Don't talk about money. Talking about money hurts feelings.
The two words that Chongzhen doesn't want to hear the most now are asking for money.
"How much does Fu Qing want? If the number is not large, I can ask the Ministry of Revenue to help you think of a way." Chongzhen said perfunctorily.
The household department of the Ming Dynasty could no longer raise any money, so they came to him, the emperor, every day to cry for poverty.
Fu Zonglong felt Chongzhen's cold attitude, but he couldn't go to Shandong empty-handed, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "I will go to Shandong with sufficient food and salary, so that the soldiers and horses in Shandong can feel the rain and dew of His Majesty. If you are good, you can kill enemies for the imperial court and quell rebellions."
He knew military affairs well and knew that the Ming army with food and salary and the Ming army without food and salary were two armies.
If he, a foreign governor, had no advantage to win over the generals below, who would work for him as an empty-headed governor? Moreover, he could go to Shandong with food and salary, so that the Shandong soldiers and generals could see how much the imperial court relied on him as the governor. It is better to use the majesty of the imperial court to suppress the soldiers and generals in Shandong.
As the saying goes, a fox pretends to be a tiger.
If the governor is not a governor who is not taken seriously by the imperial court, even if he arrives in Shandong, the generals of Shandong will probably defy the governor in front of him.
"I understand what Fu Qing said, but the situation in the Ministry of Household Affairs is really not good. In the past two years, the northwest region and Henan have not been able to collect taxes, which has made the court even more stretched. Can Fu Qing understand what I mean?" Chongzhen Looking at Fu Zonglong, he said.
I hope Fu Zonglong will take the initiative to share his worries and stop asking for money and food.
Fu Zonglong naturally understood what Chongzhen meant, but he was about to go to Shandong to take office. How could he go to Shandong empty-handed? , you can ask the household ministers to join in."
"Well, then, how much does Fu Qing want?" In order not to slap himself in the face, Chongzhen, who wanted to save face, had no choice but to nod and agree to give Fu Zonglong some money and food.
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He decided in his heart that as long as the amount of money and food proposed by Fu Zonglong was too large, he would refuse it on the excuse that the amount was too much.
"One hundred thousand taels of silver, I only want one hundred thousand taels of silver." Fu Zonglong stretched out a finger and raised it in front of his eyes.
Hearing this number, Chongzhen gnashed his teeth.
Compared with Liaodong's annual military expenditure of more than one million taels, one hundred thousand taels was not much at all, but if he agreed, he would be reluctant to part with it.
The Ming Dynasty had too many expenses. Giving Fu Zonglong 100,000 taels of silver was equivalent to cutting off 100,000 taels of silver from other places. Originally, this money would not be used to suppress the rebellion in Shandong.
Fu Zonglong saw Chongzhen's hesitation and said again: "Your Majesty, as long as I have these one hundred thousand taels of silver, I am sure to completely quell the tiger bandits and rebels in Shandong and give me a clear and sunny day in Shandong."
Unable to get Chongzhen to come up with one hundred thousand taels of silver, he did not hesitate to make a promise in front of Chongzhen.
As for the consequences of not completing what Chongzhen asked him to do to put down the rebellion in Shandong, he no longer cares, because even without the 100,000 taels of silver, if he cannot successfully put down the rebellion in Shandong, the end will not be much better.
"As long as Fu Aiqing can deal with the tiger thieves in Shandong, I will now promise to give you one hundred thousand taels of silver to take to Shandong." Chongzhen said with a big belly.
And this time he is really pregnant.
Liaodong spent as much military expenditure as the Ming Dynasty, but could not solve the problem of slaves and bandits. Now he only spent 100,000 taels of silver to deal with the tiger bandits that had already entrenched in several provinces. He thought it was completely worth it.
Although Fu Zonglong only mentioned the solution to the Tiger-Character Flag troops and horses in Shandong, in Chongzhen's view, if he could defeat the Tiger-Character Flag troops and horses in Shandong, sooner or later he could also defeat the Tiger-Character Flag troops and horses in other provinces.
Fu Zonglong bowed in front of Chongzhen and saluted, and at the same time said: "I will help your majesty calm down the rebels in Shandong."
"Haha, okay, okay, my dear companion, let's prepare the decree." Chongzhen said with a big smile, and then asked Wang Chengen to draft the decree and use the seal.
In order to ensure that Fu Zonglong, the governor of the four provinces, could better suppress the rebellion, Chongzhen gave him a Shangfang sword and asked Fu Zonglong to take it to Shandong.
Fu Zonglong only stayed in the capital for one day, and immediately rushed to Shandong with the imperial edict and the sword given to him by Shang Fang.
It's not that he doesn't want to stay in the capital for a while and explore the connections, but the war in Shandong is intensifying, so he has to hurry up and take office.
Sun Chuanting, who was stationed in Dongchang Mansion, Shandong Province, received the news that Fu Zonglong was coming to Shandong as governor while Fu Zonglong was still on his way to Shandong.
This relieved him.
There was no trace of jealousy in my heart, let alone any resistance to Fu Zonglong, the governor of Shandong.
Sun Chuanting, who entered Shandong in the name of Shandong's deputy envoy, felt tired after entering Dongchang Mansion.
Among the generals under his command, Cao Wenzhao and Ma Shilong were slightly better and were able to obey his instructions, but Wang Chengyin always followed orders rather than announcements.
Not only that, Wang Chengyin took his soldiers and horses directly to Jinan Mansion, which resulted in Cao Wenzhao's side being unable to encircle and annihilate the Tiger Flag soldiers and horses in the Yanggu area, and could only contain each other.
Cao Wenzhao was a powerful general in Sun Chuanting's hands.
Even Cao Wenzhao could only restrain the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner. Sun Chuanting naturally understood that it was Cao Wenzhao who suffered a loss at the hands of the Tiger Character Banner. He could not bear the Tiger Character Flag and was stationed in Yanggu. The tiger-character flags and soldiers and horses in the area.
If Wang Chengyin's soldiers and horses were still there, Sun Chuanting would have tried to forcefully capture the Tiger Character Banner's soldiers and horses in Xinxian and Yanggu areas. However, Wang Chengyin went to Jinan Mansion and did not listen to the orders of his military commander.
"Ambassador Sun, we have been confronting the tiger thieves in Xin County for too long, why don't we let the general fight again?" Cao Wenzhao asked Sun Chuanting.
After hearing this, Sun Chuanting shook his head and said, "Wait a minute, the supervisor will be here soon."
Seeing that he could not gain any advantage in the hands of Tiger Flag, Sun Chuanting did not want to lose the troops and horses in his hands if he continued the fight.
He could also guess what Cao Wenzhao wanted to do. He wanted to take advantage of the arrival of the new governor to make some achievements and show off in front of the new governor, so as to gain the attention of the new governor.
Sun Chuanting could understand this.
After all, the life of Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew was not easy in Liaodong. The saying that Liao people should be used to rule Liao led to the exclusion of many generals who went to Liaodong from various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
Especially when Yuan Chonghuan was the governor of Ji Liao, in order to win over the generals of Liaodong, he actively excluded those generals who did not belong to the generals of Liaodong.
"I don't know if the newly appointed governor can send a batch of food and wages to the army." Cao Wenzhao said expectantly.
Because they were guest troops, their life in Shandong was not easy.
Although Sun Chuanting attaches great importance to his soldiers and generals, his official position is really low, and he cannot even command the local prefect. At present, the army's money and food mainly rely on Shunde Prefecture to send it to Shandong.
