Some people may ask rhetorically, based on the historical records of the late Ming Dynasty in historical books, after moving the capital to Nanjing, it is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to turn over in just one year, and there is not even the possibility of turning over.

In fact, people who know history know that in the Ming Dynasty, especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, almost all of the limited tax revenue of the imperial court came from Jiangnan.

Therefore, for the imperial court, the abandonment of the northern provinces has no impact on the tax revenue of the entire imperial court.

Not only did it have no impact, but it also reduced at least seventy percent of the imperial court's annual financial expenditures in a certain way......

Before the imperial court moved its capital to Nanjing, in order to guard against the Houjin Tartars, it had to spend millions of taels of silver every year to train the border army, build border passes, and even directly fight against the Houjin Tartars.

In addition, there is another big expenditure, that is, the northern provinces......

Because of the drought every year, whether it is disaster relief or counterinsurgency and banditry. The imperial court in the northern provinces, not only did not have any income, but also had to give vegetables and silver to these provinces every year.

And since the imperial court moved its capital to Nanjing, it handed over all these messes to the Haw Par Army.

These two big expenditures are directly gone......

For today's imperial court, there is no decrease in revenue, but a significant reduction in expenditure. The situation that the imperial court cannot make ends meet is directly gone, and there is still some surplus in a certain number of dù......

Under Sun Chengzong's gaze, after some hesitation and contemplation, Wei Zheng finally spoke.

Facing Sun Chengzong, he asked rhetorically: "The new army of the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger, and behind us, there is a Houjin Tartar who wants to bite us from time to time...... It can be described as a belly and back enemy. Such a bad situation. I don't know if you have any ideas, Chief of Staff......"

Sun Chengzong was stunned. I didn't expect Wei Zheng to ask himself such a question. In the case of his own guilt and meritorious service. Still so trusting yourself......

After feeling emotional, he hurriedly replied: "Lord, compared with the imperial court, the Houjin Tartar is obviously much easier to deal with...... So, my idea is to concentrate the forces first, give the Houjin Tartars a heavy blow, and let them have five years. Even for ten years, I don't dare to trouble my Haw Par Army again......"

"After that, my Tiger and Leopard Army can concentrate all its strength and strength and concentrate on dealing with the imperial court...... When the time comes, as long as we can wipe out 100,000 new imperial court troops in a short period of time, the imperial court will lose all opportunities to fight us......"

"When the time comes, the entire Jiangnan will become my Tiger and Leopard Army. And the imperial court will also become a real existence...... As long as the prince is willing, he may replace him at any time......"

Sun Chengzong's answer can be described as full of temptation for Wei Zheng.

But. Wei Zheng knew that this idea was right from the main point of view. Very feasible.

However, there are many difficulties in actually implementing it......

If nothing else, let's just say that attacking Houjin again and inflicting a heavy blow on Houjin Tartar is a very difficult and difficult thing to accomplish.

After all, the Haw Par Army has already had the experience of sending troops to Houjin several times, and those experiences, without exception, told Sù Wei Zheng that if they want to really make a difference in Houjin, they will deal a heavy blow to Houjin Tartars. You have to gather enough troops to do it.

However, with the existing financial resources of the Haw Par Army, can it support such a large-scale battle?

Besides, if the main force of the Tiger and Leopard Army is all used to attack Houjin, then who will block the possible attack of the new army of the imperial court on the northern provinces?

In a word, all these problems need to be solved by Wei Zheng...... If it can't be solved, the Haw Par Army will have no way to make the money.

Unable to inflict heavy damage on the Houjin Tartars in a short period of time, it would be impossible for the Tiger and Par Army to concentrate their strength and forces to deal with the imperial court in a short period of time...... In this way, the strength of the imperial court will become greater and greater, and finally it will be found that the tiger and leopard army will not be able to fight......

Therefore, Wei Zheng did not give any answer to Sun Chengzong's suggestion.

However, from Sun Chengzong's reminder, Wei Zheng also clearly realized that the situation facing the Tiger and Leopard Army now is not only not as good as everyone imagined, but also very bad, and it may be wiped out at any time under the front and rear attacks of the imperial court and the Houjin Tartars......

"We must break the ......" is Wei Zheng's first thought at this moment.

However, when the Haw Par Army continues to move forward, the Houjin Tartars continue to develop, and the imperial court continues to move forward, how can he break the situation? You must know that in terms of overall strength, the imperial court throws far more than itself.

Even if the two sides develop at the same speed, after a long time, the overall strength far exceeds that of their own imperial court, and they will run back to front of themselves. When the time comes, the gap in strength between us and the enemy will become wider and wider......

At this moment, a very bold idea suddenly appeared in Wei Zheng's mind.

Since it is so difficult to break the game, then don't break the game directly...... Learn from the original Emperor Chongzhen and start from behind......

Doesn't the imperial court have silver, then let him spend it where it is useless......

Isn't the combat effectiveness of the new army of the imperial court very strong, then I will find a way to weaken its combat effectiveness......

Of course, all of this is just two words: silver......

With silver, the imperial court can expand the new army, so that the combat effectiveness of the new army will become stronger and stronger......

Without silver, the imperial court would not have the strength to expand the new army...... Even the existing 100,000-odd new army cannot be sustained.

You must know that in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the new army, the salaries and benefits of the new army of the imperial court are completely copied from the tiger and leopard army.

100,000 imperial court new troops plus 20,000 Ganning new troops are 120,000 people, according to the food and salary treatment of the tiger and leopard army, the 120,000 army needs at least 1,500 people and 10,000 taels of silver a year...... And this is also the specific reason why the Haw Par Army has only formed five armies until now, it is really too expensive to raise the army.

If he can find a way to get the imperial court to reduce the salary to 10 million taels, or even lower, the more than 100,000 new troops of the imperial court will definitely become complaining and demoralized...... "In this way, the imperial court will have no way to continue to expand the new army. Not only that, but the existing combat effectiveness of the new army will also be greatly affected by the reduction of salaries......"

However, according to the current tax revenue of the imperial court, which is close to 20 million taels of silver, he must find a way to make the imperial court consume 10 million taels of it for no reason, so that it can have an impact on the food and salary of the new army and achieve his desired goal......

However, how can we make the imperial court spend 10 million taels of silver for no reason......

You know, this is ten million taels of silver, not a thousand taels.

If it is used to buy food, it is enough to feed a million people for a year.

Thinking of this, Wei Zheng's eyes, which had just shot out two fine lights, became gloomy again.

frowned, thinking about possible ways to break the game...... (To be continued......)