"The minister said the second point, the garrison of 100,000 troops is obviously impossible to achieve in the short term, and in fact there is no need to do so, our dynasty only governs the land of northern Zhejiang and the eastern nine provinces of Jiangsu, if you want to gather 100,000 troops to defend Nanjing, then at least 60,000 or 70,000 new soldiers must be recruited, and the defense along the Qiantang River requires at least 80,000 to 100,000 troops, in addition to the less than 50,000 troops under the minister's command, 50,000 people also need to be recruited, so that in the short term, the imperial court needs to recruit more than 100,000 new troops, Not to mention whether the imperial court has such a huge amount of money to support the consumption of a total of 200,000 troops, just talking about the land of Jiufu, the civil chaos and labor shortage caused by the rapid conscription is a disaster. The so-called forgetting the war will be dangerous, the belligerent will die, and the reckless military force is also the way to death, so you must not be careful! ”

Zhu Yujiao bowed her head again.

"The last point, the minister was terrified, the minister didn't know what he had done, and he made the princes of the court and the central government jealous of the minister." Wu Zheng looked regretful, "When the mountains and rivers are broken, we should be united and have the same hatred for the enemy, but there are always people who want to sow discord between you and me." ”

Wu Zheng's remarks were very direct, and he hit the essence of this third point, which is not a question of changing officers in the new army, but the essence of this is to weaken and remove Wu Zheng's influence in the new army.

Zhu Yujiao no longer bowed her head, she understood what Wu Zheng meant, but, as a prisoner, she also knew what Zhu Yihai and Qian Sule meant.

The way to be a king lies in balance, no matter how much you appreciate it, even if you like Wu Zheng, you can't let his power expand too much.

Otherwise, even if this country is recovered, it will no longer be surnamed Zhu.

Daming, who is not surnamed Zhu, is it still Daming?

This point is Zhu Yujiao's bottom line, and it is also the consensus between her and Zhu Yihai and others.

Keeping Zhengshuo, as the royal family of the Zhu family, this is her right and her obligation.

Just like Zhu Yujiao sighed, this is her fate.

"Jinghaihou has worked hard and made great achievements, but the manpower will eventually be exhausted, and it is also the imperial court's sympathy for Jinghaihou to be relieved of the heavy responsibility of Tianfu's defense. Moreover, the imperial court has another reward and reuse for Jing Haihou, and Jing Haihou has multiple positions, I am afraid that he will not be able to do it. Therefore, when the palace thinks about it, what King Lu and Lord Qian said is reasonable, and I hope that Jinghaihou can sympathize with the hearts of the palace and the princes. ”

Wu Zheng opened his mouth when he heard this, this woman really changed, became proficient in the way of being a king, became sophisticated, and was comfortable with political affairs.

Now that Zhu Yujiao has spoken, as a courtier, Wu Zheng can only obey.

So he bowed down and said, "In this case, the minister will receive the order." Everything is done in accordance with His Highness's orders. ”

Looking at Wu Zheng's departing back, a wisp of wetness flashed in Zhu Yujiao's eyes.

"Am I wrong?"

Uncle Zheng behind him said softly: "Your Highness, this is also for the sake of Jinghai, while there is no-for-tat at this time, there is still room for maneuver, otherwise there will really be an internal friction, and my dynasty will really ...... Hey, it's no wonder that Jing Haihou, at such a young age, he is so strong, in just over a year, how can he not be jealous and hated by others? ”

Zhu Yujiao suddenly restrained the complexity in her heart, turned her face away, and her eyes became clear, "These things are not something you can put your beak on, you must remember that your life was saved by the palace that day." ”

When Uncle Zheng heard this, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he hurriedly knelt down and said, "The old slave has a lot of mouths, the old slave should die." ”

Zhu Yujiao turned her head and said leisurely: "Even when my father was alive, I couldn't allow the ministers to discuss the government and arrange important ministers so arbitrarily. You have to be introspective. ”

"Yes." Uncle Zheng's face turned pale, "The old slave remembers His Highness's teachings. ”

……。

Mo obsessively waited nervously at the door.

If he is not afraid in his heart, it must be false.

Even if this was his home, it wouldn't give him any sense of security.

used such a huge amount of silver before, although the result was as expected by his granddaughter Mo Yiqing, and the harvest was still unexpected, but the unauthorized use of public funds and misappropriation for other purposes was enough to ruin the Mo family.

And what Mo Zhinian is most worried about is that his granddaughter Mo Yiqing will be disgusted by Wu Zheng and will be snubbed.

If that's the case, I'm afraid I want to die.

The only thing he hopes is that, as Mo Yiqing said, this good result can offset his mistakes.

That is, to redeem the merits.

Mo was nervously pacing back and forth at the door, constantly looking back at the door.

He didn't even know if Wu Zheng had noticed this and had already started to make moves against him.

Wu Zheng finally came out.

His face was not good, which made Mo Zhinian even more worried.

Holding back his uneasiness, Mo Zhi stepped forward and saluted: "Lord, my subordinates have something to report." ”

Wu Zheng glanced at the officials of the two government offices in Hangzhou who were waiting on the other side.

Ignoring Mo Zhi, Gu Zi stepped forward to explain a few words.

Seeing Wu Zheng's attitude so indifferent, how could he dare to follow?

had to stand in place, the sweat on the corners of his forehead was slicing down, and he secretly sighed in his heart, complaining that his granddaughter's strategy had hurt him and the Mo family.

In the final analysis, if you don't adopt your granddaughter's strategy, it's a big deal that the price of grain in Hangzhou and the surrounding areas will skyrocket, although it can't be controlled, the Mo family's grain hoarding is enough to ensure Wu Zheng's Northern Expedition needs, as for selling the grain stored in the official warehouse, it was instructed by Wu Zheng before leaving, and it has nothing to do with the Mo family.

In the end, Wu Zheng can blame Mo for his poor implementation and lack of ability, and I am afraid that nothing else is beyond reproach.

But Mo Zhizhi became greedy for a while, he was not all for the sake of Wu Zheng and the interests of the Hangzhou government, so he finally decided to follow Mo Yiqing's strategy, the two most important points are, one is that Mo Yiqing pointed out the in-law relationship between the Mo family and Wu Zheng, and the other is that if she adopts her strategy, it can not only resolve the food price crisis caused by the series of rich businessmen and giants in the city, but also let the Mo family profit from it.

And the fact is just as Mo Yiqing expected, Wu Zheng led the army to march forward until the world unexpectedly recovered Yingtianfu.

In fact, needless to say, Mo was obsessed, and all the merchants in the city did not expect it, even the Shaoxing Imperial Court did not expect it.

The speed is too fast, this speed refers to the speed of Wu Zheng's advance, that is, because of this speed, the Qing court could not respond effectively, so it could only temporarily surrender to the Shaoxing Mansion and ask for a truce.

The arrival of the news of Guangfu Ying Tianfu crushed the last trace of resistance of the merchants in Hangzhou City.

The collection of grain reserves in Yingtianfu, Suzhou and other places is enough to crush the resistance of any merchant in Hangzhou, which even a fool can understand.

The price of grain, which had already fallen sharply, fell again, and in half a day's effort, it fell directly from 223 stone of japonica rice to 122 stone.

And half a month ago, when Mo Zhinian had not yet moved, the highest grain price in Hangzhou had reached the height of three taels and one stone.

In other words, in just half a month, grain prices have fallen by more than 80% from their peak.