Just after Wang Lanping held the power of the champion army tightly in his hands, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure and had no money.

An army of 50,000 people, even if they sleep in Xiangshan every day, they will have to pay at least 5,000 taels of silver just for eating, drinking, and Lazar, and now the intensity of training is several times that of the previous time when it was not integrated, and the consumption of this weapon has increased exponentially, especially the firearms unit, there is no gold mountain behind, and it is really a big problem to feed such a force.

This is not the biggest difficulty, the most important thing is the new establishment of the Hongguang Dynasty, the military salary promised to the 15th battalion has been pushed again and again under various excuses, many generals have no choice but to let their subordinates find some sources from the people, and some are robbing water bandits and bandits or something to barely cross the day, now the army is all gathered in the Xiangshan exercise, lost the source of money, the whole army is facing the depleting military spending, all set their eyes on Wang Lanping, the commander of the champion army.

Wang Lanping was also very distressed, just the current garrison in peacetime silver is not enough, then in the wartime the silver will really be like flowing water, once the battle starts, the wear and tear of weapons, the compensation of the dead and wounded soldiers, the reward for the brave soldiers, and so on, a large number of financial expenses that must be faced immediately are not simpler than winning a battle.

Maybe some generals with a long-term vision can make a wish to let them ignore their money with some feudal officials, but once the soldiers at the bottom are cut off from their salaries, it will directly lead to the dispersal of the military hearts that have been gathered with great difficulty.

If you want to work hard in the troubled times, you must have three points: money, power, and people.

Now that Wang Lanping has power and people, what he lacks most is money, it is not practical to expect the imperial court to do so, and he has to find his own way, he can't rob the people at the bottom, and he doesn't have financial power in his hands, so there is only one way, learn from Li Zicheng and fight local tyrants.

Who did you dig this first pot of gold from, Wang Lanping's eyes turned around, and suddenly his heart was full of joy, and Liu Zeqing, the chief military officer of Huai'an, entered his sight.

Thinking that when Liu Zeqing was in the post of the chief soldier in Shandong, he refused to follow the will of Emperor Chongzhen to let him enter the defense of the capital, and led the army all the way south, along the road was to loot the local rich households, and later when he was in charge of the general army in Anqing, he ate empty quotas, collected protection fees from merchants and local wealthy merchants, etc., and really amassed a lot of wealth, not only this, but also a few months ago when he withdrew his troops from Anqing City, he almost robbed Anqing City.

According to Wang Lanping's conservative estimate, the illicit wealth amassed by Liu Zeqing is at least two million taels of silver, and if he can be taken down, this will be the military expenditure of the champion army for three years.

Just when Wang Lanping started to open up the wealth for the champion army, Nanjing City was also staging an earth-shattering scene.

Wang Lanping killed the commander of the 3,000 battalions and reorganized the news of the champion army reached Nanjing, the first assistant Ma Shiying was surprised and delighted, happy that controlling the 15th battalion of Nanjing was his greatest wish since he entered the Hongguang Dynasty, and he was in cahoots with the four towns of Jiangbei outside the court.

The bad thing is that the 15 th Army in Beijing is nominally under the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, directly under the imperial power, and the foreign ministers and the governors of various places have no power to control it, which has created the innate superiority of these 15 main generals, and they regard themselves as superior to the military camps of the border military offices in various places, and in addition, the imperial power of the Hongguang Dynasty is weak, and it has formed the matter that today's 15 battalions listen to the tune and do not listen to the propaganda, and each of them is respectful.

Faced with a plate of scattered sand and no way to touch the fifteenth battalion, Ma Shiying is very troubled, how to solve it, Ma Shiying thinks that the best and fastest way is to select one person in the fifteenth battalion to preside over the overall situation, and he only needs to pull this person to pull this person and it will be done, now Wang Lanping has done this, how can this make Ma Shiying unhappy.

But what is surprising is that Wang Lanping can do something in such a short period of time that he has nothing to do for several months, which shows that this person is indeed extraordinary, and if he stays here, he will become a big trouble in the future.

Therefore, after receiving this news, Ma Shiying immediately began to arrange, and he relied on the power of the first assistant of the cabinet to order the military department to transfer his son Ma Ming to the deputy general of the Nanjing City Defense Battalion, in charge of the city's defense and the military of the Inner Garden, so that Wang Lanping could smoothly take over his post after his death.

How to kill Wang Lanping, Ma Shiying has already made a decision, for this reason, he found a reason, and hurriedly entered the palace to find Emperor Hongguang, after all, many things are ordered by the emperor himself, of course, he can also force the emperor to make an order when necessary, it all depends on whether Zhu Yousong is obedient or not.

Sitting in a comfortable sedan chair, Ma Shiying took several directors of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites to the palace with great interest to meet Zhu Yousong.

These days, Zhu Yousong has a very comfortable life, the captives do not go south, the thieves were also stopped north of the Yangtze River by Wang Lanping's scheme, Zhang Xianzhong of Sichuan is also nesting in Sichuan and is ready to eat and wait for death, the entire half of the south of the Yangtze River looks like it is calm, there are Ma Shiying and Zhang Luo in the court, there are four major armies in Jiangbei to guard, and there are fierce generals such as Wang Lanping outside Nanjing.

Zhu Yousong also knew that he was powerless and powerless, and the only thing he could do was to enjoy the emperor's honorable status as the emperor, indulge in eating, drinking and having fun, and spend a lot of money.

When Ma Shiying entered the palace, Zhu Yousong was sipping wine in the palace, admiring the wonderful dance of Concubine Shuangyan, and was intoxicated by the wine and beauty.

"Your Majesty, Lord Shoufu Ma asks to see" A eunuch came in to report.

Zhu Yousong was enjoying it, and he didn't hear the little eunuch's words at all, and the little eunuch had to raise his voice again, repeating with a little caution, "Your Majesty, Ma Shoufu is here."

"Ah, oh, okay, please let him in" Zhu Yousong shook his head, hearing that Ma Shiying was coming, he was busy sitting down, but his eyes never left the writhing waist of Concubine Shuangyan, and from time to time he let out a few lustful hehey laughs.

Ma Shiying came in, saw that the dance and music were in full swing, and was very happy, the more the emperor was like this, the more he could control everything, several directors of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites were busy going up and bowing, Ma Shiying just bowed his waist, "See the emperor"

"Oh, get up, Shoufu is in a hurry when he sees me?" Zhu Yousong said.

Ma Shiying nodded, "Your Majesty, the last time the court discussed, the emperor wanted to rebuild the palace and select the beauties, the old minister discussed it with several ministers of the cabinet, and it has been decided, and I am here to play back to the emperor."

Zhu Yousong was overjoyed when he heard this, and waved his hand to let all the dancers follow, "Yes, so soon, when will I be able to move into the new palace?" ”

Ma Shiying didn't feel happy, this emperor is really naïve, this is to build a palace, not for ordinary people to build a house, "Back to the emperor, how dare the emperor's ministers not be careful, these are the heads of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites, the emperor, look"

Ma Shiying took a roll of paper from the head of the Ministry of Works, walked to Zhu Yousong's side, and unfolded it in front of the dragon case, "Your Majesty, this is the drawing of the new palace, built in full accordance with the specifications of the Forbidden City in Beijing, but the old minister has made some changes, the Forbidden City in Beijing is large-scale, built for nearly a hundred years, and the cost of silver is immeasurable. Speed up the construction progress, it is expected that the silver mint will be about 20 million taels, and the construction will be completed within four years"

When Zhu Yousong heard this, his brows furrowed, "Four years? "God knows if this happy life can live for another four years, and he is not happy to wait so long."

The director of the Ministry of Works on the side hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, four years is already very fast, such a huge project, the people and craftsmen used need 100,000 people, and this is already the maximum amount that can be recruited."

Zhu Yousong waved his hand, "No, no, no, I decreed, if I recruit more than 200,000 people, I will live in the new palace in one year."

The director of the Ministry of Works was so frightened that he fell to his knees, "A year? Your Majesty, this, this, the construction of this new palace is not completely understaffed, all kinds of construction materials have to be transported from all over the country, coupled with the harassment of thieves, it is too late to transport materials for a year, and if the income of this household is not possible to take out 20 million taels of silver within a year, Your Majesty, this, this year's period is in a hurry."

Zhu Yousong didn't listen to him, and glared at him, "I don't care, if I don't have money, I will raise taxes, I am the Son of Heaven, rich all over the world, under the whole world, it is not the king's ministers, the people's money is my money, collect it, collect it all."

The director of the Ministry of Industry wanted to speak again, but Ma Shiying stared at him and didn't dare to say anything, Ma Shiying smiled and said, "The emperor Shengming, this matter will be done by the minister, and the emperor will definitely let the emperor live in the new palace after a year, and the emperor doesn't have to worry about it."

Zhu Yousong grinned and nodded with satisfaction, "Well, it's still Shoufu's deep thoughts, okay, you, get out, raise you officials for nothing" He pointed to the head of the Ministry of Works who was kneeling on the ground.

The director of the Ministry of Industry retreated, and Ma Shiying said again, "Your Majesty, the minister still has a joy."

Zhu Yousong smiled, "Oh, yes, let's hear it"

Ma Shiying motioned to the head of the Ministry of Rites to send the fold in his hand to Zhu Yousong, and Zhu Yousong took it and looked at it randomly.

Ma Shiying said, "Your Majesty, this is a list of beauties reported by various prefectures around Nanjing, and it is currently on the way to Nanjing with enough 1,000 of them."

Hearing the news, Zhu Yousong's eyes lit up, he shone brightly, and said hurriedly, "Very good, very good, Shoufu, how do these women look?" ”

Ma Shiying said, "This, this old minister hasn't seen it yet, but I don't think that officials from all over the country will dare to fool the emperor, and they must do their best to check for the emperor, and their posture should be one in a hundred."

Zhu Yousong's heart was full of joy, "That's good, that's good, Shoufu has worked hard"

"Don't dare, it is the duty of the old minister to serve the emperor, but the minister has one more thing, I am afraid that I will sweep the emperor's Yaxing when I say it, I don't know if I should say it?" Ma Shiying is so smart, first coax Zhu Yousong to be happy, and then talk about business.

"Really? Tell me what's going on?"

Ma Shiying waved his hand to let the left and right retreat, and he was the only one present in the dormitory.

Suddenly, Ma Shiying threw off his clothes and knelt down, with a panicked look on his face, and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Lanping, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, has rebelled."

"Ahem! ......" Zhu Yousong, who was sipping fine wine, choked when he heard this, his face was red, and he exclaimed, "What, what? ”