Iron blood Suiming

Wei Chuping laughed, and said, "Your Excellency is wise, I think that's the intention of marrying King De's princess."

Li Jianguo nodded, with a gloomy expression on his face, "This time, Ben Fu got rid of his 300 soldiers. If Zhu Youjian is smart, he has to agree to Ben Fu's request. You wait for half a month, half a month In the end, this stroke will let you earn at least [-] million taels."

Wei Chuping did the math and said with a smile: "With these 300 million taels, we can last until the summer harvest. Then we can collect another 400 million taels."

Li Jianguo was taken aback, and said, "Can we collect so much food tax? You can't exploit the people. The people are our foundation." Wei Chuping smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the reason why we collect so much food tax Many, because all the fields of the gentry have been included. Since ancient times, the gentry have had the privilege of being tax-free, but in the border of Shandong, if you just say one word, who would dare to violate it?"

Li Jianguo was silent for a moment, then smiled and said: "Alright, let's change this rule here in Benfu. Then we will inevitably kill people in Shandong and help some new gentry come up."

Wei Chuping and Li Jianguo looked at each other and laughed.Since ancient times, the founding emperors of all dynasties, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, was born as a beggar, and he should be very disgusted with the privileged class.However, he also had to accept funding from businessmen, and after the rebellion ascended the throne, he also had to give the gentry the privilege of tax exemption.

It is impossible for Li Jianguo to rely entirely on the support of the people to succeed in the rebellion.The money, food, etc. needed for the rebellion cannot be obtained entirely by looting, nor can they be developed entirely on their own.The reason why Li Jianguo dared to attack the gentry so hard was that he only dealt with people, not money.He killed the whole family of the old gentry, and supported the old gentry to become a new privileged class.

But this conversion is not without cost, the cost is the withdrawal of the gentry's non-tax privilege.The new gentry had to rely on the support of Li Jianguo if he wanted to keep his position, and was forced to support him.

That's why Wei Chuping admired Li Jianguo very much. Although my lord is murderous, he killed with a purpose.In particular, the trick of killing the old gentry and supporting the new gentry may have been thought of by some people for more than a thousand years, but Li Jianguo was the only one who really dared to do it.

After laughing, Li Jianguo ordered people to open a banquet, and he and Wei Chuping ate alone, and no one else was required to serve.What did they talk about during the meeting.No one knows, but there are people in the two systems of the Lingshan Guard, the military and the government, who are restless all night and keep asking secretly.

Before dawn on the second day, all military and political officials in Jinan City gathered at the gate of the governor's office, waiting for their promotion.Li Jianguo has not come back this time.The news has already spread that there are spies in the Lingshan Guards.Moreover, the governor has already caught four people on the spot.It is said that adults only need to sweep with their eyes.Then you will know who the spy is.

This naturally made many people with ghosts in their hearts feel uncomfortable sleeping and eating, just after one night, they seemed to be more than ten years old.The acquainted officials on the side joked and made fun of them. No one knew how much psychological pressure these people were under.

Finally, it was dawn, and the gate of the governor's yamen was opened, and Tao Ming glanced at all the officials.He stepped forward and said to Li Kaiguo's personal soldiers: "Dare to ask, when will your lord be promoted?"

The soldier smiled and said, "Lord Tao, why did you come so early? My lord hasn't woken up yet. But I told you before going to bed last night. There must be a lot of people coming today. The governor's yamen is too small to stand. My lord said just In front of the yamen, it is convenient to stand in line for shifts."

Tao Ming's heart trembled, and he quickly asked again: "Then when will you be promoted? All the officials have a lot of work to do, if it's late, I'm afraid it will delay the official business."

The soldier smiled in surprise, and said: "Master Tao, I am just a soldier in front of my lord. I don't know when I will be promoted. But there is something small that I want to remind Mr. Tao. It is best for you officials to remember what your lord said. In my heart, I have followed your lord since Gaomi. If you dare to ignore what your lord said, I can guarantee that the whole family will be in trouble for anyone who has such thoughts." After finishing speaking, he ignored Tao Ming and turned to pick the governor. The lanterns hanging on the yamen were blown out and taken into the mansion.

Tao Ming was furious. Now that he was the majestic third-rank procurator and the head of the Jinan government civil servants, he was taught a lesson by a small soldier.Just as he was about to yell and curse, a secretary behind him grabbed his arm and shook his head slowly.

Tao Ming turned his head and saw that it was his good friend.Tao Ming suddenly had a flash of light in his mind, the attitude of the soldiers around the adults towards them must be the attitude of the adults towards them, there must be something big going to happen today.It's not that he realized it later, but that Tao Ming has always been an upright gentleman, never asking about things that don't belong to him, and never inquiring about them.

After all, Tao Ming was not a fool, he turned around and said to the officials: "Everyone is waiting, my lord hasn't woken up yet." After speaking, he turned around and stared at the Shandong governor's yamen in a daze.

The hearts of all the officials trembled, no one was stupid, knowing that something was wrong, at this time, they were obedient.In the group of secretaries, Liu Wuzhang looked calm on the surface, but his heart was seething like boiling water. He cast a glance at another person crowded in the crowd, exchanged glances with each other a few times, then walked away slowly and hid in a horse post In front of him, as if he was tired from standing and wanted to lean on.

Liu Wuzhang closed his eyes and rested his mind. After a while, another person also came over. Seeing that others were not paying attention, he said in a low voice, "How long do we have to wait? Will there be news from Jin Yiwei? This is making me anxious to death." .”

Liu Wuzhang closed his eyes and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid there won't be any news from Jin Yiwei. We can't escape either, and we will resign ourselves to fate."

Another person was surprised: "How do you know? What do you know?"

Liu Wuzhang said in a low voice: "Look to the left and be careful, are there two people watching us?"

The other person squinted his eyes halfway, looked out of the corner of his eye, and was startled immediately, and said in a low voice: "It's over, we must have been exposed, run away."

Liu Wuzhang sneered and said, "Escape? Where to escape? You still want to escape after being targeted by Li Guo? It's a dream."

Another person said: "Then what should I do? I don't want to die. If the adults catch me, my whole family will be hacked into pieces."

Liu Wuzhang sighed, and said: "It's only because the imperial court is useless, so many soldiers and horses can't beat Li Guo's 5000 people. Don't worry, they are just suspicious now, but they didn't arrest us. There must be no evidence, Otherwise, we would have been in prison a long time ago. Remember, don’t expose yourself until it’s absolutely necessary. Go far away, I won’t look for you in the future, and don’t take the initiative to look for me.” The other person nodded imperceptibly, and then slowly left.

This waited until the sun was rising, and the number of people on the street gradually increased. Seeing a large group of officials waiting here, the people were very surprised.If you are curious and have nothing to do, just take a look. After a while, there is actually a large crowd of people watching the fun.

This made all the officials of Lingshan Guard feel uncomfortable. It's really unpleasant to be seen as a monkey, but no one dared to get angry.And some people stand for a long time.My legs are numb, and I dare not find a place to sit down.

Fortunately, the governor's office was finally opened.Several groups of yamen servants came out with killing sticks.Quickly set up the court.The officials cheered up, and it was finally time to start, and everyone was at the end.

"Tom tom tom tom tom..." The drums of the gathering generals sounded, and the officials had already lined up their shifts, and they went to the hall under the eyes of the common people.After the three-way drum was beaten, Li Jianguo, dressed in the official uniform of a governor, walked up to the table and sat down.Next to him was Wei Chuping.

Tao Ming glanced at Wei Chuping enviously.Although Wei Chuping does not have a formal official position in the Ming Dynasty, it is obvious that Wei Chuping is the leader of the civil servants, who made him follow the adults first.

Li Jianguo sat down.He said indifferently: "Ascension hall." The three classes of yamen servants did not call out mighty, but shouted in unison: "My lord is ascending hall to gather generals, and all officials pay homage."

Wei Chuping led all the officials to kneel down to salute, Li Kaiguo waved his hand and said, "Get up."

All the officials stood up and stood in four shifts.Li Jianguo was silent for a while, and said lightly: "Today, Ben Fu summoned you all because there is someone among you who betrayed Ben Fu, and now you stand up, and Ben Fu will give him a chance to reward his whole family to commit suicide. When Ben Fu points it out, the whole family will be cut into three thousand knives. Ben Fu will give you a stick of incense time to think about it, so don't blame Ben Fu for being cruel."

His words are light, but the content makes people shudder.Some of the officials were furious, some panicked, and some looked around, trying to find out who it was.When the people in the periphery heard that there were spies, they were all uproarious, and everyone talked non-stop.

Li Jianguo didn't care about it, took a sip of tea from the tea bowl, and took the official document from the newspaper to deal with it.The stick of incense was burning slowly, time passed quickly, and the stick of incense was about to burn out, but no one came out to confess.

By this time, Li Jianguo had already approved dozens of official documents.It's not that he is fast, but that he usually requires to write official documents in vernacular, and he has to abbreviate the specific affairs at the beginning.So he can see ten lines at a glance, and he can criticize very quickly.

Finally, a stick of incense was extinguished, but no one came out to confess.Li Jianguo put down the pen in his hand, sighed, and said, "Is my hand too soft? Liu Wuzhang, Gu Dasheng, Jin Xiqing, look back."

The three people who were named were shocked, and all the officials turned their heads together, only to see three teams of Lingshan Guards appearing behind the common people with dozens of prison cars.The people quickly moved out of the way to let the prison cars pass.

Liu Wuzhang, Gu Dasheng, and Jin Xiqing called out "Mother, Father" at the same time, "You..." The faces of the three of them were pale, and their families were all in Lingshanwei. Unexpectedly, Li Jianguo had already sent people to escort their families to Jinan Mansion.It's ridiculous that the three of them thought that Li Jianguo couldn't hold their evidence, and there was nothing they could do about them.

The three fell to their knees in misery, Liu Wuzhang smiled miserably at Jin Xiqing and said, "I didn't expect you to be the same, you are hiding deep enough." Gu Dasheng kowtowed on the ground repeatedly, and shouted: "My lord, I was wrong, my lord, you cut me Alone, let my family go. My mother is 70 years old, and my youngest son is only seven years old, please let them go, please let them go..." He kowtowed repeatedly, his forehead hit the green brick with a muffled sound, They all bleed.

When Li Jianguo directly arrested his family, they already knew that it was all over. It was useless to deny it in front of Li Jianguo. If you need evidence, it would be bullshit in Li Jianguo.

Li Jianguo smiled faintly, but there was endless murderous intent in his smile, and he said to the officials: "You all tell me, should Ben Fu spare his family?"

The generals were the most emotional, and under the leadership of the thousandth household, they shouted together: "Those who dare to betray the adults will never be spared, never be spared."

The civil servants were a little shameless, and those who were picked out were all from the secretary group.Although the army heard that there were four of them, they were all dead.But now there are common people watching, and the family ugliness is publicized, which immediately makes them unable to calm down.But Li Jianguo asked, who would dare not answer?

Tao Ming led the civil servants and said: "My lord, according to the law, his mother is unforgivable, but the youngest son is. Please make a clear decision."

The civil officials said in unison: "Please be clear, my lord." They knew that it was impossible to protect him this time, so they could only protect Gu Dasheng's youngest son, so as not to embarrass the civil officials too much.

Li Jianguo frowned, stood up, and clasped his fists at the people, "I would like to ask the people, should they spare their family members? If you agree to forgive them, stand to the left. If you don't agree, stand to the right." He said and gestured to the left and right.

There were thousands of common people present, and some of them hated when they heard that Liu Wuzhang and the others had betrayed Li Jianguo.Some gloat over others' misfortune, while others just watch the fun.This time when they heard Li Jianguo's words, there was a sudden snap, and more than [-]% of the people stood to the right.

It's not that they love Li Jianguo very much, but they hate Liu, Gu, and Jin who betrayed him very much.But moral people just hate Erwuzi.So they just hated Liu, Gu, and Jin for their actions.Moreover, Zhulian was commonplace for the ancients.I have long been used to it.

It is normal, and it is also multi-family insurance.A crime.Lian Bao was punished.Neighbors who do nothing will be punished, not to mention the offender's family.

Li Jianguo laughed loudly and said: "Liu Wuzhang, Gu Dasheng, Jin Xiqing, it's not that I want to kill your whole family, but the common people want to kill your whole family. Come here, cut their whole family into pieces on the spot. It takes three days .”

Immediately the three of them were dragged down.The three of them had nothing to say, but Gu Dasheng kept shouting: "My lord, leave a bloodline for our Gu family, I will be a cow in the next life..."

Li Jianguo suddenly slapped the table.He said angrily: "Keep a bloodline? What's the use of keeping it, and you will be a spy when you grow up?" He pointed to the officials present and shouted: "The situation today is not because the heart is cruel. How do the people choose? I also see it in my eyes. Read the books of sages and sages, abide by morality. Learn martial arts and show loyalty. If you make the same mistakes as the three of them, I will never be soft-hearted. Retire."

Before Li Jianguo left, he glanced at all the officials in the hall, and deliberately stared at a few more people, with a sneer on his lips.

The generals and civil servants have long been terrified, and the choices of the people are indeed beyond their expectations.Seeing Li Jianguo retreated, the generals breathed a sigh of relief.Turning around, hearing the screams of the three families who were hacked into pieces, everyone shuddered.

Tao Ming sighed, and said: "Everyone is gone, go back and work hard. As long as you stick to your heart, you will not treat me badly."

The generals were much calmer, but they stood firm.Just now, Li Jianguo's words of "speaking loyalty" in learning martial arts won their hearts.Most of the generals came from the common people, and they were not very literate, but they still had simple morality.They didn't have as many twists and turns in the hearts of civil servants, so they weren't too alarmed.

Wei Chuping followed Li Kaiguo back to the back office and sat down in the study. Li Kaiguo cleaned his hands and said, "Today, why does Benfu want to make his family ugly in front of the common people? Do you know why?"

Wei Chuping smiled slightly and said, "Your Excellency has worked so hard, Chuping understands."

Li Kaiguo wondered: "Oh, then tell me, why did Ben Fu put so much effort into it?"

Wei Chuping said: "Your Excellency only publicizes his family ugliness today, with deep intentions. One is to test people's hearts and shock people's hearts. The other is to promote morality to show orthodoxy. The third is to show the law before and set the rules behind. From Chuping's point of view However, the most important thing for adults is to promote morality to show orthodoxy.”

Li Jianguo nodded and said: "Exactly, I want to test the hearts of the people, and second, I want to shock those who have evil thoughts. The most important thing is to see the people's understanding of moral orthodoxy. Today, I will see It proves that the choice of this officer is correct, the Ming court has not lost its mind at this stage, and whatever you do, you still have to use the banner of the Ming army."

People's hearts are indeed very strange. Although Liu, Gu, and Jin are working for the orthodox Ming court, they are spies.Although Li Jianguo stole Ming officials, he was kind to the people.In the subconscious of the people, the imperial court sent troops to attack Li Jianguo, it must be that the emperor was deceived and there were villains around him.Therefore, I hate the rebellion of Liu, Jin, and Gu very much, and I would rather deceive myself into believing that Li Jianguo is the orthodox Ming Dynasty official.

Wei Chuping said with a smile: "Your Excellency is very human, the Emperor must be worrying about His Excellency now. Shall I send another memorial to remind you?"

Li Jianguo thought for a while, and said: "Just one and a half months later, I will marry the princess, and let the emperor give a clear decree to marry him."

Wei Chuping slapped the table and shouted: "Your Excellency is really wise. Why didn't Chuping think that in this way, if the royal family marry a daughter without the emperor's clear order, the royal family will definitely be ashamed. So unless the emperor sends troops to attack Jinan Mansion , otherwise you can only admit it. And my lord, you said that there are 300 million taels of silver in the half month, and you just want to take it from the Prince De's mansion."

Li Jianguo snorted and said, "Your flattery is too obvious. Don't talk nonsense, write quickly."

Emperor Chongzhen really had a headache.He lost [-] troops in one fell swoop, and also frightened Empress Yi'an.In fact, he really wanted to kill Empress Yi'an, but he couldn't do it very clearly, so he left it to the heavens to decide.Who would have expected that Li Guo was unreliable, instead of actually killing Empress Yi'an, she let Empress Yi'an see through his intentions.

Therefore, in the Nanyang Palace, Empress Yi'an only rested for two days, and was escorted by Hebei soldiers and horses to make a detour to Nanjing, but did not return to the capital.That's all for these unspeakable things.The [-] Ming army had to give an explanation to the people of the world.So Zhang Fengyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, became a scapegoat and was arrested and imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen, which calmed down the criticism from the government and the public.

But he had just settled down, and the capital became chaotic again, because Li Jianguo's memorial came to the capital again. (To be continued..)

ps: It's a tragedy, the editor said that I can adjust it myself, but I can't upload it for a look.Wait for the editor to help me adjust it.