golden scales

Shi Kefa was also deeply involved in the political vortex in Nanjing, unable to extricate himself.

After the fall of the northern capital, Nanjing, as the backup capital, should have entered the state immediately, assumed the administrative power of the country, recruited soldiers to serve the king, prepared food and salaries, and went north to serve the king.However, from the March of Jiashen to the present, for more than four months, Nanjing is still a mess.

If Wang Zhixin hadn't replaced Han Zanzhou, he might not even be able to collect this year's summer tax.As for Zhao Zhilong, the current admiral of the Nanjing military service officer Xin Chengbo, he was even more lamented that his luck was bad. Several honorable officials took turns to sit in the manor, and when it was his turn, something like this happened.

"Elder-in-law is very considerate." Zhao Zhilong was quite polite to Wang Zhixin, "Although I am in charge of Nanjing's military affairs, Nanjing's military affairs have already been corrupted. Where did the soldiers come to serve the king? At present, only Da Sima has summoned Zuo Liangyu from the Chu town. Or Huang Degong from Luzhen went north to Shandong, and King Qin escorted him."

As the backup capital, Nanjing is modeled after the northern capital. Naturally, there is also a "Beijing camp" handed over to Xun Chen to lead.It's just that Zhao Zhilong has already made his words so clear, "The Beijing camp is rotten", so how can we adjust it?

Wang Zhixin accepted the rewards from the honorable ministers in Nanjing as soon as he took office. Naturally, he didn't intend to embarrass Zhao Zhilong, so he looked at Shi Kefa.

"Sima Gong, the Holy Son of Heaven has been covered in dust for several months, and the southern capital has not served the king's soldiers for a long time. Isn't it a joke in the annals of history?" Wang Zhixin raised his orchid finger, and the newly left nails gently scraped on the white, fat and smooth chin, feeling sad Looking at Shi Kefa.

"Shenjing fell, and there were only a few martyrs in the northern capital, and only a few ministers who were loyal to the king in the southern capital. This is a great national humiliation for me." Shi Kefa said with a gloomy face, "However, the state system is like this. If the Beijing camp does not send troops, there is nothing that can be done. So it is not me Waiting for the minister to refuse. It is really more than enough.”

"Doesn't Feng Du still have 10 troops under his command?" Wang Zhixin said quietly: "There is also Chu Town, with a military salary of 8 million taels, why can't they share [-] to [-] to serve the king?"

"Zuo Liangyu in Chu Town only has [-] soldiers in total," Shi Kefa said.

Wang Zhixin choked on Xiao Xiao, and his mood suddenly became extremely bad.He patted the armrest of the seat lightly, and said: "The 120 soldiers in the Beijing camp, since it is festered and useless, why are they still receiving [-] million soldiers' pay!"

Zhao Zhilong scolded Shi Kefa in his heart: You offend this eunuch, but you want me to take the blame.How can there be such a reason!He also turned cold, and said: "Since ancient times, people have paid more attention to housing than controlling, and this 120 million taels of military pay is urgently needed to restore the Beijing camp."

Shi Kefa also said: "Feng Du didn't have 10 troops under his command. Originally, he planned to set up four towns in Jiangbei, lock the upper reaches, and control Jiangbei. Unexpectedly, there were changes in Xuzhou, and Gao Jie died among the rebellious soldiers. Luo Yukun, under the command of the Houdong Palace, did not change his traitor. Attack Liu Zeqing's troops and occupy Huai'an. Liu Zeqing was spared alone. Now there are only Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong in Jiangbei..."

"That's just right!" Wang Zhixin patted the armrest, got up and said, "It just happened to free up the soldiers' salaries of Gao and Liu! How much should the four towns pay?"

"60 per town, a total of 240 million..."

"What about true color?"

"100."

Wang Zhixin let out a long sigh of relief, stepped forward to hold Shi Kefa's hand and said: "Okay, this time I can finally turn over to the emperor. Da Sima. The 120 million taels of silver is not worth 50 yuan, but it can't be delayed!"

"Elder-in-law, I'm afraid there is nothing I can do." Shi Kefa pushed Wang Zhixin away: "The eight towns of Jiangdu, Anfu, Wufu, Wenwu Caojiang, Zheng Hongkui, Zhengcai, Huang Binqing, Huangfei, and Bu Congshan have a total of 12 troops and a salary of 240 million. There are more than seven million taels in total. And the governors, fu, and towns of Sichuan, Chu, Dong, and Henan have not been counted."

"Our family doesn't know so many people!" Wang Zhixin was furious, waving his sleeves and scolded: "When you ask for soldiers, there are no shadows. When you ask for money, food and grass, they all appear! Our family doesn't care, the 120 million taels of silver and 50 real qualities, not a single bit less! Otherwise, our family can only play the Holy Spirit, and listen to the Holy Order!"

This is the biggest killer of the guarding eunuch.Generally speaking, the emperor had great trust in his relatives who were three thousand miles away. If he really wanted such a piece of paper to come to the imperial court, he would probably ask the chief Sima about his crimes.What's more, just now Wang Zhixin has caught the loophole, just taking Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing's salary, not setting up a new project, there is really no reason not to give it.

Xin Chengbo Zhao Zhilong saw that Shi Kefa insisted on refusing to give, and Wang Zhixin insisted on refusing to let go, so he had to come out to smooth things over, saying: "Both of you are working for the imperial court and the Holy Majesty, why are you here?" He laughed and said: "120 million The salary may not come from the national treasury, Nanzhi and Zhejiang are rich and wealthy families, so why not recruit some? My family can pledge 1000 taels!" As he spoke, he expected Wang Zhixin to take a step back.

Wang Zhixin had just received a meeting gift of 1 taels of silver from someone else, so he couldn't turn his face so quickly, so he just sat back and played with his nails.

Shi Kefa took a deep breath and said, "How can you give and accept important national affairs in private? Shi has other important matters, so I will leave first!"

Wang Zhixin said gloomyly: "Let's go, don't send me off!"

Shi Kefa was so angry that his chest was tight, he didn't care about Zhao Zhilong, got up and left.The three of them were important ministers in Nanjing, Wang Zhixin was backed by the royal family, Zhao Zhilong represented all the honored officials left behind in the southern capital, and Nanjing officials were just hermits who could consult but could not participate in decision-making.

Thinking of this, Shi Kefa couldn't help feeling lonely.

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"Master Sima is here, and the younger ones are the family of Master Hushu Gao." Someone stopped Shi Kefa's official sedan chair and reported loudly.

Shi Kefa let people get off the sedan chair and asked, "What's the matter?"

The servant went up to pay homage and said, "My master asked Sima Gong to go over to the mansion to say something. Here is my master's handwriting."

Shi Kefa asked someone to take the handwriting and read it over, but there were only a few words, which had a lot of overtones.He said: "The old man will go to visit now." The servant kowtowed and left, and went back first.

Shi Kefa went back to the mansion first to change his casual clothes, and when he was about to go out, he hesitated, and said to the servant: "Go and call Mr. Yao, I'll wait for him in the study." , I don’t even want to turn over the books in the room.

Fortunately, Mr. Yao didn't keep him waiting for a long time. The door of the study opened, and an old man walked in, with white hair and bright head, thin and bare bones.

"Mr. Yao." Shi Kefa stood up to greet him, not being too condescending.

"Dong Weng called urgently, what's the matter?" Mr. Yao bowed and sat down gracefully.

"That's it," Shi Kefa sat opposite Mr. Yao, "Gao Si's call in handwriting seems to have a special meaning, so I would like to ask you to help me with a few details."

Mr. Yao nodded slightly, and said, "I wonder if I can have a look?"

Shi Kefa took out the handwriting from his sleeve and handed it to Mr. Yao.

Mr. Yao took it, read it carefully twice, raised his head and said, "Dong Weng is asking Gao Hongtu what the so-called 'imminent event' means?"

"I want to teach you, sir."

Mr. Yao got up and paced, his brows were slightly untied, and he recited aloud: "The general has encountered a rare luck today, and he took an opportunity that is easy to solve. If he does not care about his luck, and does not make a move when the opportunity arises, how will he enjoy his reputation?"

Shi Kefa murmured and repeated: "If you don't send it when the opportunity comes...how will you enjoy your name..."

Mr. Yao laughed and said: "This is Yan Zhong's advice to Huangfusong to follow Han Xin's words and recite the words of self-reliance of the Han Dynasty."

"Mr. is knowledgeable. I have lost my books for a long time." Shi Kefa was a little ashamed, and immediately said: "But Mr. Situ probably didn't mean that. At that time, Huangfu Song had the power to destroy the Yellow Turbans, but the Emperor of Han was weak..."

"Dare to ask Dong Weng," Mr. Yao shook his head and said, "In today's situation, what else can be considered a big deal?"

"Of course it is to welcome the Holy Son of Heaven and return to court." Shi Kefa said: "This is the most important thing in the world."

Mr. Yao said with a smile: "For Dong Weng, this matter is a matter of course, but for some people it is not inevitable. Therefore, they have to discuss with Dong Weng and see how they can achieve great things when this opportunity comes."

"Gao Hongtu has always been loyal, how could he be so disobedient!" Shi Kefa turned pale with shock, "Furthermore, who has the martial arts of Huangfu Song nowadays?"

"If you want to move the artifact to your own family, you don't have to rely on military power." Mr. Yao lightly flicked the dust on his clothes, and said slowly: "The clan can also do it."

Shi Kefa remained silent for a long time before he said, "This is a sign of chaos in the country! I'll go and talk to Gao Gongfen."

Mr. Yao shook his head slightly, and said: "Dong Weng, people have ulterior motives, and destiny is hard to break." He got up and bowed, and went out on his own.

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