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Zhang Huangyan said seriously, "This Shoufu can rest assured, the subordinate is also on the errand of the military department, and the subordinate has already thought about how to send the troops, as long as the holy decree is given, the army can set off tomorrow, and it will arrive in Yangzhou in three days."

"Release the people first, and then send troops," Ruan Dacheng interjected.

"I have agreed, the rest of you go to the Criminal Department to find Master Qian" Zhang Huangyan thought that he had an alliance with that Qian Xiaole, and he would never let them out to disturb the court again for these incompetent officials locked up in the Criminal Department, but now, Zhang Huangyan was speechless, how could he have the face to see Qian Xiaole again.

Ma Shiying pressed Ruan Dacheng's hand, "Okay, just let Master Zhang agree, okay, I also promise you, enter the palace now"

Subsequently, Zhang Huangyan quickly left the cabinet, returned to the Ministry of War, and convened all the incumbents of the Ministry of War to meet together, yes, this army moves, where does the money and food come from, these generals, which is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the court has a request for them, how can they go like this, how can they take the opportunity to make a big profit, at least the military expenditure alone will be more than one million taels, but Zhang Huangyan knows that in the treasury of the Ministry of Households, in addition to the of the rats, there are only rats left, and this month, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Households of the Beijing officials are still raising money everywhere, how can they have the money to fight.

Ma Shiying really didn't tell a lie, and sat in a sedan chair and went to the emperor.

Entering the palace, only listening to the drum music in the palace, Ma Shiying smiled proudly, it seems that the emperor is in a good mood today. Still listening to tunes.

entered the inner palace, and the eunuch handed in the recital jointly written by Wang Lanping and Shi Kefa.

It's not a lot of work. The eunuch summoned Ma Shiying inside.

Sure enough, in the inner palace, Zhu Yousong was leaning on the recliner. Leisurely, listening to the beat of the drum music, the fat head fell together, in front of him, more than a dozen beauties danced, the dance steps were light lotus, and the posture was sultry.

"Minister, the first assistant of the cabinet see the emperor, long live long live long live" Ma Shiying, who came out of the mountain again, was much more honest. In front of Zhu Yousong, he was careful everywhere, pretending to be a good grandson, there was no rudeness at all, at this time he was lying on the ground, and he didn't dare to raise his head, and he didn't dare to peek at the group of charming palace ladies on the side.

Zhu Yousong's small eyes opened slightly, "Shoufu is here, get up, what's the matter?" ”

Feelings, Zhu Yousong didn't look at the excerpts that the eunuch sent in first. It's just that these singers are too mind-blowing.

Ma Shiying stood up and arched his hand, "Back to the emperor, Yangzhou is urgent." The minister knew that the emperor was worried about the war in Yangzhou day and night, so the minister just received the report and sent it to the emperor, asking the emperor to make a holy judgment."

Zhu Yousong heard that Yangzhou was coming. Immediately came to the spirit, waving his hand. Let the eunuch order all the musicians and singers to step back, and be supported by the little eunuch. Sit up straight, there is nothing to worry about these days, and the emperor has gained a lot of weight.

Zhu Yousong took the fold on the dragon case, flipped it over, and after reading it roughly, his face showed a trace of nervousness, and Ma Shiying said, "Shoufu, listen to Shi Kefa's meaning, the war in Yangzhou is not optimistic."

Ma Shiying said, "According to the old minister, what the emperor said in this piece of music cannot be trusted, nor can he not be disbelieved"

Zhu Yousong raised a bunch of eyebrows, "Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Shi Kefa as the governor of Yangzhou, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, lose the city and lose the land, the crime should be punished, according to the minister's view, this is just Shi Kefa is afraid that in the future, if he eats a defeat in the future, he will find an excuse for himself in advance, the emperor thinks, the Tatar soldiers have fought thousands of miles, and it is already the end of the strong crossbow in Yangzhou, and the soldiers have long been weak, Shi Kefa has 30,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and there are more artillery to help, the grain and grass in the city can be supported for more than half a year, and Wang Lanping, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, also helped 30,000 soldiers, with this 60,000 army, Yangzhou is not as dangerous as Shi Kefa said"

Zhu Yousong felt that what he said was reasonable, and nodded thoughtfully, the war in Yangzhou was almost as important in the emperor's heart as he was listening to music and appreciating beauty, Yangzhou was too close to Nanjing.

Zhu Yousong said, "Then Shi Kefa and Wang Lanping urged reinforcements, and Shoufu thought it should be sent out?" ”

Ma Shiying said, "The minister doesn't say much, and asks the emperor to make it clear"

Zhu Yousong was very happy to hear it, Ma Shiying really changed his appearance, such a courtier, I like it, of course Zhu Yousong wants to have as many soldiers as possible in the Ming Dynasty, it is best to surround Nanjing City, and don't want to enter the palace with a bird, but Zhu Yousong is not stupid, there is still a fart soldier in the imperial court, wearing the skin of the Ming army to eat the imperial food, but no one listens, they are all a group of lords who eat the king but do not contribute to the court, it is best to send you all to the battlefield, go and fight with the Tatar soldiers, it is best to die all, and don't come back.

Zhu Yousong said, "I feel that the words of the first assistant are reasonable, but I also know that Yangzhou is a big matter, and it cannot be lost, although Shi Kefa may be suspected of exaggeration, but I can't rest assured, so let's do it, according to Shi Kefa's request, I will play, how to send troops, the first assistant and the military department will discuss the result, and the governor's office of the five armies will propose a person as the commander, send troops as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Yangzhou, don't report this matter to me, go down"

Zhu Yousong is not stupid, I don't have any soldiers, money, and food, I have no decree, and how to send troops is the business of you ministers.

Ma Shiying smiled secretly in his heart, "The minister obeys the order, the minister will go down to do it, and the minister will retreat."

As soon as Ma Shiying left, there was drumming behind him.

**

After getting the will, Ma Shiying hurriedly rushed back to the cabinet, and when Ruan Dacheng saw him coming back, he hurriedly asked, "Shoufu, has the emperor agreed to send troops?" ”

Ma Shiying nodded.

Ruan Dacheng was a little surprised, looked around, and whispered, "Shoufu, aren't you wishing that Wang Lanping couldn't go back to Nanjing?" If he wins a battle in Yangzhou and the class teacher returns to the court, you will not be able to sit still."

Ma Shiying laughed, "You only know one thing, you don't know the other, this time, I want to make it impossible for the two of them to leave Yangzhou alive, in this way, you and I will divide the soldiers into two ways, you go to the Criminal Department to find that Qian Xiaole to release people, and I will plan an excerpt, so that the Yangtze River Sailor and the people and horses of the Seven Great Dingbian Marquis will go out immediately."

Ruan Dacheng was a little puzzled, and said in a daze, "Shoufu, what do you want to do?" Liu Kongzhao is not a fool, he has been lawless since he grasped the real power of the water master. Last month, Shousuke, you sent someone to look for him. I want him to work with you to protect the Ming Dynasty. But he didn't even read your letter when he saw it, and he couldn't look down on the 10,000 taels of silver you sent.

Ma Shiying said, "How the cabinet does is for the world to see, as for whether Liu Kongzhao wants to resist the decree, it has nothing to do with me."

Ruan Dacheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and immediately smiled, "Understood." Shoufu you are wise, you concluded that Liu Kongzhao would not send troops, so you directly threw this infamy to him, so that the cabinet would not have to bear the infamy of not rescuing Yangzhou, Gao, Gao, Shoufu Gao"

Ma Shiying snorted, "It's not entirely like that, Liu Kongzhao is too greedy." The old man tried to pull him several times, but he avoided it, and he was righteous and awe-inspiring on the surface, and he did not associate with the courtiers, but he let his subordinates go in private. Disguised as a water bandit pirate, he plundered everywhere and made a lot of ill-gotten gains, and his ambition was not small. Whoever is not for my use will be in great trouble in the future. Just take this opportunity to make him ruined and scolded by the world"

Ruan Dacheng nodded excitedly. "Very good, very good, I have long seen that this person has a lot of ambitions, I heard that he has been recruiting troops and horses, and the emperor has called him several times, but he has said that he is ill, so it seems that his intentions are obvious"

Ma Shiying waved his hand and laughed shamefully, "Incompetent rats, can't become the climate, don't care about him, what I'm worried about is the war in Yangzhou, Yangzhou is the lifeblood of my dynasty, and it won't be good for you and me if I lose it, so I plan to persuade the Seven Dingbian Marquis to go north to break the enemy."

Ruan Dacheng was puzzled again, "Why, didn't this help Shi Kefa and Wang Lanping and others"

"No, no, these two people will die in Yangzhou sooner or later, what I mean is that we must win the battle in Yangzhou, and we must give credit to our people."

"What does Shousuke mean?"

"Order the Marquis of An Huai to be the commander, send five soldiers to rescue Yangzhou, but not into Yangzhou, and wait for Shi Kefa and the Qing army to be defeated, and our people will take the opportunity to kill, just take advantage of the war to take the lives of the two thieves, then the great victory of Yangzhou will not fall on our people's heads? Kill two birds with one stone"

"High, high, haha"

"Haha......"

At that moment, Ma Shiying repaired a letter and sent his henchmen to Xiangshan.

***

Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Command, did not expect that Ma Shiying really invited the holy decree to send troops, and at the invitation of Zhun Shi and Wang Erjun, he transferred the Yangtze River Naval Division and the Xiangshan army to the north, galloped to aid Yangzhou, and sent troops on a certain day.

But when Ma Shiying handed over the emperor's will to Zhang Huangyan, he couldn't be happy, the soldiers and horses did not move, the grain and grass went first, and the duty of the military department was to prepare all military supplies for the army.

But since there is a will, then it is still necessary to do what the emperor wants, first convey the holy will, and then see how the generals who will be bullish and coaxed will deal with it.

At this time, it was nearly afternoon, Nanjing was only a few dozen miles away from Xiangshan, Zhang Huangyan immediately ordered the seven Dingbian Marquis to assemble the army in the name of the Ministry of War, according to the meaning of the cabinet, with the Dinghuai Marquis as the commander, and raised 50,000 troops; The Yangtze River Naval Division was ordered to enter the canal within three days, and if necessary, it could abandon ship and land ashore to jointly support Yangzhou and break the Tatar Qing Dynasty together.

The Marquis of Dinghuai was one of the seven governors who led the troops to besiege Nanjing that day, and was later crowned as the Marquis of Dinghuai.

The military department did not dare to slack off in the matter, and immediately assigned people to pass on the decree at both ends.

It was night, the news of Xiangshan was about to be heard soon, and the result was much more than Zhang Huangyan expected, the seven Dingbian Marquis actually promised to be so happy, the army has been assembled, just wait for the imperial court to arrive, ready to go out at any time, and then look at the list of military supplies listed by the Dinghuai Marquis for this battle, Zhang Huangyan gasped.

The military rations are 500,000 denier, the salary is 400,000 taels of silver, the soldiers go north, the weather is getting cooler, and they need to change their clothes, and the silver is also around 200,000 taels.

The night is bleak, but the military department is brightly lit, Zhang Huangyan has a big problem for himself, people promise to send troops is very refreshing, but the military department can't come up with silver, isn't this lifting a stone to shoot his own feet, if you can't make up the silver, it is equivalent to disrespecting the will, the emperor doesn't care about these, it is the duty of the military department to raise food and salary for the army.

Fortunately, Zhang Huangyan is also a capable minister, as long as he is willing to send troops, everything else is a trivial matter.

More than 10 account gentlemen, fighting at night, crackling and dialing the abacus for a night, squeezing a little here, moving a little there, and suppressing all the salaries of all the officials of the Ministry of War for three months, and temporarily suppressing the imperial court's pension for the soldiers who died in the past war, a total of less than 200,000 taels.

There is no way, the sky is just dawn, Zhang Huangyan, who did not close his eyes all night, recalled the cash silver from all over the yamen, and sent people to Xiangshan, and explained that the army will set off today, and the number of troops who are short of money and food is stepping up the deployment, and the war in Yangzhou cannot be delayed.

This is not enough, Zhang Huangyan was afraid that the other party would use the excuse to delay, so he played a cautious eye, he asked the people who escorted the food and salary to spread the Dinghuai Marquis to go north to resist the Qing Dynasty along the way, and said that the name would not be broken, and the Qing Dynasty swore not to return to the dynasty, and really praised that Dinghuai'an was so that there was no one in the sky and on earth, and it was difficult for him to ride a tiger, so he had to send troops, and everyone in the world knew that the emperor ordered you to send troops, and you dared not to send troops.

Sure enough, this trick worked, and early the next morning, Dinghuai Marquis ordered 50,000 troops, three cannons, hanging seals to go out, and 50,000 soldiers came out, killing Yangzhou with great momentum.

In fact, this is not Zhang Huangyan's credit at all, Dinghuai Hou just wants to go to Yangzhou to pick up a bargain, not to fight, to fight that has to wait for Shi, Wang and the Qing army to be defeated before acting, anyway, it is decided not to let Wang Lanping and Shi Kefa return to Nanjing alive.

The news of the army on the road made Nanjing boil, and Wang's division began the Northern Expedition.

Even some restaurants have opened a handicap, come, the one to win the Qing army is ten to win, the one to win the king is two, and the one to the tie is twenty, and the pressure is more and more profitable.

For the people in Nanjing, counting on the Central Plains Day in the north of the king is no drama at all, it is better to listen to small songs and gamble in the small restaurant.

This way the soldiers set off, then there is only Liu Kongzhao's sailor, because Zhenjiang is far away, the people who went to the order over there have not returned, Zhang Huangyan seems to be restless, he knows the soldiers, but also knows the soldiers, he can know from the military reports of the various anti-thieves collected by the military department, the Ming Dynasty is already dying, if you want to survive any longer, you have to defeat the Qing army in the first battle of Yangzhou, and lift up the people's disappointment with the imperial court.

Three days later, Wailang, a member of the military department who went to the Zhenjiang Water Division Battalion to give orders, came back to restore his life, and Liu Kongzhao really did not expect Ma Shiying.

Liu Kongzhao replied: At present, the naval division is not well prepared for war, and it is not suitable to go to war, if the imperial court insists on ordering the naval division to go north, the minister will also be edicted, and after the ship is repaired, the minister will pull the anchor and raise the sails, and raise the prestige of our Ming army.

These words really made Zhang Huangyan cry and laugh, and he said that he was a righteous and strict word, but when will he send troops? By the time your warship is repaired, Yangzhou City will be lost. (To be continued.) )