As soon as Zhou Shuyuan left the lobby of the Governor's Mansion with his front feet, a personal guard who had been following Sun Chengzong shouted with anger on his face: "My lord, this Zhou Shuyuan is so arrogant that he doesn't take you seriously......

"Your Excellency, you should immediately make a compromise to the court, and let the court remove him, so as not to give the adults a ...... every day."

Sun Chengzong, who was already holding back a mouthful of anger in his heart, finally became angry after hearing that the guards were almost adding fuel to the fire.

scolded the guards in front of him mercilessly: "Shut up for this official...... Lord Zhou is a second-rank official appointed by the imperial court, can you arrange it with a small guard? ”

"Even if the imperial court wants to remove him from his official position, he must think about it carefully, not to mention that I am a governor of Shanxi......"

"Don't forget, behind this Lord Zhou, there is not only Lord Wei Zhengwei, who is about to enter the cabinet, but also tens of thousands of elites of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and millions of people in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces."

"Especially the tens of thousands of tigers and leopards with strong combat effectiveness, they were all slowly promoted from bandits by Lord Wei, and they know very well the truth that one is prosperous and one is lost. If this Zhou Shuyuan is dismissed, it won't take a few days for tens of thousands of tigers and leopards to force the palace to the imperial court......"

"Do you think the imperial court will allow this kind of thing to happen?"

The guard nodded thoughtfully.

Then, he asked Sun Chengzong with an unwilling face: "My lord, can we just watch Lord Zhou and them continue to be arrogant, and watch the local garrison continue to besiege the governor's mansion...... You know, you are the governor of Shanxi......"

Sun Chengzong shook his head and replied in a firm tone.

"Nope. There must be a way to break up the Haw Par Army. Let the Haw Par Army really be used by the imperial court. It's just that. We haven't thought of a good way to do it yet......"

"The emperor trusts this official, and under the pressure of the imperial court, he transferred this official to Shanxi to serve as the governor of Shanxi, and this official must not let the emperor and the imperial court down......"

The worried and anxious expressions on the guards' faces did not change in any way because of Sun Chengzong's words full of pride.

Just when Sun Chengzong was deep in thought, he continued to ask......

"My lord, since the whole of the Haw Par Army knows that they are all prosperous. How do we dismantle the truth that one loses? ”

At this time, Sun Chengzong had completely calmed down from the anger just now.

Under the gaze of his henchmen, he replied in a calm tone: "As the so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold, to deal with an opponent like the Tiger and Leopard Army, we can only start from the foundation and disintegrate it little by little, and we can't rush ......."

But that brings us back to the original topic. That's silver. If you want to leverage the foundation of the Haw Par Army, you must have a lot of silver......"

Hear here. A sigh full of helplessness slowly came out of the guard's mouth.

Then, he replied to Sun Chengzong: "My lord, we can't control the Tiger and Leopard Army first, if we can't raise the silver in a short period of time, and send down the silver owed to the local garrison, the local garrison blocking the gate of the governor's palace will not leave." When the time comes, we will be surrounded by these noisy local garrisons, and we will be surrounded by the governor's palace. ”

"They dare to ......" After hearing the guard's words, Sun Chengzong shouted again with anger on his face.

Then, under the shocked gaze of the guards, he said: "I think that back then, when the officers killed the enemy on the battlefield, they were still in their mother's womb. If they really dare to spread their wildness in front of their own officers, this official will take advantage of this reason to send troops to kill them, and replace the commander of the garrison with his own people......"

Speaking of this, Sun Chengzong, who was angry, suddenly thought of something.

In the blink of an eye, the anger on his face was once again replaced by helplessness.

didn't realize that after he entered Shanxi, the various problems he faced were directed by Sun Chengzong, who was directed by Wei Zheng. I had to say with a helpless face.

"It's just that the official didn't calculate that the two thousand Beijing battalions brought from the capital would be wiped out so quickly."

"If these two thousand Beijing battalions are still in the hands of this official, those garrison generals who are blocking the gate of the Governor's Palace, no matter how bold they are, they will not dare to do such a thing as forcing the palace to this official."

The guard standing in front of him opened his mouth and reminded: "My lord, there is no silver in the imperial court, but there is an army...... We can go to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to allocate a few thousand more camps for us......"

Sun Chengzong's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized: "There are still tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in the capital, and five thousand people are transferred from them, and there is absolutely no impact...... Good way, this official will write a recital to the court immediately......"

Just when Sun Chengzong's face showed a rare smile.

The guard's next words were directly like a basin of ice water poured on Sun Chengzong, making Sun Chengzong's smiling expression instantly solidify.

"My lord, even if we get the army from the capital, the problem of silver still has to be solved......"

"We can replace the garrison generals with our own, but we have no way to replace the thousands, or even tens of thousands, of ordinary soldiers below."

"Therefore, if there is no silver, the money owed to them by the governor's palace shall be repaid. No matter how many generals we change, it will not play any role in this problem. ”

"When the time comes, these ordinary soldiers, who should come to the Governor's Mansion to make trouble, will still come to make money. Unless we dare to send troops to kill people and make an example of them...... Otherwise, there is only one option: retropayment of military salaries. ”

Sun Chengzong nodded first, then shook his head again, and finally spoke.

"Killing people is definitely not going to work."

"For the tens of thousands of local garrisons and the Haw Par Army in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, we are all outsiders. If we dare to take such a tough measure as killing chickens and making an example to monkeys when we know that it is our own fault, the armies of the two provinces will definitely huddle together and resist us together. ”

"At that time, without the imperial court's order, we will be forced out of Shanxi by tens of thousands of soldiers from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces......"

"Therefore, the problem of silver must be solved......"

When the imperial court was unreliable and he had no choice, Sun Chengzong could only pin his hopes on the civil officials of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

In Sun Chengzong's view, among the dozen or so people who fell to him, the youngest was also a county order, and they were all in charge of the financial taxes of a county and even a government. According to the practice of Ming officialdom, in order to ensure the operation of the government and county government, they will definitely intercept a part of these taxes.

In this case, they should not have any problem saving themselves and raising hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for themselves. (To be continued......)