Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1021 Secret Army Training
In Nanjing City, in the restaurant under the name of King Tang, the two kings of Tang and Lu gathered together again.

After the incident of the Zongfu's relocation to Taitai, the two kings who were originally hostile gradually came together to deal with their common political enemy Wang Yan.

The monthly secret meeting between the two has become the norm.

Rituals and music collapsed. Starting from Jiajing Wanli, the strict etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty was impacted by the people. Many things that were explicitly prohibited by the Taizu were broken by the people.From the very beginning of food and clothing to the current housing and transportation, they are breaking regulations and destroying regulations.

The restaurant under the name of King Tang broke the rules of etiquette and was taller than the imperial palace, but it was not punished by the government, because this kind of breaking the rules was very common among the people. If it is true, the Ming Dynasty Business will not develop well.

The six-storey restaurant is a traditional structure of Chinese architecture, with a dome on the top, then eight beams, and a sub-lounge on the bottom, which conforms to the concept of a round sky and a place.

The two kings of Tang and Lu are on the top floor, which is usually not open to guests, and it is specially used for secret meetings between the two kings.

On the "mouth" in the middle of the "Hui" sub-building, there is a stage on which "babbling" is being sung. The guests are all sitting in the room and watching in the middle, and they will not be crowded like those theater buildings. Together, it seems to be relatively high-end.

The whole building is very quiet, only the sound of silk and bamboo and the beautiful and melodious libretto can be heard, which is not as noisy as the storytelling and singing commentary.

Tang Wang was wearing a four-clawed dragon robe, a jade belt around his waist, cloud shoes on his feet, and a winged crown on his head. He was standing by the window. Lu Wang was dressed similarly to him, because both of them had just come out of the cabinet.

"King Tang, Wang Yan is going to eat 3 of your horses this time. If we don't react, he will press on every step of the way and finally take our military power."

Although Wang Yan is going to use Tang Wang's soldiers and horses this time, his lips are dead and his teeth are cold. Once this opening is made, Wang Yan will definitely use his people in the next step, so King Lu will fully support Tang Wang this time.

After listening to King Lu's words, King Tang walked back to the table, picked up a small wine glass and took a sip, "Wang Yan is the best at judging the situation. It’s taken over.”

King Lu's face turned cold, "King Tang is not going to fight back, and he tacitly eats Wang Deren's department?"

"Naturally we have to fight back! Wang Yan's reforms have made the people of the world miserable. Ordinary people have lost their fields and land, while the gentry and aristocrats are living a life of luxury." Tang Wang shook his head and said: "Aristocratic families are the great harm of the dynasty. From the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the mid-Tang Dynasty, the clans knew the harm of the dynasty at a glance. They didn't care about the country and the country, but only thought about family inheritance, but they occupied many resources of the dynasty and became the cancer of the court. Only then did Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty roughly set up the imperial examination, and the Tang Dynasty would make it great. Opening up the ascending ranks for the common people, causing the family to gradually decline, and Wang Yan is indeed recasting the family at this time, and the scene of Zhumen's wine and meat stinking road with frozen bones is not far away!"

King Lu nodded, "Right now, the world is full of smog, and local people are unstable. Commerce can make the country rich, but everything must be reversed. It is reasonable for our ancestors to belittle merchants. Now it has become normal for merchants to collude with officials and gentry, and a large number of people have lost their land and poured into the city. The gathering of so many people is a very unstable factor. If someone instigates it, it is not impossible for another Li Zicheng to appear. According to Gu, the people should be bound by land, so that the court can be stable , Let the people flow like now, the household registration and guide system of the imperial court will be affected, Wang Yan will reap the consequences sooner or later."

At present, Wang Yan's reform has indeed caused many problems. For example, in a village along the coast, everyone used to fish for a living, and the standard of living was the same. He bought other merchant ships and shared the property to get rich overnight.

At this time, first of all, the status of the clan elders in the village is challenged. Children who have money may not necessarily listen to him, and the villagers will not go to the clan elders again when they have something to do. Others will follow suit when they see that it is so easy to make money.

But it is impossible for a society to allow everyone to succeed, and only a few can succeed.The vast majority of the remaining people will become anxious when they see the people around them suddenly getting rich. They also want to be rich, but they can't pursue it.

The same is true when zooming in from a village to the whole country. After the whole society pursues interests exquisitely, being rich and powerful becomes the only criterion for success. There are also many people who don't want to climb up and just want to live a quiet life, and they are passively involved in social changes.

People have transformed from an agricultural society that rests peacefully at sunset to a commercial society that pursues benefits and interests. The collapse of rituals and music will make the whole society fall into anxiety and various problems will arise.

This may be a magnificent process of change for the country and future generations, but it may not be the luck of the ordinary people in this era, and they may not be able to survive this great social change.

Speaking of this, King Lu paused for a moment, then looked at King Tang and said, "The world of Daming cannot be allowed to go on like this. In case of chaos, these soldiers and horses are our last resort and our hope of revitalizing Daming. It cannot be handed over easily."

Tang Wang sighed, "Wang Yan first excused the critical situation in the southwest, and transferred Wang Deren's department and Sun Shoufa's department to the southwest and Nanyang to guard against Dorgon and Haoge, and now he has upgraded the Five Loyalty Army to the imperial court. The imperial army has to pick people , I have nothing to say, Wang Yan is making sense in everything now. If Wang Deren is still in Jiangxi, I may still have some ideas, but he is in Sichuan, I am really out of reach."

After relocating from the vassal state, Wang Yan became more powerful, but the two kings could only rely on others, without strength, and most importantly, without reason, to confront Wang Yan head-on.

This time Wang Yan upgraded the Five Loyalty Army to the Five Great Forbidden Army, not only mentioning the Five Loyalty Army, but letting go of the reorganization of elites from the Ming system. , and Jin Shenghuan, Zheng Chenggong, and Zhang Mingzhen can also be reorganized, but they are unwilling, and this unwillingness is completely because they do not want to lose control of the army, so there is no reason to take it to the stage to refute.

No central court would want an army that is not under the control of the state. The court controls the army. This is the general trend.

If Wang Yan makes a comprehensive reform, then they can temporarily delay the matter on the grounds that the matter is too serious, but Wang Yan is a thief, he will give you a little bit, and it is impossible to refute.

"What about the counterattack that King Tang said?" King Lu frowned.

Tang Wang stood up, "The purpose of Wang Yan's military reform is to allow the court to control the army. The civil servants in the court don't want to have warlords, and they don't want the power of feudal towns to rise, so they mostly side with Wang Yan. Su Guansheng and others hope to pass the court. The idea is too naive, although I don't want Wang Deren's troops to be included in the imperial army, but without Su Guansheng's support, it is difficult to stop it."

Tang Wang turned around, "I guess we'll talk here, Sichuan has already started, and Wang Deren may have accepted the reorganization. I don't want to oppose this matter openly, and I plan to start from other aspects."

"What does King Tang think?" King Lu has already felt that the whole society is very unstable. He has been preparing secretly, hibernating and waiting for the opportunity, but he always feels that he is not prepared enough or has no idea, so he wants to know what King Tang has. means.

Tang Wangzuo came back, "Wang Yan is so powerful, I have long wanted to get rid of you and me, but because I have no clue, so it is difficult to do it, so as not to be spurned by the government and the opposition. We should try our best to avoid confrontation with him now, and don't let him catch him." It’s justifiable to take action against us. What we need to do now is to prepare secretly and wait for the right time. I think his policies will soon go wrong. As long as the world is in chaos, we will come out to clean up the situation.”

Lu Wang held the cup in his hand and nodded. Tang Wang continued: "The preparations we have to do are firstly soldiers and secondly money. The imperialization of the army is a general trend. We can only delay it, it is impossible to stop it, but fortunately After this reform, the army does not completely obey Wang Yan, but the imperial court. Although we have lost direct control over the army, Wang Yan also cut off his wings. This is also an opportunity for us. Taiwan Island is currently It needs to be developed, and I plan to recruit people who lost their land in various provinces, imitate the Taizu's guard system, and farm in Taiwan to train soldiers secretly, what do you think, King Lu?"

Taiwan is the sphere of influence of the suzerain vassal, and it is difficult for Wang Yan to detect that it is indeed feasible to train private troops here in the name of opening up wasteland and farming.

"Good advice, King Tang! This can be done when you see something, and there are many fields in Taiwan alone, which can be quietly compiled and practiced, but it needs to be concealed." Lu Wang's eyes lit up, a little excited, Wang Yan wanted to nationalize his army, but they Training a few private soldiers is equivalent to having a few more secret trump cards in hand.

"However, military training requires money, and it is a headache for me alone. Now that the central government is stronger, the local governments are weaker. The imperial court will directly control the Municipal Shipping Department this year and strengthen local financial monitoring. I am afraid it will not be easy for us to get money to support soldiers. "

Wang Yan used the Wude to suck Ming's blood, and made money blatantly. He benefited from the court much more than Tang Lu, but the court turned a blind eye to it, because Wang Yan made money legally, but Tang Lu smuggled it. It doesn't work to save some taxes, because it violated the court's decree and broke the rules.

The army is a gold-swallowing beast. Secret military training requires money, but this year the imperial court will strengthen the financial monitoring of the municipal bureau and local provinces. Tang Lu's financial resources will be reduced, and without money, everything is empty talk.

King Lu pondered for a while, and these policies of the imperial court also affected him. Thinking of this, he felt a little angry, "The matter of money is not difficult to handle. I have always had a way out, but recently Wang Yan wants to move." With my talent, we can work together to stop Wang Yan!"

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