I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 880

It's not that they can't afford to have too many soldiers, nor is it that the city of Nanjing has been corrupted to the point that they can't even have this number of people.

Rather, within the scope allowed by the imperial court, they can send so many soldiers and horses.

And even with these more than 1000 people and more than 50 warships, they were still drawn from several systems.

What kind of guards send out hundreds, battalion soldiers send out hundreds, and honorable servants send out hundreds more.

In short, none of the forces dared to send more than [-] troops.

In fact, there is no way to do this. After all, where the rules are, even if Zhu Zhanji is in front of them, they can't send too many people.

It's still the same as the previous sentence, it's okay if you win, everyone will share the credit, but if you really lose.

At most, the prince will be criticized a few times, and it is unlikely that he will be punished in any way, but they will have to sacrifice their lives.

This is actually the reason why they scraped and searched and searched for only this little army in the end.

Moreover, even with this small number of people, they still passed Zhou Chen's mouth, which was equivalent to temporarily lending it to Zhu Zhanji.

In terms of form, there is a meaning that Zhu Zhanji forced them to send troops.

In this way, even if something happens in the future, their guilt can be minimized.

It is said that officials are shrewd. Just from this point of view, it can be seen that there is really no one who can get to their current level without any trouble.

Of course, the purpose of Zhu Zhanji and others today is not really to embarrass them.

Zhou Chen helped them solve their problems, and he was more or less infiltrated into their circle. This alone will be of great help to all Li Tian's future plans.

The prince was just looking for an excuse to give them a reason to build a dam on Xuanwu Lake.

But now that he has the opportunity to help the people in the south of the Yangtze River clean up the scourge on the water, and he can save some political capital for himself, why not do it.

After Zhou Chen told Zhu Zhanji about this decision on behalf of all of them.

Zhu Zhanji nodded reluctantly, and then said,

"The number of people is a bit small, but having fifty warships is better than nothing."

After finishing speaking, he changed the subject and said in a strange way,

"This war can't be solved in a day or two, and there will inevitably be casualties. I am poor and white now, and my pockets are cleaner than my face. I just don't know their military expenses and various expenses. How are you adults going to solve it!"

After he finished saying this, Chen Hong on the side almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Originally, they just wanted to get some soldiers from the hands of the Nanjing Ministry of War, just to make a strong momentum.

But unexpectedly, Zhu Zhanji learned to take advantage of the fire at a young age.

He didn't even want to lose face, and asked for money directly.

Are they really short of money?In fact, there is no shortage at all!
Not to mention the money dug out on Tongchi Island, Tang Saier gave [-]% as a meeting gift to Li Tian, ​​and the money is still in Zhu Zhanji's hands.

As for Chen Hong and his current military supplies, the imperial court has been distributing them all the time, and there is no shortage of money at all.

In addition, tens of thousands of taels of silver have just been seized from the water village. This money alone is enough to support them to fight a big battle for a month or two.

I don't know what kind of psychology Zhu Zhanji said, or if he wanted to give these guys who are better than monkeys a school motto, so he said such a sentence.

However, I thought it would be difficult.

The officials present felt a lot more relaxed.

It's just money, not life, as long as your old man doesn't bring this kind of trivial matter to us, then you can do whatever you say.

They communicated with each other with eyes.

Then someone stood up pretending to be hesitant and said,

"I don't know how much 'military expenses' His Royal Highness needs us to prepare!"

When he said the word military expenditure, he used special force, as if he was emphasizing that the money was only military expenditure, and it was not like spending money to buy the way for His Highness the Crown Prince without looking for trouble.

Zhu Zhanji didn't expect that they would really pay, but he became interested when he heard what this person said.

After thinking for a while, he raised five fingers and shook them, and said lightly,
"That's all! I don't want too much, no matter how much, I'm sorry you can't get it together!"

Seeing the five fingers raised up by the prince, everyone breathed a sigh of relief as if they had seen spring.

"It's only 5 taels of silver, I should be able to get it together if I can make up a little.

I guarantee that the money will be delivered truthfully before noon tomorrow! "

Hearing the words from the other side, both Zhu Zhanji and Chen Hong almost spit out the tea in their mouths.

He turned his head to look at Chen Hong, and blinked vigorously, which seemed to mean to say,

"I originally planned to ask them for 5000 taels of silver to solve the food problem for the next half month, but I didn't expect them to ask for 5 taels of silver.

Are these guys too rich? "

And Chen Hong seemed to have heard Zhu Zhanji's inner voice, and his eyebrows twitched twice, as if to say,
"I never thought that they would be so willing to bleed. If I knew they were so generous, why didn't you ask for more, prince? Looking at the situation, even if you ask them to have an extra 5 taels, they can easily take it out. "

Although both of them were surprised and astonished, since they had already said it, there was no need to change it.

Zhu Zhanji pretended to be calm and coughed lightly,

"It's so good. With this money as a guarantee, I believe that the soldiers will be able to fight the enemy bravely, and the Yangtze River will be clean as soon as possible!"

"What His Royal Highness said is true!"

"The prince is loyal to the emperor and the country, he is really a role model for us!"

Everyone was chattering, and there were a lot of compliments, and Zhu Zhanji was a little embarrassed to hear it.

He hastily shook his head and said,
"That's all right, all right, it's not too late, the money can be put away for the time being, but before tonight, I hope that the manpower and ships will be in place."

"Ah, it's so fast, isn't it a bit too much storage, His Royal Highness, should you think about it!"

"What are you thinking about, the matter of suppressing the bandits is urgent, you can wait, but the people who have been harmed can't wait.

Besides, it will take a certain amount of time for the soldiers and horses of several parties to help each other, so it is possible that they have to wait for ten days and a half months before they set off! "

Zhu Zhanji's tone was very resolute, so resolute that they couldn't even find an excuse to refute.

There was no other way, so I had no choice but to agree to get the soldiers, horses and ships in place as soon as possible.

Zhou Chen also took this opportunity to help them say a lot of good things, which made everyone's favorability towards him gradually increase.

(End of this chapter)