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More than a hundred cavalry did not slow down at all, and rushed towards the soldiers. The soldiers' faces turned pale, but they had followed Luo Xin to surround the capital a few years ago. They had seen blood and could hold on and not spread on the ground. The soldier's head was even more aggressive, and he clenched the spear in his hand and was ready to stab the horse rushing towards him at any time.
"Heryl..."
More than a hundred war horses suddenly stopped three meters away from the soldier's head. A strong wind blew the soldier's head's clothes backwards, making a sound.
"ah?"
But the soldier was not angry at all, but looked surprised on his face because he saw a familiar face, the war god in their hearts.
"Luo...Luohou!"
Luo Xin took out a ingot of silver, threw it at the soldier and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brothers, take it for a drink."
The soldier said excitedly: "Thank you."
"Tait..."
Luo Xin and others had already rushed into the city gate and disappeared quickly.
Several soldiers surrounded him, staring at the silver in the hands of the soldier. The soldier put the silver in his arms and cursed with a smile:
"Whatever we look at, we have a share. After we get the value, we will exchange it for copper coins and we will share it."
"Thank you, brother!" Several soldiers smiled happily.
"Luo Hou is so kind. He is worthy of being the military god of our military. Unlike those civil servants, his eyes are growing on the top of his head." The soldier said with emotion, looking in the direction where Luo Xin disappeared, his face full of respect.
"Yes!" The other people also looked admiring.
Luo Xin returned to the capital and immediately received a summoning from Emperor Jiajing.
In the imperial study, Emperor Jiajing saw Luo Xin who was exhausted and his cold eyes showed a hint of warmth.
"Thanks a lot."
Luo Xin's heart was thunderous. He was able to make Emperor Jiajing say this, but it was not easy, so he bowed:
"For Your Majesty, for the Ming Dynasty, I will devote my whole life to you until you die."
Emperor Jiajing's expression became warmer. After giving Luo Xin a seat, he said, "It's done well. Is the disarmament completed?"
Luo Xin thought for a while and said, "The first stage should be considered completed and there will be no more trouble. The soldiers of the guard station were all very happy to have been assigned to the fields. Not to mention that at this time, they no longer had their backbone. Even if the killed households came back to life, no one would make trouble with them.
After all, the people live for food and clothing. As long as they can eat, they will feel very happy."
Emperor Jiajing nodded and said, "What you just mentioned was the first stage, what about the second stage?"
"The second stage is the matter of farming. I wonder what your Majesty is going to deal with? Should you sell, share, or keep?"
Emperor Jiajing pondered for a moment and said, "Don't sell it anymore. If it sells it, it will still fall into the hands of those aristocratic families. I only got the money once, but I will never collect taxes again. I don't know whether I can share it with the farmers. Even if I give it to those aristocratic families, I will eventually be robbed by those aristocratic families.
Stay here and serve as official land. Then rent it to those farmers."
Luo Xin nodded, and felt that Emperor Jiajing's method was the best at present. Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin and said:
"Where are those military farms occupied by aristocratic families?"
Luo Xin was silent. Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin with some fun. After a moment, Luo Xin said softly:
"Your Majesty, some of the farms are occupied by royal relatives."
Emperor Jiajing's expression froze, then a vicious look appeared on his face and said, "Then I will take my things back."
Luo Xin's expression returned to calm, and he nodded and said, "Okay!"
"But before taking back my things, we must deal with Hu Zongxian first." Emperor Jiajing said in a deep voice: "Otherwise, once Hu Zongxian rebelled, he would not be the soldiers of the guards."
Luo Xin's heart jumped and he hurriedly said, "Hu Butang is loyal to His Majesty, no, right!"
"Loyalty? Hum!" Emperor Jiajing snorted coldly, "I have tried him many times and transferred him back to the capital, but he refused. Is this loyalty?"
"Your Majesty, you..." In fact, Luo Xin knew that Emperor Jiajing had not issued an order, or wrote to Hu Zongxian, and publicly mobilized Hu Zongxian. This was to vaguely test Hu Zongxian through Xu Jie and Gao Gong's dispatch of people. But at this time, he naturally had to pretend to be confused:
"Your Majesty, you issued an order? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"Issuing an order?" Emperor Jiajing shook his head and said, "Once the order is issued publicly and Hu Zongxian refused, the court will have no choice but to move troops."
Luo Xin was silent, and Emperor Jiajing said in a voice: "This time I asked you to come back, I would like to go to the southeast to meet Hu Zongxian, and tell him what I mean. I hand over the military power and meet the capital. I will let him enter the cabinet."
"Is it an order?"
"no!"
Luo Xin was silent again. He knew that this was the last chance that Emperor Jiajing gave Hu Zongxian. Although it was not a public order to let him go, it also showed Emperor Jiajing's attitude. He sighed in his heart and finally began to speak:
"Your Majesty, Hu Butang has been in charge of the southeast for many years, and his disciples and officials are spread all over the southeast. Hu Butang suddenly returns to Beijing, which may cause turmoil in the entire southeast..."
"There will be chaos!" Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and said, "If Hu Zongxian continues to control the southeast, it will be a big force. I cannot leave such a big danger to Zai."
Luo Xin's heart thundered. It seemed that Emperor Jiajing had already decided to hand over the Ming Dynasty to King Yu.
"You go and talk to Hu Zongxian. If he knows tact, I can still protect him from glory and wealth. If he doesn't know tact, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Luo Xin took a deep breath, knowing that this matter is irreversible, and said:
"I obey the order!"
Luo Xin rested at home for five days, then left Beijing again and headed towards the southeast.
This time, Luo Xin took the official boat, took the canal transportation, and walked southeast along the Grand Canal. At first glance, the entire Grand Canal was full of thousands of sails, and it was very congested.
In addition to Luo Xin's servant, he also had his uncle Luo Zhi. Now Luo Zhi has been trained in the local area and has matured a lot.
Luo Xin first promoted Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun. If he didn't help his uncle, he would have gossip. So this time, he transferred Luo Zhi back to the capital through Emperor Jiajing, entered the Ministry of Rites, and became a fifth-rank doctor, and went to Jiangnan with Luo Xin.
"The canal is too blocked and is no longer suitable for the development of the Ming Dynasty." Looking at the congested canal, Luo Xin said with a bright look:
"Now that the Japanese pirates have been eliminated, they can actually develop shipping. In the beginning, the navy could be used to take on the responsibility of shipping and gradually developed through this."
Luo Zhi stood aside, but shook his head and said, "No, let's make a long-term plan. This canal involves too many things from top to bottom. In the past two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many government officials and families in the capital and local areas have been involved in the interests of the canal. In addition, nearly 200,000 canals have a meal on this Grand Canal. Once they go through the sea, they will give up the canal. The impact will be too great and will affect the interests of too many people."
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Chapter completed!