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Chapter 248 8.24 Civil and Military Conflict Jiangnan Admiral
Chapter 8

8.24 Civil and Military Conflicts, Jiangnan Admirals

The imperial palace in the capital, the imperial study room, since the civil unrest broke out in the south of the Yangtze River, Emperor Yongzheng has not held a grand court meeting for some days. Whenever there is a military opportunity, he basically summons important civil and military officials to discuss here.

"Report to Your Majesty, there is good news!" Just at the beginning, Niu Jizong excitedly held up a battle report and handed it to Dai Quan, "Dangtu Qianhu's Jinling Guard Commander Wei Xu led by Wei Xu, who defeated Dangtu a few days ago. county seat!

In this battle, Qianhu and deputy Qianhu took the lead in fighting, beheading many leaders of the rebellious army, reporting more than [-] meritorious service to the leader, and saving more than [-] villagers.

It's a pity that Qianhu is not a holiday. He was injured by Liu Ya in the battle and died for the country. Deputy Qianhu Luo Fang was seriously injured. Fortunately, he was rescued by a doctor accompanying the army. When the good news came, he was out of danger.

It's just that the siege suffered a lot of losses. Under the surprise attack of more than [-] officers and troops, more than [-]% of the casualties were lost. The Jinling Guard Commander Wei Xu asked for temporary repairs and replenishment of troops. "

"Why is this Wei Xu indispensable every time?" Bai Xian, who took over as Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites after Jiang Qi's death, said dissatisfiedly, "Master Niu, aren't you playing the same trick again?"

What he said, not to mention Wu Xun's angry face, even the civil servants frowned. There are many things that can't be said, and military generals are not the only ones who can claim credit for their names.

"Master Bai is overthinking. Although the commander of the guards has a bad temper, he is still very good at leading troops to fight." Niu Jizong gave him a cold look and said disdainfully, "Besides, the civil chaos in the south of the Yangtze River has continued to this day. Other victories?"

"It's just a mere riot. You haven't been able to calm down so far, and you still have the face to make irresponsible remarks here. You are really shameless!" Bai Xian continued to choke his neck without fear of death.

"Yes, the [-] elite of the Beijing camp can only store food for three days and pay [-]% of the army's salary, so that I wasted a few months in Xuzhou. The governor is really ashamed!" He couldn't march, so he had to go back to the capital first. Chen Ruiwen said with a sneer.

"There are too many major events this year, and natural disasters continue. The imperial court has provided disaster relief and transported food many times. The Household Department has already run out of money, even if it wants to, it is powerless!" Jiang Xing, Minister of the Household Department, continued to cry poorly.

"Then there's no other way. The sons below can't even see the money. Even if we go to the south of the Yangtze River, it will be very difficult to make any progress." Shi Guangzhu, the governor of the right army, couldn't help laughing.

"Enough!" Emperor Yongzheng's face was so dark that he was about to water.

"The ministers are disrespectful!" All the ministers naturally bowed to plead guilty.

With the continuation of the civil unrest in the south of the Yangtze River, although the palace held meetings almost every day to discuss, there was still no progress in the implementation of the military salary.

Then the civil unrest could not be resolved, so that there were signs of loss of control everywhere, and many dishonest forces began to move around, accompanied by the decline of Yongzheng Emperor's prestige.

Quarrels like today's usually happen every three to five times, and even the so-called "apology" at the end has become more and more perfunctory. After all, everyone knows that meetings are useless, so naturally they have no interest in wasting time.

Emperor Yongzheng also saw the problem, but he had nothing to do. Originally, according to the usual practice, this kind of matter could also be solved by the emperor's internal funds.

The problem is that he has no money, because of the so-called "there are two days in the sky", Emperor Yongzheng has been living a tight life, even struggling to support the forces under his hands, let alone be able to save money for a big war.

Even so, it is not impossible to go to the Supreme Emperor, everyone knows that he must have a lot of money, but Emperor Yongzheng is unwilling to take this step no matter what.

What's more, the emperor's health is getting worse and worse these days. Although he has controlled his illness under the busy work of a bunch of imperial doctors, he is very weak. Even until now, no one has told him about the civil unrest in the south of the Yangtze River—at least the official no.

"Niu Aiqing, besides this good news, is there anything else?" Holding back his anger, Emperor Yongzheng asked Niu Jizong, and now he can see that it is still necessary to find a professional to fight a war.

"Your Majesty, now that Jiangnan is corrupt and taxation is greatly reduced, it may be difficult to raise money for the time being." Niu Jizong didn't want to go around in circles, and he spoke a lot more happily, "If there is any further delay, I'm afraid there will be more serious problems.

In addition to the good news from Commander Wei, Weichen also heard about the incident in Yangzhou. Although the civil unrest there was serious, the various clans actively donated food and salaries, gathered surrounding troops, and won several victories.

It's just that due to the lack of troops, it is temporarily impossible to counterattack, so they can only stick to the capital of Yangzhou for a generation, but it also ensures the safety of the villagers, so that the rioters cannot coerce the people, let alone get much food and grass. "

"What Niu Aiqing said is about recruiting brave men from the gentry?" Emperor Yongzheng frowned and did not bother to cover up his words. "If the local military is strong, how can we avoid the separatist separatism of vassal towns in the late Tang Dynasty?" "Your Majesty, that is the only way. Allow the generals below to raise food and pay on the spot to support the war, otherwise it will continue to be delayed!" Niu Jizong said unceremoniously.

"Lord Niu's words are ulterior motives!" Yang Nan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, roared dissatisfiedly, "With military power in the locality, there will be disasters for the feudal towns. If the generals can even raise money and food by themselves, how can we guarantee that they will not cause trouble?"

Originally, according to the rules, no one would talk about this kind of "everyone knows" topic so directly. Generally speaking, it's just about everyone, with all kinds of allusions flying around, and you can understand the specific meaning yourself.

But after the two parties have been arguing for so long, and dragged on for so long, and have reached their limit, they finally had some in-depth topics. But it's not that they can't even get the military pay for the departure.

If he continued to refuse money, Emperor Yongzheng, who was on the verge of breaking out, might really have to kill people. After all, he was the "lord of the world", and it was absolutely impossible to just sit and watch the civil unrest continue to rot.

"It doesn't matter." Niu Jizong stepped back after finishing speaking, "As the saying goes, 'Those who work hard will rule others, and those who work hard will rule others'. We rough people can't think of a way, so please adults think about it."

"You—" Yang Nan was so stunned that he almost held his breath, but he didn't expect that when he opened his mouth, the ball that was still flying around fell into his arms.

The war can be delayed and corrupted to such an extent that everyone present except the kept-in-the-dark Emperor Yongzheng understands that this is due to the competition for dominance between the civil and military sides, and it has nothing to do with silver and military pay.

Still the same sentence, no matter how poor a country is, it is not a big deal to gather [-] elite soldiers for logistics. If you are in a hurry, you can find a few wealthy businessmen to kill pigs, anyway, this has been done in all dynasties.

But in this way, the situation has returned to the state of "the military generals just fight, and the civilian officials shut up when they do logistics." Of course, Wu Xun doesn't mind, but the civilian officials absolutely cannot accept it. They have struggled for hundreds of years. Will they go back again?
Therefore, the opinion of the civil officials was to send a supervising army. Like the Song and Ming dynasties, the military generals just had to work hard, and the civil officials had the final say in other aspects. Although they did not explicitly mention it, they always emphasized that "someone needs to be responsible for supervising food and payment."

The problem is that everyone is a thousand-year-old fox, who doesn't know how to play a little Liaozhai?As soon as the civil servant's butt poked up, Wu Xun immediately realized what shit they wanted to do, and naturally he didn't want to take it.

It doesn't matter if it's delayed like this. Today, more than three months later, the chaos caused by the civil unrest in the south of the Yangtze River has exceeded one million. It really can't be solved by the [-] Beijing camp, so Wu Xun can only start to delay. And proposed to increase the force.

Fortunately, Wei Xu's Jinling Guard was there. Although we couldn't fight any big battles, Wu Xun's side could at least confidently say that it was due to lack of food and wages. We really worked hard.

"Does Niu Aiqing have a good strategy?" Emperor Yongzheng said as calmly as possible, and by the way, glanced coldly at the group of civil servants. This was the first time he realized that these people really could not be relied on.

"If the generals are not allowed to raise salaries on the spot, how about allowing them to pay for themselves?" Niu Jizong remembered the letter sent by Wei Xu, "Commander Wei's family is well-off, but he only dared to do more because of the court's regulations.

It's better to allow him to raise his own troops and give him a proper title. Once he has enough troops, he will naturally know what to do. "

Now everyone is speechless. As for how much money Wei Xu has, no one can say clearly. All he knows is that he has already controlled the Xue family's name on the surface, so it is difficult to speak out about private matters. up.

As for whether the elite soldiers he raised with his own money belonged to the Dashun Dynasty, no one present cared about it. Anyway, as long as he didn't pay for it himself, even if there was a problem, it could be postponed to a later date.

"Niu Aiqing thinks, what name is suitable?" Emperor Yongzheng really had no choice but to see the situation first.

"I have impeached Sun Yubo, the admiral in the south of the Yangtze River. I have done nothing since the civil unrest. I just sat and watched the war situation rotten. I have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter. If I don't match my virtue, I really shouldn't continue to use it!" Niu Jizong quickly changed the subject.

"Senior!" A series of voices came from Wu Xun's side. Anyway, Sun Yubo was not a core insider, so it happened to put the blame on him.

"The ministers and others seconded the proposal!" The civil servants did not make any comments, anyway, it was Wu Xun who was dealing with it.

"Master Niu's meaning is already very clear." Of course, we still have to stop the matter after dealing with people, Shen Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said in time, "It's just that Wei Xu is only at the age of a weak crown, and the admiral is at least a third-rank."

"Now he needs to lead all the military forces in the south of the Yangtze River. We can only let him stop for a few years after the war." Niu Jizong hesitated for a moment, and decided to be the villain himself.

"Yes!" Emperor Yongzheng nodded slowly.

(End of this chapter)