Crossing the Swordsman: Lin Pingzhi, the Swordsman of Evil

Lin Pingzhi continued: "As for the second point, it is for the people of the world."

Hearing this sentence, Emperor Wanli asked: "Oh? The people of the world? Are the people living a bad life now?"

Lin Pingzhi looked at Emperor Wanli and said, "Does Your Majesty want to hear the truth?"

Emperor Wanli said, "Naturally."

Lin Pingzhi didn't tell the truth, but remembered an allusion.

He said: "Has your majesty ever heard the story of 'Zou Ji satirizes the king of Qi and accepts advice'?"

Emperor Wanli replied: "Of course I have. I am very impressed with this story. I am in the capital and imprisoned in the Forbidden City. It is inevitable that I will close my eyes and listen. Aiqing is quite famous in the Jianghu. Prestige, of course, is much clearer than me about the people's livelihood. I wonder if Aiqing can tell me?"

Lin Pingzhi replied at this time: "Nowadays, people's lives are not very good. But they are not too bad. It's just that there are too many local taxes and tyranny. In this place, the tyrants expropriated and extorted the land, and the gentry annexed the land, which was the beginning of the subjugation of the country in all dynasties."

"So this time I went to Beijing to serve as an official. I also want to have the opportunity to meet the emperor. I want to advise the emperor to eradicate these cronies and give the local people a peaceful and good life."

Emperor Wanli squinted his eyes and said: "Aiqing's words are a bit exaggerated. Although I dare not compare myself to Mingjun. But is it a sign of the collapse of the country?"

But Lin Pingzhi's eyes were very firm this time, and he said: "I'm not trying to scare you. Since ancient times, the change of dynasties has always started with the rebellion of the hungry people. Although the rebellion of the hungry people can be quickly and easily put down. But The rebellion of hungry people may cause other speculators to stare at them. I don’t know about other lowly ministers, but the Jurchens in Liaodong are the kind of people who watch over wolves."

If it was before, Emperor Wanli would definitely feel that Lin Pingzhi was making alarmist remarks.

But now the matter of Fan Ji Bank has been exposed, and they have reported to him all the military supplies they provided to the Jurchen in Liaodong.He was also aware of Nurhachi's threat.

But right now, Nurhachi is just suffering from scabies.Right now, the Daming Frontier Army has food and pay.

As the saying goes, "The Ming army is not satisfied with the salary, and the full salary is invincible."

The current Nurhachi is fledgling, and if there is no bastard like Li Chengliang to support the bandits, Nurhachi will not grow up.

And because of Lin Pingzhi's unintentional actions, Nurhachi's conspiracy was completely exposed.Needless to say what Lin Pingzhi said, Emperor Wanli would not tolerate the existence of Nurhachi.

To fight against the outside world, we must first settle down inside, but the court is currently unstable, and a peace treaty has just been signed with Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Japan, and the Battle of Banzhou has not yet been resolved.Now is not the time to clean up these wild boar hides.

If you don't deal with the internal problems first, I'm afraid these moths will hold back when you do it yourself.

Emperor Wanli said: "I already know the ambition of the Jurchens. It's just that there are many things in the court right now. When the internal affairs are stabilized, these disorderly officials and thieves will be dealt with sooner or later. It's just that I have no one available right now. If Jurchen uses troops, please ask Aiqing to help the court."

Lin Pingzhi replied at this time: "It is the duty of a minister to share the worries of the king. I am willing to do the work of dogs and horses for your majesty."

Emperor Wanli nodded, and then said: "Okay, now let's not mention these Tartars outside the pass. Let's talk about the affairs of the court first. Since I am determined to deal with these cronies, it may cause internal instability. "

Lin Pingzhi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this matter is actually very easy to solve. We only need to take down the big ones, and then deal with the small ones. In the end, the emperor spared them Then promote them to become bigger, I believe they will be your Majesty's servants with peace of mind, and will not have any other ideas. After that, the emperor opened a few Enke games to fill up the middle and lower positions. remove."

After thinking about it, Emperor Wanli said: "Aiqing's idea is good. It's just that I have no one to use except you, Gu Gonggong, Gu Qianhu and others. I don't know how many people in the court are cronies. Count. Back then, Emperor Jiajing was almost strangled to death by a court lady appointed by a crony in the court. If he used the power of his cronies, I am afraid that I will repeat the same mistakes as Emperor Jiajing."

Emperor Wanli stood up at this time, and limped out of the Longshu table.

Emperor Wanli said: "I'm not afraid of Aiqing's jokes. I'm afraid I won't be the opponent of those palace ladies with my crippled body."

Lin Pingzhi said: "Your Majesty needn't worry about this. If your Majesty trusts your ministers, then your ministers are willing to personally protect the Emperor. Just like Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."

What Emperor Wanli waited for was Lin Pingzhi's words. After all, No.1 in the world was his personal bodyguard.There is nothing more secure than this.

The biggest concern that Emperor Wanli did not dare to deal with cronies easily was his own safety.

After all, it was the masters of the Sun Moon God Sect who killed Emperor Jingtai when Ming Yingzong seized the door.Only then did the imprisoned Yingzong take advantage of it.

And in the Jiajing Dynasty.Emperor Jiajing, who had always practiced Taoist exercises, was not an ordinary person.

Emperor Jiajing liked to cultivate immortals, so he spent money and money to build the "Longevity Palace" for himself.

But before he cultivated immortality, he was a master of inner family who was proficient in Taoist martial arts.After all, the exercises practiced by the Emperor Jiajing are the "mother version" of the Nine Yin Scriptures, the "Longevity Taoist Collection" carved by Huang Shang, a martial artist during the Song Huizong period.

Human nature is profit-seeking, even monks are no exception.After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Wanshou Dao Zang had already been burned by the Jin people.And there is a copy hidden in Longhushan Tianshi Mansion.

The contemporary celestial master, in order to please Emperor Jiajing.Taking back the title of the Taoist clan from the Quanzhen Sect, he dedicated the Longevity Taoist Palace to Emperor Jiajing.

Although Emperor Jiajing didn't practice world-class martial arts like Huang Chang, his inner strength is really not bad.In terms of Jianghu, at least it is at the level of Yu Canghai, Mu Gaofeng and others.

When Emperor Jiajing was assassinated, his female assassin was a dead soldier supported by these cronies.Their martial arts are not bad, and even the rope used to strangle Emperor Jiajing is made of the toughest natural silk.

But it's a pity that they underestimated the strength of this great son of heaven.

Although they took advantage of Emperor Jiajing's practice, they managed to wrap the silk around his neck.

But this great son of heaven, who is full of evil, is practicing the true martial arts of Taoism.Even if he is one against five, he still does not lose the wind.In the end, all five of them were killed.

But the assassination of the emperor by cronies is too involved.At that time, Emperor Jiajing suppressed this matter in order to balance the court situation.

He lied to the outside world that he used the blood of the court ladies to make alchemy, which caused them to feel dissatisfied and intended to assassinate the king.In the end, all the court ladies who knew about it were executed.Just put this thing down.

However, Emperor Wanli, who is the Son of Heaven, is aware of this secret.After all, this matter was written in Emperor Jiajing's personal letter.

Therefore, Emperor Wanli was also afraid that they would jump over the wall in a hurry, and that he would encounter accidents.

But he is not as strong as Emperor Jiajing in martial arts.Therefore, Lin Pingzhi proposed personal guards, and he naturally agreed a hundred times.