Jiang Guoliang! Hearing this name, he seems to be a loyal minister, similar to Wei Zhongxian's Li Jinzhong.

Li Xiao seems to have some impression of this person. In Wei Zhongxian's era, this guy was just a tea-pourer at best. He was not even qualified to be Wei Zhongxian's grandson!

Such a guy actually started a spy business. And according to Li Yongfang, this guy is also the leader of a gang. His gang members include workers from Jinzhou Shipyard, technicians from Jingcheng Power Plant, and even ship repairmen from Lushun Shipyard.

Workers, nurses from the Army General Hospital, etc. A rough estimate of this guy's minions totals twenty-three.

Under Li Yongfang's strict defense, he was able to develop his party members in all aspects and spread them across all walks of life. The intelligence found in his home alone filled five big boxes.

Li Xiao flipped through it, and it was simply an encyclopedia that classified the Ming Dynasty. It not only recorded the development of the Ming Dynasty over the years, but also ranged from the most basic cement brick-burning process to high-end generator sets. If you encounter any questions that you don’t understand

The places are also marked for further explanation.

This guy actually made a map of the country. It marked in detail where there are arsenals, where there are minerals, and where there are garrisons. The attached manuscript also records the output of the arsenals by category, how many workers there are, and the current main production officials.

Who is it? The mine is marked with detailed output and how many workers there are in the mine!

The most outrageous thing is that even the number of troops stationed in various places is recorded in detail. Not only the numbers, but also the weapons organization, military history, training level, etc. Li Xiao took a breath after reading it, he knew it

None are so detailed.

Damn, he has quite a scientific spirit!

If this guy hadn't committed such a heinous crime, Li Xiao would have wanted to take him to the Statistics Department established under the Ministry of Household Affairs to conduct a thorough investigation of Ming Dynasty's family fortune over the years.

"These were made by an officer from the Ministry of War, those from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and those from the Ministry of Railways...!" Li Yongfang accompanied Li Xiao through the inspection, and did his job as a commentator very considerately.

"What you mean is that our court is now no different than a colander. When a bucket of water is poured down, water is pouring out everywhere." Li Xiao didn't want to look anymore. He now felt like he was being stripped naked. Daming

There’s a damn secret to wool!

"Uh...! These people have been captured now. Some of them are seduced by money and beauty, some are dissatisfied with the commander-in-chief's suppression of scholars. Others are simply dissatisfied with society. They think that their contributions are great and are not valued by the court.

You see, these things were all created by Jiang Guoliang and his party members in the past five or six years. It can be said that the classification is extremely detailed. I took this picture and asked the Ministry of War's Staff and Staff Department. In some places, the Ministry of War's records are not like this.

The details were all investigated by these people using their identities to visit one place after another.

His sincerity and patience are extremely rare among imperial officials." Li Yongfang held the national troop garrison map with some emotion.

During his interrogation, the guy admitted it himself. Just a few people, with qualifications from the Ministry of War, recorded their visits to each place. Finally, they were compiled into a book in the capital! The work involved was arduous and complicated, and the hardships were countless.

.

Li Xiao curled his lips helplessly. He didn't expect these guys to have such great perseverance. Money alone cannot achieve this effect anyway. Maybe! There is another thing that supports them, maybe the name of that thing is faith.

.

Faith! An extremely lofty word! The words associated with this word are heroic stories that can be sung and weeped from ancient times to the present. It seems inappropriate to use it in this place. But Li Xiao really can’t find any other words.

To describe this behavior!

In order to understand it for himself, Li Xiao decided to go to the prison to visit Mr. Jiang Guoliang. Uh... or rather, Eunuch Jiang.

We followed Li Yongfang to Zhao Prison, which was originally the prison of Jinyiwei. Now that Jinyiwei has become an institution that maintains local security, high-level prisons such as Zhaojia Prison are naturally freed up for Li Yongfang to use.

Jiang Guoliang was raised in front of Li Xiao, and there were two eye-catching whip marks on his face. If the whip was crooked, his eyeballs would be blown out. It can be seen that Li Yongfang not only inherited the imperial edict, but also inherited the imperial edict.

The torture tools in the imperial prison, and even the thugs responsible for the interrogation.

These guys are veterans and know how to use minimal damage to cause maximum pain to the human body.

"Jiang Guoliang!" Li Xiao was sitting behind the desk. Eight one-hundred-watt light bulbs hung on the roof of the interrogation room, illuminating the interrogation room as if it were daytime.

Jiang Guoliang opened his swollen eyes and raised his head with difficulty to take a look.

"Li Xiao!" Because of his physical strength, his voice was a little soft, but it was pretty good and could be heard.

"How brave! You actually dare to call the commander by his name and pull out your tongue." Before Li Xiao had time to speak, a guard next to Jiang Guoliang rushed to reprimand him loudly.

Li Xiao turned around and glanced at the guard who was filled with indignation.

Li Yongfang almost stuffed his head into his crotch. This guy wanted to show off in front of Li Xiao so much that he had a brain problem. He pulled out this guy's tongue, and the handsome man even asked a question.

"Shut up!" Li Yongfang glared at the guard, who immediately shuddered all over and even held his breath.

"Forget it! I won't argue with you. Today I want to see, you from Dongchang... what are you doing in Dongchang?" Li Xiao looked at Eunuch Jiang with some teasing.

When I saw eunuchs before, I thought of martial arts masters who practiced the Sunflower Book. But when I came to Ming Dynasty, I realized that movies and TV shows are all lies. There are basically no martial arts masters in this species of eunuchs. And their physical strength is not as good as that of others.

Generally men are worse!

"I am the eighth-rank official of Dongchang!" Jiang Guoliang was a little angry because he could hear contempt and contempt in Li Xiao's tone.

"Oh! Eighth-grade fantou...! Seventh-grade is considered a sesame official. You are not even a sesame official. Why are you thinking of going abroad and betraying your ancestors?"

"Hmph! For you, such a treacherous person, I just wish I could eat your flesh and drink your blood." Jiang Guoliang's emotions suddenly became excited. If he hadn't been too weak, he would probably jump over and strangle Li Xiao to death.

"It is impossible to eat my flesh and drink my blood. Of course, I have no interest in eating you. I just want to know why you hate me so much? Or, in other words, hate the Ming Dynasty. Could it be said that Wu Sangui led the British

If people come in, the people of Ming Dynasty will have a good life?"

"My country, the Ming Dynasty, was conquered by Lord Hong Wu. Those who sit in the country should naturally be the descendants of Lord Hong Wu. The current imperial court, hum! Can it still be called a imperial court? You, a treacherous minister, are plotting to usurp the throne.

You must have had the heart for it for a long time."

"How did you know that I was planning to usurp the throne?" Li Xiao was very interested in this question. He knew very well that this eunuch Jiang was not a roundworm in his stomach.

"How did I know this! Haha! Li Xiao, the throne has been vacant for so long. As a minister, you have not assisted a descendant of Lord Hongwu to ascend to the throne. Why don't you want to usurp the throne?" Jiang Guoliang said fiercely.

So that’s it! Li Xiao nodded, feeling that what Eunuch Jiang said seemed to make sense. But...

"Jiang Guoliang, you call yourself an old man. But look at yourself, you don't even have a beard, and there are no eggs underneath. You are still an old and hairy husband. It's better to follow Dongchang Goufanzi's saying and call yourself our family.

." Li Yongfang said with a smirk from the side.

The jailers and guards laughed cooperatively!

Jiang Guoliang's face turned red and white. He would hit others without slapping them in the face, and expose others without exposing their shortcomings. He couldn't stand being mentioned by others if he had a disability. If it was a few years ago when the emperor was in power, the eunuchs would still have some power. But these years

, even the emperor is gone, and the eunuchs still have a lot of power.

"Jiang Guoliang, you said that I am a treacherous minister. That means that you are the legendary pillar of the country and a loyal minister. But can you explain what happened to those silver coins and gold coins that were found in your house?

?It seems that there is no need to collect money simply to ascend the throne for the Zhu family."

Li Yongfang found more than 20,000 silver coins from Jiang Guoliang's house. The piles of silver coins alone filled four warehouses. Not to mention the gold bars, gold coins and other hard currencies. This time, Li Yongfang was considered a

Made a fortune.

Even if I beat myself to death, I wouldn't believe that this guy could be so honest and hand over all of Jiang Guoliang's family property. Li Xiao was not the only one to understand the truth that a horse does not gain weight without a night's work.

"Did Wu Sangui give you this money?" Li Yongfang asked beside Li Xiao, but very cleverly did not mention the number.

"Mr. Wu is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and his heart is for the emperor. As long as he defeats you rebellious ministers and traitors, he will definitely assist a true descendant of Emperor Hongwu to ascend the throne."

"Then Wu Sangui became the commander-in-chief, but the court was still not in the hands of the Zhu family. Even if a Zhu family was established, it would be nothing more than Wu Sangui's puppet. Mr. Sun Chengzong, you know!"

"Humph! With the favor of the emperor, I would actually collude with you, a traitor, to control the government. I hate him so much that I have no chance to assassinate this official." When he mentioned Sun Chengzong, Jiang Guoliang's face became even more ferocious, as if he hated him more than he hated Li Xiao.

It's right to think about it! As the emperor's disciple of Emperor Tianqi, he actually followed others to destroy the emperor of Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the throne was suspended for several years. A country cannot be without a king for a day, and there have been several emperors in the world at the same time.

But the throne is vacant and no one is willing to take it. This situation has not happened for thousands of years.

"Commander! They planned to attack Mr. Sun's convoy, create chaos and then take the opportunity to assassinate Mr. Sun. Fortunately, we found them out. We found a large amount of gunpowder in Jiang Guoliang's house. If the gunpowder really exploded,

Everyone within a 100-meter radius will have problems." Li Yongfang explained to Li Xiao in a low voice.

"Assassinate Mr. Sun!" The hairs on Li Xiao's back stood up.

For the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chengzong was the pinnacle of the sea. Li Xiao has always been expanding his army in recent years, but the number has not been expanded. But the strength of the four field armies is growing day by day. Especially Ao Canghai's first division has grown to 50,000

Crowd of people.

If you want to raise soldiers, you have to take care of food. If you want social stability, you can send soldiers to fight abroad. Whether you want to raise soldiers or maintain social stability, you must have one thing, and that is money.

Without money, let alone military expansion. Even whether the current military can mutiny is a problem!

Don't talk to Qiu Ba, who is a soldier, about his beliefs and feelings. Silver is white and his eyes are black. But when you see silver, your eyes, no matter how dark they are, will turn red. As for the degree of redness, it depends on how much money you have.

Li Xiao never talks about ideals and feelings. Everyone has a wife and children. What's more, when they first join the army, many soldiers just want to make ends meet.

As for social stability, it is an extremely complicated operation process. Without extremely high political skills, it is impossible to achieve it.

Li Xiao prides himself on his political skills, but he is far behind Sun Chengzong. In recent years, Li Xiao has been conquering the world, but Sun Chengzong is responsible for governing the world. It is more difficult than Li Xiao's to attack cities and forts.

A bit more difficult.

If Sun Chengzong is assassinated now, there will really be no one better able to handle the civil affairs of the Ming Dynasty for a while. Although Ai Husheng is good, he is still young after all. His talent and prestige are far inferior to Sun Chengzong. Let him manage the civil affairs, and he will definitely be able to handle it.

Someone is secretly causing trouble. I can't lead troops every day and support the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

"Send someone to tell Sun Zhijie about this, and he will deploy manpower to increase the protection of Mr. Sun. If there is a problem, ask him to come to see you." Li Xiao immediately ordered Li Yongfang.

"No! Yesterday, I sent someone to remind me. I will send someone to remind you and bring your words to the Commander-in-Chief." Li Yongfang responded very quickly and expressed his merit to Li Xiao very appropriately.

Hearing that Li Yongfang had sent someone to remind him, Li Xiao felt relieved. Sun Chengzong was the hope of the Sun family, and Sun Zhijie would definitely protect his grandfather. After all, he is the most promising person in the Sun family now. If it weren't for Sun Chengzong's pressure,

Li Xiao had already mentioned to him which garrison division should be the division commander. After gaining some qualifications, he would be reused in another position.

"Jiang Guoliang, how did the affair between you and Wu Sangui begin?" Li Xiao was very puzzled. According to the results of Li Yongfang's investigation, it seems that Jiang Guoliang and Wu Sangui had known each other before Wu Sangui's defection, and they were in close contact with each other.

"Haha! Li Xiao, you can't think of it. Your conspiracy has been discovered by Emperor Huaizong of Daxing a long time ago. When Wu Sangui was under your command, he was recommended by Eunuch Sun to become his Majesty's people. Although these people are here, he

Overseas, but my heart is always thinking about the Ming Dynasty. He wholeheartedly wants to assist Taizu and his descendants to become emperors, and will never allow you to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

"You're talking about... Zhu Youjian's summons in Yingtai?"
Chapter completed!