"Your Majesty is very right!" When Cao Huachun heard this, he immediately agreed.

And Luo Yangxing, who was in the cell, saw that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to leave after finishing his orders, so he hurriedly played loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general can't understand, why did Gonggong Cao lock up the last general here?" ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned his head to look at him, and said in a cold voice: "You have done things yourself, haven't you repented until now?" ”

Speaking of this, he instructed Cao Huachun again: "Give him paper and pencil for a day, so be it!" ”

Then, he ignored the stupid Luo Yang, took back the eavesdropping seed, and gave it to Jiang Dong as a "reward", and then turned around and left.

Although it was already dark, he still had a lot of work to do.

When he first left the gate of the Dongchang prison, Chen Baoting was already waiting here, and he was told that the confiscated property had been verified and there was no problem.

After Emperor Chongzhen heard this, on the way back, he began to think about it.

On Lu Xiangsheng's side, the sooner the arrangement is made, the better. Among the confiscated property, fixed assets and other things, such as those shops and fields, could not be used for military salaries. Even if you want to cash out, you can't do it in a short time. In other words, what can be used as military pay at present is actually about 390,000 taels of silver.

The Ming army is now a conscription system, and the monthly salary is calculated according to one tael, not counting the military salary owed, it is also 50,000 taels.

Then he captured a Tartar alive and rewarded him with thirty taels of silver, and twenty taels if he was beheaded. After such a big battle, there are some heads. There are no Manchu Tartar heads, there are always Mongolian Tartars and two Tatars, and halving them is also a big expense. If this money is not out, how can the soldiers talk about fighting bravely to kill the enemy?

Now the situation is adversity, and the bounty cannot be reduced; Only if you are in a good situation and it is easy to kill the enemy, then the bounty will not have much impact on morale.

There is also a pension for the dead and disabled in battle, and in the case of ordinary soldiers, they are to give five stone of grain, two horses of linen, and one thousand taels of money. When converted, it is about eight taels of silver. Those who have official positions depend on the size of the official rank, and they have doubled up. If there were orphans and widows, etc., they were supported by the imperial court, and the children generally reached the age of fifteen.

For this time in the late Ming Dynasty, these things really didn't exist, and this was also the reason for the low morale. Now that Lu Xiangsheng is in the army, those generals are asking for this money, not to mention whether they really want it for their soldiers or for their own pockets, at least this money, only when it is out can the living people have no worries.

In this way, there are nearly 4,000 disabled people under Lu Xiangsheng and the Tianxiong Army alone, and even if it is calculated according to the lowest-level soldiers, it will cost 32,000 taels of silver. If the other armies are also counted, it will be far more than that, at least several times multiplied, and it will be calculated according to 80,000 taels.

Roughly calculated, if you want to improve the morale of Lu Xiang's promotion army, the most basic is nearly 200,000 taels of silver. Then the army will fight, and the follow-up money must also be prepared, just according to a month, just the military salary and reward silver, you must prepare a hundred thousand taels, this is not counting ordnance horses, armor, bows and arrows, horse fodder, grain and grass, etc.

It can be said that fighting a war is really fighting for money!

By the time he sat on the throne, Emperor Chongzhen had already had a rough idea. Of the 390,000 taels of silver, 300,000 were allocated to Lu Xiangsheng. As for the rest, I can't manage it for the time being, so I can only let Lu Xiangsheng watch it himself.

The remaining 90,000 taels of silver will be used tomorrow to appease the soldiers of the four guards and one battalion under the command of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. After all, the incentive of empty vernacular, that is, the so-called chicken soup for the soul, will not have much effect on the soldiers living on the poverty line.

In this way, the silver that had just arrived in his hand didn't even have a chance to cover the heat, and he had a place to return again. A will, he left Beijing overnight and rushed to solve the problem for Lu Xiangsheng.

Of course, the real silver could not be brought by the Chin Cha. Otherwise, it is not safe to send as many troops as possible, and if you meet the Manchu Tartars, it will only cheapen them.

Generally speaking, like the silver in the army, it is generally given half to his family members and half to the soldiers. For Jingying, it is very easy. Because even if the Beijing camp goes out to fight, its family members are in the Beijing division, and they can be issued directly.

But now, Qin Wangjun came from all over the country, so he couldn't send it to his family, and he couldn't send it to the soldiers, so he could only write it down first and send it after the war.

When he finished this matter, it was already late at night, and Emperor Chongzhen only went to eat and rest at this time. By the way, when he glanced at the eavesdropping system, he found that Cao Huachun was still trying the case in the East Factory. It seems that the effect of today's beating is not bad, just wait for him to report the results!

Under the night, Fang Mansion and Fang Fengnian were dressed in clothes, standing by the closed window, listening to the cold wind whistling outside, and their expressions were extremely heavy.

"Master, I haven't eaten anything tonight, but what's on your mind?" Seeing this, his wife asked worriedly.

"Alas!" Fang Fengnian listened, sighed and said: "The cold wind outside the window is biting, if it blows through the window, it can't be imagined!" ”

Hearing this, his wife was stunned for a moment, and then comforted: "Master, what he said is right, how can the wind outside blow through this window?" Besides, even if it's really blown up, just let the next person paste it again! ”

"It's going to break in a minute!" Fang Fengnian replied in a low will, "I already feel that cold and biting chill!" ”

Obviously, this is not really talking about windows. When his wife heard this, she came back to her senses, thought for a while, and asked, "Master, but there is something important going to happen in the court?" ”

"yes!" Fang Fengnian nodded and said, "I've never been crazy before, I'm afraid, master!" ”

After saying this, the room was silent for a while, and finally his wife broke the silence and said, "Master, if this is the case, then it is better to resign!" ”

Over the years, the demotion and killing of officials have become commonplace. The woman's family is a little worried after all.

Fang Fengnian listened, turned his head, looked at her and said, "I have already handed in my resignation today, but the emperor is not allowed!" ”

"That's right, now there are only three auxiliary ministers in the cabinet." His wife nodded and said, "What should I do?" ”

After she finished speaking, the room was quiet again.

After a while, Fang Fengnian suddenly made a decision, and said categorically: "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!" Either way, at least avoid the next storm! ”

After speaking, I saw him shake his shoulders, shake off the coat he was wearing, and then walked over and opened the door, and suddenly a bitter cold wind blew in, making his body tremble.

In the exclamation of his wife, he saw Fang Fengnian striding out, and said at the same time: "I'm really sick, even if it's the emperor, it's impossible not to let my lord and me recuperate at home, right?" ”

When his wife heard this, she was stunned. I didn't expect that the old man would rather be cold and sick at his age, and avoid the turmoil in the court, so how big will this turmoil be?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but be faintly afraid. At the same time, I am also a little relieved, the old man is really wise and courageous!

However, such a cabinet assistant minister, for the Ming Dynasty, is not very responsible. And this can be regarded as a common problem in officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty!