"General Ma is always able to think about what I think, take the first step to do the urgent things that I want, and think about everything, where is Hou Xing's army now? If he can get to King Qinwang in Quanzhou in time, it is really thanks to General Ma who can anticipate the enemy's opportunity, as for what you said to motivate the soldiers or something, I also feel that it should be so, silver is not a problem, but the problem is that there is no silver. ”

"Ha, it's okay to use a silver ticket without silver, and it's more convenient to take it on the road."

Oh?

"Ah, no, it's the silver ticket that was exchanged for cash by the minister, but it's just a little more walking, and it's also very convenient."

Tianlang sighed, rubbing his palms against his knees, "You should know, after I got out of Wugang, my silver bag was already empty, and what kind of silver ticket did I mention, General Ma was too humorous." ”

Is Ma Jixiang humorous? He is very realistic, he already knows that the emperor has promised Jinyiwei that he will be rewarded for his merits when he returns to Quanzhou, and of course Tianlang also knows that this is what he is thinking about.

"In fact, yesterday, in order to inspire more than 100 soldiers to fight with Kong Youde, I made a promise to the soldiers, but I haven't been able to fulfill it yet, it's all a joke, but this is also something that can't be helped."

Tianlang leaned over to Ma Jixiang, and asked in a low voice: "General Ma, the hundred soldiers waiting for the reward are also Jinyi Guards, you know, I just escaped by luck, and I was only spared, the concubine and the prince were buried under the Qing saber, my heart is very painful, and it is also very chaotic, it is impossible to calm down and think about anything else, but I also know that this promise should be fulfilled, and the reward that should be awarded is still good to be honored, as General Ma said, with incentives, you can grasp the heart of the army." ”

"The emperor means ......"

"What I mean is not obvious enough, General Ma is worried about me, you can't just make suggestions and don't want to solve it, you are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and you are not the imperial history who can only talk about it, you have to do it to prove to me the action power of your Jinyi Guard."

Ma Jixiang scratched his face again, vigilantly wondering if this was a pit dug by the emperor for himself, but his inherent understanding of the original owner made him feel that he would not, Zhu Youlang was a waste emperor who only knew how to escape, where would there be any twists and turns, if he could, he would not be deceived by Liu Chengyin to go to Wugang and kill the whole family.

"If the emperor really plans to raise money for his ministers, the ministers are not out of the question, but I am afraid that it will affect the emperor's ...... Public praise. ”

Ma Jixiang's words were a little hesitant, but Tianlang didn't think so, he was going to become a tombstone, and he still had a fart for word of mouth?

"My whole family has been killed by my self-righteousness, do you think I still have a reputation?"

That's right, the Waste Emperor is still a little conscious.

"In this case, the minister launched an initiative in the whole city, how about asking the families and merchants to donate?"

"Huh." Tianlang sneered, "Does the initiative work?" If I remember correctly, in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the imperial brother Chongzhen issued an edict to the ministers of the court to 'persuade donations', hoping that everyone would join hands to fund the salvation of the country, but only the eunuchs Wang Yongzuo, Wang Dehua and Cao Huachun came out to support the imperial brother and donated 50,000 taels of silver each. ”

Tianlang also looked at Pang Tianshou inadvertently, and the meaning in his eyes was that eunuchs were still reliable, you know, those of you who are eunuchs are all good people in my eyes.

"In addition to the above-mentioned people, all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty pretended to be deaf and dumb, and the cabinet assistant Wei Zaode donated five hundred taels of silver, which is simply calling Huazi, and Zhou Kui, the national abbot, is not pulling out a dime."

Tianlang sighed, "Hey, in the end, his own daughter Queen Zhou couldn't stand it, and felt that her father was too embarrassed for her son-in-law's daughter, so she took out her own body and handed it to Zhou Kui with five thousand taels of silver, and also told Zhou Kui not to tell the emperor, just think that Zhou Kui donated it himself, but Zhou Kui secretly swallowed two thousand taels and only donated three thousand." ”

Tianlang looked at Ma Jixiang critically, "General Ma, if you are waiting to see the consciousness of the merchants and scholars in the whole state, you are waiting to see our own jokes, it is impossible for anyone to take the initiative to pay the money." ”

Tianlang reasoned with Ma Jixiang, and he didn't forget to give an example, Ma Jixiang understood, of course, he was also waiting for Tianlang's words, didn't the emperor say that he was not in the mood to do anything else, and he was afraid that he was embarrassed to go out and force donations.

"The things that the emperor has explained, the ministers must do it well, and they must not chill the hearts of the soldiers because they can't get the money."

Seeing that Ma Jixiang was about to quit and kick the door of the Quanzhou businessman's house in a hurry, "Wait." ”

"What else does the emperor have to instruct?"

"Yes, General Ma is resolute enough, but I remind you that there is another person, if his pocket is opened, it can almost reach the income from the entire Quanzhou City merchant gentry."

"And such a big donor?"

"Of course there is, but speaking of which, this person is a little dangerous, I don't know if General Ma dares to go?"

So Tianlang asked Ma Jixiang to lean close to his ears and listen to his secret, Ma Jixiang's eyes widened after hearing it, "Your Majesty, you ......"

"General Ma should be cautious, if he refuses, he doesn't have to force it, when he goes, let his cronies bring some wine and meat, and recruit some singers in Quanzhou City to accompany him. If he is willing to give money, you put down the wine and meat, and leave the singer to come back by herself, if he is unwilling, you will also stay and drink with him, listen to the songs, only climb friendships, talk about the wind and moon, and never mention anything else. ”

Tianlang looked around for a while, for fear that his bad idea would be heard by others, and then he put his mind at ease and said word by word: "Do you know why I didn't let him enter the city?" ”

"The emperor is still suspicious of him, so he let the ministers go to test it?"

Tianlang smiled heartily, patted his knee and did not answer.

"But does he really have that much silver?" After asking this sentence, Ma Jixiang shook his head and denied his doubts, there must be.

"I don't care about the silver or anything, if he is willing to give it, you will take it and reward the soldiers, what I ask for is just to see his heart."

Tianlang explained some more words, and Ma Jixiang went out in a hurry, like a general who killed left and right.

What Deng Kai saw was the emperor with a gentle smile, and Ma Jixiang's most disgusting back, and what he saw the most was Ma Jixiang's back, after all, he always left others with an untouchable back when he ran away.

When Ma Jixiang met him just now, Deng Kai kept looking at him with a sharp gaze, as if he had been wanting to question, but he didn't say it, but Ma Jixiang didn't care about his gaze at all, he was shameless.