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Chapter 144: Forcing a good girl to become an adulterer
Clear your mouth.

Yang Shaobao was sitting on the high chair with his legs crossed and a teacup in his hand.

All in all, he looked very proud.

Behind him, three thousand retinues of cavalry were arrayed, each holding a spear of eight feet, with small flags on the spears for hunting.

The helmet is bright and the armor is bright, and he also has a murderous attitude.

However, these can indeed be considered truly elite. Although there were heavy casualties in the last battle in Texas, those who survived have all been promoted to the first level, and can be on the same level as the Eight Banners Manchuria Baya Lahu and the Wu family's servants. After all, as long as a well-trained army has experienced a real battle with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, it will immediately change. Yang Feng's three thousand followers were well-equipped and well-trained. The only thing they lacked before was the training of real bloody battles.

After all, their previous combat experience was just following Yang Feng in chasing down the Qing army like a lost dog.

The latter just wanted to run away and had no intention of fighting them desperately. What's more, all the battles during the period were surrounded by Qing troops with several times their superior numbers.

But this time, three thousand retinues followed Yang Feng and rushed to the other side of the river to tens of thousands of Qing troops.

Those who survive such a battle are elites.

The powerful gentry also admires force!

"This must all be done according to the rules. This is all an imperial edict. Your Majesty is wise. My poor brothers have been loyal to the country and specially allocated this batch of money and food for military pay. Now hundreds of thousands of brothers are waiting. They have just defeated the Jianlu , 30,000 were killed in battle alone. How many wives and children of fallen soldiers are waiting for money from their sacrifices to survive, and how many injured brothers are still waiting for money to buy medicine for treatment. In Huai'an alone, there are hundreds of wives and children of brothers killed in battle. Wait.

That’s it!
Those refugees cultivate the land of the Yang family, eat the food of the Yang family, and their children are still studying in the Yang family's school. Even if they are sick, they are treated by the Yang family's hospital, and they use the medicine that is said to be a fairy. Many diseases can be cured with just one pill. It can be said that life, old age, illness and death are all taken care of by the Yang family. What does this mean if it is not a part of the story?
In fact, none of them can match their loyalty to Yang Shaobao. To be precise, they are all Yang Shaobao's fanatical believers.

In fact, Lin Qingye also attracted many people from North Korea.

What's more, many of them were the servants of Liu Zeqing, Bai Guangen, and even Li Fuming in the past. It can be said that they all have experienced a hundred battles and have extremely rich experience in small-scale combat. In a single battle, they can't lose to the Eight Banners Manchu Baya. Rahu.

Well, that's what they really want.

With them as the backbone and a large number of Yang family songs...

Of course, Yang Feng had no interest in caring about what they were thinking, they just wanted to listen to him.

Yang Shaobao said in a loud voice like a landlady in a certain movie.

After all, we will still have to take action against North Korea in the future, and having a group of North Koreans in our hands will be very useful.

There were also those brought back by Yang Feng from Liaodong before. In fact, Ahanikans continued to escape after that, especially when hardcore farmers entered the border in large numbers, many Ahanikans also took the opportunity to escape.

难？
Can you have difficulty with them?
If there are difficulties, overcome them, but the imperial edict is the imperial edict. As ministers, we must obey the edict. We must obey the edict if there are no difficulties, and we must obey the edict if we overcome difficulties.

They are now also counted as Yangfeng villagers.

All the people are soldiers and fortresses, and they all advocate force.

And these villagers are engaged in reserve service, with a full set of reserves and reserves. In fact, it can be said that all the people are soldiers, because women also need to undergo military training. Even their villages are Wubao-style, and even some of them are backed by mountains. They are all mountainous cities, and these villagers, together with those tenant farmers who have strengthened the control of the gentry, together form the current social system of Yangfeng's core control area, which is southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu.

With the rebuilt Dongjiang Town and Lushun area in the hands of the Ming army, it would be much easier for them to escape.

"That won't work either!"

During the Five Hus and Southern and Northern Dynasties era, didn’t any of the powerful northerners dare to use cavalry to penetrate them?
Besides, the people in this area were originally simple and simple, and even in the past they liked to fight and kill.

Who doesn’t want to be the Duke of the country?
This is an investment.

In this system, Yang Feng is the king. The bankers are all his fanatical believers, and the powerful are all his supporters. He is as invincible on the battlefield as Li Shimin, and the powerful are as loyal as Li Ji who follows Li Shimin. After all, he follows Li Shimin. Yang Feng just followed the bright future. Short-term interests were not important. If Yang Feng wanted to do a census, they would do a census. If he wanted them to reduce rent for tenants, they would reduce rent. After all, the future is the most important thing.

At present, the Yang family's households have spread all over southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu. The total population is no less than 500,000, and it is still increasing. Especially with the slavery of Northern Zhili, they have to abandon their homes and flee south. There are more and more people in the country, and Yang Feng is their main choice.

Otherwise, how could it be called an imperial edict? "

He continued to speak to Jiang Yuguang, Zhan Shifu of Nanjing Zhanshi Mansion, in this tone.

The latter just looked at him quietly.

At this time, Lu Zhenfei had resigned due to illness...

Resigned.

On the one hand, his relationship with Yang Feng is a little too good, and on the other hand, he is a native of Northern Zhili. At this time, he still occupies the extremely fat position of Governor of Water Transport. It is indeed difficult for the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to tolerate it. The subordinates already belong to our Qing Dynasty. Even if he is an old minister, he should consciously give way to others. But it was impossible to remove him from his post, because the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs did not have the power to replace the governor of water transportation, and it was impossible for Li Zicheng to give them an order, so Jiang Yueguang could only be asked to persuade him to complain about his illness and then help him in Nanjing. Get a garden, and then you can retire.

Lu Zhenfei didn't want to get involved when Yang Feng was about to cause trouble, so he went to Nanjing to recuperate.

Then when the Governor of Water Transport was recuperating, Jiang Yueguang, the Zhan Shifu of Nanjing Zhanshi Mansion, was acting as an agent in Huai'an. Although his official was an East Palace official and was rarely seen, he was actually of a very high level.

The third-level official, the same level as the deputy censor of the capital.

"Feng Sheng, I have a relationship with your father, and we were once brothers. Today we have to speak frankly. Nanjing's current annual income is only 5 million, and the remaining 3.6 million is given to Zuo Liangyu and other four towns. It’s only 1.4 million. It’s true that Fengsheng wants 3 million. I can only give you 1 million at most. If you insist on these 3 million, you can only embezzle it from Zuo Liangyu and other four towns, but just As Fengsheng said, their millions of brothers are also waiting for this military salary to support their families. Now the emperor is hunting in the west, the rebels are occupying the capital, Zhang Xianzhong is wreaking havoc on Sichuan, Huguang is devastated, and the chieftains in the southwest are rebelling one after another. If it is difficult, the whole world is in trouble. It’s difficult. Since we are all His Majesty’s ministers, we should work together to overcome the difficulties.”

He said.

At this time, it was already Zuo Liangyu and other four towns.

Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong and Gao Jie, among whom Gao Jie was stationed in Yangzhou.

Historically, the Yangzhou gentry blocked Gao Jie from entering Yangzhou, and even caused Gao Jie to attack Yangzhou. Huang Degong fought with Gao Jie, but this time he successfully entered Yangzhou.

The reason is very simple. After Qiu Lei was transferred to the north by Lu Zhenfei to follow Yang Feng, no matter who Yang Feng or Dorgon wins next, there is a possibility of going south. The Nanjing Gonggun princes are not stupid either. In this situation They had guessed it a long time ago, so in this case someone must stop Huaiyang.

In fact, this was the reason why they forced Lu Zhenfei to resign.

He should not support Yang Feng, but should let Yang Feng suffer greater losses, and at the same time let Qiu Lei prepare to stop Yang Feng or Dorgon from going south in Huai'an, but he actually asked Qiu Lei to go north to reinforce Yang Feng in order to take the overall situation into consideration. This behavior undoubtedly proves his unreliability. The Nanjing Gungun princes need someone who can stop Yang Feng from going south, not someone who can cooperate with Yang Feng for the overall situation. So he was squeezed out and replaced by Jiang Yueguang, a native of Jiangxi. At the same time, he pressed the heads of Yangzhou salt merchants and forced them to accept the entry of Gao Jie, an old bandit, with tears.

Just bear with it!
They can bribe Dodo with 300,000 yuan, and of course they can tolerate Gao Jie.

But Huai'an was still retained by Qiu Lei. Although Qiu Lei is still in Linqing and has not come back, his Huai'an general remains unchanged. After all, it is said that Yang Feng once beat Qiu Lei severely, which made the Dukes of Nanjing inevitably high. Take a look at him.

Of course, Gao Jie's general Li Benzhen is currently stationed in Huai'an City to prevent Yang Feng from crossing the Yellow River.

He is now behind Jiang Yueguang. He is currently a deputy general. If someone with a status like Yang Shaobao comes to Qingkou, he will definitely come to see him.

In fact, Gao Jie has been trying to hook up with Yang Feng...

After all, Yang Feng kept shouting that he and Li Zicheng had a grudge against his father, which made Gao Jie, who had a cuckold feud with Li Zicheng, feel more cordial.

"No money? No money to borrow. I can borrow money from the Shandong Tongshan Association to fight the war. Why can't you borrow money from the Jiangnan gentry?

It's not like I borrowed it from them in vain.

We pay interest. This is called a national debt. Your Majesty is in Xi'an now. We can only rely on ourselves for some things. If the annual income is insufficient, what else can we do besides borrowing money? "

Yang Feng said with a very pure look.

"Feng Sheng, this matter is ultimately a matter of your will and mine, and we can't force it."

Jiang Yueguang said while stroking his beard.

"That means you borrowed it but they refused?"

Yang Feng said.

"Of course."

Jiang Yueguang said without warning.

Yang Feng patted the table but found that there was no table. Then he dropped the tea cup and stood up suddenly. In Jiang Yueguang's stunned eyes, he seemed to be a different person filled with indignation...

"It's simply ignorant. This generation has been blessed by the Ming Dynasty for many generations. When the country is in crisis, they don't want to repay the emperor's favor and spend all their money to save the country. However, they are not even willing to borrow money. They are simply a bunch of unscrupulous people. Don't worry, Shibo. It's hard to say that I am someone else, but I still have some skills in persuading people to do good deeds. If you lend money and they don't want to do it, let me lend it to you and see who dares to do it. Don't worry, I'm not only willing to do it. Borrowing his own money, as well as borrowing from other towns, Nanjing's annual income of five million is indeed too small, and at least another five million must be borrowed to stop the Jianlu from going south.

Five million taels.

I'll borrow it from you! "

Yang Feng said.

Jiang Yueguang woke up instantly and knew that he had done something stupid.

"Feng Sheng, that's not what I meant."

he said anxiously.

"You don't need to say more, I understand. You are old, and you have many old friends from Jiangnan wealthy families. You can't wipe it off. It is really inconvenient for you. My nephew has no such worries. Although Xiankao does have some friends in Jiangnan, but now Yang is doing it for the country and His Majesty, so he doesn’t care about these personal relationships. Brothers, cross the river and let’s borrow money from a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. If we borrow five million taels, we want three million taels.”

Yang Feng looked at Li Benzhen behind Jiang Yueguang and said meaningfully.

After saying that, he directly pushed Jiang Yueguang away. The latter wanted to continue shouting, but the two subordinates nearby blocked his mouth and then dragged him aside. Jiang Yueguang struggled hard and looked at him with his eyes. Li Benzhen asked for help, but the latter turned around and ran away with his soldiers without hesitation, then rushed to the nearest boat and sailed to the south bank. However, Yang Feng led his men and boarded the waiting sand ships directly under Jiang Yueguang's desperate eyes. The trade between him and Huai'an was prosperous, and a large number of his ships had actually arrived in Huai'an long ago. After all, Huai'an was all the way to the north. In the areas under his control, whether you take the canal, the Salt River, or the sea, you are all on his territory.

The fleet has been prepared for a long time.

Yang Feng was still waiting for Jiang Yueguang in Qingkou, just to find a reason to go south to cause trouble.

Nanjing really has no money.

He knew this very well.

Even if he went to Nanjing to hang Shi Kefa and beat him, he still couldn't get three million taels.

But the Jiangnan gentry has a lot of money. Needless to say, if he goes to Jiangnan, he can go to Huai'an and Yangzhou to plunder and get three million at his fingertips.

And it can be done in any city.

But he is a governor and not a money grab. He has to switch from a governor's salary to a legal money grab.

legitimate!

Stealing money must also be legal.

it's OK now.

It is true that the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs has a total annual income of 5 million, and 3.6 million is used to provide for the four towns. The remaining money is 1.4 million, and it also has to support the navy and other armies. In fact, it cannot make ends meet. Yes, giving him one million is indeed the limit that Shi Kefa can do. But Shi Kefa has no money, so he can borrow it from the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. The emperor is hunting in the west. Everyone knows the situation. At this time, you have to find a way by yourself. If your annual income is insufficient, you will find a way to make it enough. If you don't have money, you can borrow from those who are rich. It's not Take it for free, give them interest, give them a false title and then engrave it on the tablet.

If the gentry refused to lend, Yang Shaobao would help him. Yang Shaobao went to personally persuade the gentry to borrow money.

But this is not Yang Shaobao borrowing money himself. This is Yang Shaobao helping Nanjing Household Bureau borrow money from the Jiangnan gentry. This is Yang Feng helping Shi Kefa borrow money. If Nanjing Household Bureau has another five million taels, it can not only give him three million, but also Other towns also have their share...

Didn't Jiang Yueguang panic him and threaten him to embezzle three million from the other four towns, and then lead the other four towns to besiege him?
Sorry, that's not possible, now I'm helping them steal money.

Soon the sand boat transporting the first batch of retinues and cavalry crossed the Yellow River. At the same time, Li Benzhen's boat encountered a rapid and was pushed downstream by the surging Yellow River water. This situation is very common in Qingkou, and it was definitely not his intention. , when he finally landed not far downstream, the retinue led by Yang Shaobao had already rushed towards Huai'an City. Then Lieutenant General Li chased after him hard, trying to get to Huai'an before he could reach the city and gather his troops to close the city and fulfill his duty as a guard. However, no matter how he chased after him, he was just a little late.

He just watched Yang Feng rush into Huai'an City with his retinue of cavalry while the defenders in the city were unprepared.

(End of this chapter)