"Smack!"

"Damn Zuo Liangyu, greed is not enough!" Zhu Cihong angrily threw Zuo Liangyu's forced military salary to the ground.

I can't help but be angry that Zhu Cihong is not angry, Zuo Liangyu is too greedy, the salary of the 200,000 army to Zuo Liangyu every month is already the result of his extreme forbearance, but Zuo Liangyu just said something on the fold, the salary of the 200,000 army is not enough, he Zuo Liangyu now has 600,000 troops under his command, and the court must give the salary of the 600,000 army, and it will take half a year in one breath, Zhu Cihong has calculated it, he has to get more than 8 million taels of silver, and the tax revenue of the entire court is only 10 million taels a year, and he has to pay the officials' salaries and the military salaries of the national army, he is so poor that he is dying, and he Zuo Liangyu is really embarrassed to speak, and he is not afraid of supporting himself to death.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guard commanded Lord Zhang to ask for a meeting outside the palace." Zhao Dequan walked in to report.

"Let him in."

After a while, Zhang Kuishan walked in.

"Zhang Kuishan knocked to see the emperor." Zhang Kuishan knelt down on one knee and said.

"Alright, let's talk about it." Zhu Cihong said.

Zhang Kuishan stood up and took out a secret report from his cuffs, and Zhao Dequan hurriedly went down to take it and presented it to Zhu Cihong.

"Your Majesty, according to the secret report of Jinyi Wei, recently, Zuo Liangyu's army has set up a formation on both sides of the Yangtze River in Wuchang, with a huge momentum, with a number of about 540,000 people, with the intention of coercing the imperial court, and I don't know what I want to do."

Zhu Cihong glanced at the secret report, and then slapped it on the desk.

"What else can I do, coerce me to ask for money." Zhu Cihong gritted his teeth, Zuo Liangyu's fangs finally began to show, and he could blatantly coerce him.

Zhang Kuishan was stunned, found that he threw a fold on the ground next to him, glanced at Zhu Cihong above, took two steps forward to pick up this fold and took a look, immediately his eyes widened, and he blurted out a scolding.

"Grandma's breasts, Zuo Liangyu, who was raised by a son of a bitch, has too much appetite, the salary of the 600,000 army for half a year, I'm really embarrassed to ask for it, no wonder I want to open an army on the side of the Yangtze River, this is to point out that the emperor is coerced, and his heart can be punished!"

Zhang Kuishan was also frightened by Zuo Liangyu's appetite, and such rude words blurted out in front of Zhu Cihong, this was the first time he had followed Zhu Cihong for ten years, and when he realized it, he couldn't hold it anymore, and when he finished speaking, his old face suddenly turned red and he was a little embarrassed.

Zhu Cihong glanced at Zhang Kuishan, not only did not blame, but nodded approvingly.

"Zuo Liangyu's child is not just a son of a, it's not as good as a pig and a dog, eating inside and out, as my Ming general, I don't want to serve the court, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and benefit the people, but instead expand the army privately, support the army and respect himself, and now it is even more blatant coercion of me, I his grandma." Zhu Cihong was angry in his heart, scolding with spittle, and he had no image at all.

Zhang Kuishan and Zhao Dequan couldn't help but twitch the corners of their eyes when they saw Zhu Cihong like this, their eyes widened, and the emperor simply had no image at all.

"Zhao Dequan, send a decree to the six pavilion elders to come to the imperial study to see me immediately." Zhu Cihong scolded angrily for a while and then said. Such a matter had to be discussed with the courtiers.

"The slave obeys."

Half an hour later, Ma Shiying, Qian Qianyi, Liu Zongzhou and other six pavilion elders all came to the imperial study.

"What is the so-called matter of such an urgent envoy as the emperor?" Ma Shiying asked.

"Look at this." As soon as Zhu Cihong finished speaking, Zhao Dequan took Zuo Liangyu's copy of the report and the secret report from Jinyiwei and passed it on to Ma Shiying and others.

Ma Shiying, as the first assistant, took it first, and after watching it, his expression changed greatly, and after the other five people passed it on, they were all like Ma Shiying, their expressions changed greatly, and Liu Zongzhou was even more angry that his mouth trembled, and his old face was blue.

"Your Majesty, you must not agree to the request of the Left Rebellion, and you should immediately gather a large army to crusade against the Left Rebellion." Liu Zongzhou is the main fighter at any time, and he can't tolerate rebellion the most, so he immediately suggested.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible, Zuo Rebellion has nearly 600,000 troops in hand, the imperial court except Zuo Liangyu's department, all the soldiers and horses are only more than 500,000, and most of them are scattered all over the place, and the soldiers and horses that can really gather are less than 300,000, and they can't exterminate Zuo Liangyu at all, but it is likely to really force Zuo Liangyu, once he goes east along the river, the capital is in danger." Ma Shiying said eagerly.

The Ming army has been defeated repeatedly in the past ten years, Ma Shiying does not think that the imperial court can resist Zuo Liangyu with weak troops, all he thinks of is compromise, as long as Zuo Liangyu does not rebel, everything is easy to say.

"Could it be that I really want to compromise and obediently give Zuo Liangyu more than eight million taels of silver?" Zhu Cihong stared at Ma Shiying faintly.

Zhu Cihong has realized that in less than three months, Zuo Liangyu's army has expanded from 300,000 to more than 500,000, and his ambition is obvious.

In other words, even if he is willing to compromise with Zuo Liangyu for silver, it is just a delaying tactic, and Zuo Liangyu will definitely rebel.

Zhu Cihong is not afraid of Zuo Liangyu expanding the army to one million, if he can, he is willing to use some silver to exchange time with Zuo Liangyu, and wait for the training of Ying Longjun to be completed with peace of mind, Zuo Liangyu is not like Li Zicheng, there is no general under him, no matter how many troops there are, it is a rabble, and it will not be a big deal, once the training of Ying Longjun is completed, he can fight, he is sure that he can destroy Zuo Liangyu in one fell swoop.

It's just that Zuo Liangyu is too much this time, his appetite is too big, as soon as he opens his mouth, it is more than eight million taels of silver, and the basic training of Ying Longjun is about to be completed, and he can be equipped with weapons and training battle formation tactics immediately, as long as there are three more months, Ying Longjun will definitely be able to fight.

But the problem now is that Zuo Liangyu doesn't give him time, he forces people too much, whether it is a war or a compromise, more than eight million taels of silver, with so much silver, he can smash Zuo Liangyu's 600,000 army apart, why bother with the enemy.

Zhu Cihong thought about it and gradually made a decision.

"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu's army is too big to fight." Ma Shiying was looked at by Zhu Cihong like this, and her heart was furious, but she still said hard.

"The minister doesn't dare to agree, it is difficult to accept Zuo Liangyu's coercion without fighting, in this way, how can the court have face, and the emperor will have face." Liu Zongzhou said, against Ma Shiying.

"You" Ma Shiying pointed at Liu Zongzhou: "You are going to trap the Ming Dynasty in a dangerous place, Zuo Liangyu has not rebelled, why should the imperial court fight, in case Li Zicheng takes the opportunity to go south, the Ming Dynasty is not in danger." ”

Zhu Cihong looked at the six elders, among them, Ma Shiying was the representative, most of them were the main peace, Qian Qianyi did not say a word, only Liu Zongzhou was the main battle. Although only Liu Zongzhou had the courage to fight, Zhu Cihong was also very pleased, at least not everyone was weak.

"Okay, don't fight, I've already decided." Zhu Cihong stood up.

"Silver can be given, but the salary of 600,000 troops is too much, I can only give 300,000 troops at most, and it must be given a month and a month, and it is absolutely not okay to give half a year at a time, I decided to send someone to Wuchang to discuss with Zuo Liangyu, what do you think?" Zhu Cihong This is a delaying tactic, Wuchang has been back and forth for more than ten days, plus a few days of discussion, it is not a problem to drag on for more than 20 days.

"Your Majesty." Ma Shiying was overjoyed, and the emperor finally did not get dizzy and easily move troops.

"Your Majesty!" Liu Zongzhou wanted to say something, but Zhu Cihong waved his hand to stop him, and then in disappointment, he didn't say anything more.

After the six pavilion elders went out, Zhu Cihong's face suddenly gloomy, murderous and awe-inspiring, Zuo Liangyu has such a big appetite, he will never compromise, if Zuo Liangyu is willing to accept the number of 300,000 troops, and give it once a month, if he insists on such a big appetite, he Zhu Cihong is not a vegetarian, under the layers of layout, I don't believe that he can't stop Zuo Liangyu's attack for two or three months.

As soon as the three months arrived, the Ying Long Army skillfully used the weapons equipped with it and became familiar with the tactics of war.

Zhu Cihong passed on the decree to let the two commanders of the Ying Long Army, Ji Feng and Zhou Cao, increase their efforts to train the Ying Long Army, and they must be able to fight as soon as possible in the shortest possible time.

Ji Feng and Zhou Cao faintly realized that a big battle was likely to be coming, and there was not much time left for Ying Longjun, so they immediately personally supervised and intensified training, and Jinyiwei also increased the monitoring of Zuo Liangyu's army, and immediately sent back the news as soon as there was any action.

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