"Big companion, you go out first, and I will talk to Yuan Qing."

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone."

With Wang Chengen's departure, only Zhu Youzhen and Yuan Chonghuan were left in the warm pavilion, and the latter also adjusted his mood and sat upright.

The initial greetings are over, and it's time to get to the point.

Yuan Chonghuan is looking forward to it.

Although emotionally speaking, he is willing to die for the Ming Dynasty and Zhu Youzhen, but Yuan Chonghuan hopes to live to see the rebirth of the Ming Dynasty.

And this can only rely on Zhu Youzhen, and no one else has this qualification.

Therefore, I hope that the ancestors will bless and let the country usher in a lord of Zhongxing.

Zhu Youzhen spoke very directly, especially now that there were only the two of them.

"Yuan Qing entered Beijing this time for the sake of Liao's salary."

"Yes."

Yuan Chonghuan confessed: "Liao salary has been in arrears since the beginning of Taichang, and there is a deficit every year, and now it has been suspended for two months.

The ministers were afraid of mutiny in the army, so they entered Beijing and begged His Majesty for a salary to appease the anger of the army. ”

"It's the salary, it's the salary." Zhu Youzhen nodded again and again: "The soldiers fought bloodily for the country, but the imperial court couldn't even pay their salaries and pensions...... Alas! ”

Vote for Jiannu, is it considered a traitor?

In this period, of course, it is a complete puppet army traitor.

But the common people can scold, but Zhu Youzhen, the emperor, can't scold.

It is the imperial court that is sorry for the border army, not the border army that is sorry for the imperial court.

Using the virtues of a saint to ask an ordinary soldier, but treating the soldier as a pig and a dog, there should be no such court in the world.

"Liao, how much do you owe in total?"

Yuan Chonghuan lowered his head and reported a number with difficulty: "If you count it from the beginning of Taichang year, you owe a total of 11.8 million taels, and if you only count last year, you owe 3.17 million taels." ”

"How much silver will the Donglin Party give you?"

"Huh?"

"I said, how much silver did the Donglin Party give you?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Yuan Chonghuan and said, "Didn't you go to the Fuzhou Guild Hall and didn't see anyone?" ”

The latter was shocked, and just wanted to get up to accuse but was stopped by Zhu Youzhen.

"I said that I was rude today, our monarchs and ministers are honest with each other, and we will not blame you in any way, I just want to hear the truth, today's country needs the truth."

Yuan Chonghuan gritted his teeth and arched his hand: "The old man of the Qian Pavilion said that the finances of the imperial court were dry and could not help the army, so there was no salary, but the old man of the Qian Pavilion said that he could allocate millions of military rations to the ministers. ”

"Military rations are not money, and Ning Jin is not short of food, he did this to find a good buyer for this batch of military rations."

Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but be stunned, and when he looked at Zhu Youzhen, his eyes began to glow: "Shengming has no fault with Your Majesty, the old Qian Pavilion instructed his ministers to sell military grain to Jin merchant Fan Yongdou, and exchange military grain for gold and silver to help the army. ”

"It's a good calculation." Zhu Youzhen laughed: "If you want to make money and are afraid of infamy, I will let you do the drudgery, the eight Jin merchants are known to be traitorous to the enemy, and this batch of military food may not be long before it appears in Huang Taiji's military camp."

And the accusation of the city's capital enemy will fall on your Yuan Chonghuan's head, and in the future, this will become the handle of the Donglin Party to control you, and you Yuan Chonghuan am afraid that you will have to work hard for the Donglin Party all the time. ”

With such a statement, Yuan Chonghuan suddenly sweated.

I didn't think so much when I saw Qian Qianyi before, but now that I think about it, what Zhu Youzhen said was too terrifying.

Good and vicious tricks.

Zhu Youzhen asked again: "Qian Qianyi has made such a big detour, I have to ask you to do something, I guess, do you want to get rid of Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Phi Island?" ”

At this moment, Yuan Chonghuan was stupid.

"Looks like I guessed right." Zhu Youzhen sneered: "Mao Wenlong was promoted by Yuan Keli, the former Shaobao, Yuan Shaobao is upright, straightforward, and has a very poor relationship with the Donglin Party, and Mao Wenlong of Phi Island has never had a charter to do things.

He was short of pay and food, so he sent troops to plunder the caravan of the Jin merchants, harming the interests of the Donglin Party.

killed Mao Wenlong, the Donglin Party took advantage of the situation to burn the fire to Yuan Keli's head, and the new hatred and old accounts were counted together, hehe. ”

The twists and turns of politics are difficult to understand around Yuan Chonghuan, but after hearing Zhu Youzhen's analysis and sorting out the context and texture, he was suddenly shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.

"Mao Wenlong really deserves to die." Zhu Youzhen continued: "He supported the army and respected himself, repeatedly despised the imperial court, and allowed it to continue, sooner or later he broke away from the central government and divided the localities.

However, Phi Dao could not be lost, and Phi Dao could contain the rear of Jiannu and attack southern Liaoning, so that Huang Taiji did not dare to attack in a big way, and the Ningjin battle situation became a stalemate.

If I can heal the civil strife, Houjin will only be a disease of scabies.

It's a pity that I can't wait now, God has left me too little time for Daming, and I can't sort it out for a while, so I have to stalemate, we must stalemate, at least the Ningjin defense line can't be lost, and if I lose it, I will lose the country.

If you want to think that the Ningjin defense line is not lost, Phi Dao cannot be lost, and Mao Wenlong cannot be killed for the time being. ”

The look in Yuan Chonghuan's eyes became more and more intense, and with Zhu Youzhen's words, he couldn't help but get excited.

The emperor is the Ming monarch.

As soon as he thought of this, Yuan Chonghuan immediately stood up and took out a notebook from his sleeve.

"The subordinate is on guard in Liaodong, and has fought with Jiannu many times, and he has long had a way to defend against the enemy, so he has made five years of peace and sparseness, and submitted it to His Majesty for approval."

Five years, Pingliao sparse?

Zhu Youzhen sighed in his heart, this was what he was most worried about.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, these officials and generals were too self-righteous!

Reaching out to take Yuan Chonghuan's notebook, Zhu Youzhen didn't even look at it, but said.

"I don't want you to level Liao for five years, I only want you, hold the Ningjin defense line, don't lose an inch of land, within ten years, don't let a Houjin army cross the Shanhai Pass and Xifeng Pass to enter my Daming Pass."

Yuan Chonghuan suddenly felt disappointed, and said urgently.

"Your Majesty, the reason why Liaodong's military affairs have been sluggish in recent years is only because the border ministers have served their orders and are worried and constrained. If the employment of the officials, the command of the military department, the measures of the household department, and the words and ways of the ministry all echo the border ministers, it can be successful.

The emperor is sage, and the ministers should do their best to repay the emperor's kindness, if your majesty is blessed, it is not impossible. ”

"If I'm not allowed, I'm not holy?"

Zhu Youjian put his hand on the five years of Pingliao, looked at Yuan Chonghuan and sighed: "Chonghuan, you are old and I am shallow, but you are looking at a corner, and I am looking at a country."

My Daming's problem is not as simple as you think, just like your old mentor Sun Chengzong, Sun Inspector is a famous but not a virtuous minister, since he presided over the construction of the castle by the Ling River, he has spent tens of millions of national resources, but now these fortresses and fortresses, in just two or three years, they have all been lost, burned, and destroyed, and tens of millions of treasury silver have been wasted.

Qian Qianyi didn't lie to you on this point, I am clear that at the moment, it is true that the finances are drying up, and the imperial court can no longer take out the money.

You have five years of Pingliao's ambitions, but the imperial court has no money, food, and materials to support you. Forcibly pushing, in the end, is just a shortfall and self-defeating.

I can't stand the toss, the only thing I can support you now is 2.1 million taels of silver, I will hand over all this money to you, you first bring Ning Jin to pay and appease the army.

Wait for me to find a way to make you another sum of money, and at that time, the Ningjin defense line will be stabilized. ”

With such a heart-to-heart push, the grievances in Yuan Chonghuan's heart disappeared, and he was moved.

"Drink, drink."

The two of them ate for more than an hour, and finally Yuan Chonghuan, who was full of wine and food, thanked him and left, and Wang Chengen sent him all the way out of the Qianqing Gate before turning back.

"I gave him two million and one hundred thousand taels."

Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment: "I copied Shi Fenglai's house of the four thieves before, and then there were Wang Tigan and Li Yongzhen's furniture, and the silver has more than 5 million ......."

The emperor also said before that he would fully support Yuan Chonghuan, why did he keep another hand.

"I'm afraid that he won't be able to use him and let me down." Zhu Youzhen patted the five-year Ping Liaoshu on the table: "What I want now is not a commander who is in charge, but an obedient general."

If he really gave him more than 5 million, he dared to expand the army, and he dared to take the initiative to go out of the customs to find Huang Taiji to fight a battle.

Huang Taiji dared to bet on the fortune of the country, but I didn't dare, I couldn't afford to lose.

At that time, if the Ningjin defense line was lost, what was the use of cutting Yuan Chonghuan with a thousand knives.

Therefore, I only gave him two million taels, which can ensure that the soldiers will not mutiny, ensure that he will stabilize the morale of the army, and will not lose Ning Jin.

Later, I slowly gave him money, so that he could keep more than enough and not be enterprising.

With the guerrilla containment of Mao Wenlong's troops on Shangpi Island in southern Liaoning, it was enough to hold for me for a few years.

Five years, eight years, give me a little more time, give me a little more time. ”

In the end, Zhu Youzhen was already drunk, and he even omitted to wash, and directly fell asleep on the bed with his clothes.

Wang Chengen lightly covered the quilt for Zhu Youzhen, looked at the latter's brows that were still locked even when he fell asleep, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

Emperor, it's too hard.