Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Wu Sangui was overjoyed when he heard that the imperial court had taken the bait and sent him money, grain and materials. He immediately summoned the people who escorted the grain and grass to the main tent to pay the account.

This time, Shanxi sent the same Hu Cao master who had transported supplies to him several times. They were all old acquaintances. After entering the tent to greet him, Wu Sangui specially gave him a seat.

After the two parties exchanged greetings, the chief clerk explained without waiting for Wu Sangui to ask: "The reason why Shanxi's transportation of supplies is late this time is actually because the ordnance requested by the Marquis allocated by the Ministry of Industry has not arrived."

Wu Sangui's face turned cold: "What do you mean?"

The official quickly explained: "Because the ordnance from the Ministry of Industry has not arrived, the ordnance the Marquis needs this time has not been shipped."

Wu Sangui was furious when he heard this: "What? Are you trying to stall me before the ordnance arrives? If you delay my battle or cause my defeat due to ordnance problems, you Shanxi will be responsible."

The chief clerk quickly waved his hands: "No, no, no, how dare we prevaricate the Marquis? Let alone delay the Marquis's military affairs. It's not that you don't know, Marquis, that the ordnance and equipment you need are all allocated by the Ministry of Industry , even if we in Shanxi want to give it to you, where can we get it?”

This is true, no wonder Shanxi.

Wu Sangui sat down angrily: "What about the food and supplies I need?"

The chief clerk began to complain: "It has been almost a year. Wu Hou has been fighting endlessly, and I have exhausted all my money in Shanxi. However, Wu Hou's request this time is really huge. For this reason——"

Upon hearing this, Wu Sangui's face immediately turned cold again: "What do you mean?"

"Xiaguan means that we have exhausted the original fiscal transfer payment. If we need more money and food, we can only rely on fiscal allocations from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the Ministry of Household Affairs has been dragging its feet."

Wu Sangui heard this and punched the table: "What? How dare you wait for the military plane so slowly? I am short of food, grass, and cotton clothes for the winter? Whether the Ministry of Revenue allocates funds has nothing to do with me. You are responsible for my logistics, so I will ask you. . Come here, pull this bastard out and kill him."

The sergeant rushed in like a wolf and tiger. Without any explanation, he immediately took down the master's book and pushed it out.

The chief clerk quickly shouted: "It's not that Shanxi won't do it. I know the commander is nervous, so I sent you a batch first."

Upon hearing this, Wu Sangui became even more angry and wanted to continue the execution on the spot. But Wu Zhimao next to him said: "Slowly——"

Wu Sangui turned around in confusion. Wu Zhimao echoed: "Don't push it too hastily, just let Shanxi continue to deliver it."

Wu Sangui nodded and suddenly shouted: "Execution."

With a scream, the head of the bookkeeper fell to the ground.

He put his head in a wooden box and yelled at the chief clerk: "Bring this to Shanxi King Weiwei. He must transport all the remaining supplies within half a month. Otherwise, I will lead my troops to him." Taiyuan asked for it.”

Wu Zhimao stamped his feet: "My lord, what can you do if you force Shanxi to break up like this?"

Wu Sangui said calmly: "They can still squeeze out a little bit for us this time. Wang Weiyi doesn't dare to break up with me, which means they still want to fulfill our requirements. But they have to keep pushing to get more."

Wu Zhimao thought about it, it was the same reason. There will be no more dissuasion.

Wang Weiwei hugged the chief clerk's head and burst into tears. A good official subordinate was killed by Wu Sangui like this, but you still have no way to reason with him.

However, Shanxi's finances were strictly managed, and everything that could be taken out was taken out. There was really nothing that could be done. Gritting his teeth, he wrote to the court again, requesting that Wu Sangui's needs should be allocated as soon as possible, or the court would issue an official document telling Wu Sangui that these supplies would not be provided.

However, the court's reply came belatedly, with a few cold words: "The military needs must be supplied, please wait patiently." Then nothing more happened. As for Wu Sangui, there were three reminders a day, and Wang Weiwei had no choice but to reply with small talk. In the end, he couldn't bear it any longer, so Wang Weiyi had to go to the Taiyuan Central Bank to get an emergency loan first.

As a result, the president Wang Bin, who had always cooperated tacitly, told him with a cold face this time: "The emperor has ordered that all banks in Shanxi be temporarily closed for auditing. We really don't dare to touch a penny."

Now Wang Weiyi really had no choice but to write to the court again. The answer from the Ministry of Revenue was still the same, just wait a moment.

Wang Weiwei was urged by Wu Sangui and had no choice but to stamp his feet and called on officials to borrow money from the government. He urgently prepared a batch of supplies and delivered them to Wu Sangui again.

The official who arrived humbly begged for an explanation: "Commander, there is really nothing the local government can do. But they are afraid of delaying the military front. We officials used our own resources to purchase this for the commander. I hope the commander will do it." Bear with it a little longer.”

Such a move made Wu Sangui even more determined to defeat Shanxi. In order to put pressure on Wang Weiwei, he chopped off the official's head again.

Wang Weiyi held the official's head in his arms and rushed to Beijing to meet the emperor.

However, Emperor Longwu avoided seeing him. Wang Weiwei knelt outside the Meridian Gate, holding the head and crying and begging.

Lu Mou, who was hiding in the dark, could only bear to look at Wang Weiwei kneeling outside the Meridian Gate, holding the two heads and begging, but he still refused to meet him as long as he could.

But fortunately, the cabinet sent an official document to Wu Sangui, explaining in detail the financial difficulties of the court during this period.

What's the difficulty? The first is that although taxes have been paid, last year's loans must be repaid, bonds issued last year must be paid, and the two southern armies must be reorganized and replenished. He also hinted that the reason why he gave priority to the Southern Army was because the imperial court had made big moves recently.

However, the seizures brought back by Sichuan escorts were not as much as the outside world imagined. Moreover, all of it was spent back in order to recover from the war in Sichuan and appease the local people of all ethnic groups.

The first assistant's attitude was sincere: "It's not that we won't grant the funds, but we are really tight at the moment. Please wait a little longer, wait a little longer."

Seeing such official documents, Wu Sangui was full of hope for the remaining funds and equipment.

Then he read the official document over and over, and said to Wu Zhimao: "This official document says that the imperial court is going to make a big move against the south. This move must be carried out against Li Chuang. If the imperial court is going to annihilate Li Chuang with all its strength now, it will have this ability. How should we deal with this situation?”

Wu Zhimao said: "If the imperial court wants to annihilate Li Chuang, if it wants to succeed in the battle, it will definitely use all its strength. He will definitely draw troops from various places and go south. This is actually good for us."

"But once Li Chuang is wiped out, we will lose a friendly force to contain the imperial army, which will be detrimental to our sudden launch. For this reason, should we stop delaying and start taking action?"

Wu Zhimao thought for a moment, nodded and shook his head: "It is most beneficial to us to put the Ming Dynasty in an unfavorable situation where it is surrounded by enemies on all sides. But the Ming Dynasty's army went south to destroy Li Chuang. We suddenly launched in the north and captured It is more beneficial to us to launch this extremely short period of time before Li Chuang is destroyed. In this way, Mingting will definitely become a mess in the south, and they will definitely use their troops to deal with me. Li Chuang’s resurgence is the most beneficial to us and the timing is the most appropriate.”

Wu Sangui nodded: "Then when do you think Mingting will start attacking Li Chuang?"

Wu Zhimao analyzed: "The Northern Army is not good at the hot summer in the south, and the most appropriate time for them to fight must be winter. But the winter in the north is the best time to fight for us Mongolians who have endured the cold. For Therefore, I believe that Mingting will definitely launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against Li Chuang in November or December, and we will take advantage of that opportunity to launch a thunderous attack and conquer the world in one battle."

Wu Sangui believed that his analysis was correct, and finally nodded in agreement: "Okay then, let's continue to urge the court to transport supplies and weapons for the winter, and we will take care of him."

"But from now on, we have to relax a little bit in Shanxi, but don't push them to a dead end. In the end, it will be a cakewalk."

Wu Sangui smiled: "I think this king is a capable person. After we seize the country, I want to bring him to the central government and make him a minister. But really don't push him to commit suicide. Then But it’s a pity that one person is so talented.” (End of this chapter)