"Lord Cui has won the award, if Ben Hou has spare time, he will definitely be a guest at Lord Cui's mansion!"

Yang Feng did not refuse Cui Chengxiu's kindness, but readily agreed.

Cui Chengxiu was also overjoyed to see that Yang Feng actually agreed to his invitation, although he relied on Wei Zhongxian's backer behind him, but he was also a scholar of the military department, and when he became an official, no one could let him put down his body except for the emperor and Gonggong Wei, but Yang Feng was different.

As the emperor's most trusted confidant today, he is also a person who has made great achievements in the Ming Dynasty and has heavy troops. You can love him or hate him, but there's no way to ignore him.

Cui Chengxiu is naturally no exception, don't look at him, the secretary of the military department, who seems to be in charge of the selection and award, training, vehicles, weapons management and other decrees of the officers of the Tianxia Guard, Yang Feng, the chief soldier of Nanjing, is also nominally under his jurisdiction.

But in fact, for a person like Yang Feng who has money, food and soldiers, the restrictions imposed on him by the Ministry of War are actually very small, coupled with the friendship between him and the emperor beyond the ordinary, it can be said that as long as Yang Feng himself does not rebel, he can almost go sideways in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Now that such a person who plays an important role in the court has accepted the olive branch he handed over, Cui Chengxiu would be too stupid if he didn't know how to do it.

I saw Cui Chengxiu overjoyed and said: "Since the Hou Ye is willing to appreciate his face, as the saying goes, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, tonight the official will be the east, please Hou Ye come over to the house to drink a glass of thin wine, I don't know what you think?" ”

As they spoke, the two of them had already entered the house. Yang Feng sat down and said with a smile: "Master Cui, don't worry, let's put aside the matter of drinking first, Ben Hou came to visit today, but he has something serious to ask for help from the Yamen of the Ministry of War." ”

"Master Hou, please tell me something." Cui Chengxiu also said with a straight face: "But whatever the Yamen of the Ministry of War can do, I will never refuse." ”

Seeing that Cui Chengxiu put on an unshirkable posture at the beginning, Yang Feng nodded secretly, although in the clear stream, Cui Chengxiu is a corrupt official who will do anything for silver, but in fact, this guy's ability to do things is still good. With those Donglin Party members who keep saying that they are for the country and the people, but have no ability to do things at all, he would rather deal with people like Cui Chengxiu.

"Since Master Cui is so bold, Ben Hou will get straight to the point." Yang Feng said slowly: "You also know that Ben Hou completely annihilated Zheng Zhilong's group of pirates a few days ago and recovered Ben Port. The purpose of this meeting was to ask the imperial court to garrison troops in Taiwan and set up an official government, and to prepare to drive those Dutch away and restore the whole territory of Taiwan, and then use this as a springboard to march to Nanyang. ”

Cui Chengxiu nodded when he heard this, he also participated in the morning court the day before yesterday, and naturally saw the confrontation between him and Han Yi, Yang Feng told the emperor and the ministers in the court about the benefits of capturing Nanyang, and he naturally heard it, and he actually approved of Yang Feng's plan, but this kind of thing is too involved, let alone him, even his backer Wei Zhongxian did not dare to express his position.

Although Cui Chengxiu is famous for his greed for money, this does not mean that his IQ is in arrears, on the contrary, he can rush out of a bloody high school in the midst of thousands of troops, and he also became the secretary of the military department, which means that his IQ is definitely higher than that of ordinary people, as soon as Yang Feng's words were finished, he roughly understood Yang Feng's intention after a little pondering.

After thinking about it, he said slowly: "Master Hou, the lower official knows that you have great ambitions, if the lower official expects it to be good, you must have come to the military department this time to let the imperial court send soldiers and horses to use troops against Nanyang with the Jiangning army, is this so?" ”

"Exactly!"

It is not surprising that Cui Chengxiu can guess his intentions, if Cui Chengxiu doesn't even have this ability, he will be the head of Wei Zhongxian's Five Tigers in vain.

"Then where does the Hou Ye want the officials to transfer?"

"Ben Hou thinks that there are only two places where the soldiers and horses can be used, one is the 30,000 army in Beijing, and the other is the 50,000 new army that Lu Xiangsheng is now training!"

Cui Chengxiu glanced at Yang Feng helplessly: "Master Hou, are you joking with the lower officials?" The Beijing battalion bears the heavy burden of the safety of the capital, how can it be mobilized at will, as for the new army trained by Lu Xiangsheng...... That is also Your Majesty's heavy army, in recent years, the Ming thieves have been everywhere, Your Majesty also expects Lu Xiangsheng to train the new army as soon as possible and then quell the rebellion, how can it be easily mobilized, or you choose another army. ”

Yang Feng rolled his eyes, "Master Cui, then you choose a team of people who can fight for Ben Hou." ”

Cui Chengxiu was also stumped, looking at today's Ming Dynasty, there are only a few armies that can fight, and the most capable of fighting is naturally the Jiangning Army under Yang Feng, followed by the Beijing camp that has experienced the Great War in Liaodong.

If Lu Xiangsheng's new army can become an army, its combat effectiveness should not be found anywhere, after all, practice has proved that Lu Xiangsheng is indeed a rare general. However, these two armies were either used by Zhu Youxiao to protect his family's life, or they were prepared to be used to exterminate the thieves, and they must not be moved.

Compared with these armies, the worse ones are the tens of thousands of Liaodong troops under Sun Chengzong, but this army still has to guard against the Manchu Qing in Liaodong, which is also untouchable.

Then the only thing left is Xuanda's army, but the elite division that fought against Meng Yuan in the past has long been corrupted and degenerate, not to mention the combat effectiveness, if he proposes to transfer the army of Xuanfu to Nanyang, Yang Feng has to turn his face with himself.

Cui Chengxiu pondered where he was, and Yang Feng didn't urge, just drank the tea sent by the servant by himself.

It's just that our military department Shangshu has been thinking about it for a long time, and he can't think of any other army in the Ming Dynasty that can enter Yang Feng's eyes.

In the end, Cui Chengxiu could only smile bitterly and spread his hands, "Master Hou, the lower officials have been thinking about it for a long time, and they really can't think of which army they can mobilize, if it's not that the lower officials don't want to help, I really can't think of any other army that I have in the Ming Dynasty." ”

Yang Feng put down the teacup and said leisurely: "I think my Ming Dynasty claims to have millions of soldiers, can't I even transfer a single soldier and horse?" ”

Cui Chengxiu was almost anxious, and begged: "My Hou Ye, don't you know, now that the Daming Guard has long been eroded, there are only a few soldiers and horses that can be used, if it can be transferred to you, can the lower officials not be adjusted?" ”

Seeing that Cui Chengxiu was really anxious, Yang Feng also said bluntly: "In this case, can the military department mobilize 5,000 soldiers and horses from Liaodong and hand them over to Benhou, and these 5,000 soldiers and horses are best cavalry." ”

"Five thousand soldiers and horses...... Or cavalry? ”

Cui Chengxiu's face turned green, "Master Hou, although there are indeed many cavalry in Liaodong, these cavalry are the lifeblood of the Liaodong armies, and Sun Duchen is willing to let people go." In fact, according to the lower officials, it is not said that it is 5,000 cavalry, even if it is difficult to transfer 5,000 foot soldiers. It's not that you don't know Sun Duchen's temper, it's really difficult to snatch things from him. ”

"That's right."

Yang Feng smashed his mouth, "You write an official letter to Sun Duchen in the name of the Ministry of War, saying that you will mobilize 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 foot soldiers to come to Fujian to wait for the dispatch, and Benhou can use 3,000 guns and 30 artillery pieces to exchange with them, what do you think?" ”

Cui Chengxiu glanced at Yang Feng in surprise when she heard this: This person is really willing to spend his blood.