The fifth year of the Apocalypse is the fifth day of December in Jinzhou

It has been snowing heavily for two days in a row, and the whole of Jinzhou is shrouded in a white and vast ice and snow world. There was no one else on the entire Jinzhou city wall except for a few soldiers on duty.

In the lobby of the Governor's Mansion in Jinzhou City, more than a dozen pots of burning charcoal were placed around the hall, burning the temperature of the entire hall warmly, and dozens of generals were gathering together to talk and laugh loudly. There are several Jinzhou deputy general Zu Dale's voice is the loudest, but he alone suppressed the voices of the surrounding generals, but if you look closely, you can see that although all the generals are talking, almost all of them are secretly looking at the back of the hall.

Looking at the generals who were laughing around, Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of the forward who was sitting in front of the first seat in the lobby, looked at the empty first seat of the hall in front of him, turned his head and asked Yuan Chonghuan, the deputy envoy of the military garrison and the right political officer, on the side: "Lord Yuan, the governor has always been punctual, why is it that he is late today, could it be that he has been delayed by important matters?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head: "The official doesn't know either, but I heard that someone from the capital is coming, and the governor is talking to someone in the inner hall." ”

"Someone from the capital?" Zu Dashou's face was overjoyed, "Is next year's food and salary here?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan smiled slightly: "This official is not clear, but it should be eight I nine and ten." ”

"Great!" Zu Dashou happily patted the armrest of the chair and laughed, "In previous years, our food and salary court always pushed back and did not make a good profit, either it was not given enough or it was delayed for a few months, which made the soldiers complain, it is rare to give it so happily this year, it seems that the soldiers can have a good year this year." ”

"That's true." Yuan Chonghuan also smiled and stroked his beard and said: "But this official has heard that there is indeed another reason why the imperial court gave the silver so happily this year. ”

"Oh? Another reason? Zu Dashou asked puzzledly: "Could it be that there is no secret in this food?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head: "There is no hidden secret, but this official heard that the food and salary escorted by the imperial court this time were not issued by the household department, but from the internal funds." ”

"Inner silver?" Zu Dashou was taken aback, the emperor actually used the internal money?

What is Inner Silver? To put it simply, it is the emperor's private money, and now the emperor has used his own private money to pay the soldiers in Liaodong, which is a rare thing, Zu Dashou asked again: "Lord Yuan, our annual food and salary in Liaodong is more than 1.3 million taels of silver, and all of this silver is from the emperor's internal money?" ”

"Exactly!" Yuan Chonghuan rubbed his cheeks and said very confusedly: "Yuan doesn't know, where did the emperor get so much silver, but for our soldiers in Liaodong, it is a good thing to have silver." ”

Zu Dashou also said with emotion: "Yes! In the final analysis, this war is fought with silver, and nothing can be done without silver, and we have ...... all these years."

"Dongge University Scholar, Prince Young Master, Military Department Shangshu, Liaodong Governor Sun Chengzong has arrived!"

A shout interrupted Zu Dashou's words, and as this voice sounded, he saw Sun Chengzong, who was wearing a big red official robe, with a jade belt around his waist, a black gauze hat on his head, and a pair of thick-soled official boots on his feet, walked out of the inner hall, and behind him was a middle-aged eunuch wearing eunuch clothes with a white face and beard.

Seeing Sun Chengzong come out, all the generals in the hall bowed down and shouted in unison: "The last general will see the governor!" ”

"The generals are exempt!"

As Sun Chengzong's voice sounded, the generals stood up.

Sun Chengzong looked at the generals in the hall and said, "Everyone, everyone gathered together today, obviously already know why this official is calling you to discuss today, right?" That's right, just today, our salary has arrived! ”

"Hehehe......"

Everyone in the lobby laughed, and many people looked at Sun Chengzong's eyes with a hot gaze, whether they are officials or soldiers, isn't what they look forward to most every year is today?

Seeing the smiling generals, Sun Chengzong said again: "Okay, don't laugh yet, before that, you have to thank the Nanjing town guard eunuch Cao Dazhong Cao Gonggong next to me, this time the salary is Cao Gonggong personally came to the Asian Games." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Cao!" Hearing Sun Chengzong say this, all the generals thanked Cao Dazhong again.

Seeing that the generals thanked him, Cao Dazhong smiled so much that he couldn't see his eyebrows, and hurriedly replied: "Don't dare...... Don't dare, this is what our family should do, don't dare to ask the generals to salute our family. ”

After everyone finished saluting, Sun Chengzong said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, the following is to read His Majesty's holy decree to you. ”

After finishing speaking, Sun Chengzong also walked in front of the generals and knelt down in front of Sun Chengzong.

"Whoa......

With Sun Chengzong's words, all the generals knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Ministers respectfully invite Sheng'an!" ”

"St. Gongan!"

As everyone knelt down, Cao Dazhong's face also became solemn, and he took out a holy decree from his sleeve and began to read it: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: The country is benevolent, and the people are the first." He also raised troops for a thousand days and used troops for a while, and heard that the generals of the three armies in Liaodong bravely killed the enemy and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy chieftain, shocked the enemy's courage and prestige outside the territory, and supervised the Si Dao to hear about it, and I was really happy. Today, the eunuch Cao Dazhong, the eunuch of Nanjing, was specially ordered to escort the grain and salary in Liaodong, and the edict of the tin was in the play, and the emperor's grace was indiscriminate, praising the loyalty and loyalty, and encouraging the three armies. The Treasure of November 15th of the Fifth Year of the Decree of the Tomorrow Apocalypse"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After the reading of the decree, all the generals thanked in unison, and then they got up one after another. Then Sun Chengzong stepped forward to take the holy decree from Cao Dazhong and handed it over to the guards behind him.

After Cao Dazhong read out the holy decree, everyone sat down again.

Looking at the smiles on everyone's faces that couldn't be hidden, Cao Dazhong glanced at the generals curiously, and then turned his head and asked Sun Chengzong: "Lord Sun, my lords, why didn't our family see Lord Yang Feng, the chief soldier of Nanjing?" ”

"Lord Yang?"

Cao Dazhong's voice fell, and there was a sudden silence in the hall, and after many people looked at each other, no one said a word, and it took a long time for a voice to sound: "So that Gonggong Cao knows that Lord Yang has led his troops into the grassland the month ago, and he has not come back yet." ”

"What?"

Cao Dazhong only felt that the muscles on his face twitched a few times, and the whole person felt a little bad, he actually jumped up and shouted angrily: "What the hell is going on, who asked him to go to the grassland?" ”

The generals were also taken aback, none of them expected that Cao Dazhong would have such a big reaction.

Seeing Cao Dazhong with an angry face, many people felt that he was really making a fuss. After all, the prairie is too big, and Yang Feng's troops are basically foot soldiers, not to mention that it is difficult to move on the grassland, but the inconvenience of movement is certain, according to everyone's estimates, even if it is smooth, it will not be able to come out in three or four months or even half a year.

Seeing that all the generals in the lobby lowered their heads and did not speak, Cao Dazhong was anxious and angry, and stretched out his "orchid finger" to point at everyone and was about to scold, Sun Chengzong on the side was afraid that the contradiction between him and the generals would intensify, and he preemptively said: "Gonggong Cao, you are angry." I might be able to explain this to you. ”

Seeing Sun Chengzong speak, Cao Dazhong's anger eased slightly, and then he said: "Lord Sun, please speak, our family would like to hear what Lord Sun can say." ”

Sun Chengzong frowned slightly, this Cao Dazhong spoke too much, although you are an angel sent by the emperor to announce the decree, everyone pay attention, here the angel means that the heavenly family is the messenger sent by the emperor, not a winged birdman in later generations, but the old man is a dignified Dongge scholar and Liaodong governor, especially a eunuch like you can be compared.

However, Sun Chengzong, as the emperor of the two dynasties, will naturally not be so shallow, he stroked his beard and felt that Yang Feng had too few cavalry that day, and asked him to go deep into the grassland or plunder or buy some war horses to come back to form a cavalry, Sun Chengzong at that time did not think much about it and approved, but there is no news back yet.

Cao Dazhong looked at Sun Chengzong is anxious and angry: "Eh, Master Sun, you are confused!" ”

Being accused again and again by Cao Dazhong, Ren is Sun Chengzong's good cultivation was a little angry, and his face immediately sank: "Oh...... Please advise Gonggong Cao, this official is willing to hear the details! ”

Cao Dazhong also knew that he had just used such a tone to accuse an important minister of the court like Sun Chengzong, but he did not have the slightest remorse for this, so he snorted lightly and said: "You all know that in previous years, the imperial court always delayed the salary broadcast to Liaodong, but why did you allocate it so happily this year? ”

Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou, who were sitting at the front, glanced at each other, and said tentatively: "It is said that the reason why the military salary is so happy this time is because it is His Majesty's internal silver, I don't know if it is true or not. ”

Cao Dazhong squinted at Yuan Chonghuan, he still knew this Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, only to see him snort: "What Lord Yuan said is indeed true, but you can know that in fact, His Majesty's internal silver was exhausted as early as the Three Great Expeditions, why did Your Majesty be able to take out so much silver and distribute it to you this time." ”

"This ......"

Everyone hesitated, they really didn't know the reason for this.

Sun Chengzong, as the governor of Liaodong, thought about the news he got on weekdays and analyzed it based on his own experience, he suddenly said in surprise: "Could it be ...... This money is actually related to Yang Feng? ”

Cao Dazhong gave him a look that you are finally not stupid enough to get home, and then he snorted angrily: "A few days ago, Yang Zongbing and His Majesty jointly opened a Daming Royal Commercial Bank, and Yang Zongbing promised that this commercial house would give His Majesty fifty percent of the profits every year.

Now half a year has passed, a few days ago, the firm just paid 1.8 million taels of profits to His Majesty, and after His Majesty got the silver, he thought that this year's good news in Liaodong was frequent, so he ordered our family to escort all the 1.8 million taels of silver that had just arrived to Liaodong, in order to use it as next year's military salary, and ordered Yang Zongbing to return to the capital to report on his work, but you told our family that Yang Zongbing has not come back yet, how do you let our family explain to Your Majesty? ”

"What?"

"And this?"

Everyone couldn't help but cry when they heard this, and everyone didn't expect that there would be such a stubble. But immediately afterwards, many people's expressions slowly changed, what did Cao Dazhong say just now? In just half a year, he handed over 1.8 million taels of silver to the emperor, doesn't this mean that he earned 3.6 million taels of silver in half a year? What kind of money-making speed is this?

Thinking of this, many people's eyes turned red. Even Sun Chengzong showed an expression of disbelief, and he asked with some suspicion: "Gonggong Cao, what you said is true?" ”

Cao Dazhong rolled his eyes at him: "Master Sun, do you think that our family is still in the mood to joke with you now?" Our words may be fake, but the silver outside will never be fake, right? ”

Thinking that he had let a gold lord who could pay 3.6 million taels of silver to His Majesty every year be put in the depths of the grassland, he couldn't wait to give himself two slaps, others didn't know, he didn't know how much he could do if His Majesty had 3.6 million taels of silver in his hand every year, but such a person was let go by himself.

After a long sigh, Sun Chengzong said helplessly: "The matter has come to this point, and the official will be helpless, and when General Yang comes back, the official will definitely treat him as a bodhisattva." ”

"There's no after." Cao Dazhong said angrily: "If General Yang comes back this time, His Majesty will inevitably transfer him back to Guannei, and you don't need to supply him up, but now our family is most worried about the comfort of General Yang Bing, you must know that it is now a harsh winter, and it is too dangerous for General Yang to lead his troops to be alone." ”

Hearing this, everyone was silent, not to mention fighting in today's weather army, it would be good to survive.

Thinking of the danger that Yang Feng might encounter, many people sighed secretly in their hearts, it seemed that the salary of the next year would not be settled.

Just when everyone was thinking differently, the door of the lobby was pushed open, and an officer from the Supervising Battalion hurriedly ran in, and knelt down on one knee in front of the lobby to report: "Qiqi Governor, there are a few sergeants outside, and they said that they came to report the news on the order of Yang Feng, the chief soldier of Nanjing. ”

There was another uproar in the lobby, and the anxious Cao Dazhong didn't wait for Sun Chengzong to speak, so he said on his behalf: "Oh, Yang Feng sent someone here, let him in!" ”

Soon, a sergeant wearing a big red battle jacket, all covered with a thick layer of snow, and his face was full of wind and frost, strode in, gave a military salute to Sun Chengzong, and said loudly: "The villain Jiangning army does not accept the brigade Wang Heizi at night to see the governor. ”

"Hurry up!" Sun Chengzong stood up and walked up to Wang Heizi, pulled him up, and asked eagerly, "Your name is Wang Heizi?" How are you Jiang Ningjun now? Where are you Yang-sama? ”

Wang Heizi breathed a sigh before he said: "Qi Yu Governor, I will condense and defeat the tribes of the three Khalkha tribes all the way after entering the steppe last month, capturing more than 20,000 captives in total, and last month defeated the Jurchen Tartars who went to the Horqin tribe to seek relatives, and then ......."

When Wang Heizi finished talking about Yang Feng's affairs in 1510, the entire hall was boiling......