Gu Mei?

Xia Nan felt as if she had heard this name somewhere. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The name Meilou is a green building as soon as it sounds, and this Gu Mei is either the boss or the popular girl inside. But he didn't think about it, the ancients liked to treat Qinglou as a high-end club, and they followed the customs of the locals, didn't he also entertain the boss of Suzhou Silk Store in Leyun Building?

After sending the housekeeper away, he turned back to the room, sat down in front of a few people, and asked with a smile, "What do you have to say about the adults, can you talk about it now?" ”

Cheng Li, the right attendant of the military department, felt a little embarrassed, glanced at the other two, and motioned for them to come.

The official level crushed people to death, although he was not in a yamen, but Cheng Li was the right attendant of the third grade, and the two of them were in charge of the fifth grade, how could they refuse? Li Weide's qualifications to enter the household department were earlier than Zhao Yue, and he pushed Zhao Yue with his elbow.

Zhao Yue is helpless, who calls himself inferior in official position and qualifications. After introducing the identities of the three of them, he pondered and spoke: "Although Ping Nanbo is young, he has made great contributions, and we all admire him very much. Looking at the government and the opposition, there are many generals with mediocre qualifications and vegetarian positions, and it is really rare to have a general like Ping Nanbo who can both train and fight......

Xia Nan understood that this was to pave the way for the next words, although he had already known the other party's intentions, but he couldn't take the initiative to say it, and he was passive in the negotiation, so he could only wait patiently for the other party to continue, and nodded and smiled from time to time: "Lord Zhao has won the award." Although he and Zhao Yue had indirectly confronted each other in Qiongzhou, they had not met directly, although Zhao Yue knew that he was his bitter master, but he didn't know that Zhao Yue had been his "old acquaintance", and his words were very polite.

Cheng Li felt that Zhao Yue was too long-winded and coughed a few times.

Zhao Yue knew that he was urging himself, so he had to hurriedly end the beautiful words and go directly to the topic: "If the wolf smoke is everywhere today, Liaodong and Northwest are using troops, and the food and salary are bottomless, this year, the color of the various places has not yet been escorted into Beijing, and the military department wants to transfer troops from Xuanfu and Datong, but the household department has no money to give-Su Wenping Nanbo not only has a good way to train the troops, but also has a way to make money, can you generously donate money to solve this urgent need for the two yamen?" ”

Xia Nan asked, "How much do you need?" ”

Zhao Yue didn't expect the other party to be so easy to speak, and hurriedly replied: "The arrears plus the opening of the silver, Lin Lin finally calculated, 200,000 taels are always wanted." ”

Xia Nan put on an embarrassed expression at the right time, and hesitated: "Today, the saint is working hard, and the Ming Dynasty is prospering, but now the treasury is empty, and we and other courtiers should share the worries of the saint." But ......"

The three of them asked in unison, "But what?" ”

"Don't hide it from a few adults, I did do some small business in Guangzhou, and I still have one or two hundred thousand taels of silver a year. I am not a person who is greedy for pleasure and luxury, and silver is just something outside my body, so since the court needs it, what does it matter if I donate it all? However, the thousands of elite soldiers in my Qionghai Town cost a lot, and the food and salary allocated by the military department alone was not enough, and most of the silver was filled in, which was equivalent to paying out of his own pocket for the imperial court to train soldiers. If all the money is donated to the imperial court, what will I do with these soldiers, who will not be able to pay food and wages, and will be disbanded without success? ”

Cheng Li is a squire of the military department, so he naturally knows the ways in which the army's food and salary are allocated and distributed in various places, if the army in the south of Xia is full and full, it is really not enough to rely on the food and salary of the imperial court alone, not to mention the elite soldiers who can defeat the combined army of Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, they must be fed with silver like the families of other generals, and it is not impossible to pay out of their own pockets - although he does not believe that Daming still has such loyal generals. Although it is an exaggeration to say that the Qiong Navy will be disbanded if the salary is donated, it is very likely that there will be a mutiny in arrears.

Disappointment, he asked, "Is there no compromise?" ”

Xia Nan coughed twice: "It's not that there is no way." Master Cheng is a squire of the military department, and he naturally knows the soldiers, the so-called soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, and the army fights, and the silver and settlement expenses are the big heads......"

Cheng Li nodded again and again.

“…… If the court is in dire need of silver, I can squeeze out these expenses first. As long as I don't fight, I can still hold on to my daily needs. But I have a few conditions, as long as I can agree, I will give the money immediately. ”

Cheng Li hurriedly asked, "What conditions?" ”

Xia Nan stretched out a finger: "First, my family funds have been taken out, and at least for a year, I can't transfer my troops to the northwest to fight the rogues." ”

Cheng Li thought about it, this is tantamount to giving up the power of the Ministry of War to recruit and transfer the Qiong Navy in exchange for the military expenses of Xuanfu and Datong to send troops to Shaanxi, whether it is cost-effective or not, it is difficult to say. However, before leaving, I explained that this time I would not transfer the men and horses of the Qiong Navy, but only asked to raise money, and I only needed to achieve this purpose, and the rest was not within the scope of my consideration. He nodded: "I will report it truthfully, this request should not be a big problem." ”

Xia Nan stretched out a second finger: "Second, I have a distant cousin who has reached the age of establishment and is quite talented, and I want to find him an official position." ”

Cheng Li replied in embarrassment: "Ping Nanbo, it is human nature to ask for an official envoy to a relative, and we can understand this, but this is a matter for the ministry, and I am afraid that it is not easy for me and the two heads of the household department Li and Zhao to be in charge." ”

Li Weide interjected: "Besides, if you don't go through the imperial examination, unless you enter the Guozijian, whether it is recommended or selected, you can only be regarded as a miscellaneous stream, and even if you become an official, there is not much room for promotion." ”

Xia Nan smiled: "Did I say that I wanted to be a civil official?" As a military attache like me, can't the military department call the shots? ”

Cheng Li breathed a sigh of relief: "I see. Does your cousin want to get a hundred households or a capital? The soldiers of the guard station basically don't go to the battlefield and don't worry about their lives, so why don't they make up for the shortage of 100 households in Guangdong? I'll be able to call the shots about this, and I'll just go back and say hello to Wu Xuansi. ”

Xia Nan shook his head disdainfully: "Just a hundred households, do you still use Master Cheng?" I can do it myself. I want a Dengzhou general soldier! Regardless of whether the current Dengzhou General Soldier is transferred to another place or appointed separately, he must make room for it anyway. ”

The three of them were dumbfounded when they heard this, Ping Nanbo's appetite was so big? Although there are general soldiers everywhere in Shandong, and the general soldiers of Dengzhou are only a miscellaneous general military officer, which cannot be compared with the general military officer of Pingnan who hangs the seal of General Long and Tiger in Xia Nan, but it is not something that can be obtained in a word.

Cheng Li reacted for a long time: "This ...... We can't make the decision, so we have to go back to Beijing to report to the top. ”

Xia Nan didn't care: "It's okay, I can wait." As long as you agree to these two conditions, 200,000 taels of hands will be offered. ”

Cheng Li and the three of them saw that the negotiation had encountered a bottleneck, so they had to get up and leave.

Xia Nan reminded: "The journey to and from the capital is far away, and I am afraid that the military plane will be delayed if I come back and forth, so I have a kind of fast boat that travels hundreds of miles a day, and I can send three adults back to Beijing by sea to save time." ”

Cheng Li and the others had never heard of such a clipper, and they were overjoyed when they heard it: "It's so good." ”