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Chapter 512 Yang Sichang: Brother Lu, I'm Coming to See You
The prison of the Ministry of punishment.

In a small prison cell, there was a figure with his back to the fence, his eyes looking at the sky at 45 degrees, and the moonlight outside through the small skylight of the cell.

The moon is like a flower, and the man is very calm.

And just as the man was watching in a daze, there was a sound of footsteps behind him.

"Sir, it's here."

At this time, the voice of the prison chief came out, followed by an old but full of spirit: "Well, don't tell anyone when I come here."

"Don't worry, my lord, we all understand the rules."

The head of the cell was very polite, followed by the head of the cell and looked at Lu Xiangsheng in the cell and shouted: "Lu Xiangsheng, Yang..."

"go out."

The prison chief wanted to report the number, but the old voice scolded very angrily.

The prison chief was taken aback, and immediately nodded and left. At this time, the old man in black robe squatted down slowly, took out a food box, and opened it. Inside were a few simple dishes and a jug of wine.

The old man put his things on the door of the cell, smiled and said to Lu Xiangsheng who was sitting in the cell: "Brother Jian Dou, are you so reluctant to see your old friend?"

Hearing the words, Lu Xiangsheng got up slowly, turned around, looked at the old man who came to see him and said with a smile: "I never thought that the first person who came to see me now is you, Yang Sichang."

At this time Yang Sichang poured a glass of wine for Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Your Majesty has already decreed that you will be beheaded at Caishikou in five days."

Lu Xiangsheng was very calm when he heard this. He had already had psychological expectations for this matter, and he was not so surprised when he had psychological expectations.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yang Sichang and said, "Oh, thank you for telling me the news, otherwise I would be quite lonely in this prison."

Speaking of which, Lu Xiangsheng raised Yang Sichang's wine glass, motioned to Yang Sichang, and immediately drank it down. A trace of joke appeared on his face, "After I die, how are you going to celebrate? Give him a ten-day water feast? "

Hearing this, Yang Sichang laughed and said, "Brother Jiandou, do you really think I hate you so much?"

Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said, "You and I are at odds, and everyone in the world knows it. Now that your enemy is dead, why don't you celebrate?"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang sighed and said: "Then you have misunderstood me, brother Jiandou, believe it or not, I want to tell you that I will be sad when you die, in fact, run away from your position and don't talk about it. I still agree, what you have done is also worthy of Yang's admiration."

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng laughed and said, "I believe it."

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng took another sip from his wine glass and said, "You, Yang Sichang, actually have a heart to serve the country with fists. I have never doubted this, but your behavior is still too narrow. Now that Ming's foreign troubles are so serious, Jiannu You have repeatedly violated the border, and you don't care about the life and death of the people of Ming Dynasty. You only want to destroy the rogues. The rogues are internal troubles like floods. You can't stop them. Encourage Nongsang so that the common people can afford to eat, and there are still so many rogues there.”

"When you see the rogues like this, you only know about suppression and massacre, but you never thought about reforming the government. The final result can only be that the rogues kill more and more, and the symptoms are not cured. This promised Ming Dynasty will collapse sooner or later. one day."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yang Sichang and said, Yang Sichang looked at Lu Xiangsheng quietly after hearing this, for a long time, he laughed, looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Brother Jiandou, I understand everything you said, and I understand everything, but this It is a difficult problem that cannot be solved at all. It is not so simple to make great efforts to rectify the administration of officials. The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 260 years. The interests in the middle are complicated. The aristocratic family monopolizes all the interests. Easily move the interests of these aristocratic families. If we dare to move these interests, we will become enemies of all officials in the world. Brother Jiandou, wake up, don't do these unrealistic ideas, Daming can only do it now, where? If there is a leak, go and plug it up."

"Reform? Hehe, you and I are not Zhang Juzheng, let alone Yu Qianyu Shaobao. You and I were just lucky enough to escape the siege of the aristocratic family and be selected. They can praise you. When you want to use their interests, They will also kill you without hesitation, and there will be no mercy."

"So what we can do now is to plug up Da Ming's hole, and then try to replace the key places with our own people, little by little, and slowly change. Da Ming is now terminally ill, and he can't use heavy medicines, and he can't take heavy medicines." If you are like Brother Jian Dou, if you put all your strength to deal with Jian Nu instead of suppressing the bandits, the Great Ming will surely perish from the bandits, and you must settle inside first when fighting against the outside world, Brother Jian Dou."

Yang Sichang said helplessly to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and raised his glass: "Yang Sichang, I offer you a toast. Although your actions are against me in every way, you are wronged to say that you are in vain of your kindness and don't want to save the country, but I don't agree with you. It is true that Daming is already rotten, so Daming needs to use heavy medicine to wipe out Liaodong's slaves with a thunderbolt, redistribute benefits to the people, and let the people see the hope of living, this is the solution to the root cause."

As Lu Xiangsheng said that, Yang Sichang smiled, this idea is very naive.

Seeing Yang Sichang's disdainful smile, Lu Xiangsheng continued: "Maybe you will say that I am naive. I admit that I am not as good as you in terms of political means, but foreign enemies must be eliminated. We should try our best to prevent Jiannu from attacking the Central Plains. The people in the Central Plains will suffer losses again, otherwise these people who have no support will become new rogues, who can't be killed or killed!"

"If I were you, I would find a way to increase troops in Liaodong. The Jiannu who fought would not dare to look south, and then build a defense line in the north. Once the defense line is completed, the troops defending Liaodong will be weakened, and the court's Liaoxiang will be left behind." , With this money, if we slowly manage the country and appease the people, we may not be able to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty. Your father, Yang He, and Mr. Yang did a very good job."

"So he was exiled and died tragically in another country. If I hadn't been reused later, he would still be a joke now, hehehe..."

When Yang Sichang heard that Lu Xiangsheng mentioned his father Yang He, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, his eyes full of mockery.

His father was his pride in the first half of his life, and his shame in the second half of his life. The Shaanxi civil uprising, Yang He took office for three years, did not use any cruel means, but focused on appeasement. He regarded his father's kindness as weakness and deceit, so the most ridiculous scene was staged.

The rogues beat them to death if they could beat them, and they surrendered if they couldn't beat them. It didn't look good, on the contrary, it intensified. Emperor Chongzhen gave him an incompetent title in a fit of anger.

Immediately after that was dismissal and exile. If Yang Sichang hadn't made his own fortune, he would never have gotten to where he is today. It can be said that Yang Sichang didn't agree with his father very much.

At this time, Yang Sichang looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "You and I don't have many personal relationships, but you have always been my political enemy. At this point, you are about to be beheaded, and death is the end of everything. There are some words that I can tell you." You understand, let me tell you Lu Xiangsheng, even if you gain power, even if you are not killed this time, but ascend to the sky in one step, even if you succeed in joining the cabinet and become the chief minister of the cabinet, as long as you are not the emperor, you will never be able to solve it The troubles of Liaodong."

"The trouble in Liaodong is not in the army, not in the generals, or even in the establishment of slaves, but in the hearts of the people."

"How Jiannu grew. When the old slaves rebelled, Li Chengliang, the governor of Liaodong, definitely had the opportunity to wipe out Jiannu, but Li Chengliang didn't. He supported the bandits and respected himself. He knew that Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang were all defeated by the political situation of the court at that time. , He will definitely not end well when he comes back, so he directed and staged the Liaodong Rebellion by himself."

"I didn't expect this set to be so useful. The imperial court began to allocate funds to Liaodong. He Li Chengliang lived very comfortably. The soldiers in Liaodong were very happy. So Yuan Chonghuan, Mao Wenlong, Wu Xiang, Zu Dashou , Group after group of people, they managed a defense line like an iron barrel in Liaodong, making Jiannu a dilemma, but they couldn't eliminate Jiannu."

"In this way, after decades of development, the current chaos in Liaodong has been formed, and an interest group dominated by the Liaodong Bingtou family has formed, united with the local people and businessmen in Liaodong, and formed a huge interest network. Firmly control Liaodong's economy, trade, military and so on."

"The relationship between the current Liaodong army and Jiannu is not just enemies, they are also business partners. Their relationship is bitter, so Liaodong will not allow Jiannu to be wiped out, because without Jiannu, they will lose their detached status. Why, why does the imperial court give them a Liao ring every year regardless of the cost?"

"This kind of Liaodong is a monolith. Let alone Lu Xiangsheng, it is useless to send anyone from the imperial court. Hong Chengchou's ability is not weaker than yours, but how is he in Liaodong? It's the same nonsense. When he enters Liaodong, he enters the mud pond gone."

"He is so old-fashioned and still like this in Liaodong, can you change anything when you go to Liaodong?"

"No, there won't be any change. Don't talk about you. Even if I tell His Majesty all these details today, Your Majesty will have nothing to do. If there is another impulse, Liaodong will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, in order to appease the people of Liaodong, Your Majesty will be the first I, Yang Sichang, was the one who killed, so in Liaodong, Jiannu can’t be touched. The only chance to survive now is to start reforms from within the Ming Dynasty and form a few powerful troops within the Ming Dynasty. Your Tianxiong Army was once a very good choice , as a result, you impulsively filled Jiannu's jaws."

"We solve external problems by cultivating a few powerful troops in the country. To cultivate a strong army requires money and food, weapons and equipment, and experience. Military pay requires weapons, and you can also train troops. When the domestic army is strong enough, it is a good choice to go north to Liaodong at this time, whether it is to replace the Liaodong Army, or divide the troops to destroy Jiannu. Finally, use the domestically trained army to fight against Jiannu Slave, isn't it a good plan to achieve domestic security?"

Lu Xiangsheng fell silent after hearing Yang Sichang's words. It was the first time he heard many things Yang Sichang said. This may be the limitation of the times. For example, the people in Liaodong, merchants and the army colluded to do business with Jiannu.

This kind of destroyed Lu Xiangsheng's three views. Lu Xiangsheng always thought that the people in Liaodong lived in dire straits, and their lives were miserable and miserable, but after hearing this, it seemed to be different from what he imagined.

"Is everything you say true?"

"what?"

"Businessmen and people in Liaodong also do business with Jiannu?"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang laughed and said, "Has Master Lu ever bought ginseng?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng didn't answer, Yang Sichang cupped his hands and said, "Lord Lu is honest and honest, and Yang is ashamed. Yang's family bought ginseng from a pharmacy in the capital, and they were all good ginseng from the deep mountains of Liaodong, and it was said that it was Changbai Mountain. You must know that these ginsengs were all grown in Jiannu's land, so why did they end up in Daming's pharmacy?"

"You must know that we have strictly prohibited trading with Jian slaves, and border merchants such as Shaanxi have been almost cleaned up by Lantian and you, Governor Xuanda, over the years. However, there are many ginseng shops in the capital, and not only in the capital, There are several ginsengs from Liaodong in large drugstores all over the country, as well as fur and mountain products. These are all serious Liaodong specialties. Let me ask you, if no one is doing tricks here, where did these things come from? ?”

Lu Xiangsheng clenched his fist when he heard the words, Yang Sichang looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Brother Jiandou, it's not that I, Yang Sichang, disregarded the righteousness of the nation, but that this great Ming is dead. As officials, we can only start from the weakest place. If you want to touch a big cake like Liaodong, you will die without a place to die."

"Back then, Liaodong bribed about [-]% of Liaoxiang to the high officials of the court every year, and most of them went to Wei Zhongxian. In recent years, Wei Zhongxian has disappeared, but this number has increased to [-]%. Brother Dou, who hasn't received it yet; a gift from Liaodong."

"You took it too?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yang Sichang, and Yang Sichang laughed when he heard the words: "Come out of the silt but not stained, clean and clean but not demonic, that is the greatest compliment for an upright official who doesn't want to do things, and I want to do things, and I need people's cooperation if I want to do things." , and need the cooperation of others, I can't be honest, otherwise I don't take it, and my subordinates won't be able to take it. If my subordinates don't take it, my subordinates can't take it. Do something!"

"Hehe, Yang Sichang, this is the first time I've heard people talk about greed in such a fresh and refined way."

Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth.

Yang Sichang laughed loudly and said: "Lu Xiangsheng, you are great and proud, but in such a rotten place, people like you don't live long, so today you are inside and I am outside. In a peaceful and prosperous world, Your Majesty, you and I have exchanged places a long time ago, so it is impossible to say that Yang will still be your best friend at that time, but unfortunately it is impossible now, it is impossible..."

(End of this chapter)