Early the next morning, Jiang Yueguang came to the political hall refreshed and confident. The news of Lu Xiangsheng's defeat of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution in Huaibei has reached Nanjing for a few days, and the market is full of joy, and the Marquis of Zhenyu has just pacified the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and now there is good news in the north, and it seems that the Ming Dynasty, which has been going downhill, has seen hope again. On the banks of the Qinhuai River, the discussion of state affairs in the Goolan wine shop seems to be much louder than before.

However, the several scholars and important ministers in the government hall did not see the joy and excitement of the market at the moment, and it could be seen from their expressions that these people should have their own thoughts. Jiang Yueguang sneered twice, with the support of Wei Guogong, he doesn't care about Zheng Sanjun or any important minister with an ambiguous attitude now, don't look at Wei Guogong suffered a big loss in the hands of Li Xin, he lost very badly, and even his son was gone. But this struggle is life and death, Li Xin's mistake is that he failed to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, after all, Wei Guogong has a deep foundation, as long as he is still alive for a day, he has the possibility of turning over again when he seizes the opportunity.

After all, Li Xin, who was kind to women, was still young and did not know that the world was sinister and changeable. Gao Hongtu was the first to get up and greet him, and a few simple words of greeting were regarded as greetings. However, the others have always looked at Jiang Yueguang unpleasantly, and at this moment, seeing him gloating, their brows furrowed even tighter.

In this regard, Jiang Yueguang saw it in his eyes but did not bother with it, and when the clouds cleared, these people naturally knew how to choose.

"Everyone......" Jiang Yueguang coughed twice as the opening remark, "Lu Jiezhan Huaibei victory, seeing that he is about to attack Huainan, we can't hide on the dry shore to watch the excitement, how can we cooperate to fight a few beautiful battles, or it will really make people laugh at me There is no one in the south of the Yangtze River......"

Jiang Yueguang was impassioned, but he was high and low, and no one answered for a long time. Gao Hongtu gave Jing Kedong to the matter, and when he saw that someone echoed him, he also said: "It's not impossible to send troops, but the key problem in Nanjing now is that the elite soldiers have been lost in the battle between the Taiping Mansion and the Huangmei thieves, and with the remaining thousands of people who can only bully the people, I am afraid that they will flee in fear before they cross the river." ”

Jing Kedong's words were eloquent and conclusive, obviously extremely incisive and to the point, but several important ministers in the political hall even began to doze off, as if today's issues had nothing to do with them.

"What's so hard about that? Could it be that the three guards outside the treasure gate are all eating dry rice? With the salary and silver allocated by the Nanjing Military Department, they can't be full of fat pigs in the pen all day long, right? It's time to pull out and yo-yo, too! ”

Jiang Yueguang's words were very unkind, which was in stark contrast to his appearance of whispering in front of Li Xin, and many people present still had enough time to look groveling to him, and this kind of performance now can only make people despise him even more. But then again, contempt is contempt, people dare to step on Lang tide first, it is equivalent to a gambler betting, and if he wins, it will be a lot of money, and now he will never do anything to openly tear his face.

Gao Hongtu, who is the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, heard that Jiang Yueguang had led the issue to himself, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "The commander of the Three Guards under the command of the Marquis of Zhenyu only obeys the orders of the saint, although the Nanjing Military Department is responsible for its salary, but it has no right to control the transfer, and the old man is also powerless. ”

At this time, Jiang Yueguang let out a strange laugh: "Nothing can be done? Cut off his salary, look at these ruffians who dare to turn the sky upside down! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present looked at each other.

In the camp of the Three Guards Army outside the Jubao Gate, the officers of the quartermaster department looked embarrassed, because the grain and grass that should have been issued by the Nanjing Military Department had been delayed for a whole day, because it was not wartime, and their grain was allocated every ten days.

"Supervising the army, in another day, if the food from the military department has not arrived, it will have to run out of food!

After Li Xin left Nanjing, Mi Yan was worried that the scene of Nanjing's important ministers collectively looking for trouble did not appear, which of course benefited from Li Xin's ruthless methods in the past, but since Lu Xiangsheng won a great victory in Huaibei and defeated the news of the fifth battalion of the revolutionary left reached Nanjing, everything seemed to have changed subtly.

Today's problem of grain and straw in the military department is one of its manifestations.

"Is it feasible to ask the Nanjing Military Department the reason?

The officer of the quartermaster department was a little indignant, "I have already sent a document to inquire, and the Nanjing Military Department replied that it was said that someone had made a mistake in our post, and we should wait until it is verified to be correct!" ”

Mi Yan slapped the table hard, and anger appeared on his face.

"Gao Hongtu, this old dog, the Marquis of Zhenyu said that he is the grassland on the wall where the wind makes the rudder, but he still looks down on him, and he is obviously a stupid and unreachable grass on the wall!"

Mi Yan, who had been angry, quickly calmed down, took out a piece of paper on the table, took a brush and brushed an official letter, and handed it to the quartermaster.

"You will go to the Yamen to allocate food and use it as military funds."

After sending away the quartermaster, Mi Yan sneered, thinking that cutting off the food and salary of the military department could force the Three Guards to obey? It's really stupid, don't they know that the Three Guards operate half of the grain trade in Jiangnan in the south of the Yangtze River? casually enough for the Three Guards to eat for three years and two years, cutting off the source of food allocated by the Ministry of War can only expose the wolf's ambition earlier.

After thinking about it for a while, Mi Yan called the officer in charge of intelligence, "The people who are monitoring the Wei State Mansion will be sent out again in the next few days, although Ying Tianfu has already been ordered by the Marquis of Zhenyu to no longer use coercive means against him, but now is an extraordinary time, and it is necessary to take precautions." ”

Mi Yan explained in detail, after all, the information is not under his control, and his officers are only responsible for the Zhenyu Marquis, and if they want to mobilize them, if the other party refuses, there is no way. However, the intelligence officer has always kept a low profile, and immediately expressed his position after listening to Mi Yan's request.

"I also feel that I should have resumed surveillance of Wei Guogong a long time ago, otherwise at this time, people's hearts will fluctuate, and I should obey the orders of the prison army!"

The two of them hit it off, saving Mi Yan a lot of money. But the subtle changes in the past few days have sounded the alarm bell for him, if he is no longer visible, as always, relaxed inside and outside, I am afraid that the toilet may not be rushed. So, Mi Yan asked the battalion officers of the battalions in the army for a meeting.

"Now people's hearts are floating, in order to prevent accidents, Nanjing's city defense has entered a wartime defensive state, and the opening and closing time of the city gate can be as usual, but it is necessary to increase the guard, twice as much!"

Nanjing's city defense is the top priority in controlling Ying Tianfu, as long as a dozen city gates are safe and sound in the hands of the Three Guards, no matter how people with ill intentions toss, it is difficult to make a difference.

Jiang Yueguang and Gao Hongtu sat together and asked impatiently: "Have the Three Guards come to make trouble in the past few days?" ”

"There is no salary, only two days ago, the military needs department wrote to ask the reason for the postponement of the salary, and everything has been done according to Brother Jiang's wishes."

Gao Hongtu was also frightened by Jiang Yueguang's tough measures, he knew that the three guards of the Zhenyu Hou were not easy to provoke, and now they openly wore small shoes for them to make a stumbling block, I was afraid that these Qiu Ba would not be able to control their emotions and make trouble, who knows if it was the reason for the absence of the Zhenyu Hou, those ordinary and arrogant Three Guards Qiu Ba now seems to have reined in a lot.

"What? Just ask? That's it? Nothing else? ”

Jiang Yueguang was greatly surprised by this, and asked several questions in a row. In his opinion, this is simply unbelievable, how can he be so lightly cut off from the food channel?

Gao Hongtu obviously didn't expect Jiang Yueguang's performance to be so excited, so he explained: "Li Xin single-handedly controls half of the grain transactions in Nanzhili, and the grain in their hands is only afraid that the official warehouse in Nanjing can't compare, so it is reasonable not to be in a hurry." It's just that the old man is worried about them, and he has other plans......"

"What? Controls half of the grain trade in Nanzhili? This, this ......" Gao Hongtu's words made Jiang Yueguang dumbfounded, he has always disdained to inquire about rumors, and he has always been sent by the political affairs hall, so it is the first time that he has heard that Li Xin actually controls half of the grain transactions in Nanzhili.

Jiang Yueguang stumbled and his whole body collapsed on the Taishi chair, and he suddenly found that he seemed to be a clown jumping off the beam, thinking that he had a plan, but he was stupid and made people laugh. If Li Xin really controlled half of the grain trade in Nanzhili, and he instigated the military department to cut off his food, it would not only provoke the other party's retaliation, but would not help the situation at all, or even ......

Thinking of this, Jiang Yueguang suddenly felt cold, and lost the rope that strangled the neck of the Three Guards, didn't he become a fish on the chopping board, to be slaughtered?

And Gao Hongtu didn't expect Jiang Yueguang to have such a big reaction, and at this time, he also guessed one or two from his face, and his heart couldn't help but sink. "Don't Brother Jiang know, don't you know that Li Xin controls half of Nanzhili's grain trade?"

Originally, Gao Hongtu saw Jiang Yueguang looking aggressive and looking like a bamboo in his chest, thinking that after he and Wei Guogong made a plan, he had already had a back move, so he fell to the ground.

"This, this, who would have thought that Li Xin, Qiu Ba, was also proficient in Tao Zhugong's method......"

Looking at Jiang Yueguang's appearance covered in cold sweat, Gao Hongtu knew that he was tired to death by this guy, and it seemed that this black pot was determined. At this moment, he has already regretted falling to Jiang Yueguang, a fool, people say that it is good to plan and then act, this guy is good, and if he wants to do it, he really killed the old man.

But since it has already been struck, it is as difficult to recover the water, how can it be easily withdrawn? Therefore, Gao Hongtu is not selfish, but also has illusions.

"Brother Jiang still has a way to deal with it?"

"This, this, and let the old man plan well......"

Jiang Yueguang's answer made Gao Hongtu's heart completely cold, and his eyebrows were already burning, he actually had to plan well, and when he planned well, all the good dishes and good meals were cold.

At this time, a family member suddenly hurriedly sent an official letter, "Master, it's an official document from the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

Metropolitan Procuratorate? Gao Hongtu was very surprised, he and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have never intersected, what happened when the other party sent an official document? After taking the official document in the hands of the family, Gao Hongtu opened the envelope, took out the paper inside, and only glanced at it a few times before his face changed greatly.