"Spread the decree, take down the whole family of Wang Xu, the minister who misled the country, immediately, and immediately escort them to the vegetable market to ask for beheading!"

Roaring out this will with red blood-red eyes, Kang Mazi slapped the pseudo-dragon case again, and yelled and asked: "Now in Zhili Shandong, how many newly recruited troops are there?" How many of the Mite army were transferred from Liaodong and the Mongolian army from outside the Guan? ”

"Back to the master. [Reading Network]" The military mite Shangshu Mingzhu replied tremblingly: "At present, a total of 71,126 new troops have been recruited in the two places of Zhili and Shandong, and a total of 32,919 soldiers have been urgently recruited from Liaodong Mites, and they are currently stationed in Dong'an. A total of 18,257 troops from the Mongol divisions were stationed in Zhangjiakou. ”

"More than 120,000, that's enough!" Kang Mazi slapped the table again and shouted: "Pass the decree, quickly prepare for the personal conquest, I will personally lead the 120,000 army to drive the personal conquest, and personally go to fight Lu Yifeng's dog thief to the death!" Restore the whole territory of Jiangnan! ”

"The Imperial Driver?" The Mingzhu, Suo Etu, Zhang Ying, Jue Luole Dehun and other mite Qing ministers present were stunned at first, and after finally coming back to their senses, several Kang Mazi's hardcore lackeys immediately kowtowed like crazy, and shouted together with a crying voice: "Master, don't do it!" Never! The master is the lord of the world, and he must not leave the capital without permission, and he can easily drive the expedition in person! ”

"Fart!" Kang Mazi had red eyes and roared wildly: "Lu Yifeng's dog thief occupied my Jiangnan, cut off my luck, and played me like a monkey for half a year!" If I hadn't driven the expedition in person and personally went to cut this dog thief with a thousand knives and put Ling Chi to death, wouldn't I have become a laughing stock for tens of millions?! ”

"Master, no!" The ministers persuaded again, but Kang Mazi overturned the pseudo-dragon case and roared: "I have made up my mind, whoever dares to persuade again, behead immediately!" ”

Suo Etu, Jue Luole Dehun and others hurriedly shut up, trembling and sweating profusely, wanting to persuade but not daring to continue persuading, but Mingzhu plucked up the courage to kneel out, kowtowed and said: "Master, you just cut off the slave, and please ask the master to finish the slave's words!" Lu Yifeng's dog thief deceived the monarch and fooled the monarch, he really deserved death, and the minions all wanted to eat his flesh, sleep on his skin, and drink his blood! - But, master, we can't afford to fight this battle in person, and we can't win it! ”

Speaking of this, Mingzhu cried directly, and said with a howl: "The minions did recruit 70,000 new troops for their masters, and they also transferred more than 50,000 mite troops from outside the gates, but these troops, to put it bluntly, are a rabble!" Of the 70,000 new troops recruited in Shandong Zhili, at least 30 percent of the officers and men are not equipped with weapons, more than half of the officers and men have not received new military uniforms, and there is no shortage of military salaries, grain, grass, and war horses, let alone half of the actual combat test, and most of them have only gone through two or three months of preliminary training and have gone to the battlefield. ”

"As for our newly recruited Mite and Mongolian army, the Mongolian army is a little better, most of them are young and strong soldiers, and they also bring their own weapons and war horses, but most of our Mite soldiers are fifteen or sixteen-year-old children and fifty-year-old soldiers! And their food, grass and military salaries, as well as the people's foot food and wages needed to ensure that the 120,000-strong army went on the expedition, and the minions can't get it now! ”

"Master!" Mingzhu kowtowed again and again, cried bitterly and said: "Please think about it carefully, can you have a chance of winning if you travel thousands of miles with such an army, pass through the dangerous Yellow River flood area, and then attack Jiangnan, which has a dangerous and fortified city?" The minions are not afraid of death, but they don't want their master's reputation to be ruined! ”

"Master, Mingzhongtang is reasonable, please think twice!" Suo Etu and Jue Luole Dehun and others also wept bitterly and kowtowed again and again, for fear that Kang Mazi would do something stupid in his anger and impulse, which completely ruined the last ray of hope for Mites Qing, and also achieved and established Lu Fatzi's long-won reputation.

The anger in Kang Mazi's heart can be imagined, a pockmarked face is so angry that all the pockmarks bulged out, and the bulging bags are like pimples on the face, and they almost can't wait to swallow and chew a few hardcore lackeys in front of them alive, and they can even eat soy sauce without dipping it! But fortunately, Kang Mazi is also a descendant of wild boar skin, no matter how much he likes to pretend to be blind in military affairs, and he also understands that the army without military salaries, grain and grass and weapons is a group of scum, even if he is forced to go out, it will be a group of pigs sent to the door to slaughter Lu Fatzi, and there is no hope of victory.

Because of this, Kang Mazi thought about it, and finally made a little concession, and asked: "So under the condition of ensuring military food and grass, how many troops can be dispatched at most?" ”

Mingzhu wiped away her tears, pinched her fingers and quickly calculated for a moment, and talked to Suo Etu in a low voice, and finally replied with difficulty: "Back to the master, if you want to ensure that there is no shortage of food and grass for the army, you can only dispatch 40,000 troops at most." At most, it can only support the 40,000-strong army for about four months, and if it takes a little longer, the minions will have nothing to do. ”

"Forty thousand troops? How is it so much? Kang Mazi asked angrily.

"Back to the master, the minions have done their best." Mingzhu replied with a sad face: "It is impossible to send this year's grain, except for the military rations of the 40,000 troops fighting in April, the remaining grain in the Beijing warehouse is only enough for the capital to support until February next year, and the minions really can't get it." ”

"If there is no grain, what about the autumn grain in Zhili, Shandong and Shanxi? Are you counted? Kang Mazi asked.

"Back to the master, the minions have been counted." Shoufu Suo Etu replied tremblingly: "Shandong and Zhili have never been major grain-producing provinces, although the climate is good this year, there are no major famines, but even if all the taxes and grains are collected, it is only enough for this point." The situation in Shanxi is slightly better, but the money and grain collected in Shanxi must be fully supplied to Shaanxi and Gansu, not only can they not get a surplus, but they also have to stretch out a part of it to the imperial court. ”

"What about military pay?" Kang Mazi suddenly remembered an important question.

Suo Etu and Mingzhu looked at each other, and then Suo Etu replied tremblingly: "Back to the master, in a month, the minions can only take out a month's salary for these 40,000 troops at most." ”

"Master, you can't completely blame Suo Zhongtang." Mingzhu defended his sworn rival political enemy Suo Etu for the first time: "Ten years after the Kangxi fight, the income of the imperial court has been unable to maintain the expenditure of the army, and the deficit is all due to the rich merchants and gentry in Jiangnan to fill the deficit, and it is only possible to rely on Lord A Xixu to find ways to get silver from Jiangnan, which can barely be maintained." After Lu Yifeng's dog thieves invaded Jiangnan half a year ago, these were all broken, as well as the most important salt tax, tea tax and customs gold of the imperial court, were also gone. Suo Zhongtang has been able to support it to this day, it has taken countless efforts and painstaking efforts, and it is not easy to ....... ”

Mingzhu didn't dare to finish his words, if it wasn't for being played by Lu Fatzi like a monkey for half a year, he would have gone south to attack Lu Fatzi with all his might, even if he couldn't win, Mites' economy would not be embarrassed to this point, but after being played by Lu Fatzi for half a year, not only did the precious fighter plane completely miss, but the Mites' economy, which was maintained by the wealth of Jiangnan, was also completely overwhelmed.

But this is enough, after listening to the first half of Mingzhu's words, Kang Mazi has collapsed back to the pseudo-dragon chair weakly, his face is full of despair, and he lamented for a while: "Daqing, is it really over?" ”

None of the Kang Mazi lackeys present could answer this question, but the despair and helplessness in their eyes were clearly written that they agreed with Kang Mazi's judgment very much.

"No, I still have hope, as long as I get back to Jiangnan and get rid of Lu Yifeng, the scourge of the Qing Dynasty, I still have a chance!" After comforting himself, Kang Mazi sat up straight again, and said in a hoarse voice: "Then you say, is there any way to increase the revenue of the treasury?" Get military salaries and food for me? ”

"Back to the master, except for learning from Geng Jingzhong and increasing taxes to the people, the slaves really have nothing to do." Suo Etu replied with a sad face.

"Taxes and taxes?!" Kang Mazi shivered, and couldn't help but suddenly think of the lesson of Chongzhen's last years, the more you drink to quench your thirst and increase taxes and taxes to the people, the faster the situation will collapse.

Mingzhu observed the words and looks, and saw that Kang Mazi was afraid and knew that Kang Mazi was hesitant in his heart, so he said cautiously: "Master, increasing taxes and contributions is to drink water to quench thirst, since the master loves the people like a son and can't bear to act like this, then the slave may have a way to resolve the immediate moment." ”

"Tell me, what's the solution?" Kang Mazi asked excitedly.

"Why doesn't the master follow Lu Yifeng's example and issue military coins?" Mingzhu peeked at Kang Mazi's face, and said cautiously: "The imperial court made a detailed report, when Lu Yifeng's dog thieves rushed thousands of miles to attack Jiangning City, in order to ensure the physical strength of the soldiers, everywhere along the way, pigs, cows, sheep and chickens and other domestic animals were bought by Lu Yifeng's dog thieves, slaughtered and cooked for the soldiers to eat. During the period, because there was no cash in his hand, Lu Yifeng's dog thieves issued a kind of substitute silver ticket called military coins, printed with the name and signed to buy livestock from the people at a high price, and then, after Lu Yifeng's dog thieves captured Jiangning City, they exchanged cash for the military coins he issued at that time, and paid a little interest, so those people not only did not complain, but also were quite grateful to Lu Yifeng's dog thieves. ”

"Isn't this a disguised loot from the people?" Kang Mazi roared in annoyance.

"It's true, but this move proves that this method can indeed solve a temporary emergency." Mingzhu replied cautiously: "And as long as the cash is timely and the credit is good, not only will the people not be disgusted and dissatisfied, but also further consolidate the people's hearts." ”

Suo Etu, Zhang Ying, Jue Luole Dehun and others also nodded their heads again and again, and echoed Mingzhu's move - just kidding, the fat sheep in Jiangnan have been taken away by Lu Fatzi, and if they don't hurry up and instigate Kang Mazi to go all out to loot from the people, Kang Mazi wants to slaughter the fat sheep again, and he will definitely start from the new fat sheep of these rich dignitaries and nobles in the capital! And the confidants and important ministers of Kang Mazi and their family members who were present, which one was not among the new fat sheep?

"That's ...... too." Kang Mazi Ma's face showed some deep thought. To say that Kang Mazi really doesn't want to loot from the people's heads, that's fake - otherwise, what does Kang Mazi eat and drink? What Kang Mazi is worried about is actually how to loot a large number of people without provoking a civil uprising. So after hearing about Lu Fatzi's idea of transcending the times, Kang Mazi only calculated for less than half an hour, and quickly said: "Then give it a try, no matter what, this is better than raising taxes directly from the people!" ”

"Master Shengming." Mingzhu, Suo Etu and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly kowtowed together to agree.

"Hurry up and draw up a statement and present it in the morning!" Kang Mazi ordered: "I want you to raise enough military expenses for the 120,000 new troops to arm me within a month, as well as the food, grass and military salaries for their southern expedition. Within three months, we must raise enough military salaries and grass for my army to march south for half a year! ”

"Present it in the morning? Master, this is to make us evil, and he will be the holy lord. Suo Etu muttered in his heart with Mingzhu and the others, but he didn't dare to say it directly, so he had to knock out his teeth and kowtow together with blood, and replied neatly: "My emperor Shengming, long live the emperor, long live long live!" ”

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With Kang Mazi's words, the mite Qing court, which had been overwhelmed by huge military spending, could finally breathe a sigh of relief and show its strength, and in just one night, the military coin issuance plan of 18 million taels of silver was officially released, with an issuance period of one year and an annual interest of three cents, and it was issued in the face of the whole country -- to be precise, it was issued in the face of the territory north of the Yellow River that the Qing court could now effectively control.

In view of the fact that the vast majority of the people have not yet come into contact with this new thing, the Qing Dynasty has no teacher to formulate the contracted issuance quota of military currency in each province and government, and forced the local government to issue military currency in exchange for cash in the hands of the people for military spending. In addition, the Qing court also wisely decided to use military currency in all grain transactions, so that the Qing court could use military currency to purchase military food. And although Kang Mazi knows that this move is also a drink to quench his thirst, and once he can't exchange cash after a year, the consequences may be more terrifying than a large-scale tax increase! However, considering the current financial predicament of the Qing Dynasty, Kang Mazi still gritted his teeth and signed the plan with a seal to approve the implementation.

When it was officially implemented, the control area of the Qing Dynasty was suddenly lively, and the people with a very high illiteracy rate in this era did not believe that this kind of rough-printed broken paper could be used as money and could be exchanged for cash in the future. This thing was made by him, and the people of Jiangxi exchanged silver and copper coins for this kind of military currency, and exchanged it for cash in less than a month, and earned an extra two cents of interest! ”

"What? You don't even know who Lu Caishen is? It's the Lu Yifeng who made the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, and the Lu Yifeng Lu God of Wealth who dug out tens of millions of taels of silver in Guangxi casually! You use his stuff, can you be wrong? Wait to get rich! ”

Of course, it is impossible to hide such a big move by the Qing Dynasty from the eyes of the anti-thieves from all walks of life, and when the news was sent back to the leaders of the anti-thieves from all walks of life, Geng Jingzhong, who was overwhelmed by the military salary expenditure, suddenly brightened his eyes, and without saying a word, he concocted the same method, and still issued military coins to loot the people's wealth -- by the way, in order to pay for the huge military expenditure, our Geng Wang Ye has now invented more than a dozen new taxes. There is also our second prince Wu Yingqi, although Wu Jun's current financial situation is quite reluctant, but he also imitated it without thinking about it, and used it to loot people's wealth and fill his own pockets, forcing the later Lu Fat Man to wipe this ass for him and pay him back out of his own pocket.

"Hahaha......!" Different from other anti-thief leaders, when the culprit Lu Fatzi heard that the Ming Dynasty Imperial Court Dongshi followed his example and issued military coins, Lu Fatzi not only did not order the continued issuance of military coins, but laughed three times and laughed wildly: "The dog is over!" Full of dogs is over! opened this opening, Kang Mazi will never want to re-plug the opening in his life! ”

"Boss, Mangou is indeed finished, but our trouble is coming!" Wang Shaobo reminded: "Since the Mangou Emperor has done this, he naturally hopes that he can fulfill the promise in a year later, exchange the hearts of the people and recover the losses, so where does the Mangou Emperor's silver come from?" Now in the whole world, apart from us, Jiangnan can still take out this silver, who else can take it? ”

"The young man has a point." Zhu Fangdan rarely expressed a correct opinion on military and political affairs, and warned: "Since Emperor Mangou has done this, he must want to take a gamble, use this borrowed silver money and grain as military salaries, recapture Jiangnan at any cost, and then use Jiangnan's silver to repay this loan!" It is estimated that it will not be long before the national power of the dog is about to beat us! ”

"Come on, come on, I'm afraid they won't make it?!" Lu Fatzi said arrogantly: "With the current quality and quantity of the Mangou army, as well as our current situation, unless Mangou gives up Shaanxi and Gansu, and transfers back to the main force of Shaanxi and Gansu, plus the main force of Jiangxi and Zhejiang, and besieges me with all our might!" Otherwise, even if only two main forces are used, they will not want to snatch Jiangnan from me! ”

"But we're going to have a lot to lose, aren't we?" Wang Shaobo was not as villainous as Lu Fatzi, and calmly warned: "The owner, please think about it, if Mangou draws a part of the army from Zhejiang, a part of the army from the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, and then mobilizes or gathers a large army to kill from the north, and attacks us on three sides at the same time, even if we can win in the end, the territory will be beaten to pieces by Mangou." Without a foothold, what do you do to compete with others for the world? ”

"Of course I understand." Fat Lu waved his hand, spread his hands again, and said helplessly: "But what can I do?" Who told me that I have the best territory now, and I completely tore my face with the dog, who will the dog beat me if he doesn't beat me? What else can be done other than to try to keep the enemy at home when the time comes? ”

"Didn't the owner think about making the first move?" Wang Shaobo smiled and said: "Although we can't put the friendly troops in Jiangnan to eat now, if we take advantage of the fact that the Mangou has not yet been killed from the north, we will first weaken the two Mangou around us, so that they can only protect themselves and have no enterprising strength, won't it be much easier when the Mangou is fully encircled and suppressed?" By the way, you can also train the new army, grab one or two more state capitals, and strive for one or two buffer areas, wouldn't it be more than one stone? ”

Fat Lu stopped talking, strode to the side of the map sand table, and stared at the map sand table for a long time before Fat Lu asked in a deep voice: "Young uncle, then in your opinion, we should weaken the full dog first?" ”

"The full dogs of the south, of course." Wang Shaobo quickly replied: "Geng Jingzhong, who is holding back Mangou on the southern front for us, is not only the weakest, but also the most unreliable, and may reach an armistice agreement with Mangou at any time. As for the Western Front, no matter how unreliable the Second Prince, General Ma Bao and General Xia Guoxiang are, they will definitely not make a truce with Mangou, so that Mangou in northern Jiangxi will free up his hands to deal with us with all his might, so our Western Front is still relatively safe. ”

"Write a letter for me to someone who has a surname." Lu Fatzi didn't look back and ordered: "Tell him that I will personally lead the army south within a few days, first attack Songjiang and then Jiaxing, ensure the safety of the flanks, and then attack Huzhou and Hangzhou!" Please ask him to launch an attack on the front line of Jinhua as soon as possible, and strive to join our army under the city of Hangzhou! ”

"Boss, there's no need to tell Mangou about our march route, right?" Wang Shaobo was taken aback, and hurriedly reminded: "The owner has forgotten that Zeng Yang's surname has stopped attacking Hangzhou Mangou under Geng Jingzhong's order, in order to let Zhejiang Mangou bite us, so that they can sit and reap the profits - if Zeng Yang's surname learns from his immoral master, deliberately betrays us, and sells your letter to Zhejiang Mangou, then our trouble will be big?" ”

"Of course I do." Fat Lu grinned toothily and replied, "However, I just hope that Zeng Yang's surname will betray me!" ”

(To be continued)