Yang Sichang has had some ominous premonitions recently, and several cronies have disappeared inexplicably. Even if the most experienced headhunters are dispatched, no clues can be found.

"Master Qiu! Master Qiu! The spring in the south of the Yangtze River was rainy and rainy, and Yang Sichang, who was already unhappy in his heart, was even more depressed. called his chief staff in the study, thinking about playing chess with him to relax his nerves.

Let's talk about the current situation!

This Master Qiu is very smart, and he can always talk about his unexpected whimsical ideas.

"Dong Weng! You call me? When Master Qiu heard Yang Sichang's call, he immediately lifted the curtain and walked in. As he entered, there was a hint of rain and mist.

The charcoal fire in the charcoal brazier was lit up and extinguished for a while.

"Oh! Come and sit! The brain is a little messy, let's play a game of chess and be lively. Looking at the gloomy sky outside through the glass window, Yang Sichang became more and more dislike Jinling, a land of gold dust.

Although Qinhuai flowers and willows are in the world, Huanfei Yan is thin and Yangzhou is a thin horse. But at Yang Sichang's age, these things are becoming more and more light. Now, he likes the painting hanging in his study even more.

Lao Ji Fu Fang! Ambition is a thousand miles!

The servants put on the chessboard, and Yang Sichang and Master Qiu sat down.

"Dong Weng, but are you still worried about entering Beijing?" Master Qiu gave in for a moment and took the black first.

"The news from the capital originally announced that the old man would be summoned to Beijing and enter the cabinet at the beginning of spring this year. But now it's March, and there's not a trace of any movement.

On the contrary, the assistant master in the house is missing, if he says resignation! The master and servant will also send some rituals. How can two big living people live without seeing people dead or corpses? ”

"Don't you suspect that these people have been arrested by the Supervision Yuan?"

"Not a suspicion, but almost certainly. The masters in the six doors searched for three days, but they couldn't find even a single clue.

can have this ability in Jinling City, except for the Supervision Yuan under the command of that girl, no one can do it. ”

"Dong Weng, even if the people from the Supervision Yuan arrest them, what can they do?" Master Qiu didn't care and put down a son.

"But, they are all responsible for taxes, money and food, this ......!"

"Dong Weng! Why worry about these things, things about money and food taxes? Have you ever put a copper plate in your pocket? The money is all in the treasury, although there are some expenses in the yamen, but the bulk of it is still given to the treasury?

How to spend the money of the treasury is not a matter of Dashuai and Zhang Shoufu's words?

To put it bluntly, we're making money for them. Even if they judge something, what can they do? They are the main culprits, my lord...... At best, it's a coercion.

I have never heard of the main culprit being tried and coerced. Trial after trial, and still don't judge yourself. ”

Yang Sichang pondered it, but this is also the truth. As long as you don't put the money in your pocket, you are really not afraid of those people in the Supervision Yuan.

The money and food are all handed over to you Li Xiao, and the money is also spent by you Li Xiao and Zhang Huangyan, and now I am here to trouble Lao Tzu. I am not afraid that the governors of the world will be cold, and who will work hard for you to collect money and food in the future.

This kind of thing, the two dynasties of Tianqi and Chongzhen are almost all open secrets. The imperial court needs money and food, and the local officials are also levied for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of lawsuit is not afraid to hit the Jinluan Palace.

"It's just that the call to enter Beijing has been delayed, this ......!" Yang Sichang is 55 years old this year, and he really wants to go to the capital to join the cabinet.

Ever since this thought was born, this thought has grown wildly in my heart like a weed. I sent people to Kyori for a long time, and I spent countless amounts of silver. This is the right thing to do, but it's been three months now, and there is no letter at all, which makes him very angry.

When he thought of the prosperity of the capital, Yang Sichang looked down on the antique Jinling City. The Yangtze River Bridge has been under construction for four years, but it has not yet been closed. It is said that the construction period has been extended from six years to eight years.

I thought that during my tenure, I would open this bridge to traffic, so that I could associate my name with this bridge in the annals of history.

Now it seems that it is another bamboo basket to draw water and make wedding clothes for others.

"The situation in the imperial court is somewhat murky right now, and the recent news has come out that the imperial court intends to abolish the agricultural tax within two years.

For more than 2,000 years, the common people had to pay the imperial grain and national taxes. But when it came to this day, it was actually canceled. What does this mean, this means that there will be no more man-made rebellion in the Ming Dynasty.

Since ancient times, farmers have been the largest group of people in China. If the taxes of these people are abolished, all that remains will be to sing praises of virtue, how can there be any rebellion.

And a rebellion without the participation of the peasants is only worthy of being called a rebellion.

With the strength of the Ming Dynasty's current force, the rebellion is nothing more than self-destruction. No one would be stupid enough to do that! ”

"Today, the Ministry of War issued another document, saying that it is still necessary to disarm. Jiangsu's security army had only 1,500 personnel left, and Zhejiang's security army was reduced to 1,000 people. In the remaining provinces, there were 1,200 and 1,300. Counting up, we have a lot in Jiangsu. ”

"Oh! Is it just to dismiss our Jiangnan? Master Qiu frowned, and the chess pieces in his hand were also put back.

"It's all cut! Liangguang and Fujian cut less, but also cut half. Henan, Lianghuai, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places have also been laid off!

The ones that have not moved, that is, Qinghai, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Liaodong, Hebei, Gyeonggi, and Shandong. In total, almost 200,000 people were laid off this time. ”

"Dong Weng! Don't you understand what it means? I'm afraid that our handsome man is about to become emperor. Master Qiu looked at Yang Sichang with a smile, and his eyes were full of understanding.

"Emperor? Are you saying that Li Xiao wants to be the emperor? Yang Sichang's eyes widened, a little incredulous. In his opinion, it seems that the time is not yet ripe to become emperor at this time.

After all, most of Li Xiao's forces are north of the Yangtze River, and south of the Yangtze River, especially in the Lianghuai area where the Zhu family started, there are still many people who miss the Zhu family emperor.

Although the Zhu family no longer has the emperor's heirs, the huge imperial family is still there. It's still no problem to find someone to be the emperor in such a large imperial family.

In the final analysis, the hypocrisy of the throne and the usurpation of the throne are two different things.

Li Xiao didn't have full control of Jiangnan, but he actually wanted to be the emperor? As Yang Sichang, who is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't accept it for a while.

"That's right! Emperor.

Dong Weng, you see, our Ming Dynasty has an army of a little more than 970,000 people. Among them, there are almost 400,000 navies, deployed abroad to safeguard the maritime interests of the Ming Dynasty.

For so many years, Dashuai has been able to support a huge army and domestic construction at the same time, relying on overseas plunder. Now that the agricultural tax has to be cut again, the overseas interests will only be strengthened, and there will be absolutely no relaxation. Therefore, the Navy will definitely not be dismantled.

As for the field army, that is the foundation of the commander, and he will definitely not destroy the foundation. Therefore, the field army will never be dismantled.

There are only three kinds of armies left, one is the border army. Just like the Gansu Security Army, the Heilongjiang Security Army, and the Guangxi Security Army, these all belong to the border army.

In these places, it may be difficult to suppress the Hanyi miscellaneous without garrisons. Therefore, the army in these places cannot be reduced. Even if there is a need to do so, it can only be done in small quantities.

The rest is to talk about the inland security forces, which are divided into descendants and non-descendants.

The security forces in Liaodong, Shandong, Hebei, and Gyeonggi are definitely descendants. Not only are they well equipped, but their training is also on par with that of regular field armies.

The old man felt that the marshal wanted to use these local armies as a supplement to the regular field army of the Liao army. The security forces in these places will not be cut either.

Then it is easy to say, the main reduction is our Jiangnan provinces and the two Huai security forces. And these places are the places where the Zhu Ming royal family is most strongly supported.

If the army in these places is reduced, there will be much less resistance to becoming emperor in the future. ”

"But there are still loyal scholars in Jiangnan."

"Dong Weng! Xiucai's rebellion has not been successful for three years, do you think that with the current strength of the Liao army, they will be afraid of these soldiers in Jiangnan to rebel?

Da Shuai can slaughter 2,000 scholars overnight, and naturally he can also slaughter in Jiangnan. The so-called scholars can't grow even if their heads fall off. What's more, the scholars are not all people who dare to die. Those who are greedy for life and afraid of death are not lacking at any time. "As fellow readers, Master Qiu knows too well what is going on with these readers.

"But Li Xiao, isn't he afraid that the history is like a knife?"

"I've done everything, but I'm still afraid that Shi Bi is like a knife? Besides, history is written by the victors, and how you want to write it when the time comes, it is not a matter of the words of the commander.

If you still don't understand, think about the Yongle Canon. ”

"Yongle ......!" Yang Sichang has nothing to say, the "Yongle Canon" compiled by Xie Jin is indeed a typical case written by the victor.

"Dong Weng! I know that you actually still have the Zhu Ming royal family in mind, but ...... Times have changed. Today, there is no one in the Zhu family who can inherit the unification. Moreover......! The Zhu family has also lost the strength to inherit the unification. ”

Yang Sichang has nothing to say!

Indeed, the Zhu family no longer has the slightest strength to be able to win the Ninety-Five Honor.

Can......!

But in Yang Sichang's heart, he still hopes to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.

The position of the emperor is vacant, and the Ming Dynasty changes the name of the country, and there is another person sitting on the throne are two different things. No matter what, today's Daming is still called Daming, and theoretically the emperor is still the Zhu family.

A country cannot be without a king for a day! Li Xiao succeeded in breaking this tradition, and the Ming Kingdom not only had no monarch for a day, but had not had an emperor for almost ten years now.

The country is doing well, and it is getting stronger and stronger. Foreign wars are always won, and the vast profits plundered back from abroad have supported the country to become richer and richer. The lives of ordinary people are getting better and better.

Now, even the agricultural tax must be abolished.

If the agricultural tax is really abolished, then Li Xiao will gain the support of the peasants all over the world. No one will think about Emperor Zhu Ming anymore, and no matter how much the scholars lobbied, they would not have the power to abolish the agricultural tax.

After all, empty white teeth are not worth real money.

"Dong Weng! The old man felt that this support could not be cheapened by others. Maybe when you enter Beijing, you are just a letter away. The old man had the courage to write a letter for Dong Weng.

Dong Weng, you take a look, if you think it is appropriate, you might as well transcribe it and play it on the Kyoshi. As Master Qiu spoke, he took out a piece of music from his arms and put it on the table.

Yang Sichang's face darkened, and after thinking for a long time, he finally picked up the recital. I was just about to open it to look at it, when suddenly there was a noise in the yard.

"Somebody is making a lot of noise outside." Yang Sichang asked dissatisfiedly. Dare to make noise near their own study, these slaves are becoming more and more unruly.

"My lord, it's ...... outside!" The servant's voice stopped abruptly, as if someone had strangled him.

Yang Sichang was startled and immediately stood up. Master Qiu also stood up, and the two looked out through the glass window.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.

There were more than a dozen soldiers standing in the courtyard, and a few guys dressed in black were walking into the moon gate with a woman in their arms. Those soldiers were all fierce and vicious, and they all had box cannons in their hands.

His official family was held at gunpoint and knelt facing the wall.

His right eyelid jumped, and he knew the woman.

Green beads!

A woman that no one wants to see.

Taking a deep breath, he lifted the curtain and walked out.

"The Supervision Yuan is so big, I just don't know which royal law I, Yang Sichang, have violated, and I want Lord Luzhu to come and get the old man in person." Walking out, Yang Sichang looked at Luzhu unceremoniously and asked.

After all, he is still the governor of Jiangnan, and he is a first-class member who controls the five provinces in Jiangnan. Green Bead wants to move him, it's not so easy.

"Lord Yang! On the order of the marshal, Lu Zhu specially came to find that Master Qiu to return to our Supervision Yuan for questioning. Lu Zhu smiled and gave a deep salute to Yang Sichang, and then pointed his green onion fingers directly at Master Qiu behind Yang Sichang.

"You're ......!" Yang Sichang's eyes were as big as a cow's egg, he didn't expect Lu Zhu to dare to touch his master.

Master Qiu is his chief staff, and he is especially involved in confidential matters. What can I do ...... such a person falls into the hands of the people of the Supervision Yuan?

"I don't know which royal law my master has violated, and I ask Lord Luzhu to make it clear." Yang Sichang actually arched his hand at the green bead.

"Lord Yang, you should know. The cases handled by our Supervision Yuan are all confidential and important cases, please forgive me for not being able to tell you the reason. I have a handsome warrant here, Lord Yang, please hand it over. ”

Yang Sichang stared at the green beads, which was a strong political signal. I arrested your chief staff today, and I'm afraid I'm going to arrest you tomorrow when I have enough black materials.

Master Qiu is the chief staff, and it can be said that Yang Sichang has no secrets with him. It couldn't have been easier to pry the black material out of his mouth.

He didn't have extravagant hopes, Master Qiu incarnated as Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, and would rather die in prison than fight against Lu Zhu.

But now Lu Zhu has come to his mansion in person to ask for someone, and he can't do it if he doesn't hand it over.

"Hahaha! The old man will come with you. Yang Sichang was still thinking about countermeasures, when suddenly a burst of laughter sounded behind him.

Master Qiu strode out and bowed to Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang was about to return the salute, when Master Qiu suddenly crashed into the lotus jar where goldfish were raised in the yard.