please make me king

Chapter 711 Murder

Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, had just clarified the "Yi Shou", Chongzhen should not frown, and asked: "Shun bandits are fierce and hard to control, if they don't benefit the soldiers, how can they get them?"

Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, thought to himself: Are you talking nonsense?If I, Ming, had enough food and soldiers, they would all be crushed up and down, so would it be necessary for me to work so hard to devise a war strategy?
Before he could reply in the future, Hou Xun, Minister of the Household Department, took the lead in objecting: "Reporting to Your Majesty, since last year I still owe more than two million taels of salary and silver rewards, and now I am using troops. If I can't live within my means, I am afraid that in an emergency, the imperial court will be punished." There is nothing you can do!"

Originally, Bi Ziyan was the Minister of the Household Department of the imperial court, but Bi Ziyan was quite good at financial management. When the Ming court could not collect taxes according to the amount, he still tried his best to maintain it.

And when Bi Ziyan was imprisoned for other things, the court replaced him with Hou Xun.

Hou Xun, the new Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is also quite capable. After taking over, he will be able to "lack the salary of the soldiers, do nothing to send more, and have a lot of transfers."

Although the imperial court has a "clever woman" like Hou Xun to support it, but there is not enough "rice for cooking", he still has nothing to do.

The art of financial management is mysterious, but for the Ming court, it was nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

Since Hou Xun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took office, he "doesn't do anything to send more people", so naturally he can only make a fuss about throttling expenditure.

So when Chongzhen proposed a "two-sided" attack, Hou Xun was the first to stand up and object.

Let you talk about breaking the sky, the court has no money, what do you say?
You object when it is said to increase distribution and salary, and you say that you have no money when it is said to use troops. Well, you Hou Xun, what are you in the mood for?

The last person who did this almost lost his life. Do you think you are much better than him?
Chongzhen couldn't help being furious when he heard the words, but he was well restrained and didn't show it for a while.

Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, saw that the situation was not good, and quickly interjected: "The four towns and three sides of Shaanxi have two or three hundred thousand soldiers. How can we say that there are no soldiers? As long as one governor is employed, within a year, one hundred thousand elite soldiers can be obtained. !"

Chongzhen's anger subsided a little, and it seemed that Hou Xun, Shangshu of the Household Department, took a look and continued to ask: "In this case, let Liang Tingdong do it as soon as possible!"

"I know this attack and defense, but what should I do if I don't know this cover?"

Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, was a little relieved this time. It was really difficult to serve such a master.

He quickly responded: "The so-called cover refers to the governor of Henan."

"Since the Shun bandits are based in Luoyang, from Songshan Mountain to the east to Shandong, Nanzhili and other places, they are all flat and fertile for thousands of miles."

"Nowadays there are thieves rushing in and offering Cao Sweeping, which has already caused serious disasters. If the Shun thieves are allowed to gather with them, cut off the water transportation, and seize the grain, I fear that the Great Ming Dynasty will no longer be owned by Your Majesty!"

"Hmph!" Zhu Youjian couldn't help shouting angrily when he heard this, which made Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, tremble and almost knelt down.

"Continue talking!" Zhu Youjian sullenly looked like he was going to eat people.

"Yes!" Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, did not dare to continue to say these harsh words, so he had to change the subject and said, "In my opinion, it is time for the governor of Henan to gather the old troops of Xuanmo, recruit all the soldiers from the government of Kaifeng, and select and train the elite. Yu, advance can be attacked, push can be defended, and you must not let the Shun bandits join forces with the bandits from Chuang Xian Cao Sao!"

Chongzhen frowned and said: "More than ten thousand soldiers and horses may not be enough. Once the bandits march eastward vigorously, I am afraid that Kaifeng will not be enough to defend them. Please benefit their soldiers and horses!"

"This..." Zhang Fengyi, Minister of the Ministry of War, looked at Chongzhen in embarrassment, and had to succumb: "In Nanzhili, there are still three thousand Sichuan soldiers under Sui Chen's general soldier Luo Ju, Xuzhou's deputy general soldier Ma Yu, and eunuch Lu Jiude. , can help Fengyang Governor Zhu Dadian."

"Analyzing Zukuan's first battalion of Liaodong iron cavalry, Henan governor Fu Zonglong, and Yishanxi deputy commander Hu Dawei's first battalion, there should be no danger!"

Chongzhen nodded in satisfaction and said: "Yes! I just don't know if the Ministry of Households has food support?"

Hou Xun, Shangshu of the Household Department heard the words and replied with a bitter face: "For the three governors, the Household Department can only spend [-] taels. If there is any shortage, please issue internal funds to make up for it!"

Internal funds are also the royal private treasury.Hou Xunbei had no choice but to kick the ball to Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian.

But Zhu Youjian's family knows about his own affairs, and his internal money has already started to run rats, so how can he have extra money with him?

Zhu Youjian sucked his teeth and answered after a while: "Well, I will make up another [-] taels from the internal funds, and allocate [-] taels to Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transport and governor of Fengyang, Liang Tingdong, the governor of the three sides, and Fu Zonglong, the governor of Henan. Seventy thousand taels, here it is!"

Wen Tiren, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, Zhang Fengyi, Minister of Military Affairs, Hou Xun, Minister of Household Affairs, and others looked at each other after hearing the words, and finally had no choice but to retreat.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, no matter what the government and the people are capable of, after all, a penny can't beat a hero, and the lords and lords are powerless.

Not to mention how the government and the opposition reacted, let's say that after Zhang Shun was cleaned up by Ma Yingniang and Gao Guiying, he returned to the house and was known by all the girls. They didn't help him at all, but complained about him.

It turned out that since Zhang Shun was seriously injured last time, all the girls had lingering fears, for fear that similar things would happen again.

Now that Ma Yingniang is willing to teach her a lesson, all the girls can't wait for her, so why would she stand by his side?
Seeing that Zhang Shun really couldn't deny it, he had no choice but to rely on Ma Yingniang, and he got up early and worked late every day, riding horses and practicing guns.

Ma Yingniang was originally newlywed, seeing that Zhang Shun followed her way, she couldn't help but give him some sweet treats.

So, by the way, Zhang lived the painful and happy days of riding a horse and practicing guns during the day, and "riding a horse and practicing guns" at night.

In particular, the two have become better at riding skills over time, and from time to time they can also play some high-end skills of practicing spears on horseback, which only makes Gao Guiying's heart very hot.

However, Ma Yingniang is used to eating alone, where can she be allowed?
Only when she had enough to eat and drink every day, would she call Gao Guiying to go in and pick up some leftovers to barely satisfy her hunger.

Just coming and going again and again, Zhang Shun couldn't bear it.Hu Chihai drank for a few days, but his face was pale, his steps were sloppy, and he yawned all day long.

If Li Xiangliu saw him, he also said that he was overtrained and lost both energy and blood.You hastily prescribed some nourishing medicines for him, and Zhang Shun's complexion turned rosy.

In contrast, these people, Ma Yingniang and Gao Guiying, seemed to have taken Shiquan Dabu pills. They were not only beautiful in appearance, but also full of energy, which formed a sharp contrast with Zhang Shun.

That morning, Ma Yingniang and Gao Guiying were still asleep.By the way, Zhang pulled a reclining chair, covered a quilt and lay there in a daze.

He suddenly woke up when he heard a knock on the door in the yard, and shouted "Come in".

Immediately, Wang Jinyi sneaked in through the crack of the door, saw Zhang Shun was there, ran over quickly, and asked strangely, "Where are the two ladies?"

"Sleeping!" Zhang Shun replied in a neutral tone.

"Master, you're really good at it!" Wang Jinyi couldn't help giving a thumbs up, and he learned this gesture from Zhang Shun.

"That's it!" Zhang Shun couldn't help feeling a bit complacent when he heard that.

"Eh..." Wang Jinyi saw his expression, how could he have misunderstood?

He hastily handed him the letter in his hand and corrected him, "I mean this one!"

Zhang Shunhaoxuan spat out a mouthful of old blood, he lowered his head to open it, and suddenly he was completely relieved of sleepiness, so he couldn't help yelling "Hello".

It turned out that the letter said: After Chuangxian Cao Sanying went east, he joined forces with King Sweeping Di and Emperor Gu Yuan Zhenlong to break Fengyang, and the world shook.

(End of this chapter)