People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 514: The heroism of the people in the martial arts world is admirable!
Xia Yuanji and Lan Yu were a little surprised to hear his words. This guy actually has acquaintances in Sanfuqi?
The commander chuckled and said, "Commander-in-chief, I don't know him very well. He is a thief, and a big one at that."

This made Xia Yuanji and Lan Yu even more puzzled.

The commanding officer explained in a low voice: "We had just arrived in Sanfuqi and urgently needed to place various people in other families. At that time, we were arranging the personnel, and we happened to encounter this guy stealing things. He was discovered and arrested, and was about to be killed.

Our Jinyiwei rescued him."

So that's what's going on. However, this kind of person doesn't seem to be a big shot to us, so there's nothing to be surprised about.

From the expression on the commander's face, one could tell that this guy actually took the thief very seriously, otherwise he wouldn't have said that he was an old acquaintance and had such a look of delight on his face.

Judging from his expression, it seems like there is something he can help with.

Xia Yuanji and Lan Yu looked at the commander-in-chief in surprise.

"What are you doing, kid?" Lan Yu looked at the commander.

When the commander heard what Lan Yu said, he chuckled and said, "Didn't the Grand Commander say before that he wanted to spread the news throughout Sanfuqi? I was thinking at the time that if we could bring into play the power of the entire Sanfuqi martial arts world, wouldn't that make things more efficient?"

That's very well said.

This shocked Xia Yuanji and Lan Yu very much.

Although Sanfuqi has surrendered on the surface, the situation below still needs to be figured out step by step. But the Queen Mother said one thing very well, that is, how many people the Ming Dynasty can send. If we only rely on the Ming Dynasty to send people here, it will be too passive.

So the most important thing is to make use of local people.

The reason why Xia Yuanji took down so many families here was to take down all the people here, but before that he had to make good use of these families, and how many of these people were traitors had to be carefully identified.

Although the commanding families were all dealt with, and although Bayas was very aware of the current situation, he could only deal with the resistance of some families by himself. It would take some time to make all the families surrender.

I guess this guy saw that I have been worried about this matter recently, so he thought of using the power of Sanfuqi's underworld forces.

But Wang Bi quickly asked, "Even if the thief you mentioned owes us a favor, is he willing to help us? After all, he is from Sanfuqi."

This hits the nail on the head. People in the underworld still value integrity.

Although they are not from the martial arts world, they have received a lot of help from people from the martial arts world on the battlefield and have seen too much backbone from the people of the martial arts world.

These people are very admirable.

Therefore, Lan Yu and Wang Bi always admired people from all walks of life.

But if this thief is the kind of person who doesn't even care about the interests of the country, then he is not worth cooperating with.

So after hearing what the commander-in-chief had just said, Lan Yu and Wang Bi became worried. Using such a person would simply lower the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Ming Dynasty could use any means to conquer Srivijaya, after all, national interests are paramount, but if they still use such scum on trivial matters, they would be knowingly making mistakes and refusing to correct them.

Just as Lan Yu was about to voice his opinion, he heard the commander-in-chief say, "General, I understand exactly what you mean. If I don't like this guy's character, I won't recommend him to the Grand Commander.

In fact, these people in Sanfuqi are also suffering.”

This actually made Xia Yuanji, Lan Yu and others very interested. They didn't expect that these people in the martial arts world were also suffering.

Aren’t these people from the underworld said to be the most cool and unrestrained?

And pain.

This was something that both Xia Yuanji and Lan Yu were very interested in.

So, he looked at the man who was a little timid and asked, "Do you think he will leave now?"

The commander knew that Xia Yuanji would definitely find a place to sit down, get to know the situation of these people, and then give some suggestions based on the circumstances.

It can be seen that the commander-in-chief is quite sympathetic to these people in the underworld. If you can use them, try not to make things difficult for him.

But the prerequisite for using these people is that they really have some unavoidable problems, which is the most important thing.

The commander thought for a moment and said, "Probably not. He has been doing some small business in the city recently. He definitely won't do business. Now Sanfuqi is under the control of our Ming Dynasty. He is afraid that he will be shot if he encounters our people."

This sentence shows that the boy is still very real.

He probably knew that if he was caught by the Ming Dynasty during this period, he would definitely be killed, so if he wanted to survive now, he might as well set up a small stall to earn some living expenses first, and then decide whether to return to his old business after seeing the situation clearly.

Everyone is interested in such a person, after all, this person can be favored by the commander-in-chief.

If a commander-in-chief could be sent to this place, he must be capable, especially if he is close to the emperor. If he doesn't have any ability, he would be driven away in minutes.

Who is Emperor Taizu? He can kill people with just a glare.

If you don't take this seriously, you will die a miserable death.

So a few people sat in the teahouse nearby.

Although I was a little disappointed with this place at first because of the sour tea, I found it has a unique flavor after drinking it for a while, especially when it is steamed by the hot and humid weather. Don't even mention whether you have an appetite or not. If you want to eat something, you have to have something sour.

So now Xia Yuanji also understood why the food eaten at the Queen Mother's house was the same as what was sold on the market.

This shows that supplies here are very scarce.

From this perspective, this is where the business opportunities for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty lie. However, having a market alone is not enough. You have to have something to sell. Otherwise, if there is only imports but no exports, you will be doomed sooner or later.

Besides, those businessmen are not fools. They can’t bring anything back after traveling so far. How much goods should they buy to balance the transportation cost and time cost?

It seems that rapid development is not possible nowadays, we can only take it slow.

So why not just sit down and ask the people here what their confusion is, and see if they can solve it.

If we can really make use of these people in the underworld and achieve twice the result with half the effort, it would be possible to develop them.

After they sat down, the commander began to speak: "That guy told me that the gangsters in Sanfuqi are mainly against the imperial court."

When it comes to this, Lan Yu and Wang Bi are very experienced. They also started out as gangsters. There was no other reason but that the court was incompetent and the officials forced the people to rebel. In addition, there were constant natural disasters and man-made disasters at that time. The lives of the common people were not human at all. If they did not rebel, they would starve to death. So they might as well take the risk and maybe they could gain fame and honor.

This is how they got here.

Neither Lan Yu nor Wang Bi were born generals, nor were they talented students from military schools. They simply survived by fighting on the battlefield.

As for why I knew how to lead troops in battle later, it was also very simple. After surviving, if I wanted to survive the next battle, I had to summarize my own strategic plan, know which direction the enemy would attack from next time, and know how to defend. These were all summarized on the battlefield.

Therefore, Lan Yu and Wang Bi could understand those grassroots heroes very well. If they had not been pushed to a certain point, these people could have survived.

Now that these people are forced to start caring about the fate of the country, it means that the country is really at the point of collapse.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Xia Yuanji asked.

The commander then spoke eloquently: "That guy said that at that time, many heroes supported the king's reforms and even wanted to organize an army to accept the king's unified command. However, something happened later and prevented this from happening."

Xia Yuanji asked: "These people in the martial arts world can understand the king's predicament and organize troops to support the king. They are amazing."

This is indeed true. Could these gangsters have any say in the court?

The commanding officer explained, "In Sanfuqi, that kid, a member of the thieves' sect, had a senior who was very capable and was promoted to the position of deputy captain of the king's personal guard."

Xia Yuanji and Lan Yu both gave thumbs up.

Yes, it is not easy for a thief to reach this position. He must have suffered unimaginable pains.

The commanding officer said, "It is said that this senior was caught stealing and had his penis cut off. He had no choice but to retire and become a eunuch in the palace. Then he got out because of his skills."

No wonder!
Everyone looked a little embarrassed.

The commander continued, "Perhaps because this matter was not honorable, this senior used his status to rescue many of his fellow disciples in order to bring glory to himself. Gradually, he became famous in the martial arts world, and people in the martial arts world gave him a nickname - Timely Rain!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

They all burst out laughing.

Although Water Margin is not as legendary now as it was in later generations, Song Jiang has already made a name for himself in stage comedy.

Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong were most likely master and apprentice. They both used to serve as military aides, and the situation at that time was similar to that of the Three Kingdoms. That's why Luo Guanzhong was able to write Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Shi Nai'an wrote Water Margin.

In fact, the novels of both of them are largely based on opera and mixed with folk legends.

Lan Yu and Wang Bi had all heard of the name Song Jiang, the timely rain.

Unexpectedly, there was a eunuch in Sanfuqi who got this nickname because he often rescued his fellow disciples.

Seeing Xia Yuanji and Lan Yu's joke, the commander couldn't help but laugh: "This timely rain often saw the king was full of grievances in the palace, so he told the king his identity. Instead of being angry, the king gave him a task to form an army of people from the underworld. People from the underworld are loyal and have some skills and abilities. There are people from all walks of life, so they might be useful.

So Ji Shi Yu went to form an army, but was discovered by the Queen Mother's people. Ji Shi Yu was heroically sacrificed in order to cover the large army during an operation to capture the enemy.

After this setback, the Jianghu army can only retreat to Jianghu."

Xia Yuanji and Lan Yu could only sigh.

Although their positions are different, everyone still gives enough respect to such patriots.

Lan Yu then asked: "Since they are so loyal to their country, are they still willing to cooperate with us?"

This is also something that Xia Yuanji finds very strange.

With this kind of loyalty, working with these people is simply asking for humiliation.

But the commander said: "That's not the case. Ever since the Jianghu army was wiped out by the imperial court, many Jianghu people have fled to the ends of the earth. Many people have finally figured it out. As long as they can make life easier for the people of the world, they, the Jianghu people, can't stop the tide of history.

The reason why this thief stayed in the capital and did not flee to the ends of the earth was actually to see whether our Ming Dynasty would keep its promise and help their people live a good life! "

As soon as these words were uttered, everyone present was moved. They really didn't expect that these people would have such thoughts.

The people who should have this awareness should be the officials who receive salaries from the court, but those officials only think about how to suck blood from the people.

However, these heroes are wholeheartedly thinking about the people.

From the fact that they want to stop the rebels from helping the king to reform, we can see that these passionate men truly want good for the people.

Xia Yuanji was also a little moved.

These people in the martial arts world may have become accustomed to the intrigues in the imperial court, so they have long since gotten rid of those outdated ideas. In their hearts, as long as the imperial court cares about the people and can make them live a better life, they are willing to help.

Just like when the king at that time wanted to implement reforms, didn’t the people in the underworld at that time know that helping the king would be very dangerous?

These people in the martial arts world were well-informed and should have known that the imperial army at that time was under the control of the Empress Dowager.

At that time, the Queen Mother and others represented the interests of the family.

Once you confront such a family, it is no different from confronting the god of death.

But which of these gangsters backed down?

From these details, we can see the awareness of these heroes.

Snapped! !

Xia Yuanji slammed the table.

"After listening to your statement, I have decided that if these people are really willing to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, we are willing to let the people here live a good life."

In fact, this is also the idea of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

No matter where you are, only when the people's lives are good can everyone's lives be good.

If you only think about exploiting the people, the country will be destroyed soon.

This is not a hypocritical historicist concept, but a real objective fact.

It seems that the role played by the people in the change of dynasties is not important, but has there been any change of dynasties without the support of the people?
In the mouths of officials, the people are like untouchables who can be exploited with impunity. But think about it, every uprising started from the people.

Chen Han knew all this, so his fundamental goal was to make life better for the people.

This is both his political stance and his belief...

(End of this chapter)