I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 842 Threats, Lobbying

Cao Ran had met such a stubborn person like Jiang Qianhu, but in the end he was not obedient, and became their accomplice in deceiving the court and taking bribes.

There was no special emotional change in his direct rejection of Jiang Qianhu.

Instead, he took a step back silently, and said to Jiang Qianhu with a sneer on his face,

"I heard that Jiang Qianhu is not married and has an old mother at home. I don't know if this is true!"

Although Jiang Qianhu was young, he could still hear Cao Ran's menacing words.

If Jiang Qianhu was alone, with young and passionate blood, it would be understandable for him to be so single-minded.

But if the other party is real, his mother will use it as a way to threaten him, Jiang Qianhu can't bear anything.

The moment Cao Ran mentioned his mother, his eyes turned red, his face was ferocious like an angry leopard, and he shouted sharply,
"Cao, if you dare to do anything to my mother, I will never let you go."

When saying this, Jiang Qianhu's whole body was trembling.

He never thought that the other party would be so despicable, and wanted to threaten him with his elderly mother.

At this time, he was also a little scared.

If he is really alone, no matter how many tricks the other party has, he can face it without fear.

But if it's really because of my own will to go my own way that caused my mother to cause disaster, then I will regret it and feel guilty.

Although there was no change on his face, his heart had begun to shake slightly at this moment.

Cao Ran didn't intend to just let it go. He actually knew that it was really disgraceful to use an old man to threaten an upright young man.

If Jiang Qianhu could turn his head now, he would actually be unwilling to take action against an old man.

Cao Ran's eyes were so vicious, one could tell at a glance that Jiang Qianhu's heart had actually begun to waver.

So he went on to say,

"Hehe, Jiang Qianhu doesn't need to be so anxious!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the entire Thousand Households, the only one or two hundred old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers.

And then went on to say,

"You have also seen it yourself. With the current situation of Yizhen Qianhu, let alone support the troops who have been able to suppress the bandits, it is difficult to support yourself.

Don't you really think that with the existing 100 crooked melons and cracked dates, you can protect the entire river, right? "

Jiang Qianhu didn't speak, because Cao Zhen was telling the truth.

The number of people in the guards performing missions on the river is second. Whether there are good ships, whether they can catch up with the enemy, and whether they can withstand the opponent's attack are the most important.

But building a good ship is much more difficult than feeding hundreds of soldiers.

Even if he has the skills to train these more than a hundred soldiers, but there is no suitable ship, what should they use to fight the enemy.

The so-called clever woman can't cook without rice, the situation Jiang Qianhu is facing now is actually much more difficult than what Cao Zhen thinks.

Seeing that he did not speak, Cao Ran continued,

"Our family will not hide it from you now.

You know, your Qianhu Office is actually fully loaded with 5000 people, but it is barely enough to maintain a team of 500 people required for patrol and escort on weekdays.

If you agree to cooperate with us, our family can promise you here that we can provide you with enough food and salaries for 500 people every month! ..."

Cao Ran didn't continue to say the rest, but he had already reached this point. Even if Jiang Qianhu was stupid, he should be able to hear what he really meant.

Isn't it just greedy for the salaries of the remaining thousands of people?

For the first time, Jiang Qianhu showed a struggling look on his face.

It has been almost a month since he took office here a few years ago, and he has written to the imperial court several times, asking for some military expenses.

But nothing happened up there.

Now the more than [-] military households left in the guard have not received the salary of the court for two or three years.

On weekdays, like fishermen, they used the few broken boats left in the guard to salvage some fish and shrimp on the river to make ends meet.

After Jiang Qianhu came here, he decided to rectify the entire Yizhen Qianhu House.

After training for more than half a month, it can be regarded as a little achievement.

However, the military expenditures have been slow to come down, and food and clothing for the military households is almost becoming a problem. How will they train and fight in the future.

Today's expenses are all supported by his personal money, but the dozens of taels of silver he saved by frugality are about to bottom out. In the days to come, he really doesn't know what to do persisted.

So, he investigated the situation here a little through his past relationship.

He wanted to know why the military expenditures of the Yizhen Thousand Households Office were delayed, but unexpectedly, he was actually found out. In fact, the military expenditures of the Yizhen Thousand Households Institute were paid out on time every month, but it was not at all. It was not distributed to them.

After more detailed investigation, he finally found out that the monthly military expenditure of nearly tens of thousands of taels actually fell into Ma Dazhong's pocket.

Out of anger, he was planning to sue Ma Dazhong like Nanjing's Ministry of War.

However, Nanjing officialdom has been run by Ma Dazhong for such a long time, how could it be possible to be overthrown by such a little-known little guy like him.

His report never reached the hands of Zhang Yiliang, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, so he was intercepted and sent to Ma Dazhong in person.

But when Ma Dazhong learned that there were still people who dared to oppose him, he specially arranged for Cao Ran to deal with this matter.

It can be said that Jiang Qianhu is actually using his own strength to fight against the powerful Ma Dazhong.

Even though Ma Dazhong has stepped back from his nominal position at this time, his influence is still there. How can he, a small thousand households, affect him.

Jiang Qianhu was speechless after what Cao Ran said.

He didn't know what to do now.

The best way to put him in front of him now is to agree to Cao Ran's conditions, so that at least Yizhen Thousand Households can barely maintain a scale of 500 people.

It will not let the banditry on the river run rampant.

He can also do some practical things for the people on both sides of the strait.

But if he insists on fighting, the best result may be that he has tossed around a lot, and finally ends up being dismissed from office.

At worst, it's unimaginable.

His old mother died, and he was persecuted and imprisoned. Before his death, he might be charged with corruption and bribery, which led to the corruption of Yizhen Qianhu.

(End of this chapter)