Hearing Ding Xiu actually say such a thing, Hou Sui, who had always had a gloomy face, just wanted to open his mouth to scold, but saw that Ding Xiu actually pulled out his knife and rushed forward.

Zuo Liangyu didn't expect that Ding Xiu would really be so reckless, and in his Chinese army camp, he would dare to draw a knife against him.

And because he didn't have a war during this time, although he didn't have an armor stomach on his body, he carried a sword with him, so he didn't worry too much.

As a general of the Ping Thief, his bravery naturally goes without saying, how can he be afraid of a brocade guard who came out of nowhere.

Because of his sufficient self-confidence, and because of Ding Xiu's special status, Zuo Liangyu didn't want to make a big deal out of it.

So he just snorted coldly, and instead of shouting, he drew his sword to meet him.

Dare to use a knife with him, I don't know whether I am dead or alive.

It's just that as soon as he fought, Zuo Liangyu instantly felt that something was wrong, Ding Xiu's knife was strong and heavy, and the knife was full of indomitable determination, which was clearly the number of roads in the army.

If it was on a horse, he could still deal with Ding Xiu, but now that he was fighting on foot, he didn't have the strength to parry at all.

The two fought within ten moves, and his knife was directly knocked to the ground by Ding Xiu, and then Ding Xiu's Miao knife was directly on his neck.

Zuo Liangyu, who was restrained, was full of anger in his heart, and at the same time there was a deep sense of incomprehension.

They fought such a big movement, why didn't any of the pro-soldiers guarding outside the account come to check the situation?

"Are you curious why your own soldiers didn't come?"

Ding Xiu saw Zuo Liangyu's doubts, and chuckled, although he didn't explain, but just this sentence instantly made Zuo Liangyu understand that Ding Xiu was prepared.

The pro-soldiers outside must have been restrained by the people brought by Ding Xiu.

"What do you want to do?"

Although he was stabbed on his neck, Zuo Liangyu didn't panic too much, he said in a deep voice: "This is General Ben's camp, if you want to take General Ben out like this, you are simply killing yourself." ”

"What's more, I'm a thief general ordered by the imperial court, why don't you dare to kill me?"

"Heh~"

Ding Xiu sneered with some disdain, and then said: "Humble and talented, although it is only a small brocade cloth guard Qianhu, but the knife in his hand has been stained with the blood of dozens of court officials. ”

"This time, in order to deal with you, I specially brought it over, if it wasn't for the fact that you didn't call someone directly, this knife would not be on your neck at this moment, but would directly cut off your head."

General Ping Thief is a fart, he has killed so many court officials, there are not many Zuo Liangyu, and there are many Zuo Liangyu.

As for Zuo Liangyu's army, Lao Zhu, who was already worried about Zuo Liangyu, how could he not make any arrangements.

If the generals in the army, under Lao Zhu's arrangement, are enough to be willing to obey the dispatch of the imperial court.

If he had killed Zuo Liangyu directly just now, with Zuo Liangyu's diehards, he would definitely have been unable to escape death, but Zuo Liangyu's army would have fallen under the control of the imperial court.

However, Zuo Liangyu has controlled the army for so many years, if he dies, his personal soldiers will inevitably mutiny, and it is difficult to say how much strength this army can retain after internal strife.

Therefore, Lao Zhu's secret decree to him is not to kill Zuo Liangyu directly unless it is absolutely necessary, and if Zuo Liangyu is against him, then there is no need to hesitate and kill him directly on the spot.

It is precisely because of this that Ding Xiu said that if Zuo Liangyu called someone just now, then he would directly hack him to death.

"Dozens of court officials?"

When Hou Sui heard this, he seemed to suddenly remember something, looked at Ding Xiu in disbelief, and said, "You are the little hundred households in the palace who killed dozens of officials?" ”

In the capital, some officials forced the palace to hoe and rape, but they were almost killed by two small brocade guards Baihu, although Hou Sui was far away from the capital, but he also knew a little about it.

It's just that this matter was obviously instigated by Lao Zhu behind his back, so although Hou Sui knew that this thing was done by two hundred households, he didn't care about the names of these two hundred households.

At this time, when he heard Ding Xiu say this, he instantly remembered.

"Don't mess around!"

After knowing that the person in front of him was the brocade-clothed guard who killed people in the palace, Hou Sui, who was not very worried about Zuo Liangyu's safety, panicked instantly.

This stunned young man dared to directly kill the minister in the palace, what else did he dare not do.

As for Zuo Liangyu's life and his own life, I'm afraid he didn't care about him at all.

"Zuo Liangyu is a thief general, and he is also the most important force in besieging Li Zicheng, if you kill him, the army's morale will be chaotic."

"If there is no such army, then no one will be able to contain Li Zicheng, if you kill Zuo Liangyu, Daming will die at your hands!

！ ”

"Death is death."

Ding Xiu did not react to Hou Sui's fierce accusations.

Because of this matter in the palace, Pei Lun once asked Lao Zhu in a more euphemistic way, and Lao Zhu's answer was very simple.

"Your Majesty said that if the Ming Dynasty needs to be maintained by a group of bandits who only know how to slaughter the people, then this country might as well die."

"So, the Inspector didn't say this to the lowly position, the lowly position wants to ask General Zuo a word now."

"The explanation of the lowly duty, can you give it or not?"

Regarding Ding Xiu's direct killing of ministers in the palace, Zuo Liangyu had obviously heard of it.

This is his camp, surrounded by a large army, and if you kill him, no one will be able to get out.

But as long as a normal person puts a knife on his neck at this moment, he will not give in the slightest.

But the problem is that this is a stunned person who dares to kill people in the palace, and his brain is obviously a little abnormal.

So even Zuo Liangyu, who is usually used to being domineering, is a little afraid to be too tough at this time, after all, if you are a fool, he may kill you directly in the next second.

Although Zuo Liangyu is not very afraid of death, he was cut for no reason just because he wanted to show his heroism, and he couldn't do it.

It's just that he is arrogant after all, and if he wants to make him submit, he can't, so although his breathing has become a little heavy, he still doesn't say a word.

Seeing this situation, Hou Sui directly opened his mouth to break the deadlock, "Ding Qianhu, it's not that Zuo Liangyu doesn't want to explain to you, but this thing is not easy to do." ”

"Ma Shixiu was originally a rogue who was recruited, and now the military discipline of the army is so poor, it has nothing to do with him."

"It's just that this person, as Zuo Liangyu's deputy general, has an unusual status, and he has a soldier under his command who has followed him since the Liukou period, so if you want to move him, you have to think long-term."

"After all, the affairs of the army are not something that can be said by one person, and now the food and salary are not in place, so the rectification of military discipline will not be effective for a long time."

Ding Xiu couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he heard that Hou Sui directly blamed all the faults on Ma Shixiu.

Zuo Liangyu's army discipline is so poor, of course, there are reasons for Ma Shixiu, but Zuo Liangyu, as the main general, is definitely the culprit.

Now I want to push it on Ma Shixiu's body with a word, do you really think that you don't know anything?

However, Ding Xiu also knew in his heart that if he really killed Zuo Liangyu, even if this army could be controlled by the imperial court, it would basically be abolished.

So as a last resort, he didn't want to directly cut Zuo Liangyu, a dog thief.

Therefore, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has already given a solution to the matter of food. ”

"The humble position is still the same sentence now, this Ma Shixiu, what does the general want to deal with?"

After Ding Xiu said this, a trace of killing intent flashed in his eyes, if Zuo Liangyu couldn't give him a positive answer, it would mean that Zuo Liangyu was reluctant to lose his army, and he didn't mean to rectify military discipline at all.

If that's the case, then there's no need for this person to stay.

Although Zuo Liangyu didn't know that Ding Xiu had completely developed murderous intent, he also knew that this issue was very important.

If this matter could not give a satisfactory answer to Ding Xiu, then even if he could escape from Ding Xiu's hands, he would completely break with the imperial court.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons in his heart, he slowly spoke: "If Your Majesty can solve the problem of the army's food and salary, and with sufficient food, even if Ma Shixiu is killed, it will not cause too much chaos." ”

"If that's the case, I'm naturally willing to kill Ma Shixiu to correct military discipline."

"So...... Best. ”

Ding Xiu glanced at Zuo Liangyu, and then slowly put the knife into the sheath.

He didn't believe Zuo Liangyu because of this sentence, but believed in the knife in his hand.

Now that the pro-soldiers outside have long been controlled by the brocade guards he brought, even if Zuo Liangyu has any abnormal movements, he is sure that he will kill Zuo Liangyu under the knife before the sergeant arrives.

Ding Xiu, who put the knife into the sheath, asked a few brocade guards outside to escort Zuo Liangyu's personal soldiers in, and then after whispering a few words, the brocade guard walked straight out of the camp.

After about a tea time, the brocade guard came back with a secret decree and handed it to Ding Xiu.

Ding Xiu glanced at it, and after confirming that this copy was correct, he handed it to Hou Sui.

"This is His Majesty's secret decree to the superintendent, it just so happens that the superintendent is here, and the lowly duty is also saved to find the superintendent again."

In fact, in Pei Lun's calculations, Hou Sui was a very important part.

The reason why Ding Xiu was allowed to bring a few brocade guards into the camp alone was also because they had prepared for the worst.

If that's the case, after Ding Xiu directly beheaded Zuo Liangyu, there would be an internal presence in the army, plus the identity of Governor Hou Sui, at least he could control most of the troops in the army.

It's just that Ding Xiu didn't expect that Hou Sui would be with Zuo Liangyu all the time after entering the camp.

In this way, once he kills Zuo Liangyu, the angry soldiers may not even let Hou Sui go, so he will be a little surprised when he sees Hou Sui.

But the arrow is on the string and has to be sent, so even if Hou Sui is here, he has no scruples about making a move.

But fortunately, things didn't go to the worst step, whether Zuo Liangyu still had Da Ming in his heart, or because he had scruples, in short, he didn't have obvious objections, so things would be much easier.

It's just that after Hou Sui saw this secret edict, the whole person was instantly stunned.

"What does that mean?"

Originally, Hou Sui discussed with Lao Zhu, but now the treasury is empty, so Hou Sui does not ask for money from the imperial court, as long as he hands over the taxes in the Huguang area to him for allocation.

As a result, before the time for taxation, Lao Zhu actually exempted Huguang's taxes on the grounds that the Huguang area had been repeatedly war-torn.

This is not a joke, the court does not allocate money, and the original taxes are gone, so I still want Zuo Liangyu to rectify military discipline.

Not to mention that Zuo Liangyu is not a loyal general, even if he is, he can't do this.

Therefore, Hou Sui put away the fold in an instant, without the slightest intention that Zuo Liangyu knew.

"Didn't Ding Qianhu say that His Majesty would settle the matter of food and salary? This ......"

Hou Sui was worried that Zuo Liangyu would know that he would have other ideas, so he didn't say anything halfway through the sentence.

However, although he didn't finish speaking, his meaning was obvious, which was to solve the problem of food and salary, and it was almost the same if he wanted to force Zuo Liangyu to oppose him.

"That's what Your Majesty has given you."

Ding Xiu didn't care about the anger in Hou Sui's tone, and slowly spoke: "I think Master Inspector should know very well how Inspector Sun solved the problem of food and salary, right?" ”

"Sun Chuanting? Inventory of the military tun and raid the gentry? ”

Hou Sui was stunned for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty means, let us also raise it ourselves?" ”

"The Overseer has misunderstood."

Ding Xiu shook his head without hesitation, then glanced at Zuo Liangyu with some mockery, and said: "Just based on General Zuo's military discipline, if he is given the opportunity to raise his own grain and grass, how can the people of Huguang Land survive?" ”

"Hmph~"

Zuo Liangyu heard Ding Xiu's ridicule, although he was a little dissatisfied, he just snorted coldly and didn't say anything, after all, the army under his command is indeed not good at military discipline.

But Hou Sui didn't care about Ding Xiu's ridicule, and asked directly: "What does Your Majesty want me to do?" Please also ask Ding Qianhu to make it clear. ”

Neither paying, nor paying taxes, nor allowing them to raise their own funds, he wanted to know how Lao Zhu planned to solve their tax problems.

"The King of Chu in Wuchang, covering an area of hundreds of thousands of hectares, is rich enough to rival the country, has the governor ever thought of asking the King of Chu to donate some food?"

"King Chu?"

Hou Sui shook his head directly when he heard this name.

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are more slamming the door than one another, and Chongzhen has never dared to do anything to these vassal kings, so wanting to ask the king of Chu to donate money is like a pipe dream.

Hou Xun just wanted to open his mouth to refuse, but when the words came to his mouth, Ding Xiu was a Jinyi guard, a person sent by the emperor, why did he suddenly mention the king of Chu?

Hou Sui thought about the changes in the court during this time, and suddenly his face changed drastically.

His Majesty killed so many officials in the court, stole their family wealth, and filled the emptiness of the treasury.

But when it comes to being rich, officials can only rank second, and those vassal kings are the real richest existences.

So, Your Majesty is the idea to hit these vassal kings on the head?

Thinking of this, Hou Sui's face was a little uncertain, although His Majesty's move was absolutely beneficial and harmless to the Ming Dynasty, but the problem was that the emperor who was so ruthless that even the clan could directly kill him made him shudder.

"Hoo ......"

Hou Sui let out a long breath, then looked at Ding Xiu with a solemn face, and said straight to the point: "Ding Qianhu, there is no need to go around in circles anymore." ”

"What do you want to do with the idea of beating the King of Chu? Is there an edict from His Majesty? ”