Yang Cong was helpless and was recruited back to the capital, but Yan Song's conspiracy had just begun.

His purpose is not only to make Yang Cong unable to continue to build meritorious deeds, but more importantly, he also wants to seize more benefits, the food and salary of the border soldiers, he wants to exploit, and the salt income of the Nanzhili Household Department, he wants to embezzle it even more.

At this time, he is the head of the cabinet, and he doesn't grab more money, how can he be worthy of the position of the head of the hundred officials!

He worked hard to win this position, not for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, let alone for the common people in the world, but for the greed for money and more money.

Although Yang Cong is back, this guy still left 40,000 southeast troops in Hetao, how can this work?

60,000 Northwest Frontier Army plus 40,000 Southeast Army, a full 100,000 horses, accounting for more than half of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, and the generals are not his people, and he is still stripping a fart of food!

However, the regular Ming army is not said to be abolished, even if he is the head of the cabinet, he does not have this power, and Jiajing has to speak for this matter.

So, he used some small means and began to attack the 40,000 southeastern army.

This small method is very simple, that is, to order his cronies to play, bitterly show the astonishing consumption of the 40,000 Southeast Army, impeach Yang Cong, for his own selfishness, consume the country's grain and silver in vain, and then, he will write a vote, echo it, and hand it over to Jiajing.

The consumption of 40,000 troops is indeed amazing, just according to the calculation of the food and salary of ordinary border troops, it is not less than 100,000 taels a month, and it is more than 1 million taels a year, you know, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty is less than 5 million taels a year.

The consumption of more than one million taels, Jiajing was shocked when he saw it.

So, should the 40,000 southeastern army be abolished?

Jiajing is not an idiot after all, what is it, he makes a conclusion without asking the reason, this is not his habit.

He was accustomed to asking for the advice of his cronies, and of course, whether to listen or not was another matter.

This time, he did not ask Yan Song's opinion, because Yang Cong had already returned to Beijing, and it was of course better to ask the parties concerned for this kind of matter.

To be honest, when Jiajing summoned him, Yang Cong was a little unhappy in his heart, because Jiajing was too confused, and he was already angry, he really didn't want to see this idiot!

Of course, it's one thing to want to or not to see, and it's another thing to see or not to see.

The emperor summoned you, if you don't go, it's simply looking for death.

He wasn't so reckless, no matter how reluctant he was, he still came to the Qianqing Palace, and he didn't have any angry looks on his face, and even, he pretended to have a trace of joy and excitement, as if he hadn't seen Jiajing for a long time, and he missed it very much.

Jiajing saw him like this, his heart was extremely comfortable, and after the monarch and ministers greeted him, he said kindly: "Qingfeng, Ling'er is okay, he didn't scold me, right?" ”

In this world, it is estimated that Lu Linger dares to scold Jiajing, whether in front of her face or behind her back, she dares to scold, of course, Jiajing will not take it to heart.

Yang Cong also pretended to be close, and said with a slight excitement: "Ling'er is still more knowledgeable, and she never had any complaints when Weichen fought for the country. ”

When Jiajing heard this, she couldn't help but smile and said: "This little girl, it's good to be able to understand the general situation, by the way, there is a piece of music here, it is to impeach you, you can take a look." ”

After that, he picked up the fold on the table and handed it directly to Yang Cong.

Nima, Yan Song, what's wrong with you eating too much, I just came back and you let people impeach me!

Yang Cong took the fold, took a closer look, and suddenly sneered in his heart.

This Yan Song really can't accommodate the 40,000 southeast troops, but, unfortunately, he already has a countermeasure in his heart.

He respectfully handed it back to Jiajing, and then said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, Weichen dares to ask, do you know how long the Great Wall on the northwest border is?" ”

When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but be embarrassed, the Great Wall on the northwest border is very long, of course he knows this, but he doesn't know exactly how long it is, who is so bored to remember the length of the Great Wall.

After thinking about it, he got up awkwardly and took out a scroll of maps, spread them out on the table, looked at them carefully, and then estimated: "Judging from the map, it is almost five or six thousand miles long." ”

Yang Cong said solemnly: "The meandering in the details of the map can not be seen, in fact, the length of the Great Wall on the northwest border is more than 7,800 li, just because we have recovered the Hetao, the Great Wall of Yansui Town and Yulin Town in Shaanxi Province has been reduced by more than half, it turns out that the length of the Great Wall on the northwest border is more than 8,600 li." ”

It's so long, it's really long, but what does that have to do with the Southeast Army?

Jiajing asked a little puzzled: "It doesn't seem to be the case that this is the case, right?" ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he resisted the urge to roll his eyes, and patiently explained: "Your Majesty, the Great Wall of more than 7,800 miles has to be garrisoned, and the Northwest Frontier Army has been reduced to 60,000, that is to say, even if all the Northwest Frontier Army is stationed on the Great Wall, there will be less than ten people in one mile." Although the Tartars have been defeated many times and their vitality has been greatly damaged, the 100,000 army can barely make it up, if they launch a sneak attack, even if the Northwest Frontier Army is brave and good at fighting, I am afraid it will not be able to resist it, right? ”

Ten men stand on the mile-long Great Wall against an army of 100,000!

Jiajing couldn't help but be stunned when he thought of this situation.

That's ridiculous, isn't it?

He couldn't help but exclaim, "How can this be resisted? ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly and said: "It's really unstoppable, so, since the Zhengde year, the Tartars have repeatedly entered the army and won repeatedly, and this can't be completely blamed on the Northwest Frontier Army, because the Northwest Frontier Army's staffing can't stop the army of more than 100,000 Tartars." ”

What does this mean, the Tartars still have to enter the prison every year?

Jiajing said a little anxiously: "Then what should I do?" ”

Yang Cong said unhurriedly: "This is the reason why Weichen left 40,000 southeast troops, once the main force of the Tartars is assembled, the northwest border army can still be detected, where they want to attack, they can't escape the experienced border generals, and at this time, the northwest border towns are basically connected by rail, and the movement speed of our army is still quite fast." Where the Tartars want to attack, after we find out, we can send 40,000 southeastern troops to support, so that the Tartars will be 100,000 to 50,000 in any border town, plus our defense facilities, they will not be able to bargain at all. ”

It turned out that the 40,000 troops were reserved for support, and Jiajing nodded again and again: "Well, your method is very good, but the consumption of food and salary is a bit large, after all, the original Northwest Frontier Army is only about 60,000, which is suddenly 40,000 more, which is a big burden." ”

You are an idiot, and you have been fooled by Yan Song again, you know?

Yang Cong faintly reminded: "Your Majesty, the original Northwest Frontier Army is indeed only about 60,000, but it was only 300 catties per salt introduction, and now it has been added to 500 catties per salt introduction, and the income of salt merchants is equal to more than 60 percent, and the increase of 40,000 troops is also equivalent to an increase of more than 60 percent, that is to say, the current 100,000 army is equal to the original 60,000 army, and what is consumed is only the excess salt income. ”

Okay, now, Jiajing finally understood, he directly brushed the impeachment of Yang Cong to the side, and said slightly angrily: "These officials, they just have nothing to do when they are full." ”