Chapter Ninety-Six: The Ransom Fee
Although all the generals present were very dissatisfied with Mrs. Xing's arbitrary decision, and Mrs. Xing was just a woman after all, no one dared to contradict Mrs. Xing at this moment.
She is not only Gao Jie's main room, but also Li Zicheng's wife, when she said that she was going on a killing spree, this army was founded by her and Gao Jie, although she has been compromising in order to take care of the overall situation over the years, but this does not mean that Mrs. Xing will always be merciful.
Now Mrs. Xing is in a hurry, killing a Xu Dingguo is just an appetizer for her, and then she is forced to kill even the emperor Lao Tzu, so everyone wisely chooses not to speak, but Qian Weikun said generously: "I will listen to Mrs. Xing's arrangement!"
Madame Xing was still carrying a sword in one hand and a human head in the other, and she asked Yuan Shu, who was a soldier of the Liang Soldier on the side, "Yuan Daotai, how much ransom money can you take out in Suizhou?" ”
Yuan Shu can be said to be the most nervous person in the audience, he is not only a native of Suizhou but also the largest local wealthy family in Suizhou, the Great Liang Soldier Road opened in Suizhou, and Gao Jie and three hundred Jiading also died in Yuan's Mansion, plus two or three hundred people killed and wounded in the siege of the city overnight yesterday, Yuan Shu knew that he was definitely messing things up.
In this way, a massacre must be inevitable, he doesn't know how to save the situation, he must take responsibility in this regard as the number one local gentleman in Suizhou, so he was naturally overjoyed when he heard Mrs. Xing's question: "Mrs. Xing, it is no problem how much ransom money you want, as long as you make a price, I will immediately raise it, I must do everything I can, if you can't raise it, I will give you a white note!"
Yuan Shu naturally has the confidence to say this, his father is Yuan Keli, who once served as the governor of Denglai and the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, and half of Suizhou City has been the property of the Yuan family for several generations, and is even called "the third Sima", as long as Suizhou City can be kept, the loss of silver is naturally not a problem.
It's just that Li Benshen suddenly said: "Lord Yuan, the brothers are waiting for a good time after the opening of the city, what's the matter with you taking a bunch of white strips out!"
This is what Yuan Shu is most afraid of, Gao Jie's subordinates are mostly thieves and have no discipline at all, Gao Jie can barely control these soldiers when he is alive, and now Gao Jie has died, these soldiers are naturally lawless and want to be happy after slaughtering the city.
Guo Hu also made trouble for Mrs. Xing on the side: "Yes, real money is enough, the arrears of the imperial court over the years are not hundreds of thousands of taels but hundreds of thousands of taels, and tens of thousands of brothers are waiting for rice to be cooked!"
Mrs. Xing coldly interrupted Guo Hu's accusation, and she asked Liu Yongxi: "Uncle Chengyi, what do you think of this ransom fee?" ”
Liu Yongxi knew that Gao Jiejun had already started the fire, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers under the city were now waiting for a good harvest after the opening of the city, so he naturally couldn't do anything in this matter: "It's really such a truth, you can't make a white slip on the ransom fee, there must be real money, no real money and silver, jewelry, jade ornaments, shops and fields, and at worst, you also need some pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, white rice and white noodles, right?" ”
Although Liu Yongxi said very harshly, and after several wars, Henan was already dilapidated, and the small people of Shengdou couldn't squeeze much oil and water, but Yuan Shu knew that as long as he didn't handle it properly, it would be the end of the city, so Yuan Shu immediately replied: "Please rest assured generals, I now order all efforts to raise funds, and I promise that I will satisfy the generals!"
And Mrs. Xing still carried Xu Dingguo's head and shouted: "I'm afraid this is far from enough!"
She really hated the officials and people of Suizhou to the bones, although she also knew that it was not necessarily the responsibility of the officials and people of Suizhou, but since Gao Jie died in the Yuan Mansion of Suizhou, then the officials and people of Suizhou and the host of Yuan Shu had to pay an amazing price.
She was originally ready to wash Suizhou with blood, but now as long as the officials and people of Suizhou pay some gold, silver, jewelry, shops, farms, pigs, cows, chickens and ducks, white rice and white noodles, she is already benevolent and righteous.
This is all for the sake of Xiao Chengyibo tying up Xu Dingguo!
And Liu Yongxi immediately said: "It's really not enough, I wonder if the generals are interested in the thousands of old troops under Xu Dingguo's command?" ”
Liu Yongxi said that the thousands of old departments under Xu Dingguo's command, whether it was Li Benshen, Guo Hu, Yang Chengzu, or even Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku, they were all interested.
In last night's battle, these old Gao Jie troops have formed an indissoluble hatred with Xu Dingguo's ministry, and everyone was originally going to kill Xu Dingguo's subordinates to prevent future troubles, but today Liu Yongxi not only kidnapped Xu Dingguo himself, but even solved Xu Dingguo's cronies, and the situation has changed fundamentally.
Everyone saw the hope of peacefully absorbing the Xu Ding State Ministry, and everyone felt that although the combat effectiveness of the Xu Ding State Department was quite far from Gao Jie's Ministry, it could also be called a number of troops on the ground in Henan, and it was fully equipped, with both hot and cold weapons, and even a lot of mules, horses, and guns.
Therefore, as soon as Liu Yongxi said this, everyone felt that they could annex these thousands of soldiers and horses to expand their strength, especially generals like Li Chengdong, who felt that their strength was limited and could not take over Gao Jie's foundation, was even more enthusiastic about this.
Although there will be a problem of money and grain supply after the incorporation, but now the officials and people of Suizhou are not just going to hand over a ransom fee, and when the time comes, just let the officials and people of Suizhou have a little more money and grain.
Therefore, Li Chengdong was the first to stand up and support Liu Yongxi: "Mrs. Xing, I think what Uncle Cheng Cheng said is an old opinion, and you can do it according to Uncle Chengcheng's wishes!"
Gao Jinku also felt that the biggest key in this troubled era was to strengthen their strength as much as possible, the reason why Liu Yongxi and Xing Shengping were lawless and dared to push back all the generals of the Gao Battalion was that they had nearly 10,000 heavy troops in their hands, so he responded to Li Chengdong: "I think that in addition to Xu Dingguo's department, Suizhou City also has to make up for our losses yesterday, and our losses are all veterans of a hundred battles!"
Although he knew that Gao Jinku had hit the young man in Suizhou City, Yuan Shu could only endure the humiliation: "Just do it according to General Gao's wishes, no matter how many people and horses are lost, we in Suizhou will be responsible for making up for it!"
Guo Hu was about to speak, but Mrs. Xing made a decision: "The matter in Suizhou is so decided, let's continue to deal with Xingpingbo's posthumous affairs, or give priority to official affairs!"
No one dared to question Mrs. Xing, who was carrying a sword and a human head, she continued: "I have been operating with Xingping Bo for ten years, and finally brought out this army, but the reason why this army can have today is also the result of the full support of the generals, so the ownership of this army, whether it is public or private, is most suitable for Li Benshen to be led for the time being, but ......"