Chapter 1018: Asking for Military Salaries

Looking at the military attaches in the main hall whose eyes were almost bulging, Yang Feng shook his head secretly.

To tell the truth, after coming to Daming for so many years, he has seen a lot of civil and military officials in Daming.

Needless to say, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are almost all a virtue, as far as the military attaché is concerned, although the military generals at the border pass also have the behavior of greedy ink and drinking the blood of the soldiers, but relatively speaking, the military attaches have a bottom line in doing things, and they dare not be too harsh on the officers and soldiers under them, because they know very well that once they go to the battlefield, they have to rely on their soldiers to work for them, otherwise once they are on the battlefield on another day, today's meanness will become a noose for other days.

The military attachés in the customs are different, hundreds of years of comfort and the suppression of the civilian clique have long turned these military attaches into a group of wastes who only know how to eat, drink and have fun, and they do not have much resistance to wealth at all, and it is no wonder that in another time and space, after the few generals who can fight are killed in battle, the rest of the generals and officers and soldiers either flee or surrender when they see the rogue, so that Li Zicheng easily attacked the city of Beijing.

Yang Feng was observing the military attache in the main hall, and the civil officials on the opposite side were no longer secretly observing him.

When they saw that although Yang Feng glanced at the dancing dancing girls from time to time, his eyes were clear and not half indulgent, and many officials were also nodding secretly, worthy of the famous Xinguo Gong, whether it was momentum or majesty, it was too much stronger than the usual military attachés.

After the dance, King Fu, who was sitting on the throne, laughed, and asked Yang Feng: "Xin Guogong, this king heard that you are also a well-informed person, how about the song and dance arranged by the lone king according to your opinion?" ”

Yang Feng put down his wine glass and smiled slightly: "The singing and dancing arranged by the prince is naturally excellent, although the last general is lonely and unheard, it can also be seen that these dancing girls and musicians are rare stunners no matter which one is put outside, and the prince will indeed enjoy it." ”

"Hahaha......" King Fu laughed happily, and waved his fat hand, "It is rare for the Duke of Xinguo to come to Luoyang, how can the lonely king not be able to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, this is good, these singers or musicians present can be taken away by anyone you like." Ten or eight of them are fine, and it should be a meeting gift from the Lone King. ”

As soon as Zhu Changxun's words came out, the military attaches in the hall all showed envy. Although what Yang Feng said just now was polite, it was not all compliments.

As a dignified Fuwang Mansion, the singers under his command are of course not comparable to ordinary Qinglou women, these dancing girls on the main hall can be compared to the pillars of ordinary Qinglou if they pick one out, these military attaches have long been drooling, and now when they hear King Fu actually say that Yang Feng will pick ten or eight to give to him, many people's eyes are red.

It's just that Yang Feng's answer also surprised everyone, and he shook his head: "Thank you for the prince's love, but the last general is here to exterminate the rogue, and the Ming military law has long stipulated that no female dependents are allowed in the army during the expedition, so the last general can only live up to the prince's kindness." ”

Zhu Changxun didn't expect Yang Feng to actually want the beauties he sent, and asked curiously: "Xin Guogong, you don't want the lonely king to send you a singer, so what do you want?" ”

Yang Feng said: "The last general went out this time, the grain and grass he carried was limited, and now the grain and grass in the army is only enough for the army for a few days. ”

When Zhu Changxun heard this, his brows immediately furrowed, "I don't know how much grain and grass you want?" ”

Yang Feng said without hesitation: "Our army has 25,000 soldiers, 13,000 mules and horses, and needs to consume 100,000 catties of grain and grass every day. The last general hopes that the prince can replenish a month's grain and grass for the army, that is, 25,000 taels and 100,000 taels of silver, and as for the equipment, the prince will not spend money. ”

"Twenty-five thousand loads of grain and grass, and one hundred thousand taels of silver?"

Zhu Changxun's voice changed, and the fat on his face was squeezed into a ball, and I saw him shake his head like a rattle, "No...... The Lone King would never be able to take out so much grain and silver. ”

"No food?"

Yang Feng's face immediately changed, and he said unhappily: "Lord Wang, my Jiangning soldiers are here with enthusiasm, although they are here to kill thieves for the people of Henan, the last general, as the commander-in-chief, can't watch the soldiers go into battle hungry to kill the enemy. If there is no food, the last general can only lead the Jiangning army to return to Jinling. With that, he immediately stood up and prepared to take his leave.

Seeing that Yang Feng was about to leave without saying a word, all the people in the hall were anxious, and said in unison: "I can't do it!" ”

As the so-called family knows their own affairs, now Gao Yingxiang led the so-called 200,000 army of the Liukou is storming Huaiqing Mansion, and now it is in danger, maybe when the Liukou will come to the city, it can be said that now the more than 20,000 troops led by Yang Feng are already the only hope in Luoyang, once he leads the troops back, Luoyang's thousands of soldiers and horses alone want to hold Luoyang can be hanging.

Although Yang Feng was originally ordered to come to Luoyang to exterminate the thieves, it was not without reason for him to leave like this. I have worked hard thousands of miles to rescue you, but you are not even willing to allocate food to me, the emperor is not a hungry soldier, you can't let me go hungry to help you die, even if this lawsuit is fought in the court, Yang Feng is in charge.

Yin Luzhong, the governor of Henan, hurriedly stood up and arched his hand: "Grandpa Guo, I can't help it!" Now that the rogue is raging, where will you leave hundreds of thousands of Luoyang people when you leave like this? As for the matter of your army's rations, it's easy to talk about. ”

After finishing speaking, Yin Luzhong bowed down to King Fu: "Lord, now Luoyang is in danger, the only thing you can count on is the Jiangning Army of Xinguo Gong, can you let him go Wow, I hope that the prince will open a warehouse to allocate food and salary for the sake of hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang." ”

Hearing that he was asked to pay for the grain, the facial features on Zhu Changxun's face were squeezed together, and after a while, he gasped and said: "That's good, the lonely king will give 100,000 taels of silver, 10,000 quintals of grain and grass, and there will be no way for the lonely king to do more." ”

Yin Luzhong smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Wang, these grains and grass are still not enough." ”

Zhu Changxun said dissatisfiedly: "This Luoyang is not the lone king, there are still so many gentry and rich families in Luoyang City, what are you officials doing to eat, is it possible that there is no way at all?" What's the use of the court raising you people? Also, isn't there still 5,000 officers and soldiers in Luoyang, who eat and drink this king on weekdays, but now it's useless to use you? Knowing this, this king might as well give these grains to Jiang Ningjun. ”

Hearing this, the faces of Zhou Mu, the general of Luoyang, and the deputy general Wang Shaoyu, the staff general Liu Jianyi, and the guerrilla general Luo Tai also changed, and their feelings were all wasted in the eyes of King Fu.

It's just that they are dissatisfied, they can't say anything, after all, the prestige of Yang Feng and Jiang Ningjun is too great, and they don't dare to compare themselves with Jiang Ningjun no matter how dissatisfied they are.