Mingshi

Chapter 1100 Meet Ma Fang

"Your Majesty, please make an order that the ministers will be responsible for disaster relief and suppression of bandits. Then issue an order to Hu Zongxian to strictly guard against the Japanese pirates, as long as the Japanese pirates do not go ashore. Give an order to Ma Fang to go to the north to hold on. There is no need to attack and waste food and grass. , just stick to it and stop Goryeo.

Half a year!

As long as you persist for half a year, Ming Dynasty will recover. As long as there is no war between the north and the south for half a year, the minister will be sure to solve the problem. "

"I'm ready!"

The decree went down one by one.

Xu Jie was deprived of the power of disaster relief and bandit suppression, and all disaster relief and bandit suppression were handed over to Luo Xin.At the same time, Emperor Jiajing took out 70 taels of silver from the inner treasury and handed it to Luo Xin.

The decree was given to Hu Zongxian, and the decree was given to Ma Fang.Secretly issued a decree to Luo Xin, who has the power to kill first and then play, no matter who it is, as long as there is evidence, he can kill.

Luo Xin's first move when he took office was to transfer back all the officials Xu Jie sent to supervise the disaster relief.At this point, no one doubts.Everyone knows the relationship between Luo Xin and Xu Jie. Now that Luo Xin is in power, how can it be possible to use someone from Xu Jie?
Then, Luo Xin spent all 70 taels of silver on disaster relief, leaving no taels of silver to the army.Of course the army quit.Luo Xin vigorously met with the military representative, and asked a question as soon as he came up.

"Can the food and grass that Xu Jie gave before last for half a month?"

"Yes, but..."

"No but!" Luo Xin interrupted them with a wave of his hand: "Your current task is not to suppress the bandits, but to help evacuate the refugees, and supervise them, so that they cannot become refugees. Then wait for my order, when the time comes, Wherever I tell you to suppress the bandits, you can go there to suppress the bandits. When the order is issued, the food and grass will naturally arrive, otherwise, you can refuse to send troops. I wonder if I, Luo Xin, have such credibility in the military?"

"Yes!" The military nodded immediately. Luo Xin's reputation and credit in the military is really not based on it. A word from Luo Xin is even more credible than a word from the emperor.

"But... Even if you don't send troops, you can last for half a month, evacuate and supervise the refugees, and the army has to eat."

"It won't be half a month!"

This was only the first morning when Luo Xin took over the power, the military was sent away, and the 70 taels of disaster relief funds were being shipped.In Luo Xin's room, there were only two people, one was Liu Shouyou and the other was Huang Jin.Luo Xin looked at Liu Shouyou and said:

"Master Liu, you immediately secretly dispatch Jinyiwei to supervise officials of all seven provinces in the north and south. I have secured evidence for any corruption. And arrange a manpower, waiting for my order, immediately arresting people and ransacking their homes. "

"Don't worry!" Liu Shouyou said confidently: "Our Jinyiwei is pervasive. We have spies around those officials and in the mansion. And we already have their corruption information. Your Majesty didn't read it before. If you want to, I will Give it to you immediately."

"We have them here too!" Huang Jin said.

"Okay, send the information to me immediately. In addition, Eunuch Huang, you immediately send people from Dongchang to spread the news to the seven provinces that have been harassed by bandits. Tell those giant merchants that wars are taking place between the north and the south of Ming Dynasty. There are not so many troops, so we can only suppress the bandits slowly. If the price is clearly stated, if the province offers 100 million taels of silver, we will first go to that province to suppress the bandits."

"Huh?" Huang Jin looked at Luo Xin in surprise.

"When the silver arrives, send troops, otherwise let them wait. Waiting for the bandits to break through the city, their lives and wealth will be gone. They will agree. One million taels of silver seems like a lot. But if it is placed in a province There are really not many. There are too many businessmen, aristocratic families, and wealthy families in a province. How much money is only a few dollars per family?"

"Okay!" Huang Jin became excited.

"It's ugly words first!" Luo Xin said solemnly: "Don't let me find out that both of you are corrupt, whether it's Jinyiwei or Dongchang, if I find out about corruption, I won't report it to His Majesty, I will kill you first and then talk about it."

The two couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. The two of them also realized the current situation of Daming at this time, and they could hear Luo Xin's seriousness.If they really dared to stretch out their hands indiscriminately, it is impossible to say that Luo Xin would really kill them.They are now in the same camp as Luo Xin, so after seeing them nodding, Luo Xin calmed down and said:

"However, I will not treat you badly. I will abide by some rules. Naturally, I will keep part of the money handed over by the merchants in charge of the East Factory, aristocratic families and wealthy families, and leave a portion for Eunuch Huang. And when officials are arrested, their homes are ransacked. Naturally, I will keep a portion of the money that comes out for Mr. Liu."

The two of them immediately smiled, and Luo Xin said in a calm voice: "What I leave to you is to abide by the rules, and I hope you will also abide by the rules. In the future, the three of us will be rich and honored together. I don't want things that I don't want to see to happen before this. .”

"No, don't worry, we understand."

"Then let's get started! I won't keep you for dinner. Time is running out."

Speaking of this, Luo Xin took out a letter and handed it to Liu Shouyoudao: "This is a letter I wrote to Hu Zongxian, and I will send it as quickly as possible."

"No problem!" Liu Shouyou took the channel: "Don't be in a hurry, it's already noon, let's have something to eat together."

"I made an appointment with Ma Fang at noon. In the southeast side, Hu Zongxian is not under much pressure. After all, there is no sign of Japanese pirates coming ashore. But the north is different. So, I want to talk to Ma Fang. Tomorrow Ma Fang will go to the north, let alone It's too late."

"Okay, then you are busy, let's say goodbye."

After Huang Jin and Liu Shouyou left, Luo Xin simply tidied up, then came to the restaurant that Ma Fang had made an appointment with, entered the box, saw that Ma Fang had arrived, Luo Xin apologized:

"Brother Ma, I should have come earlier..."

Ma Fang laughed and got up and said, "No, don't be polite between us. Although we don't usually get in touch, we are comrades who fight side by side."

"Brother Ma said so!"

Luo Xin and Ma Fang sat down, and the two of them didn't talk about business right away. Instead, they drank three rounds of wine first, and the food tasted delicious before Luo Xin put down his chopsticks and said:
"Brother Ma, you have been wronged by going to the north this time. With Brother Ma's ability, if you have enough supplies, you can not only drive away Goryeo, but even lead the army to invade Goryeo. But now Daming has no money, so you can only stick to it."

"I understand!" Ma Fang said solemnly: "However, if there is no food and grass, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold on, and I will have to shrink the defense line. In this way, I will lose the territory. Step back, Daming..."

"Half a year! As long as you persist for half a year." Seeing Ma Fang's embarrassment, Luo Xin said again: "It's not impossible to retreat, but within half a year, only one military town can be given up, otherwise Goryo will occupy too much territory, and it will The tail is too big."

"No problem!" Ma Fang said with a sigh of relief: "Isn't it just half a year? I can hold on."

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(End of this chapter)