The five or six hundred men were immediately frustrated, and they all grabbed the reins of their horses. In front of Yang Tinglin, there was like an invisible wall, and everyone was "blocked" in front of him.

"The ...... of the Ministry of Heaven"

"Wait for it to go back quickly, I just don't think it's like this. Otherwise, not only you, but Zhang An will also be guilty of complicit! After Yang Tinglin finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards Su Chengyu, without looking at these people again.

Zhang An's henchmen were stunned, and finally sighed and turned the horse back.

Yang Tinglin walked to Su Chengyu's side, his eyes signaled the other officials to avoid, and then saluted: "Please also ask Your Highness to calm your anger." ”

On the side, the sound of horsewhips and Zhang An's muffled screams resounded on the banks of the Gan River.

Su Chengyu looked at Yang Tinglin and frowned slightly: "Yang Butang wants to intercede for Zhang An?" ”

"Your Highness has misunderstood." Yang Tinglin waved his hand again and again, "This Zhang An deserves it." Your Highness did the right thing and punished well. ”

He paused for a moment, looked at Su Chengyu's expression, and continued: "Zhang An is under the jurisdiction of the lower officials, and the lower officials are also guilty of lax control, so when they go back, they will immediately go to the table to ask for their own guilt.

"To be honest, these things that Zhang An's subordinates have heard about before......"

"Oh?" Su Chengyu's eyes became a little cold when he looked at him.

"Please allow the subordinate to say a word," Yang Tinglin said busily, "The subordinate is also well aware of the suffering of the people, and he is also very ashamed of the things of the soldiers and plundering the people, and he has tried to rectify it several times, but he is just ......"

He let out a long sigh, "Jiangxi is the top priority of the imperial court, and the saint has repeatedly urged the lower officials to calm down the whole territory as soon as possible and drive west out of Ganzhou. However, in the hands of the lower officials," he glanced at Wan Yuanji, "there are only some newly recruited soldiers, and they are unbearable." Where there is a military, they all rely on recruiting Zhang An's 6,000 bandits, if they are heavy-handed to rectify, it will cause the war situation in Jiangxi to collapse, live up to the expectations of the imperial court, and even make Jiangxi fall into the hands of thieves.

In addition, the imperial court was very anxious to promote the war, but the food and salary were often insufficient, and the lower officials went around to raise charity funds, which was still a drop in the bucket. Not only does it have to drive the tiger to fight, but there is no meat to feed it, causing the tiger to devour the sheep, and the officials are extremely ashamed and ashamed.

"It is said that Zhang An's subordinates looted among the people because they were in arrears for two months, and it is also related to the fact that the lower officials have not been able to raise charity funds recently due to the war in soap......"

Su Chengyu was puzzled: "It's that Yang Butang didn't raise charity funds, and the silver allocated by the imperial court is not enough to pay the military salaries of the 6,000 people of the Dragon and Tiger Army, right?" ”

Yang Tinglin smiled bitterly: "Your Highness doesn't know that the imperial court has not allocated a penny to Jiangxi for nearly two months. ”

"What?!" Su Chengyu was taken aback. Longwu knew the importance of the battle situation in Jiangxi, and in the past, as long as there was some silver in his pocket, he would supply Jiangxi even if he didn't eat or drink. If even Jiangxi's salary has stopped, it can only mean that the imperial court has no money.

"Could it be that something big happened to the imperial court?"

Yang Tinglin nodded and said: "The lower officials heard rumors from old friends in the DPRK and China that Zheng Zhilong was dissatisfied because of the saint's insistence on the westward expedition, and he actually cut off the silver of the household.

"Now that the holy car has just arrived in Yanping Mansion, it is said that even the daily expenses are paid by the local gentry. Because the saint had no silver, he was trapped in Yanping and could not move. Jiangxi's military salaries are even more unsustainable......"

Is there such a play? Su Chengyu really felt sad for Longwu when he heard this, the dignified Emperor Ming was actually blackmailed by a pirate with silver, and he had no power to fight back.

In fact, as long as he insists on three or four more months, Zheng Zhilong will leak out the horses and feet of the rebellion against the Qing court. Su Chengyu said in his heart, at that time, he only needs to lead the army into Fujian in advance to prepare, and when Zheng Zhilong makes a slight move, he will immediately take over Xianxia Pass. Then, with the strong combat power of the Dragon Guard, the Zheng family's descendants of the pirates were quickly swept away, and the other Ming troops would definitely be reattached to the imperial court under the edict of Longwu.

The terrain of Xianxia Pass is extremely steep, just put some troops up, even if the combat effectiveness is not very strong, it is impossible for the Qing army to attack it in a short time.

Then use the Dragon Guard Army to garrison the Yongding Pass of Guangxin Mansion, and enter the two major passages of Fujian to be completely sealed, and Fujian can be described as impregnable.

When the situation in Fujian is stable, the imperial court can take over Fujian's overseas trade, and it is even possible to capture a part of Zheng Zhilong's fleet to do business.

If Longwu is given some time to rectify the dynasty and gather troops, he will at least be able to form a north-south confrontation with Jianyu.

Therefore, the current three or four months will be the most difficult stage of the Longwu Dynasty, and it is necessary to help Zhu Yujian tide over the difficulties first.

Su Chengyu probably pulled his purse, and before leaving Longnan, he had saved a total of eighty or ninety thousand taels, and blackmailed Jin Shenghuan thirteen thousand taels. However, it has been fighting recently, although a lot of booty and silver money have been captured, but once the army is launched, it is simply a gold-swallowing beast, and some money has been allocated to the broken camp during the period, so there are a little more than 200,000 taels left.

With the degree of thrift and thrift of the Longwu Dynasty, the first allocation of 100,000 taels to the emperor should be enough for the imperial court for two months. After the breakthrough of Nanchang City, there should be a lot of captures, and it is not a big problem to support the imperial court until four months later.

In this way, Zheng Zhilong's plan to manipulate Longwu through financial means will inevitably go bankrupt, and Zhu Yujian can continue to go west out of Fujian, move to Jiangxi, and live in the whole situation.

Jiangxi also has to help with the turnover first, Su Chengyu experienced the feeling of a local tyrant throwing money this time, and he said to Yang Tinglin: "In this way, I will first take out two thousand stone of military food from the Long Wei Army, and then add ten thousand taels of silver to lend to Yang Butang for emergency." The Nanchang War was ahead, and the stability of the military spirit was also extremely crucial. ”

Yang Tinglin was overjoyed when he heard this, and he fell to the ground, "Your Highness really saved the life of the lower official, and also saved the whole of Jiangxi!" Xia Guan is really grateful! When the imperial court rations are allocated, they will be returned to His Highness immediately. ”

Su Chengyu said in his heart that I also gave me the recent silver from the household, so what else is there to do? The reason why he said to borrow it was nothing more than to let Yang Tinglin save some flowers.

Yang Tinglin said again: "In fact, it is relatively tight at this time, and when Jiangxi's tax and silver are collected, the military salary should be very sufficient." ”

"Tax silver?" Su Chengyu asked, "What tax silver?" ”

Yang Tinglin said as a matter of course: "It should be a matter of time before Jiangxi arrives, and the household department will collect taxes to meet the needs of the country." ”

Su Chengyu shook his head in his heart, most of Jiangxi was ruled by Jianyu for more than half a year, and the people were displaced by the war, and they must have been collected a lot of taxes by the Qing court. At this time, it is time to recuperate, if a large area of taxation is levied, the people will not be able to live, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no more Jiangxi Li Zicheng.

However, this matter requires Long Wu's nod to turn around, and he didn't say anything to Yang Tinglin.

As the two were talking, they heard Shi Lin report, "Your Highness, Zhang An's flogging for fifty has been completed." ”

Su Chengyu nodded and said to Yang Tinglin: "Yang Butang, Zhang An's lack of strict command of troops this time is also deserved. However, at the moment of the war in Nanchang, it will be demoted to the third level, what do you think about the temporary use of the ginseng? ”

After all, Zhang An is Yang Tinglin's person, and punishing him is still to ask Yang Butang for his intentions, which can be regarded as saving face for him.