Zhu Youtang's 100,000 taels of salary obtained through the system was immediately sent to the northwest after being prepared. In addition to Yin Yan, the Minister of Personnel, the salary sent to the northwest was also accompanied by some young eunuchs from the Royal Horse Supervisor. On the surface, they are colleagues, but in fact, everyone who understands understands that this is just supervising Yin Yan!
The trip to the northwest was a long one, and Yin Yan still brought a lot of losers with him when he left Beijing. Firstly, these losers had been following him for many years and he was completely trustworthy. Secondly, he could instruct them to do some things for him on the way.
"Sir, your majesty is really rich! Without saying a word, he directly paid out one hundred thousand taels from his own money. How much money do you think your majesty has in his own money?" The person who spoke was the biggest scoundrel among Yin Yan's subordinates. Tang Liang. Over the years, Tang Liang did a lot of bad things for Yin Yan, made a lot of money, and gained Yin Yan's trust. On the way, Tang Liang was afraid that Yin Yan would be bored, so he kept talking to Yin Yan.
Yin Yan naturally understood what Tang Liang meant when he said that. Escorting one hundred thousand taels of silver was considered a good job by many people. Even when he left the capital, many court officials pretended to send him off in order to give it to them when he was greedy for money. Share a little oil and water. And my son-in-law had been thinking about this batch of money from the beginning, and asked him several times on the way.
"Why do you have an idea?"
As soon as he saw that his master had guessed what he was thinking, Tang Liang's face immediately filled with a smile.
"My lord, this is a hundred thousand taels of silver. With so much money, we are just trying to get some of it secretly. As long as we don't tell anyone, who will know? Then we will give those geldings some hush money, and this matter will be over, right? "Tang Liang smiled and said in Yin Yan's ear.
Yin Yan rolled his eyes at Tang Liang and asked, "Are you sure you can handle those little eunuchs?"
Tang Liang stretched his neck and glanced at the eunuchs accompanying him, patted his chest and said confidently: "Don't worry, sir. Don't you know my methods? Even if the devil of the Lord of Hell comes, I can stuff it for him." Money allows the little devils to do what adults do."
Yin Yan knew about Tang Liang himself. In addition to being smart and capable, the most important thing about this guy was that he had a good mouth, and he could talk nice things out of him. He was also a master of flattery, so he liked to listen to Tang Liang talk. Praise yourself, this is also the reason why he follows you to the northwest.
Yin Yan rolled his eyes up and down and said, "Do you remember that when we left the capital, in addition to His Majesty's money, we also brought a lot of big boxes from his own house?"
"Remember, remember. Those are all silver, right? Are you afraid that the long journey will not take enough money to find some girls?"
Hearing the words of the loser who usually understands his thoughts best, Yin Yan couldn't help but slap him in the face and cursed: "Asshole, don't you understand after I said so much? Do you really think you have a bad mouth?" Is it because I am not good enough? Those imperial eunuchs and eunuchs are all He Ding's confidants. How can you fool me with just one sentence? I am the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, but I was sent by His Majesty to deliver money to the northwest. What is the reason behind this? You still can’t see that if we take His Majesty’s money, we will all die!”
"Remember, your majesty's silver is different from the money in the treasury. You have taken care of me, and you can't miss a copper plate. If you still have these thoughts on the road, let alone your majesty, I will kill you first. As for the money I took from the government, it was given to various government offices along the way, not for me to find women!"
Tang Liang originally thought that Yin Yan agreed to his greed for the one hundred thousand salary, but he didn't expect that he was hit by a gun. His master actually lost such a temper. Tang Liang covered his red face and said aggrievedly: "My slave knows."
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In Gansu Town in the northwest, Liu Ning, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, stood on the city wall and looked into the distance. Not long ago, the Tatars invaded his area in three groups. However, his generals Wu Hua and Chen Ming made mistakes due to drinking, causing the guards in the important town of Lanzhou to attack. Headless was captured by the Tatars and looted wildly. After that, 645 people of the Ming Dynasty died at the hands of the Tatars. Reports of the border war were sent to the capital and the court was furious. The newly ascended emperor Zhu Youtang ordered that generals Wu Hua and Chen Ming be beheaded as a warning to the public!
Generals Wu Hua and Chen Ming had worked hard with him little by little, but they just had the problem of alcoholism. Even though I warned them more, the two of them still went in and out of one ear, causing trouble.
Liu Ning didn't know much about the newly succeeded Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youtang. He only heard that Zhu Youtang had a generous and kind personality and a good reputation when he was in charge of the East Palace.
At present, the imperial court has withheld military pay for many years, and has not paid any pay to the northwest since the 21st year of Chenghua. Now the morale of the entire army is low, and they are all dissatisfied with the imperial court, and they have cursed a lot of bad things about the imperial court behind their backs. But there is nothing I can do. The memorials I have posted in the past few years have disappeared into the sea, with no news.
Facing the rapidly rising Tatars, Liu Ning had an even bigger headache. I think before the Ming Dynasty, we had strong troops and strong horses, and we took the initiative to attack the Tatars. Now we can only rely on defending the city to resist. The offensive and defensive momentum has become abnormal.
Suddenly a sharp-eyed soldier shouted: "Look, the Ming Dynasty's military flag! It seems to be our people!"
kindness? The Ming Dynasty military flag? Liu Ning did not dare to be careless. In order to prevent the Tatars from scheming to pretend to be the Ming army, Liu Ning quickly climbed up to a high place to take a look.
"Did you see it clearly? Is it our military flag?"
"General, I've had good eyesight since I was little. I must have seen it right. It's our military flag!"
As the men and horses in the distance got closer and closer, Liu Ning also saw clearly that he was indeed one of his own, the Ming army flag! And it seemed like he came from the capital.
"Brothers, look, they are carrying many big brown boxes. Are those boxes made of silver?"
"Definitely not. The emperor only cares about eating, drinking and enjoying himself, so he can't care about us. Even if he has money, he won't be able to give it to us."
Liu Ning turned his head and glared at the soldier who had just spoken nonsense and cursed: "Meng San, you should pay more attention to what you say. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will chop you!"
When he heard his superior scolding him, Meng San, who knew Liu Ning's temper, quickly shut up.
But it had been a long time since I had seen the transport team from the imperial court, and the soldiers were whispering excitedly.
When Yin Yan and his party slowly arrived at the foot of the city gate, Liu Ning confirmed his identity and hurried down with a few confidants to greet them.
"I, Liu Ning, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, did not know that the angel from the imperial court was coming, and I missed him from afar. I hope you will forgive me."
Yin Yan nodded slightly and said, "Why is the wind outside the city so strong? Let's go into the city and talk."
Liu Ning was surprised and happy to learn that this group of troops coming from the capital was indeed a paycheck, and that the Minister of Personnel was personally escorting them there.
After arriving at the governor's mansion, Liu Ning hurriedly ordered his men to make tea for everyone who arrived, "Master Yin, dear father-in-law, this place is very remote, the journey is very hard, and there is no good tea here. Please don't dislike it."
Yin Yan waved his hand and said: "What are you talking about, General Liu? It is His Majesty's will to give you salary. We are all doing things for Your Majesty. There is nothing hard or hard. I came with His Majesty's decree for this trip, and Your Majesty personally gave it." I want the edict to be read in the school grounds, so let’s go to the school grounds first.”
Dozens of Tiqi who came from the capital followed closely behind Yin Yan. Along the way, these Tiqi not only had to protect Yin Yan's personal safety but also supervise him at all times.
When they arrived at the school grounds in the city, the cavalry lined up in a row, and Yin Yan and Liu Ning boarded the generals' platform. Behind him stood several loud voices selected by Liu Ning from the barracks. After a while, Yin Yan read a sentence, and they repeated it loudly, like the loudspeakers of later generations.
I saw Yin Yan taking a golden scroll from the hands of a royal eunuch, unfolding it, and read aloud: "The Emperor of Heaven carries the imperial edict:
I know that Liu Ning, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, has worked hard and made great achievements in guarding the northwest for many years. I appointed Liu Ning, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province, as the left minister of the Ministry of War, and gave Liu Ning the right to report secret military information in the northwest. The initial allocation of 100,000 yuan will be used for military expenses. There must be no mistake! "
As soon as Yin Yan finished speaking, several shouters behind him immediately followed suit. When the sentence "100,000 yuan in salary" was read out, the school immediately exploded. The salary was finally distributed! It was produced by His Majesty himself.
Liu Ning was also surprised when he heard the imperial edict naming him Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War. This showed that His Majesty valued him very much and wanted him to guard the border well.
Liu Ning stood up excitedly: "I accept the order and thank you!"
Yin Yan took a piece of cloth densely written with small characters from the hand of another eunuch.
When the soldiers heard that this imperial edict was for them, they immediately became noisy.
"Did I hear correctly? We also have an imperial edict?"
"Your Majesty still has an imperial edict for us. Brothers, please be quiet."
Yin Yan coughed a few times, and the soldiers in the audience immediately listened with bated breath.
"Soldiers, I know that it has been very difficult for you to guard the northwest for many years, and the imperial court has withheld your pay and silver for many years, but that was all during the Chenghua Dynasty."
"Now is the first year of Hongzhi, a new year and a new atmosphere! Now the national treasury is in short supply and the court is in difficulty. We cannot pay you too much at one time. Please forgive me. But I promise you that I will not owe you annual salary again in the future. , if the national treasury is not enough, it will be deducted from my internal funds."
"You are all people of the Ming Dynasty, but you are different from other people. Because you also have an identity, that is, you are soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. I hope you will take up the responsibility of soldiers and protect your home and country! Fight against the Tatars , I will not give up an inch of territory on the frontier."
"Here, I would like to say to you, Ming Dynasty is mighty! You have all worked hard! I will also order people to take care of your families every month. If you unfortunately die in battle, I will also give you due compensation and preferential treatment. , so you have no worries at all and serve your country well!"
Zhu Youtang's words completely carried forward the ancestral tradition of the old Zhu family's spoken vernacular. They also had to be simple and clear when dealing with the big bosses in the military camp. If you work hard, the court will not treat you badly!
When the soldiers heard this, they became very excited. When Liu Ning saw this, he drew his sword and took the lead in shouting: "Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live your Majesty!"
Tens of thousands of people in the audience shouted in unison: "Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live your Majesty!" The shouts were loud and magnificent!
