Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 81 Fighting for the Son of Heaven
"Li Jin, I want your household department to find a way to raise 3 taels of silver for the start-up fee, and another 15 taels as the initial expenses for my army's Northern Expedition."

As the saying goes, the emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers. He wants his soldiers to fight well and have combat effectiveness. Not to mention feeding them, at least they can't starve to death. He raised 3 taels of silver as the start-up fee, which is just right for one person. One or two.

As soon as Li Jin heard that Zhu Cihong asked for money, his scalp became numb. In order to raise more than two million taels of military expenses for the four towns in Jiangbei, the treasury of the household department could not even hold the rats.

Now that Zhu Cihong wanted to spend money and military expenses again, he was under a lot of pressure, but Li Jin dared not say at the court meeting that he was afraid of hurting Zhu Cihong's face.

"Yes, I will definitely do it." Qian Qianyi and Li Jin replied in unison.

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In the Jinling Martial Arts Field, Jinyiwei, the standard bearer, and 2 people from the Jinling Beijing Camp have already assembled here and lined up in a neat line.

"When there are tens of thousands of people, it really is a sea of ​​people." Qian Qianyi looked at the endless crowd in front of him, stroked his beard, and sighed.

"Lord Qian, don't be too busy sighing. The scenery above is even better. You should hurry up and take your seat, otherwise the officials will have the nerve to sit down first." Standing beside Qian Qianyi, Li Jin reminded.

Only at this time did Qian Qianyi realize that he was blocking the way of many people behind him, and those officials who came to the stands early were afraid to sit down because they did not sit down.

"Oh, the old man was rude, haha." Qian Qianyi, who had just become a bachelor and entered the cabinet, could not adapt well to his status as the head of civil servants.

Although Zhu Cihong hadn't asked him to be the chief assistant yet, he was the only bachelor in Jinling at present, and it was clear at a glance what status he had.

Sure enough, after Qian Qianyi took the first seat, the other civil and military officials each found a seat suitable for their status and sat down.

As for Zhu Cihong, he hasn't come yet. Although there is only one person, he is the protagonist of today's Northern Expedition.

Today's Zhu Cihong is different. Instead of wearing a bright yellow uniform or a complicated uniform, he wears an armor made of fine steel, and each piece of armor is crafted by a craftsman.

The defense is more than half stronger than the double-breasted cloth face armor worn by ordinary soldiers, but the weight is several kilograms lighter, mainly because Zhu Cihong is young and cannot wear heavy armor. , he had to lose at least a fraction to wear the earthquake.

Stepping on the Dianjiang platform, Zhu Cihong took heavy steps, each step made a sound, until he stood still.

I saw [-] soldiers lined up in dense formations kneeling down at the same time on the martial arts arena in front of the stage, and then shouted "Long live, Your Majesty, long live, long live."

Although the quality of these soldiers is not very good, strictly speaking, they are not even considered regular troops, but the sound of 3 people shouting in unison, like nine days of thunder hitting people's heads, brought excitement to everyone present. Great psychological pressure.

The civil and military officials and noble children in the stands on both sides were even shocked by the sound waves coming towards them and almost fell from their seats.

The people on the side burst into laughter when they saw it, but after a while they realized that others were also laughing at themselves, and only then did they realize that their hat had fallen off.

Even Li Jin took off his hat in embarrassment, and quickly put it back on while no one was looking at him. After putting it on, he found that the people around him were also busy tying their hats.

There was only one person, only one person who was not a little shocked by this voice, and that was Zhu Cihong. He stood on the general platform, but there was nothing strange about him.

"All the generals are fine, you are very energetic." Zhu Cihong stood on the general stage, his voice was transmitted to everyone through the guards standing around the martial arts arena and the gaps between the teams in front of the stage. in the human ear.

"Since Emperor Taizong, our dynasty has established Shenjing as its capital. The Ming Dynasty has ruled the country for more than [-] years, and the capital has been established for more than [-] years. Who would have thought that one day there would be a situation where two hands would change hands within one year."

"In March, the capital was captured by thieves. I thought I was doomed, but the heavens knew that my strength was not exhausted, so I narrowly escaped from the capital and went all the way south to Jinling."

"But a few days ago, the intruders were chased away by the Tartars, and Shenjing fell into the hands of the barbarians outside the pass. The once prosperous and prosperous capital suddenly became a smelly place."

"Now the country has reached the most critical moment. In the Central Plains, the thieves and the Tartars have already beaten their brains out. Now I want to take you north, recover the rivers and mountains, kill all the invaders, and let you get promoted and get rich. Are you willing? ?”

The big soldiers are uneducated, although they know the basics of the debate between Hua and Barbarians, and know that they are from the Central Plains, obedient citizens under the government, different from the mobs under Li Zicheng, and even more different from the Tartars outside the pass.

But they don't know what the war is for, nationalism?patriotism?It's hard for them to understand, maybe it's not as real as a biscuit for them.

"We are willing! Serve the emperor, fight for the emperor, kill the thief, kill, kill, kill!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers held up their weapons at the same time, raised their arms and shouted, like a black forest rising in an instant.

But Zhu Cilang played a little trick, he had already arranged for the soldiers who transmitted his voice, as well as the newly established Jinyiwei and Bannerguards to say this at the right time.

With them taking the lead, the Jinling Jingying soldiers behind them also shouted foolishly.

Although Zhu Cihong and the soldiers on the martial arts field were passionate, many officials in the stands did not agree with Zhu Cihong's words.

Even Qian Qianyi, Zhu Cihong's confidant, was like this. Looking at the scene in front of him, Qian Qianyi thought to himself, why go north?Is it not good to let tartars and thieves bite dogs?
I don't know how much state money it will cost to send troops to the north, and now we have to search for the people in the south of the Yangtze River. It would be great if it could be like Song Gaozong's time, when the north and the south negotiated peace and separated the rule across the river, everyone would live in peace.

Qian Qianyi has a high reputation in the southeast region, and he is also a representative Jiangnan literati, and many people think similarly to him.

Fortunately, he just thought about it in his heart. If Zhu Cihong heard it, he would be an official, and then he would be locked up in Zhao Prison to reflect on what he did wrong.

Governing across the river, negotiating peace between the north and the south, and ignoring the Central Plains, is China still called China?Don't you want Zhu Cihong to block a scum like Wan Yangou?

"Okay." Zhu Cihong raised a hand to signal the soldiers to stop.

"All the ministries performed in the martial field in order, went out of the north gate to the pier and boarded the ship, followed me to conquer the Central Plains, captured Li Zicheng alive, and skinned Dorgon and Fulin."

(End of this chapter)