Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 59
"Pingshen, tell me what's the matter." Zhu Yousong was worried about the four towns, and he heard that there was another booklet, so don't ask, it must be nothing good, so he didn't accept the booklet, and ordered.

"Thank you, my lord." Li Guofu stood up, putting on a bunch of flattery, "Your lord, the four towns are all in the same tune, and they all ask the lord for money, probably because he knows that the lord has gotten a lot of money recently. Well, these guys have really good noses."

When Zhu Yousong heard this, he waved his hand to stop Li Guofu. He picked up these papers and looked through them one by one. Sure enough, the commanders of the four towns were all crying for poverty, saying that they spent a lot of money defending the frontier. The subordinates haven't been paid for several months. If this continues, the morale of the army will inevitably fluctuate and affect the combat power. I hope that His Majesty will allocate the rations and salaries in time to stabilize the morale of the army, and so on.

Zhu Yousong saw the zhezi completely fell to the ground, so frightened that Li Guofu and the maids who waited on the side were trembling, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Zhu Yousong was so angry that he went back and forth a few times. These thorns supported their troops and did whatever they wanted in their own territory. They refused to hand over all local taxes and taxes to the imperial court for their own squandering, making the treasury unable to make ends meet.But they are still not satisfied, and even find an excuse to ask me for money?This is what it means to be insatiable!
"Yes!" Zhu Yousong contacted Zhezi from Sizhen, and suddenly a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. An adventure plan popped up in his mind, "Since none of them will come to the capital, I might as well go find them!"

Regarding the historical problem of cutting the feudal clan, which was left over from the previous dynasty and finally ruined the last banner of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yousong has been waiting for the best time after cleaning up the rebellious party Ma Shiying and others, but now he feels that he can't wait any longer. After thinking about it, Song Song decided to attack Huang Degong first.

Zhu Yousong knew that he had to stabilize the warlords of the three towns first if he wanted to cut down the feudal vassals.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yousong calmed down again. He picked up the booklets and handed them to Li Guofu, calmly said: "Give them a reply according to my oral instructions. I am already stepping up the preparations for the food and salaries needed by the four towns. I will send people to the barracks of the four towns in a few days. I still say that, the army will not owe a soldier or a soldier, and will not delay a penny or two. Let them intensify their border repairs and prepare for war, and they must not slack off."

"Ah... the servants lead the decree." Li Guofu agreed, and the chubby beardless face stared blankly at his Majesty. The emperor was so angry just now, and now he is so complacent. Hey, everyone has hard-to-recite scriptures. , don't look at him as the supreme and invincible emperor, no matter who encounters this kind of thing, he won't do anything!
Li Guofu took the notebook and handed it to the accompanying eunuch, and left with a sigh and shook his head in his heart.

A few days later, Zhu Yousong's order was transferred to the four towns in Jiangbei. Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong were all overjoyed.

Xingping Bo Gaojie, who was sitting in Fengyang Mansion, was just getting carried away with his complacency, when his deputy Hu Maozhen pretended to be deep and said: "Master, don't just be happy, but do you know that fortune depends on misfortune?"

"Don't talk to me, tell me what's going on?" The tall and mighty Gao Jie restrained his smile, knowing that this deputy was more resourceful than himself, so he asked rudely.

Hu Maozhen smiled and said: "Didn't the general see that the emperor is not a cowardly and submissive person? Ma Shiying and his son, who are deeply rooted and powerful, fell overnight, so there are more ministers who have been punished." , The court has undergone a big change of blood, do you really think that the emperor is out of reach and has nothing to do with us, but don't forget how unlucky the Ma family and his son are."

Gao Jie felt nervous when he heard that, his wife Xing interjected: "General Hu is right, the head of the family must not take it lightly, my family thinks that the current emperor is not the Chongzhen, lest he be punished and even not know."

Gao Jie said with a smile: "Then we will send troops to Nanjing. If the emperor wants to know the current affairs, let Lao Tzu be his Minister of War and Chief Assistant of the Cabinet."

"Don't be reckless, do you want to be the second Ma Shiying? Also, don't forget that we have Huang Chuangzi, Huama Liu, and Chameleon Liu Zeqing by our side. I'm afraid the three of them will follow you before you reach Gyeonggi. Their banner must be to punish the king and eliminate traitors, and you will get nothing but become the target of public criticism."

Hu Maozhen took a look at the heroic Mrs. Xing who was dressed in military uniform, and nodded repeatedly: "Madam is indeed a woman who does not give way to her husband, and the master's move is undoubtedly digging his own grave."

Gao Jie stared at him: "Don't fucking talk nonsense, don't gossip, pick up the important ones, what should we do?"

"Don't worry, sir." Hu Maozhen smiled, took out a pair of military maps, and pointed to a place, "We should not enter the capital right now, but should be stationed here."

The place Hu Maozhen was pointing at was Yangzhou, and he continued: "In terms of strength in the four towns in Jiangbei, this is the general manager." After speaking, Hu Maozhen stretched out his thumb, "Why should we leave the rich Yangzhou and not enter?"

In fact, Gao Jie has long wanted to be stationed in Yangzhou, and he is not the only one. Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong all took a fancy to Yangzhou's fat meat, but the officials and people in Yangzhou knew that their military discipline was extremely poor and they would not welcome them, and would not open the city for them. None of the three warlords dared to attack the city.

Therefore, Gao Jie said disapprovingly: "I have long wanted to enter Yangzhou City, but you know that the people of Yangzhou are tough, so what can they do if they refuse to open the city?"

"Master, this time and another time, this time we pulled a large group of people under the banner of His Majesty. If they don't open the city again, we will attack the city with artillery. Now the Ma Shiying party in the capital has fallen, and the imperial court is rectifying the business. Regarding the matter of Yangzhou, don't listen to nonsense. Your Majesty is the Emperor of Kung Fu. He is trying his best to restore Daming. Does he dare to leave the capital? If he really has [-]% of his ancestors' bravery, he won't let the intruders give his father, the old King Fu It's boiled, we won Yangzhou, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong can only admire, even the emperor has to look at the face of the general."

Gao Jie was moved by Hu Maozhen's words. He immediately sent an order to raise the account and gather generals, let the general Li Chengdong guard Xuzhou, and let his wife Xing lead the troops to guard Sizhou. .

Sure enough, the people in Yangzhou saw that it was Gao Jie's flag, and hated this army to the core. They closed their doors as if avoiding the plague. He Tuiguan Tang came to congratulate him and ordered the soldiers to step up their defenses.

At this time, Gao Jie ordered people to shout at the base of the city, saying that they were stationed in Yangzhou by the holy order, so that everyone should not misunderstand, he is guarding the city, fighting against bandits and eastern captives, and coming to protect the safety of Yangzhou, and open the city quickly, etc. .

Ma Minglu and Liu Zhaoji asked them for the imperial decree, but these people couldn't get it out. Finally, Gao Jie lost his patience and threatened them not to open the city again, but to attack the city with artillery, and then started looting outside the city.

The three officials guarding the city were frightened, and after discussing with each other, they used the strategy of stabilizing the army to stabilize Gao Jie, saying that the people in the city were full of grievances, and asked for a few days to calm down the people's grievances before opening the city.Gao Jie agreed to their request and gave them three days.

Ma Minglu, Liu Zhaoji, Tang Laihe and others jointly wrote a memorial, which was expedited six hundred miles away, and scouts were sent out of the city to rush to the capital...

(End of this chapter)