Chapter 1484 Xinzi scroll dark wave micro-movement

   "What about Feng Tang's opinion?" Emperor Yonglong asked thoughtfully.

"It's best for him to wait until he stabilizes the situation before discussing how to abolish and merge." Zhang Huaichang hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Feng Tang said that he needs to evaluate the situation in the northwest, and he will wait until he goes to the northwest Afterwards, he found out on the spot. He believed that there was nothing wrong with Yulin Town, but the second town of Ningxia and Gansu actually did not make much adjustment after the Ningxia rebellion a few years ago, and the resentment in the army did not dissipate much. The rebellion was successfully suppressed, but after the past few years, I'm afraid..."

Zhang Huaichang is also very clear that Sanbian is incomparable with Xuanda and Jiliao. Usually, the five towns of Jiliao and Xuanda have all the food and salaries in place, and the three sides and four towns may still be looking forward to it. The transportation loss is high, the road is rugged and long, and it takes a long time, which makes the difficulties of the three sides and four towns even more serious.

  With the combination of these factors, the officers and soldiers of the three sides and the four towns must be very dissatisfied. This can be seen from the fact that no one of the generals who went out from Yulin and Ningxia wanted to go back to the three sides.

  Emperor Yonglong smiled sullenly, "It seems that Feng Tang is not optimistic about the abolition and merger?"

   "Your Majesty, how could his generation support the abolition of the frontier army? Feng Tang is more concerned about the overall situation, otherwise he will flatly refuse to go to the three sides." Zhang Huaichang said helplessly.

  Emperor Yonglong sighed: "Why do I want to abolish it? But here in Huaiyang Town..."

No solution.

   "How is the progress of the second Jingtong case, where is Feng Keng..." Emperor Yonglong felt a little ashamed to mention this, but the situation forced him to do so.

"Some progress has been made. The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs have been raising funds during this period. Feng Keng has a lot of ideas. His sales strategy has caused a sensation in central Beijing and Jiangnan. It is expected to be released tomorrow. If you sell it, it will have a good start," Zhang Huaichang said hastily.

   "Then if the sales effect is good, can the abolition of the merger be postponed?" Emperor Yonglong asked hesitantly.

  Emperor Yonglong was actually a little worried about the abolition and merger of the four northwest towns.

The Ningxia Rebellion cast a deep shadow on him. If he hadn't dealt with it decisively, the troops in Yulin, Shanxi, and Datong had maintained a high level of combat effectiveness. There was also a split, and he couldn't even imagine what would happen once Ganning Second Township was smashed.

   But the establishment of Huaiyang Town was also a decision he had to make.

Jiangnan was already very dissatisfied with the government's tax increase, and the Japanese people rampant along the river last year, which made the whole Jiangnan people angry. If they don't give an explanation, it is really difficult to suppress this public opinion, so Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe both urged the formation of Huaiyang town to ease the public opinion in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhang Huaichang was taken aback, "Your Majesty, the formation of Huaiyang Town has already begun, and the funds for the Ministry of Accounting have been prepared. It will be officially launched only after the imperial court confirms the candidate for the commander-in-chief of Huaiyang Town. If the abolition and merger are suspended, the Ministry of Accounting will have no The money is going to reissue the food and salaries of the four towns in the northwest, and the money that originally belonged to the four towns in the northwest has been assigned to Huaiyang Town, and I am afraid that even the troops in Yulin Town will make trouble."

  Emperor Yonglong painfully supported his forehead with one hand, and established a military town, which cost a million taels of silver at every turn. Without reducing the expenditure of the four towns in the northwest, how could Huaiyang Town be established?

   "Then how much money do you plan to ask Feng Tang to bring to the northwest?" After a long time, Emperor Yonglong took a breather and asked.

"At least 500,000 taels. Fei Bai talked with Feng Tang today. Feng Tang's asking price is 800,000 taels in advance, and it will be increased by 400,000 to 500,000 taels depending on the situation in the northwest. Other payments will continue as originally planned. Appropriate payment, these two sums are reissued, but this amount is too large, and the Ministry of War dare not agree to it, otherwise the Ministry of Households will not be able to make the payment, and it will be a disaster."

  Zhang Huaichang's face was also bitter.

  This afternoon, in the office of the Ministry of War and Wenyuan Pavilion, Feng Tang has been arguing with the big guys.

  No way, everyone knows that this is a hard job. To go there, you have to face the Northwest soldiers who have already mutinied, the Northwest soldiers who are about to mutiny, and the Northwest soldiers who will not mutiny, but may drop their picks at any time.

Although with Feng Tang's prestige and qualifications, there is no danger of his life, but without money, facing the angry soldiers, it is entirely possible to be trapped there and become hostages. This is why Feng Tang gritted his teeth and refused to let go. for the sake.

  Since it can’t be done well, it’s better not to go. You have to be sure to go.

"Then it didn't go well? Then what are you going to do?" Emperor Yonglong knocked on the imperial case irritably, and raised his voice: "You can't force Feng Tang to go, can you? If it can't be resolved, it's not the court's business? "

  Zhang Huaichang didn't panic because of Emperor Yonglong's anger. He had faced Emperor Yonglong's anger when he was the censor of Zuodu in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"After all, we have to negotiate, it's nothing more than a bargain." Zhang Huaichang looked very calm, "Feng Tang also knows very well that the reason why the imperial court abolished the four towns in the northwest is because the financial resources are not enough to support them. If the imperial court has sufficient financial resources , why is it so difficult to make such a choice?"

  Emperor Yonglong stared at himself, Minister of the Ministry of War, and remained silent for a long time.

He is not very satisfied with this minister of the Ministry of War, far less caring than Zhang Jingqiu, the former minister of the Ministry of War, but there is no doubt that Zhang Huaichang and the cabinet can coordinate better, and with the support of the cabinet, he can also have a greater speech to these generals right.

"Zhang Qing, the matter in the northwest cannot be delayed, and I am a little worried about whether the rebel generals who were recruited after the Ningxia rebellion in the past have caused trouble in it? I have already arranged for them to investigate on the side of Long Jinwei. If they make trouble again, You must not be forgiven lightly!"

  Emperor Yonglong dropped his sad words and walked away. Zhang Huaichang could only salute to the empty throne, and left sadly.

To put it simply, you can't take it lightly. Generals like Liu Dongyang, Liu Baichuan, Tu Wenxiu, and Xu Chao were all core figures in the rebel army back then, and they also made great contributions in the battles of Shazhou and Hami. Maybe it has nothing to do with this northwest mutiny?

  Learning lessons from the past, the imperial court is also very aware of the chronic illnesses in the Northwest, but due to lack of financial resources, if it wants to protect Jiliao and Xuanda first, naturally it has to abandon the interests of the three parties.

  After suppressing the rebellion, Chai Ke hastily stepped down as the governor of the three sides and returned to Beijing. Didn’t he realize that it was a hot potato?

  Don't say that you are the governor of the three sides, you are the chief minister of the cabinet, and you have nothing to do if you don't have money.

  What can I do? It's not just arguing with Feng Tang, but also forcing Feng Keng to get more money for the sale strategy, reducing the pressure on the court, and raising more money for his father in disguise.

   Zhang Huaichang walked out of the palace gate and couldn't help laughing dumbfounded. It was a bit interesting to meet the father and son by such a coincidence.

   "Master Zhang?" A group of people came from outside the palace, and the first person saw Zhang Huaichang from a long distance, and hurried over to greet him, "Zhang Yu has met Master Zhang."

   "Oh, His Royal Highness King Lu?" Zhang Huaichang also bowed back, looking at this handsome young man, "It's so late, His Highness King Lu is going to enter the palace?"

   "Well, I heard that the father is in better health, and Zhang Yu is going to say hello." Zhang Yao said respectfully.

  Zhang Huaichang nodded, "I just went to see the emperor, now the emperor should go back to the palace to rest, your highness should go quickly."

   "Father was troubled by the mutiny in the northwest, so he asked adults to discuss it?" He wanted to move, but the young man stopped suddenly, and asked again.

  Zhang Huaichang was a little surprised, how old is His Royal Highness King Lu, fourteen years old, right? Do you also want to join the military?

During this period of time, King Shou, King Fu, and King Li were very active. For example, King Shou paid attention to the case of Jingcang, King Li followed Long Jinwei to investigate the case of Tongcang, and King Fu went to the Ministry of War all day long. Discussing the war in the Southwest with Zhifangsi, it's interesting that King Lu is now concerned about the situation in the Northwest.

   "Well, the situation in the northwest affects the overall situation, and the emperor is naturally very concerned." Zhang Huaichang said indifferently, but didn't say much.

The emperor has not yet set up a heir, so in theory, several princes have a chance. Some time ago, this King Lu was quite dazzling, but he was too young. Unless the emperor can persist for more than five years, this King Lu has no chance. too much hope.

"But the imperial court has money to build Huaiyang Town, so why does it have to abolish Guyuan Town? Isn't everyone saying that the frontier army is elite, so why not just move Guyuan Town to Yangzhou?" King Lu said enthusiastically: "Is it just Because the climate is unacceptable? But as long as you stay in the past for a few years, you will gradually get used to it. Besides, it is not easy to form a new army to form combat effectiveness? How can it compare to an old army? And the Northwest Mutiny is not Could it be caused by the abolition? Isn’t moving the town to kill two birds with one stone?”

   Zhang Huaichang laughed. It seems that this King Lu also entered Qingtan Academy and was influenced by Qingtan Academy's atmosphere of discussing current affairs. This is not a bad thing.

"If your Highness is interested in military affairs, you might as well go to the Ministry of War to walk around more, but the matter of moving the town is not that simple, and the inside story is hard to explain." Zhang Huaichang didn't have so much energy to talk to a young man, and smiled : "With time, King Lu will gradually understand that this official is now resigning."

   King Lu was a little disappointed, but Zhang Huaichang's words might as well go to the Ministry of War and walk around more, but he kept it in mind.

  Second brother has been lingering in the Ministry of War, and he wanted to go to the Ministry of War, but he couldn’t find a suitable reason. It just so happened that even Master Shangshu sent an invitation, so he can go and see it?

Under normal circumstances, Qingtan Academy is undoubtedly suitable for studying, raising hope, accumulating contacts, and attracting the hearts of scholars, but now that King Lu thinks of the situation mentioned by his mother and concubine, he is also a little anxious, and sometimes he can only think about it. Think of a way, find another way.

  (end of this chapter)