Zhu Linmiao was stunned when she heard this, and when she saw that everyone in the court nodded in agreement, she suddenly understood that the courtiers all had the intention of killing people with knives, and wanted to eradicate King Lu's regime with Hong Chengchou's hands.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: An important factor in the rapid demise of Nanming in history is the internal dumping, which may be the innate bad habit of the "wealthy family" of Daming, who always feels that internal worries are worse than external troubles.

The officials only saw that if King Lu was destroyed, the Taizheng Dynasty would be the only Zhengshuo of the Ming Dynasty, but they did not think that once Zhejiang fell, how many people would be enslaved and killed, and how much grain, grass and silver would fall into the hands of captives, and these money and grain would be the military expenses of the Qing army to attack the Ming Dynasty in the future.

As for King Lu, Zhu Linmiao knew that he was not actually a staunch self-reliant.

In fact, as early as the first year of Longwu, King Lu briefly announced his abdication and return to the vassal to honor Longwu. But later, at the insistence of Zhejiang's powerful courtiers Zhang Guowei, Wang Zhiren and others, King Lu had no choice but to withdraw his order and return to Shaoxing to continue to supervise the country.

And now, Zhang Guowei and Wang Zhiren, the two most radical "Lu Wang self-reliance factions", have been killed during the last fall of Zhejiang. Without their constraints, if Fujing could send troops to have a decisive impact on the battle situation in Zhejiang, King Lu would probably bow his head and claim to the Taizheng Dynasty.

As for how to enter Zhejiang under the opposition of King Lu's regime, Zhu Linmiao has already made a plan. It is said that it was the fall of the Zhejiang Navy Division that allowed him to find a breakthrough, otherwise it is likely to cause a civil war.

But in the current situation, as long as his plan can be implemented smoothly, it can not only relieve the crisis on the front line of the Qiantang River, but also form great pressure on Shaoxing. At that time, even if King Lu continued to take the separatist route, Zhu Linmiao would be able to force him to submit without causing casualties to the people.

Lu Zhenfei was still speaking, "I just need to sit and watch the captives and fight back, even if the Lu Fan is defeated, it will greatly consume the military strength of the Eastern Captives......"

Zhu Linmiao glanced at Lu Zhenfei and raised his hand to stop him from continuing, "Lu Gebu, have you ever imagined that if Zhejiang falls, how many people will be slaughtered?"

"According to the custom of captivity, all the places that hold on to the land that does not surrender and surrender will not be slaughtered. When Zhejiang was invading Bolonan anyway, it drove the puppet officials of the state capital, captured and killed thousands of thieves, how could the captives not hold a grudge? Therefore, once Zhejiang falls into the hands of the enemy, the tragedy of Yangzhou and Jiading will be repeated! ”

Lu Zhenfei hurriedly said: "Your Highness Mingjian, if you don't abandon the people, it's just that even if we send troops to save Zhejiang, we will definitely be blocked by the Lu Domain." At that time, I was afraid that I did not see the Dongyu, but killed myself first. ”

Zhu Linmiao smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way to avoid King Lu's soldiers and horses, and go straight to the thief army." ”

Most of the courtiers, including Lu Zhenfei, were stunned when they heard this, and they all said in their hearts, it seems that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King has long been preparing to intervene in the war in Zhejiang. But even if His Highness had a way to avoid fighting with the Zhejiang army, this battle was still unbeatable.

Lin Zunbin immediately admonished: "Your Highness, the 140,000 troops in the east, our army can levy at most 50,000 or 60,000 people, plus the constraints of the Lu Domain...... The lower officials think that it is not appropriate to rush in! ”

Someone said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, I am widowed by the captives, and then I will work hard to fight in northern Zhejiang, I am afraid it will be difficult to win completely." ”

"Your Highness, there is still a risk in guarding Quzhou, and it is even more difficult to go north out of Qiantang......"

"Your Highness, once the division is unfavorable, it will be too late to arrange the Shangrao defense line......"

"Your Highness, don't ......"

Most of these officials have experienced a series of defeats such as the destruction of Chongzhen, the capture of Hongguang, and the death of Longwu, and they have even seen tens of thousands of Jianjiao killed all the way from outside the Saiwai to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and even almost broke through Jiangxi and Fujing.

In their hearts, the Eastern Captives still accumulated great power, and the Ming army did not have several times the strength of the enemy, and it was difficult to meet the enemy.

Although His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King of the Dynasty had captured and killed nearly 70,000 troops of Bolo, in their subconscious, that time it was because Bolo attacked the enemy lightly, and was attacked by the Ming army to capture Xianxia Pass, so that the grain and grass were cut off and defeated. But he didn't believe that the Ming army had the combat power to shake the captives head-on.

Without waiting for Zhu Linmiao to say anything, Yu Xin had already glanced at the ministers with a dark face, and said coldly: "It's just more than 100,000 thieves, are you scared?" ”

He didn't wait for anyone to refute, and immediately continued: "Now that the reform of my Ming military system has achieved results, there are more than 10,000 recruits in the military academies in Longnan and Jian'an, and the training has been refined.

"At the same time, our army's guns, artillery, military horses, and equipment are no longer comparable to those of the past. With my tens of thousands of elite troops, how can I not go north to fight?! ”

After he finished speaking, many military generals, especially those from the Dragon Guard Army or the Broken Battalion, spoke out to express their support.

Yang Tinglin, who had never spoken on the side, coughed dryly at this time, and said: "Your Highness, the lower officials know that you use soldiers like gods, so they dare not be different about sending troops.

"It's just that at present, the treasury is already more out and less in, and if you want to use troops in Zhejiang, you must at least suspend the allocation of silver from the two shipyards in Nan'an and Yongbeili, and the ordnance bureaus in Jiangxi and Fujian must also reduce the allocation. In this way, we can barely support the rations of the army. ”

In fact, he still didn't dare to say anything, now the official salary is extremely high, if the war drags on for a little longer, I am afraid that even the salary will be reduced.

Zhu Linmiao knew that what he said was the truth. As the scale of the Ming Dynasty's use of troops became larger and larger, it was no longer possible to deal with tens of thousands of taels of military expenditure as before.

Although there are still more than 700,000 taels in the state treasury, which seems to be a lot, the shipbuilding, gun making, and cannon casting will cost nearly 300,000 taels every month, and if the Northern Expedition is to begin, these things must be suspended.

However, Zhu Linwei did not intend to stop the manufacture of armaments, especially warships, which was the basis for his Northern Expedition to Nanjing and even the recovery of Beijing in the future.

As for the issue of military spending, he naturally had a countermeasure, and said to Yang Tinglin at the moment: "Yang Gebu, if the household department can increase the monthly input of 130,000 taels in the future, is there still a problem?" ”

Yang Tinglin made a tacit calculation in his heart, at present, there are more than 60,000 taels of taxes in Jiangxi and Fujian every month, more than 30,000 taels of tax and silver from the Guangdong Customs Department, 30,000 taels from the private allocation of the auxiliary political king, and more than 3,000 taels of revenue from the Fujing Yuegang City Shipping Division, totaling nearly 130,000 taels. If the monthly income is doubled, the expenses will be reduced everywhere, and it will be barely enough.

In the future, Liangguang, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places will gradually recover their vitality, and this tight situation will definitely improve day by day.

He then said: "Back to Your Highness, if there are 130,000 taels, the lower officials will do their best to coordinate and ensure that my army's food and salary are safe." ”

After Yang Tinglin retreated into the civilian train, Li Hui of the military department stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, fighting in the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there is no water division is disadvantageous. Now that the Zhejiang army and naval division have been newly defeated, our army will be subject to the Dongyu boats everywhere in northern Zhejiang, which must be worried! ”