Among the Beijing officials of the imperial court, the first to see Li Guo was Zhang Yiqing, the imperial historian, and Zhou Suru, a thousand households of Jinyiwei...... These two men were both recommended by Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, and they were meritorious personnel who went to Shaanxi to be rewarded for the Battle of Hequ.

Although I knew that Emperor Chongzhen's dragon body was not safe, I also heard that the reason for Emperor Chongzhen's dragon body was that white tiger eating pigs. But Shoufu Zhou Yanru didn't expect that this trip to Shaanxi would have something to do with this dream.

In fact, Zhou Yanru also heard about some things in Hequ and Fugu, and it is said that the guards there were so arrogant that they even killed many local gentry.

There was an imperial history that impeached officials who had crossed the river meanders and Fugu for privately dividing the land, as well as the fish and meat township, but the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, and the superintendent Lu Jiuming blocked this matter because what they said was untrue.

Zhou Yanru didn't have time to pay attention to these trivial matters, and the conflict with the trilateral yamen was even more uncommitted, and he valued silver more. Now, Zhou Yanru is already the first assistant of the cabinet, which is already the biggest official in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, there is no need for Zhou Yanru to compete for office, in addition to cultivating cronies, he is now starting to make money.

And the people who went to Shaanxi to be ordered to reward the meritorious personnel in the Battle of Hequ, Zhang Yiqing, the imperial historian, and Zhou Suru, the Jinyi Wei Qianhu, were all Zhou Yanru's own people. In particular, Jinyi Wei Qianhu Zhou Suru is the elder brother of Shoufu Zhou Yanru.

The reason why Zhou Yanru sent Zhang Yiqing and Zhou Suru to Hequ was for a very clear purpose, money!

Zhou Yanru's idea is very simple and straightforward. His idea is, whether you have merit or not, honoring me is merit. Moreover, Zhou Yanru thinks that the matter of collecting silver taels is really not a matter, but anyone who mixes it in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. They all understand this and know the rules.

However, this time. Zhou Yanru was wrong. If before the Battle of Hequ, if the cronies of the cabinet chief assistant went to Hequ or Fugu, Li Guo would have to satisfy them with his grievances.

But not now, Li Guo is very angry now. Although Li Guo seems to be full of energy every day, Li Guo is very painful in his heart. The losses in this battle are too great, and whether this battle should be fought or not, the people below also have different opinions.

Li Guo understood. This battle should be fought, he wants his subordinates to understand, no matter how powerful the enemy is. It's all overcome.

But, after all, many brothers died. Although the main generals were not damaged, many of the middle and lower class leaders that Li Guo knew well had died.

Li Guo's heart was on fire, and his liver was on fire. The burned eyeballs are red!

But at this time. Two uninteresting people came, Zhang Yiqing and Zhou Suru. Zhang Yiqing is not a Qing official, and Zhou Suru is not a big Confucian, and the two of them are rakes who hold money.

The generals Li Twelve and Niu Decao, who had official positions in the Ming army, were both seriously injured, so Jiang Chang, who was already the commander of Fugu County, and Quan Zhihuan, the commander of Hequ County, received the two, and Zhao Youbin accompanied him as a master.

After reciting the holy decree and thanking him, Zhang Yiqing began to congratulate Quan Zhihuan and Jiang Chang, "Both of them have now been appointed as pacification envoys. Although it's only from the fifth grade, it's much stronger than your current county order. And it's a fictitious job for the time being. After settling down here, Lord Shoufu Zhou will still have to protect the emperor, and it is very simple to be a governor in the future. ”

Jiang Chang and Quan Zhihuan hurriedly stood up, "There are two of you, and it makes Lord Shoufu even more troublesome." ”

That week, Suru held his head high and said, "My brother, ah no, it's Lord Shoufu, of course, for your sake, but also for the country!" You are the talents of the country, of course, you have to reuse. Although there are also many people who come to visit Shousuke with silver, and want to ask for an official and a half-job, how can Shousuke's name be desecrated, for those people, Shousuke refuses. ”

Zhao Youbin quickly stood up and said repeatedly, "Understood, understood." He arranged for Zhang Yiqing and Zhou Suru to rest.

After a while, Zhao Youbin came back.

Jiang Chang and Quan Zhihuan hurriedly caught up, they were old bureaucrats, and they understood the joints, so they asked Zhao Youbin, "How is it?" What are their requirements? ”

Zhao Youbin opened a slap.

"Five thousand taels?"

Zhao Youbin shook his head: "Fifty thousand taels of silver!" They said that now there are no less than 20 officials above the seventh grade who have been promoted in the entire Hequ and Fugu, and there are even hundreds of hundreds of thousands of households, which is not expensive. Moreover, if the silver is taken, our tiger master and a few of your officials can even mention the chief soldier or governor! ”

Quan Zhihuan nodded: "Expensive is not expensive." Now a county order is less than 3,000 taels of silver, which of the general soldiers or the governor cannot be 20,000 taels? ”

"But now we don't have any money, let's ask Master Tiger to decide." Jiang Chang said.

Li Guo was in the river meander, and when he heard that the imperial court had a reward, Li came over and was in good spirits. Therefore, Li Guo took Liu Tichun and Nie Xin from the old camp to Hequ. He wanted to hear how much silver he was rewarded, Li was too poor and was going crazy.

The most effective way to consume money is to wage war, not to mention that the wounded of the war must be raised, the dead must be compensated, and other consumption is even worse, arrows, weapons, horses, grain, grass, materials, etc., etc., all cost money.

And it's not half a star! In the first few days, Li Guozheng was desperately poor, and Zhangjiakou's Qian Duoduo sent 20,000 taels of silver to save the emergency. Now that the court has a reward, I don't know how much silver it can reward.

Looking at Quan Zhihuan, Zhao Youbin, and Jiang Chang coming back, Li Guo asked anxiously, "How much silver did that Chongzhen reward us?" ”

The three of them looked at each other, "The holy decree said that we would be rewarded with five thousand taels, but we didn't see half a tael of silver." There are a lot of official seals, let's just say that it is you, who was named General Wu Yi, and the rest have rewards, except for silver. ”

"Fuck! Just give this money? Li Guo scolded Chongzhen for slamming the door. Chongzhen is not to blame for being scolded by Li Guo, Chongzhen in history is really an extremely critical emperor.

Quan Zhihuan smiled and said, "This is nothing, the first assistant Zhou Yanru still needs 50,000 taels, saying that we are going to give it, and our official is even bigger!" ”

Still want money? Li Guo's eyes turned even redder. Li Guo's current economic situation is extremely poor, and the brothers who are working hard with him are all nervous, and they have to take out more silver to pay tribute, which is absolutely not possible!

Seeing that Li Guo was silent, Quan Zhihuan continued, "The people who came to be rewarded are Zhang Yiqing, the confidant of Shoufu Zhou Yanru, and Zhou Suru, Zhou Yanru's brother. Now they're waiting for money, and they're asking to see you! ”

Li Guo knew that if he was an official with all his heart, and he could be ruthless to exploit the people after becoming an official, it would be worth buying so many officials for 50,000 taels. But the first had no money, and the second didn't want to do that.

Hearing that Zhang Yiqing and Zhou Suru wanted to see him, Li Guo sneered, "Okay, then I'll meet the two of them!" ”

Zhang Yiqing and Zhou Suru had already lay down, but they were called up by Zhao Youbin. The two of them are unhappy, and they don't have to be in such a hurry to send the silver! Wouldn't it be okay to send it early tomorrow morning?

But when he heard that Li Guo wanted to see them, Zhou Suru was a little unhappy.

Zhou Suru scolded and scolded, "What kind of thing is Li Guo, say we'll see you when you see us, what time is this?" ”

Zhang Yiqing hurriedly stopped Zhou Suru and whispered to Zhou Suru, "What are you yelling about?" There are so many people in Li Guotuanlian, can he not be a rich man? Maybe it's going to give us silver. ”

Zhou Suru's eyes lit up, and he quickly cleaned up his clothes, and followed Zhao Youbin with Zhang Yiqing to see Li Guo. (To be continued......)