Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

But... in this world, things don't always go as you want, and you can't help yourself, and he, too, has nothing to do!

But at this moment, on the official road from the capital to Liaodong, the tens of thousands of troops of the Beijing camp, under the command of Yan Shun, are marching towards Liaodong in mighty strength.

However, to the soldiers of the Beijing Army who were on the march, this battle seemed extremely strange.

From entering the battalion as a soldier, the speed of the soldiers is very important. The generals at all levels have emphasized countless times. In the daily drills, every second counts. If there is a slight delay, they will face strict military laws.

But now that the army is going out to fight, the daily marching speed is not only far lower than the distance stipulated in the military drill code, but even after three or four hours of daily marching, the army stops advancing and sets up camp. This marching speed is not like going to war. , On the contrary, it is like playing games.

In this way, it made the lieutenant soldiers quite uncomfortable!

As the commander of the army, Yan Shun, the commander arranged by Li Xiu to lead the army, naturally knew Li Xiu's arrangement well.

It is very likely that he led the army this time, it will only be an armed parade!

The reason for this, Yan Shun is naturally clear, the Marquis of his own family is obviously very wary of Liao Town.

This expedition has already explained the bottom line, focusing on deterrence and supervising the war, monitoring Liaodong, and ascertaining the situation.

As for participating in the war, there is no mention of it!

Since he didn't participate in the war and was just supervising and deterring the war, Yan Shun was naturally not in a hurry. It didn't matter when the army arrived, as long as the posture was put on, it would be effective!

And just when Yan Shun was slowly leading his army to Liaodong, the Xuan Mansion at this moment, to be precise, the whole of Shanxi was already in a bloodbath.

The battle is about to start, the first thing to do is naturally stabilize the rear!

As for how to stabilize...

Li Xiu led [-] iron cavalry, together with tens of thousands of generals from the Xuan Mansion, and hundreds of cavalry from Jin Yiwei who had already arrived, such a huge force, what kind of gentle methods are needed!

Of course, Li Xiu, who was killed between life and death, doesn't know what soft means are!

Before the army reached the Xuanfu, the military order arrived. Immediately, the soldiers dispatched Tiqi, and with lightning speed, they dispatched the eight famous imperial merchants in history, Fan, Wang, Jin, Wang, Liang, and Tian. , Zhai, Huang!

These eight major families, as well as a large number of merchants and gentry who ignored the court's laws and passed through customs outside the customs, were all arrested.

After that, it was Jin Yiwei's old job!

Severe punishment will be imposed on the body, the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out!

In front of the heavy soldiers of Xuanfu, everything is false!Even, even jumping over the wall in a hurry, can't do it!

Just like the several Mongolian tribes on the side, in front of the reborn Xuanfu important town, they bumped into each other again and again, but they could only look at the town they had driven straight into, and sighed helplessly!

By the time Li Xiu arrived, the entire Shanxi was already full of turmoil, and the grass and trees were full of soldiers!

That day, before Li Xiu settled down, a large number of Shanxi officials and gentry came to visit, but it was only after the knife was hung on his neck that he realized that he was afraid. Obviously, it was too late.

With one order, the bloody storm that happened in the capital was also staged in Shanxi!

Even, compared to the time in the capital, it was more thorough and cruel!

After all, the influence of mere merchants and gentry compared to those rich and powerful in the capital is much, much smaller!It is naturally much easier to play with the implicated expansion!

Of course, everything is just an excuse. The most important thing is that Li Xiu has his eyes on the wealth accumulated by these merchant families for who knows how many years!

In a war, the consumption of money, food and materials is undoubtedly huge, and the wealth of this group of Shanxi merchants is just used to pay for the war and at the same time fill the emptiness of the empire's wealth.

As for the others, Li Xiu obviously doesn't care. In fact, no one cares about the fate of these Shanxi merchants until now!

Would the courtiers care?

Maybe in the past, but now if it is possible, I want to use it to play one or two.

But now, the stance of the battle of the fate of the nation has been set, and the emperor is looking down at the court with a murderous look. Whoever dares to shake people's hearts in the slightest will end up resigned from his job and sent to prison, or even ransack his family and exterminate his family!

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the current emperor, after that assassination, has become almost crazy in his affairs and administration, and the previous rules have been completely destroyed!

An emperor who holds great power, controls life and death, but is almost crazy, how many people dare to provoke him?

In such a situation, who would care about the life and death of a group of merchants and gentlemen thousands of miles away!

An impeachment memorial from Shanxi, full of expectations, spread to the capital, like water dripping into the sea, without even a single wave, disappearing without a trace.

In such a precarious situation, many courtiers had no choice but to pray silently, praying that in this battle, Li Xiu had better lose a big battle, and it would be better to die directly in Mongolia!

In this world, what is needed is their scholar-bureaucrats to serve the king and comfort the people, not to go to war and threaten with swords!

This...is not the era they wanted, and this era should not be like this...

2 Chapters Liao Town and Shanxi

Chapter 211 Don't Worry About Too Much Debt

noon.

The scorching sun was like a fire, and the vicious scorching sun fell on the ground.

In the midst of the heat, the northern suburbs of Zhangjiakou were crowded with people, but it was as cold as deep winter.

Rows of soldiers stood in armor, and among the fences, rows of ragged, blood-stained figures, like pigs, were roughly pushed and dragged to the execution ground by the soldiers.

The executioner's blade was raised high, accompanied by a row of headless bodies collapsing to the ground.

And this scene, in this execution ground, has been staged for more than half an hour. Under the execution platform, the blood that has gathered into pools of blood, and the corpses piled up into hills, sternly tell the tragedy of this execution ground. .

And these headless bodies, each one is a big figure that ordinary people need to look up to, but at this time, they are like chicken cubs, with a knife in their hands, all the glory, wealth, and power are all turned into passing clouds, even Even corpses cannot escape the bite of wild beasts.

The eight major Shanxi merchant families, plus an unknown number of merchants and gentry implicated, the number of people involved in the case is as high as nearly [-]!

In terms of the number of people involved in these cases, they have already far surpassed the bloody storms in the capital, and are comparable to the major cases caused by the founding ancestor!

Of course, Li Xiu was extremely happy with the people onlookers. Li Xiu naturally didn't mind that the common people and gentry in Shanxi had a good time seeing him.

Humans are always afraid.

In the past, laws and regulations were in name only, and supervision seemed to be non-existent. Naturally, it was hard to be awe-inspiring.

But now, cruel facts that are almost unbelievable are placed in front of them.

Anyone who wants to collude with the enemy and betray the country will have to consider the consequences.

After all, in this era, the concept of law is not about one person doing things and one person being responsible!

Zhulian, these two words clearly explain everything.

Li Xiu didn't expect to be able to shock everyone, nor did he expect to be able to achieve long-term peace and stability with just one lesson, which is not realistic.

Just hope that this big case is enough to suppress the completely out-of-order frontier smuggling and collaborating with the enemy for a period of time. When the transformation from the center down starts and the order is restored, everything will naturally be suppressed to the smallest range.

As for what kind of image he will have in the hearts of these gentry after this case, Li Xiu obviously doesn't care.

In fact, right now, he, the Marquis of Zhenbei, has already become notorious!

The discourse power of public opinion in this era is already in the hands of the gentry class.

The high-ranking lords hold the right to make a conclusion about black and white, and ordinary people who don't know a single word all look up to the authority of the lords.

The imperial power does not go to the countryside. These five words can also be said to run through the entire history, and it also proves the prestige of the gentry in a place.

However, as an advanced version of the gentry group, the scholar-officials, that is, the literati of Daming, to be precise, scholars with fame and reputation, completely represented the authority of Daming.

All policies, all things, even people, are in their definition.

It is conceivable how Li Xiu's reputation will be spread in the eyes of such a group of people like Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo.

For these, Li Xiu was also angry from the beginning, and later became indifferent.

Whatever he does, it is enough that he is not ashamed of his original intention. As for whether it is merit or demerit, it will be left to future generations to judge. Time will eventually prove everything.

Just like this public opinion, no matter how smeared it is, no one can deny his achievements.

"You dog thief, you will die badly. If you destroy my entire clan, one day someone will destroy your entire clan too! Dog thief, God... woo woo woo..."

In the midst of the blood, there was suddenly a shrill cry.

On the execution ground, there was a prisoner who at some point broke free from the rag in his mouth and cursed at Li Xiu who was sitting on the high platform.

Halfway through the voice, he was immediately knocked down by the startled soldier, covering his mouth tightly.

Such a sudden change immediately made the already depressing execution ground even more overwhelming like dark clouds, and fearful eyes gathered on Li Xiu who was sitting on the high platform.

"Is it from the Fan family?"

Li Xiu looked indifferent and asked casually.

Standing aside, Li Dingguo immediately clapped his hands and responded:

"Report to General, this person is the current head of the Fan family..."

"Decapitate this person, Ling Chi, and everyone involved in the case of the Fan family!"

As soon as this remark was made, before Li Dingguo could reply, Li Xiu's voice sounded lightly again: "You go to prison!"

"As ordered!"

Li Dingguo also trembled, and subconsciously clasped his fists in response.

After all, the episode is just an episode. Under the oppression of the army without rules, no episode can change the fate of the outcome.

The killing lasted for more than an hour from [-]:[-] noon before barely ending.

This land was also suddenly poured with blood that had not been endured for thousands of years.

Of course, the case is far from over. Many punishments, such as exile and exile, are still waiting for those involved in the case who are still alive.

But at this moment, Li Xiu's attention has also been diverted from the killing, and fixed on the harvest after the killing.

After all, compared to the political nature of the killing in the capital, the killing this time was largely for money!

In this day and age, the richness of the country is really not an adjective, but the truth of the existence of facts, and there are many more!

Each of the eight Shanxi merchants can be said to be as rich as an enemy!

Not to mention the cleansing that deliberately increased the scope of involvement this time. Although it almost completely wiped out the thriving Shanxi merchant group that will leave a strong mark in history, it also caused a turbulent situation for the Ming economy. Trauma, but... the harvest is also terrifying!

In this big case, more than [-] million taels of silver were copied only.

And this is just cash, not to mention the various assets throughout the entire Ming Dynasty, the vast land, and countless people hidden by it...

And these are far from being able to be completely counted overnight. The people from the inner palace who followed the army have never stopped since the time they ransacked their homes. They have been rotated in three shifts and under heavy guards. The fortune of the country.

Obviously, compared with the negative impact of the big case caused by ransacking the family and exterminating the clan, this time it can be called a terrifying harvest, which is already enough for people to ignore the impact of the ransacking the family and exterminating the clan.

Although, this impact is extremely bad, and even greatly damaged the Ming Dynasty's rule. In the next ten years, or even a long time, the entire northern economy will suffer heavy losses and it will be difficult to recover.

But... the current Daming is riddled with holes. If you have too many debts, you don't have to worry about it, and if you have too many lice, you don't feel itchy...

Now, how can there be so many scruples!

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Chapter 211 Don't Worry About Too Much Debt

Chapter 212 Willing to die for the general!

The wild sand danced wildly, and the cold wind howled.

On the vast Gobi plain, black armor is like a mountain, the soldiers are solemn and solemn, and the horseshoes are lightly trampling. In the wind, the soldiers' war robes are dancing, setting off a wave of blood, which seems to imply the fate of this army.

stomping on...

Amidst this solemnity, a crisp sound of horseshoes was heard by many soldiers along with the new wind.

I saw a horse in a blood robe coming, and finally reined in the horse, and his stern face was familiar to any soldier present.

Even though there were quite a few soldiers from the frontier army of the Xuan Mansion present, the current army of the Xuan Mansion was expanded from the backbone soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion at the time. All their generals were even more excited!

Li Xiu appeared, although he didn't say a word, on this vast plain, a surge of empathy also appeared suddenly.

"In this battle, horses are going to step on the grassland to reproduce the glory that has not been seen in a century. Wait, are you confident?"

"The general asked, the horse stepped on the grassland and reproduced the glory that has not been seen in a century. Wait, are you confident?"

Immediately, there was an order for the soldiers to shout, and the voice continued until it reached every soldier's ears clearly.

"I would like to die for the general!"

The blade was raised horizontally, the soldiers were passionate, and they shouted almost in unison, followed by the faces with agitated expressions, resounding through the sky, and also washed away the yellow sand in the sky!

Looking around at the excitement, Li Xiu's heart is also surging. Although this heavy power has too much helplessness, just like the golden iron horse in front of him, it is also extremely intoxicating!

"This battle! Victory!"

After a moment of silence, Li Xiu also slowly spit out these four words.

"The general is mighty, the Great Ming will win!"