Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 274 Millions of Medicine Silver, Governor of Jiangxi
As early as half a month ago, when Hong Niangzi searched the money and food in the city after taking Jiangxia, she told Aimee Zhu that the Zuo family might still have a lot of money, and it would be difficult to search for a while.

At that time, Auntie Zhu urgently needed Zuo Liangyu to help persuade the ministries under her command to surrender, and also needed Zuo Liangyu to supervise the Zuo army to complete reorganization, training and other matters in the later period.

So, it's really hard to search Zuo's house.

In this world, all you want is the word "power and wealth".

Aimee Zhu has already ordered that the Zuo family father and son be deprived of all merits and official positions, and now the Zuo family father and son are left with only money.

The only thing Zuo Liangyu can leave to Zuo Menggeng is money.

At this time, Aimee Zhu used strong means to seize the Zuo family's money on the grounds of pursuing the previous responsibility. Not only would Zuo Liangyu be forced to rebel, but the people below would think that Aimee Zhu had killed donkeys and crossed rivers to tear down bridges.

However, when thinking about the things Zuo Liangyu had done, Zhu Wei felt that it was too cheap to deprive the father and son of the Zuo family of meritorious titles and official positions, and they had to peel off another layer of skin.

Hao Guangming learned of Aimee Zhu's thoughts, so he proposed to sell medicine to Zuo Liangyu.

Therefore, when Aunt Zhu learned that Zuo Liangyu had finished taking the medicine, she didn't give him any more, but waited for him to ask for it.

Seeing that the Zuo family's father and son were willing to pay for the medicine, Auntie Zhu smiled and said, "This medicine is also hard to find in this palace. If you want to buy it, the medicine you need for a day will be worth ten thousand taels of silver."

Although they were prepared in their hearts, the Zuo family father and son couldn't help but look shocked when they heard the price.

Zuo Menggeng even blurted out: "So expensive?"

Dong Qiongying said from the side: "This kind of magical medicine is not owned by Daming, and others can't buy it if they want to. Jian Guo doesn't care about your faults, and is willing to sell the medicine, but you still think it's expensive?"

"I dare not." Zuo Menggeng replied first, then gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to buy the hundred-day magic medicine for my father once."

Take out a million taels of silver all at once?

The Zuo family really has a lot of private wealth.

Thinking this way in her heart, Auntie Zhu didn't intend to raise the price any more, she nodded and said: "I can give you the medicine first, and after you go back, you should send someone to hand over the medicine money to Hong Niangzi as soon as possible."

"Yes."

"Zuo Liangyu." Aunt Zhu called Zuo Liangyu again as if in a trance.

"The sinner is here."

"From now on, you will stay in Wuchang as the Counselor for Huguang Military Affairs. As for Zuo Menggeng, you will follow me to Nanzhili. How about it?"

As soon as Zuo Liangyu heard it, she knew that Auntie Zhu was going to use Zuo Menggeng as a hostage.

Only in this way can he completely lose the possibility of rebellion.

Although Zuo Liangyu was reluctant to let his son leave, he knew that this matter was not up to him to choose, so he responded: "The sinner thanked Jian Guo."

After talking about the matter, Aimee Zhu let Zuo's father and son leave.

Back at Zuo Zhai in Jiangxia, Zuo Liangyu called Zuo Menggeng to the bedroom to reprimand him.

"You are really confused. You can buy medicines that cost 1 taels a day? As a father, you are only a mortal person, so why spend such a waste of money?

Even if you have to spend it, you shouldn't spend a million taels at once.Don't you want to hear about your wealth without revealing it, and you are not afraid of attracting people's attention? "

Zuo Menggeng smiled wryly and said: "Father, what if it is [-] a day to continue your life? What's more, if you die, how can your son keep the money?
It is better to borrow and sell the medicine and donate it to the prison country, so as to avoid being taken by others.

Since the prison country has pardoned us, it will not take our lives for money.

But if other people think about the money in our hands, I am afraid they will take our lives together. "

Hearing Zuo Menggeng's words, Zuo Liangyu couldn't help being stunned, and then showed a look of relief, "My son has finally grown up to be a director. It's a pity that I have done too many wrong things for my father, and now I can leave you Just some money."

In fact, the Zuo family and his son estimated that they may not be able to keep much of their private property worth several million taels later.

But even if only a few 10 taels are kept, it is enough for Zuo Menggeng to spend.

If you know how to manage it, it can even become an asset for generations of wealthy people.

So, hearing Zuo Liangyu's emotion, Zuo Menggeng said: "Father, we have fought against the prison country after all, so it is enough to leave our lives and some of our personal wealth."

Zuo Liangyu sighed and nodded.

Then he couldn't help thinking, how long the magic medicine purchased with this million taels of silver could last his life.

After all, he was still afraid of death.

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March [-]th.

Aunt Zhu set off from Wuchang and led the army to continue down the river.

In Wuchang, there were two battles with the Zuo Army and the Shun Army. The ships and soldiers under Zhu Yu's command not only did not decrease, but increased.

Warships did not increase much, only a few dozen, but civilian ships increased by more than 800.

The military strength has increased by more than 2.

Except for the addition of a group of soldiers and horses from the elite of the left army, most of the Shun army was captured and reorganized.

In Huguang, counting the Battle of Jiangling, the Shun army captured by Zhu Yuxi has exceeded [-].

Because Li Zicheng was in Hubei, Zhu Yuxi naturally would not accept the reorganization of the Shun Army and stay in Huguang.

Therefore, except for those who were not suitable for joining the army or did not want to join the army, the rest of the Shunjun who met the conditions of the Ming Dynasty's new army were all taken away by her on board.

These people were reorganized into seven training camps, and no larger establishment has been made for the time being.

In the future, if the imperial guards and border guards around Aimee Zhu need to replenish their troops, they can directly recruit people from these seven training camps.

With the combat quality of these prisoners of the Shun Army, after some training, they can all be incorporated into the border guards or the imperial guards.

If there is really a shortage of people on the battlefield against the Qing army in Nanzhili in the future, people from the training camp can also be recruited directly to the battlefield.

Most of the generals of the Shun Army who surrendered have already expressed their allegiance to Zhu Yuxi, and they can be used as officers only after completing their studies in the training camp.

Although these people cannot be directly assigned to the training camp as officers, they can be replaced with officers from the border guards and imperial guards, freeing up officers who are not from the Shun army to control the training camp.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Wuchang Mansion in Huguang and Jiujiang Mansion in Jiangxi were next to each other in the administrative division of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the army entered Jiujiang Mansion within a day or two after departing from Wuchang...
Jiujiang Prefecture is ruled by virtue.

Yuan Jixian, another governor of the Ming Dynasty, was stationed here.

In the 15th year of Chongzhen, Yuan Jixian, who was banished to Guizhou due to crimes, was recommended by court officials to be reinstated, and the Prime Minister Hebei Tuntian.

The peasant army entered Hubei to fight and blocked the road, so it failed to make it.

So he became the right servant of the Ministry of war and the imperial envoy of Youqian capital, and the governor of Jiangxi, Huguang, Anqing, Nanjing and other military affairs.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were wars all over the country, and even government orders were confused for various reasons. It is very common for governors to have overlapping military jurisdictions.

Therefore, after He Tengjiao was appointed governor of Huguang by the Nanjing court, Yuan Jixian actually became the governor of Jiangxi military affairs.

Aunt Zhu stayed in Wuchang for 20 days, and fought against Zuo Jun and Shun Jun successively. Jiujiang is adjacent to Wuchang, and ships can go down the Yangtze River. Naturally, Yuan Jixian has heard some news related to Aunt Zhu.

It's just that most of these news were brought by businessmen and deserters, which was quite confusing and unofficial, so Yuan Jixian had difficulty distinguishing the truth from the fake at first.

As more and more news came from behind, he analyzed some things that he could be sure of.

Princess Kunxing supervised the country in Sichuan, defeated Zhang Xianzhong last year, and led an army of [-] into Huguang this spring.

He first defeated Zuo Liangyu in Huguang, and now he is fighting against the Shun army who intends to cross the river south.

He Tengjiao, governor of Huguang, and his subordinates Du Yinxi, Zhang Kuang and other officials all followed the princess of the country.

The latest news from yesterday is that the army under Zhu Yuxi's command has defeated Li Zicheng and ordered the Shun bandits to retreat.

Knowing this, Yuan Jixian didn't know whether to be worried or happy for a while.

However, as early as ten days ago, when he learned that Princess Jian Guo had led the army to Wuchang, he had already reported this to Nanjing.

It's not that he doesn't know that the Princess Jian Guo will have a conflict with the new emperor of Nanjing, but he feels that the Nanjing side will know about it sooner or later. Since he is the governor of Jiangxi, he has the responsibility to inform him if he hears about it.

Maybe let Nanjing have more time to discuss and come up with a suitable coping strategy, so that the two sides can avoid confrontation.

After all, now that most of the Daming country has fallen, it is really inappropriate for there to be chaos in the royal family.

In his heart, he naturally favored the new emperor of Nanjing.

Although the new emperor is close to the eunuch party, and since he ascended the throne in the Nanjing court, all aspects of affairs have been handled in chaos, but it is still more trustworthy than a woman in charge of the country, right?
Not to mention that it is unprecedented for a princess to supervise the country, how can she inherit the throne of Ming Dynasty as a woman?
Originally, Yuan Jixian hoped that after learning that Nanjing had established a new emperor, Princess Jianguo would know the righteousness, take the initiative to step down from the post of supervisor, and hand over the army under her command to the Nanjing court.

But in recent days, it has been learned that Princess Jian Guo not only defeated Zuo Liangyu, but also took over all his troops, and He Tengjiao and other Huguang officials also followed his edict.

Then there is the matter of the princess defeating the bandits led by Li Zicheng.

Yuan Jixian realized that this princess was probably quite ambitious and wanted to covet the Ming Emperor's throne.

Even if the princess didn't have such thoughts, the officials and generals around the princess would probably not be willing to submit to the officials in Nanjing if she was so powerful.

Thinking of the possibility that Princess Jianguo would lead an army to annihilate the Nanjing court in the future, Yuan Jixian couldn't help worrying so much that he couldn't sleep at night for the past two days.

This morning, when he was pacing in the governor's office with his brows locked, the gate came to report that the new governor of Jiangxi, Kuang Zhao, had asked to see him.

"Kuang Zhao?"

There were too many officials in the Ming Dynasty, and Yuan Jixian had never heard of Kuang Zhao's name before, so he took the name card from the door.

From this, it is known that Kuang Zhao is from Tongchuan, Sichuan. He was recuperating at home before, and he just received an appointment document from Sichuan not long ago, so he came to Jiangxi to take up the post.

Yuan Jixian immediately realized that this person should know something about the Princess Jian Guo.

So he said to the door: "Quickly invite Kuang Futai to come in!"

As he spoke, he also greeted him in the courtyard to show his respect for the new governor of Jiangxi from Sichuan.

(End of this chapter)