I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 358 Iron Slave
In this regard, neither Huang Yan, who is in charge of the East Factory, nor Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, who controls the remaining Jinyiwei, is incompetent.

There is no need to repeat how important intelligence is to a country.

And the person in this position must not only have outstanding abilities, but also have enough experience to build this network in the shortest possible time.

This kind of talent, not to mention Daming, even in the whole world, you can't find a few of them.

Liu Gang happened to be one of the suitable candidates.

But the facts about him made Li Tian unable to trust him, and Li Tian struggled for a long time whether to appoint him.

He thought that the iron cover and the iron chair locked would scare him away.

But he didn't expect that he was willing to bear such a cruel punishment in order to survive.

This made Li Tian look at Liu Gang involuntarily.

Liu Gang is different from other villains who are greedy for life and afraid of death.

He is not afraid of death, what he is afraid of is dying in obscurity.

Whether it is modern times or historical dynasties, there are always some people who are not satisfied with the status quo.

The former Liu Gang was highly trusted by Zhu Di, and he was an extremely human minister. For him, power and wealth were all within his reach.

If he remained loyal to Daming, maybe Li Tian would reuse him and regard him as his right-hand man.

But he took the risk. When Li Tian just took over the government, he secretly instructed Ji Mian and others to manipulate the salt and iron trade in Shandong and other places.

It even intervened in the struggle between Ma Dazhong and the Nanjing dignitaries.

This is still something that has been found out, and what has not been found out, maybe only he can make it clear.

What exactly he wants, what purpose he wants to achieve, I am afraid that even he himself may not be clear.

Perhaps, manipulating everything behind the scenes and letting the world be under his control is his real goal.

In fact, if Li Tian hadn't acted decisively, he would have extinguished Zhu Gaoxu's arrogance when he came up, took the military power into his hands, quickly stabilized the situation in the court, and even severely abolished Jinyiwei, a large organization with power over the world.

Liu Gangruo relied on the contacts he had accumulated over the years and the privacy of many officials in his hands, and then relied on the massive wealth in the treasures under the Jingxin Temple.

He may really be able to call the wind and the rain is not sure.

Such a person with strength and scheming, even at the end of the road, can still put Li Tian together, almost making him a prisoner, and he is indeed qualified to be a weighty pawn on Li Tian's chessboard.

What Liu Gang wants is to manipulate everything behind his back to get satisfaction.

Li Tian gave him this chance.

Of course, it is impossible for him to manipulate Daming.

If he uses all his intrigues and tricks, manipulates other countries, and fully utilizes his talents, no one can estimate how much benefit it will bring to Ming Dynasty in the future.

As far as the current alliance between Alutai and Wala is concerned, if this alliance can be severely destroyed under his manipulation, at least two to three years of peace can be brought to Ming Dynasty.

With the buffer of this period of time, it is enough for Li Tian to make all preparations.

Simple, after telling Liu Gang about the responsibilities and functions of the Intelligence Department.

Li Tian said lightly,

"Liu Gang, I know that you may have a lot of resentment towards me in your heart, but I am not afraid that you will hold grudges. I believe that I will give you enough time, after you see how earth-shaking changes have taken place in Daming under my hands.

You will surrender to me from the bottom of your heart, and when that day comes, I may consider removing your mask and restoring your name.

But the premise of all this is that during this period, you must serve me wholeheartedly. "

Liu Gang stared at Li Tian's eyes with burning eyes, as if he wanted to see through Li Tian's soul.

But no matter how he looked, he could only see a hazy but extremely dazzling light in Li Tian's eyes.

That is the light of confidence, the light of faith that gathers all of Daming's luck and one person's body.

At this moment, in Liu Gang's eyes, Li Tian seemed to have instantly become a giant who could only look up. He felt that under Li Tian's gaze, everything was seen through, and he couldn't hide any secrets.

He wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy, to beg for Li Tian's forgiveness.

But when the words came to his lips, they turned into a few blunt words.

"My lord, I will wait until that day comes."

After saying this, he seemed to have exhausted all his energy and collapsed, and his whole body was completely limp on the ground.

Li Tian waved his hand to let him stay.

At this moment, Jiang Bao stepped forward and asked in a low voice,

"Your Majesty, do you really intend to appoint Liu Gang, or are you trying to deceive him!"

Li Tian chuckled lightly.
"Of course I plan to reuse him. I just need to ask him what I want to know. I believe that he will not hide it at this moment. Why lie to him!"

But Jiang Bao still couldn't help worrying in his heart and said,

"Your Majesty, Liu Gang is treacherous and cunning. This old servant is afraid that he will..."

Li Tian shook his head lightly and smiled,
"Haha, don't worry about this, I made him wear a steel hood, imprisoned him on an iron chair, and even erased his name, leaving him with only a code name.

A person without a name is equivalent to non-existence, and a non-existent person is so likely to hurt me. "

Jiang Bao didn't understand the meaning of Li Tian's words for a while.

In his prison cell, he watched a red-hot iron mask snap on Liu Gang's face, and then his lute bone and tibia were pierced and fixed on an iron chair.

Hearing Liu Gang's distorted roar, he truly understood the meaning of Li Tian's words at that time.

"Yeah, a person who doesn't even have a name, who can't represent anything, what qualifications does he have to be His Majesty's opponent!"

From then on, the name Liu Gang came to an end, and the only thing left was, the Ming Intelligence Department, 'Iron Slave'!
In this era, no matter what you do, you must pay attention to a righteous name.

When Zhu Di raised his troops against Zhu Yunqi back then, the banner he played was on the side of the Qing emperor.

What is the side of the Qing emperor is to clean up the people around the emperor.

Even though Zhu Di had many reasons to kill Zhu Yunqi at that time, in the face of righteousness, he still chose such an excuse.

It can be seen that the influence of name and righteousness on this era.

And Liu Gang was deprived of his name, there is no one like him in the world, and all his previous relationships, arrangements, and connections have left him.

It is absolutely impossible for him to borrow the original resources to carry out any conspiracy.

The only thing he can rely on now is the resources that Li Tian gave him. Under Li Tian's strict monitoring, what kind of disturbance can a disabled person who can only make a sound and does not even have the ability to act independently!
(End of this chapter)