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Chapter 160 The sudden big move

When Lu Xuan rose, everyone understood the emperor's intention. He wanted a messing stick to disrupt the power structure of the court and take the opportunity to reclaim rights.

But what is so annoying is that Lu Xuan's style is completely separated from the court. He doesn't care about anything and does not participate in anything. He does not expand his connections in the court, does not support poor students to cultivate his own system, and has no interest in promotion. He just keeps burying his head in his own territory to do business and make money.

When the court knew that Lu Xuan was building guns and cannons, many people wrote letters, and Lu Xuan intended to rebel.

But Lu Xuan directly took out the imperial edict he had obtained from the emperor before. It clearly stated that Lu Xuan was allowed to prepare the ordnance himself. Of course, muskets and cannons are all weapons, and warships and other things are all considered.

Later, when Lu Xuan expanded his army, someone impeached him. It was said that Lu Xuan expanded his army privately and intended to rebel.

So Lu Xuan took out another imperial edict, which said that because of the threat of Jiannu, Liaoyang Guard suffered heavy losses. Lu Xuan, the general, could expand his army by himself. The key is that this military expansion is not the upper limit on the imperial edict!!!

Zhu Changluo also looked a little furious. Because he knew that Liaoyang was short of money. The court could not provide money here, and even if the army expanded, it could not be supported at all. He never thought that such a weird thing as Lu Xuan would appear. He earned money by himself and raised the army. Why do other generals want tens of millions of taels a year like the court, but they can’t fight in a war? When it comes to this barbarian, not only does he not have so much money, but he is also fierce in war...

In short, Lu Xuan built guns, cannons, and expanded troops were all rights granted by the imperial edict. There was no problem in name. The biggest problem was that he blocked the coast, levyed taxes privately, and transferred all the transactions to his own pocket.

This matter is the foundation of the relationship between important officials in the court, because their money was intercepted by Lu Xuan. Such a real issue of interests is absolutely irreconcilable. For this reason, they used the old method to impeach Lu Xuan in the court and asked the emperor to come forward to deal with Lu Xuan.

Zhu Changluo was very knowledgeable and immediately issued an imperial edict to condemn Lu Xuan. He also sent a minister to Liaoyang to read the imperial edict.

Then there was a link that was popular. The minister walked on the water and encountered pirates and was fed a shark on the spot.

How could those ministers not understand that Lu Xuan's original momentum was the emperor's attempt to balance them. Although his methods were simple and crude and had no technical content, the emperor's move actually weakened their influence and even cut off an important source of wealth. It was a pity that anyone with a discerning eye could see that Lu Xuan had lost control.

No matter how obedient Lu Xuan was, no matter how he acted like a minister, it can be seen from his behavior of intercepting and killing the imperial envoy that he actually had no awe of imperial power. The emperor's move was considered to have plotted himself into it. What made them feel bad was that they were powerless to Lu Xuan.

The emperor could not make it through, so they used their private power to block the grain from Jiangnan generation and transported to Liaodong. But they soon discovered that they could not be blocked... Those merchants had long known their surname in front of Lu Xuan's high prices. There was no delay in paying for cash. As long as they entered the Liaodong area, there was a dedicated escort to ensure safety. These days, such simple and easy-to-do transactions were not common.

Just one sentence wants to block the idea of ​​these businessmen wanting to make money? Then you really underestimate the power of capital. In fact, before you know it, a considerable number of businessmen are actually standing on Lu Xuan's side. How can money-making business be so easy to manipulate?

After that, they used various court means to restrict various materials to Liaodong, but what's the use? Lu Xuan had already started shipping by sea. A group of desperadoes and bad guys rushed to do business with Lu Xuan. The Ming Navy was afraid that it would not be able to go to Liaodong, so he had to stay halfway.

What's more, Lu Xuan has been opening up business roads, including business dealings in Southeast Asia, the West, and even Japan, which is not something they can prohibit.

It was so soft that it was hard that it could not be played by it. A group of Ming elites found that they could not do anything to a barbarian from a hunter. Even if they used inexperienced assassination methods, let alone that barbarian was so brave that he could be the best in the three armies. He also gathered a large group of kung fu masters from the entire Ming Dynasty.

These people in the martial arts world mastered all kinds of messy means. When they arrived at Lu Xuan, they were unified and tidied up by Lu Xuan. Those assassins could not pass this line of defense at all. After all, everyone is in this industry. I have the support of the official system to train them, and you can only use money to do things. How can you fight with me?

Five years have passed. Lu Xuan not only did not fall, but became a giant that they could not look directly at. Yes, most court officials knew very well. Now the Ming army could not fight against the powerful army under Lu Xuan. This general did not eat a penny of military pay and threw all his money on those mud legs. It is said that after being the general for five years, the general's office was still the arrangement of a general.

How could there be people in this world who are not greedy for money? After earning so much money, why would he be willing to spend it all on those mud legs? Later, anyone with discerning eyes knew that taking over the entire Liaodong was just a small task for Lu Xuan. But he refused to do anything.

In fact, this incident was the most painful thing for Li Rubai, the Liaodong governor. Of course, he is not only the Liaodong governor, but also has various empty positions and even hereditary titles. They are all the contributions to capturing the emperor alive in the previous battle. However, his Li family's foundation is in Liaodong. So he chose to continue to stay.

His current feeling is that Lu Xuan has put the knife on his neck. But he just doesn't do anything. Every night when he goes to bed, he will worry that Lu Xuan will call him. Sometimes he even gives up on himself, thinking that Lu Xuan will quickly call me and kill me, so as not to worry me so much. This feeling of keeping his heart hanging will almost make him collapse.

He also thought about resisting, training troops desperately, buying firearms (from Lu Xuan...) and trying to get an army like Lu Xuan. But how could this be possible? The officers under his command were all military households who had been entrenched in Liaodong for many years. It has become a habit to eat empty salary and use inferior services as good ones. Where did the money come from? Armed the soldiers under his command to the level of Lu Xuan. If they could survive by eating soil, they probably would have fed the soldiers a handful of soil, and they wanted to make them work hard.

Li Rubai could only pay money by himself. But he found that even if he had appropriately put the savings of the Li family for decades, he could not get out of a military like Lu Xuan. Because this kind of army cannot be raised by corruption. You have to use money to make money, and you can afford the huge consumption of the firearm army with a steady stream of investment.

So, the life that cannot sleep at night continues.
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