Liu Su is still powerful, to be precise, half powerful.

He went to Bashu for three months and brought in 600,000 guan, which was nearly half of the expected 1 million guan.

600,000 guan is not spent, after Yang Ming transferred the money to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it was spent in one day, where did it go? I also approved the purchase of winter clothes for Taifu Temple.

The generals on the front line were dissatisfied, saying that the guards were in a hurry in the cold winter and the moon, and a lot of them froze to death, and there was a serious shortage of winter clothes.

The four of them, not to play the vanguard, but around Yang Guang, to protect the king, whether they can play in the end, maybe.

Winter clothes were given priority to vanguard troops like Li Jing, including the most elite ordnance armor and fine materials for war horses, and most of the rest were distributed to the left and right guards.

There are not many that have fallen on Shi Shen's heads.

No winter clothes, let me march in the New Year, what are you kidding? Don't go halfway, the army is scattered.

It's entirely possible.

Historically, the government soldiers had no food, drink, and winter supplies, and it was very easy to mutiny.

Fortunately, at the moment, there is no recruitment, they are all government soldiers, and the expenditure on military salaries is very small.

Shi Shen A few of them, they didn't leave, they stayed in Shangshu Province every day, waiting for the winter clothes to come down, they wouldn't go to Taifu Temple, because Taifu Temple is just a pipe dyeing, that is, making clothes, but where does the money for making clothes come from, it depends on Shangshu Province.

Yang Xiong was also trying to find a way to urgently purchase a batch of winter clothes from the people, but the treasury really had no money, and for a while, Shangshu Province was also in a hurry.

In fact, from the time the emperor planned to personally conquer Goguryeo, Shangshu Province has been anxious.

"I am a Great Sui system, and the guards of the military government bring their own bows, quivers, horizontal knives, gravel stones, unknotted cones, felt hats, felt suits, leggings, thirty arrows, nine buckets of wheat rice, and three buckets of rice, and their armor and military tools are stored in the arsenal. What about Hyogo's inventory? Cui Zhongfang, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, frowned.

The government military system, the guards all need to be purchased from the imperial court, and then stored in their respective military offices, when they go to war, they will be sent to you, if you don't go out of the battle, this thing will be gone.

Qu Tu channel: "No, some of them were misappropriated and embezzled by the moths below, and some of them were not stored properly, they were already eaten by insects and rats, and they couldn't be worn." ”

"You guys didn't do it, you broke it, and now you want it from the Ministry of Civil Affairs? Doesn't make sense, does it? Cui Zhongfang really has no choice, the court has no money and no food, and there is no way to buy winter clothes, so he plans to get rid of this burden.

Shi said in detail: "This problem exists in all military offices, not only a few of us, but other families can match winter clothes, why can't we match them?" Just because we're not pioneers? ”

On weekdays, these military generals speak politely in Shangshu Province, but when it comes to using them, people are not polite.

Of course, it is also a division of people, no matter what, they dare not be polite to Yang Xiong.

"When you set out on the expedition, you remembered to inspect Hyogo, what did you do earlier?" Yang Xiong asked: "Now that the vanguard army has been opened, you will not leave, delay the big event, and then the heads of the four of you will be raised?" ”

Guo Rong sighed and said helplessly: "Who would have thought that some tattered jackets, those generals below would make up their minds." ”

"You can't look down on tattered skins and rotten jackets, some people can look down on them," Yuan Shou, who rushed back to Beijing from Hedong and replaced Yan Bi as the new Taifu Siqing, snorted coldly: "Even if you have money now, the Department of Dyeing can't make these clothes for you, let alone have no money." ”

"Can't you pick on a child?" Qu Tutong was shocked: "At this juncture, everyone should work together to find a way, instead of prevaricating back and forth, if you Shangshu Province can't do it, we will go to the prince." ”

"Bastard!" Yang Xiong snorted coldly: "What are you?" Dare to make a big fuss here, don't you look at what kind of place this is? Is it that you are a military general from the third rank who can be presumptuous? ”

Qu Tutong was speechless when he was trained, he was also in a hurry, the army would not leave, and as soon as the edict of the Luoyang side arrived, he would not be able to get out of it.

Guo Rong explained on the side: "It's not that we don't want to go, this cold winter, the wind in the north is cold, there is no winter clothes, the soldiers refuse to leave, I just take the whip one by one, and I can't pump so many people?" ”

"Those corrupt generals, did they raid their homes?" Cui Zhongfang asked.

Guo Rong smiled bitterly: "The copy is clean, the money they are greedy for has long been gone." ”

"Huh. Hehehe." Yang Xiong sneered again and again: "The hole that your military government has poked by itself, let Shangshu Province make up for it, and the people in the vanguard army have to make it up, and they have to rush into battle, but how much can we make up?" ”

Saying that, Yang Xiong looked at Cui Zhongfang and said, "Duke Gu'an might as well let them see the pile of bad debts in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, don't let people think that we have money and don't allocate it to others." ”

Cui Zhongfang sneered, raised his hand, and immediately several officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs went to move the account books.

"Don't don't, we didn't mean that," Dugu Sheng hurriedly stopped him, and said with a wry smile: "We know that the Ministry of Civil Affairs has no money, but we really have nowhere to go, if we can get money, we won't come here to disturb you." ”

"Four fools, it's time for the military government to take care of it, see what you've done?" Yang Xiong angrily reprimanded the four of them, and the four of them did not dare to speak up.

In terms of prestige, rank, and bloodline, they are not on the same level as Yang Xiong.

Now that the war is about to start, it is really not suitable to do some actions internally, in normal times, when you are short of money, you can arrest a few people, copy a few homes, and raise a fund, but now, do you dare to do this?

When the army has gone to the border, it must be stable internally, and no matter how big it is, it must wait until the end of the war to deal with it, otherwise there will be chaos.

Yang Xiong believes that this matter still has to be told to the prince, and no matter whether the prince has no way to solve it, people have to come forward to preside over it.

After asking the East Palace, Yang Ming personally came to Shangshu Province.

"Sit down, don't stand," Yang Ming raised his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Corrupt officials can't be avoided, in fact, the emperor has been conniving at the corruption of the people under him, not only Yang Jian and Yang Guang do this, most emperors do this.

Why? If you are corrupt, you are a person with a handle, when I can use you, you are fine, when I don't use you, this is your crime.

I can use this one to clean you up in the name of justice.

That's why, it is difficult for Qing officials to achieve a very high position, because the emperor does not dare to use Qing officials, you have no handle, how dare I use you?

Just like the four types of subordinates that later generations of leaders are most afraid of: local public office, no mortgage and car loan, retired parents, and not married, if all four things are in place, it belongs to the BUFF stacked up, and no one can do anything about it.

Yang Ming knows that corruption is something that cannot be stopped, don't underestimate the broken skin, aren't you just worrying about the broken skin now?

"It's hard to pass the pass, there are always more ways than difficulties," Yang Ming said lightly: "The army must arrive in Zhuo County before March next year, this is the primary, everything else is secondary, the winter clothes are stored in the arsenal by the guards, since it is gone, this hole must be filled by the military government, you can't make it up, Shangshu Province can help, but this money is what you owe." ”

"Yes, yes," Guo Rong hurriedly said: "As long as the army can leave quickly, when the war is over, we are willing to pay back this money slowly." ”

The military government has public estate, and there are a lot of them, tighten their belts, and they can be paid off in three or two years.

Yang Ming nodded, and looked at the people in Shangshu Province: "There is no way, the treasury has no money, and the soldiers are in urgent need of winter clothes, I will make it together, at that time, Taifu Temple must buy all the winter clothes within ten days, and after ten days, the army will be mobilized." ”

Yang Xiong suddenly said anxiously: "How can this work?" How can the prince make up for the holes they poked? I don't agree, the addition of three new emperors and grandsons to the East Palace is just when you are nervous, Your Highness must not have this thought. ”

Don't get me wrong, I'm not going out alone, I just want to take the lead and take you out, what are you afraid of, is it possible that they rely on our accounts?

The others also hurriedly spoke out and advised Yang Ming to take back his life.

Yang Ming pretended to be distressed and said: "State affairs are important, there can be no delay, there is really no open source at the moment, I will take the money first, I can't let the soldiers freeze, you don't have to persuade anymore, I have a hard time, it's okay, but the soldiers go out for the country, how can we be contemptuous." ”

There were still people who persuaded him again, but Yang Ming had already made up his mind, looked at the four military generals, and said:

"I take 600,000, how much is missing?"

These officials from wealthy families are richer than the other, and the high-quality blast furnace set up by Yang Ming in Hedong and the armor created by them were sold to these people.

There are many of you here, all of whom are his customers.

The princes of the people have said that to this part, everyone does not contribute, and it is not appropriate, Yang Xiong pledged:

"I can scrape together a hundred thousand here."

"I'll add another 50,000," Cui Zhongfang sighed: "The state affairs are difficult, but there are so many moths, and when the major event is decided, it is time to rectify it." ”

After a while, a million came up, and the money was still not enough to buy clothes, because the soldiers' winter clothes were felt clothes, made of sheepskin and wool, and the price was not cheap.

Guo Rong and the four of them asked for 38,000 pieces of felt clothing, and the total price was more than 1.5 million yuan.

So at the moment, there is still a shortage of 500,000.

"You guys~~~" Yang Ming stood up, pointed to the four unwieldy generals and said, "I really obeyed you." ”

The four of them trembled and did not dare to raise their heads.

After saying that, Yang Ming looked at Liang Bi, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and said, "Copy a few gambling houses in Jingshi and make up the rest of the money for them." ”

The corners of Liang Bi's mouth twitched, Jingshi's gambling shop, this is not opened by ordinary people, which one is better?

Is this an errand that offends people?

Suddenly, Liang Bi had a flash of inspiration, and he couldn't copy the gambling house, so I would seize the gambler's money, anyway, it was the order of the imperial court, and you could only suffer this dumb loss.

"Command," Liang Bi nodded.

(End of chapter)