Chapter 481: Having soldiers is king
Wang Puneng, the chief military officer of Shanxi, was named the "No. 1 seed player in the runaway" in Daming, but there was no afterwards, and naturally there were a few brushes on the cliff. Not to mention, just by being well-informed, General Wang can throw off other generals of the Ming Dynasty for eight streets......
The reason is obvious. Since General Wang is the chief military officer of Shanxi, how can he have nothing to do with Fan Yongdou, a Jin merchant? The Fan family called for wind and rain in Shanxi, and sent food and iron and gunpowder to Jiannu from Shanxi to Xuanfu without hindrance, and it was possible not to feed Wang Zongbing with gold and silver seas?
Wang Pu glanced at Wu Sangui, groaned slightly, and then glanced at Zuo Liangyu, muttering in his heart: This Zuo Liangyu is not a good thing, when he was the chief military officer of Henan to suppress thieves, he was a hundred times more powerful than thieves!
As the saying goes, "A thief is like a comb, and a soldier is like a grate", Mr. Zuo said that you are all weak, and my soldiers are like excavators - ah, no, small shovel, not to mention anything on the surface, even the three feet of things in the ground have to be dug out......
Wang Puyi pondered that now that he had taken refuge in the governor of Wu, he had to hug his thighs - Wang Zongbing had also considered taking refuge in Jiannu and becoming a glorious second Tartar. It's a pity that Shanxi is too far away from Shenyang, and the previous time the Tartars entered the Ming Dynasty, they should have "abandoned the Ming and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty", and they still hesitated at that time...... Now that the Tartars are not in the customs, they go to fight in the Korean country where birds don't, and General Wang has the opportunity to "surrender".
Time has changed, and now Wu Du Governor is strong and strong, especially the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry under his command is quite bullish, and he is also a good master, so there are some things that must be told to Wu Dudu.
Come to think of it. Wang Pu took two steps forward and said respectfully: "Governor Wu." The last general got a lot of news through the Jin merchants, and the Manchu Tartars asked the Western Furlong machine to buy firearms and cannons. Now their firearms unit is also very powerful! The tension of the mountain army was not idle, and I heard that firearms workshops had been opened in various acropolises in Liaodong, and the number of firearms produced was as large as a cow...... Hmm, that tension is still training soldiers at Tuanshan Fort, and the replenishment of soldiers is also endless-"
Wu Sangui frequently bowed his head, and his face became cold. Wang Pu said, how could he not know? Now that all sides are expanding their armaments, if he does not organize his armaments and war, he will inevitably be eaten by his opponents in the future. But. The Manchu Tartars and the Tuanshan Army are rich, but Gonggong Wu can't compare!
Gotta get money! No money for a war?!
Wu Sangui racked his brains to figure out where to get the money, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't have any idea.
At this moment, Zuo Liangyu on the side finally spoke after careful consideration: "Governor Wu is worried about raising military salaries? ”
Wu Sangui was stunned, then turned his head to look at Zuo Liangyu, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile on his face: "Oh? What is General Zuo's good plan? ”
Zuo Liangyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Some eagerly said: "Does Governor Wu know that there are two places in Henan that are full of gold and silver mountains?" ”
Wu Sangui frowned, this Nima Henan has natural disasters every year, and there are so many bandits, how can there be any money?
Wang Pu's face on the side also showed a look of doubt. If it is said that there are gold and silver mountains in Shanxi, it is still credible, because the Jin merchants are all rich and rival the country. However, these merchants have a background of Jiannu and Mongols behind them, and he can collect some protection money from Wang Pu. I want to move people unless my brain is in water. However, Henan is so poor that there are no wealthy businessmen. Who will have the money?
Zuo Liangyu took in the expressions of Wu Sangui and Wang Pu and didn't care. He said with a smile: "Although Henan is poor, the King of Zhou in Kaifeng and the King of Fu in Luoyang are all billions of family wealth!" ”
"Huh? - "Wu Sangui and Wang Pu exclaimed in unison! Nima, this Zuo Liangyu, is really going against the sky - he shoveled land in Henan, which is known to the world, and he never thought that he would actually pay attention to the prince of the Ming Dynasty!
This...... This is simply a big rebellion!
After Zuo Liangyu finished speaking, he looked at his nose and nose, and without saying a word, he kicked the ball to Wu Sangui to see if he dared to do it? !
Zuo Liangyu didn't think about it before, but his soldiers were outnumbered, Kaifeng and Luoyang were both strong cities, and the soldiers and ruffians under his command really couldn't gnaw down. If he tears his face with the imperial court, he will not be able to accomplish anything at all with just one Henan general soldier.
In the history after the death of the Ming Dynasty, Zuo Liangyu was the largest warlord in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and he had an army of 500,000 in Wuchang - although nine out of ten were ruffians, but the number was left on the shelf, and no one dared to underestimate it.
It's just that Zuo Liangyu's strength is still very weak now, so he can only eat with Wu Sangui, the governor of Zuo.
Among the Ming vassal kings of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the richest one is the blessed king Zhu Changxun, and the rest of the kings cannot be compared. On the one hand, the vassal kings in the early Ming Dynasty had a long inheritance and many heirs, even if they had tens of thousands of family wealth, they needed to support a huge population. And the blessed king Zhu Changxun is different, his father Wanli Emperor is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty who is best at collecting money, and he has been in power for a long time, so "my father is Wanli" is obviously more powerful than "my father is Chongzhen". Originally, the Wanli Emperor wanted to pass the throne to King Fu, but unfortunately the scholar bureaucracy led by the Donglin Party did not agree, and the Wanli Emperor also had a way to deal with the powerful civil official group, so he had to make Zhu Changxun the King of Fu. As compensation for Zhu Changxun's loss of the throne, Emperor Wanli gave King Fu countless gold, silver and jewelry in addition to tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land. And that Zhou Wang was sealed in Kaifeng when Zhu Yuanzhang was there, although his family wealth was not as good as that of King Fu, he was also very rich.
When Wu Sangui heard that Zuo Liangyu wanted to beat King Fu and King Zhou, he couldn't help but start thinking about it in his heart. This kind of thing Wu Gonggong also only thought about for a short time of incense, and then thought clearly inside and out!
Dry! In the troubled times, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and only soldiers are king--then, what soldiers do you have no money to raise?
Wu Sangui's face flushed a little, his eyes widened, and he seemed to have made up his mind, he asked Zuo Liangyu a little hurriedly: "The wealth of the Zhou King in Kaifeng is far inferior to that of King Fu, if you move the two princes at once, I am afraid that the movement is too big." According to the governor of Bendu, let's do a big vote, and get the king of fortune. ”
When Zuo Liangyu and Wang Pu heard this, they were overjoyed. With the strength of the two of them, they can't do this earth-shattering thing, they have to rely on Wu Sangui. Now that Wu Sangui said that he wanted to do it, it was no better.
However, after all, this kind of thing is tantamount to rebellion, so what should be done?
After Wu Sangui pondered for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up, and after a flash of essence, he laughed and said: "Luoyang was naturally attacked by thieves, and King Fu also died at the hands of thieves!" The bearers were the Luoyang guards and officials, but unfortunately, they were all killed by thieves ......" (to be continued.) )