Zhu Youzhen, who has experienced the ups and downs of his life, already hates this Liao salary, which has brought disaster to the country and the people, but has no effect! If it weren't for the fact that this salary had to be collected every year, the whole country would have been miserable, and the Ming Dynasty would not have fallen into a desperate situation so quickly.

Emperor Chongzhen is not a fool either. Most of the salary fell into whose hands, and he knew very well in his heart. It's just that later, there were too many people who stretched out their hands in this liao salary. Even if he is the emperor, he can't stop!

Because once it is proposed to stop the salary, it will inevitably cause trouble among the soldiers everywhere, and all the ministers will have to hand over the folds to oppose it, and even the Houjin outside the customs will immediately enter the customs to take a trip. Unable to confront so many forces, Emperor Chongzhen can only pinch his nose and continue to levy this Liao salary like drinking to quench his thirst! Until the death of the country!

As soon as Wu Xiang entered the palace and mentioned the matter of Liao's salary, Zhu Youzhen immediately frowned. He directly stated that there was no silver in the treasury and no silver in the palace. Let Wu Xiang figure it out for himself. What can Wu Xiang do? He can't rob his troops in this Beijing division, right? In the end, I had to continue to use Guan Ningjun's old tricks to make trouble. If you don't give money, Your Majesty, then our Guan Ning Army will be unstable.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was already tired of it, sent Wu Xiang directly to Gaoyang. I knew very well that Wu Xiang, who was extremely rich in Gao Yang, was waiting for this sentence, so he ran to find Gao Yang.

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"There's no problem asking for silver." Gao Yang's first sentence made the corners of Wu Xiang's mouth curl. Before he could get up and say something of thanks, Gao Yang waved his hand to sit down.

Gao Yang narrowed his eyes, a faint coldness hung on the corner of his mouth, and sat on the chair with his legs crossed. Take out a cigarette and light it. looked at Wu Xiang with a cold expression, and said lightly, "If you want money, you must have a reason, right?" You have taken such a large sum of money. What's the result? Or have you done anything satisfying? ”

"The national teacher is above." Wu Xiang clasped his hands into fists and saluted, and said with a serious expression: "Our Guan Ning army is outside the gate, and we are guarding in the ice and snow for the Ming Dynasty. Carrying his head and fighting with the captives. We're defending Daming with our lives! ”

"Huh." Gao Yang chuckled and shook his head, his eyes full of disdain. How is Guan Ningjun doing. It has long been documented in the history books. Others don't know, will Gao Yang still not understand?

"Silver may be given." Gao Yang's expression was solemn, and he stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the table beside him. His eyes gradually turned cold, and he said in a cold voice, "But I have to exchange the head of Jianyu!" A real captive of the head of a hundred taels! Fifty taels for the Mongols! I have money, and if you can exchange it for heads, give as much as you want. Don't want a coated head, this kind of thing won't work with me! ”

"Hiss~~~" Wu Xiang couldn't help but take a breath after listening to Gao Yang's words. This is forcing Guan Ningjun to fight hard with the Jianyu! Although the reward for the head has been doubled, you have to have the life to spend it, right? If the Guanning army had this kind of combat effectiveness. Where is the turn to get the arrogant of the builders at this time? And most importantly, don't coat your head! This is the way for Guan Ningjun to kill good and take credit, how can he make money?

After thinking about it for a long time, Wu Xiang finally decided to make trouble with Gao Yang instead of fighting with Jianyu. "National teacher." Wu Xiang rubbed his face and squeezed out an ugly smile: "Our Guan Ning Army has been fighting to the death with Jianyu over the years, and almost every family in Liaoxi has worn filial piety. Even if there is no merit, there is always hard work, right? National teacher, you have cut off our salary, how can the sergeants live?! If the sergeants make a fuss......"

"Shh Gao Yang raised his chin, sneered indifferently and said, "Then let's make trouble." It's not like you haven't made trouble. If you really can't win a war, forget it. In any case, I tried my best to fight. But you Guan Ningjun don't even dare to fight! Which major battle was not the first to flee from your Guanning Iron Cavalry? The elite cavalry that you put together at a huge amount of money every year is just for you to escape? As soon as there is a desperate cry for help, how many strong soldiers in the level have been killed by you? In addition to shrinking behind the fortified city wall and pretending to be dead, surrendering to be a prisoner after the food supply is exhausted. What have you done useful over the years? Why are you Wu Xiang so embarrassed to come to me and open your mouth to ask for silver! ”

When Gao Yang said this, Wu Xiang's face was red and white, his hands were clenched into fists, and he lowered his head and gritted his teeth hatefully. After Gao Yang finished speaking, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Gao Yang with a gaze full of resentment, and said in a cold voice, "National Teacher!" It's too much of a deception! What's wrong with our Guan Ningjun? Without our Guan Ning Army, Jianyu would have already entered the customs at this moment! If we don't pay our soldiers, then we won't be able to defend it! ”

Wu Xiang saw that it was no longer useful to speak well, so he simply put on a direct threat. If we don't give money, our Guan Ning Army won't fight! If you let Jianyu enter the customs. Don't blame me for not telling you!

"Huh." Gao Yang chuckled. He snuffed out his cigarette and slowly stood up. Walked in front of Wu Xiang. stared at him with a cold expression, and said in a cold voice, "Just waiting for your words." The Guanning army dared to commit treason. That's two hundred taels per head! I'm going to drive you all out. Exhaust. Kill. Break off! ”

Wu Xiang's eyes widened and his mouth widened. He felt like he was going crazy at the moment. He didn't understand what this mysterious national teacher wanted to do. Why is there such dissatisfaction with Guan Ningjun?

Is it because he hasn't given this national teacher a good deal? However, during this period of time, this national teacher has sent rice, salt, and things to help the tens of millions of people near this Beijing master, and its value is at least millions of taels of silver. If you want to bribe him, how much do you have to take out to make him look at it?

Also, where did this eccentric national teacher get so much money and things? It would take at least hundreds of ships to transport these things, right? But he hadn't received any reports of large quantities of goods entering the city! Every day, batches of goods were pulled out of the camp outside the city and transported everywhere. But that big camp has always been only in and out! How is this possible?! I can't fit that much at all, and the people I bought have not found out any information when they go in. It's just weird. Wu Xiang was very afraid of Gao Yang in his heart.

"National Teacher......" Wu Xiang swallowed his saliva with some difficulty, his eyes drifted around, and he said in a trembling voice, "Our Guan Ningjun has always been loyal to the imperial court, and it is impossible for us to rebel against the imperial court after guarding Liaoxi for so many years." Please also ask the national teacher to learn from it. "I can't figure out where Gao Yang came from, and Wu Xiang didn't dare to mess around, so he could only calm down for the time being.

"Hmph." Gao Yang snorted coldly, turned back to the chair and sat down. Looking at Wu Xiang's flustered look, he said coldly, "It's okay to give you Liaoyu, but it can only be regarded as a war merit." As long as you can exchange the head, you will definitely not lose a penny of money. The army can't fight, and it's messing around all day long with money, what are you doing with it? Is it for the sake of good looks? ”

"This ......" Wu Xiang gritted his teeth and said loudly, "Then if you don't talk about Liaoyu, the Yulu Imperial Court should always give it, right?" Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, hundreds of thousands of family dependents all need to eat. ”

"Food is given according to the number of people. I won't let you starve, and I won't have an extra pound for you to sell to Jianyu for silver! Gao Yang took out a cigarette and lit it. With an indifferent expression, he said, "Of course, if you would rather skip dinner than sell it to Jianyu for silver, I won't say anything." Of course Gao Yang won't say anything, he will do it directly! After the new army formed its combat effectiveness, Gaoyang's first target was Shanhaiguan! People like Wu Sangui are nearby with a large army, no matter how you look at it, it's not a good thing!

"National teacher, our Guan Ning Army has never done anything to raise the enemy!" Although this is something that everyone knows, once it is put on the table, it is absolutely not okay.

"Hmph." Gao Yang snorted coldly, glanced at him, and didn't say anything more. It's not just Guan Ningjun, they're just making a small fuss. The biggest business for the Jianyu is still the Jin merchants in Shanxi. These businessmen are completely the ultimate businessmen. The country, the nation and the like are nothing to them, and they can't be compared with those yellow and white things at all.

Houjin entered the customs many times, wantonly burning, killing and looting. They robbed a lot of gold and silver from the people. Huang Taiji is a person with great ambitions and vision. He is not brainless like most of the post-gold aristocrats, and he wants to enjoy it when he grabs something. All the gold, silver and other things he grabbed in the customs were handed over to those Jin merchants, and through the hands of those Jin merchants, they exchanged for important materials such as grain, cloth, salt and tea, ironware, gunpowder, etc., which were urgently needed by Houjin. In the hands of those Jin merchants, there were a lot of jewelry and other things that were still stained with red blood. And they didn't hesitate to take it all!

For Huang Taiji, these yellow and white things are of no use. After throwing it out, it can be exchanged for a large amount of continuous supplies, plus a large number of people captured from the customs to work as slaves. Houjin was soon able to develop. When you need it, just go in again and grab it! The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were afraid that the Houjin army was like a tiger, and they did not dare to stop it in the field. To support it is to defend the city to the death, and give all the vast wilderness and suburbs to Houjin to rob.

Those Jin merchants, Gao Yang, will definitely not let go. It's just that time hasn't come yet. Now the primary target in Gao Yang's heart is Wu Sangui in Shanhaiguan. This Guanning army has completely degenerated. Zu Dashou and they are all officials in Houjin, and Wu Sangui is in command of the Guanning army, which doesn't seem like a good thing no matter how you look at it.

Moreover, in history, Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, and it was not a rush to the crown, and he was angry. Rather, there was no choice in the situation at that time. The Guanning army, which was caught in Shanhaiguan, either surrendered to Jianyu or Li Chuangwang. It's just that he finally chose the more powerful Jianyu.

At this moment, everything depends on whether the new army can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. As long as you have a strong army in your hands, any enemy that stands in your way will be completely crushed! (To be continued)