Xie Ming

Chapter 263: Still Not Enough
Taking advantage of Liu Liangzuo's dissatisfaction with the tax and profits from the northward transportation, Qiu Weizhen intended to shift the blame to Ni Yuanlu in order to kill two birds with one stone.

But unexpectedly, Ni Ruyu was not a good person either. After a lot of confusion, he kicked the ball back.

Fengyang General Gao Jie took advantage of the opportunity and rushed to interrupt and join Liu Liangzuo in demanding for money!
"Hello, Minister Qiu!"

"See if you can get some more money from somewhere!"

"Our soldiers have been in arrears of pay for years!"

"Now there's a war going on. Without money, I really can't lead the team!"

"If we had enough rice to cook at home, we wouldn't be so shameless and rush to ask for scolding, complaining to you! Don't you agree?!"

"In the past, when there were wars in the west and north and the higher-ups demanded payment, didn't you always have a way to redeem it?"

"This time, it's our turn to fight!"

"You are the backbone of our Jiangbei military team!"

"I think it won't be our brothers' fault, right?!"

Gao Jie argued skillfully, and his words were just that, intending to put Qiu Weizheng on a high pedestal in order to gain some profit from his arguments!

"Humph!"

"Every one of them is a ghost who is here to collect debts!"

"Xianzhi (Shi Kefa)!"

"Later, you and Yaocao (Ma Shiying), Ziyu (Gao Hongtu) and others will review the recent tax revenues and see how to pay for them!"

Qiu Weizheng was forced into a corner by the situation. There were so many people at the meeting place and no one could maneuver.

So he tried to find an opportunity to delay the matter so that he could deal with it in the long run.

But Shi Kefa was concerned about the overall situation of going north and the safety of the crown prince. He also had some selfish motives and wanted to do Ni Ruyu a favor. So he pretended to speak carelessly without knowing the emperor's intention, and then he stood up and told everything.

"Oh, Mr. Qiu!"

"We have reviewed these in the morning!"

"At present, the Yingtian treasury has more than 350,000 taels of silver in its deposits from the monthly taxes, military pay, customs duties, salt taxes, and warehouse assistance!"

"No, but this money was originally intended to be used to raise food and purchase military equipment and military supplies!"

"This" Shi Kefa hesitated and came forward.

Hearing such rude words and disrespect for his superiors, Qiu Weizheng stared at him in shock for a moment, totally speechless!
"Hoohoo!"

"Okay! Okay!"

"It must be said that Xianzhi is a capable man!"

"In everything, you always think of it ahead of us, ah!" Upon hearing the news, Gao Jie seized the opportunity and quickly followed up.

While speaking, he also glanced at Liu Liangzuo who was sitting next to him!

"hehe."

"Who says it's not?"

"Alas! Three hundred and fifty thousand taels, this is a little too little!"

"But it's better to have something than nothing!"

"Mr. Qiu, don't rush to buy military rations with this money!"

"Send it to us first!"

"With this money, at least we have a reason to set out!"

"This will give us some explanation when we go back!" Liu Liangzuo added fuel to the fire.

"Qiu Lao! Xian Zhi!"

"Among these four towns, my Liu Liangzuo's camp is the most financially strapped!"

“Everyone knows this!”

"so!"

"Today, I'm going to pretend to be a big shot here!"

"Let me put it this way. As long as this batch of military pay is issued, we, the four garrisons, will go back and reorganize our troops and set off to the north soon to support the king!"

"how?!"

Knock the words to death!

Liu Liangzuo saw that there was a way to get the money, so he spoke seriously and even swore to leave Qiu Weizheng no way out.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Qiu gritted his teeth in anger and had nothing else to say.

After all, things have come to this point, if I continue to stop you, I would be deliberately making myself uncomfortable!

Anyone who dares to stop us from going north to serve the king will be the number one criminal in the Ming court, a charge he cannot possibly bear!

"Ugh!"

"That's all!"

"Take it, take it all!"

“If you don’t manage a household, you won’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are!”

"Hmph!" "Xianzhi, let's discuss the raising of military rations later!" Qiu Weizheng had no choice but to compromise!

call--

But suddenly, at this moment!

Suddenly, a strong wind blew in!
Click!
There was a loud flash of light, followed by the sound of thunder!

Inside the meeting hall of the Ministry of War, everyone was caught off guard by the sudden development, and was thrown into confusion and panic with fear, staggering all over the place.

The wind was so strong and powerful that the clothes and hats of the civil servants flew everywhere, and the scene was in chaos.

"oops!"

"Why did this sudden strong wind come?"

"What a damn weather!"

"Left and right, quick! Quick!"

"Close all the doors in front of the hall!"

"What are you still standing there for?!" Shi Kefa was the first to react in panic. He quickly ordered the clerks and servants to close the windows and doors to save the situation.

"Thunderstorm and strong wind!"

"What a storm!"

"That's all!"

"That's all!"

"Don't worry about it!"

"The rain is coming!"

"What is coming will eventually come!"

"You can't lock it up!"

Inside the hall, the matter of sending troops to the northern border has been discussed and implemented!
It goes without saying that the four generals all have their own ulterior motives.

Qiu Weizhen is old!
He leaned on a crutch and gritted his teeth to face the wind and rain, using his old bones to bear it. His face was full of sighs, and it seemed that he was already exhausted!
Time flies by and it is hard to control it!

Time flies, and another five days have passed, and it is May 15th!
Two flowers bloom!

On this side, the secondary capital Yingtian, the four towns in northern Jiangnan and civil and military officials at all levels in Nanjing were busy dealing with the matter of going north to support the king.

On the other side, in the city of Baoding to the northwest, Xiao Jingchuan was also busy assembling his troops to make preparations for the battle of Zhending!
At noon on the 12th, 30: p.m. (: p.m.).

Li Huchen came out from the front hall of the Baoding Governor's Office, finished discussing trivial matters, and mounted his horse at the gate.

"drive!"

With a shout, the big red horse under him raised all four hooves and galloped out, running straight to the alley entrance.

Following closely behind, Sun Peizhong also walked out of the yamen gate.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Hu Chen riding away. In a hurry, he also jumped on his horse and rushed to catch up with him!
"drive!"

"Tiger Minister!"

"Tiger Minister!"

"Slow down! Wait... wait for me!" Peizhong rode his horse to the alley entrance.

Ta-da, ta-da-da!

"Shut up!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Chen suddenly turned around, quickly grabbed the reins, and stopped his horse.

He looked doubtful and slightly stunned.

"what?!"

“Pei, Peizhong?!”

"What's the matter? What's the matter?!" Hu Chen said quickly.

Ta-da, ta-da-da!

After a few breaths, Sun Peizhong caught up with him.

"Hey! Hu Chen! You're so quick at teasing me!"

"I chased after him so closely that I almost couldn't catch up!"

Peizhong laughed and caught up with them. While they were talking, the two of them drove their horses slowly, turned out of the alley and went onto the main street.

"Ugh!"

"These days, there are so many things to do, such as adjusting deployment after the war, that I can hardly be divided into two parts."

"As for you, you have been coordinating troops outside the city for many days."

"I have no time to meet you right now. It's been delayed for seven or eight days!"

"Tiger Minister!"

"I have a private matter to entrust to you!"

(End of this chapter)