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Chapter 929 Gambling (Part )

That document was a proclamation jointly issued by the Tianjin Prefecture and the Military and Horse Commander's Office.

There are not many words, just a few lines, and the words are simple and understandable. It says three things in total.

The first article states that Tianjin Prefecture has a large number of workers, and the number of civil servants often exceeds 10,000. In order to ensure public security, a special agency will be set up to manage civil servants. Their duties include handling litigation and even confiscating bows and knives and other lethal weapons.

The second article says that this year, many civil servants and officials have violated the law and imposed arbitrary restrictions, and some have even brutalized the military and civilians to fulfill their own desires. There were sixteen such figures in total. The highest-ranking one was a deputy commander of troops and horses. There were others who held positions such as judges, event officers, and patrol inspectors. They had all been beheaded, and their heads were hung in public to show that the discipline of the French army in the Ming Dynasty should not be underestimated. .

The third article is more concise. It talks about the rumors in recent months that the mobilization of military supplies and food is not smooth. They are actually rumors and cannot be trusted. The emperor leads the troops to triumph, and the officers and officers will be rewarded for their merits and punished for their mistakes. This is a normal rule.

Yin Chang knew after reading it that the emperor did not deliberately investigate. Even if there was a warning to kill, the charges were placed on the level of public security. Those listed in the document were all those who went out of their way and caused casualties to the people. Yin Changlai influenced many influential figures in Tianjin and Zhongdu because of his residence in Kaifeng. His position was far higher than that of these dead people, but he was not mentioned at all in the report.

As for Yin Chang's own name, it never appeared in this notice.

"What about me?" Yin Chang asked.

Li Yun smiled: "Didn't I tell you before? Old Yin, you have passed the test. If you are so brave at your age, you are a good man no matter what. Your Majesty still treats good men preferentially."

"Really?" Yin Chang was a little stunned.

He only felt a twitching pain in his chest. He reluctantly raised his hand to hold it down, and asked with some anticipation and some haste: "What will your Majesty do with the others?"

Li Yun naturally knew who Yin Chang was asking. For a figure like Yin Chang, the official authority granted by the court is important, but the official's personal connections, qualifications, old ministry, and robe are the key to determining his influence. At this time, Yin Chang himself was in an extremely embarrassed state, but he still thought of his wings for the first time, and there was a sense of friendship.

He nodded slightly, took Yin Chang's arm, and slowly lifted him up: "Your Majesty went north to the grassland this time, and encountered the Mongols who used barbarians from extremely cold lands to form a new army. Those barbarians were called people in the forest. , have lived deep in the dense forests and snowfields for thousands of years, and are no different from wild beasts. When the army returned, they captured a group of prisoners of the forest people, many of whom were extremely ferocious and would kill people if they had the chance."

"Are they all like this guy?"

Yin Chang looked down.

"Exactly. Your Majesty said that this batch of prisoners would be used to test the bravery of certain people in the Army Commanding Department. So when I came, I told these Tatars that if they kill the target of this trip, they will live; If you can't kill them, you will die. As for the few who are targeted, if they dare to fight and fight, they will live up to their true qualities as warriors and their past affairs will be wiped out; if they are swayed by the wealth and prosperity of the south and become pampered waste... then they are still dead. That’s good. Your Majesty doesn’t need people like this to stir up trouble with the old reckless style, and he doesn’t want people like this to stay in the army.”

Li Yun said it calmly, but his murderous aura made people shudder.

Yin Chang's face suddenly turned ashen.

He knew very well what kind of skills his companions probably still had, and he also knew very well that they might not be lucky enough to be vigilant beforehand, and they might not all carry knives with them. These Tatars are so fierce and brave, and they suddenly come to kill them, they are just like the king of hell who wants his life. His family was able to survive because Li Yun intervened at the last moment. Perhaps the emperor was still a little soft-hearted towards his important ministers after all. But the few people involved will probably die this time.

Although the emperor was more tolerant and generous to his subordinates than previous generations, once his subordinates crossed a certain limit, the emperor immediately dealt a harsh blow.

Those who have become officials of the new dynasty, with the salary given by the emperor, but use the centuries-old style of warriors to rely on their own strength and do their own thing, and try to use small tricks to influence the big affairs, the emperor will give them small tricks. trick.

Those who were thinking about going south to eat meat and avoiding the hard bone in the north, the emperor just wanted them to die at the hands of the Tatars from the far north.    This is simply the greatest ridicule.

Yin Chang held his forehead and staggered back a few steps until he fell into the chair, keeping his eyes fixed on the Tatar.

The Tartar is dying.

His back was slashed with a heavy knife, and the bones and muscles on his back were completely cut open. Half of the ribs and the flesh had fallen apart, exposing the internal organs underneath. Blood gushes out, flooding the internal organs and flowing to the ground. , gradually spread over his ferocious face and gray eyes.

Yin Chang had never doubted Guo Ning's martial prowess. This horse-riding emperor has never lost a battle since his rise. No matter how powerful the enemy is, the emperor will chop melons and vegetables as soon as he arrives. The army he commanded actually surpassed the powerful troops of Dai Jin back then. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to easily go north and defeat the enemy deep in the grassland.

However, now that the country has been established and its territory is getting wider and wider, the scale of the war it is facing is getting larger and larger. It cannot be solved by the emperor holding an iron bone flower and slashing and killing. Whether the army's center of gravity is in the south or north is related to the lives and fortunes of countless warriors, and should not be decided arbitrarily by the emperor and a small group of people around him.

Yin Chang asked: "How many of these so-called forest people are there?"

"This time our army went north and severely attacked the powerful Qianhu Belgutai tribe belonging to the Golden Family. These people in the forest are the tribes Belgutai gathered in the past two years. They also accepted the escape of the Jin army. The training of the people, the military formations put up by thousands of people are impressive."

"That's only a few thousand people!"

"There are fourteen famous tribes in the forest, distributed in the dense forest that stretches for more than 4,000 miles. Belgutai took over only a small part of those who went south to eat. We still don't know if there are other tribes further north. No idea.”

Li Yun thought for a while and then said: "When the army went north, they also fought against the Kangli and Kipchak cavalry from the far west. I heard that this generation originally belonged to the great country of Khwarezm that was entrenched in the river, and his state-owned household registration Twenty million and 400,000 victorious soldiers have now surrendered under Genghis Khan's nine-pin white banner. Genghis Khan sent them to the grassland one after another. Our army encountered the first group with 20,000 riders. After that, they set off one after another. , I don’t know how many there are.”

"In this case, we should go south to attack the Song Dynasty as soon as possible."

Yin Chang's stubborn temper came to light, and he sneered continuously: "Since there are endless powerful enemies in the north, how can it be possible to fight against them for ten or eight years to achieve results? What's more, once the Mongolian Khan returns, the three recruiting divisions on the northern border of thousands of miles will be defeated. If you are attacked everywhere, then there will be a bottomless pit that swallows up the lives of soldiers and financial and material resources everywhere! To fight such a war, your current wealth is simply not enough!"

"So, Lao Yin, do you think that force should be used as soon as possible to compensate the south to supplement the consumption in the north?"

"Exactly!" Yin Chang shouted: "The Southern Dynasty is so rich, and the people are weak, and God refuses to take it. Why?"

Li Yun shook his head.

"You should write these ideas into a statement and submit them to His Majesty for ruling. Tell me, it's useless."

"Then what are you doing here? Just to kill us!"

"Ahem...Old Yin, what are you talking about! My right-hand man is a money-making yamen. I talk about business wherever I go, so what are you talking about about killing?"

Li Yun smiled and said: "Well, Lao Yin, don't hesitate to work hard and accompany me to deal with a situation. Let's go and see if the Song people are weak, and from this we can also think about whether it is appropriate to go south to attack the Song Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)