.

The stupidest thing Chongzhen did was to kill Wei Zhongxian.

Why did the Donglin Party hate Wei Zhongxian so much, because the Donglin Party represented the interests of the landlords and gentry. The Emperor of the Apocalypse raised Wei Zhongxian's dog in order to cut flesh and bleed from these people, and at the same time reduce the burden on the common people.

Because the Emperor of the Apocalypse could see that he really forced the common people into rebellion, and the first to be unlucky was the royal family, and it was himself.

Chongzhen killed Wei Zhongxian and killed him, but he even reactivated the Donglin Party and gave them rights.

Let them continue to fight for the interests of the landlord and gentry clique, continue to squeeze and suck the blood of the people, and continue to increase the burden of the state on the heads of the people!

If the people don't rebel, then it's called fantasy.

If Chongzhen had done nothing and didn't care about anything like his brother at the beginning, maybe the Ming Dynasty would have lasted for a few more decades.

The Ming Dynasty can't be saved, it's rotten from the roots, and it can only be torn down and rebuilt.

The descendants of the wild boar skin hit the core when they entered the customs.

Because of the rampant thieves in the north, the gentry and landlords in the northern Central Plains are almost dead, and the land has become ownerless, so that Jiannu has picked up a big bargain for nothing.

And after Jiannu entered the customs, he killed the rich south again, and then plundered the wealth of the south, and at the same time, he also turned the land into a terra nullius.

The Han people killed some, and there was no shortage of land, so wouldn't the problem be solved?

And these are exactly what Daming can't do, and it's a dead end left and right.

In addition to these, Luo Chen also focused on understanding the current situation of Jinyiwei today.

In fact, the establishment of Jinyiwei is very huge, and the number of people in its heyday exceeded 100,000, not including many peripheral personnel, and hidden shadows at home and abroad.

Nowadays, the establishment is still not small, but most of the people only enjoy privileges in name, white-collar salaries, and in fact do not work.

Jinyiwei can be hereditary, and the emperor often sends the official title of Jinyiwei everywhere as a favor, a title, and a false title. Those imperial relatives, nobles, and ministers often use power relations to get their own children into Jinyiwei.

And the hereditary brocade guards have been accumulated from generation to generation......

It is no wonder that when the Ming Dynasty was dying, the famous Jinyiwei had no sense of existence, because the money was used to raise pigs, and there was no way to select supplementary personnel.

In addition to the limited resources, another reason is that the Manchu civil and military, including Chongzhen, will not allow the power of Jinyiwei to expand again.

It's normal to think about it, Wei Zhongxian and the eunuch party have only been destroyed for more than ten years.

The Donglin Party ministers who are now in power all came from that period. At that time, Dongchang and Jinyiwei copied the doors of the Donglin Party and cut off the heads of many court officials, and the Donglin Party was beaten out of the dog's brain at the age of 9,000.

The fear and hatred of the eunuchs made them absolutely not allow another Wei Zhongxian to appear, nor would they allow Dongchang and Jinyiwei to grow.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone was afraid of Chongzhen's face, and Cao Huachun also knew practice and deliberately catered to the Donglin Party, I am afraid that Dongchang, Xichang and Jinyiwei would have been wiped out by the scholars.

Let's talk about the current supreme commander of Jinyiwei.

I remember that there is a version of "Blue Blood Sword" The commander of the Jinyi Guard is called An Jianqing, and he is still a big master. Luo Chen checked the file, Jinyiwei did have this person, but he was only a hundred households, and he also served as the Fu Division of Beizhen, and now he was going out of Beijing with another thousand households to handle the case.

The current commander of Jinyiwei is called Luo Yangxing.

Unlike most of the Jinyi Guard's commanders, this Luo Yangxing has a good reputation in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and even has good friends with some Donglin parties?

That's the problem. In a violent department of this nature of Jinyiwei, the reputation of the commander is actually positive in the imperial court? This hasn't been abolished by Chongzhen yet?

It's telling in a way.

This Luo commander is actually laissez-faire to Jinyiwei, almost does not take care of things, and even the two major yamen of the southern and northern towns and Fusi can't come a few times a year, this kind of mediocrity and incompetence is the reason why he can stay in this position.

Look at the edict of Beizhen Fusi, it is so empty that it can only be used to raise rats.

This commander is the one who knows the best way to protect one's life.

The worse he brought Jinyiwei, the better the reputation of the Donglin Party. At the same time, he did not interfere in the affairs of Beizhen Fusi, and let Beizhen Fusi become a vassal of Dongchang, and did not offend Cao Huachun, and Emperor Chongzhen would not be too suspicious of him.

When the thieves came, he surrendered with the brocade guards. When Jiannu came in, he again led the Jinyi guard to surrender the son of the wild boar skin.

The softer this knee is, the longer it will live.

Even the commanders are like this, those commanders who are higher in rank than Luo Chen know the same knowledge, not to mention the commanding affairs, those who are motivated will not stay in Jinyiwei for the elderly.

To a certain extent, Beizhen Fusi, Luo Chen has the final say.

And if Beizhen Fusi wants to fight the heavens and the earth, what is the most lacking?

It's silver!

"It seems that we need to go to Nanjing first."

Luo Chen groaned and walked out of the case vault and found a hundred households standing at the door.

"Humble Zhang Jin has seen adults." Zhang Jin saluted respectfully.

Luo Chen asked, "Something?" ”

Zhang Jin had humility on his face, and said with a sneer: "I heard from my subordinates that the adults were busy in the case library all day, and the lowly thought that the adults were loyal to their duties and worked hard and did government affairs, and they must have forgotten to eat, so the lowly officials brought food to the adults." ”

Luo Chen looked at the food box that the other party was carrying in his hand, his heart was as clear as a mirror, and he smiled: "How long have you been waiting outside?" ”

Zhang Jin said with a smile: "I just came, I didn't wait long." ”

When the Jinyi guard on duty outside the case vault heard this, he glanced at Zhang Jin with a subtle look in his eyes, and then quickly withdrew his gaze.

It looks like we've been waiting a long time. ’

Luo Chen smiled in his heart, and kept the Shangguan's hold on his face: "I have a heart." ”

Zhang Jin's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "It's still hot, adults hurry up and eat." ”

"Have you eaten, do you want to join us?"

"I've already eaten my humble duties, don't care about it."

Luo Chen didn't care whether his words were true or not, and walked to the stone table in the courtyard.

"Wait a minute, sir."

Then Luo Chen saw that the other party diligently wiped the stone bench and the stone table with the sleeve of the flying fish suit, and then opened the food box with the clean hand on the other side, and took out the food, the dish was exquisite.

Luo Chen didn't know the price of goods in the capital, and he also knew that with the other party's money, he got these dishes, and he definitely spent a lot of money.

But with Luo Chen's current consumption of this body, the weight of food is not important, and these meals can only make him eat two percent full at most.

But he didn't care, he picked up the chopsticks and ate quickly.

Zhang Jin sat on the other side with some restraint, with a smile on his face all the time.

"Zhang Baihu is a hereditary brocade guard, or was he selected."

Luo Chen just noticed that Zhang Jin had calluses on his hands, and based on his observations in the past two days, even if several hundred households did not put down their martial arts, the cocoons on their hands were not so thick.

Zhang Jin hurriedly replied: "The lowly position is selected. ”

Luo Chen chewed something in his mouth and asked casually, "How is the martial arts?" ”

"Huh? This ......" Zhang Jin was embarrassed, if he was too modest, he was afraid that Luo Chen would think he was incompetent, too confident and afraid that Luo Chen would think he was arrogant.

He finally said vaguely: "Still... It's okay. ”

"What level is it on the rivers and lakes?"

"I often go out of Beijing to run errands, if I have to count it, I want to be second-rate."

Luo Chen nodded: "Wait and practice with me, and eat after dinner." ”

Zhang Jin was taken aback and said nervously: "My lord, this can't be done!" ”

"Zhang Baihu thinks I'm an embroidered pillow, afraid of hurting me?"

Zhang Jin stood up in fright, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Don't dare to be humble!" ”

Half a quarter of an hour later, the North Town Fusi, the school field.

Luo Chen was holding a Miao knife, and Zhang Jin on the opposite side was using an embroidered spring knife.

"My lord, I was born in the Golden Sword Sect, and I practiced the Golden Dragon Eight Sealing Knife."

Luo Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, Zhang Jin just showed his posture and hadn't made a move yet, but Luo Chen found a familiar feeling in him, very similar to Coach Bai.

This made him start to get some interest.

"My lord, I have offended my humble position!" Zhang Jin reminded.

Then, the knife was like silver......