Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 870 King Lu

"Lu Jiandou! You are addicted to killing people!!"

Southern Zhili.

Xuzhou.

Yang Lian was furious and glared at Lu Xiangsheng. His voice was a little piercing because he was so emotional. "We really can't keep killing them. Xu Huai is already unstable now. If we push some people into a corner, Xu Huai will definitely cause chaos. The consequences will be disastrous!!"

Lu Xiangsheng, who was busy at his desk, seemed not to have heard it. He picked up the pen and wrote something with a serious expression.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng like this, Yang Lian lost his temper for a moment.

To be honest, he now regretted extremely why he had written a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, wanting the army under his command to temporarily delay crossing the river to the south, and head north to Xuhuai first, in order to resolve the flood and stabilize the situation in order to deter certain villains.

This was completely different from what he expected.

Since Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to Xuhuai, he has not made any moves, which makes many people quite disdainful. The price of grain in the Xuhuai area continues to rise. During this period, the river problems in the Xuhuai area increase, the frequency of pipe bursts increases, and there is even a threat to the canal. Under such circumstances, Lu Xiangsheng took action.

A banquet was held in Xuzhou City, and a large number of people including local officials, gentry, merchants, etc. in Xuzhou were all invited. In the end, no one came.

This is where things started to change.

If people don’t want to come, then we have no choice but to invite them.

On this day, the city of Xuzhou felt the shock. Thousands of soldiers of Emperor Mingzong's army, armed with guns and live ammunition, rushed to various places in Xuzhou City under the command of their officers, and the banquet began.

But many people died.

Many people died, including officials and servants in Xuzhou, garrison officials, gentry and merchants... All those who were involved in raising the price of grain were killed without exception. Their homes were raided by Emperor Mingzong's army, and a large amount of money and grain was seized, which immediately solved Zuo Guangdou's urgent problem.

Zuo Guangdou was very excited about this!
In this way, the shortage of money and grain for rectifying river affairs was solved.

Can he be unhappy?

But the story doesn't end here.

After Lu Xiangsheng killed a group of people in Xuzhou, he divided Huang Mingzong's army into several parts on the same day and marched to Pizhou, Suqian, Taoyuan, Qinghe and Huai'an under the banner of disaster relief. From then on, a nightmare began.

"Lu Jiandou, did you hear clearly what I said?!"

Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was silent and still writing something, Yang Lian was furious. He lifted his robe and walked towards Lu Xiangsheng, shouting, "You divided your troops into Andong, Sizhou, Linhuai, and Fengyang this time. Are you planning to do the same thing you did in Pizhou, Suqian, Taoyuan, and Qinghe before?"

"good."

After writing the last word, Lu Xiangsheng put down his pen. His bloodshot eyes were so determined. He said to Yang Lian in a hoarse voice, "The Cao army is completely rotten. Since it has bred a lot of scum, I will catch them all one by one and bring them to justice!!"

crazy! !
Totally crazy!!
Yang Lian looked at Lu Xiangsheng in disbelief. He never expected that Lu Xiangsheng would do the same as he did and continue killing.

"Then the South Canal will no longer be managed?"

Yang Lian said subconsciously.

"Of course I do!"

Lu Xiangsheng held up the memorial he had written, "I have rushed back to Xuzhou this time to submit a memorial to Your Majesty, requesting that the post of Governor of the Grain Transport be abolished and a Grain Transport Administration be established!"

"you……"

Yang Lian was stunned.

"Haha, who would believe it if I told you that?"

Under Yang Lian's gaze, Lu Xiangsheng laughed, but this laugh was cold, "The grain transport army of the Ming Dynasty has actually become a private grain transport army. From the governor, to the grain transport garrisons, to the local government offices, and even the local evil gentry and profiteers, anyone who wants to profit from the grain transport can get all kinds of benefits. Yang Lian, tell me, was it unjust for me, Lu Xiangsheng, to kill them?" Yang Lian was silent.

To be honest, Yang Lian approved of the people killed by Lu Xiangsheng, and even applauded him. But when he came this time, he knew that Lu Xiangsheng had rushed back to Xuzhou. The reason for this was that Lu Xiangsheng had killed too many people.

He was worried that Lu Xiangsheng would become the target of public criticism.

He now has a very clear understanding of what the officialdom is like.

So what if you have the emperor's trust?

You have cut off the financial resources of so many people. If you are not brought down, who will be brought down?
Let alone other things, just take the current tense situation in the southeast as an example. Lu Xiangsheng, who controlled tens of thousands of Emperor Mingzong's troops, did not cross the river to the south as ordered to resolve the water transport problem of the South Grand Canal as soon as possible. Instead, he ran to the Xuhua area to kill people indiscriminately. Once public opinion was stirred up, his ill intentions would inevitably spread.

If one person spreads the news like this, no one will believe it.

What about the hundred?

What about the thousand?

What about the ten thousand?

What about overwhelming?

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"I understand what you think."

Thinking of this, Yang Lian stepped forward and said, "You want to ask His Majesty to abolish the Governor of the Grain Transport and set up a Grain Transport General Office. You want to reorganize the hundreds of thousands of grain transport troops. But don't forget that the grain transport troops are not only in Xu Huai, but also in Shandong, Henan, Nanzhili... These places have them. Can you really win everyone's support by doing this?"

"Okay, even if you win everyone's support, don't forget that your duty is to go south to rectify the southern grain transport. The Emperor Mingzong's army can't stay in the Xuhuai area forever. Do you know how many impeachment memorials have already flooded the capital?"

"Of course Lu knows."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and pointed to a pile of memorials on the table. "These are all kept by His Majesty. Whoever wrote the impeachment memorial against me, His Majesty has sent them to me."

This trust~
Yang Lian looked at Lu Xiangsheng in disbelief. He had never imagined that the emperor would actually send someone to deliver the impeachment memorial to Lu Xiangsheng.

To be honest, Yang Lian was a little jealous.

"The Emperor Mingzong's army cannot stay in Xu Huai anymore."

Under Yang Lian's gaze, Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "On the day that Lu sends this memorial, a group of Emperor Mingzong's troops will go south to cross the river, but on that day, a new army will be born in Xuhuai."

"What do you want to do?"

Yang Lian glared at Lu Xiangsheng, "You..."

"Don't worry, this new army has been approved by His Majesty."

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes became fierce, "Your Majesty knows everything about Xu Huai. Your Majesty only said three words to me: Well done for killing him!"

"And regarding this new army, His Majesty wrote only two words."

Having said this, Lu Xiangsheng walked towards Yang Lian.

Yang Lian's Adam's apple moved.

He didn't know that without his knowledge, the emperor far away in the capital would actually give Lu Xiangsheng so many orders. It seemed that the emperor knew everything in the southeast.

"Tianxiong!"

Lu Xiangsheng stopped and looked at Yang Lian and said, "This is what His Majesty wrote. I have made up my mind to recruit all the disaster victims from Xuzhou and Huaizhou who were helped by Emperor Mingzong's army into this army. If I can't solve the problem of grain transport in Xuzhou and Huaizhou, then I won't go south. If we have to kill them, we have to kill them thoroughly, otherwise they will grow back like weeds after we burn them. The Ming Dynasty can't afford this kind of trouble!"

(End of this chapter)