Seeing that all the generals had expressed their attitudes, Shi Kefa let out a long sigh and said, "Xinghua, we are blocking other people's financial paths!" ”

"Brother Xian, what do you mean by that?" Luo Jian was a little inexplicable.

"Get you away first, and I'll be next!" Shi Kefa didn't say it explicitly in front of so many people, but just sighed helplessly and said again.

"Do you think I'm going to Nanjing to take up a post as a scholar of Dongge University?" Luo Jian understood a little in his heart, and seeing that Shi Kefa was not easy to say, he changed the topic and asked.

"At this pass, where can Yangzhou be separated from the metropolitan governor! If you leave, I will directly bring the First Division to Nanjing and accompany you to take up your post. Liu Zhaoji said slowly, indicating that he had really made up his mind.

"My second division will also go together!" Li Chengdong followed immediately.

"I'll go to the fourth division too!" Liu Dingjun, commander of the Fourth Division, followed suit.

Weng Zhiqi, the commander of the Fifth Division, looked at his brother-in-law Huang Degong and did not say anything.

"What do you want to do with the fifth division? Don't listen to the greetings, do you? Huang Degong's bull's eyes were stunned, and Weng Zhiqi shuddered.

"My five divisions are only from the orders of the Metropolitan Governor!" Weng Zhiqi hurriedly said.

"I don't have anything to say in the sixth division, just say a word from the Metropolitan Governor!" Liu Xiongwu, commander of the Sixth Division, said.

"I, Luo Jian, thank you! It's just that everyone must be clear about one thing, the army in your hands is not your private property, nor is it my Luo Jian's private property, they need this country! I hope you all understand this! Luo Jian said slowly.

"But can that court represent our country now? Can we let the people live a good life? I don't think so, let alone anything else, everyone knows about this high diving potential, right? Luo Jian's words were a little angry, but he still tried his best to restrain himself.

Seeing that some generals still didn't understand, Luo Jian continued: "Lu Xiangsheng Governor Lu everyone always knows, right?" ”

"Governor Lu resisted the Qing captives in Beijing, and the agreed battle, as a result, Gao Qiqian led tens of thousands of cavalry of the Guanning Army to stand still, and when Governor Lu sent someone to ask for help, he ignored it at all, and sat back and watched Governor Lu die in battle, such a person came to supervise the army, do you think he can lead the Yangzhou army well?"

When Luo Jian talked about Lu Xiangsheng, his grief and indignation were indescribable, and among the national heroes in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng was one of the people he admired the most.

"He killed Governor Lu?" Li Chengdong used to be in a low position, and he knew about Lu Xiangsheng's death, but he didn't know the specific reason.

"Yes, that's him! This guy has a bad stomach, relying on the favor of the first emperor, he is very domineering in the army, and he commands indiscriminately, many people knew about it at the beginning, haven't you heard of it? Liu Zhaoji said that his qualifications are older than Li Chengdong and he knows much more things.

"If he is allowed to come to our Yangzhou Army as a supervisor, our Yangzhou Army will really be finished!" Of course, Huang Degong knows better.

"What should we do if our salaries and grain and grass are controlled by them?" Shi Kefa was really disappointed in that court now, but he was a little helpless.

At present, the Yangzhou army is nearly 70,000 horses, and the amount of money and grain and grass consumed is several times that of the ordinary Ming army, plus the steel mills and gunpowder factories are only in and out, if the imperial court cuts off the military salary, it is really difficult to maintain the current situation of the Yangzhou army.

Therefore, the question raised by Shi Kefa was also a very practical question, and everyone fell into deep thought.

"No, I'll go to Nanjing again?"

Luo Jian thought for a long time, with the current situation in Yangzhou, it is indeed too difficult to solve the problem of military salary by itself, if all the income of Yangzhou is turned into military salary, it is barely okay, but the development of the military industry is extremely money-burning, without the support of silver money, it is a fool's dream to get good weapons and equipment.

"The Metropolitan Governor doesn't have to go! This problem is easy to solve, without us people fighting desperately, why would they live a life of spending time in Nanjing? A few of us jointly sent a few names to the emperor, see what the emperor said! ”

Huang Degong opened his mouth and said, everyone understands what he means, now the generals do not have the same status as they did at the beginning, and now the emperor of Nanjing also relies on the four towns of Jiangbei to help him, if he really can't help him, he just change it again.

"It's not big to blackmail the court by force, right?" Shi Kefa was a little hesitant.

"Inspector, there's nothing wrong with that! Let's just say that if the governor goes to Nanjing to take office, all of our divisions will follow, and we don't care about Yangzhou! Liu Zhaoji's loud voice shook the room.

"Gao Xiaozhang and Gao Staff, you come to write! After writing it, I will send it to Nanjing as soon as possible! Huang Degong slapped the table and pointed at Gao Xiaozhang and said.

Gao Xiaozhang glanced at Luo Jian, picked up the pencil on the table and hesitated.

Luo Jian said with a calm face: "No! These things can be handled by me and the superintendent, you can take the troops with peace of mind, if any of them disperse the troops, see how I clean him up! ”

"The duty of a soldier is to defend the country and resist the invasion of foreign enemies, and I hope you can understand that the current internal affairs are internal affairs, and I do not want to use the army when dealing with internal problems, if such things become a habit, it will be a misfortune for the country and the nation!" Luo Jian said solemnly.

Shi Kefa listened and nodded secretly.

Huang Degong was about to speak, but Liu Zhaoji pulled him next to him and said, "Jingnan Hou, listen to the governor." ”

"That's all for today's meeting, let's not discuss this matter, the superintendent and I will deal with it." Luo Jian said as he cleaned up the things in front of him and got up to leave.

Walking outside, seeing that Gao Qiqian was still jumping and scolding outside, Ren Minyu persuaded him on the side, Luo Jian walked by him, looked at him coldly, ignored him, and went straight back to his small courtyard.

The people in the venue didn't move, and all the generals looked at Shi Kefa with blank eyes, Shi Kefa sighed and said: "It's only this once, not an example!" ”

Shi Kefa also stood up and went to Luo Jian's courtyard.

Luo Jian returned to the hall and sat down, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, thinking about how to deal with this matter.

If Huang Degong and them are allowed to do it, it is estimated that the emperor and Ma Shiying will definitely revoke this appointment, but the consequences of this Luo Jian are very clear, that is, in the future, military interference in politics will often happen, and Luo Jian does not want the government established in the future to become a military government.

Although Luo Jian received a lot of education from that era, he always believed that as long as the army of a country stood in the middle, no matter how complicated the political struggle was, it would not be bloody, and once the soldiers were involved, bloody bloodshed would inevitably occur.

Although this matter is not a political struggle now, Luo Jian does not want to start this, and just wants to solve the problem in his own way.

Just thinking about it, Shi Kefa walked in, saw Luo Jian smoking, and directly stretched out his hand to Luo Jian and said, "Give me one!" ”

Luo Jian took out a cigarette and handed it to him, then lit it for him again.

The two of them were in the room, and they didn't speak, they were both thinking.

"This is the idea of the Ma Ge Ministry, I guess the emperor will not think of this." Shi Kefa finally couldn't stand the silence and spoke.

"Then why did Ma Shiying let me leave Yangzhou? Am I here to help him guard the gate of Nanjing? Luo Jian was still a little puzzled.

"Alas, I said it just now, blocking his financial path." Shi Kefa sighed.

"It's not that we have caused this new territory, but these places can house a lot of officials." Shi Kefa saw that Luo Jian was still a little confused, and said bluntly.

"Oh, I see. Then we can't ignore them, the situation has just stabilized, and the Qing soldiers may go south again, and the development of Yangzhou cannot be stopped. Luo Jian understood and said resolutely.

"No, I'll go to Nanjing again, go directly to the emperor and ask him to withdraw this order!" Luo Jian thought about it, there was only this way.

"I think it's okay for you to take a trip, you can explain some things clearly to the emperor, and you have fewer scruples when you talk about it." Shi Kefa pondered for a long time before he said.

While the two were talking, Liu Lan came back from outside, and when she saw the smoke in the house, she frowned and said, "What are you two doing in the house?" I thought it was on fire. What the hell is going on? Are the two of them worried like this? ”

Luo Jian briefly told her about today's events.

When Liu Lan heard this, she was furious on the spot and said: "This dead fat man, I told him well, he let you fight Tartar in Yangzhou with peace of mind, and he became the emperor in Nanjing with peace of mind. I'm going to Nanjing to reason with him! ”

Shi Kefa heard Liu Lan scolding the emperor as a "dead fat man", and wanted to open his mouth to stop it, but he couldn't help it after thinking about it.

"Brother Luo, I'm going to Nanjing with you!" Liu Lan said to Luo Jian.

Luo Jian thought for a long time, and then said, "It's okay for you to go together, but you can't lose your temper." ”

"They don't mess with me, of course they don't lose their temper, and if they provoke me, I won't be polite."

Hearing Liu Lan's words, Shi Kefa couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, and when he laughed, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot.

"But this time we're going by car again, we're going to go on horseback, and you don't know how to ride a horse, how can you go?" Luo Jian said.

"Who says I can't ride a horse? I would ride before I came to Yangzhou, you went out to fight, I practiced at home for a long time, don't you know? Hmph, Brother Luo, you are too underestimated! Liu Lan said with a wrinkled nose.

"Hehe, that's easy, let's leave early tomorrow morning. You put on your body armor, be careful. Luo Jian said with a smile.

As soon as it was said here, Huang Degong led a few division commanders in.

Hearing that Luo Jian would go to Nanjing early tomorrow morning, Liu Zhaoji hurriedly said: "Xinghua, I'll arrange the guards." ”

The first division has withdrawn to Yangzhou, but the second division is heading to Xuyi, Li Chengdong stared dryly, trying to do something but couldn't.

"Don't be affected by this matter, it's just a trivial matter, you believe that I will deal with it when I go to Nanjing, you all have to keep an eye on it, first, you are afraid that the Qing soldiers will make another move, and second, the troops must be strictly restrained, and there must be no violation of discipline." Luo Jian explained.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Regarding the question of how to deal with the so-called supervising army Gao Qiqian, Shi Kefa meant to let him stay in Yangzhou, and not let him interfere in actual military affairs.

"I will take him to the garrison of the first division and let him stay in the barracks, so that he will not be harmed." Liu Zhaoji said.

"Just I'll send him to Xuyi, if he dares to make a fool of himself, I'll give him to Tartar." Li Chengdong hated it even more, and everyone laughed when he said it.

"I'd better find a way to get him back to Nanjing, let him stay in Yangzhou first, everyone ignore him, and wait for me to come back." Luo Jian finally said.