Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Zhengde vented to Yang Yiqing instead of himself.

His heart moved: It could be seen that Zhengde wanted to fight this battle, but he was annoyed by the resistance from the officials.

This is the first time that Su Mu and Zhengde have been alone together in two years. This is a great opportunity to repair the relationship, how can they let it go.

He said: "Your Majesty, the issue of military expenditure is actually..."

Just about to give the emperor an idea, Zhengde waved his hand and sneered: "Isn't it just money? Just now I have said that I have to pay for it myself, even if the Ministry of Households doesn't pay a penny, can't I use my own money to stick it in?" ? The right to buy a happy."

"Other people want to set off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year. Listen to it! Really speaking, it's purely burning money, so why can't I?"

"Your Majesty is right. In fact, you don't have to pay for the money yourself." Su Mu said slowly: "The Development Bank has done very well in the past six or seven years. Up to now, the entire five northern provinces have taken money from the bank. Tickets are used as cash envoys. As much military expenses as your Majesty wants, just print them, let alone 1000 million taels, even if there are more 1000 million taels, it is not a problem, it is just a waste of ink."

Zhengde raised his head abruptly, with a flash of surprise in his eyes: "This... is also possible?" He bit down every word seriously: "If it is sent out indiscriminately, wouldn't it become another treasure?"

"I think it's feasible." Su Mu said: "Ordinary people think that when a bank issues a penny bill, it must have a penny in the warehouse as a guarantee. If it is issued frequently, once there is no actual gold and silver for exchange, there will be trouble. .”

"Go on." Zhengde nodded: "I also have this worry."

Su Mu lifted his spirits: "However, Your Majesty has forgotten this point. When the Development Bank discovers the bank notes, most people use the bank notes not to see how much silver is in the bank's warehouse, but to think that the Development Bank has The credit of the bank is excellent, and the major shareholders behind the bank are His Majesty and His Highness Taikang. Thinking about it, the dignified son of heaven will definitely not let the banknotes he issues become waste paper. Therefore, in a sense, the Development Bank The bills are not gold and silver-based currency, but His Majesty's credit currency."

Su Mu's voice became louder: "In addition to the royal credit, the more important thing is that the money is liquid, and it is impossible for the bank's money to be stored in the treasury, otherwise, a large amount of interest will be lost every year. As far as I know Now, there should be tens of millions of taels of banknotes in the world, but to maintain these tens of millions of taels of banknotes, only 100 million taels of liquidity is needed. So, even if His Majesty issues another 1000 million taels of silver To you, the ticket is nothing more than a deposit of 100 million taels. Let His Highness Taikang pay alone, or it will be over."

"Okay, well said!" Zhengde Chijie exclaimed, "Why didn't I think of this, Yang Yiqing's sentence needs military expenditure of 1000 million taels, which really scared all the officials, haha, haha!"

After laughing a few times, Zhengde felt his gaffe, and immediately lowered his face: "In that case, step back!"

Emperor Zhengde still couldn't let go of Su Mu's plan to kill Liu Jin, and he didn't want to get too close to Su Mu.

Seeing that Zhengde's expression faded, Su Mu felt anxious, he missed this opportunity to be alone with the emperor, if he wanted to see the emperor again in the future, it would not be so easy.

If it doesn't work, we have to use a strong medicine. Even if we can't repair the relationship with this kid Zhu Houzhao, at least let him know that I, Su Mu, are available. Without me, some things can't be done.

There was a flash of light in his heart, and he immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, I still have something to ask."

Zhengde looked impatient: "Something is coming."

Su Mu: "May I ask Your Majesty, this time I sent out the frontier army of the five towns to fight the Tatars this time, but I don't know who the commander is?"

Zhengde didn't even think about it, so he replied: "Naturally, it is Yang Yiqing, who has the prestige in the court and has actual combat experience?"

Su Mu sneered in his heart: It is not written like this in the real history, of course, this is only the third time the little prince entered the bandit.If, as Zhengde said, Yang Yiqing is the commander-in-chief, how can I, as a civil servant, get to the front line, and how can I obtain military merits and titles.As for Hu Shun, an officer of the Jinqin Army, he couldn't go to the front line even if he had nothing to do.

Such a major military operation, how could we miss the two of us, Weng and my son-in-law.

Thinking of this, Su Mu shook his head: "I object."

"You object, and why do you object? As a scholar, although you have the martial arts skills of a hundred enemies, you are an enemy of tens of thousands... You have been repeatedly defeated by me in war games. In my opinion, Su Mu, you are absolutely worthless." How can someone who has no military talent know anything about military affairs?" Zhengde gave Su Mu a sarcastic look.

Su Mu shook his head: "Although I don't understand military affairs, I admire Elder Yang Ge's military talent. But I recommend someone who is more proficient in military affairs than Elder Yang Ge. This time, if Elder Yang Ge is in command of the Tatar army, the outcome will be the same. In the number of five or five, the person recommended by the minister can guarantee [-]% that he will win an unprecedented victory after all."

"[-]% guarantee, and an unprecedented victory, haha, ridiculous, really ridiculous!" Zhengde laughed loudly: "Soldiers are a major event for the country. The so-called decisive battle is to deploy in advance, and then at the last moment all the forces at hand are bet on, bet, bet on the army And the fate of the country. Until the last moment, who dares to say that he is sure to win? Su Mu, don't talk big in front of me, the person you recommended, I'm afraid he is just like you. That person has a special relationship with you, don't you love money very much, maybe you even took benefits from him?"

Su Mu didn't explain, just said indifferently: "Your Majesty doesn't want to hear who is recommended by the minister? An ancient saying goes: If you listen to someone, you will know that your Majesty doesn't even listen to anyone recommended by the minister, so he makes rash judgments, which is not for the emperor. "

He said so bluntly, the eunuch who served Zhengde was familiar with Su Mu and couldn't help but wink at him.

A trace of evil flashed in Zhengde's eyes: "Speak, I would like to hear which party you recommend is sacred."

Su Mu said loudly: "I recommend Zhu Shou, the governor's military affairs mighty general and commander in chief. This man is world-class in martial arts and proficient in military affairs. Since he fought for the country, he has won hundreds of battles. This time, we are fighting against the Tatars in the Ming Dynasty. , It is related to the fate of the country, so we must not be careless, it is only this person who cannot take on such a big responsibility. The minister is dedicated to serving the public, but he has no benefit from the general Zhu Shou."

As soon as these words came out, Zhengde was stunned, and even the eunuch behind him opened his mouth wide and couldn't make a sound.

That's right, the mighty general Zhu Shou is the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao.

Su Mu is asking the emperor to personally conquest.