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Chi Er got up humbly and said in a muffled voice: "I said a long time ago, if you have money, you have money, and if you don't have money, you have no money...... I think that the young master was on the official road of Jiaxing Mansion that day, and he collected more than 100 defeated soldiers, and he could kill dozens of Tartar chasing soldiers, and now we have 200,000 people, and the ships are strong and the guns are sharp, what else is there to say...... The soldiers sent to Shuntianfu, caught the Shunzhi baby, and the mother-in-law who was called. ”

Sun Jiaji got up and echoed: "The last general is the prince who followed when the prince took back the state. Over the years, under the leadership of the prince, the Northern Expeditionary Army has won many battles, and the Tartars have been terrified by the advantages of the soldiers...... Now the Qing court is not the Qing court of six years ago, Duoduo was killed in Shaoxing Mansion, Dolgon died in Xuzhou, Bolo is still imprisoned in Hangzhou Mansion, and the army of Zhengxi, which was relied on by the Qing court as another arm, was also eaten by the Great Western Army, Nikan and Kong Youde were killed and committed suicide...... The last general thought that at this time, when the strength of the two sides was rising, as long as the prince ordered, the last general was willing to be the vanguard! ”

Lu Zhiyu slowly got up and said: "The last general is not against the Northern Expedition, as we all know, we have been fighting fiercely with the enemy for many years, in order to be the Northern Expedition." Can...... But the question is, at this juncture, is it worth it? ”

Chi Erhan glared, and Huo Di turned around to scare the Lu Domain.

Wu Zheng shouted lightly: "You kid can't be leisurely and let people finish talking?" ”

Chi Erhan snorted at Lu Zhiyu and sat down slowly.

Lu Zhiyu clenched his fists and arched: "Thank you, Lord Wang...... The last general means that just as the prince planned before, the general's mansion needs time to reorganize the army and train the troops, and the people of Jiangnan must also recuperate...... We already have such a big foundation, it's not advisable to gamble! ”

Wu Yi, who was beside Lu Zhiyu, got up and echoed: "The last general thinks that what General Lu said is reasonable. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that under the oppression of our army, the territory of the Qing army is constantly shrinking, Fujian and Guangdong have been recovered, our army has drunk the Yellow River, and the Great Western Army has entered Jingxiang...... As long as we are patient and let Li Guoguang Xinwei and Li Dingguo's Western Army fight to the death with the Qing army, and then we can take advantage of the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition, we can get twice the result with half the effort and win the game in one fell swoop. ”

Wu Zheng smiled, glanced at the generals, and asked, "Does anyone else have any objections?" ”

Fang Guoan wanted to speak and stopped, he had even straightened up, but after thinking about it, he sat back again.

Wu Zheng asked again, but no one spoke.

So Wu argued: "The two generals Lu and Wu said it well! Six years ago, we were barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, but whenever we encountered a battle, we would fight first and then talk about it...... But now, we have a territory, we want people, we want silver, we have silver, and we have put on shoes, which are quite comfortable, so we have to think about a way out of everything, don't you say? ”

These words quickly eased the atmosphere in the hall.

But Wu Zheng suddenly changed his tone and said: "People, it's often like this. As long as you are well fed and clothed, and you still have three or five days of rice and grain money in your pocket, then you have to get by, thinking, if you lose, how can you get the three or five days of rice and grain money in your pocket? There is a great fear of being exterminated by the slaughtering family. ”

The atmosphere changed abruptly and became tense.

"I did think about making myself invincible first, and then I would send troops to the Northern Expedition when I was fully sure." Wu Zheng said leisurely, "But I suddenly realized that recuperation is not a kind of slackness? Lu Zhiyu, after the victory in Jiangda, you and Wu Yi made a small fortune in Yangzhou Mansion, right? ”

Lu Zhiyu and Wu Yi were shocked, and hurriedly got up and said: "Lord Mingjian, the two generals have no ...... to loot the people of Yangzhou Mansion. ”

"Sit down, I know." Wu Zheng raised his hand and signaled, but his tone became colder, "Otherwise, how can this king allow you to still sit here?!" ”

Lu Zhiyu and Wu Yi were even more shocked, how could they dare to sit, "The two generals are just imitating the prince...... confiscate the property of those wealthy and wealthy families who are secretly linked with the Qing army....... ”

Wu Zheng's face was as usual, noncommittal.

And Song An, who had been listening silently, suddenly spoke: "The two generals detained seventeen salt merchants in Liujiazhuang and Baijuchang, and extorted ransom silver from the salt merchants, totaling more than 1.6 million taels. After that, in Fu'an, he again blackmailed nine wealthy families in the same way, and received no less than one million taels ......of atonement silver. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhiyu and Wu Yi couldn't stand anymore, they "pounced" and knelt in front of Wu Zheng, and bowed down in unison: "We are guilty, please punish the prince." ”

The generals in the hall looked at each other, and the atmosphere gradually solidified.

Wu Zheng still looked like ice, and said slowly: "This king has indeed confiscated the rich and committed official property, but you say that you follow this king, this king doesn't like to hear this...... All the money that the king has confiscated belongs to the treasurer, and he has never put a tael of silver into his own pocket. ”

Lu Zhiyu hurriedly said: "The last general is guilty...... The last general will go back and hand over the silver involved to Mo Lao. ”

Wu Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "The last general is also willing to hand over the silver involved to Mo Lao...... It's just that a part of the silver taels has been given as a reward to the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions in this battle. ”

Wu Zheng finally became angry, slapped the case, and shouted in a deep voice: "Reward to the soldiers? Do you think the Northern Expeditionary Army is your private soldier? In what name do you reward the Northern Expeditionary Army? Besides, this silver is still dirty silver of unknown origin! ”

Lu Zhiyu and Wu Yi didn't dare to answer again, arched their hands and bowed to the ground.

Wu Zheng glanced left and right, and slowly sat back, "When Gu and Li Guo set up this plan, they already expected that this plan would be seen through by the Qing court...... Therefore, this plan is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy, and Lone almost didn't tell them clearly that Lone intended to get involved in Fengyang Mansion. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng nodded Chen Sheng and said: "You left a thousand people in Tianchang, so you left it well!" It's like leaving me with a good move. There is no shortage of smart people in the Qing court, and smart people can often hit the nail on the head, of course they can guess that I am interested in Fengyang Mansion, and they also guess that I am financially constrained and unable to carry out a large-scale Northern Expedition, so that the matter is very clear, it is nothing more than the competition for Fengyang and Luzhou, and further south, there is Anqing Mansion...... If you were to be replaced, how do you think the Qing court would respond? ”

Chi Erhan replied first: "It's true that our financial resources are in dire straits, but the Qing court may not be much better than us...... Since we can't afford a decisive battle, the enemy wants to do the same. Therefore, I don't think that the Qing court will break out into a big war with our army because of this, and at most use the existing forces of Fengyang Mansion plus Yanzhou Dolbo to compete with Guangxinwei for Fengyang Mansion. ”

Chen Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't think so, not really. At least, Yanzhou Dolbo will not easily obey the will of the Qing Emperor, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that if he competes with Guangxinwei for Fengyang Mansion, the military expenses and casualties will not be less, and Dolbo can swallow this bitter fruit and make wedding clothes for Fulin? Definitely not, once the loss of Dolbo's department is too large, the Qing court is likely to take the opportunity to recover the land of the four prefectures, at least Dolbo will definitely lose Jinan and Qingzhou. ”