Lin Xiangdong looked at Jiang Guang and said, picked up his chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Jiang Shangshu should still be used, do you want to eat together?"
Jiang Guangyue looked more and more severe, and said, "When will Governor Li arrive? I want him."
Li Hengbing has been appointed by the court to serve as governor of Nanzhili.
Lin Xiangdong took a mouthful of food and said, "According to the schedule, it should be in Suzhou."
If Nanzhili accounted for 60% of Ming Dynasty, then Suzhou accounted for 60% of Nanzhili. This shows the importance of Suzhou.
Jiang Guangyue was silent for a while, and said, "Wei Guogong still has a lot of people in Nanjing. The army is all his people. I'm still screening them. Don't move around in a short time."
Wei Guogong, Xu Wenjue, and Wei Guogong guarded Nanjing for generations, and mastered the military power of Nanjing together with Shangshu of the Ministry of War.
Lin Xiangdong took another sip and said, "The imperial court is reforming the military system. Li Zicheng in the northwest has been wiped out. The news I got is that Cao Wenzhao Cao will serve as the general soldier in Nanzhili Province. You may not know Zhang Yitan, he Ren Yingtian’s deputy commander, five thousand people should already be in Suzhou, and Shi Kefa’s ten thousand people are in Anqing, which is enough to suppress all disturbances in Nanzhili."
Jiang Guangyue listened, knowing that this was laid out a long time ago.
After thinking about it for a while, he said: "What do you want me to do?"
This time it was Lin Xiangdong's turn to be silent, and for a moment he smiled again: "How dare you ask Jiang Shangshu, everything is governor Li, he has the final say."
Jiang Guangyue just nodded, raised his hand, turned and left.
Lin Xiangdong touched his chin. After Jiang Guangyue left, he muttered to himself: "It seems that more reliable people must be found. This Jiang Shangshu seems to be not all a fellow traveler..."
At the same time, two people came out of Zhou's ticket number, quietly avoiding the crowd, and came to a hidden courtyard.
As soon as they entered the door, someone asked, "Have you got it?"
One of them took out an account book and said, "The ticket number has already been prepared, and we got it as soon as we entered. These are the information of people who deposit large amounts of silver in Zhou's ticket number in Nanzhili. There may be many It’s under the guise of others, and we have to investigate."
"Go in first and talk about it when the lord comes back."
"Yes."
On the other side, the Nanjing Imperial Palace, the Li Supervisor.
The eunuch, the guard eunuch, Chen An, bowed, looking at the person in front of him somewhat restrained.
This is an old eunuch, and Wang An is a person of the same period, who is Wang An, that is the person who promoted Wei Zhongxian!
The old eunuch had no expression on his face and said lightly: "Do you know what Zheng Xibo sent you for?"
Chen An hurriedly said: "The servant girl knows. The servant girl has already moved around in Nanjing and has recruited a lot of talents, all of which are very useful."
The old eunuch held his hands, expressionless, and said, "Give me five days and let me figure out who is opposed to the reform and reform of the court, who is dissatisfied with Zheng Xibo, who is plotting bad things... You know what our family means. ?"
Chen An's scalp was numb, and he hurriedly said: "The slave and maid understand. Don't worry, the slave and maid promises that the father-in-law is satisfied, and that Zheng Xibo is happy, and will never let down his old man's promotion of me!"
The old eunuch nodded lightly, and said: "I will stay in the palace this year. If you do it well, there will naturally be your benefits. If you do it well, you will know the consequences better than me."
Chen An's neck got cold, and said, "Yes, the servants are clear."
Under the excitement of Nanzhili, no one knows that Jin Yiwei has been doing things quietly and is getting more and more prepared.
The capital at this time is not much worse than the bustling Nanzhili.
Zhou Zheng's reforms and reforms did not know how many people's interests were touched. Zhou Yanru's silence was also obtained by Zhou Zheng's promise not to compete with him for power. A chief assistant was still difficult to silence, others can imagine.
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Zhang Heyi stood in front of Zhou Zheng with a solemn expression, and said, "My lord, Wu Sangui and others have bypassed Chengdu, and they seem to be going to Guizhou. Guizhou Governor Wang Sanshan doesn't have many troops. It's hard to say whether Guiyang can hold on. And we There are not many reinforcements to support, and there are not many troops deployed in Yunnan..."
The system of guards in the Ming Dynasty had long collapsed, and the local guards were virtually useless. Starting from Jiajing, all battles were based on'recruitment' rather than ready-made troops.
Therefore, not to mention the worst-hit Guizhou with ten rooms and nine empty spaces, even in Yunnan, it would not be able to squeeze out any troops to conquer Wu Sangui and other rebel generals, and had to choose from the 200,000 troops in the northwest.
Zhou Zheng nodded slightly and said to himself: "Wu Sangui's trick is really good. From Guizhou to Yunnan, you can watch Guangdong and Guangxi, and you can enter Myanmar Annan. It's really a carp entering the sea..."
Zhang Heyi suddenly sneered and said, "What kind of carp is he, everyone in their family is rebellious and will be rectified sooner or later!"
Zhou Zheng didn’t have this spirit, and said: “I read Jiandou’s official documents, and as he said, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Huguang each have one army and 20,000 soldiers. In case of any accidents, we will completely end the tenths in the northwest. A game that will last for several years!"
Zhang Heyi hesitated while listening, and said, "My lord, if there are 100,000 troops stationed in the northwest, we won't have much available. After all, there are still 50,000 to be returned to Liaodong."
Zhou Zheng drew too many troops from Liaodong. Liaodong is now very "empty". If it weren't for the winter and Jianluo was extremely weak, Zhou Zheng might not dare to do this!
One hundred thousand in the northwest and fifty thousand in the east of Liaoning. There is only fifty thousand left, and eight provinces have to be suppressed, which is indeed somewhat stretched.
Zhou Zhengdao: "I thought about it a long time ago and continue to conscript."
Zhang Heyi said: "My lord, our financial resources are already tight. We must continue to conscript, I am afraid that the pressure will be a little bit heavy."
To support hundreds of thousands of troops, and even the imperial court, when the mountains and rivers are broken, and the reforms continue to make money and food, 20 million taels of silver a year is not enough!
Zhou Zheng also had a headache, saying: "This time I should be able to copy a lot and fill up some, enough for next year's expenses. The next year, I will borrow money and issue bonds to the world with the guarantee of the national treasury, borrowing 8 million yuan each year. ,almost."
The corners of Zhang Heyi's mouth moved and did not speak.
Now the Daming National Treasury has a full budget of less than four million every year, and borrows eight million every year. If you want to eat groceries, big things will happen sooner or later!
After Zhou Zheng said this, he suddenly said, "What did the palace say?"
It was Yao Tongshun's turn to answer. He said, "My lord, there is some resistance on the emperor's side, and there is no objection or promise."
If you don't agree, you are against it.
Zhou Zheng asked Zhu Cihong to include the content of reform in the sacrificial ancestral temple.
Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup and said, "Go to the Ministry of War and send Cao Huachun into the palace."
Zhang Heyi opened her eyes, then shook her head and said with emotion: "If Cao Huachun is sent to the palace, our emperor will not be able to sleep well tonight..."
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Zhang Heyi is a minister of war, and his actual power is greater than Shangshu Li Banghua. He insists on mentioning people, and no one can stop him.
Not long after Cao Huachun was sent to the palace, an internal supervisor found Yao Tongshun and told him that all the sacrifices were in accordance with Zhou Zheng's arrangement. (End of this chapter)