He often feels that he is the kind of person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.
For example, secretly developing an elite army is not just for self-protection, but has no other intentions.
In this world, his purpose is very clear, that is, to improve his fortune and advance his innateness.
According to his estimation, if he could become a marquis, the blessings he would gain would be enough to advance him to the innate realm.
But this is just a prediction and cannot be confirmed. He is a person who likes to be prepared for everything. If even the good fortune of the Marquis is not enough, then he will have no choice but to take risks and compete for the high throne of the emperor.
But in this way, I felt a little sorry for my emperor's apprentice.
But if it really comes to that situation, Lin Nuo won't care so much. Compared to dying in this world forever without being able to break through, rebel, etc., it won't be difficult to accept it!
Hearing that Lin Nuo had no plans to rebel for the time being, Xiuer put the map in her hand into her sleeve robe.
"If you need it in the future, you can always tell me some external things. You know, I don't care!"
Speaking of this, Xiu'er pointed to the secret letter sent by Zhao Er, "The Yunnan-Guizhou region is full of mountains and dense forests, and there are many barbarians. It is really a perfect place for military training. As long as you don't put the army in
The outside world is lined up, and even if a hundred thousand troops enter, it can only be regarded as a drop in the ocean and cannot attract the attention of the outside world."
"It's just that you may have another headache with the next military expenses!"
"It doesn't matter!" Lin Nuo shook his head indifferently, "There are so many wealthy and unkind businessmen in the Ming Dynasty. If you squeeze in, you can always squeeze them out!"
In Lin Nuo's view, Zhu Yuanzhang did not collect commercial taxes in the empire, not because he despised those taxes, but because he hid his wealth in the hands of these powerful businessmen.
These rich and powerful businessmen are like leeks. If there is no money in the treasury, they can just cut them off. As long as they don't cut them too hard, it won't take long for new leeks to grow again.
As long as the emperor is ruthless enough, how can the treasury be empty?
It's a pity that since Zhu Yuanzhang, except for Zhu Di, no other emperor has understood this profound spirit.
On the contrary, the current Emperor Zhengde, stimulated by the white money from Lin Nuo's several raids on his house, seemed to have vaguely comprehended a hint of Taizu's spirit.
The new emperor seemed to be somewhat addicted to confiscating his properties.
"Dong dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door, and after Lin Nuo spoke, Fang Yun, dressed in a royal guard's robe, walked up quickly.
"Sir, the big grain merchants in Changshu and Taicang have already sorted out the general situation!"
"Um!"
Lin Nuo took the folder handed over by Fang Yun and then read it carefully.
"The Chen family, the Wu family, the Feng family, and the Wan family, are these four families behind the scenes controlling food prices?"
In the folder handed over by Fang Yun, the history of the fortunes of these four families was recorded in detail. On the surface, these four families were big grain merchants, but secretly, they were maritime merchants who relied on the Ming Dynasty's sea ban policy to make their fortunes.
"Sir, the headquarters of these four major families are all in Nanjing. Their financial resources are extremely amazing. Most of the major grain merchants in Changshu, Taicang and other places are branches of these families. With their financial resources, they want to control grain prices.
, it’s almost a piece of cake!”
"The network of relationships behind these big families is extremely complicated, involving many powerful people in Nanjing. If you want to touch them, it is likely to cause a backlash from many officials in Nanjing and even the capital court!"
Lin Nuo didn't speak, and quietly read the booklet, then closed his eyes and tapped the table gently.
Fang Yun stayed aside honestly, not daring to take a breath.
These days, the commander's aura has become stronger and stronger. When he doesn't speak, even a close confidant of his does not dare to speak at will, for fear of accidentally offending the increasingly majestic governor in front of him.
"In the information you investigated, it seems that there is no trace of Prince Ning's existence?" After thinking for a moment, Lin Nuo suddenly spoke.
"Sir, Prince Ning is extremely sophisticated in his methods. In a short period of time, I did not find out that Prince Ning was behind these four major families!"
Lin Nuo nodded, closed the folding book in his hand, and then walked out the door.
"Let's go to Nanjing and meet those so-called big guys for a while!"
"Liu Jin's sword can kill people, but my sword is even sharper!"
Since his family knew his own affairs, Lin Nuo didn't think that he could suppress Prince Ning and his staff in terms of power.
What he is best at is not playing chess, but flipping the chessboard!
He didn't know what Prince Ning wanted to gain from this sudden increase in food prices, nor did he want to know what the other party planned next.
As the commander of the Jinyi Guards, he has the power to supervise all officials and kill them first and then report them. Now he is patrolling the local area according to orders, and he has the aura of an imperial envoy.
With these conditions in hand, it would be too stupid to continue to play chess with Prince Ning every step of the way and show off every move.
He is not a serious civil servant, and the unspoken rules in the officialdom are of no use to him, Lin Nuo!
I don’t need to know what your conspiracy is or what your methods are. I only know that my knife is sharper than yours!
No matter how many conspiracies and tricks you have, I just need to go all the way and eliminate all possible hostile forces. Unless you, Prince Ning, dare to directly raise an army to rebel, otherwise you will be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and you will not be able to tell the story of your suffering!
Grain merchants, maritime merchants, powerful people, whoever dares to take the lead will be dealt with in one go!
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Nanjing, as the place of Longxing of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, was also the former capital. Here, it had a complete imperial system.
Almost all the yamen in the capital can be found here, as well as officials at all levels.
To put it bluntly, even if the city of Beijing is captured by foreign enemies, as long as the emperor can escape to the borders of Nanjing, the Ming Dynasty will not be destroyed. Officials from various ministries in Nanjing can immediately form a new court to govern the huge imperial territory.
Because it is far away from Beijing and is only a symbolic companion capital, the political atmosphere in Nanjing is extremely relaxed most of the time, and there are no major events. Most of the so-called six yamen ministers do not take care of things and stay at home to enjoy their lives.
But today, dozens of officials gathered inside the Nanjing Ministry of War Yamen, which had originally been too lazy to open its doors.
These people, including the six ministers of Nanjing and important officials among the six, all looked gloomy, as if something big was about to happen.
"Everyone, Lin Nuo, the commander-in-chief of the left wing of the Fifth Army and the commander of the Jinyi Guards, has led his troops into the city!"
The person who spoke, dressed in a red robe, was Feng Ji, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing!
He is also the contemporary head of the Feng family among the four major families that control the soaring food prices in Jiangnan this time!