Zuo Liangyu and Huang Degong stayed in the official post and could not return to Wuchang and Luzhou, but the orders of Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande were issued, and in the later discussions, Qin Sande suggested that the 200,000 troops led by Zuo Liangyu should be stationed in Huizhou Mansion and other places, and 50,000 soldiers should be stationed in each place, and as for the 50,000 troops led by Huang Dequan, 30,000 people were stationed in Suzhou Mansion and 20,000 people were stationed in Songjiang Prefecture. It is said to be a consultation, but it is actually an order.

Zuo Liangyu had to do so, he was clear about the situation in front of him, if he openly opposed it, he would definitely be regarded as a traitor to the party and suffer the most severe punishment, and besides, Huang Degong happily accepted the order, and he could not oppose it alone.

After the order was issued, Zuo Liangyu was restless, the 200,000 troops stationed in Wuchang were commanded and controlled by his henchmen, and he didn't have to worry about who would annex the army for the time being, but the trouble was that the 200,000 army did not have much savings of grain and grass, and he was stationed in Wuchang all these years, Zuo Liangyu had not been able to get much property, and the expenses for maintaining the 200,000 army had exhausted him, and the 200,000 army had all been transferred out, and it was impossible to carry a lot of grain and grass. Once Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande controlled the expenditure of money and grain, it was equivalent to controlling the 200,000 army.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu began to admire Su Tiancheng, he had a solid base, and all the expenses of the Jiangning camp almost did not rely on the imperial court, which was the capital that people could rebel against, on the other hand, it seemed that the scenery was infinite, but in fact, everything was under the control of the imperial court, and without the imperial court, the 200,000 army could not survive at all.

But Zuo Liangyu would not let it go, in terms of the garrison of the army, he also moved his mind, concentrated all the most elite sergeants in Huizhou Mansion, and when the time came, he went to Huizhou Mansion and left Nanjing. Out of the control of Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, how to act is not up to him, the big deal is not to fight, and defect to Su Tiancheng.

A lot of arrangements were made, and Qin Sande was also very tired.

The post became a temporary command center, and no other officials were received. Nanzhili has become the front line, at this time, the officials who are interested in it will not go to Nanjing without anything, it is too late to dodge, as for the many gentry and rich families in the south, they are still very anxious, the news they hear is the news of the bad taste, what Zhejiang and Fujian gentry and rich households, suffered a large-scale purge. was almost slaughtered, and all the wealth fell into the hands of su tiancheng, especially the rich families in fujian, the situation was miserable, because the gentry and rich families of the man had a lot of involvement with the imperial court, and many families had people who were officials in the imperial court, and they also thought. Once caught by Su Tiancheng, there will definitely be no good results.

So Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande came to Nanjing. They are fully supportive, and they wish that the imperial court would exterminate Su Tiancheng as soon as possible.

There are also some gentry and wealthy families who know the truth, most of these families have business operations in Shandong, they know Su Tiancheng's requirements, and they know the rules formulated by Su Tiancheng, but under the current high-pressure situation. These people will not stand up and speak, otherwise they will become accomplices, and don't wait for Su Tiancheng to lead the army to press over, I am afraid that they will be cleaned up by the court and the government.

The gentry and wealthy households in Nanzhili are the most, and it is also the richest place in the Ming Dynasty. The silver of the imperial court is limited, it is impossible to take out a large amount of silver to fight, to maintain the expenses of more than 300,000 troops, Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande still have to find another way, maybe it is the role of propaganda and public opinion, maybe it involves their own interests, the gentry and wealthy households in Nanzhili took out part of the silver for the first time, which was donated to the imperial court to exterminate the thieves.

The emergence of this situation made Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande very happy, you must know that when Lu Dao was in difficulty in the imperial court and when the north suffered a large-scale famine, he wanted to collect some taxes from the south, but they were opposed.

Of course, what Qin Sande considered the most was the matter of unifying the command of the army.

Watching Zhu Youxiang enter the room, Qin Sande spoke with some worry.

"Master Zhu, our family thinks that the next expedition will be difficult."

"Father-in-law means ......"

Qin Sande glanced at Zhu Youxiang, and was a little dissatisfied in his heart, in fact, Zhu Youxiang knew the truth, but he didn't want to say it, it was all at this time, and he was still playing with his heart, what was the point, if he couldn't keep Nan Zhili, neither of them would have good fruit to eat, so this time should be the time to work together to do things.

"My lord, our family thinks that the problem is Zuo Liangyu's body, hmph, this Zuo Liangyu, thinking that he is in charge of an army of 200,000, he can take the opportunity to blackmail the imperial court, if our family hadn't considered the impact, he would have done it a long time ago."

Zhu Youxiang nodded, and finally spoke the truth.

"Yes, this Zuo Liangyu, when he came to Nanjing, specially invited Huang Degong to talk outside Nanjing, for half a day, what to talk about, not that he was worried about being deprived of command and losing 200,000 troops, what is he, so it is normal to have such anxiety, but the war is imminent, and this kind of situation will never be able to continue."

"What Master Zhu said is, what our family is worried about is such a situation, this Zuo Liangyu has always wanted to enter the Jiangning camp, if it weren't for the bad opportunity, maybe he would already be a general under Su Tiancheng, and now he wants to fight with Su Tiancheng, I don't know what Lu Dao thinks, our family thought of Liu Zeqing, when the emperor decreed, asked Liu Zeqing to resist the Jiangning camp, but what did Liu Zeqing do, the crazy looting in various parts of Zhejiang, saying that the military salary was insufficient, and he didn't think of resisting the Jiangning camp at all, what was the result, the 100,000 army was wiped out, I can't die well, this Zuo Liangyu seems to think the same way. ”

Zhu Youxiang nodded.

"What my father-in-law said is that Nanzhili is a rich place, especially Suzhou and Yangzhou, which are places where merchants are concentrated, Zuo Liangyu thinks of these places, and the army also wants to be stationed in these places.

Qin Sande glanced at Zhu Youxiang.

"It is impossible for Zuo Liangyu not to know the Dao, in fact, what he thinks of is to expand his own strength, thinking about making a fortune by relying on the task of exterminating Su Tiancheng, the purpose behind this fortune, who thinks that who does not know the Dao, the fight between the court and Su Tiancheng, if the court wins, Zuo Liangyu relies on 200,000 troops, enough to stand on his own, the court has gone through such a fight, I am afraid that it is a big injury to the vitality, and he can't take care of him, so the situation of secession may occur, if the court loses, Zuo Liangyu will use the 200,000 army to make a fuss, At least he has the qualifications to exchange terms for peace talks with Su Tiancheng, in the final analysis, Zuo Liangyu didn't think about fighting at all, the boss had such an idea, not to mention the sergeants under him. ”

"This can't be done, does my father-in-law have any countermeasures?"

A cold expression appeared on Qin Sande's face.

"Zuo Liangyu's abacus is too fine, he is afraid that he still thinks that after leaving Nanjing, he will continue to control the army, the biggest problem at present is that the food and salary are in the hands of the adults and our family, once he gets part of the military salary and grain and grass, Zuo Liangyu will definitely find a way to be passive and sabotage, thinking that it is impossible to rely on him to conquer Su Tiancheng."

Zhu Youxiang stopped talking, he knew that Qin Sande had a plan in his heart.

"The stakes are very high, our family still has to ask Lord Su to cooperate, our family has already invited Zuo Liangyu's officers above the general level to come to Nanjing in the name of Zuo Liangyu, nominally to receive military salaries and grain and grass, this is an opportunity, we must grasp it, grasp this opportunity, and our family will be able to firmly grasp the 200,000 army."

Zhu Youxiang's face was very calm.

"Father-in-law, this matter is very important, and it really needs to be carefully planned, otherwise the 200,000 army is dispersed, I'm afraid don't wait for Su Tiancheng to attack, there will be problems in Nanzhili."

"Money can make ghosts grind, there is nothing to worry about, our family doesn't believe it, everyone is Zuo Liangyu's diehards, our family has already written a secret fold, many generals in the Beijing camp should have rushed to Nanjing, Zuo Liangyu's henchmen and generals, no matter what they think, don't stay, when necessary, Zuo Liangyu will also be loyal to the court."

The voice of the two began to become smaller, this kind of purge of the army, not nothing, but very unsuccessful, Chongzhen two years, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, did not be able to grasp it, as a result, many generals under Mao Wenlong, later rebelled, after the Jin Emperor Taiji divided several Han princes, all of them were Mao Wenlong's subordinates.

Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang will not take such an old path, they want to be foolproof, and put Zuo Liangyu's henchmen in a pot, although it is said that this may affect the combat effectiveness of the army in a short period of time, but from the perspective of long-term interests, it is very necessary to do so, as long as they can firmly control the 200,000 army, plus the 50,000 army led by Huang De, the 250,000 army, it is not so easy to be exterminated.

After all, Qin Sande has been in Jiangning Camp for so long, although he doesn't really care about many things, but between hearing and witnessing, he has learned a lot of things.

Although Zhu Youxiang is not very familiar with the matter of leading the army to fight, he is very clear about the struggle in the officialdom, he knows that he can't control Zuo Liangyu's 200,000 army, everything is impossible, if Nan Zhili is lost soon, his head may not be saved, and at the same time, Qin Sande's ability and self-confidence also infected him, making him feel that as long as he can follow the predetermined steps and implement it step by step, it is not impossible to defeat Su Tiancheng, at least the two sides can stalemate for a long time.

The views were unified in such an atmosphere, and no one would have thought that before the conquest of Su Tiancheng began, the internal struggle within the Ming army began first, and this was not an ordinary infighting, it had become a life-and-death fight. (To be continued......)