Jiangnan, Nanjing.
The military reform patrols the Censor's Mansion is still busy. Even though the center of gravity of the military reform is now deviating, the military reforms involving the entire Jiangnan are still underway.
This military reform inspection and inspection office located in Nanjing has become the center of attention of the entire Jiangnan storm, and it is also a place for all forces to compete.
Of course, there is another place in Jiangnan that cannot be ignored, that is, the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, which should have been extremely inconspicuous!
The Left Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, although this official position was in Jiangnan in the past, was highly powerful, but obviously it could not reach the level that could influence the overall situation in Jiangnan.
Now, this left minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing, who was airborne, has become an existence that no one can ignore in the entire Jiangnan.
The legal power of the Ministry of Revenue, coupled with the northern official and business group that has now penetrated into Jiangnan, Hong Chengchou, who has not been appointed as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for too long, has become an existence that no one can ignore in Jiangnan.
The Minister of Revenue has also been absent from the beginning, and now it is bustling!
Although everyone knows that the foundation of the power of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing is not in the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, who dares to ignore it when his life is at stake?
For those with ulterior motives, they need to be afraid of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue’s power and resources, suppression and encirclement of them, and those who are loyal to the country need to support them in the current chaotic situation. After all, just stocking up goods is enough to defeat 99% of local prefectures and counties.
And now in Jiangnan, there are undoubtedly demons dancing around.
The maritime businessmen in the coastal areas, the collusion between officials and businessmen in the river areas, the furious Shilin public opinion, and the Donglin Party members who were disappointed in their careers...
If everything was put before, Jiangnan, which was the place where the Ming Dynasty financed and taxed finances, would have probably been out of the control of the Ming Dynasty, just like the one eye of the Yuan Man's stone man, which stirred up the Yellow River and the world!
Everyone can see that the reason why Jiangnan is so decayed and has not yet lost control is because of two simple factors.
One army, one fortune!
The naval divisions in the sea border lined up to kill any pirates who dared to take advantage of the chaos. Although a mere battalion of naval troops could not guard against the entire sea border, to some extent, it also brought great shock to those maritime merchants who relied on the sea for their living!
After all, no matter how strong the pirates are and how rich the maritime merchants are, can they be stronger than navy with nearly 200 large and large warships?
Obviously, it was impossible, so the maritime merchants were the fastest. After the Denglai Navy arrived in Jiangnan and washed away several famous pirates' nests on the seaside, the maritime merchants from all over the south of the Yangtze River also fell into vain. At least on the surface, they were not as loud as those gentry and wealthy merchants in other parts of Jiangnan.
The word "army" is obviously more than one navy. In addition to the tens of thousands of imperial guards in Nanjing, there are dozens of military reformed garrisons all over the Ming Dynasty, like a large net, covering and shocking the entire Jiangnan.
The word "wealth" is naturally the combination of the power of the Ministry of Revenue and the Beidi official and business groups. While fighting with the local financial resources of Jiangnan, it also provides a supply network that maintains the military power.
In this way, the military and wealth were combined, which led to the situation in Jiangnan where the situation was chaotic and unbreakable.
Obviously, if the situation continues to maintain, the turbulent and unbreakable balance will continue until the factors that break this balance appear.
Then, chaos collapses, or chaos settles.
However, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is obvious that the factors that break this balance are far from happening, and the situation is still balanced and anxious.
But recently, this balance seems to have shown some tilt.
There were some tyrants in Jinhua, Zhejiang and Lin'an, several places, but in just a few days, they swept through several places and captured Jinhua City in one fell swoop. For a moment, the south of the Yangtze River was in turmoil, and the military chaos that had already ended seemed to be revived.
If the people in the area were in chaos, it would be obviously not worth mentioning in the past. Even if it was presented to the court in the capital, there would not be any court officials discussing this.
After all, there are too many people in chaos, and there are too many people in a big way. There are too many people in the world. In the situation of internal and external troubles, who cares about the chaos in the people in a mere place?
But now, external troubles are temporarily calm and internal troubles are also being swept away by the army little by little while Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong beheaded one after another.
And Jiangnan is in chaos, which is not about mutiny and civilian chaos.
In this way, although the world today is not peaceful, it is obviously stable under the shock of the great military power.
Between this rare stability, the sudden civil unrest, and it is in the Jiangnan area where the situation is barely balanced...
There is no doubt that when the news came out, it attracted the attention of the world.
It is the prelude to the out-of-control situation in Jiangnan, or it is just a flash in the pan. The meanings of the two are obviously very different!
The people in Jiangnan were in chaos, and the superficial power and responsibility were naturally in the Nanjing Ministry of War, but everyone knows that today's Nanjing Ministry of War is almost a decoration, just like the Ministry of War in the capital.
Although the military reform in Jiangnan has not been fully popularized, the influence of the Ministry of War is still very little left under the spreading military reform.
Obviously, the ultimate right and responsibility for civil chaos still falls on the Nanjing Censor's Office, which is actually temporarily in charge of the troops in Jiangnan.
Under such circumstances, the Nanjing Inspection Censor's Office, which has been at the forefront, obviously attracted the attention of all parties.
At this moment, in the south of the Yangtze River, the source of the eyes of all parties gathered, in fact, the Hou Rushan who was in charge of Nanjing's inspection of the Censor's Office was holding a secret letter and pondering for a long time.
The secret letter naturally comes from the Qin Gong Mansion in the capital, and the content of the secret letter is the most incomprehensible to Yan Shun.
In the past, any military order or any secret letter would have the same meaning, that is, the situation in Jiangnan must not be out of control.
But such secret letters clearly reveal between the lines that the situation in Jiangnan is out of control, and it is okay.
"Loss of control does not mean losing control..."
After pondering for a long time, Yan Shun slowly put down the secret letter and whispered to himself. Based on the recent news, he seemed to understand something.
At the beginning, the world was rebelling, internal and external troubles. It seemed that everything had gone out of control, but in fact, was it out of control?
There is no reason, but the only reason is that the capital foundation for pacifying the out-of-control situation is still there.
Even if you lose control, it will only take a short time. If you want to restore control and calm the chaos.
The Nanjing inspected the Censor's Office, and took advantage of the military power to temporarily rule the troops and horses in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. Following Yan Shun's military orders, the Nanjing inspected the Censor's Office also followed suit, quickly leaving Nanjing and heading straight to Zhejiang.
When the military order arrived, several garrisons near Jinhua, Zhejiang also began to mobilize troops and generals, starting this battle to combat the thieves.
However, the commanders of both sides have no right to decide whether to end, win or lose.
Jiangnan was in turmoil due to this sudden civil turmoil. When the news reached the capital, the capital was already in chaos, and the undercurrents also added a bit of turmoil.
"I want to tell you that Duke Qin deliberately let Jiangnan be corrupt, so as to suppress dissidents and expand his power... How chaotic was our northern border at the beginning!"
"It was attacked by Jiannu and Liao thieves, the Mongolian knocked on the edge, and the grass-headed kings from all over the world..."
"This has been settled by the Qin State. What big things have happened in Jiangnan?"
"There are also large troops in charge. Why is it still decay after so long?"
"The situation has not changed at all, but it has become more and more chaotic!"
"Brother Sun is right, maybe it's not a good thing. It's just that the Qin Duke raised the enemy and wanted to hold the Jiangnan Rebellion hostage and coerce the court..."
In the tavern, there were scholars who spoke loudly, and several people raised their glasses to drink, saying words that made many diners sneer, but due to the fame of several scholars, they did not dare to refute them and let them speak loudly.
In the attic on the third floor of the tavern, Li Xiu sat alone, drinking alone, and his bold words were clearly transmitted to the attic. The guards disguised on the side seemed to be in anger.
"General, if you give an order, I will capture those turtle people and chop them up. It's simply nonsense and nonsense!"
"Okay, calm down."
Li Xiuman didn't care, picked up a glass of wine and drank it all, and said with a smile:
"There are so many people talking nonsense, and they can still be arrested and slaughtered?"
"They like to say it, let them say it, let's just watch a big show!"
Speaking of this, Li Xiu pursed his lips, and there was a hint of helplessness deep in his eyes, which flashed away.
Strictly speaking, he did not make any arrangements, but just followed their wishes.
They thought, then he might as well let their thoughts do it easier.
That's all.
However, they seemed to be much more determined and urgent than they expected.
Thoughts were flowing, Li Xiu seemed to have a casual glance outside the attic and on the pub corridor, the waiter who was wiping the fence.
It is indeed very well hidden. Even though he has not paid attention to it, it seems that he has been reborn in a quiet and has been transformed.
But no matter how secretly monitored, he could hide his personal guards and Jinyiwei, how could he hide his perception?
Obviously, the source of everything is in that deep palace.
From the beginning, it was the source of a fatal existence.
He tried every means to try to reassure her.
But, if you only have a thousand days of thieves, how can you guard against thieves for thousands of days of thieves?
His existence has affected the interests of too many people. If the curse could kill people, Li Xiu would probably have gone to the eighteen levels of hell and would never be reborn.
It was obvious that she could not stop her from defending against the thief for a thousand days, not to mention that she had never felt at ease.
The countless people who wished they could die immediately showed signs, and flies that smelled blood.
Provoke, promote...
Chapter completed!