Wanli 1592

Chapter 615

Li Chengliang warned Li Rusong not to get too close to Xiao Ruxun at the beginning, Li Rusong thought it was reasonable, but now, when such a huge temptation of interests is placed in front of Li Rusong, Li Rusong can't persuade himself not to be tempted.

His Li family has guarded Liaodong for two generations, relying on the semi-independent political and economic situation in Liaodong. The nearly 1 family troops are the main reliance of the Li family guarding Liaodong to suppress the Mongolian Jurchen. In order to maintain this extremely powerful Naturally, what the Li family needs to invest is not a small amount of money.

The Li family did business with the Mongols and the Jurchens in Liaodong, as well as with Shanxi merchants. All the money they got was used to raise soldiers and satisfy the management of the DPRK and China. This is the successful model Li Chengliang explored.

These years, Li Rusong has been following this way, but even so, the core guard force of less than 1 people makes Li Rusong feel very difficult.

And Xiao Ruxun was able to earn several 10 taels of silver a year in that wild place in Myanmar, where birds don't shit and chickens don't lay eggs, and they can support [-] soldiers!

According to Li Rusong's calculations based on his actual situation, Xiao Ruxun's financial income is definitely not just 100 million, but 200 million is possible, otherwise [-] soldiers will never be able to support them.

Looking at the equipment and treatment of the Zhennan Army, as well as the physique and training level of the soldiers, it can be seen that he is the elite of the elite. How does everyone support himself without investing dozens of taels of silver every year?
Weapons, military uniforms, food, accommodation, some usual rewards and benefits, etc., are all money. Li Rusong's liver hurts when he spends money, and Xiao Ruxun's servants are three times his size, and there are no sailors. Cavalry, but naval divisions also cost money, and firearms cost money even more. How much will it cost?
If it wasn't for the fact that the emperor was out of his wits and paid for Xiao Ruxun's own support, then what Xiao Ruxun said was absolutely true. He had a way to make money, and the whole of Ming thought that Myanmar was a barren land, and he was just doing some small businesses. It's a few dollars, but who knows that Xiao Ruxun has grown fat and strong from eating here, stronger than his Li family.

This Burmese town is the number one town in the world!

Li Rusong couldn't help having such thoughts.

And more importantly, Xiao Ruxun's intimate relationship with the emperor was revealed in Xiao Ruxun's words. Thinking of the emperor's long journey to recall him, he held him back and insisted on letting him lead his troops to wait for Xiao Ruxun in the capital for three days. Many, this seems to be able to explain the problem!
Xiao Ruxun's development was supported by the emperor. Xiao Ruxun may have been in contact with the emperor all the time. The emperor had been dissatisfied with the officials for a long time and planned to do something. The Shanxi faction suddenly rushed out to seek a beating by himself, so it was reasonable for the emperor to beat Shanxi It's just that the emperor has been sluggish in the face of the officials for a long time, and now he suddenly rises. Doesn't the Jin family officials have any idea of ​​​​fighting back?
When the Jin family was in charge of the government, what kind of scenery was it?When Zhang Juzheng was at his most brilliant, he had to give up three points to the Jin family. Back then, Zhang Cong didn't dare to attack the Jin family at all, which was enough to see the strength of the Jin family. Although the Jin family was negligent for a while, the background...

Thinking of this, Li Rusong suddenly realized.

"Could it be that the officials plan to kill the Jin family?"

Li Rusong blurted out the question.

Xiao Ruxun smiled slightly and nodded.

"The business gangs of the world have been suffering from Shanxi merchants for a long time. Now that merchant gangs from all over the world are united, it is no longer the time when the Shanxi merchants dominated earlier. Li Zongbing, this time they are looking for a dead end, giving Datong and half of Shanxi It’s useless, at this time, there is no telling when a meeting will be held to discuss a solution to the problem, but at this time, the meeting to divide up Shanxi’s interests may have already been held.”

Li Rusong gasped.

Li Chengliang's deduction is correct. This time, there is really going to be a disturbance in the court, but this disturbance is not led by Xiao Ruxun, but a large group of people who are eager for profit and covetous to the point of envy. The interests of the world have been coveted by the business gang for a long time. If they can get it and devour it, everyone is willing.

If there was only the emperor, Li Rusong would still hesitate. After being guided by Li Chengliang, he knew that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was unreliable and was in danger of becoming Chao Cuo at all times, but the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were very reliable. He is particularly vicious, usually an inconspicuous little official can turn into Huo Qubing in the officialdom when he is playing games in the officialdom, and he will go straight to the opponent's lair at every turn.

The emperor has long been excluded from the circle of the highest power struggle. The current emperor is almost like a mascot. If he wants to gain some actual power, he will immediately be criticized for being unfair.

It's not justified for the emperor to want power!

How can this kind of emperor let the generals dare to get closer?
But Xiao Ruxun just moved closer.

What does he want to do?
Do you think he still wants to help the emperor regain the imperial power?Back to the era of Hongwu Yongle?Back to the era when our military general Xungui held power?It was a beautiful time, but it was too...

and many more!

As soon as he thought of this, Li Rusong suddenly realized something. He now understands many things that he couldn't understand in the past!Including why he lost his qualification as North Korean leader at the earliest time and became a deputy general, why he had all the advantages at the earliest time but still failed to compete with that guy...

Could it be that they have been...

Seeing Li Rusong looking at him with unbelievable eyes, Xiao Ruxun felt that Li Rusong should have guessed something. Li Rusong was just a little more impatient and more muscular, but he was not stupid, he was very smart.

"Li Zongbing, I don't say much about some things. Li Zongbing should be able to guess. All I want is to get some things that are justified. I also want to change some things that seem to be justified now. But in Taizu Chengzu It seemed ridiculous at the time, the Ming Dynasty was too sick, and getting rid of the Shanxi merchants was only the first step in curing the disease."

Li Rusong took a deep breath.

"Is this what His Majesty thinks?"

Xiao Ruxun said: "There are also my remonstrances, but it is mainly His Majesty's own opinion. Your Majesty has been suffering from the fact that the power has been left behind for a long time, and that the civil servants have been taking power for a long time. Li Zongbing, since ancient times, powerful officials will not end well if they exercise power. You should I also understand."

"Of course I understand this. I just never expected that Governor Xiao would have such an idea."

"Mr. Li, you and I are both military generals. You should be able to feel the suffering of generals. I won't talk about the former Song Dynasty. The national policy was like this, but the Ming Dynasty was not like this. The Ming Dynasty was changed into this from Yu Qian, too. The ancestral system is obviously not the case, but now it has become like this, and what is even more ridiculous is that once some truly beneficial reforms appear, those who destroy the ancestral system will take one ancestral system, isn't this absurd thing?"

(End of this chapter)