Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Xu Dingguo murmured, it was winter, but Gao Jie was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

He wiped the sweat from his face and declined:

"So that my uncle will know that it's not because the general doesn't send troops, but because he lacks money and food!

The imperial court had no funds to allocate, and Xiao Xiao could not spend money or food to reward the soldiers.

Uncle, I am very helpless even though I am young!

It’s not that Xiao Xiao is exposing his family’s scandal. Xiao Xiao has never seen the appearance of food and salary...

Not a single copper plate or a grain of grain was seen!

As the old saying goes, a soldier must eat his food, and a soldier must eat his food!

This soldier can't even get enough food to eat, so what kind of soldier can he be?

Besides, people fight with their heads in their waistbands...

We can't even pay the money, and if people don't take action, there's nothing the general can do! "

Gao Jie was unable to refute Xu Dingguo's words.

Gao Jie looked at Wang Yongji on one side and asked Wang Yongji with his eyes, is what Xu Dingguo said true?

Wang Yongji nodded slightly to him.

Gao Jie frowned.

Grain rates!

It’s food and wages again!

damn it!

Since Emperor Chongzhen fled to Nanyang, this food and salary has been gone.

Originally, when Chongzhen was emperor, although there were many deductions in food and salary.

However, there are some guarantees after all.

Emperor Chongzhen would always try his best to get food and wages for the soldiers.

Although most of it was corrupted by the bureaucrats—but I barely managed to stay hungry!

……

When Zhu Yousong succeeded to the throne and tried to win over him, he made a good point - high-ranking officials would have generous salaries and food and wages!

When I think about it, under Emperor Chongzhen, the food and salary distributed was not even [-]%.

At that time, the whole world was saying that the emperor treated the soldiers harshly and defaulted on their pay...

Zhu Yousong succeeded to the throne in Jiangnan, and the court was filled with people from the famous "Zhongzheng Group" - Donglin, Fushe and others.

Gao Jie was thinking that if he worked in such a "righteous" court, he would never be in arrears with his salary, right?

Who knows...

From last year when he led his troops to support Zhu Yousong until now——

The food and salary received was only more than a month’s worth!

"Thief your mother, two hundred and eighty, three moos pull your mother!"

This special girl is so righteous!

Even he, one of the four towns that supported the great achievements, only received so little military pay.

Even, as a last resort, I had to send troops to plunder the place...

You can't just watch your men starve to death!

Even his Gao Jie Department is like this. It can be imagined that Xu Dingguo Department has no merit at all.

Gao Jie's angry face softened.

Gao Jie looked at Yue Qijie.

Yue Qijie was unsure.

Although it was his idea to let Yuan Shu go back to collect food.

Yuan Shu had a good relationship with Jiangnan gentry, and he wanted to take advantage of this.

but……

As Ma Shiying's in-laws, Yue Qijie naturally knew more about the inside story.

My uncle had offended the entire Jiangnan gentry.

Unless Ma Shiying is willing to hand over all power and become an apartment owner, he will no longer interfere with all power.

Otherwise, Ma Shiying, who is the biggest obstacle to the Jiangnan Group's control of government affairs, will definitely be squeezed out by the entire Jiangnan gentry class.

The best way to suppress Ma Shiying is to make Ma Shiying fail.

That is:

Whatever Ma Shiying insisted on was opposed by the Jiangnan gentry!

As long as Ma Shiying presides over it, it will be destroyed by the Jiangnan gentry!

Yue Qijie sighed in his heart.

My elder brother-in-law is a staunch royalist, and he is the main militant.

Now that my uncle has chosen to take sides, the Jiangnan gentry will never let him succeed...

In other words - Yuan Shu's return to Jiangnan to raise wages, the chance of success is less than one ten thousandth.

I'm afraid I won't be able to raise this salary...

Yue Qijie's heart was like a bright mirror.

He knows everything!

Yue Qijie raised his head with a smile on his face:

"Uncle Gao, General Xu.

The matter of military pay is not a problem.

Don't forget that Mr. Yuan's family and friends are all over the world.

Who among all the scholars in the world would dare not betray Mr. Yuan’s face!

The son of Duke Yuan went to the south of the Yangtze River in person to ask for wages - there was no danger of this happening.

Just make arrangements, you two, and it won't be too late for military pay. "

Yue Qijie told lies, but his face was sincere.

It's as if he himself thinks so too.

……

As long as there is a knowledgeable person in politics, if you give a little advice, you will hear the true meaning from the official words.

The Yue Qijie family is one of the four great families in Guizhou.

Although it is placed in a place like Jiangnan, it is not popular in Yuejia.

However, they are from a political family after all, and he still knows the secrets.

Yang Longyou's expression remained unchanged, but surprise flashed in his eyes.

He raised his head and looked at his uncle.

Although they are both married to the Ma family, they can even be called brothers-in-law.

However, after all, it is my uncle who is bigger.

Even the step-uncle...

Don’t mess with seniority!

Chinese rules, when dealing with such complicated in-law relationships, have one purpose:

Under the premise of "differentiation between relatives and strangers", "each one calls according to his own needs."

What is the difference between closeness and distance - the family of Wufu comes first, and the family hierarchy cannot be messed up; the uncle's family is as big as the sky, and the relationship between the uncle's family and the uncle's family cannot be lost, because it is the blood of the mother.

If a person, on the premise of treating them equally, cheats even these two related people...

With such a person, just cut off the relationship as soon as possible - one day, he will definitely cheat you!

……

Yang Longyou didn't understand why Yue Qijie spoke so clearly!

He thought about the best place. The chance that Yuan Shu could get his salary back was no more than [-]%...

Yue Qijie smiled and took care of everything, but his feet under the table stepped on the instep of Yang Longyou, crushing him slightly.

"hiss!"

Yang Longyou's expression changed, and he hurriedly raised his glass again, using his sleeves to cover his panicked face while drinking.

He got it!

Uncle is trying to appease Xu Dingguo!

he understands...

As long as Xu Dingguo is stabilized and allowed to send troops, the Northern Expedition will be reliable!

As long as the soldiers are pulled out of Suizhou, they will not get military pay...

By then, Xu Dingguo will no longer be able to support his troops and respect himself!

Without the protection of the city, even if Xu Dingguo no longer wanted to fight the Tartars, could he still be left alone?

This is bullying!

"Oh!"

Yang Longyou figured it out. He put down his wine glass and laughed loudly:

"General Xu, you also know Mr. Yuan's energy.

Boying (characterized by Yuan Shu) went south to raise wages, how could he fail? "

After hearing what the two people said, Xu Dingguo immediately said:

"In this way, the general will be relieved."

After saying that, Xu Dingguo waved his hand for the singer to continue dancing:

"Come on!

Keep singing, keep dancing! "

However, Gao Jie had a cold face.

Upon seeing this, Gao Jie's personal guards also stood up.

The singers looked at it and wondered how they dared to dance anymore!

Xu Dingguo had no choice but to whisper:

"I want my uncle to know that I am actually in a difficult situation.

The younger one is not like his uncle, he uses his fingers like an arm to deal with his subordinates. "