"What kind of idiot is this fool who gave the emperor an idea! Doesn't he know what the Dao Liao salary means to the Ming Dynasty! Bastard... Bastard! …”

Sun Chengzong was furious, slapped his palm on the table, and was so angry that his beard was about to rise, and everyone was so frightened that their necks shrank when they saw it.

Shi Dayong was also so shocked that he couldn't say a word, in addition to being shocked and incredible, it was more painful.

Liao salary, as the name suggests, is the military expenditure dedicated to Liao affairs. This salary is undoubtedly the driving force to support the Ming army outside the Guan, and the cut off the salary is undoubtedly the backbone of the Ming army outside the Guan.

In the past, most of this Liao salary was used on Zu Dazhu and his Liaodong army, now Zu Dazhu is dead, and his Liaodong army is also gone, if Shi Dayong can take advantage of the east wind of Jinzhou victory to receive the ancestor Dazhu to become the heavy pillar of the Ming Dynasty outside the pass, this Liao Da will mostly fall into his hands.

Millions of taels of silver, for Shi Dayong, for Songshan Jun, for his grand cause, what it means, is self-explanatory.

With silver, he can do things freely, and without silver, he will not be able to move an inch.

War, fought is finance.

Where there is money, there is everything.

Now, there is this thunderbolt, although it is not a cut off of salary, but only a distribution, but it is also a heavy blow to Shi Dayong and the Ming army outside the Guanwai.

Who knows if the next time the imperial court will completely cut off the liao salary and discard the territory outside the pass, he will be brave enough to look at the pass and sigh, and cross in vain

Lu Shanji was also shocked, but he was still calm, not as excited as Sun Chengzong, and asked Zhou Shangmin calmly: "How much Liao salary has been allocated by the imperial court?" Where is it used? ”

"Two million taels, for Henan thieves." Zhou Shangmin whispered.

"Two million taels?!"

Hearing this number, Lu Shanji smiled bitterly, and said to Sun Chengzong with some sadness and indignation: "Boss, the imperial court is going to abandon us!" ”

Hearing this, Shi Dayong was stunned: The consequences are so serious? How much silver is there?

Asked Lu Shanji for advice: "Lord Lu, I don't know how much this Liao salary is?" ”

Lu Shanji didn't hide it from him, told him the truth, and said, "Eight million taels." ”

"Eight million taels?!"

Upon hearing that the Liao salary was eight million taels, Shi Dayong put his mind at ease and said disapprovingly: "If two million taels are allocated for the thieves, then there are still six million taels left, so it won't mean that the imperial court is going to abandon us." ”

After hearing this, Lu Shanji smiled sadly, shook his head and said: "General Shi Shen doesn't know that the imperial court requisitioned eight million taels of silver in the name of Liaoyu, but the actual distribution to us is only about seven million taels, and these seven million have to be discounted, to tell you the truth, the Liaoyu in our hands can be more than five million." Now it's gone to two million taels at once, you say, with these three million taels of silver, what are we going to scoop up to fight against Dongyu? Inside and outside the customs, where do you not use money, just the military salary will cost two million taels a year, not to mention building a city and building a fort. Where is there enough money for such a little silver?! ”

"How so?" Shi Dayong is really confused now, even if he goes up and down in the middle of the court and scoops away one million taels, but there are still seven million taels, how can it become less than five million taels in Lu Shanji's mouth. Where did the two million taels go?

"How so?" Lu Ming glanced at Shi Dayong and said lightly: "The reason is very simple, there is no silver in the imperial court. ”

"No silver?" Shi Dayong was even more confused, didn't Liao collect eight million taels, why didn't there be any silver?

Seeing that Shi Dayong didn't understand, Lu Ming secretly sneered, his face was silent, and said, "Do you think the imperial court really received eight million taels of silver?" ”

"What do you mean by this?" Shi Dayong was confused by the Lu family's uncle and nephew, Jiang Wanli and Cao Bianjiao were also speechless, with a puzzled face, what the uncle and nephew said was too profound to be understood.

Lu Ming's lips moved, and he wanted to talk about Shi Dayong, a martial artist, but he thought that this matter was too long to talk about, and he couldn't explain it for a while, so he shook his head and said: "Forget it, don't talk about this, let's think about how to make up for this hole." After speaking, he looked at Sun Chengzong and secretly thought about how to make up for the gap of two million taels.

Sun Chengzong still had an angry face, and his face was ugly.

Seeing that Lu Ming refused to say in detail, Shi Dayong was not good at forcing others, so he could only press his stomach and wonder, he didn't want to, but Lu Shanji had a different attitude from his nephew, and told him very kindly: "Liao is levied from the people, to put it bluntly, it is from the hands of the common people, just ask, where did they get so much silver?" Therefore, when the levy was levied, most of them were paid in kind, so from the beginning, there was no actual sufficient silver for this salary. Coupled with the layers of deductions, the fire was consumed and dissipated, and the silver that was actually handed over to the treasury was only four or five million taels. The rest was consumed in the process of deportation to Beijing. Therefore, although there are seven or eight million taels on the books, there are only four or five million taels in reality. ”

"I see."

After listening to Lu Shanji's explanation, Shi Dayong nodded with some understanding, and then lost his voice again: "According to this, the imperial court allocated two million taels this time, so the rest of the Liao salary is less than three million taels?" ”

"Not a tael of silver." Sun Chengzong suddenly snorted coldly.

"Huh?!" Shi Dayong, Jiang Wanli, and Cao Bianjiao changed at the same time: one or two silvers are gone! Where did their salaries come from? Could it be that the imperial court wants them to fight with the Dongyu on an empty stomach?

Lu Shanji sighed and said, "It's a tael of silver." The previous construction of the Great Linghe City and the forts, the Lord Jingluo allocated two million taels, Zhang Bingbei army came to the aid, and scooped away 800,000 taels, so that the Liao salary was only two million taels, which was originally used for pay, but now the imperial court has allocated it to the Henan Ping thief, and the Jingluo Yamen is not a tael of silver. Alas, I really don't know what the imperial court thinks, aren't they afraid of provoking a mutiny in the army? ”

Lu Ming said a little shamelessly: "Bi Ziyan's brother died in a mutiny in the army, he is good, and he doesn't know how to advise the emperor, is it possible, does he want Lord Jinglu to repeat the example of his brother Bi Zisu?" Hmph, even if things really come to this point, he will also be dragged to death with his surname Bi! ”

Bi Zisu is responsible for the governor of Guanning, he is strong, because there is no pay in the army, the soldiers are angry, he sees the soldiers in chaos, so he reprimands the soldiers, but he is tied up by the soldiers, although the matter is resolved, Bi Zisu is angry and commits suicide.

Bi Ziyan is the head of the household, and his brother died in the army without pay, and the soldiers mutinied, but now he did not dissuade the emperor from distributing the salary, as if he wanted to put the officials in danger. You must know that the Liao soldiers are fierce, those who are paid are officers and soldiers, and those who are not paid are bandits. If this is because of the distribution of salaries, so that the soldiers are not paid and provoke a mutiny, he will not be able to escape the blame. Therefore, it is no wonder that Lu Ming said such cruel words.

Sun Chengzong sighed gloomily, raised his right hand slightly, signaled Lu Ming not to say any more, and then waved his hand at Zhou Shangmin in frustration, and the latter saw this, and hurriedly retreated cautiously.

After Zhou Shangmin went down, Sun Chengzong reluctantly said to Lu Shanji and Lu Ming's uncle and nephew: "Things have come to this point, don't blame anyone, you can only blame the old man for not calling Zu Dazhen to repair the fort, so that now it has fallen to the point of having no money." ”

The uncle and nephew of the Lu family hurriedly said: "Adults (teachers) must not say this, but they must talk about responsibility, and the lower officials (students) are also responsible..."

"Alright."

Sun Chengzong interrupted them, thought for a while, and said to the uncle and nephew of the Lu family: "You go and contact some of the wealthy people in Ningyuan and Guanmen to see if you can borrow some silver from them in the name of Jinglu Yamen, so that you can always pass the gate in front of you." ”

"Adults (teachers) can rest assured, and the lower officials (students) know how to do it." The uncle and nephew of the Lu family nodded and agreed.

Sun Chengzong said "um", hesitated there, suddenly looked at Shi Dayong, and asked him very meaningfully: "I don't know how General Shi will look at Governor Qiu?" ”