People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 517 Jinyiwei is Zhu Yuanzhang’s eyes and ears!

In fact, Xia Yuanji didn't expect that he could convince the thief in such a short time. This thief was not just an ordinary petty thief in the world, but a well-known figure in the world of Sanfuqi.

In particular, this person is a bit like the heroes in the Water Margin. He will not harm ordinary people. Instead, he is willing to extend his hand to punish those dignitaries and those unkind rich people.

Such people were originally considered top-notch in the entire Sanfuqi world.

He really didn't expect to run into the commander-in-chief. Of course, it was a coincidence that the commander-in-chief and his men ran into him.

In fact, the reason why the thief was caught that day was not because of his poor skills, but because he was a little soft-hearted.

Because that day he saw the mistress of a wealthy family brutally beating a little maid because of a trivial matter.

The thief couldn't stand it anymore, so he showed up and tried to rescue the little maid.

However, he was unable to escape from the siege of so many lackeys because he was carrying his little maid, and was injured. He was rescued by the commander.

The reason why the commander-in-chief values ​​him so much is because of his kindness and righteousness. Ordinary petty thieves would never have such thoughts.

After the thief was rescued by the commander, he realized that it was not only him who was the ex-husband of that family, but also someone from the Ming Dynasty.

Because of this, the thieves at that time were a little hesitant.

He always felt that even if Sanfozi fell and even if his family had become prisoners, he should not betray the entire country so blatantly.

Although the things the commander-in-chief said were very tempting, they would help the people of Sanfuzi resume production and allow the people of Sanfuzi to live a good life in the future.

But he always felt that such behavior was tantamount to betraying the entire country, so he had been hesitant and didn't know whether he should agree or not. It was not until today when Xia Yuanji told him everything that he suddenly understood.

It’s not that he abandoned his country and national justice at this time, but because of what Xia Yuanji told him.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can see that Xia Yuanji is not telling him how to sell out the entire country, but how to make the local people live a good life.

The reason why the people of Sanfuzi live such a miserable life today is because of the officials and the queen mother of Sanfuzi.

All they think about is how to get more from the people, not how to make their lives better.

In the final analysis, Xia Yuanji and the thief have the same goal, and the thief also understands that a man of insight is a wise man.

Now the entire Srivijaya has become the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If we anger the Ming Dynasty under such circumstances, what else can we do except causing great suffering to the people?
Moreover, as Xia Yuanji said, even if the rule of Srivijaya was restored, the lives of the common people might become even worse.

Which of these officials in Sanfuqi does not suck the blood of the common people?

Who treats ordinary people as human beings?

None of them. Under such circumstances, the pedantic idea of ​​wanting to restore Srivijaya's rule is not only not a progressive idea, but also not good for the people.

Instead, it plunged the people into endless despair.

Thinking of the thief in this way, he finally understood what he was pursuing in his heart.

He was even more clear about one thing: if he helped drive away the officials of Sanfuqi, would the Ming Dynasty push the common people into the fire pit again?

The reason why he agreed to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty was not because he blindly believed that the current Ming Dynasty was the best choice, but because he had no better choice.

So he now agreed to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and help the Ming Dynasty publicize their so-called national policies and reforms to see whether the Ming Dynasty can really do what they said.

If this cannot be done, the people will see the true face of the Ming Dynasty, and then they will be able to better mobilize all citizens to resist the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, if the Ming Dynasty is really willing to stand with the people at this time and let the people live a better life, wouldn’t that be a good thing?

It was with this idea in mind that the thieves could better understand what Xia Yuanji said.

It will also make it easier for me to convince myself to believe in this cooperation with Daming.

To put it bluntly, he was testing the Ming Dynasty, and he was also very smart.

Although he is just a gangster, he is not a timid and reckless person.

He knew very well that as long as the Ming Dynasty continued to promote this slogan, the people would definitely stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty.

If I start preparing to rebel against the Ming Dynasty now, I will definitely not get the desired result, and even my own people will oppose me.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to take a good look at how the Ming Dynasty actually rules the entire Sanfuqi.

If they fail to do this, if they are like the officials in Srivijaya who only want to suck blood from the common people, then they will soon be exposed and will be found out.

I also reached that time when he was able to stand together with the people and respond to their call.

After the thief left, Lan Yu, Wang Bi and even the commanding officer felt that they had convinced the thief and their faces showed joy.

Although this thief is just a gangster, there are many talented people in the world who actually represent the voice of the people.

If they really want to promote Ming Dynasty, it will be better than Ming Dynasty acting alone and using Ming Dynasty's personnel.

After all, the presence of these people is more convincing, and at the same time, these people are willing to help the Ming Dynasty promote the reforms that the Ming Dynasty wants to implement.

Doesn’t this further illustrate the good intentions of the Ming Dynasty and make the people more accepting of its reforms?

It is precisely because of this foundation that Xia Yuanji is willing to negotiate with the thieves.

Lan Yu said to the commander, "I didn't expect you to find an unexpected person this time. It seems that the Jinyiwei can do anything even if they lie on the beams."

The commander smiled after hearing this and said, "Marshal, you really underestimated us."

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in these words, and it was obvious that when Lan Yu said this, he was a little afraid.

He is not pure and innocent in his dealings with others. On the contrary, his hands and feet are not particularly clean in his daily life.

It is inevitable that a commander who leads troops into battle would be corrupt. He was also afraid that the Jinyiwei would lie beside him and eavesdrop on his secrets, then turn around and report them to the court to punish him.

Not to mention him, even ordinary officials all have complaints about the Jinyiwei.

She would lie on the beam every day and eavesdrop on people's secret conversations in the room, and then turn around and report all these secrets to the emperor.

After the emperor gets these secrets, he may not deal with them in a timely manner. Instead, he will hold them in his hands like a handle and use them against officials at any time. This is the most fatal thing.

Lan Yu and Wang Bi had heard more than once that some generals took a little more when food and fodder were distributed just because they revealed a little to their concubines at night.

The general might be arrested the next day because the evidence was conclusive and he would be unable to defend himself since he had said it himself.

Such efficiency is indeed admirable, but it also makes everyone in the officialdom feel insecure. People usually don't dare to talk to officials in private, especially don't dare to discuss state affairs, because if you do, it is very likely that the Jinyiwei will invite you to have tea the next day.

If Lan Yu were in the Ming Dynasty, he would never dare to speak so blatantly to a deputy commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

But this is Sanfoqi, so he was just complaining, and actually he meant it as a joke.

But the commander-in-chief would not think so. The jokes and complaints actually represented his daily dissatisfaction with the Jinyiwei.

But the commander knew very well why the Jinyiwei were sent here.

Although generals are not subject to the orders of the king when they are away from the court, what will happen if there are no constraints and these generals act recklessly?
Therefore, there must be supervision, and the Jinyiwei is here to supervise these generals.

When Lan Yu and Wang Bi heard the commander-in-chief say this, their faces froze.

Even though they held high positions in the army, they did not dare to be too presumptuous when facing the Jinyiwei.

Because these Jinyiwei were truly imperial envoys and the emperor's eyes and ears, they had the privilege of reporting at any time wherever they went.

But some people will definitely ask, aren’t these Jinyiwei allowed to betray, accept bribes, and then make up stories at random?
Yes.

But we must understand one thing: the reason why these Jinyiwei now hold high positions and enjoy generous salaries, and the reason why their wives and children are given titles, is because of the emperor's authority, not the trust of the officials.

They did not have the same promotion channels as other officials. Even if they had a good relationship with the officials, no official dared to risk losing his head and tell the emperor.

You should promote that Jinyiwei centurion to a thousand-man commander.

Once such words were spoken, both the centurion and the official would be in danger.

The emperor was most wary of any official who dared to collude with the Jinyiwei in the palace.

So Lan Yu could only smile and say, "You can't even tell I'm joking with you. That shows how boring you are. Your subordinates probably don't dare to joke with you like that either."

The commander was of course an open-minded person, so he stopped talking here and smiled, "What the commander said is right, the popularity of my subordinates is not that good.

So when I meet a gangster like a thief, sometimes I can't help but chat with him for a while."

After hearing the conversation between Lan Yu, Wang Bi and the commander-in-chief, Xia Yuanji remained silent.

Because he understood better than anyone that the Jinyiwei's surveillance of Lan Yu and Wang Bi was far less powerful than his own.

In the eyes of the emperor, if the commander wanted to rebel, it would be difficult to succeed without joining forces with the civil servants.

To a certain extent, Xia Yuanji's arrival here is more important than Lan Yu and Wang Bi.

Precisely because Xia Yuanji held such important power at such a young age, the mission of the Jinyiwei here was largely to prevent Xia Yuanji from establishing his own regime.

Once Xia Yuanji showed such signs, the commander-in-chief would have to join forces with Lan Yu and Wang Bi to eliminate him.

So even though Xia Yuanji, Lan Yu and the commander-in-chief seemed to be on good terms at the moment, in fact, it was a bit like a civil-military confrontation, and a bit like a supervisor and the supervised.

This kind of subtle harmony was very common in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

But it is precisely because of this ordinariness that the three parties can live in harmony and work together for great things on the land of Sanfuqi.

Because no one can be independent of anyone else, nor can anyone be above anyone else.

If we want to achieve success, we have to cooperate sincerely and attack together with our fists clenched. Otherwise, we will hand over opportunities and weaknesses to the enemy.

This subtle harmony helps officials to behave themselves.

This was also the political wisdom of Zhu Yuanzhang, who lived far away in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang was a notoriously suspicious person and he trusted almost no one.

But he had to let the officials do the work, so what should he do?

The best way is to let them check and balance each other.

And Chen Han also thinks that this physique is the best.

Because people have greedy nature, if it is not curbed, this nature will devour people.

If no one can restrain a domineering commander like Lan Yu, you don’t know what he can do.

Even though the neglect in the past two years has somewhat tempered Lan Yu's bad temper, his pride still makes him do some irrational things.

Wang Bi was a rational person and someone Lan Yu trusted, so the purpose of keeping Wang Bi by his side was not to help him make decisions, but to persuade him to calm down when he was not calm.

Xia Yuanji and the commander-in-chief belonged to the civil service system and the supervisory system respectively. They were originally on different tracks, so they could supervise each other and make progress together.

After drinking tea in the teahouse and chatting with the thief for a while, the group began to wander around the city contentedly.

This trip also revealed a lot of interesting things, and at the same time you made them understand that any strategy they could implement here was feasible.

Because they have gained certain public support.

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It is said that after the thieves left the street, they went to a dilapidated temple outside the city.

All the small countries in Southeast Asia are very devout in Buddhism, so almost everyone is a Buddhist.

Most of their stories are about believing in Buddhism, and whenever they discuss something, as long as it is in a temple, they are serious and earnest.

Because in their eyes, if one even deceives the Buddha, he would be punished by both humans and gods.

The thieves gathered all the heroes from around the capital.

This shows that this thief has some power. Not everyone can give an order and have all the heroes give him face and gather at the dilapidated temple where you are.

When everyone arrived at the temple, the sky was overcast and about to rain, which made the atmosphere of the entire dilapidated temple even more solemn.

As the leader of the thieves in the capital, the thief still has some prestige.

When he appeared in front of the altar in the dilapidated temple, on his left and right were representatives from all walks of life among the heroes of the martial arts world.

There were more than a hundred people in total, filling up the entire hall of the dilapidated temple and the ground outside...

(End of this chapter)