I am the king of the dead

Yuan Bin wrote a letter to the Ming envoy who was far away in Qinghua, telling the envoy Li Yimin's plan.

This envoy is not as unknown as Liu Pu said. This envoy is a student from Shandong, Jinshi in the orthodox 13th year, Shujishi, Zuoji Shizhong, Yin Min.

Yin Min once organized Shandong to make a petition for his son in Tingshilin when he was in Shandong, and he asked His Majesty to strictly investigate those who made noises in the martial arts hall, showing that Shandong scholars have no intention of rebellion .

The reason why Yin Min was sent as an envoy was mainly because he was tall in appearance, smooth in pronunciation, and had the demeanor of a great country.

Yin Min said to the deputy envoy Liu Zhao: "Hu Shangshu Jingshi translated the Roman script, there is a joke, and it is an interesting story."

"Carthage was at war with Rome, and Rome's logistics was guaranteed by slaves. It was very bad and the supplies were insufficient."

"On the dry plain, more than 40 Roman soldiers had to dig wells to find water."

"At this time, the same thirsty Carthaginian soldiers thought that the Romans were guarding the well and launched an attack. In the end, both sides suffered losses."

"Why war? For a dry well without a drop of water."

"Roman joke, Battle of the Dry Well."

Liu Zhaoman said suspiciously, "I don't know what's so ridiculous."

Yin Min said with a smile: "You see, what Li Yimin and Li Sicheng are fighting now is the battle of the dry well? This Annan well belongs to His Majesty after all."

Only then did Liu Zhao understand why Yin Min suddenly brought up this joke, and he said curiously, "I don't know if Li Sicheng dares to send someone to Shenglong City to negotiate with Li Yimin."

7Chapter 17 Whoever works for the people is the Lord of the people

How was Li Sicheng's rule in Thanh Hoa?

Yin Min was born as an orthodox Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, and was admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a Shuji scholar Wen Linlang. He served as a criminal secretary in the 14th year of Zhengtong, and went to Huguang De'an Mansion as a promotion officer in the second year of Jingtai, and then served as a Sichuan official. Baoning Prefecture was the magistrate, and Jingtai went to Nanya Miansheng as an envoy to Annan at the beginning of the ninth year.

Yin Min's resume is very solid, he wants to have a place and a court, and he even risked Long Yan's anger to go to the lecture hall to plead for the students of Shandong, and he is also famous.

All this shows that Yin Min's political experience is extremely rich.

But even with Yin Min's knowledge, he can't judge whether Li Sicheng's rule in Qinghua and other Nanqi Prefectures and Yiguang Nanguo is good or bad.

Li Sicheng imitated the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty and established the pro-army Duwei Mansion, in charge of the Yiluan Division, and in charge of the guards of honor and guards.

And all the armaments from Ming Dynasty were armed with Qinghua pro-army.

In order to maintain the loyalty of the pro-military, Li Sicheng went to the pro-military captain’s mansion every day to inspect the military horses. Not only that, he also selected [-] soldiers from the army, and in the lecture hall, he learned the Ming Dynasty’s art of war and combat techniques, and trained grassroots officers .

These are all Li Sicheng who stole the lessons from the Ming emperor, Yin Min can't say it's bad, at least Li Sicheng didn't make people angry like Li Yimin, and he didn't imitate others, the imitation was very effective.

Just like this, Yin Min will naturally say that he did a good job, but he will definitely come to a conclusion that it is impossible to judge whether it is good or bad.

Li Sicheng's rule in Qinghua relied entirely on the pro-military Duwei's Mansion, and the other six so-called Metropolitan Procuratorates and other divisions were completely hypocritical.

Yin Min came to Li Sicheng's palace, it is very simple, it is a courtyard with three entrances and exits, it needs to be smaller than the mansion where Yin Min lives.

Li Sicheng is a good man, there is no doubt about it, he neither seeks money nor sex, he is very frugal, except for reviewing military horses and listening to lectures in the Hall of Martial Arts, he spends his other time dealing with government affairs.

When Yin Min came to the study, Li Sicheng was writing at his desk, and only got up to salute when he saw the angel.

"I'm too busy with the case, I can't welcome you far away, please forgive Haihan from the angel." Li Sicheng saluted respectfully, motioning Yin Min and Liu Zhao to take their seats.

After Yin Min sat down, he said politely, "May I ask what His Royal Highness King Annan is up to?"

Li Sicheng thought for a while and picked up a Tang newspaper and handed it to Yin Mincai and said: "There is a female family member of a Han family in Jiuzhen Prefecture who was taken away by bandits, and the local county captain ignored it. When Zhensi opened the Yamen, he received this family’s appeal for grievances, and the pro-army Duwei’s Mansion sent the local county lieutenant to deal with the bandits, and Jiu Zhensi reported the news and came to me.”

Yin Min took the pond newspaper and read it carefully, then put it down.

This is Li Sicheng, military and political affairs, all rely on the pro-military Duwei's Mansion, and they have opened yamen in the counties of the seven prefectures.

For example, if the county lieutenant refuses to suppress the bandits, the pro-military captain's office inquires and asks the county lieutenant to deal with it. If the county government still doesn't deal with it, then the pro-army will deal with the county lieutenant.

In the Annan Kingdom, the people who immigrated to Annan after the Yongle period were the Ming people; the Han people who immigrated here in the Yuan Dynasty; For barbarians.

This set was formulated by the British official Zhang Fu in Annanxing, and it is still applicable now.

This is also what Yu Shaobao said at the beginning that there is no wrong in power, and there is no second in politics.

Yin Min put down the pond newspaper in his hand, and asked curiously: "King Annan, Yin is puzzled. He is so dependent on the military commander's mansion without any restraint. How do you know the consequences?"

Li Sicheng said with a helpless face: "I know it myself. The five dynasties and ten kingdoms are in chaos."

Yin Min is the Great Ming's ambassador, and this is the standpoint of the Great Ming. Li Sicheng calls himself a minister, and he is a minister to His Majesty.

The Pro-Army Duwei's Mansion was the name of Jinyiwei in the early years of Hongwu, and then the Pro-Army Duwei's Mansion was renamed Jinyiwei.

It is absolutely impossible for Jin Yiwei to rule the country.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Gao personally ordered: burn all Jinyiwei torture devices, and transfer the prisoners to the Criminal Department for trial.

In the 26th year of Hongwu, another decree was issued to completely abolish Jinyiwei, and both internal and external prisons were tried by the three courts.

If Jinyiwei's way of governing the country is feasible, Emperor Gao still wants to dispose of Jinyiwei, which has been in business for more than [-] years?

Even after Emperor Taizongwen re-established Jinyiwei, the driving sticker system was strictly enforced to prevent blank paper cases.

As for Ji Gang's death, to a large extent, Ji Gang made some blank paper cases, which angered Emperor Wen.

Li Sicheng studied the Ming Dynasty's line system to govern the country, but intensified the matter of Jinyiwei's pro-army, and set up government offices in various prefectures and counties. Is this to carry the high pressure and terror to the end?

The consequences of doing so are very dire. Once the pro-military Duwei's Mansion is out of control, it will be the underworld politics of the military leaders from the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the establishment of the former Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in the Song Dynasty.

Why were the eunuchs in the middle and late Tang Dynasty able to exercise power? Wasn't it because they controlled the Shenwu Army and the Forbidden City?

Li Sicheng looked at Yin Min and shook his head and said, "There are people in An Nanguo who are superfluous, and don't care about it, don't care about it, what can I do?"

"I would like to learn from His Majesty's examination method, but Annan doesn't have that foundation. It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice."

The politics of Tsinghua and other southern seven prefectures and Guangnan Kingdom are extremely dark. The local wealthy families and officials work together.

The establishment of the examination method requires a highly mature bureaucratic system. In order to implement the examination method, the emperor of Ming Dynasty personally went to Nanya to quell the rebellion.

Annan, on the other hand, obviously did not have such conditions.

"King Annan's case is exhausting, and it's hard work." Yin Min said sincerely.

Hundreds of papers were published on this day, and it was really much busier than His Majesty in the capital.

Li Sicheng sat up straight, faced north and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty taught me a truth in Nanjing, whoever works hard for the people is the lord of the people."

"The majesty who is wise and mighty and unifies the world is still working hard for the people. My suffering is nothing."

"I have one thing here, which is very interesting."

"Thanh Hoa pro-army selected two hundred people who were extremely dissatisfied with me, and after solving their problems, 193 of the two hundred dissatisfied people became my supporters."

Li Sicheng took out another Tang newspaper and handed it to Yin Min, which is something he has been busy with recently.

Two hundred opponents of Li Sicheng's rebellion from Qinghua to Tsinghua became Li Sicheng's loyal supporters in just one month, and Li Sicheng even went to meet them.

What about the remaining seven?

It was solved by Qinghua pro-army.

Li Sicheng said quite sincerely: "Li Yimin is abandoned by all gods, but he has nearly 20 guards, and Liu Pushuai is by his side."

"The Qinghua army needed food, strong men, armaments, and drills. All of these had to be obtained in full."

"If I don't do well enough, before I kill Li Yimin, I may be killed by the common people."

"So, that's all I can do."

Li Sicheng did a good job?

He used the pro-military captain's mansion to govern the country. This kind of political model that spread terror and high pressure obviously has great troubles.

Li Sicheng didn't do a good job?

The people in Nanqi Prefecture and Guangnan Kingdom are all praised, and they even have the holy name of outstanding people in the world.

Li Sicheng went on to say: "I agreed with Your Majesty for a period of November. Your Majesty will come. If you have not cleared the world, your Majesty's county Annan, if I clear the world, Your Majesty will still make you the king."

"It's only been around for nearly a year. How can there be so many future troubles? It's better to let the people live a more stable life."

Liu Zhao listened to Li Sicheng's meaning, and said strangely: "King Annan doesn't think about future troubles, but he doesn't think he can win?"

Li Sicheng smiled frankly and said, "I don't have such supernatural abilities. If Yu Shaobao or the British Duke Zhang Fu were in Annan, it would still be possible."

In Annan, the reputation of Zhang Fu, the British prince who conquered Annan, is very high. In some places, there are Zhang Gong Temples dedicated to Zhang Fu.

Because Zhang Fu really brought Annan a precious, short period of more than twenty years of stability.

Li Sicheng handed over the blade of the Shuntian Sword, and didn't intend to take it back, but just wanted to try his best to give it a try.

Yin Min let out a foul breath before asking: "Commander Yuan, who was going to Shenglong City, sent a letter, hoping that Qinghua would send someone to go to the peace talks. He is willing to be crowned King Rui, and to discuss peace in the territory of Huarui Kingdom."

Li Sicheng took the letter, read it for a long time and said: "I will send Ding Lie to talk."

"Why negotiate a peace?" Yin Min never expected that Li Sicheng would agree. If he agreed, the Li Dynasty would be divided into two, and Annan would have two kings. Wouldn't it be even worse?

Li Sicheng shook his head and said: "Although Li Yimin has mobs in his hands, there are still 20 troops, even 20 pigs, and it will take half a year to kill them. Only by letting them relax their vigilance can we catch them by surprise."

Yin Min left Li Sicheng's dilapidated and small palace, stood still and looked back.

"Li Sicheng asked Ding Lie to take risks, is Ding Lie willing to go?" Liu Zhao expressed doubts. At this point in time, if the rebellious officials and thieves headed to Shenglong City, they would not die or what?

Yin Min shook his head and said: "I will go, because Li Sicheng is the king and Ding Lie is the minister, it's a pity that Ding Lie is loyal."

"Yin Shizhong means that Ding Lie will die?" Liu Zhao said in amazement.

Yin Min frowned and said, "Well, there's no reason, it's just a feeling."

Ding Lie set off. He took Qinghua's pro-army of less than a hundred people from Qinghua City and headed for Shenglong City.

Ding Lie was very old, and when Li Li was still around, Ding Lie was already a minister. Li Li also gave Ding Lie the surname Li, and Ding Lie called himself Li Lie in his memorials to Ming Dynasty.

Ding Lie was well aware of the danger of this trip, that murderer Li Yimin could not completely control the situation in Shenglong City, even if Li Yimin wanted to make peace, there were a lot of people in the court who were not willing.

If Liu Pu hadn't helped Li Yimin kill Ruan Chi and protected Li Yimin's life, Li Yimin would have died long ago.

Ding Lie's trip was to go to Shenglong City with the determination to die.

As long as he can enter Shenglong City, Li Yimin will think that Li Sicheng dare not raise troops, and his purpose of this trip, to paralyze Li Yimin, will be achieved.

"Woo! Whoa! Whoa!"

The car stopped abruptly. It was the rainy season in Annan at this time, the road was muddy, the carriage got stuck in the mud, and the two horses exhausted their strength but failed to pull the car out.

The Qinghua pro-army guards pushed the bamboo hats and shouted loudly: "Ding Shangshu! There is a post station ahead, let's go to rest first, and let's go when the rain stops!"

"Okay." Ding Lie watched the storm, stepped down from the car, sat in the sedan chair, and then headed towards the post station.

Perhaps because of the rain, the inn, which should have been extremely lively in the past, was extremely quiet.

Three pro-Qinghua troops entered the post station for investigation, and there was no more life after entering.

A thousand households reined in their horses and roared: "There is an ambush! Escort Shangshu back to Qinghua City!"

More than 30 Qinghua pro-army quickly surrounded the sedan chair, blocking all sight, and then a few pro-army hurriedly put Ding Lie in coir raincoats and bamboo hats.

"Let's go!" More than 30 Qinghua soldiers fled in different directions. For a while, they couldn't tell which direction Ding Lie ran to.

In addition to the weak bowstring and weak arrows in heavy rain, a group of people rushed out from the post station and both sides of the mountain road, and killed the pro-army soldiers in the pro-army Duwei's mansion.

In the early morning of the next day, a Duntai Yuanhou broke into Liu Taiwei's mansion and put a Tang newspaper on Yuan Bin's desk.

Yuan Bin opened it and said rather sternly: "Yesterday, Mozhi arranged for 300 people to intercept and kill Ding Lie at the post station in Fu'an Prefecture. Ding Lie managed to escape back to Qinghua. Of the 300 people in Mozhina, most of them were killed or injured."

Tang Xing frowned and asked, "How about the casualties in the Duwei's Mansion of Qinghua Pro-Army?"

"More than a dozen died." Yuan Bin handed the Tang newspaper to Tang Xing, and said helplessly.

"Mo Zhi led the Thang Long Guards, and sent 300 people to ambush and kill Ding Lie who came to negotiate peace. Then, the Thang Long Guards killed nearly 200 people, and the Tsing Hoa Guards died a dozen? !" Tang Xing repeated Tang Bao, it wasn't that he was too old to hear, but the battle loss ratio was really too big!

One pro-military replaced ten guards!

The news from Duntai Yuanhou is extremely accurate, because they witnessed the entire interception. The Thanh Hoa pro-army has a strong will to fight and is well-trained.

Yin Min's feeling is not wrong, if it wasn't for the fact that the Dragon Guards were too weak, Ding Lie would have already died at this time, how could he escape back to Qinghua City?

Tang Xing finished reading the pond newspaper, and said dumbfoundedly: "What kind of rotten fish and rotten shrimps are these! Let Liu Pu take over the Shenglong Imperial Guard. After this calculation, there are only 20 troops, and the fourth brother will take 2 troops with him." Li Yimin was wiped out."

Yuan Bin still said calmly: "It doesn't cost [-], people will surrender after all."

Tang Xing was amazed: "Your Majesty really has the foresight. When he met Li Yimin, he knew that Li Yimin would definitely lose if he didn't help."

"I'm going to call Liu Pu and discuss how to get the Shenglong Imperial Guard. Mo Zhi can't do it. If the Shenglong Army doesn't rise up, His Majesty hasn't arrived yet. Li Sicheng has advanced into the city."

Three people sit together.

Yuan Bin frowned and said, "The Imperial Guards of Shenglong are all in Li Yimin's hands. If Lieutenant Liu snatches it, I'm afraid it will arouse Li Yimin's suspicion."