Chapter 648: The Pay Mutiny in Luomu Camp, Hangzhou
The rigidity of the system lies in the layer-by-layer overlay, so many things are full of vitality in the initial stage of creation, and everything is in a state of competition, but as time goes by Over time, these layers of added patches eventually turned the system into a walking zombie, moving mechanically without any vitality.
Usually, these messy patches are the baggage of history.
The Ming Dynasty is more than two hundred years old, and there are countless such rigidities. The significance of reforming the old and reforming the old is to fully optimize the logic of these systems, and then complete the Ming Dynasty's resurgence. This is very difficult and has a long road.
The southern tour also needs to resolve some historical baggage, such as the split of the 14th Nanya Prefecture.
The Fourteenth Prefecture of Nanya accounts for 30% of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue. If it were the capital, there would be no problem. However, the two-capital system of the Ming Dynasty has actually reached its end. The political center has completely transferred to Beiya, but Nanya Yamen's huge territory and terrifying economic strength formed a natural resistance to Beiya's government orders.
Splitting is one of the most important things during this southern tour.
Secondly, there is another contradiction that needs to be alleviated in the Ming Dynasty, the contradictory state of money shortage and silver barrier. The money shortage represents a lack of money, but the silver barrier is real. These two states are completely opposite, but At the same time, according to the explanation in the second volume of Class Theory, there is a distribution problem.
Class theory has four natural corollaries, but the Ming Dynasty currently only has the first two volumes. One volume acknowledges the existence of classes, and the other discusses distribution.
"Your Majesty, I believe that in cities with more than one million people, a comprehensive investigation should be carried out to investigate the gathering places of outsiders and completely crack down on corruption." Zhang Juzheng, as the chief minister of the cabinet, put forward a proposal The government decree is to comprehensively eradicate corruption. If you don't want to eradicate corruption, then eradicate counterrevolutionaries. Just choose one.
Above one million people is the line drawn by Zhang Juzheng. Anti-corruption also requires costs. For cities with less than one million people, the anti-revolutionary forces are just flies to catch, and they can't even hit the flies. Moreover, Ming Dynasty's administrative capabilities need to be further restored. , can be done.
The outer chamber has become a breakthrough in the anti-corruption campaign.
"Accurate." Zhu Yijun approved Zhang Juzheng's proposal, or the opinions of the court officials.
If the court officials do not support the foreign ministers, the court officials cannot support the foreign ministers. The officials in the capital cannot support the foreign ministers, and the foreign officials cannot support the foreign ministers. This is the top-down administrative power of the imperial court.
On September 15, the twelfth year of Wanli, the Ming Emperor launched the largest systematic anti-corruption campaign in the history of the Ming Dynasty. It was even larger than the anti-corruption campaign during the Hongwu period. This was to further restore administrative power. .
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. It is human nature to be greedy and take some. This is part of the administrative cost and loss.
He got a wife's house and colluded with overseas rebels. He usually acted like he was loyal to the emperor and the country, and was willing to die for His Majesty. But secretly, he was disloyal to the emperor and the court, and was disloyal to the emperor and the court. Those double-faced people who follow government orders in both positive and negative ways, tolerate and condone the situation, and want to be right-wing and plundering by force are determined not to be allowed to serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty.
This involves the issue of loyalty.
"Your Majesty, I have this memorial." Wang Chonggu submitted a memorial, which reported a good news. All government factories have completed the establishment of third-level schools. This is very important to the government factories. That's huge good news.
Compared with the three official factories of Da Mingjing Hall, they overcame all obstacles in the college examination and won 203 scholar seats. Such terrifying results have great differences in different places due to the different development conditions of the official factories. However, Basically, some results have been achieved.
In the Ming Dynasty, the original privileged class of scholars, candidates, and scholars, the elected officials, originally had only two categories: military households and civilian households. Military households accounted for about 30% in the past dynasties. Nowadays, craftsmen households with a background of craftsmen have officially entered the this area.
When Lin Fucheng talked about the alienation of money from people, he talked about battlefield issues, the fairness of the labor market, the ownership of the means of production, and also looked at the rights that humans must have and acquire, that is, human rights.
"Very good, we must ensure the survival of the third-level school, even if it is a little more rigid, it doesn't matter." Zhu Yijun approved this memorial.
Unlike the military garrison, the official factory was not poor due to production and could still hire enough teachers. The corruption of the military garrison was an economic expense. The military garrison had to pay the emperor's food. That is to say, about 30% of the food grains are consumed, and more than 30% of the land rent is paid to the military garrison. The remaining 40% has to be exploited by the generals. The material produced is not sufficient. Once they thrive, they will starve. .
But the official factory group building did not have such concerns. The third-level school, the craftsman school, the Huimin Pharmacy, the craftsman official residence, etc. were all included in the 30% allocated.
If the official factories and regiments are not to follow the footsteps of the infantry garrison, they must ensure good distribution. When the official factories and regiments are built, the engineer regiments and battalions will exist.
“Ling Yunyi, the Governor of Henan and Shandong Province, reported that all six engineering regiments and battalions have been recruited.” Zeng Shengwu, Minister of the Ministry of War, reported the scale of the engineering regiments and battalions. In fact, these engineering regiments and battalions had already existed before. , Ling Yunyi and Wang Yi'e, as governors and governors, were organized to cooperate with the construction of Jingkaichi Road and Jingmi Chi Road, but they did not have a formal designation.
Now it is recognized by the imperial court and has been given the engineering regiment and battalion number. At this point, everyone from the imperial court to the localities has engineer regiments and battalions.
Zhu Yijun made detailed inquiries about the situation in Henan and Shandong. In July, there was a reversal in the Qingzhang of Henan. Some rural sages and gentry asked Lingyunyi to reduce taxes on the grounds that the land was abandoned, which was a traditional disaster reform. fold.
This gameplay is actually very simple. Ling Yunyi reports to the court that there is a disaster. The court will reduce the amount by three to seven points, or waive it entirely, based on ten points. He gave it to Ling Yunyi and completed the government with bribes.
You can play like this because the taxes paid to the court are public money. If you reduce this tax, it becomes your own, which is a kind of harm to the public and personal gain.
But Ling Yunyi not only refused to report the disaster, but also sent people to confiscate all the so-called abandoned land. The yellow fields will be given to you, the virtuous rural gentry. If you don’t plant them, it will be wasted. I will replace them. People plant it.
The rural gentry really lost their wives and soldiers this time. Not only did they not get tax exemptions, but they also lost part of their land.
"Da Sikong, I have a question, why do the people use thatch instead of tiles? I see that the people have many huts, why is this so?" Zhu Yijun was a little strange. He frowned and said: "This Thatch is repaired once a year, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, while tiles can last ten years or even longer, and tiles are not expensive. A thousand pieces are only three coins."
"Your Majesty, I can't hold on. "Wang Daokun heard His Majesty's inquiry and answered the question concisely and concisely. Thatch has various disadvantages. It leaks rain in summer and wind in winter. It needs to be repaired every year, but the people still use thatch. Not only is thatch cheap, but it also has soil. The embryonic house, beam timber, etc. cannot support the weight of the tiles at all.
If you use blue bricks, you need to deepen the foundation, and digging the foundation requires people, which is another expense.
Looking at the tiles alone, they are naturally not expensive. If bricks and foundation digging are added, the construction cost will be beyond the reach of the poor coolies.
"So that's it. Rich people only use bricks and tiles to build big houses." Zhu Yijun understood the reason and solved the doubts in his heart.
The reason why Zhu Yijun asked this was because Shen Yiguan, the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi Province, reported to the court that he had drilled 120 wells in the three sides of Shaanxi Province, with depths ranging from ten feet to thirty feet. Within ten feet, we have solved the dilemma of one hundred and twenty villages without water for generations. In addition to digging wells, they mainly set up official factories to burn bricks, burn lime, and smelt steel. All the huts were demolished and replaced with brick buildings.
"Your Majesty, the post station of Ming Dynasty has turned a loss into a profit. I believe that acceptance and exchange should also be established in cities with millions of people." Zeng Shengwu, Minister of the Ministry of War, reported another good news , the post station was finally no longer a negative asset of the imperial court, it was bought and sold at a loss, and the key to turning the post station into a profit was the acceptance bill.
The sprout of the Ming Dynasty's acceptance business should be the Minxin Bureau established by the Ningbo merchant gang during the Yongle period. This kind of business is also called a ticket number, but there are various problems. With the Ming Dynasty's Huitongguanyi in various places, After starting this business, when Wang Jiaping came to Beijing, he asked to work under Wang Chonggu to set up an acceptance exchange in Guangzhou.
"I still remember that in the past few years, the officials kept talking about the abolition of the post station. Now, the cheap scholars can no longer criticize the post station and the post staff for losing money." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Very good, I agree. What the Ministry of War said. "
What the Ministry of War means is that the acceptance and exchange business will be successfully piloted in Songjiang Prefecture and then promoted in the five major shipping companies to all cities with millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. This requires the support of the inns. Expand.
According to the regulations of the first year of Hongwu, a post station should be set up 60 miles or 80 miles away. In the actual implementation process, the density of the post stations was actually far lower than this level. Even the Liaodong Dusi in the Yongle period had a huge territory. , and there are only thirty inns.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the post station actually also had delivery offices and express shops. The post stations mainly had three functions: post, delivery, and shop. However, in the early years of Longqing, the delivery offices and express shops were abolished on a large scale. , even if it is not abolished, it still exists in name only because it is too expensive.
For example, if there is an urgent delivery shop, there is one shop every ten miles, saying: There must be one shop every ten miles to equalize the power; it must work day and night to rush its work. The public movement up and down is not far away. If the matter is small, the connection is light.
Each express delivery shop requires ten soldiers, and each soldier is given seven taels of silver and food. The price is too high, so that the Ming court cannot make ends meet, so it can only be abolished.
Now, Ming Dynasty wants to expand the acceptance and exchange business to all cities with millions of people in the country, just to keep the post station alive first.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty began his anti-corruption drive from his outer chambers. This time it seemed to be an anti-corruption campaign, but in fact it was also an anti-revolutionary campaign because it was necessary to carry out a comprehensive crackdown on underground banks and prevent the outflow of silver. The emperor’s imperial edict As the sound of the hooves of the postmen and horses on the horse road spreads in all directions, cities with more than a million inhabitants must be comprehensively investigated.
The millions of cities in the Ming Dynasty have been identified as thirty-two cities in the last Dingkou census, and the most important positions in these thirty-two cities are actually five, where the five major shipping companies are located Mizhou, Songjiangfu, Ningbo, Zhangzhou and Guangzhou.
Among the five major shipping departments of the Ming Dynasty, there is one city shipping department with the most embarrassing status, that is, the Ningbo City Shipping Department. Because Zhu Wan, Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong and other famous anti-Japanese officials had the historical burden of having to die even after winning the battle in Zhejiang, the Ming emperors, The imperial court was full of fear of the Ningbo Shipping Department, and the consequence was that various policies would not be implemented in Ningbo.
Up to now, Ningbo Shipping Company’s Huitongguanyi acceptance and exchange are handled at Huitongguan, Songjiang Prefecture.
Ningbo Shipping Division is more about maintaining the status quo, which also leads to the fact that the hydrological conditions of Ningbo Shipping Division Shuangyu Port are not bad, but its scale and degree of development are not even as good as Jiaozhou Bay in Michigan. .
It’s okay if the court doesn’t give policies. The key is that Zhejiang’s ground itself doesn’t live up to expectations.
In order to quell the Japanese during the Jiajing period, Governor Hu Zongxian recruited a large number of troops in Hangzhou. After the Japanese invasion gradually subsided, a total of 45,000 Zhejiang soldiers were organized into nine battalions and stationed throughout Zhejiang. Two of them were responsible for guarding Hangzhou. city, and the remaining seven battalions are stationed in various places.
As the Japanese invasion gradually subsided, these nine camps are now mainly used for flood prevention. They go out on patrol every March and return to the camp every September when the flood season gradually ends.
Nine taels of silver are given every month, including the money sent out to fight floods, and 12 taels of silver are given every year. This is a huge burden, but Zhejiang Fushuo can afford it.
The Ming Dynasty began to mint Wanli Tongbao and roll-print silver coins in the third year of Wanli. In other parts of the Ming Dynasty, one Wanli Tongbao can usually be exchanged for two to three old coins, because Wanli Tongbao is a real five-baht coin. It is thick and very exquisite at the same time, but in this place in Zhejiang, Wanli Tongbao cannot pass.
Wanli Tongbao cannot buy any goods not only in Ningbo Shipping Division, but also in Zhejiang as a whole.
Wanli Tongbao is obviously a good coin, but you can’t buy anything on the ground in Zhejiang. "The situation is not good." Wu Shanyan, the censor of Zhejiang Province who was in the government office of Hangzhou, looked at the Tang newspaper in his hand with a very solemn expression. He asked the master with an embarrassed look: "Do you think there will be a mutiny? .”
"This...who can tell." The master also said with a worried look. He couldn't tell, but it was possible. As long as he took less, there would be no mutiny.
The Zhejiang camp has 45,000 soldiers, a total of nine battalions. Starting from the seventh year of Wanli, new money began to be issued, but the new money could not buy anything. The soldiers complained. This kind of grievance was no longer two or two a day. Oh my god, now this resentment is finally going to explode.
Wu Shanyan, the governor of Zhejiang Province, has already felt something bad. The soldiers who were on patrol to fight the flood returned to the camp. After returning to the camp after six months of patrol to fight the flood, there were various signs that this resentment was coming. was lit.
"It's not good, Futai, Futai! Luo Muying is roaring!" A concierge ran in rolling and crawling, pointed at the door in horror and said: "Luo Muying is roaring!" Five thousand soldiers have arrived at Yongchang Gate! They are rushing to the government office!"
"Hurry, go and see!" Wu Shanyan wanted to slap himself. He was really a crow's mouth, and he became more worried. What, what comes more and more.
"Futai, this is a mutiny, why don't you hide! This Qiu Ba is so fierce, I'm afraid it will be dangerous!" Master grabbed Wu Shanyan who was about to go out. This is a mutiny, don't hide. If you stay far away, what's the point of trying to make up for it? !
“It’s a good thing that the camp soldiers killed me, and the court also gave me a list of the Zhongyong Temple. If I run away now, your Majesty will have to drag me to Caishikou to be punished before long! Look! "Wu Shanyan can climb to the position of governor of Zhejiang. He is not stupid. He may still survive if he goes, but he will definitely die if he doesn't. It's not like the Ming Emperor couldn't grab a knife.
Wu Shanyan ran towards Yongchang Gate. He went as fast as Yan Shixuan, the prefect of Hangzhou, went even faster.
It was indeed a mutiny, but the situation did not deteriorate to the point where it could not be dealt with. A total of four generals tied themselves shirtless and walked at the front of all the battalions, followed by five thousand people in four columns. .
These soldiers were armed, but all the weapons were wrapped in cloth and not exposed.
"It's okay, it's okay." When Yan Shixuan saw this scene, he knew that there was still room for things, and the soldiers didn't want to do it completely.
Yan Shixuan took a few hard breaths, cheered himself up, walked forward, and faced the mutinous camp soldiers. He stretched out his hand and shouted loudly: "Everyone stop! I am Hangzhou Magistrate Yan Shixuan!"
"Stop!" The four leaders had all met Yan Shixuan. This new magistrate did some practical things and extended his hand to the commander-in-chief to give orders.
As the shouts came one after another, the marching battalion stopped under Yongchang Gate. The whole process went smoothly without any commotion.
"General Manager Ma Wenying, General Manager Yang Tingyong, General Manager Zhang Wenyuan, and General Manager Yang Zhi have met Magistrate Yan." The four shirtless men, who were tied up in front of the army, reported themselves one after another. name.
These four people are shirtless and have scars on their bodies. Ma Wenying has the most scars. A huge wound from his shoulder to his abdomen lies on his body like a centipede. He looks particularly ferocious. This is the time of the anti-Japanese war. , left by the Japanese pirates, Ma Wenying had to take such a beating in order to exchange injuries for injuries and kill the Japanese pirates on the opposite side.
Ma Wenying took a step forward and said loudly: "I am here to ask for justice! I know that I will die if I rebel, but today I just want to ask why the salary should be reduced! From the original Nine coins a month, reduced to three coins!”
“Nothing like that!” Yan Shixuan was anxious when he heard that, reduce the salary? He had never heard of it! He immediately said: "Nine coins per month is the rule that was originally set. The soldiers went on patrol to fight the floods. Before returning to the camp, I personally went to the treasury to pick up some military pay, water, food and other items. I checked them one by one. There are no mistakes!"< br>
"Huh?" Ma Wenying frowned, and he stretched out his hand to restrain the excited soldiers behind him.
There's something going on here.
"Master!" Yan Shixuan shouted and looked around. There was no master. The master ran away without a trace as soon as the mutiny started. People seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Yan Shixuan is The imperial court ordered the official to run away, but the master could run away.
"Come here, someone, go to the government office to get some inspection documents!" Yan Shixuan looked at the government officials in the distance. The government officials were as cowardly as quails at this time and did not dare to take a step forward. Yan Shixuan walked away again. If you don't take it off, as soon as he leaves, the soldiers will enter the city.
Governor Wu Shanyan arrived just in time. When he saw Yan Shixuan blocking the soldiers, he quickly asked the people around him to go to the government office to get inspection documents. Any money and food must be signed by the governor, the prefect, and the warehouse ambassador. This is The inspection documents are in the government office, in triplicate, and Wu Shanyan himself has one copy.
Since Ma Wenying and others have tied themselves up, they are using their own lives to seek justice for the brothers below. This is to make money, but if the money is not handled well, it will be a disaster.
Soon, the inspection documents were brought. Wu Shanyan took the three documents in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he made up his mind and walked forward and handed the three documents to Ma Wenying. Wait for others to check.
"Confirmed, there is indeed no reduction in pay!" After Ma Wenying, Yang Tingyong, Zhang Wenyuan and Yang Zhi checked the documents, they confirmed that it was indeed nine coins of silver that was sent out of the warehouse, but it was sent to the army. There was only three denarii in it.
Where did the six coins in the middle go?
"Do you have any wine and meat to reward the soldiers?" Yan Shixuan asked with a frown.
After going on patrol to fight the flood, after returning to camp in September, each soldier is required to be given five taels of wine, eight taels of meat, and three measures of food. This is a reward in addition to military pay. Fighting the flood is a hard job. My son, from March to September, it was extremely busy. The dams needed to be reinforced and the flooded areas needed to be drained. They were working most of the time. The rewards were also the rules set by Hu Zongxian and have been implemented.
"Even the salary and money have been reduced, and there is no food, wine or food." Ma Wenying answered Yan Shixuan's question. He had witnesses, five thousand witnesses.
"Everyone, listen to me and go back to the camp for now. Ma Wenying, you bring a thousand soldiers to the government office. The government office will pay you the six coins you owe. In addition, I will make up for the reward. " Yan Shixuan spoke very quickly. He knew there was a problem here, but the top priority right now was not to investigate the case, but to calm down the soldiers.
The way to appease is that four thousand soldiers will return to the camp under the leadership of other generals, and the remaining one thousand soldiers, led by Ma Wenying, will go to the government office to collect military pay and rewards, and solve the current difficulties first Let’s talk later.
Ma Wenying and others discussed in a low voice, arguing about who should go to the government office to collect money. This is not a good job. Anyone who goes to the government office to collect money will definitely be beheaded in public, because this is The leader of the pay riot.
"I'll go." Ma Wenying pushed away the crowd, looked at Yang Tingyong and said, "I will ask my brother to take care of my wife, children and children."
The reason why Yan Shixuan was willing to go out Firstly, the Hangzhou Prefecture has this money. Secondly, if it does not give it to the soldiers, the soldiers can take it for themselves. The Luomuying army of 5,000 is enough to take down the city of Hangzhou, because Luomuying is originally the army to defend the city of Hangzhou. .
After checking the silver reward and sending it to Luo Muying, Ma Wenying returned to Yongchang Gate again and asked Yan Shixuan to arrest her and bring her to justice.
When Yan Shixuan saw Ma Wenying surrendering, the anger in his heart was deflated. Only then did he realize that his hands and feet were cold and he was a little dizzy. When he didn't pay attention, his official uniform was completely wet with cold sweat. He suddenly He looked at Wu Shanyan, the governor of Zhejiang, and twitched the corners of his mouth, and said sternly: "Wu Shanyan, you can just take some elsewhere, but you can also take military pay?! Are you crazy?"
Dredging waterways, building bridges and roads , just take it from these places. Everyone in the Ming Dynasty officialdom takes it. If you don't take it, you won't even be able to get things done. But when the Nine Battalions go out to patrol against the flood and return to camp, they dare to be greedy for pay. This is because they are living impatiently.
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Wu Shanyan, who was originally relaxed, immediately shouted angrily when he heard Yan Shixuan's accusation: "It's not me! You can't talk nonsense!"
Wu Shanyan is a corrupt official. This is very clear to the whole of Zhejiang. The impassability of Wanli Tongbao on the ground in Zhejiang has a lot to do with Wu Shanyan's connivance.
What the Jiuying soldiers received was Wanli Tongbao, which was a lot of money. These big money could not buy goods in Zhejiang, but the Jiuying soldiers still found a way out, buying goods from Songjiang Prefecture, transporting them back to Jiuying, and buying them in Zhejiang The goods are not available, but Songjiang Prefecture is available, and it is not far away. Because I buy a lot, the merchants also deliver door-to-door and deliver them to the docks along the Qiantang River.
Life will find its own way. Wanli Tongbao is the currency of the Ming Dynasty. If you hold the money in your hand, you will be ripped off by merchants, but you can still live.
"You control Jiuying's business. This doesn't mean I'm slandering you!" Yan Shixuan looked at Wu Shanyan and said, "Do you dare to swear to God that you don't control this business?"
Nine The soldiers need to go to Songjiang Prefecture to buy goods to provide their daily necessities, and this business is controlled by Wu Shanyan. Not long after Yan Shixuan arrived, he already knew everything, and everyone in Zhejiang knew it.
"Don't taint someone's innocence. I don't have any. I'm just talking nonsense without evidence. It's to falsely accuse someone!" Wu Shanyan retorted with a red face.
“You swear!” Yan Shixuan sneered and said, “Don’t you even dare to swear? You don’t have the power to confuse the gods, and we Confucian scholars are not afraid of divine punishment, so you swear!”
Swearing in the Ming Dynasty, talking nonsense, God may not kill him, but the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty really knows how to kill people. This is why Wu Shanyan dare not swear, because he will really be punished.
"Let's talk about something serious. Let's tell the court that we have a unified voice and talk about raising wages. Ma Wenying has to take care of everything, so just talk briefly." Wu Shanyan meant very much. It is clear that everyone is an official in the court and it is convenient for each other. When reporting to the court, they are selective and avoid the important ones.
Ma Wenying was bold enough to turn things into something, while Wu Shanyan and Yan Shixuan were fearless in the face of danger and handled it appropriately.
This is actually Luo Muying's intention, otherwise the soldiers would not have allowed the commander to tie himself up in front of the formation if they were arguing about pay, and Ma Wenying would not have entrusted her family to others.
"Do you think His Majesty is a ten-year-old child? It's useless for us to speak the same language. Can you silence the mouths of millions of people in Hangzhou? Whenever His Majesty has the slightest suspicion, send someone Tiqi found out a little bit, we are both deceiving you!" Yan Shixuan looked at Wu Shanyan in disbelief, are you dragging him to die together?
Will His Majesty the Emperor become suspicious? It will definitely happen. His Majesty is always wary of civil servants.
The camp soldiers who are willing to go out on patrol to fight the flood are demanding pay as soon as they return to the camp. Even a fool can see that there is a big problem!
“According to the actual report, there is still a possibility of survival, Governor Wu, in the final analysis, this is a matter of making money. Even if Hai Zongxian repeatedly catches corruption, you will not be guilty of making this little money. Until death." Yan Shixuan really tried to persuade him, but it was just an economic issue and it would not kill anyone. As long as it did not cause bad effects, no one would be killed.
Yan Shixuan is also deceiving Wu Shanyan to see if Wu Shanyan has other problems besides financial problems.
"Yan Shixuan! Don't be ungrateful!" Wu Shanyan's expression changed drastically, and he still did not accept Yan Shixuan's suggestion.
Yan Shixuan knew clearly that Wu Shanyan might have other problems. He said calmly: "It only takes three days from Songjiang Mansion to Hangzhou City. The Ming Dynasty Navy only needs 100,000 strong troops. We can arrive in three days. Wu Shanyan, for the sake of your nine clans, don’t act rashly and risk catastrophe.”
(End of this chapter)