Not only others, but even Shi Kefa and Zhong Yue on the side looked at Zhu Jie with some surprise, this is not a private matter, this is a national funeral, if Zhu Jie uses the salary of the three towns of Nanjing because of this, even Zhong Yue will not say anything, since ancient times, loyalty, filial piety and righteousness are the foundation of being a man, and it is worth spending these silver for the emperor's national funeral!

However, Zhu Jie took it back in one breath.

"Zhenguo Gong ......"

Zhong Yue glanced at Zhu Jielian, asking him not to speak so resolutely and leave some room for maneuver.

Zhu Jie said coldly: "You bastards! Don't forget, now that the capital of the Ming Dynasty has fallen under the iron hooves of the alien race, half of the country can be lost, and you still have to use the salaries of the three armies for some face? Do you want the entire Daming country to change its surname to Aixin Jueluo? By the way, maybe, one day when the Manchurian Tartar soldiers come to the city, you will also be like Chen Yan's dog thief, wagging your tail and begging for mercy, surrendering the city! Which master to follow, it doesn't matter to you at all, hum, you don't have a face, Lao Tzu still has a face, from today on, all the military salaries of the three towns of Nanjing and the water division will be transferred and allocated, and no one wants to embezzle it, who dares to be greedy for one or two silver, Lao Tzu will not let him live tomorrow! ”

"Zhu Jie, you're too much!"

Gao Hongtu's face turned red, and he shouted: "You are also a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally you have to abide by the laws of the country, even if someone is greedy for silver, you must punish the crime according to the law, and if you are greedy for one or two silver, you want people to live not tomorrow?" So what else do you need to do with the Ming Statute? ”

Zhu Jie didn't refute Gao Hongtu's meaning, smiled faintly, and stopped talking.

Shi Kefa on the side hurriedly said: "Okay, Lord Gao, Zhen Guogong is also worried about the diversion of military salaries for other purposes, after all, now that Manchurian Tartars are sharpening their knives, it is possible to go south at any time, if we can't even guarantee military salaries, I'm afraid that in the end, we won't be able to keep even half of the rivers and mountains in the south of the Yangtze River......"

Gao Hongtu was not angry and said: "Master Shi, this official didn't say that he wanted to embezzle military salaries, but just said that there is a law for everything, and if there is a law that is not followed, how can it be done?" Besides, we really can't handle the state funeral, and we can't explain it, this is not what we should do for our courtiers! ”

Shi Kefa looked at Zhu Jie and said: "Zhen Guogong, Lord Gao's words are not unreasonable, it is better like this, if the silver of the household department is not enough, it is still necessary to temporarily borrow a part of the military salary for emergency, after a period of time, when the household department turns around, why not make up for the three towns of Nanjing?" Can you bear to watch the first emperor's posthumous affairs? How can we be worthy of the emperor's mighty grace? ”

Zhu Jie took a deep breath and replied: "When you people encounter something, you know that you are helpless, and the household department has no money, don't you know how to find a way?" Nanzhili's taxes have already been released to the capital, so can he just watch it fall into the hands of the Manchurian Tartars? According to the speed of Cao Yun, it has been more than 20 days, and now they should have just arrived near the Daimyo's Mansion, won't we directly deduct this part of the tax? Not only the taxes and silver and grain of Nanzhili, but also all the taxes, silver, and grain of the seven southern provinces, all of them must be stopped and sent to Nanjing, otherwise, you, you will just wait and cry one by one, the seven southern provinces, plus the current Henan, Shaanxi, and even Gansu and Shanxi, where do the officials and soldiers in that place do not need to pay silver? How do you cope? Don't say that you haven't established a new king yet, and even if you do, you don't have enough money, who do you want to listen to you? ”

Shi Kefa slapped his thigh fiercely and shouted, "Yes, yes! Now most of the cao ships have not yet arrived in the capital, immediately send someone to stop all the cao boats, and transport them to Nanjing, Gao Daren, in this way, the household will not be without silver! ”

"Yes, yes!"

Gao Hongtu's face was flushed, to tell the truth, as soon as the news of the fall of the capital came out, Gao Hongtu was a little blind, the most anxious is him, all aspects need silver, but on the contrary, there is no silver in the household department, and in the next year, I am afraid that officials at all levels will have to squeeze their own household books to death! Now, if you can really stop the taxes and send them to Nanjing, the clouds in the sky will all disperse!

Gao Hongtu shouted: "Someone is coming, immediately pass down the order, let all the boats on the canal stop going north and turn to Nanjing!" Lord Qian, this is waiting for the tax to arrive, even if you really want 300,000 taels of silver, the official will give it to you! Who doesn't want the emperor to have a beautiful funeral? ”

"That's it!"

Zhu Jie said angrily: "Okay, I have already sent seven hundred miles to expedite, all the cao ships will be transported to the capital through the Daimyo's Mansion and Dezhou, such as today's Wei Jun Xu Yifan is rushing to the Daimyo's Mansion, and it will arrive in this two days, just to completely block the Daimyo's Mansion and the Dezhou Canal Wharf, and intercept all the Cao transport ships!" As long as the boat is still south of the Daimyo's Mansion, we can detain it all, if the Caochuan has already passed the Daimyo's Mansion, then there is no way, we can only look at the creation, I don't know if the Tianwei Army will be able to recover it in time......"

"Zhen Guogong, this, this, please be sure to let Lord Xu Yifan recover the taxes, silver, and food, otherwise, we will really have to drink the northwest wind, even if the three towns of Nanjing are guaranteed, but what about the other armies? As for the big and small officials, the household department really has no money......"

Gao Hongtu is not confused, he knows that at this time, the only one who can maintain influence on the Tianwei Army is the Zhenguo Gong in front of him, and the others, even if Ma Shiying, the secretary of the military department, is still given in vain, with his relationship with Zhu Jie, the generals of the Tianwei Army will definitely not take him!

Zhu Jie nodded and sighed: "If I have enough silver, why don't I want the first emperor to be buried in a grand manner?" Three years ago, the governor started in the reckless, penniless, three years later, he became the prince of the town, the governor of Jiangnan military and political affairs, such a grace, absolutely unprecedented, the emperor's grace is vast, and the governor is not a wolf's heart, how not to be grateful? It's just that now the national disaster is current, Lord Gao, you have to think clearly, compared with the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, which is more important, I know that the household is in difficulty now, or not, I paid out of my own pocket and donated 30,000 taels of silver for the funeral of the first empire, how about it? ”

Gao Hongtu's face turned red, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhen Guogong, this official remembers, it is indeed as you said, the Ming Dynasty is the most important party, if the national Zuo does not exist, what is the use of mourning behind him?" Master Qian and I will definitely arrange this national funeral......"

(End of chapter)