On the fifteenth day of the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves captured Fengyang, the capital of central Ming. Destroyed the emperor's mausoleum, burned Longxing Temple, killed more than 60 eunuchs, and beheaded thousands of officers and soldiers who stayed behind in the Ming Dynasty.

The occurrence of this incident led to the killing of a large number of civil officials and military generals, and Emperor Chongzhen also issued the first edict.

Subsequently, Emperor Chongzhen dispatched the most capable generals in his hands to protect the imperial tomb from being destroyed by thieves. It was led by the eunuch Lu Jiude, and there were two generals under his command, one was Huang Degong, and the other was Liu Liangzuo. Among them, Huang Degong is naturally the most famous, and his military achievements are impressive.

At about the same time that Li Laiheng led the troops to step on the sea ship, Liu Liangzuo, who was far away from Fengyang Mansion, was in his back office, drinking and scolding.

"Is it a human thing to want the horses to run and not to eat grass?"

"Damn, it's forcing Lao Tzu to be anxious, it's against his mother!"

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This Liu Liangzuo, the most famous war has two times, one is Chongzhen's tenth year Cao Cao Luo Rucai's subordinates shook the sky and led an army of 50,000, known as 250,000 to attack Yunyang. Liu Liangzuo rescued Yunyang, and the whole army was wiped out.

The other time was more famous, but it didn't happen on this plane. According to the original historical development, Liu Liangzuo, who had already surrendered to Jianjiao, attacked Jiangyin, and only defeated Jiangyin, which was guarded by Yan Yingyuan, on the 81st, and slaughtered the people of the city!

At this time, when he heard his words, his son Liu Zehan, who was drinking with him, was shocked when he heard it, and hurriedly persuaded: "Father, be cautious, be cautious!" ”

At the very beginning, the imperial court killed Wang Pu, He Renlong and others who escaped from the battle, and when the military discipline was strict, Liu Liangzuo did not take it seriously, and even complained in private, the imperial court did not give military salaries and food, how to fight this battle? How serious is military discipline? It's really going to be urgent, let's see if the court is in a hurry or who is in a hurry in the end!

Later, he heard the news that Zuo Liangyu and the governor Hou Sui wanted to clear the king's side, which was tantamount to a rebellion. That day, he drank heartily and gloated.

Zuo Liangyu is so noisy, he likes to see it the most. If the trouble is successful, it will be impossible for the imperial court to restrain the military generals who hold military power in the future, which will be beneficial to him; There was a stalemate and finally failed, that's nothing, at least let the court know, it's okay not to blindly compare with these generals who hold military power, otherwise, who is responsible for forcing them to rebel?

However, he didn't expect that Zuo Liangyu would be decided by the imperial court before he shouted out the side of the Qing monarch, and the whereabouts of Hou Sui and Hou Sui are still unknown. This news shocked him greatly.

At first, he thought that it was Min Hongxue, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who led the troops, but later heard that it was the recently powerful Xingguo Gong who led the troops, and he actually had this ability, and Zuo Liangyu, who was stronger than him in the first war.

Since hearing the news, Liu Liangzuo has really been a lot more honest and restrained his subordinates not to disturb the people.

However, this is also the case. The military salaries, grain and grass provided to him by the imperial court were very limited. If there is no money and food, his subordinates will make trouble!

For this reason, Liu Liangzuo found Lu Jiude.

The reply he received from Lu Jiude said that there was a decree from the imperial court that he should report the real strength of troops according to the truth, and that he should not eat empty salaries or indiscriminately fill the numbers, so he would use the troops according to the regulations. In this way, the corresponding military salary will be paid by the imperial court.

This incident made Liu Liangzuo annoyed again.

Over the years, who cares about the previous regulations in the war with the thieves, is to raise a group of family members, and then expand the cannon fodder as much as possible, and then select some capable soldiers from the cannon fodder to enrich the family.

And the so-called family is not on the roster of the Ministry of War, and belongs to Liu Liangzuo's private soldiers. The meaning of the imperial court is to ask him to confiscate this private soldier and no longer use the money of the imperial court to adopt private soldiers for the generals.

Of course Liu Liangzuo is unwilling to do this kind of thing. Not only him, but other generals, in fact, are the same, no one wants to!

However, Zhang Mingwei's subordinates are mainly the Beijing battalion, that is, the Yongwei battalion was expanded.

At present, among the official army of the imperial court, only the newly formed Yongwei Battalion is a regular army, and the list of soldiers is on the roster, which only belongs to the emperor's pro-army.

And Wu Sangui, Bai Guangen and others, they actually fought like a family member. However, the battle of Songjin was completely annihilated, and the newly led army, which was selected from the withdrawal of soldiers and civilians from Liaodong, also belonged to the regular army, and there were no family members.

In this regard, perhaps it is also a blessing and a curse, otherwise, it will be difficult to move these five general soldiers. Those family members did not listen to the court, but only to the old generals who provided for them.

Although after being stationed in the south, with the death of the soldiers of the original Yongwei battalion, he also has a tendency to tend to the family system, but it has not yet been large-scale, after all, the time from the Yongwei battalion is still short, and he himself is still very loyal to the imperial court.

At this time, the new requirements of the imperial court for the military system had little impact on Huang Degong, but it had a great impact on Liu Liangzuo.

At the beginning, he only dared to complain in private, at most he didn't contribute to the war, after all, he didn't have the money to fight!

Later, the Xingguo Gongfu Department was besieged by millions of thieves on the Kaifeng side, and after a long time, his subordinates also began to make trouble, so the military discipline was relaxed again. And he himself complained a lot.

Lu Jiude had looked for him, but at this time, the veteran leaders who originally held military power had already lost their tails, he was perfunctory, and Lu Jiude was helpless.

However, recently, news came from the north, saying that Luo Rucai was the leader, Li Zicheng fled, and Kaifeng was victorious!

As soon as this news came, Liu Liangzuo was frightened and honest again, and hurriedly had serious military discipline, and began to count the roster, ready to honestly follow the requirements of the imperial court.

However, with the arrival of further news, there were rumors that in this battle, in fact, the Xingguo Gong was not so powerful, but the thieves themselves were cheaper under the fire of Xingguo Gong.

In addition, Liu Liangzuo heard that the Duke of Xingguo did not take the opportunity to chase and kill the defeated and fleeing Li Zicheng's department, so he confirmed that it was estimated that this rumor was true. Because of this, Xingguo Gong did not dare to lead his troops to pursue.

So, his incident naturally repeated again. If you can hand over his family, of course he doesn't want to hand it over.

Time passed, and of course his men began to make trouble again.

Liu Liangzuo was annoyed, and after drinking, he naturally began to vent his dissatisfaction.

His son Liu Zehan is afraid, according to this situation, if his father takes Zuo Liangyu's path, he understands, at least his father is not as strong as Zuo Liangyu. Not to mention how the Xingguo Gong defeated the thieves, at least it is a fact that he defeated Zuo Liangyu.

At this time, Liu Liangzuo saw his son looking so cowardly, and suddenly, the anger became even greater, and he slapped the table and shouted: "Be careful, what's the matter, can the court still eat me?" Now that the thieves are so powerful, the eight kings are gathering people and horses to train the water army in Chaohu, and the five battalions of Gezuo are also going to converge, when the time comes, the court will dare to do something to Lao Tzu, who will guard the heavenly mansion for the emperor? ”

In the original history, during this time period, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong joined forces to raid Zhang Xianzhong's department in Qianshan, and won a great victory, which dealt a heavy blow to Zhang Xianzhong's thoughts.

But on this plane, they all stayed in Fengyang Mansion and did not move, so naturally there was no great victory in the hidden mountain.

And Zhang Xianzhong just conquered Luzhou, and then Kelujiang County, not to mention the 300 big ships of Shuangqiao, other ships have also been captured one after another, which makes Zhang Xianzhong's ambition even greater, so he recruited sailors in Chaohu Lake and trained his sailors.

It is for this reason that Liu Liangzuo has the saying of Shouying Tianfu.

When Liu Zehan heard this, he was still very worried and said: "It's not that there was news before that Xingguo Gong had already led his troops south. In case my father's words get out, then Zuo Liangyu is a lesson from the past! ”

The name Zuo Liangyu still has weight. When Liu Liangzuo heard this, he was slightly stunned, and realized his own weight, so he was a little cowardly.

But after all, in front of his son, he had just scolded him for cowardly, how could he be cowardly too fast, so he still said stiffly: "Lao Tzu can see that the court has no money, so he just thinks of a way to force Lao Tzu!" ”

After finishing speaking, he raised his wine glass and drank it all, then slammed the wine glass on the table, and then sneered and said: "Even if Lao Tzu doesn't report the others, so many people, will the court dismiss them, isn't that cheap for the thieves?" Lao Tzu just looked at it, this money, the court can get it, and if it doesn't come out, it can get it! ”

Obviously, after hearing that the Duke of Xingguo led the troops south, Liu Liangzuo was still cowardly.

Hearing this, Liu Zehan asked a little curiously: "Didn't you say that the imperial court copied a lot of money and grain?" ”

When Liu Liangzuo heard this, the corners of his mouth immediately twitched, and he sneered: "No matter how much money and food you have to steal the family, there will always be a number, right?" The imperial court moved the military and civilians of Liaodong, built the defense line of the Great Wall, and paid them military salaries, and it was also clearly decreed that there should be no deduction of military salaries in the future. Also, the placement of thieves, pawns, etc., it is said that water conservancy is still being built or something, isn't that a matter of spending money like running water? There is no tax north of the Yangtze River, hehe......"

Speaking of this, he said in an affirmative tone: "There must not be a lot of money in the hands of the imperial court, and the money and grain to be used in the south are a number that cannot be counted!" Lao Tzu saw what he would do when the Xingguo Gong came! ”

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Not to mention, Liu Liangzuo's guess about this money is really not much worse.

Although there are a lot of copyists on the Jingshi side, as well as the copyists of the eight Jin merchants, they do have a lot of money. However, at the same time, the imperial court also spent money like running water, and if it did not continue to raid the house in the future, the money was used one less than one.

The glass factory is in Jingdezhen, and it also takes a process to sell the money from the glass into the treasury.

Zhang Mingwei led his troops south, along the Yellow River to the south. Not only can he speed up the march, at least a lot of things can be transported by ship, but more importantly, he wants to solve this problem of money and food.

As in the north, defeating the thieves is not the key, the key is to have enough money and food to solve the problem.