Cheng Ji ordered an advice on the expansion of the army, which made Emperor Chongzhen understand one thing: the Jinyiwei supervised the corruption case of Jingtong. Han Jisi's actions touched the tense nerves of many civil servants in the court.

When darkness becomes the norm, officials who can do things become aliens.

If they don't mess with things and use them to divert their attention and secretly obstruct these things, then they will really be wearing tight hoops on their heads.

As the center of power of the Ming Dynasty, a huge team of officials in Beijing came from all over the Ming Dynasty.

What groups do these people represent and what interests they have? It is absolutely impossible to find out one by one.

Now most people want to show off their bad habits, but Emperor Chongzhen doesn't want to show off his bad habits, and he also wants to lead those pragmatic good ministers to change this unhealthy atmosphere together.

This makes many people feel uneasy.

Can killing one person solve the bad policies of the Ming Dynasty?

Can killing a group eliminate the cancer of the Ming Dynasty?

Behind these killed officials, the gentry, landlords, and all the big and small, would they do? Emperor Chongzhen could all think of it.

If you do not have any righteous killing, you will only make the world separate from yourself from your own virtue. Emperor Chongzhen is well aware of the benefits and interests of this.

Govern the world with scholars and officials.

Although the Emperor of Ming Dynasty never said it, in fact, many of the things he did when he ruled the world were done according to this rule of the game.

"Since you want to fight, I will accompany you to the end." Emperor Chongzhen's eyes flashed with gleam, looking at the memorials scattered in the hall, muttering: "If I can't implement the new regulations on administration this time, I will not implement it.

Come down, let you keep the court behind you!"

In Bi Ziyan, the wealthy figure of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not clarify the tax system.

At the same time, many new and clear taxes such as customs taxes and tariffs will be implemented to the areas that they want to cover.

Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards the court was to use it if possible, support pragmatic officials to do things, use the inner court if they cannot, use the factory and the guards, and make many plans for himself.

Emperor Chongzhen would not waste one or two taels of precious silver accumulated by the treasury.

Build a state-owned economy.

Expand the new army.

Added a martial arts lecture hall.

Preparing for the establishment of a military industry system, etc.

There are many things waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to do.

...

After some storm broke out in the capital, Tianjin, which was far away in the capital, became uneasy. Chen Yansheng, the magistrate of Tianjin, was under a lot of pressure.

"General Li, what's going on in the current situation outside Tianjin Acropolis?"

Chen Yansheng held the teacup and handed it to Li Mingzhong, asking: "Have the order stabilized? Have the financiers who had gathered to make trouble before have all been suppressed?"

“The situation is stable.”

Li Mingzhong took the teacup, nodded slightly, then frowned and said, "But the situation was strange. The elites I commanded always went to the scene of the incident, but the fickle households who caused trouble disappeared strangely.

This is the case once.

This happened twice.

Chen Zhizhou, don’t you think there is something tricky about it?”

“Haha~”

Chen Yansheng smiled and shook his head, saying, "How come there is nothing wrong with it? Since we left Beijing and went to Tianjin, General Li has not discovered that there is something strange about this Tianjin area?

Headed by Mei Yingwu, the former commander of the Right Guard of Tianjin, this group of people who had inherited the three guards of Tianjin could not accept their duties under the Tianjin New Army.

After reading out Your Majesty’s order, the three guards in Tianjin were removed and the establishment of Zhili Prefecture in Tianjin, the atmosphere in the entire Tianjin was changing."

"When it comes to Mei Yingwu and the others, these local snake forces are really complicated."

Li Mingzhong frowned and said, "There are inherited from generation to generation, and the relationship between in-laws is complicated. If you want to say that the Mei family is much stronger than the Zhao family and the Ni family.

The troops who led their own troops to control the three guards in Tianjin accounted for as many as 70%.

Originally, I wanted to lead the soldiers under my command to take down the local snakes led by the Mei family, but then there were various problems in Tianjin."

Under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the hereditary emperors, there were many hereditary groups, including vassals, honorary relatives, ward officials, etc.

Put aside the clan and honorary relatives, these two special groups.

Only the hereditary ward officials.

Although they were not exposed in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, there were many problems left behind.

It is true that the Ming Dynasty was a political ecology of civil and noble and military officials, but these hereditary ward officials were definitely like local overlords in the local area, especially the territory under their jurisdiction.

The Wei Sui system established in the early Ming Dynasty was originally a need to stabilize the country and help the country consolidate the local support, but over time, it became a cancer that was attached to the Ming Dynasty.

"This is what dangers do Mei Yingwu smell like?"

Chen Yansheng said coldly: "In addition to these local snakes, Tianjin is the thoroughfare of the northern Zhili area and is also the gateway to protect the capital.

Here... there are many powerful people and officials from the capital. They have formed a more complex network of relationships in Tianjin with the convenience of canal transportation and the power they hold.

During these days, the state has been sorting out these relationships.

If you want to call Tianjin Zhili Prefecture and truly implement the purpose, you must solve some problems, kill a group of people, and shock the people in Tianjin!"

"But the key to the current problem is that we are simply unable to do it."

Li Mingzhong reached out and said, "The new Tianjin army under my command is more than 8,000. If you want to recruit new soldiers, you can't even launch it.

In addition, sometimes gathering people to cause trouble, sometimes dispersed financiers have to suppress these guys and ensure the safety of Tianjin Acropolis. This is simply..."

Li Mingzhong started to rise from Dongjiang Town to being transferred to Sun Zushou's command, and he never encountered such a frustrating thing. The feeling of making him unable to control himself was so frustrating.

When he was working in the Nine Gate Admiral's Office, the things he did were always in accordance with the will of the emperor, and he didn't have to pay attention to them at all. The court's Chinese official's face would do it as soon as he said that.

Even if there is any problem, they don’t need to consider anything else. Just do your job well. There are some big things on them, and there are people above them.

"General Li doesn't need to worry."

Chen Yansheng smiled and said comfortingly: "This province has already thought of a complete plan. Tomorrow, this province hopes that General Li can invite Zhao Xingzhong, the former commander of the Left Guard of Tianjin, in your name!

This person is the key to solving the dilemma in Tianjin. As long as he can win him, even if he promises some benefits, it will be beneficial to us.
Chapter completed!