Chapter 277 To do great things, you need the courage of a strong man to cut off his wrist!
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time.
Weaken the influence of military generals and centralize military power in the Fifth Army Governor's Office. At the same time, it ensures that under the imperial power, the court can always mobilize troops. It also further suppresses the discourse of military generals by canceling the 'Military Bugle' Quan, amplified his original intention of "separating soldiers from generals, soldiers not knowing generals, and generals not knowing soldiers".
Thus achieving military centralization.
With military power in hand, the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty would have the confidence to control the court.
Moreover, the concept of "one emperor, one courtier" also applies to the army. When the new emperor comes to the throne, if you don't trust these personal soldiers, you can also directly remove these personal soldiers and select a group of trustworthy soldiers and generals from other soldiers. .
Use the entire military strength of Ming Dynasty to protect the imperial power of Ming Dynasty.
Think of this.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded secretly.
This is a brand new concept of military management.
It's just that this kind of camp system cannot be like that of the garrison army, which requires manpower to work in the fields. The soldiers who are recruited, food supplies and military salaries all come from national financial expenditures. And if you want these soldiers to die, you are afraid that the money will be lost. Much taller than the Guardsmen and Minzhuang.
This is a big expense.
But thinking of the benefits to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang also made up his mind.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This is a good idea. We will consider it carefully after we go down. It's just that when he mentioned this matter, he was determined to let us plow the south. Otherwise, we would have such a loyal army. Our Ming royal family spends a lot of money on elite troops.”
“Where does this money come from?”
"Can't we just come from the south?"
"His plan is all on us." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, his face a little ugly.
Zhu Biao smiled awkwardly and did not answer the question.
He said slowly: "My son just thinks that these people in the south have gone too far. It has only been a short time since the Ming Dynasty was founded, and these people can't stand it any longer and want to make money from the imperial court. As time goes by, Is it okay?”
“In the past, the imperial court could only turn a blind eye to the stability of the world.”
"But what did you get in exchange?"
"It's these people who push themselves to the limit, and it's these people who get carried away."
"How can the court continue to do things without a care?"
" Xia Zhibai obviously had his own plans for 'cutting down the vassal', and the entry point was very suitable. He would pretend to test it first, but stop there. When these people relaxed their vigilance, the imperial court would strike again and make some adjustments to the army. By weakening the strength of these meritorious groups, the imperial court will then take careful action against the south. The resistance in the south will probably not be so fierce, and the imperial court will be able to recover its financial rights more smoothly. "
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
He held Yu Ruyi, scratched his back, and said in a deep voice: "Since you have made up your mind, then do it."
"We can't make the decision now."
< br>Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Father, I also think about the Ming Dynasty."
"We know." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We just can't trust Xia Zhibai. This person has a deep mind. Go to the south and check the tricks of these southern officials. I guess these fools are still in the dark, so let’s just let him make trouble this time.”
“Let’s also let Jiang Yu investigate. ”
"We would like to see what has become of the south of the Ming Dynasty."
"What we say still counts!!!"
Zhejiang, Yuhang.
The first meeting of the Government-Business Conference has ended.
The city fell into a short silence.
But this kind of silence is destined to be temporary. As Hua Lun and other officials come into closer and more frequent contact with Lu Cang, the identity of Lu Cang gradually comes to light, especially when they hear that this little beggar is actually Xia Zhi. Bai arranged to come here, and many officials looked shocked.
Salt Transportation Department.
Li Benmo was sitting in his seat, playing with a jade ring, but he seemed a little absent-minded. He said sadly: "Have you found out? That little beggar was really arranged by Xia Zhibai in advance. "Human?"
Zhang Tong's face was livid, and he gritted his teeth angrily: "We have found out everything."
"That little beggar was adopted by Xia Zhibai from Yingtian Mansion two years ago. The beggar came to Yuhang ten days ago.”
"Ten days ago?" Li Benmo's face suddenly changed, like an angry lion, he stared at Zhang Tong, and said coldly: "What do you arrange for the people to eat? Didn't you just stare at Xia Zhi without blinking? Is it for nothing? Such a big man disappeared and he didn’t notice it yet.”
“You are really promising.”
“Aren’t you busy enough after missing such a big thing? "
Zhang Tong said with an aggrieved look: "Master Li, you can't blame me for this. Who knew that Xia Zhibai was so cunning and arranged to go out several days in advance, and we didn't even know about Xia Zhibai at that time? Who are the people in Zhibai’s group? Even if they want to take precautions, they don’t know where to start.”
“It’s all because of Xia Zhibai’s cunningness!”
Li Benmo didn't want to listen to Zhang Tong's explanation, and said coldly: "Are you allowed to say this now?"
"Haven't you figured it out yet?"
"Xia Zhibai is just afraid I have already gotten some information.”
“I know that our list was tampered with. With Xia Zhibai’s level of cunning, yesterday’s conference was intended to dig a hole for you, and you jumped into it yourself. We still don't know how much Xia Zhibai knows, and whether those hidden salt factories should be revealed."
"You are throwing all this mess on me. "My head!" "Do you think I can bear it?"
Zhang Tong remained silent.
He just had a premonition that something was not going well. The moment he heard the news, he came to tell Li Benmo that he wanted Li Benmo to make a decision. Although he looked down on Li Benmo in his heart. , what qualifications does a foreigner have to give orders to him?
However, he also admitted that Li Benmo was really smart and thought of things quickly.
Every time you encounter a problem, you can think of a solution.
Li Benmo glanced at the jade ring in his hand, and then glanced at Zhang Tong who didn't dare to breathe. His eyes were full of contempt. He took the jade ring off his finger, put it directly on the table, and said lightly: "This I can't solve the problem."
"Xia Zhibai came down with Shang Fang's sword."
"He doesn't want to do what we do."
"Now he's doing it again. It is impossible to stop Xia Zhibai once we have taken advantage of him."
"And Xia Zhibai already said it to death yesterday."
"Salt merchants who do not attend the meeting will be expropriated by the court. Therefore, the best way is to completely 'shut down' those salt factories that are not registered. At least we will be removed first. Unless we fail to register, But these salt factories have indeed been closed down, so we didn’t report it.”
Hearing this.
Zhang Tong was startled.
A wry smile appeared on his face and he said: "Master Li, I'm afraid this won't work. Those adults won't agree, and those adults have already made enough concessions. If we shut it down directly, wouldn't it be a bamboo shoot? Who can afford to lose everything?”
“This is absolutely impossible”
Zhang Tong's head shook like a rattle.
He cannot bear this anger.
"Confused!" Li Benmo cursed angrily and said, "Don't you have any brains? Xia Zhibai does want to seize the equipment of these closed salt plants, but this will take time, and what we want During this period, even if Xia Zhibai finally does that, these machines are under our control after all. If we operate them privately, we may not be able to intercept them. The top priority now is not to leave any excuse for Xia Zhibai! "
“Once Xia Zhibai thinks that we are deceiving, it will be difficult to talk about it.”
“Then Xia Zhibai is not a good person.”
"From the first day he came to Yuhang, he started to report to the court. If this memorandum saying that we deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates was delivered to His Majesty's desk, do you think you and I still have a chance to survive? You and I will only survive if we are alive. There is a possibility of operation. If we die, then there will be nothing. "
"Now we must prevent Xia Zhibai from going online!"
Li Benmo glared at Zhang Tong fiercely. One glance.
Sometimes he couldn't figure out how a drunkard like Zhang Tong could sit in this position.
If you fail to succeed, you will fail more than you should. It refers to people like Zhang Tong, who are not very capable and greedy but not small. They always have their nostrils in the sky and always think that they are too much. When something important happens, He panicked again, it was simply embarrassing.
He is ashamed to be in the same company!
Being scolded by Li Benmo for a while, Zhang Tong looked a little confused.
Li Benmo is indeed a head above him in official position, but after all, he has experience in the Salt Transportation Department, and his natal family is related to Shi Linxian, the commander of the Mingzhou Guard.
But he also knew that this matter was indeed very serious. If he didn't handle it well, something big would happen, so he didn't dare to be too shameless. He said with a cold face: "How could I not know? But I thought How easy is it to convince those adults?”
“I can’t do it”
"If you can't do it, then you will die!" Li Benmo was not used to it.
"Now that Xia Zhibai has made it clear that he wants to rectify the salt market, and he has discovered something, it is no longer realistic to continue to play tricks under Xia Zhibai's nose. You don't really think that Xia Zhibai Zhibai is blind, can’t he see anything?”
“I don’t care what method you use, just tell Lin Xian and the others to stop being clever.”
“Don’t do it either. Go challenge Xia Zhibai again.”
“If you lose, you have to admit defeat.”
"Otherwise it will set you on fire and no one can save you!"
"Remember to tell them that enough is enough. If the fire spreads to other places, Lin and the others may not be able to suppress it."
Hear the words.
Zhang Tong’s expression changed drastically.
He looked at Li Benmo with a horrified expression, as if he understood the pronunciation of Li Benmo's words.
Li Benmo waved his sleeves and said in a cold voice: "I will attend the conference in person tomorrow. I will try my best to minimize the big things and make them trivial. If there are still some of you who don't understand, then don't blame me for turning your back on them. I don’t want to die with you idiots!”
“The Yan Zheng farce must end tomorrow.”
“And the sooner the better.”
< br>"The longer you delay, the higher the probability of something happening."
"As for your broken jade ring, just take it back. I'm not interested in this broken stone." Li Benmo put the jade ring on the table He picked it up, threw it to Zhang Tong, and left without stopping.
Zhang Tong stood there, his face green and purple.
In the end, he left angrily.
(End of this chapter)