The soldiers in the southern city were constantly shouting, and the inner city was already panicked.

Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and there are also six departments and various central yamen, and the highest military status is naturally the military department yamen, and the current military department is Li Sui.

Li Sui was a Jinshi in Jiajing for five years, and Yan Maoqing was a fellow villager in Fengcheng, Jiangxi, but with the fall of the Yan Party. Not to mention the position of replacing Yang Bo in the future, the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu, which is on the edge, is already in danger.

However, the Zhenwu battalion arrested Qian Chong, the eunuch guarding Nanjing Town, and blocked it outside the south gate of the inner city, and how to pacify this quasi-rebel army that was about to move has become the most urgent problem to solve at present.

The Yamen of the Ministry of War, the Council Hall.

Li Sui sat worriedly in the hall, on the left sat Ge Shouli, the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, Zhu Heng, the secretary of the Nanjing Criminal Department, and Xu Zhi, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and on the right sat Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei Guogong, the garrison of Nanjing, and Li Tingzhu, the Marquis of Linhuai, the former commander of the Zhenwu camp.

Under the hall stood a group of military officials and soldiers, and in the face of this sudden mutiny, their faces also looked sad.

As Zhang Ye, the left attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, walked out, even when he attracted everyone's attention, the big guys sitting in the middle of the court drinking tea also dropped the tea cup one after another.

"Lord Zhengtang, the lower officials have just negotiated with them, and they have asked for death exemption coupons, double the payment of arrears of military salaries, and ...... A reward of 300,000 taels! Zhang Ye had just returned from negotiating with Zhenwu Camp in Nanchengtou, and he looked worried.

300,000 taels?

When they heard this number, the officials and generals in the hall couldn't help but gasp.

When Ge Shouli, the head of the household department in Nanjing, heard the amount of 300,000 taels, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, but he silently splashed the tea with the tea lid.

Since the autumn grain had just been collected, the Nanjing household department was naturally able to raise 300,000 taels very easily. It's just that this is 200,000 taels more than five years ago, not to mention, the Zhenwu Battalion is only 3,000 soldiers, which is an average of 100 taels per person!

"Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the safety of millions of people is related here, and the lord of the town has fallen into their hands, so Nanjing must not be chaotic!" Li Sui, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, has always been an official with a weak temperament, but he immediately set a tone of patriotism and love for the people, but he turned his head to look at Ge Shouli and said hesitantly: "There is no problem with the death penalty and double the military salary, but the 300,000 taels of silver ......!" ”

"They want 300,000 taels of silver, but we can still talk!" Ge Shouli took a sip of tea and gently put down the teacup, looking like Zhizhu was holding the authenticity.

Zhu Heng, who was sitting next to him drinking tea, moved his lips, but in the end he chose to drink tea silently.

Li Sui thought about it for a while, and found that this was really the truth, and this price must still be negotiable, so he turned his head and looked at Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, who was sitting opposite.

Xu Pengju knew what Li Sui's idea was, so he said lazily: "My duke has no prestige in the army, and I can't bargain with them in the city, right?" From the point of view of our own father, we should send a brave and resourceful man out of the city to negotiate with them and finalize a workable solution! ”

Ge Shouli and Xu Pengju usually had a good relationship, and he also echoed and said: "This matter is really not suitable to bargain with them in the city, or as Wei Guogong said, it is most safe for us to send an envoy out of the city to negotiate with them!" ”

Li Sui heard that these two bigwigs had this idea, and nodded slightly, and immediately swept over a few people in the hall.

When Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty, he set up a household registration system, and gave the descendants of Wuxun a very high military status, but this was undoubtedly a failed move.

Dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, this essence does not exist. His grandson Zhu Yunwen reused Li Wenzhong's son Cao Guogong Li Jinglong to pit the throne, Li Jinglong not only led the army to give Zhu Di a head for nothing, but also took the initiative to open the city gate to order the fall of Nanjing.

However, Li Jinglong was retributioned after all, and was soon banned by the knight. It was also in this dynasty that Jiajing re-awarded Li Tingzhu, the descendant of Li Jinglong, to the Marquis of Linhuai out of the need for great etiquette.

Li Tingzhu is the commander of the Zhenwu battalion, and if he wants to go out alone to negotiate with the rebels, he is undoubtedly the most suitable person. just faced Li Sui's gaze, but he drooped his head like a turtle with a shrunken head.

Seeing this, Li Sui also thought that he was also thinking about the Li family, and did not intend to embarrass Li Tingzhu, but instead swept to the officials and generals of the military department under the hall.

These officials and generals seemed to think of the right attendant of the household department, Huang Maoguan, who was obviously killed by the chaotic army but was detained and "fell over the wall to death", and they involuntarily took a big step back.

It's just that as soon as they retreated, an official standing at the front immediately stood out like a flock, and it was Si Ningjiang, an official of the Nanjing Military Department.

Ning Jiang and Lin Haoran are not much different in age, a beard has grown on a white face, and he has already moved from a young man to a young man, and his eyes are even sharper and more fearless.

Although he was squeezed out of Nanjing by the Xu Party, his will was not depressed because of this, but made his mind more determined.

Ning Jiang has been standing in the hall listening to the deliberations of these bigwigs, his face has been slightly constricted, and he is calm in the face of the eyes from the hall.

"Huh...... Ning Langzhong stood so far ahead, but he wanted to take over this errand? Xu Zhi also came to the hall today to discuss, and at this time he was joking.

There are party disputes in the city of Beijing, and the city of Nanjing is not necessarily calm either. Thanks to the identity of Shoufu's younger brother, although Xu Zhi is only a small Nanjing Dali Temple, no one in the entire Nanjing City dares to provoke.

Those officials and generals who retreated listened to Xu Zhi's joking voice, and looked at Ning Jiang who was standing in front with pity. Not to mention that this errand is life-threatening, even if it is successfully discussed, it will actually be questioned to a certain extent.

Although the negotiations could save the city of Nanjing from a military disaster, the death penalty coupon, double military salary, and 300,000 yuan of silver would already have a great negative impact on the negotiator's career.

Like after the incident five years ago, the relevant officials were stained, and the two bigwigs, He Shou, the eunuch guarding the town, and He Ao, the secretary of the military department, were directly dismissed from their official positions, and only Li Sui, who was backed by the strict party, was promoted.

"The lower official is willing to go out of the city to negotiate with the rebel army to reach the best solution!" Ning Jiang faced Xu Zhi's playful gaze, but responded as if he were dead.

Xu Zhi's mouth opened slightly, looking at Ning Jiang in disbelief, but he never expected Ning Jiang to be so bold.

Zhu Heng had previously done the work of inspecting officials in the Ministry of Officials, and when he saw Ning Jiang say this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and he looked at this military department with satisfaction.

Li Sui was afraid that Ning Jiang would regret it, so he even said loudly: "Okay, then go out of the city to discuss with Zhenwu Ying, and there will be Lao Ninglang!" ”

Ning Jiang's intimate relationship with Lin Haoran was not a secret, so when he arrived in Nanjing City, he did not dare to despise this subordinate with an amazing background. It's just that Ning Jiang is willing to jump into the fire pit now, so he naturally won't stop it.

The most important thing is that with Lin Haoran, a person close to him, taking responsibility together, then the pressure on his shoulders will undoubtedly be reduced a lot.