Coming to the main hall of the Governor's Yamen, Yang Sichang was sitting in danger.

Xiong Wencan introduced him to the generals under his command.

"This is You Shilu, who was born in the Guanning Army and is the younger brother of You Shiwei, the general soldier of Ningxia. There are 3,021 elite soldiers under his command. ”

When Xiong Wencan introduced, You Shilu came out.

Because of Wen Tiren's protection, You Shilu was not punished for losing the battle, and was allowed to make meritorious contributions under Yang Sichang.

"This one is also from the Guanning Army, the chief soldier Chen Hongfan, and there are 2,338 soldiers under his command."

Chen Hongfan was a wonderful flower in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

He participated in the Battle of Salhu, and still followed the famous general of the Sichuan army, Liu Ling, but escaped alone when Liu Ling's entire army was annihilated.

Those who are familiar with the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty know that it was Chen Hongfan who persuaded King Lu to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Hongfan was actually an internal response of the Qing Dynasty.

So, he has the nickname "Living Qin Juni".

He was the top greasy master in history in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and died with a long life.

"This is the collapse of the sky, oh no, it is Liu Guoneng, the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, who is a guerrilla Liu Shijie, with 2,246 soldiers under his command."

As soon as he heard Liu Guoneng's nickname, Yang Sichang knew that these two people were the leaders of the peasant army, and the court that later surrendered was a figure like Song Jiang.

In fact, Liu Guoneng surrendered because he was afraid of Zhang Xianzhong's annexation and could not withstand the encirclement and suppression of the official army.

When Zhang Xianzhong rebelled again, they did not follow.

"Guerrilla Ma Jinzhong, Du Sima Shixiu, garrison Du Yingjin."

Ma Jinzhong is nicknamed "Mixed 100,000", Ma Shixiu and Du Yingjin are all from the thirteen peasant army.

They had 843 soldiers under their command.

"This is Li Wanqing, a staff general with a higher rank, and there are 3,233 soldiers under his command."

Li Wanqing was also the leader of the peasant army, nicknamed "Shooting the Sky", and Liu Guoneng helped the imperial court appease him after he surrendered.

From Ma Jinzhong to Li Wanqing, they have all recently accepted the appeasement.

Loyalty is still a big question mark.

Listening to Xiong Wencan's introduction, Yang Sichang's whole heart was cold.

"Lord Bear!"

In front of so many generals, Yang Sichang used a more formal title: "Where is the standard camp?" ”

"On the school grounds, please come with me."

Xiong Wencan led the way.

Yang Sichang got up and quickly left the lobby.

The generals in the hall looked at each other, and they all felt that Yang Sichang seemed to look down on them, and they were a little unhappy.

Xiong Wencan led Yang Sichang to the standard camp, and Yang Sichang was dumbfounded.

What kind of crooked melon and cracked dates!

Tall, short, fat, thin, ragged, and languishing.

Compared with the Li Guoying Department of the Liaodong Army that he had seen, he was simply blind.

"There are 4,343 soldiers in the standard battalion, of which 190 are prisoners drawn from prisons, 1,364 have been ordered to recruit new recruits from all over the world, and the rest can be decorated with the prestige of the superintendent, although they do not have the strength to fight."

After Xiong Wencan finished speaking, Yang Sichang almost fainted.

He said: "Brother Xinkai, your governor of the military affairs of the five provinces, only handed over to me this little soldier, and ...... And most of them are thieves! ”

"This is also a helpless thing, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice."

Xiong Wencan smiled bitterly: "The military affairs of the six provinces of the governor of the Yang Pavilion Department may be able to succeed if there is one more province than the criminal officer." ”

"What about the 2,800,000 taels of military salaries allocated to you by the imperial court? Where have they gone! ”

Yang Sichang was angry.

"Yang Gebu, please come with the prisoner, and after reading the account books of the yamen, you will know everything."

Xiong Wencan sighed: "In short, the offender is looking for his own guilt." ”

Yang Sichang suddenly felt that the situation was not good.

Seeing the account books, Yang Sichang almost fainted.

Since Chen Qiyu, the imperial court has accumulated 670,000 taels of silver in arrears in three years, which is only the arrears of salaries to soldiers.

There is also money for armaments, forage for war horses, money for soldiers and civilians, and so on.

Many creditors learned that the governor's yamen had repaid the money, and they all came to the door.

forced Xiong Wencan to ask for money.

What? You said you wouldn't pay it back.

I'm sorry, but these days, ordinary people dare to borrow money from the Governor's Yamen?

Xiong Wencan spent 2.8 million taels and still owed 600,000 taels.

"No wonder Hong Chengchou runs faster than a rabbit, it turns out that it's because of this!"

Yang Sichang was angry.

"Yang Ge Department, the criminal officials have nothing to do. There are people outside the yamen who collect accounts every day, and most of them are nobles of the imperial court and people from the prince's mansion, and they can't afford to offend. ”

Xiong Wencan breathed a sigh of relief: "In short, these accounts will be handed over to the Yang Pavilion Department, and the criminal official has been relieved." ”

Jin Yiwei took Xiong Wencan away, leaving Yang Sichang, who wanted to cry without tears.

At the beginning, he persuaded Yao Minggong to take a look below, but now it seems that he should go down to see the most, it is himself.

Yang Sichang cleaned up his mood and wrote a note to the imperial court:

Minister Da Ming Rite Department Shangshu and Dongge University Scholar, Counselor Military Affairs, Governor of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Huguang, Sichuan, Xuanda Military Affairs Yang Sichangyan, Chongzhen five years of the imperial court has two silver has not arrived in Xiangyang, six years of two, seven years of two.

After three years, the governors of the five provinces saved the imperial court two dollars.

Weichen knows the difficulties of the imperial court, but Weichen presided over the elimination of Zhang Xianzhong, and it has reached a critical juncture.

Of course, there are more than these words in the whole piece, Yang Sichang wrote 3,000 words freely.

This is followed by his analysis of the situation and speculation that victory is just around the corner.

A letter was sent to the cabinet, and after Chongzhen read it, he was helpless.

The court has no money!

So, Chongzhen took the trick of procrastination, and took one step at a time.

In fact, it was up to Yang Sichang to find a way to solve this matter by himself.

Just when Yang Sichang was anxious about the silver, there was also a big incident in Shenyang.

Yang Chengying is about to go on patrol.

He planned to start from Shenyang, walk away from Yuanyuan, Qingyangbao, to Changchunbao (Changchun), and then northeast to Acheng (present-day Harbin).

Then go northwest to Shangshan Station (near present-day Qiqihar), then southwest to the Horqin station, and then west to Chifeng.

From Chifeng to the south to Daning City, then to Chengde, and then west to Guihua City.

This trip is a bit long.

But it was of great significance - to determine the effective rule of the tribes in the northeast, to explore the railway line from Shenyang to Acheng (Harbin), to explore the northern frontier, etc.

So, in order to ensure that when you are not there, there will be no problems in Shenyang.

According to the old rules, the troops from each faction in the army were cobbled together into an army.

For example, from Wu Sangui's army, Hu Hongxian was transferred. and from the Shuosai army, Sony and Aobai were transferred.

Duoduo was also brought, and so on.

All were on horseback, and supplies were also carried in horse-drawn carts.

The number of soldiers was limited to no more than 5,000, including auxiliaries.

In addition, survey teams, guides, and interpreters are added.

The total strength is about 7,000 people.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, in the evening, Li Yangeng, who was in charge of organizing manpower, came with the list.

After Yang Chengying read it, he was very satisfied: "General Li, this matter has been done properly, and the materials are complete, go down to receive the reward." ”

"King Xie praised, the last general has lived up to the king's trust, and he is already very happy, how dare he receive the reward." Li Yangeng said respectfully.

"Those who have merit are rewarded, this is the rule, go down and receive the reward."

"Yes."