Chapter 40: The Young and the Old

From this point of view, this mess is not necessarily a bad thing.

Wang Shu has already reported the success to Beijing through his own channels.

Although Wang Shu was very dissatisfied with his mistakes in Jiangnan, he also felt that this result could barely be handed over.

It's just that I never expected that a wave of unsettled waves would rise again.

Cao Nai and Wang Shu got the news almost at the same time.

Wang Shu couldn't help but go to see Cao Nai.

But seeing Cao Nai's tea reading as before, he hurriedly said: "Do you know, my lord, about Longquan?" ”

Cao Nai said: "Naturally, I know that the thieves broke Longquan County, and fifteen people died under the county order, and there were even officials who surrendered to the thieves. greatly damaged the face of the imperial court. ”

This is also a consequence of the reform of officials, before that, it was good to have three or five officials in a county, but now there are more than a dozen officials in a county, and only a few hundred officials are right.

That's where we are.

Wang Shu said: "The thieves are mainly miners, although there are thousands of old thieves, but I am afraid that the things of Ye Liuzong will be repeated, and they should not be underestimated." Moreover, the local area has always reported good news and not bad news, and the thieves have now broken a county, and the climate has become a county. If you don't plan early, you will be in deep trouble. ”

Cao Nai sighed and said, "No matter what, now I can only let it go, and I have to wait for the court to deal with it." ”

Wang Shu said, "My lord. ”

Cao Nai interrupted Wang Shu's words and said: "I don't know what you said, but although I am staying in Nanjing, some things are not in vain. ”

Cao Nai also came from Wang Shu's age, at that time, he took the world as his own responsibility, as long as he thought he was right, he never cared about life and death.

This is the break between Cao Nai and Zhu Qizhen.

Cao Naidanfan is willing to bow his head, saying that the credit for assisting Zhu Qizhen to break through the tile thorn is in his hands, not Zhou Chen.

In the past few years, I have been an official outside, and I know that if you want to do things, you must first protect yourself.

Cao Nai, who stayed behind in Nanjing, inherited the power of the Nanjing Military Department, and nominally all military operations in the southern part of the Ming Dynasty were responsible for the Nanjing Military Department.

But Cao Nai understood that if he really thought that this was the case, it would be impossible for him, who stayed in Nanjing, to let Zhu Qizhen rest assured that he had been in Nanjing for so many years.

Cao Nai's resolute intervention in the Jiangnan war in the form of first cutting and then playing is because Jiangnan is important. Jiangnan has a chaotic day. The imperial court has one more loss.

But the state is different.

The state capital and the Suzhou government are completely different from each other.

It can be said that the Ming Dynasty is so big that there are very few prefectures and counties that can have the same status as Suzhou Prefecture. The status of Suzhou Prefecture is by no means beyond the reach of a province.

Therefore, it is not too late to deal with the chaos in the state capital. He can only do it after the emperor has disposed of it.

Of course, he has already played, and he estimates that the imperial court will definitely take Mao Rui as the main general to quell the state bandits.

This kind of proportion, but it is not easy to say, I told Wang Shu, and it is estimated that Wang Shu will return it

I thought he was timid and afraid of things, but he could only experience a lot of things, and only then did he know how to control the balance in all kinds of complicated affairs, when he should be in a hurry, he naturally couldn't delay at all, and when he shouldn't be in a hurry, he had to be calm.

It's like now.

Cao Nai said: "The chaos in Suzhou will sell five or six hundred thousand taels before and after, and the government coffers of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are already empty. How is the army dispatched? ”

Jingying can really fight, and spending money is also really spending money.

This time, there were 30,000 or 40,000 troops in the Beijing camp to participate, not to mention the rest, at least when the war was fought, it would be given a double salary, and in three months, it would support more than 100,000 taels, and as for the rewards and rewards later. There are also some local disaster relief compensation in Suzhou. It's not only five or six hundred thousand taels.

For the Ming Dynasty, five or six hundred thousand taels is not much, but for Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, five or six hundred thousand taels is enough to drain the balance of the two provinces.

In recent years, the central finance of the Ming Dynasty has been relatively difficult, but what is even more difficult is the local finance.

After all, the local government is simply expanding on a large scale on top of the reform of officials, and if it wants to maintain this situation, it will consume a lot of money and food.

It would be good if Zhejiang and Jiangsu could scrape together the money and grain for counterinsurgency.

Someone probably said that Shaofu didn't transfer 8 million taels to Suzhou. There is also the commercial tax that has just been levied. has Xu Chunshen's family property.

First, the money of Shaofu has been almost spent, and it has been replaced by a large-scale expansion of Jiangnan Weaving.

Second, even if Shaofu's money is still there, Wang Shu can't use it.

Because the two sides are not in the same system at all.

Wang Shu asked Wang Yue to increase the purchase price of silkworm cocoons and silk, Wang Yue was willing to give a face, and together with the chaos, the price of these things should have increased.

But Wang Shu wanted Wang Yue to transfer the money to Wang Shu, but Wang Yue might not dare to agree.

Xu Chunshen's family property and commercial tax are the same.

It has just been counted, and it has been favored by the Ministry of Households, and in the face of such a lack of money, the central government has sealed it early to be transported to Beijing.

Wang Shu also agreed.

After all, Wang Shu made such a big mistake before. Just about to do something to make it up.

These nearly 10 million taels of wealth have ruthlessly given Daming a mouthful of blood, and it is also the credit of Wang Shu.

Although the money has not yet left Suzhou City, it is no longer for Wang Shu to touch.

Of course, if Wang Shu makes up his mind, it is not impossible, but if he has to bear political risks, if it is just a political risk.

Wang Shu is not one of the cowards, but it is not within his authority.

Because although Wang Shu is a minister, his authority is also limited. No matter how long Wang Shu stretched out his hand, he couldn't control the state capital.

But Cao Nai's can.

This is the reason why Wang Shu came to Cao Nai.

Wang Shu listened to Cao Nai's words, sighed in his heart, and said secretly: "Cao Gong is old." ”

If Wang Shu had the position of Cao Nai, he would definitely dare to stop him

Intercept the tax silver, and put down the chaos first. It's just that since Cao Nai said such a thing, it also shows Cao Nai's attitude.

What does Wang Shu have to say?

Wang Shu said a few words and took his leave.

Cao Nai didn't have any dissatisfaction with Wang Shu's rude behavior, but he saw his young figure from Wang Shu's behavior, and sighed and said, "Young in the end." ”

immediately ordered Mao Rui to come over.

Mao Rui was respectful to Cao Nai, and he didn't dare to slack off.

Because Mao Rui has tasted Cao Nai's methods.

When Mao Rui was just transferred to Nanjing, he was withdrawn from Jiaozhi.

As the reign of the Ming Dynasty in Cochin became longer and longer, many young people began to forget about the Annam Li Dynasty, and Cochin did not need so many troops to defend it.

Only then did the prince go south and establish the Nanyang Metropolitan Division. It was a part of the Cochin garrison that was used.

And Mao Rui's department was also withdrawn from Jiaozhi because of this, and it was dispersed and resettled, so that Mao Rui had to sit in Nanjing.

When he first came to Nanjing, Mao Rui was a little unruly, but he was quickly subdued by Cao Nai.

Since then, Mao Rui has never dared to have the slightest snubbing in front of Cao Nai.

Cao Nai asked, "How is it in the army?" ”

Mao Rui said: "A small war is not enough to worry about at all, but the morale of the army is high, and many soldiers want to fight again." ”

After all, for low-level soldiers, fighting can increase rewards, fighting wars can promote officials and make fortunes, and so on.

Under such circumstances, most of the soldiers of the Beijing camp were belligerent.

Cao Nai said: "That's fine. There is a rebellion against thieves in Chuzhou, you are the closest Jingying to Chuzhou, if I am not miscalculated, within ten days, there will be an edict from the imperial court. ”

"Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian are the three provincial capitals, and you will be the main general, and the soldiers will be rectified these days, and you will have a good rest, when the court will use you."

Mao Rui said: "The last general understands. ”

Mao Rui was a little happy in the face of this news, after all, it is a good thing for most generals to have a war, and the only thing that makes Mao Rui feel dissatisfied is that this is a bandit.

Even if it is defeated, there is no credit.

Expecting this peaceful war, it is almost impossible to think about adding officials to the knighthood, at most rewarding some money and food, or giving some nominal rewards. Seal the wife and the shadow.

Don't count on the rest.

There was no war, and the generals were not easy to mix. I can only boil up the qualifications.

Cao Nai's inference was indeed not wrong, ten days later, the edict was issued, and Mao Rui led the headquarters to converge the three provinces to encircle and suppress, but Wang Shu's prediction was also good.

When Mao Rui arrived in Chuzhou, it was already winter.

Although it was not a heavy snow covering the mountain, it was freezing and it dragged on for a long time, giving Ye Shizi and his party enough time to prepare.

This chaos could not be pacified in the forty-second year of orthodoxy.

We'll have to wait until next year.