Although Mao Wenlong did not play the role of Dongjiang Town, he did not surrender after all, and still insisted on the front line of the battle with Jiannu, from this point of view, Zhu Youzhen would not dispose of Mao Wenlong at will!

And......

"Huang Zhongse, since you have gone to Dongjiang, I ask you, how many soldiers and civilians are there in Dongjiang Town?" In the voice of Manchu officials denouncing Mao Wenlong, Zhu Youzhen suddenly asked.

The court fell silent.

Huang Zhongse pondered for a moment and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Dongjiang Town spans thousands of miles, there are dozens of islands with soldiers and civilians, and Weichen has only arrived at Phi Island. However, as far as Weichen knows, Mao Wenlong's subordinates have about 30,000 troops, and his family members plus other Liao people are about 150,000 or 60,000, and the total number of soldiers and civilians is less than 200,000. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "Let's count it as 200,000, then I will ask you again, how much money and grain is allocated by the imperial court to Dongjiang Town every year?" ”

Huang Zhongse said: "The amount of money and grain allocated varies every year, and in the seventh year of the Apocalypse verified by the minister, the imperial court gave a total of 196,000 stone of grain and 263,000 taels of silver. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "I clearly remember that last year, I transferred 300,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury to help the Liao people, have you counted these silvers?" ”

Huang Zhongse said: "Weichen went to verify the money and grain received by the Dongjiang Army, and indeed only received 263,000 taels, as for the other silver, it may have been 'floated' in the sea." ”

Zhu Youzhen sneered: "What a 'drift'!" Hubu Shangshu, how much grain was allocated to Dongjiang Town last year? ”

Bi Ziyan, the head of the household department, walked out of the train and said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, last year, the household department allocated a total of 300,000 stone of grain and 250,000 taels of silver to Dongjiang Town. ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed angrily: "300,000 stone of grain, a total of 550,000 taels of silver, but Dongjiang Town only received 196,000 stone of grain, and only received 263,000 taels of silver. I ask you, where is the rest of the money and food? ”

The hall was completely silent, and all the officials looked at each other, and no one dared to speak again.

"Shousuke, tell me where the rest of the money and food go?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Huang Liji.

Huang Liji sighed secretly and stood up: "Your Majesty, according to the report of the Governor of Denglai and the Yamen of Bingbei Dao, when transporting money and grain to Liaodong this year, a total of three sea ships were capsized by a hurricane......

"Hahaha......"

Zhu Youzhen laughed: "It's a good hurricane that capsized, it's seamless." ”

After laughing, Zhu Youzhen lowered his face:

"Even if the ship does not capsize, and all the money and grain arrive in Dongjiang Town, and spread it on the heads of every soldier and civilian, how much grain and how much silver will there be? Dongjiang Town belongs to all islands, and many places can't farm land at all, and this amount of money and grain to feed the soldiers and the people is only barely enough.

Many people said that they would remove Mao Wenlong and ban Dongjiang Town. Well, it is easy to remove Mao Wenlong, and it is also easy to ban Dongjiang Town. But I want to ask you, after the banning of Dongjiang Town, what will happen to the nearly 200,000 soldiers and civilians? ”

Huang Zhongse said: "The Liao people can be placed in Jiaodong, Liaoxi and other places nearby. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "To put it simply, that's nearly 200,000 people, how much food does it take to settle down?" Liaoxi is the front line of the battle, and the barren fields in Jiaodong are also owners, so how can they survive if the Liao people are placed there? If the resettlement is not good, will the 200,000 Liao people be in turmoil? What if it is a disaster for the whole of Shandong? ”

"If you can't come up with a solution to the problem, you will ban Dongjiang Town with empty words, and this is how you do things for the imperial court?" Zhu Youzhen finally roared angrily.

No matter how many problems Mao Wenlong has, but from the fact that he has protected hundreds of thousands of Liao people, he is not guilty.

Jiannu occupied the entire eastern part of Liaodong, and most of the former Liao people were slaughtered, leaving either in western Liaoxi or in the Dongjiang River. The nearly 200,000 Liao people in Dongjiang are at least alive, and this is all Mao Wenlong's work.

In the previous life, as soon as Mao Wenlong died, the Dongjiang army was disheartened, and the Liao people also lost hope.

The surrender of Kong Youde and others brought advanced artillery technology, which made Jiannu's ability to attack fortifications to a higher level, and from then on, the Ming army no longer had any advantage in the face of Jiannu, and could not even defend the city.

So no matter what, Zhu Youzhen will not make a move to lay off Dongjiang Town, nor will he dismiss Mao Wenlong, who single-handedly built Dongjiang Town. It's a big deal to spend more money to raise it, I have money in my hands now!

"The dismissal of Mao Wenlong and the banning of Dongjiang Town are here. Since the grain and wages were transferred from Dengzhou to Dongjiang and the wind and waves were too big and drifted too much, the money and grain of Dongjiang Town were transferred from Liaoxi to Liaoxi, and Sun Chuanting was promoted to Liaodong Jingluo and was in charge of the two towns of Dongjiang in western Liaoning. Zhu Youzhen said.

"Your Majesty, from western Liaoning to Dongjiang, you need to bypass the entire southern Liaoning, and the journey is thousands of miles, which is far less convenient than running money and grain from Dengzhou." Hubu Shangshu said hurriedly.

"Isn't it always capsized that you can go from Dengzhou to Dongjiang seagoing ships?" Zhu Youzhen said.

Bi Ziyan lowered his eyelids and said lightly: "Let Liaodong Jingluo take charge of Dengzhou, and maybe solve the problem of capsizing of sea ships." ”

As soon as the words came out, an official jumped out: "No, Denglai is under the jurisdiction of the Shandong Political Envoy, how can Liaodong Economic Strategy exceed its authority?" ”

Denglai and the two provinces are important ports for Shandong to go to sea, and there are a lot of sea ships that go to sea from Dengzhou to the Korean and Japanese countries every year, and they have the right to carry money and grain to Liaodong, and there are too many interests involved.

Zhu Youzhen said categorically: "It's so decided!" Although Denglai belongs to Shandong, it is separated from Liaodong occupied by Jiannu across the sea, and it is the front line to resist Jiannu. ”

I believe that with Sun Chuanting's ruthlessness, he will definitely not be soft on those greedy officials in Denglai.

"Your Majesty, what should Mao Wenlong do if he kills good people and sends troops to rob Denglai and kidnap officials and wealthy businessmen?" Huang Zhongse still refuses to give up.

"The will of the Inspectorate and Jinyiwei are jointly responsible, go to the Dongjiang River to verify and see if it is true." Zhu Youzhen said lightly, "In addition, the Inspectorate sent Yushi to Dengzhou to verify the truth about the drifting of the grain ship. ”

With the skills of those civil officials, it is estimated that nothing will be found in the investigation, but Zhu Youzhen has already made up his mind, and the officials in Denglai will definitely be replaced.

In fact, not only Denglai, but the entire officialdom is rotten. It is not much better to remove the current Denglai officials and replace them with a new batch, unless it is like in northern Shaanxi.

However, Denglai belongs to Shandong, which is too close to Beijing, and if it is really done in Denglai, it will inevitably cause the gentry of the world to be frightened, and the consequences will be really serious.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen is reluctant to make a big move, he only cares about two things now, one is to get money, and the other is to train soldiers!

With sufficient money and food, you can train more troops, and with a strong army, you can solve the problem of Jiannu as soon as possible, and after solving the problem of Jiannu, Dongjiang Town is not a matter at all, and hundreds of thousands of Liao people can naturally return to their hometowns to cultivate the fields, and there is no need to spend money on food to support them.

And if you want to make money, sea trade is definitely a very profitable business!

Through the gate of the palace, Zhu Youzhen looked south, secretly thinking, where is Zheng Zhilong now?