Taisu was panicked, so without thinking, he immediately ordered him to send someone to his house according to the method of saving Zhao, and first bring 1,500 taels of silver over, and the right to pay for the soldiers.

When he got the money, he gathered all the forbidden soldiers, and burst into tears, saying that his treasury had no money to spare, and it was difficult to prepare the reward for a while, so he could only allocate a little silver from the old emperor's uncle first, and give part of it temporarily to show his sincerity; As for those that have not been received, they are temporarily in arrears and will be made up in the future.

Many sergeants were also moved when they saw the commander pleading like this, and they were willing to give up their hands and listen to orders. Saving Zhao is overjoyed, that is, he first appreciates the most fierce and troublesome people this time, and recognizes them as heroes who have eradicated the traitorous party. Therefore, after a while, and won such an honor, naturally there were no complaints. But those who did not get the reward were unhappy, but seeing that this matter did not cause any criticism, they did not dare to say it directly, and went back to the barracks in a sullen manner.

This news was quickly reported to Niu Yuan, and he suddenly felt that there was a chance, so he sent someone to borrow the list of forbidden soldiers from the army in the name of 'because of the chaos, I am afraid that there will be negligence, and the soldiers should be recounted', and asked the officers of the team to bring the whole team of people to Zhongshu Province in turn.

Niu Yuan asked them about the rewards one by one, and the sergeant did not dare to hide it, so he answered the truth. For the rewarded team, he only responded with a few words and sent them out; And for those who were not rewarded, he asked the clerk to take out the large boxes of gold and silver that had been prepared, and distributed them among them, and he tried every means to win them over, and preached to them: "Although the two priests have made a promise, but now that the world is rough, who can think of what will happen in the future? If you lose a sum of money because of this, Niu will also feel guilty. Therefore, I will make it up to you in advance, so as to avoid other troubles. ”

When the sergeant received it, he was grateful, fell to his knees, sobbed, and refused to leave for a long time; Niu Yuan persuaded them to persuade them to leave the lobby.

The next morning, Niu Yuan continued to go to the hall to take inventory, and he opened the copy of the register as if nothing happened, preparing to summon Hong Lishen to come and preside over the matter with him.

"Bong-sang."

Before Niu Yuan could speak, he looked up and saw that Hong Lishen had arrived in a hurry and saluted under the steps.

"I haven't called you yet, why did you come here?"

"My lord," Hong Lishen strode up, "an officer named Zhang Tian has just shouted in front of the gate with his soldiers, asking why he hasn't arrived yet, looking fierce and extremely restless. I am afraid that I will disobey the will of the minister, and I dare not make a decision, so I only told them to wait outside for the time being, and I will ask for your opinion. ”

Niu Yuan listened, hurriedly lowered his head to search, and found him under the names that were outlined by the red pen, and sneered: "I was about to give him a reward, can he still have a temper when he sees the silver?" Just call him! ”

"The villain Zhang Tian leads the team, see Fengxiang!"

"You can speak quietly." Niu Yuan put down the roster, slowly raised his head, and looked at him twice, seeing that he was born with a tiger's back, thick eyebrows and big eyes, some rough bumps on his face, and a crimson scar.

"I'm sorry, it's the villain who is presumptuous." Zhang Tian bowed and said.

"Sooner or later, it's your turn, why are you in such a hurry?" Niu Yuan asked, "Besides, if I don't give it to you, your family will still give it to you." ”

Zhang Tian bit his shriveled lip and said indignantly: "My lord, I see that Cun Si Ban is blindly trying to calm down the situation, the limelight has passed, what else is wrong with us?" But this is what was said before, if the chief doesn't give it, he will come to you to ask for it. ”

Niu Yuan stroked his palms and laughed: "What a straight general!" Deputy Hong participated in politics and brought them silver, five taels per person! ”

Hong Lishen received the order, stood up, went into the inner room and dragged out a large wooden box, placed it in front of them, and pushed it with both hands, revealing countless shining silver, which was neatly placed.

Zhang Tian's eyes froze, he desperately picked up the soldier beside him, walked over first, and reached out to take it.

"Wait." Niu Yuan suddenly grabbed his wrist and looked at him coldly.

Zhang Tian looked at him in amazement: "Prime Minister Feng...... Can't I take it? ”

"Of course you can. But I see that you are willing to tell the truth, you are a man, and you are willing to share more of you. Well, then, you and your men will each give you twenty taels of the money, and give you all the money for the box. ”

"Two, twenty and two......" Zhang Tian muttered these two numbers, then turned his head, glared at Niu Yuan in surprise, and knelt down in an instant, constantly kowtowing his head, and the sound became louder and louder.

"General Zhang, calm down!" Niu Yuan grabbed him and saw that his head was blue.

"Bong-sang!" He shouted loudly, and couldn't help but shed rolling tears, "Since I was in the army, I have been beaten and scolded by superiors at every turn, and I am bound by military regulations, and I am not at ease." I have not yet tasted this kindness, so how can I repay my kindness! Zhang Tian is willing to serve Engong to death! ”

Hearing the word 'death force', Niu Yuan felt down-to-earth. He looked at the soldiers behind him, their eyes full of gratitude and reverence, and a nameless anger in them.

Niu Yuan pondered with his hands behind his back, he slowly walked to the bottom of the steps from the front of the desk, and then walked back to the door of the inner room from the bottom of the steps, and walked around the sergeants for a while before he stopped, and pressed the jade belt on his waist with one hand.

"There's a big thing to do in that phase...... I don't know if you can help. ”

"Say it!" Zhang Tian moved his knees and climbed in front of him, "My brothers and I are willing to go up the sword mountain and the sea of fire for you!" ”

Niu Yuan turned around abruptly and looked at everyone with affectionate eyes.

"I am willing to obey the chief, and I am willing to obey the prime minister!" The group of soldiers responded to his expectations with words.

"Now that the imperial power is declining, and the prince is not virtuous, he is in the East Palace, separating the court, and wants to fight against Duke Liu. Duke Liu is an important minister of the country, how can he be humiliated by this suspicion? When such people are the princes, the society will die! If you don't blame the prince and be more virtuous, then my majesty's great cause will fall overnight! If the princes plan to support the country with their own officials, they will choose a day to make trouble, kill Cunzhao and others, and threaten the prince! If this is done, wouldn't it be easy for you to cover up the ministers, make the marquis rewarded, and take the 100,000 gold and silver from the treasury? ”

Zhang Tian was startled, and a few cold sweats broke out on his forehead. He groaned for a moment, then wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, gritted his teeth and said: "I have been hating Cunzhao for a long time, if I can kill him today, I can do anything!" ”

The soldiers had been following this Zhang Tian for a long time, and Su Ri was also arrogant, and he was not afraid to do such a rebellious thing, but after a moment of silence, they all spoke out in agreement. Niu Yuan was overjoyed, so he planned with them in detail.