"Food?"

Everyone was stunned, and Zhu Guozhen asked puzzled after a while: "Xin Guogong, hasn't the Jiangning army always provided its own food and salary when it went out to fight, how did you ask the court for food and salary this time?" ”

"Hey...... How fresh. Yang Feng was almost angry, and looked at him with slanted eyes: "Feelings: Zhu Ge has been an official for so long, and he has never received the imperial court, he actually thinks that the army does not need food and salary to go on the expedition, how did you become a pavilion elder?" ”

Han Yi said on the side: "Xinguo Gong, this can't be blamed on us, but you ask yourself, since the Jiangning Army was formed, you have never asked the court for a tael of silver for food, why do you want the court to ask for food and salary this time, this is different from your usual style?" ”

"Nonsense, can it be the same?"

Yang Feng became a little impatient.

"You're right, since the formation of the Jiangning Army, it is true that each imperial court has to pay a penny, but this does not mean that all the soldiers of the Jiangning Army can live by drinking the northwest wind. There was a reason why there was no need for food in the past.

The expedition to Jiannu was because it was profitable to fight Jiannu, whether it was to speculate on Jiannu's house or to trade with the Mongolian steppe tribes, the silver earned could meet the needs of the army. As for fighting Zheng Zhilong in Fujian and the expedition to Luzon, not to mention, as long as we can defeat them, the seized materials and silver will be piled up, but can the two adults tell me that if we fight the Liukou, can we earn the cost of sending troops? ”

"This ......"

Han Yi and Zhu Guozhen were dumbfounded, there seemed to be nothing wrong with this.

The Manchus plundered the Ming Dynasty for so many years, but they saved a lot of good things. After the last attack on Shengjing City, it is said that all the officers and soldiers who participated in the siege of the city have gained more or less, and many of them have made a fortune.

Zheng Zhilong, as a pirate leader, is known as a rich and rival country, it is said that Yang Feng exterminated Zheng Zhilong's seized silver piled up, as for the harvest of the expedition to Luzon, although Yang Feng did not say it, but it must be a lot, after all, no matter how poor people are, it is also a country.

But this time it's different, this time he's going to exterminate the rogues, what good things can a group of poor mud-legged people have? But if you have money in your hand, who is going to be a rogue?

Thinking about it this way, it seems that what Yang Feng said is quite reasonable.

After all, as the old saying goes, the emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers, since he wants to make his family work hard, then he has to pay out of his pocket, this is a natural thing, just like the peasants have to pay grain to the court for farming, and it is a truth that businessmen have to pay taxes when doing business.

It's just that at the mention of silver, the brows of the three pavilion bosses furrowed a little, and Zhu Guozhen said with a look of embarrassment: "Xin Guogong, now that it is almost the end of the year, the treasury really does not have much silver, I am afraid that it will not be able to provide the food and salary needed by the thirty or forty thousand army." ”

Yang Feng said lightly: "It's okay, if we can't afford to feed the 40,000 army, then we will send fewer soldiers." This time, Bengong is now taking 20,000 soldiers and horses to the battle, and it should be enough. ”

"Twenty thousand troops, ......"

Sun Chengzong looked at Zhu Youxiao, "Your Majesty, now that the household is running out of money, the food and salary needed to supply the 20,000 army may be insufficient. ”

Zhu Youxiao is so angry in his heart, these old goods are too hateful, why do you want to touch my private money at every turn, really think that my money is blowing in the wind?

He ignored his teacher, but turned his head and asked Zhu Guozhen: "Zhu Aiqing, how much silver is left in the household now." ”

"At present, there are still more than 1,156,300 taels of cash in the household." Zhu Guozhen is in charge of the money bag in the cabinet, and when he heard Zhu Youxiao's question, he reported the amount without thinking, but then said: "It's just that most of this silver has been used, only 200,000 taels of emergency silver, but this silver is really not easy to embezzle." ”

The so-called emergency silver is prepared by the imperial court to deal with emergencies, which is equivalent to the strategic reserve set up by the government in later generations, and this silver can be used in the event of natural and man-made disasters or large-scale wars.

Zhu Youxiao said without hesitation: "That's good, no matter what method you use, I will squeeze out 100,000 taels from those funds, and then draw 100,000 taels from the emergency silver, and I will allocate another 100,000 taels from the internal funds, a total of 300,000 taels of silver, and it will be sent to the Jiangning army within ten days, can you do it?" ”

"Old Minister......

Zhu Guozhen hesitated, but seeing Zhu Youxiao's unkind eyes, he trembled in his heart, and looked at Sun Chengzong, the two of them nodded helplessly, and felt miserable in their hearts.

Now that the two bigwigs in the cabinet have agreed, Han Yi can only nod.

The military salary of 300,000 taels of silver had been received, and Yang Feng asked again: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the name of Weichen is used for this requisition?" ”

Zhu Youxiao understands that this is Yang Feng asking him for a name, and it is no wonder that since ancient times, what China has paid attention to is that if the name is not right, it is not good, and many things can be officially launched with a name, otherwise you a Nanjing general soldier rashly ran to Shaanxi to suppress bandits, and who will recognize you in the local government and army?

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while: "In this way, I have appointed you as the governor of the three provinces, the governor of the military affairs of the three provinces of Shaanxi, and the governors of Shanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi, as well as the nine general soldiers of Gan, Liang, Su, Xi, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an, and Guyuan, and must exterminate the Liukou as soon as possible!" ”

"Hiss......"

Several cabinet bigwigs heard this, all gasped, Yang Feng was originally the governor of Zhengnan, the commander-in-chief of Fujian military affairs, and held hundreds of thousands of troops, which has caused the dissatisfaction of many civilian officials, and now the emperor actually let him lead the military affairs of the three provinces, and the scope of the army has also expanded to Ningxia and even Gansu, so Yang Feng can lead his army to gallop in most of the Ming Dynasty openly, this right is too big, right?

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong, who has always been old and respectful, was also a little worried, "Your Majesty...... Isn't that appropriate? ”

"What's inappropriate, if anyone has the ability to exterminate the rogue, I can also canonize him as the governor of the three provinces." Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "These rogues have plagued the people of Shaanxi and Jin for several years, countless people have been displaced and become homeless, the local government has done nothing, and the officers and soldiers are about to collapse at the slightest touch.

Every day, I don't do anything except go up to the court to ask for silver and food, and now I'm going to send a large army to encircle and suppress the rogues, and they're going to crook their mouths, what do I want them to do with such wine bags and rice bags?

You tell those people, who wants to have an opinion for him to mention to me personally, I will immediately exclude him to suppress the bandits, if he can exterminate the Liukou, I will not hesitate to reward him, but if not, don't blame me for being unkind to him, Huang Liji and Gao Panlong are still watching them from the city wall! ”

"Am I so ruthless?" As the saying goes, it's scary for honest people to get angry. Hearing the cruel words of the emperor, who had always been amiable, the three bigwigs all shuddered, and the human skins of Huang Liji and Gao Panlong were still hanging on the city wall, and no one could shiver when they saw it.