Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 89
Zhu Cihong took Gao Jie back to Yangzhou City, and went straight to the Governor's Office of Water Transport, which was originally the official office of the Governor of Water Transport, but now Beizhili is occupied by the Manchus, and the capital also fell a few months ago.

Obviously, the water transport has lost its usefulness, and the governor of the water transport has no value, just like the governor of a state and county, who lost the land under his jurisdiction, and naturally he has no meaning of existence.

However, the situation of the Governor of Water Transport is different. He is not to blame for the blockage of Water Transport, but it is inappropriate for him to occupy such a large Yamen without a job.

Therefore, when Zhu Cihong left Jinling City, he ordered Shi Kefa and the Governor of Water Transport to vacate the Governor's Yamen for him to clean and arrange it as his residence in Yangzhou.

"Your Majesty, you are back, why is General Gao Jie following you?"

As soon as he came to the Governor's Yamen of Water Transport, Zhu Cihong saw Liu Bao standing at the door waiting for him.

"I happened to meet him outside the city, why are you standing at the door." Zhu Cihong asked.

"The slave has already checked the inside of the yamen, thinking that he has nothing to do, so he came here to wait for His Majesty to come back." Liu Bao explained.

Liu Bao saw Gao Jie walking beside Zhu Cihong on foot, with a strange expression on his face, and thought that it was definitely not as simple as what Zhu Cihong said, but Zhu Cihong is a king, and he is a slave, and since Zhu Cihong explained, it is not easy for him to ask.

Sometimes, curiosity can kill the cat, and people who don't know anything may live longer.

Looking at the sweat on his cheeks and neck, Zhu Cihong knew that he must have been waiting here for a long time, so he said.

"Go send a message to let the governor in Yangzhou City, the town will come to the palace." Zhu Cihong said, jumped off the horse, and threw the whip in his hand to Liu Bao.

Gao Jie, who was standing aside respectfully, heard what Zhu Cihong said, and said to himself, your little ancestor is really capable of tossing people, you just asked us to go back to rest, and then asked us to come here again after a while.

But before he was allowed to think too much, Zhu Cihong dragged him into a conference hall that was remodeled from a hall to imitate the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Gao Jie, let me ask you, your department is stationed in Yangzhou, and you receive 20 shi of rice and 40 taels of silver from the imperial court every year. How much training have you done?"

When Gao Jie heard that Zhu Cihong actually asked this question, his heart tightened. Soldiers are a major issue for the country, and rulers with normal IQs have always cared about the army.

Now that Zhu Cihong asked himself this question, if he was not careful, he could not answer well, and maybe he would not be able to get out of the governor's office.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the imperial court ordered the ministers to train 3 soldiers, so naturally there are only [-] ministers." Gao Jie didn't dare to tell the truth, fearing to make Zhu Cihong angry, so he imitated those civil servants and said a correct nonsense.

After Zhu Cixiang heard his answer, he thought to himself, you don't know where you learned how to be a big soldier. You really only have 3 people. Do I need to ask you?

"Hmph, you are really dishonest, Gao Jie." After Zhu Cihong said, his eyes were aimed at Gao Jie like sharp arrows, scaring him to the bone.

"When the late Emperor was here, regardless of your accusations of being a thief, he made you a general and still led the army. He also gave you the title of earl. It never occurred to you that you were not satisfied."

"The imperial court asked you to raise [-] soldiers, but you made an inch of it, searched the wealth of the people in Xuzhou, plundered the young men, forced the people to join the army, and expanded your military strength to [-] to [-]."

"What exactly do you want to do? Do you want to use your own military strength to fight against the court?"

"To tell you the truth, Zhang Yong in Guide Mansion has [-] soldiers, King Ji of Shandong has more than [-] soldiers, and I have even more relatives and tens of thousands of soldiers around me, and the Beijing camp. I can wipe out your tens of thousands of ants in an instant. .”

Regarding Gao Jie's situation, Zhu Cihong knew everything about Gao Jie's situation through the information at the sticky pole.

Xuzhou is a big city, and it is also the intersection of the Huaihe River and the Canal. It can be regarded as a crossroads on the water, so the business is prosperous and the economy is developed.

Gao Jie set his sights on this treasure land and crazily searched for wealth from the people, one for his personal luxury enjoyment, and the other for expanding his army.

In troubled times, there is a soldier who is the king. Everyone knows this truth, and all localities, whether they are military towns or local officials, are trying their best to expand their military power.

But apart from Wuchang Ningnan Bo Zuo Liangyu, there were almost no warlords like Gao Jie who had expanded their army by tens of thousands, so Zhu Cihong paid special attention to him.

Hearing Zhu Cixiang's words, Gao Jie felt as if he had been struck by thunder. He didn't know where Zhu Cixiang knew about the situation in Xuzhou. Now, almost no one except Jinling City knew the names of the people in the sticky area.

But Gao Jie judged that Zhu Cihong must be sure, otherwise he would not say that, let alone threaten himself with the army. This is simply a manifestation of war between the monarch and his ministers.

Gao Jie thought of going out of the city to relax today, but suddenly met Zhu Cihong, and thought that he was too unlucky to meet him.

Looking at it now, it wasn't like that, Zhu Cihong must have made a plan. Taking advantage of that opportunity, with few personal soldiers around him, he summoned the army to swarm up and eliminate the personal soldiers around him, and then he could control himself.

Otherwise, how could it be explained that thousands of cavalry could suddenly gather on the street without even half a stick of incense? This must have been premeditated by Zhu Cihong.

Thinking of this, Gao Jie was terrified, he never imagined that he would fall into Zhu Cihong's trap so easily.

In fact, he fell into his own trap, and Zhu Cihuang didn't expect to meet Gao Jie outside the city today, he just wanted to see how the life of the military subordinates was, and if there was any chance for him to win people's hearts.

But even if Zhu Cihong opened his mouth to explain, Gao Jie couldn't possibly believe him.

Gao Jie who is kneeling on the ground now, if he raises his head, Zhu Cihong will be able to see the pupils full of fear.

Beads of sweat the size of soybeans were densely covered on Gao Jie's forehead, he thought, he couldn't just sit and wait for death, otherwise Zhu Cihong would feel threatened by him, and maybe he would call swords and axes into the palace to push him out to kill him in the next second.

Then he charged himself with assassinating the emperor, or rebelling, and then sent people to Xuzhou to arrest all his wives, children, and children, and kill them all.

If Zhu Cihong knew his heartfelt feelings, he would definitely complain that he was playing too much in his heart. Gao Jie has tens of thousands of soldiers. Although he is a threat to Zhu Cihong, this is Gao Jie's amulet. As long as these tens of thousands of troops act as time bombs, Zhu Cihong didn't dare to touch him.

Thinking of this, Gao Jie couldn't bear it anymore, he said to Zhu Cihong with a trembling throat, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, please cut off my title, official position, and demote me to a commoner."

(End of this chapter)