Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 62

"Ruan Dabeard didn't say anything just now, it can be seen that he has understood, why haven't you understood yet?"

When Lu Jiude said this, he was a little emotional, and he called Ma Shiying directly by his name instead of his name, which seemed a bit offensive to the ancients.

However, Ma Shiying's brain was also very nervous at this time, and she didn't care to find out the mistakes in Lu Jiude's words.

"You, you, oh!" Ma Shiying pointed at Lu Jiude, blushing, but found that she couldn't say anything.

I saw him let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Alas, our Ming Dynasty is now settled in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is still suffering from civil strife. I really don't know if destiny will still favor us."

Lu Jiude patted Ma Shiying on the shoulder, and said in a gentle tone, "If we hadn't been able to wait for a while and not rush to help the prince into the position of prison, maybe this day would not have happened."

The two stood under the wall of the palace shaking their heads and sighing, but they didn't know that Zhu Cihong's Jin Yiwei had overheard all their conversations inside and outside the palace.

One of the Jinyi Guardsmen with a talent for painting even drew a picture of Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude standing under the wall and whispering, and showed it to Zhu Cihong.

"Haha, these two guys look like two little old men." Zhu Cihong held the image of the conversation between Ma Shiying and Lu Jiude drawn by the guard in brocade clothes, which was so lifelike that it brought people to life.

"That's right, my lord, I've never met Lu Jiude before. Looking at this portrait, I feel a sense of déjà vu. It's amazing." Liu Bao also thought the painting was good.

"Okay, come here, give him ten taels of silver, and step down." Although he is a soldier of the system, he has feelings and knows how to spend money, so Zhu Cihong rewarding him with silver has a certain effect.

"Those foolish bastards in King Fu still don't know that I know their actions clearly. No matter what they do, they can't escape my palm. This feeling is really cool."

Facing people like King Fu, Zhu Cihong felt like a player with God's perspective. They already knew their plan to ambush him in the Taimiao, so they couldn't beat Zhu Cihong no matter what.

"Prince, do you want to issue an edict that King Fu will rebel, and the soldiers and horses of the envoys will be sent to the city to surround the Prince Fu's mansion?" Liu Bao asked Zhu Cihong.

He felt that in the current situation, his idea was the safest, to send soldiers into the city, so that King Fu would never be able to make waves.

Although Zhu Cixiang's house had hundreds of elite soldiers who were not afraid of death, the number was too small after all, so there was a possibility of accidents.

After Liu Bao finished speaking, Zhu Cihong raised his hand and said, "It's not necessary."

"How do you know that I will be able to mobilize Sun Erguan's soldiers? Besides, even if they are transferred, those shabby soldiers will easily cause chaos in the city. It's better not to startle the enemy for the time being."

Sun Erguan is the commander of the southern Zhili capital, in charge of the troops and horses of the provincial garrison. In name, he has great military power and should have tens of thousands of troops at his disposal. However, it is now the end of the Ming Dynasty, and you can tell with just your toes that he is short of more than half.

Furthermore, Zhu Cihong had never known this person before, let alone anyone who had contacted Zhu Cihong on his own initiative, so it could be seen that his heart might not be toward Zhu Cihong.

I am afraid that if he rashly transfers his soldiers and horses, he may suffer a disadvantage for himself.

"Then what should we do? Is it possible to wait for King Fu and the others to plan to kill you?" Because Liu Bao had followed Zhu Cihong for many years, so when Liu Bao said death as an unlucky word, Zhu Cihong didn't say anything.

If it were an eunuch who served the nobles in the palace and said such words, he would probably be slapped right after the last sentence was finished.

"I, Zhu Cihong, am I the one who just sits and waits to die."

"Thirty-six strategies, the best strategy is to use the strategy, let him think what the King of Fortune thinks, I just care about the soldiers coming to block, and the water coming and the earth covering up."

Zhu Cihong talked for a long time, but Liu Bao still couldn't understand what he meant. Since he escaped from the capital, his master seemed to have grown up overnight, and many places made him feel strange.

"What do you mean?" Liu Bao asked.

"On that day, I will only bring a dozen guards with me, and you will be by my side. That's enough. By the way, don't talk about this matter. I have already ordered Zhang Chao to keep his mouth shut. This news In this mansion, apart from Zhang Chao, you and me, no one can know."

When Zhu Cihong said this, Liu Bao felt that he was mysterious and had the appearance of a king. At the beginning, he heard his foster father Wang Chengen say that by the side of Emperor Chongzhen, the emperor's anger was like cloudy and cloudy weather. The more you want to guess, the more you can't guess.

And as a slave, you can't know too much information. In this way, if you know a little about the king, but you don't know a lot about him, you will feel that he is more mysterious.

"Yes, I know, I promise to keep my mouth shut." Liu Bao promised.

Just after Liu Bao finished speaking, a guard suddenly came in from outside the study to report. He half-kneeled on the ground as soon as he entered, and said, "Your Highness, Li Jinli, the director of the Internal Affairs Department, is asking to see you outside the courtyard."

"Xuan."

Because Li Jin was in charge of the internal affairs, he met Zhu Cihong more often, so he was naturally familiar with the road. Before Zhu Cihong could speak, he found a seat and sat down.

"Your Highness, the Prince's Mansion has been spending a lot recently, and the money on our books may only last for a month or two."

Upon meeting Zhu Cihong, Li Jin complained about financial difficulties.

"Why is the money spent so quickly?" Zhu Cihong has always spent money carelessly, and has no habit of keeping accounts. This is an old problem brought about by the previous life.

"Your Highness, you still ask me, the day before yesterday you went to Shandong to reward Sang Kaidi and Ding Qiguang with 300 taels of silver each, and you also rewarded the governors of prefectures and counties with 100 taels of silver each, and you also allocated [-] silver as military expenses for Lord Zhang Yong. .”

"In addition to this, there are the princess's powder money, silk money, tailor money, the two princes' books, pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and even knives, guns, armor, firearms, etc. With such a large expenditure, the money will naturally be spent quickly."

Fortunately, Li Jin usually remembers the account books carefully, and he has a good memory, so when Zhu Cihong asks a question now, he can answer it immediately.

"Military rewards cost a lot of money, I can understand it, but how did princesses and princes spend so much money?" Zhu Cihong still maintained the thinking of modern people, thinking that no matter how much money a person spends, it is limited.

As everyone knows, the ability of rich people, especially nobles, to spend money is beyond ordinary people's imagination. In Dream of Red Mansions, the daily expenses of the ladies and gentlemen of the Jia family cost dozens of taels of silver. This is just for a middle-class family.

(End of this chapter)