"Use thunderbolt means and have a bodhisattva's heart!" Sun Chengzong sat behind his desk, chewing on Li Xiao's two sentences.

"That's what the commander-in-chief said!" Zhang Huangyan knew that the purpose of Li Xiao talking to him was to let him talk to Sun Chengzong. As the three pillars of Ming Dynasty politics, some things must be discussed in advance.

"Since he has the power of thunder, how can he have the heart of a Bodhisattva? With the Liao army in his hand, life, death and wealth, if he looks at whoever he wants to kill, the people below will kill him. Could it be said that he really wants to ruin thousands of years for the sake of party struggle?

Are the questions accumulated?”

As a former member of the Donglin Party, Sun Chengzong also grew up studying the books of sages since he was a child. He was full of Confucianism. It is absolutely a lie to say that he is not disgusted with Li Xiao's tactics.

The reason why he helped Li Xiao was because he saw that only Li Xiao could ensure the safety of millions of Han people in China. Later, he helped Li Xiao govern the Ming Dynasty because he saw that what Li Xiao promoted could make the Chinese people rich, and

Can stand at the top of the world's national forest.

But things are different now. What he has been worrying about for a long time has finally appeared. Because of the long-term interference of the Donglin Party, Li Xiao is becoming more and more impatient with scholars.

Replacing academies with schools, civilian children can go to school for free. This greatly expands the scope of the country’s selection of talents! After these years of accumulation, Li Xiao already has the bargaining chip to completely replace the Donglin Party, that is, a large number of talents trained by the school

Young talents.

Talent! As long as he has people, he can really do whatever he wants.

These young people, as well as the officers who retired from the Liao Army, all received great kindness from Li Xiao. The education they received was also without the general, they would not be where they are today.

They are naturally loyal to Li Xiao, and sometimes this loyalty has surpassed loyalty to the country and the nation.

Now that we have the confidence, it is natural to eradicate the Donglin Party. After more than ten years of tossing, the Donglin Party never dreamed that a small miscellaneous fish in Liaodong would actually uproot the power that had grown wildly in the Ming Dynasty and even oppressed the imperial power for a time.

Towering trees.

"Old Sun! There are some things that I can't actually say, such as the incident just reported by the Supervision Department last month. A small official in charge of the coal mine in the Ministry of Industry is just a member of the Communist Party of China.

The Supervision Department found out that the villa given to him by the coal boss contained a room full of silver dollars. There was a safe in the basement, which was full of banknotes. The smallest denomination was one thousand silver dollars!

Just counting these silver coins took twelve people a whole day.

Also! The real estate industry that has emerged in the capital in recent years has been followed by local governments. After selling the land, the yamen will have money, and they do not need to rely on the silver allocated by the court. Local officials can spend it however they want, and they also call it a small treasury.

.

How was the money spent? It was all a blur, and only God knows in the end.

House prices in various places are rising day by day, and people have to spend two generations of savings to buy a house for their children to get married. The imperial court promotes marriage at the age of 19 for boys and 18 for girls. Why is it so easy to succeed in the city? That's not

The common people supported the imperial court, but they refused to marry girls who could not afford a house.

Not being able to afford a wife has become a common problem everywhere. This was just sent by the Ministry of Supervision from one of our chief envoys, who was a candidate from Yuelu Academy.

He spent no less than two million silver dollars, and even took the money and ran away to Japan with his whole family.

Do you think they are stupid? With the prestige of the Ming Dynasty today, even if you go to England, the commander will be sent back obediently even if he says a word. Originally, he was just sentenced to hanging. Now there is an additional crime of treason. The Ministry of Supervision means that everyone will be executed.

, confiscated all family property.

The principal culprit was taken to Caishikou and executed in a hurry as a warning to others!"

Zhang Huangyan took out a dossier sealed in a kraft paper envelope and placed it directly on Sun Chengzong's desk. Zhang Huangyan had no sympathy for the Donglin Party at all. Even though he was once a Donglin Party!

In recent years, these people have been too unscrupulous. They have colluded with local wealthy businessmen to sell land and engage in real estate. In order to force people to move, they have resorted to all kinds of bad tricks.

There are even some who directly find some local ruffians and force people to demolish and move. Apart from being a little wary of the Liao army, they have no scruples about other people.

What they were sure of was that Li Xiao was busy fighting outside and had no time to care about the inside.

Some officials are even forced to collect money, but there is nothing they can do about it. Your boss is corrupt, your subordinates are corrupt, and everyone at the same level is corrupt. Are you not corrupt?

Do you still want to do this officer?

Sometimes when looking at the archives, Zhang Huangyan found it hard to believe that these were all things done by people who read books about sages. Drinking wine and appreciating prostitutes were commonplace things.

There are even people who specially take female prisoners out of the prison to provide them with sexual pleasure. When the ladies get there, they are almost the same as prostitutes.

"Beheading? This kind of severe punishment seems not suitable for use in prosperous times. If you want to shock people, beheading is enough to show the public." After hearing Zhang Huangyan's words, Sun Chengzong was speechless for a long time before he could say anything.

The Ming Dynasty has not used this maximum penalty for ten years, and now it wants to use this one. Could it be said that this is the beginning of a bloody storm?

"There is an additional crime of treason among the charges. This is what the "Da Ming Code" stipulates, traitors will be chopped into pieces!" For this kind of matter, Zhang Huangyan and Li Xiao wear the same pair of trousers.

If the treasonous people are not beheaded, will they still have their offspring?

Sun Chengzong glanced at Zhang Huangyan. At fifty-two years old, he was more youthful and powerful than him, and he was also more aggressive. In the past, he did not dare to talk to him like this.

Old!

All the teeth in my mouth are about to fall out, and now they are all filled with dentures. The taste of food is not good enough. I only get two hours of sleep at most every night.

Many times, I keep my eyes open until dawn.

"The rise of a country requires a lot of wealth, especially a country like the Ming Dynasty that was almost destroyed. Rebuilding requires a mountain of money, not to mention that there are so many moths in the Ming Dynasty.

They are so greedy for law that even gold and silver cannot hold them back. You have seen everything that happened during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years.

To be disrespectful, if the commander-in-chief had not brought back so many soldiers from overseas, the Ming Dynasty would have been unable to hold on. The Liao army was stretched thin, but the commander-in-chief refused to expand.

With only 300,000 troops, they swept across thousands of miles. After this disarmament, the entire Ming Dynasty only had 930,000 troops.

Mr. Sun, there are 930,000 people! The Ming Dynasty, with a population of 260 million, has only an army of 930,000 people in such a huge land. Among them, there are more than 300,000 navy and marines!

During the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, how many troops did our Ming Dynasty have to protect the country of Ming Dynasty?

Mr. Sun, you have been in charge of government affairs these years. I don't believe you don't know what those dirty officials did. At that time, when fighting, it was very important to have a stable rear.

But it’s different now, the war has been fought. The country does not allow them to continue to be greedy like this. If this continues, the Ming Dynasty will be over. No matter how much money they make overseas, they will be greedy by these moths."

"Hey...! I am getting old. Since you are here to bring a message, just tell the commander. There are countless mistakes, and the blame lies solely with me, Sun Chengzong.

After all, those people have worked hard for the Ming Dynasty for so many years. I hope the commander-in-chief will really use thunderbolt methods and have a Bodhisattva heart. The Ming Dynasty has experienced turmoil and cannot be in chaos again. If the chaos continues, the country will really perish."

"Mr. Sun, you know that strong medicines are used to treat serious illnesses. Sometimes killing is a last resort, and now it is necessary to kill."

"Okay! I have always been in poor health. Let me tell the marshal that I will hand over my resignation letter tomorrow. Zhijie, see you off!" He took a sip of tea.

"Bringing tea to see the guests off!" the steward next to him shouted, and Sun Zhijie stood in front of Zhang Huangyan and made an inviting gesture with an unkind expression.

Zhang Huangyan came today, to put it bluntly, to force the palace.

"Farewell!" Zhang Huangyan cupped his hands, stood up and walked out of the study.

Sun Zhijie sent Zhang Huangyan away, and when she returned to the study, she found Sun Chengzong lying on a chair with his eyes closed.

"Grandpa! The Li family is really bullying others by doing this. You have worked so hard for the Ming Dynasty...!"

Raising his hand to stop Sun Zhijie from continuing, Sun Chengzong opened his eyes: "Silly boy, what is politics talking about is hard work. When your grandfather gets old, he should make way for Zhang Huangyan."

"Zhang Huangyan, that old man, has had his conscience eaten by dogs, but you have paid for all these years of support...!"

"You're talking nonsense again. Without Zhang Huangyan, there would still be Li Huangyan and Chen Huangyan. Don't blame Li Xiao. He did a very honest job in this matter.

Let me tell you something, politics is extremely dangerous. As soon as you step into politics on the first day, you will be in Vanity Fair.

Look at those people living outside, what are they doing in this life?" Sun Chengzong raised two fingers: "Two things! One is fame and the other is fortune.

If you have a destiny, you will fight for it. Your grandfather has been in charge of the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty for twelve years. It is not bad to end up like this. Zhang Taiyue was so majestic back then.

Ten years since the first minister! There is a couplet hanging in the hall: The sun and the moon are bright together, and all the nations look up to the great emperor of tomorrow.

The hills and mountains are called mountains, and the four directions praise Mr. Taiyue.

That was a man who wielded power and controlled the sky with one hand. But look, what happened behind him?

For ten years, your grandfather's disciples and old officials are all over the government and the public. No matter who is in power, it is taboo. Li Xiao is extremely kind to let our Sun family have this end.

If it were an emperor named Zhu, hehe! Believe it or not, what happened to Zhang Juzheng's family would happen again to our Sun family.

Our family members will be imprisoned in the yard like dogs and starved to death, and those who are lucky enough to survive will also be sent to the army and sent to bitter and cold places to suffer."

"Then it won't happen now...!"

"Haha!" Sun Chengzong smiled slyly: "Zhang Huangyan came to force the palace, which means that Li Xiao is not prepared to do that. After all, Li Xiao is not the emperor of the Zhu family, at least he has a bigger heart than the emperor of the Zhu family.

You should go back to the military camp now and take care of your soldiers. If they make trouble at this time, a thunderous strike will fall on the heads of our Sun family."

"I know, Grandpa!"

"Don't be careless. Many people want to take advantage of our Sun family's power. Now that our Sun family has fallen, although you don't want to, it is inevitable that some people will want to jump over the wall. Don't give them a chance. When you return, collect the weapons and seal them in the warehouse.

You are not allowed to mobilize one soldier or another, do you understand?"

"I understand, grandpa!" Sun Zhijie bowed and hurriedly turned around and left. In a place like the capital, news spreads faster than the wind. All this must be completed before the news of grandpa's resignation spreads.

Although he had a guard regiment in his hands, the entire capital was garrisoned by the wolf-like First Division of the Liao Army. It was the army that Li Xiao started from, and it was definitely the best among the best.

As long as it is released, it can destroy the country.

With such a tiger and wolf army lying beside Li Xiao, its role is self-evident.

If anyone really dares to harm Li Xiao, he will definitely die without a burial place.

The capital is still lively today, with people coming and going on the streets at the beginning of the lanterns. The teahouses, restaurants and various shops facing the street are doing brisk business. The waiter with a snow-white towel on his shoulders is greeting business at the door of the store.

Pedestrians rubbed shoulders, some invited friends to eat and drink in restaurants, and some browsed the night market under the street lights, choosing their favorite products.

Since the Ming Dynasty allowed women to work, women's purchasing power has increased significantly. There are many older girls walking together on the street, choosing from the street stalls.

Many young men are looking for the girl they like. If they find the right girl, they will ask a matchmaker to propose marriage. It will definitely be love at first sight!
To be continued...