However, even if Nanjing's nobles and people donate grain, it is still impossible to plug such a big gap, Jiujiang City has grain hoarding, the central part of the king body is not worried, Anqing has grain and Huang has no worries, Liu Liangzuo of Luzhou and Gao Jie of Xuzhou are self-sufficient, both of them have a family background, don't care about him, but the rest of the generals and tens of thousands of troops are all waiting to be fed.

So Chang Yu decided to do something to Liu Zeqing, it's not okay if people die, they have to get the food out, thinking in their hearts, they looked at Li Yan, but saw Li Yan smile at him and nodded. Damn, sure enough, there is a tacit understanding.

But Chang Yu also knows that even if Liu Zeqing is raided, it will only be enough for urgent needs, and the follow-up gap is still very large, but at the moment, it can only be like this, let's talk about it first, and then slowly figure out a way.

Damn, it's a pity that all the vassal kings in the Central Plains were served by the thief army, otherwise now you can eat for a few months if you find a random family to beg for food, anyway, for Chang Yu, who wants to have experience, he doesn't worry about the other party not giving it, the problem is that there is nowhere to ask for it.

This damn Li Zicheng, if Lao Tzu had come over a few years earlier, he wouldn't have left you a single hair!

The question of the generals' stay and the supply of grain and grass have been negotiated, and the most critical issue left is the welfare of tens of thousands of soldiers.

The essence of Chang Yu's governance of the army is to take the heads of Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang, with strict military law on one hand and high-ranking officials on the other.

Punishment for violating discipline will be punished, and reward for meritorious service.

Tens of thousands of troops traveled thousands of miles in more than ten bloody battles, and although the thieves killed the Tartars repeatedly and won many battles, they were also tired after a long battle, and it didn't hurt if they were only exhausted, but they were tired, that is to say, the soldiers began to have a war-weary mood.

At this time, in addition to recuperation, the fastest way to adjust is to reward the whole army!

This Chang Yu has been prepared, he has made a batch of silver from Jinan, and he has also made a lot of money in Nanjing, plus he has also gained a lot from this time to suppress Bai Wang, and it is roughly estimated that it is already millions!

After a brief discussion with the generals, Chang Yu decided to give half of the reward to the whole army, estimating that it was about ten taels per capita, which was definitely a huge amount of money for ordinary soldiers!

And the rest in addition to being a pension for the soldiers who died in battle, they also had to help Emperor Chongzhen advance money.

As soon as he thought of this, Chang Yu had a headache, and he also sighed that money is really worthless for a country, and it costs money everywhere.

He copied those traitorous wealthy businessmen in Shanxi and made tens of millions of taels of silver for Emperor Chongzhen, which was equivalent to a year's treasury income in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

Remind me that there are many people who say that the financial income of the dynasty is actually only three to five million taels of silver per year, mainly based on the fact that Mingshenzong spent eight million taels of silver to build a mausoleum for himself, which is equivalent to the total income of two years of land endowment, so there is a saying that the annual income is three or five million.

In fact, the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty is divided into two kinds, cash silver and grain, and the current silver is indeed three or five hundred per year, but the annual income of the grain is about 20 million, and the highest year is the thirteenth year of Wanli, and the fiscal income of that year is 22.953 million taels.

Of course, at the end of Chongzhen, this will be ...... The rats in the barn starved to death.

However, there are too many places to ask for money, and the tens of millions of taels were spent by the imperial court in the blink of an eye after Chang Yu chased the Tartar to Qingzhou, and there was very little left.

In fact, to tell the truth, the grain, grass and silver of chasing Tartar are already poor, if it weren't for Qingzhou Hengwangfu's rescue and a woolen yarn!

Later, when he went south to suppress Bai Wang, he asked for money and no money with empty hands, and he wanted food without food, all relying on abduction and deception all the way, but this is also a helpless thing, and Bai Wang can't be allowed to storm Nanjing City all the way.

Chang Yu knew the embarrassment of the imperial court at this time, so he rewarded the imperial court first, and the ones left behind were for the imperial court in addition to paying the soldiers' pensions to reward the generals for the imperial court.

The general is not a few taels of silver can be sent, and he often rewards a thousand taels of silver with a bounty, and when he says it, it seems that the emperor's grace is mighty, and when he really takes it out...... Forget it, reserve some first, it will be embarrassing and embarrassing when the time comes.

This may also be what Chongzhen likes Chang Yu very much, everything is for his sake, take care of the royal face, and others fight wars before sending troops for money and food, otherwise the thunder will not move an inch, but Chang Yu is different, just go, don't want anything, and every time you come back from a war, you can still give him a little supplement!

You say that such a subordinate, who doesn't fucking love it.

After arranging everyone and everything clearly, Chang Yu also has to leave, where to go? Naturally, the class teacher returned to Beijing, and wrote a secret report to Emperor Chongzhen a few days ago, he believed that the one in the Forbidden City at this time was eager for him to put on his wings and fly over, and then set up a table in the Qianqing Palace, and made a shocking shot: Last time, it was said that Bai Wang's subordinates led Wang Yien to kill his troops outside Tongling City......

In addition to telling Emperor Chongzhen, he has more things to do, and the things of people's livelihood can help a little, but the most important thing is to prepare for the layout!

The Zheng family in Fujian should make good friends, formulate a detailed plan for entering Xi'an, prepare grain and grass, and not take foreign affairs lightly.

Almost all the generals were drunk that night, and even Li Yan was weak, but he didn't have a trace of sleepiness and pulled Chang Yu for a walk in the courtyard.

"Puzhou is also our bridgehead with the thief forces by the Yellow River, the strategic location is important, no one is more familiar with the side than you, and no one is more suitable for sitting in Puzhou than you, but the road is far away, but you don't have to worry, slowly wander over, and the thieves will not be able to attack the court again and will not be able to go to war."

Li Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This way is a long way for almost two thousand miles, if you still walk slowly, why don't you go for two months" Chang Yu smiled: "It's an outing, and it's not boring to accompany you all the way to Kaifeng and Luoyang, you can rest assured, the grain and grass must be supplied for you, and when our family returns to the south of the Beijing Road economy, we will copy Liu Zeqing's grain and send it over."

Li Yan snorted: "Take it from him and use it, and others can't say any gossip" said and raised his eyebrows: "When the overseer passes Chizhou, he should have good words with Wu Sangui......

"It's okay" Chang Yu snorted: "Although Wu Sangui is unruly and pretentious, but after being defeated by our family, his mind should also have changed, our family can use merit to hang the king's body, and he will not dare to disobey the order, our family will transfer him to Luoyang to garrison, he dares to say a word, and our family can make him regret it immediately!" ”

"The last general believes in the means of the overseer" Li Yan smiled: "Since this is the case, the mountains and rivers are far away, and we will meet again in Puzhou."

Three days later, Chang Yu said goodbye to the generals and left Xingzi County to march east along the river, and the generals also began to gather their soldiers and horses to rush to their respective garrisons, Li Yan's soldiers and horses were in Anqing, so he and Chang Yu were on the way, this time he took the boat by water.

Before leaving, the information about Wuchang sent by the person in charge of the Jinyi Guard in Jiujiang, a large number of Jinyi Guards and Dongchang Fanzi light and dark piles transferred from Nanzhili have entered Wuchang one after another, Zuo Liangyu's every move is under his surveillance, and most of the original Jinyi Guards in the city have been transferred from other places, in fact, even if they don't transfer these wall grass, they know what to do, and it is obvious that Zuo Liangyu lost by wrenching his wrist.

When the ship passed through Pengze, Chang Yu ordered Chen Ruxin, who was stationed in the city, to lead the troops to drive Chizhou, and when he arrived in Dongliu County, he brought Wuzhong, Chen Wangting and other wounded people on the boat to accompany them, and more than half a month passed several people recovered from their injuries quickly, and it was estimated that they could heal in a month, after all, although the injuries were serious at that time, they were not injured to the point.

When they arrived in Anqing one day and one night, it was dawn, Chang Yu and Li Yan and others landed in the city and went to the military camp to comfort the soldiers after a little washing, which caused the army to be restless, after all, Chang Yu's prestige in the army was too great, and the soldiers regarded him as an idol and a god of war.

At noon, everyone was at the same table, Zhang Qingzhen and Wei Shichun were slightly surprised to learn that they were going to be transferred to Luoyang, but they didn't say anything, knowing that the little eunuch's next step was to use troops against Xi'an, although it is estimated that they will not be able to return to Beijing for more than half a year, but it is much better than going back empty-handed.

"Does your ass still hurt?" Chang Yu seemed to be teasing casually, and Hu Ling and Fan Jiaqian's faces immediately became nervous: "I will be strict with myself in the future, and I will not dare to commit it again."

"As long as you eat memory," Chang Yu looked at the two: "There must be few acts that disturb the people during the long journey, and the two of you will lead the palace battalion with the army, and if there is a traitor, the person who violates the law and discipline will be severely punished."

At this time, Chang Yu commanded more than ten fierce generals, but the strictest military discipline was Li Yan, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke second, Huang Degong later, and then the pro-guard army, Shenji Battalion, as for Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie was the bottom of the bottom.

Liu Zeqing has already burped, and his subordinates are under Li Yan's dispatch of military discipline, don't worry, Huang Degong and Gao Jie are under the influence of Chang Yu and are now more consciously starting to rein in their subordinates, but there are always some people who refuse to change their teachings, and someone has to watch them.

Of course, Chang Yuming asked the Gongzi Battalion to supervise military discipline on the surface, but in fact, he still monitored these generals, and these generals also knew it, but they completely accepted it, after all, it was much better than the original supervising army.

The Ming Dynasty had a system of supervising the army, that is, the emperor sent eunuchs to the army to monitor the generals, and the surveillance was monitored, but these eunuchs were pointing fingers in addition to liking to play prestige in the army, and they didn't understand anything but they liked to show off, so it can be said that at least three or four of the ten defeats of the imperial court over the years had an inseparable relationship with these prison troops.

But after Chang Yu took the throne, he persuaded Emperor Chongzhen to recall the supervisors in the various armies, although the palace battalion is actually still this function, but people are very responsible, only grasp military discipline and never interfere in military affairs.

The bell rang in the middle of the night to the passenger ship, and in the middle of the night, several large boats docked on the wharf of the Qiupu River in the west of Chizhou City, and they were immediately surrounded by the Wu Sangui troops stationed nearby, and then ...... The news of Chang Yu's return to the city spread like wings to the military camps outside the city, and even Xu Hongji and Wu Weiying in the city heard the news, and hurriedly got up and hurried out of the city to meet them.

found that Wu Sangui's camp was very lively, Hao Shaoqi, Ji Jike, Tu Yuan of the Gongzi camp, Jia Waixiong, and Lao Jiu all came, but they were all standing outside, saying that the little eunuch and Wu Sangui and Ma Ke were talking about some secrets in the tent.