Chapter two hundred and nineteen.
"I dare to ask Lord Zhu, where will the troops be placed withdrew from Dongjiang? Where will the people be placed? Where will the salary be provided? Where will the food be provided? Where will the land be produced? Without Dongjiang, will Jiannu attack the capital again? Can Lord Zhu pay this responsibility? "
The most difficult official these days is the Minister of Revenue. Every year, Nanyin went to the Ministry of Revenue's treasury, but it scattered out before it was hot. The Minister of Revenue was different from other officials. During the Tianqi period, those officials shouted that Liaodong was fighting, Guo Yunhou, the Minister of Revenue, had already pinched the military expenses and refused to let go. When Bi Ziyan arrived, it was even more difficult to see the dark eyes. Finally, in the past two years, the military pay required by Dongjiang began to drop, allowing him to pinch the balance and use it elsewhere. Zhu Dadian wanted to find him a big money-spending.
Besides, spending money may not be a good thing. The Liao people are not well placed. This year, Shandong chaos has been in double digits for the imperial prison. Bi Ziyan doesn't want to be the next one.
Now he wants to slap Zhu Dadian two times.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, also stood up. He was not as excited as Bi Ziyan, but he still protected him slightly in his words.
"Your Majesty calmed down. Although the Dongjiang Army was domineering, it was indeed the Liaodong brigade, the Lu chaos, and the Bailian bandits. The Mao Jue army was settled in less than 10,000. Moreover, in the battle of Weihai, tens of thousands of beheaded. The military newspapers received by the Ministry of War were all verified. If such a unit dispersed, it would be a pity!"
"The merits are not worthy! Your Majesty! If you keep going for a long time, where is the majesty of the court?"
"Yes! I'm afraid other generals will follow suit and be punished!"
The most fearful thing in the Ming Dynasty was the group of censors. Originally, Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty set up them to supervise all officials, and the plan was good, but the privilege of being innocent was infinitely expanded. The censors became a weapon for party struggles. Like the boring scholars in Jiangnan, there were many officials who couldn't stand the existence of Dongjiang in the court. As soon as the two ministers finished speaking, the censors jumped out like a mad dog that could not wait to bite people, scrambling to bite.
Anyway, even if Dongjiang rebelled, it was not their responsibility. They would have to fight against the rebellion and the governor who would fight against the rebellion to get a headache.
However, Emperor Chongzhen kept bowing his head and silent.
Whether to punish Mao Jue, Yu Dacheng, whether to withdraw from Dongjiang, some shout to withdraw, some shout to withdraw, and some shout not to withdraw, the whole court began to lose control, and the quarrel was like a vegetable market. Looking at his master's head lowering his head and pondering, the eunuch Cao Huachun on the side was anxious, and suddenly raised the whisk. Outside the door, the golden gourd warrior who maintained the order of all officials suddenly entered one after another. The golden gourd hammer hit the ground, and finally, the chaotic court situation became silent.
He didn't care about this scene at all, and it was silent for a few seconds. Chongzhen finally raised his head, but looked at the Chief Minister Wen Tiren.
"Mr. Wen, what do you think?"
Recently, Zhou Yanru was defeated, and Wen Tiren became a dominant in the court. When he spoke, no matter which party or faction he had his eyes browsed, he had the ability to make a final decision.
However, Wen Tiren is not stupid, and he can't be the position of Chief Secretary. He is always familiar with his affairs. In this short time, this old guy has been observing Emperor Chongzhen's expression and pondering his heart. When asked, he is calm and unhurried.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Yu Dacheng married his daughter to Dongjiang Maojue as a concubine because he could not raise military funds!"
Some people were still confused, but Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly.
A smart person is sure! Wen Tiren's contemplation of Chongzhen was really thorough.
Originally, he received reports from several eunuchs that Emperor Chongzhen was full of anger, but when he heard Bi Ziyan and Zhang Fengyi's words, he had already begun to be reluctant to let go. While spending money, he might arouse a new rebellion. In the five years of Chongzhen, there were three battlefields in Shandong, Shanxi, and Nanzhili, and the emperor could no longer afford to do so, but he was indeed a little unwilling to accept it.
Wen Tiren gave a compromise plan.
Yu Dacheng has influence on Mao Jue, and Mao Jue can also control the Dongjiang Army! Otherwise, after something happened, why did they not die in the chaos army and still write a letter happily? Since that's the case, it would be best to keep Yu Dacheng and continue to control Dongjiang Town, keep it the same, and save money.
As for the 320,000 taels of silver military pay rewards mentioned by Mao Jue, since you, Yu Dacheng, have an influence on Mao Jue, then you will continue to influence. I wish you can have a few more daughters and give one to each Dongjiang Army. The court will definitely not pay the silver! This is also a manifestation of punishment.
In fact, these were all what Chongzhen thought in his heart, but they were raised by Wen Tiren. On the surface, Wen Tiren didn't say anything. He just said that he heard that Yu Dacheng married his daughter to Mao Jue as a concubine. What's wrong with it? With the steps, Chongzhen opened his mouth and broke the topic.
"What's wrong with the Ministry of Justice's Inspectorate's Discussion on former Governor Sun Yuanhua?"
Yu Dacheng could escape, but Sun Yuanhua could not. After all, this rebellion was caused by the Liao people, and the Liao army under his command had rebelled one after another. Even if he died, he would be held accountable! I knew in my heart that I could not defeat Yu Dacheng and Dongjiang, so the censor Lu Zhenfei jumped out again and started the harshly.
"Return to Your Majesty, the Inspectorate has taken the case against Sun Yuanhua for his crimes and should be the chief evil..."
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There was no telephone call in this era, and it was almost the end of August when the news reached Dengzhou.
However, the rebellion on the north and south battlefields that had plagued the Ming Empire for almost a year was finally issued. In the south, Saito Kojiro and other Japanese pirate leaders were surrounded by Ning Jin soldiers while attacking Yingtian. The iron cavalry in the north was indeed not comparable to those of the Southern Guards. They fought one day and one night and beheaded more than a thousand. Saito Gu died. The mother of the Ning Jin soldiers was raised and several were promoted. Several of them had great influence. Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong all had a reward of more than 200,000 taels of silver.
In contrast, Dongjiang became a stepmother. In addition to a few words of verbal condolences from the imperial edict, Mao Jue was still stuck on the deputy general. Even if he was just talking about rewards, he would do it without raining. He distributed a few pieces of gold and silver decorated in the palace as a souvenir for Mao Jue.
The only advantage is that Yu Dacheng, the official, was saved. He was transferred from the Shandong Governor to the Governor Denglai and replaced Sun Yuanhua's position.
As for Sun Yuanhua, this enlightened minister who was devoted to the country was completely unlucky and was held accountable and was appointed as the chief evil, deprived of fame and honor, demoted to common people, and his family was even exiled to Liaodong.
In early September, Dengzhou.
Although the official was saved, Yu Dacheng was not happy and was transferred to the governor of Denglai. The entire Denglai was the main battlefield. Not only did the ten families of the two palaces be empty, the treasury was also clean, and these were nothing. The problem was that the court had put the silver rewarded on the ground.
Where can he get the money to reward?
Because the eunuch came to announce the eunuch, Mao Jue gathered the entire army in the foreign port. Listening to the eunuch's ups and downs, the old guy's face couldn't help but twitch, and he looked at the arrogant soldiers and generals below in horror.
"You are very brave to kill the enemy, I am so happy..."
Mao Jue expanded his army very quickly. Many newly established regiments and new gangs did not participate in the rewards of the last battle of Dalinghe. They were praised by the imperial edict. They were still tall and did not notice that they were all the officers and veterans, listening to the imperial edict, knelt down and yawned. They finally waited for the eunuch to finish talking. When it was time to pay the salary, the veterans looked like this, and the new recruits' eyes were straight.
Indeed, the main wars were fought by artillery fleets in the more than a month of war, but they did not have any contribution to the head level. However, in the first battle of Dengzhou, many people still cut off their head level. Not to mention these, they only had external operations, and each person had a double salary. Until now, one person should have six taels of silver, but the silver lump in Fadao's hand was less than half a tael, which was simply fooling people!
A buzzing discussion suddenly became noisy.
Yu Dacheng's old face immediately turned pale. This month, his little power was completely lost. Although the mutiny that night was fake, it scared him very much, for fear that these arrogant soldiers would make a real act and take him as a money to tear him down.
However, a scene that surprised him happened again. After kneeling down and receiving the order, Mao Jue took a look, and the entire army became solemn again, silent. Even if some soldiers were muttering, a commander would walk to him heavily and scold him.
"Don't forget whose food you eat every day? Who spends money to make you eat as much as flowing water? What's the hurry?"
With a loud call, several regiments of Dongjiang Army and more than 5,000 auxiliary soldiers knelt down neatly, shouting long live the mountain, but the thank-you master still had a lot of perfunctory taste.
Dongjiang is becoming more and more dissipated, and it is becoming more and more the cold sword in Mao Jue's hand.
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This reward of the three armies finally came to an end to the chaos in Shandong. In this month, the refugees were eaten and transported by Mao Jue. On the first day of September, the Dongjiang Army finally embarked on the road to return.
"I heard that before going out to sea, throwing money into the water can pray for peace!"
"Really? Then I'll try it too!"
To be honest, the two or three coins of silver could not even pay for the food expenses for a few days. The Dongjiang Tieyi Army, which was used to being rich, did not take it seriously. Moreover, it was said that the Central Plains were good, Dengzhou was an empty city, and Laizhou was half-dead. Some counties were much poorer than Tieyi and could not even buy a box of cigarettes. The poor imperial court rewarded the silver in his pocket for several days. I don’t know which officer threw it into the sea with disdain, and immediately set off a fashion among the officers and soldiers. Emperor Chongzhen’s solemn reward was thrown into the sea without dignity while he was joking, stirring up small water columns.
On the shore, I couldn't bring back any specialties this time. A large group of soldiers were as eager to return home, rushing to board the boat with their luggage, while Mao Jue stood impatiently on the shore waiting.
Soon, a sedan chair finally arrived late.
He and Yu Dacheng are a political marriage. Anyway, there is a Chen Jiaoer, and he is bound to win this concubine. Otherwise, there would be no means to restrain Yu Dacheng. The civil servants can turn against each other faster than reading books. Only by pulling him into one of the sequences of killing the nine clans can this guy work hard for him.
Besides, he does whatever he wants, and does not have the troubles of Chen Jiaoer, especially for this personality Yu Le, Mao Jue has a bit of abnormal expectation.
"I have seen my son-in-law! The master also wants to see him off, but he is busy with business, so he won't come..."
The playboy-like sissy butler was really like a dog, and he became honest with each other. Now he wanted to kneel down and lick Mao Jue, nodding and bowing, and his face was full of anxiety. As for Yu Dacheng, his daughter was too embarrassing to be a concubine, so he didn't come at all.
He didn't bother with a little person like him, so Mao Jue pulled open the sedan door and inspected the goods. Who knew that when Mao Jue saw it inside, he was almost happy again.
He was really a perverted kidnapping as a perverted expectant.
For the sake of the whole family, Yu Dacheng didn't care whether his daughter was happy or not, and was afraid that something would happen if she could send her off. Yu Le'er was tied up directly. Her red bride clothes were wrapped tightly with ropes, and her small hands were tied up high behind her. Her slender legs were almost tied into a cocoon, especially her mouth was stuffed with the red veil she should have worn. Seeing Mao Jue looking around, the newly-promoted concubine's face turned red with anger, and she pouted her mouth and screamed at Mao Jue.
Two women accepted by Mao Jue, Suyi and Adrena, are normal, but according to feudal tradition, Chen Jiaoer is tied to the court, and Yu Le'er is actually tied to the house. It seems that this is going to become a tradition in his bandit Mao family, and he is not protesting at Yu Le. Mao Jue smiled and closed the curtain, and smiled and gestured backwards.
Chapter completed!