Chapter 152: Give the soldiers, not the people

"Your Majesty, Weichen once inspected Shanhaiguan last year, and he is very familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and he will win with me. However, no matter how good Yue Fei was, he was also recalled by the twelve gold medals, failed to smash Huanglong, and dug out the Jurchens' lair. Therefore, it is okay for me to be the Liaodong Jingluo, but the government and the opposition cannot dictate to me...... There can't even be the slightest opinion. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled: "You are my teacher, and you are fighting bloodily in the front, whoever dares to be half dissatisfied, I will definitely deal with it severely." ”

"you big watermelon, that's okay?" Zhu You said sincerely, "Although the emperor can suppress civil officials, the imperial history has the right to hear about things, can you suppress this?" The Donglin Party is bullish, but when the imperial history of the non-Donglin party impeaches them, they can only stare dryly. ”

Zhu Youcheng secretly slandered himself, and Sun Chengzong was also bitter: "Ouch, long live me, you really dare to agree to my excessive request." In all dynasties and dynasties, which emperor dared to suppress public opinion, did he not know that the mouth of the people was more important than the defense of Sichuan? This trick doesn't work, it doesn't matter, I'll put forward another condition that you will never agree to, so that you don't dare to let me go to Liaodong. ”

"Your Majesty, it's okay for me to be a Liaodong governor, but I can't send a supervisor in my army. I don't despise eunuchs, but eunuchs are incomplete men after all, and their cleansing surgery is called castration, removing the manly momentum, and courage is also removed. I can't keep eunuchs in my army, and I can't let a grain of rat droppings spoil a good pot of soup. ”

Wei Zhongxian's head was beating with anger, and just as he wanted to speak, Zhu Youcheng hurriedly made a silent gesture. Wei Zhongxian is good at human feelings, Zhu Youcheng's actions woke him up at once, Sun Chengzong, the old boy, clearly didn't want to go to Liaodong, but he was forced by the situation and had to go. If he jumped out to argue with him, he would inevitably get off the donkey and kick the ball back to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, embarrassing the Emperor. Wei Zhongxian calmed his breath and pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Sun Chengzong was furious, this old gelding dog is really not like words. I pointed at your nose and scolded, if you don't fight back, you're still not a man. Damn, forget you've been castrated, not a man anymore. If you don't talk to me, it doesn't matter, anyway, the emperor is not worried about the loss of military power, and he will definitely refuse this request, and I can also not go to Liaodong. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the emperor used the celebrant to supervise the civil official group, and the military general group with the supervising army. If any officer dares not to supervise the army, then his officer has also done it.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse pondered for a while and said, "Teacher Sun, I believe in you. If you don't like this prison army, then don't set it up. As long as I can defeat Jiannu, I will not hesitate to change the ancestral system. ”

Sun Chengzong wanted to cry without tears, and secretly thought, Your Majesty, you are not too young, can you not trust others. Please, you wonder if I'm good once, don't supervise the army, this is the rhythm of being a warlord.

Sun Chengzong thought about it for a while, and put forward another condition, saying: "Your Majesty, in order to ensure the peaceful destruction of Jiannu, you must ensure the military expenditure of Liaodong. I plan to build a castle in Liaodong and approach Shenyang, the puppet capital of Jiannu, step by step. Calculated as a regular garrison of about 2o thousand, plus the cost of building a military fort, a total of 4oo thousand taels of silver per year. ”

Gu Bingqian, Wen Donglai, Shi Fenglai, Huang Liji, and the five cabinet elders of the Daoist Sect were so shocked that Xuan didn't fall off the stool. 4oo thousand taels of silver, Sun Chengzong really dared to speak, this amount is higher than the total income of the Ming Dynasty's treasury in a year, and it was given to Liaodong military expenses, so what about other places? Does the Ming Dynasty still want to operate?

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was embarrassed for a long time, and looked at Wei Zhongxian with a pleading gaze, but when he saw him nodding slightly, he said: "Okay, I will follow your performance and guarantee Liaodong's annual military salary of 4oo thousand taels of silver." ”

Next, Sun Chengzong made many more requests, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse agreed to them one by one.

In the end, Sun Chengzong himself was a little embarrassed, and he was secretly ruthless in his heart, Yang Hao, Yuan Yingtai, and Xiong Tingbi were all civil officials, they could do Liaodong Economic Strategy, why can't I. You know, they are all ordinary jinshi, and I am the eye of the list, the second place in the palace examination, and the intelligence must be far from these three mediocre talents, and I, the Liaodong Jingshu, will definitely be able to do better than them.

Thinking of this, Sun Chengzong said: "In this way, the old minister will be reluctant to make it difficult, when this Liaodong is strategic, guard Liaodong for the emperor, and ensure the peace of Liaodong." ”

Zhu Youcheng endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak: "Lord Sun, I don't dare to interfere with your military operations, but you can't take away any of the Liaodong people who are living south of Shanhaiguan. If you want to recruit the people, you can, but it is limited to half a year, and you must send troops to escort the people back after half a year. Daming's blood has been shed enough, and I can't bear to see the people slaughtered by Jiannu again. ”

If Zhu Youcheng had spoken before Sun Chengzong had made up his mind, perhaps Sun Chengzong would have pushed the boat along the river and refused to serve as the Liaodong Economic Strategy. But the emperor agreed to him so many conditions, basically agreed to him to be the king of Liaodong, he is now in a state of confidence, and said angrily when he heard this: "What do you mean by this, are you questioning my military ability, saying that I can't protect the people?" ”

Sun Chengzong angrily reprimanded Zhu Youcheng just now, but Zhu Youcheng hesitated for a long time and did not answer, so this time he grabbed the medicine according to the prescription and prepared to ask Zhu Youcheng again speechless.

Who knew that Zhu Youcheng's face was straight, and he said: "Lord Sun's military ability has been approved by the emperor, how dare the kid question you." But it's true that you can't protect the people, let alone the farmland. When you send the people back to Liaodong, you send them to death. ”

As soon as the loud words came out, everyone was shocked. Sun Chengzong was so angry that he flew up, if he didn't take into account that Zhu Youcheng was a martial champion, he might not be able to beat him, maybe he would have to punch him with old punches.

Zhu Youcheng continued: "After listening to it for a long time, Lord Sun's method is only to resist the attack of Jiannu with a military fort or a fortified city. If Jiannu attacks the city, it will naturally suffer a big loss. But what if Jiannu didn't attack the city, but only attacked the people of Liaodong? Or if Jiannu harvested the ripe wheat himself, what would he do? ”

"When Jiannu attacks, I can get all the people to evacuate to the city. As for the wheat, Jiannu did not produce it, and for so many years, he had never harvested the wheat planted by the people, and it didn't matter if he put it in the wild. ”

"Lord Sun, Jiannu are all cavalrymen, and they are extremely fast. When the scout Xianjiannu attacked, by the time Lord Sun ordered the withdrawal of troops, Jiannu had already attacked the gate of the city. Lord Sun is naturally closed to the enemy, so what about the people outside the city gate, watching them being slaughtered by Jiannu? Speaking of wheat, if Jiannu can grab it, naturally he can't look down on the wheat that has not been harvested in the wild, but if he can't grab it, what do Jiannu think they will do in order to survive the food shortage? ”

Sun Chengzong was speechless when asked by Zhu Youcheng.

"The fertile land cultivated by Lord Sun in Liaodong not only could not relieve the pressure on military rations, but was easy to become an enemy. Therefore, my opinion is that Lord Sun should not only not take the Liao people out of the customs from the Guannei, but should collect the Liao people outside the customs and send them to the Guannai. ”

"Kannai?" Sun Chengzong sneered, "Does Daming have so much land to support the people outside the Guan? ”

"It is not necessary to provide for the people. Daming is now building roads everywhere, and there is a shortage of road construction workers, no matter how many Liaodong people you send, I can arrange their work, so that they have food to eat and clothes to wear. ”

After listening to Zhu Youcheng's words, the Emperor of the Apocalypse muttered: "Okay, Lord Sun can recruit troops among the Liao people, but don't send others to the outside of the pass." As for the military rations, you don't have to worry, I will send them over regularly and in rations. As for the displaced people who were collected in Liaodong, except for the recruited young people, the others were also sent to Shanhaiguan. I agree with Brother Cheng, uh, Zhu Aiqing's words. Indeed, enough blood has been shed of the people, and I do not want the people to shed more blood. ”

As soon as the Emperor of the Apocalypse said this, Sun Chengzong didn't dare to speak anymore.

The cabinet elders retreated to draw up the decree, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse had no time to ask Wei Zhongxian: "Wei Banban, just now Sun Ge Lao asked me for 4oo taels of silver, and you signaled to me that you can get so much military spending, is it true?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Since the emperor is working hard to recover the land of Liaodong, the old slave naturally wants to find a way to get military expenses for the emperor." First of all, the 'Liao Salary' that we are going to stop collecting will not stop for the time being, and we will continue to collect it. Secondly, the mine supervisors recalled by the emperor during his reign are now all released and the mining tax is re-levied. If the emperor can receive a large amount of mining tax, we can also receive it. In this way, it should be enough to barely pay Liaodong's military salary. ”

Zhu Youcheng saw that the two of them were struggling left and right in order to pay Liaodong's military salaries, and smiled unconsciously: "In fact, there is still a sum of money, if the emperor makes up his mind, he can not only pay Liaodong's military expenses, but also have a surplus." ”

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