Many officials in the lobby began to be a little worried, Xu Yu suddenly thought of something, patted his head and said: "No, Dashuai, we temporarily asked Zhao Ziliang to go to the fire to find the country, judging from the current situation, it seems that the other party has already prepared, when Zhao Ziliang was not in Tingzhou in the past, the military salary was also paid as usual, but why did it become like this this time?" ”

An official next to him said: "Now it seems that Zhao Ziliang may have discovered something, or he has long been guarding against the marshal from seizing his military power!" ”

This conclusion made the officials present at a loss, their own side was hastily launched, and the other side was prepared, and it is really difficult to say who will succeed in the end. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Staff member Xu Yu said at this time: "Don't panic first, no matter what, the marshal, as the envoy of the Beiting Xingying Festival, is the highest military and political chief appointed by the imperial court, and he has the right life, and thinks at worst, even if we can't move in this Tingzhou, Zhao Ziliang doesn't dare to do anything to us, otherwise he will be a rebellion!" ”

"That's right!" Another staff member echoed and said: "In fact, I suggested that the marshal should write to the court to impeach Zhao Ziliang at this time, saying that Zhao Ziliang is unruly, supports the army and respects himself, and does not listen to moderation. It is recommended that the imperial court remove him from his post and investigate him or transfer him to another place".

Wang Zhengjian thought about it more, shook his head and said: "It's not proper, these martial artists have been fighting at the border all the year round, and they all have great military achievements, all of them are arrogant generals, if he is removed from his post and investigated, it may force him to rebel, this move is inappropriate!" ”

Another official said, "Wouldn't that be better?" In this way, the surname Zhao was eradicated by the hands of the imperial court! ”

Xu Yu said coldly: "Lord Chen, what good is it for us to force Zhao Ziliang to rebel in this place?" The prestige of the surname Zhao in the army is too high, and he holds the power of the army, if the surname Zhao wants to rebel, the first person to suffer is not others, but us, don't you understand? Only when we ensure our own safety can we attack the surnamed Zhao, may I ask how many soldiers you have in your hands, do you dare to do it against the surnamed Zhao? ”

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The lobby suddenly became cold, falling into silence, the quieter, the more restless some people's hearts became, and people kept holding teacups and drinking tea to stabilize their mood.

Seeing this, Wang Zheng couldn't help but ask: "Now the situation is worrying, the financial power of the army is controlled by Zhao Ziliang's people, and we have no way to allocate military salaries to appease the army, how do you think we should deal with it now?" ”

Xu Yu said to Wang Zhengjian at this time: "Marshal, the students think that the current time is to raise military salaries as soon as possible, and pacify the army first, otherwise once the army is in chaos, the consequences are unimaginable, and when the army is pacified, we will find a way to take back the financial power of the army."

Wang Zhengjian nodded, this is indeed the top priority now, it can't be delayed, the longer it drags on, the worse things will become, he looked at the left and right sides, and asked, "How should this rank be raised?" Do you have any ideas? ”

An official arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, although our Beiting is not as rich as Anxi, there are still a few rich families in this Tingzhou, why don't you find a way with them?" ”

Xu Yu's face changed and he shook his head and said, "No, this matter must not be!" These wealthy families pay a lot of taxes to the Metropolitan Protectorate every year, and more than 30% of our financial taxes are paid by the wealthy households in this plan, if you reach out to them again, you will definitely force them away, if there are no these businessmen in Tingzhou to support, the market in Tingzhou will soon become depressed, and it is difficult for us to collect enough taxes to maintain the operation of the Metropolitan Protectorate, which is tantamount to killing chickens and eggs! ”

Someone was unhappy with Xu Yu and said: "Mr. Xu, this is not good, that is not good, what do you say?" ”

Xu Yu looked at the officials present, these are Wang Zhengjian's henchmen, there are quite a few people, there are more than a dozen people, all of them are big officials of the Metropolitan Protectorate and the Jiedu Envoy, these people may not be very good at being officials, but they are all good at making money!

He hesitated for a moment, and said to Wang Zhengjian: "Dashuai, the students have also had some assets under the wings of Dashuai over the years, and donated 3,000 yuan as military salaries from afar to solve their urgent needs!" ”

As soon as he said this, the other dozen or so officials all showed surprise, but soon someone reacted and secretly scolded Xu Yu in their hearts, this kid actually came up with such a bad idea, to let everyone pay for military expenses, how could such an official? Isn't being an official for money? In the end, you have to take out the money, not in but out?

But Xu Yu has taken out 3,000 guan and expressed his loyalty to Wang Zhengjian, although they hate Xu Yu to death in their hearts, but they are helpless, he has taken the money, if these people don't take out the money, the status in Wang Zhengjian's heart will plummet, whether a person is loyal or not, it still depends on the performance at this critical moment, everyone present is a smart person, they are all old fritters in officialdom, where do you not understand this truth?

So the officials reluctantly expressed their willingness to take out the money as military expenses, some took 500 yuan, some took 2,000 yuan, some took 5,000 yuan, and some took 300 yuan, and finally after statistics, a total of 18,000 yuan was made, but this money was far from enough.

Wang Zhengjian knew that these officials must be more than these family backgrounds, and a few thousand guan was just a drop in the bucket for any of these people, but these people just didn't want to take more, on the one hand, they were reluctant, and on the other hand, they were afraid that if they took too much, others would think that he would take more if he was greedy.

But Wang Zhengjian is not good at letting these take more money out, taking more and taking less is voluntary, and he can't force these officials who follow him to take more money, he only has these officials left now, if he offends everyone, even if he is the envoy of the Beiting Festival, no matter how big the official is, he can't play alone, and he has to be helped by someone to play his rights.

After the statistics, Xu Yu bowed his hand to Wang Zhengjian and said: "Marshal, my colleagues have raised 18,000 guan together, and now the salary in the army is paid once every three months, but now is a very opportune time, you can send a month to temporarily stabilize the army's morale, but even if you only pay a month's salary, we have a total of about 30,000 soldiers in Beiting, and for the time being, we can only take care of the three main forces, namely the Han Navy, the Tianshan Army and the Desert Army, according to the side of each soldier and the salary of two guan per month, plus the salaries of the generals, at least 50,000 yuan, There is still a gap of 32,000 times! ”

Wang Zhengjian's brows furrowed, he thought about it for a long time, he really couldn't think of other ways to make money, he pretended to be high in the matter of buying and selling officials, and he didn't want to do it, so he could only ask someone to call his housekeeper.

When the butler came in, he saluted and asked, "What is the master's order to call the little one?" ”

Wang Zhengjian instructed: "You go and prepare 40,000 yuan immediately, the old man wants to use it!" ”

The butler looked embarrassed, and opened his mouth not knowing what to say.

Seeing this, Wang Zheng looked displeased, "What? Can't the old man use some money? ”

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "No, no, master, our family doesn't have so much cash, if you want to take out so much money in a short period of time, you can only make up the amount by selling some land and jewelry and jade!" ”

Wang Zhengjian has always cared about the family's money, but he didn't expect to remember that he couldn't get out 40,000 yuan temporarily, he was in a very bad mood, and waved his hand to the housekeeper: "You go and do it, although it is discounted, the old man wants this money urgently!" ”

"Yes, master, the little one will do it!"

"How long will it take?"

The butler thought for a while and said, "There are some rich families in the city, if you ask them to help, you can cash it out in an hour at most!" ”

Wang Zhengjian waved his hand: "Then you go!" ”

After the housekeeper left, Wang Zhengjian said again: "Since the situation of the Tianshan Army is like this, what about the Great Desert Army?" By the way, why haven't you heard any movement from the Han Navy these days? Lu Wentong has been in office for more than half a month, and the Han Navy is not far from Tingzhou, why didn't he come to report on the situation of the Han Navy? ”

Someone immediately gave Wang Zhengjian eye medicine: "Dashuai, it must be Lu Wentong, this guy thinks that he has become an envoy of the Han Navy and gets carried away, forgetting who promoted him, forgetting how he showed loyalty to Dashuai in the first place, he didn't come to report to Dashuai for instructions for so many days, these people are opportunistic and pleasing people!" ”

Xu Yu played a round next to him and said: "Lord Zhao can't speculate, now Lu Wentong is a general, what if he is too busy with military affairs and really can't spare time?" Isn't it chilling the hearts of the faithful that we are speculating here? ”

When Lord Zhao saw Xu Yu so much, he immediately turned his head in embarrassment and stopped talking.

Wang Zhengjian felt extremely uneasy at this time, the Han Navy was the largest military formation in Beiting, and the strength accounted for half of the entire Beiting Army, only by thoroughly mastering this army could it be safe, if the Han Navy did not master it, once anything happened to the Han Navy that was close at hand, it would be a disaster for Tingzhou City.

Thinking about it left and right, Wang Zhengjian was still not at ease, he instructed Xu Yu: "The old man is still not at ease, you quickly send someone to the Han Navy station to find Lu Wentong to find out about it, and see how the situation of the Han Navy is." By the way, since the Tianshan Army is in a lot of trouble due to the lack of military salaries, it stands to reason that the military salaries of the Han Navy should not be allocated, and whether they have made a noise or not, these questions must be clarified! ”

Xu Yu immediately arched his hand and said, "The student will send someone to do it immediately!" ”

In Liu Wei's mansion, several people were secretly discussing, Wang Can arched his hand to Liu Wei and said: "Lord Liu, the Tianshan Army has begun to launch, and the news from the desert army has also come out, and it has already started yesterday, and now the news has not yet reached the Jiedu Embassy, we got the news first."

After hearing this, Liu Wei immediately said: "Send the news to the general immediately, everything is waiting for the general's order!" ”

Wang Can said: "Okay! If you use the Flying Eagle to pass the book, you can receive a reply from the general tomorrow, but now the situation is complicated, and there is news from the inner line of the Jiedu envoy that Wang Zhengjian and others are raising military salaries, and the cronies and officials around him have taken the money, and he himself has sold some land and jewelry, and he has collected some money and is preparing to send it to the military and government."

"Oh? It seems that we are going to step up and send this news to the general! ”

"Good!" (To be continued.) )