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Chapter 30 Annual Examples

"Young son, you are still young, how can you take risks on the front line? No, I will never agree." Empress Zhou was making the final struggle without any effort.

I feel sorry for parents all over the world, let alone a crown prince. Even if it is an ordinary child, who would want him to go to the dangerous front line? Even if you are going to comfort me, your mother will think that there will be ten thousand cold arrows pointing at you at any time.

Zhu Cixuan really has no good way to comfort this: "Don't worry, the mother is so worried that the child cherishes his life. The son will hide in a place that no one can hit. Besides, there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border waiting for the battle, so there will be no trouble."

"The queen doesn't need to worry. I have sent Changping General Li Shouyan to escort the emperor north. This time I went to Ji Liao to just give condolences to the officers and soldiers on the front line, and there will be no trouble." Emperor Chongzhen suddenly came to Ganning Palace and heard the conversation between Empress Zhou and Zhu Cixuan.

Chongzhen knew that his wife would not agree, so he came to Ganning Palace after finishing his government affairs to comfort Empress Zhou, but happened to meet Zhu Cilang.

Although Li Shouyan, the general of Changping, had no achievements, he was still a very loyal person to the court. When the bandits arrived at Beijing, Li Shouyan, the general of Changping, saw that the bandits were in great force and did not surrender, but committed suicide in front of the formation.

After all, escorting 200,000 yuan in silver is not a trivial matter. Chongzhen was worried, so he asked Changping General Li Shouyan to escort Zhu Cixuan to the north together. Empress Zhou also knew that even if she didn't want her son to go, she could do anything. Since this matter was Chongzhen's intention, and the time for the court discussion was settled. She could only cover her face and cry. Chongzhen and Zhu Cixuan comforted her and had to reluctantly agree.

Zhu Cilang was overjoyed and said to Chongzhen: "Father, I want to take a few people from the Jinyiwei this time. These people are more familiar with me and are convenient to use."

Chongzhen did not doubt that he was: "Well, this is up to you. When you arrive in Liaodong, you only need to say some lenient words to the soldiers guarding the city and tell the soldiers that the court is in trouble at the moment. But I will definitely pay their military pay. As long as the soldiers are willing to work hard and defend our Ming Dynasty, I will not forget them."

Zhu Cilang nodded: "I will pay attention to it."

In fact, Zhu Cilang sneered at the heart. What are the uses of these high-sounding words? The soldiers were afraid that they would have been tired of hearing them. They were loyal to the court, so how did the court treat them? Without pay, without combat power, and without military pay, how could the soldiers who were willing to work hard.

Only by giving money is the most affordable, and you can do things with money. Only with military pay will the soldiers work hard. Chongzhen only draws a big cake for others. Fortunately, he brought 200,000 taels of silver, otherwise the soldiers on the front line would be cursing.

Two hundred thousand taels, this batch of silver is the military pay of Liaodong soldiers, and it cannot tolerate any gap. The bandits are rampant, so it is much safer to be escorted by Changping General Li Shouyan, who led troops to escort these silver.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict had been issued. But the bureaucrats raised by the Ministry of Revenue still wanted to delay. When I was not with me, Zhu Cilang didn't want to wait. He ordered a few Jinyiwei, led by Qianhu Xia Dechao and Li Hao, and went to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money.

Li Weiwen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was a clean and honest official. Chongzhen allocated 200,000 taels of funds to Liaodong soldiers. Li Shiwen signed the letter. However, when he arrived at Wu Luzhong, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he was stuck.
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