Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 170 The emperor’s grace is great, rewarding the border troops!
After receiving these three military letters, the Cabinet Chief Minister Xu Pu felt half relieved and half worried.

Setting fire to a warehouse is really a last resort and it is something you have to do when you are forced into a corner.

If there was still room for choice, Xu Pu would not want to resort to this bad idea.

Although setting fire to the warehouse could prevent the East Factory's investigation, it would inevitably anger His Majesty.

I don’t know how His Majesty will react when he knows about this.

But now, we can only take one step at a time.

When the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth; there is always a way out!

So Xu Pu pretended to draft the three military letters and then handed them over to the Imperial Household Department, who then forwarded the military letters to Zhu Youtang.

Soon, these three military letters appeared on Zhu Youtang's dragon desk along with other memorials.

When Zhu Youtang saw the contents of these three military letters, his face suddenly turned gloomy.

Zhu Youtang had just asked the East Factory to investigate the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Revenue regarding the issue of food and salary for the border towns.

As a result, Xuanfu, Liaodong and Suzhou were attacked by the enemy soon after, and they had to adopt the strategy of scorching the walls and clearing the fields.

How could it be such a coincidence?!

They said they were clearing the countryside, but in reality, a fire dragon burned down the warehouse, leaving no evidence.

These border generals were so bold that they didn't even take him, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, seriously!
"Someone, let Liu Jin come to see me!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Soon, Liu Jin, sweating all over and panting, ran to Zhu Youtang and saluted.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

"Liu Jin, has the East Factory obtained the fish scale books of the soldiers from the border towns?"

"How many officers and soldiers are registered in Xuanfu?"

"Your Majesty, the East Factory has obtained the fish scale books of the border town garrisons from the Ministry of Revenue."

"There are more than 112,000 officials registered in Xuanfu, and the East Factory is currently conducting an investigation."

Zhu Youtang slapped the dragon table and said, "No need to check."

"what?!"

Liu Jin was dumbfounded. He had previously investigated the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, but stopped after only three days.

The inspection of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War has not even started for three days. Why haven’t they stopped checking yet?

Liu Jin was at a loss, wondering if some door of the East Factory was opened incorrectly, causing the feng shui to be disturbed. At this time, Zhu Youtang had already given another order.

"You will lead the team immediately and withdraw 300,000 taels of silver from the Ming Bank. Transport them to Xuanfu, Datong, Liaodong and other places in turn to reward the three armies. Each soldier will be rewarded with one tael of silver."

Zhu Youtang's face was gloomy, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent: "You will lead a thousand Dongchang guards to follow, and bring thirty supervisory censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate with you."

"Remember, all the silver must be handed over personally by you to every officer and soldier in the border town."

"Count the exact number of officers and soldiers in the border town for me!"

Liu Jin's eyes widened, shocked by this bombshell news.

After being stunned for three seconds, he quickly kowtowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will obey your command!"

Zhu Youtang's move was not only aimed at the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue, but he was openly targeting the border generals!
But border generals are different from civil officials, they have soldiers under their command!
Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of angering the border generals by doing this?

If it's a border general...

Liu Jin didn't dare to think about it anymore. Even he felt that Zhu Youtang was too overbearing and did not leave any way for the border generals to survive.

But for Liu Jin, Zhu Youtang's orders were more important than anything else, and he absolutely could not disobey Zhu Youtang's orders.

So after Zhu Youtang dismissed Liu Jin, Liu Jin immediately found Gao Feng, the president of the Ming Bank, and withdrew silver from him.

Since its opening, the Ming Bank immediately accumulated a large amount of cash for Zhu Youtang.

Although this money actually belongs to the common people.

But Zhu Youtang could temporarily withdraw the silver from here for emergency use.

In addition, branches in the five places of Yingtian Prefecture, Zhejiang Prefecture, Yuezhou Prefecture, Shuzhou Prefecture and Chang'an Prefecture have been opened one after another.

The inter-bank withdrawal fees alone brought Daming Bank a considerable amount of income.

When Gao Feng saw Zhu Youtang's edict, he did not dare to neglect it and immediately asked his eunuchs to raise 300,000 taels of silver.

At the same time, Liu Jin also returned to the East Factory and summoned a thousand East Factory men, asking them to prepare to escort the silver to Xuanfu.

He then went to the Censorate to dispatch thirty censors and asked them to prepare quickly and set out the next day.

Soon, the news that Zhu Youtang was going to reward the soldiers in the border towns began to spread in the capital.

After hearing the news, Xu Pu, Liu Daxia and Yu Shen finally smiled with relief.

"Your Majesty has stopped the investigation of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, and is also going to reward the soldiers in the border towns. This is great news."

"Is your majesty's move an active gesture of goodwill towards us and the border generals?"

"It's possible. After all, the border generals command a large number of troops and work hard to defend the border for Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty should not make it too difficult for them."

"Haha, this is great! Your Majesty gave up the audit, and the soldiers at the border town also received rewards. This is really the best of both worlds... no, the best of all three, hahaha!"

"..."

Because three hundred thousand taels of silver was not a small sum, Gao Feng also worked all night to raise the three hundred thousand taels.

It was then loaded into fifteen horse-drawn carriages and handed over to Liu Jin, the director of the East Factory.

After Liu Jin took over the fifteen carriages, he immediately set off with a thousand Dongchang men and thirty censors.

However, after seeing that there were censors in Liu Jin's team, Xu Pu couldn't laugh anymore and frowned unconsciously. "Why did Liu Jin bring thirty censors with him?!"

"What on earth does your majesty mean by this?"

It is not normal to send the Censor to accompany the East Factory to the border town to transport the reward silver.

The Supervisory Censors and the Six Departments are part of the supervisory system. What on earth do these people want to do by going to the border towns?!

Could it be that Your Majesty is still determined to check the accounts and wants to send people directly to the border town to check the accounts? !

This is really unreasonable!

Liu Daxia came to his senses somewhat and gave a stiff smile: "Maybe... Your Majesty doesn't trust the East Factory, so he asked the Censor to keep an eye on it to prevent Liu Jin from stealing from the company?"

Xu Pu glanced at Liu Daxia, who also felt that his own joke was not funny.

Liu Daxia put away his smile and his expression became solemn.

……

The news that Zhu Youtang gave silver to reward soldiers in border towns quickly spread to all border towns.

Xuanfu was naturally the first border town to receive the news. After hearing the news, Yang Tong, the general of Xuanfu, laughed heartily.

"Yes, Your Majesty is very considerate of us soldiers stationed in the border towns!"

"Look, after the warehouse was burned down, His Majesty immediately sent people to deliver rewards and silver to appease the army. Hahahaha, he is truly a wise ruler!"

Yang Tong swept away the gloom that had been in his mind for many days and laughed heartily with pride.

Once the reward money is delivered to him, how to divide it will be entirely up to him, right?

This amount of silver was just enough to make up for the silver he lost because the Ministry of War cut the supply of armor and firearms to Xuanfu.

In this way, he can be said to have made a huge profit in this game!

Yang Tong laughed happily, and Yang Kui, Zhou Hongyi and Yang Qing beside him also smiled.

The matter finally came to an end and they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Such an ending is naturally what they would like to see.

So when Liu Jin came to Xuanfu with the East Factory men and 300,000 taels of silver and knocked on the gate, Yang Tong personally led a team to the city to welcome Liu Jin.

"Eunuch Liu, nice to meet you. I have long admired you!"

Yang Tong laughed and bowed to Liu Jin, his tone full of intimacy.

Liu Jin also smiled and bowed: "General Yang has been stationed in the border town for decades, and has made great contributions. I have long admired General Yang."

The two exchanged greetings and the atmosphere was harmonious. If one looked at them without knowing the situation, one would think they were a pair of close friends who had met each other too late.

After the greetings were almost over, Yang Tong bowed and said, "Eunuch Liu, it's getting late. You have worked hard on the journey. I have prepared a feast in the army to entertain you all."

"Please hand over the reward money that Your Majesty has given us."

After Yang Tong finished speaking, Zhou Hongyi, who was standing behind him, took two steps forward and saluted Liu Jin with his fists clasped.

The meaning is very clear. Hand over the silver to us quickly, and your mission will be completed. You can go back to the capital.

Under normal circumstances, this is indeed the process.

The people in the capital are only responsible for transporting the silver to the border towns, and the rest is the internal affairs of the soldiers in the border towns.

But this time, it's different.

Liu Jin still had a smile on his face, but what he said made the smiles on Yang Tong and Zhou Hongyi's faces freeze.

"Your Majesty has ordered that the silver for rewarding the border troops must be personally delivered to each soldier by our East Factory and the Supervisory Censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"I will only give one tael of silver per person. I dare not ask General Yang for help."

Yang Tong couldn't laugh anymore: "Why bother? It will be the same if you hand the silver to me."

Liu Jin still smiled: "Haha, it is really the emperor's order that cannot be disobeyed. I dare not be lazy, for fear of attracting His Majesty's punishment."

Yang Tong put away the smile on his face and his expression became serious: "So there is no room for negotiation?"

Although Liu Jin felt helpless, he continued to insist and did not compromise.

"General Yang, please stop making things difficult for us. Please call all the soldiers stationed in Xuanfu to gather at the parade ground."

"It would be better if we pay out the money earlier so we can leave earlier, right?"

As Liu Jin spoke, he took out one or two taels of silver and placed them in front of Yang Tong.

"How about we start with you, General Yang? Here is one ounce of silver given to you by His Majesty. Please keep it."

Yang Tong's face turned pale and he was filled with rage.

Liu Jin took out one or two taels of silver to reward him, which was like slapping him in the face in public. It was a naked humiliation!

How could Yang Tong, the general commander of Xuanfu, be interested in this little bit of silver?

But after all, these two silver coins were awarded to him by Zhu Youtang. It was impossible for him to do anything disrespectful in front of so many people.

Yang Tong took the silver from Liu Jin and said with gritted teeth: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"

After Yang Tong finished speaking, he turned and left with hatred.

At the same time, he did not forget to give an order to Yang Kui: "Yang Kui, gather your soldiers and receive the reward from His Majesty!"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

Yang Kui's eyes were also full of anger. He stared at Liu Jin and answered loudly!
　Thanks to Master Tianfuzhizhu for his 18 monthly votes! Thanks to Tianyagongshiji for his starting coins! I saw your comment, but I really can’t not write about the harem. I only wrote less than words about the harem this time, and it will take a long time before I write about the harem...

　　
　
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