"Evil?" Xu Hongji asked, "How is he so evil?"

"He claims to be the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao!" Xu Yongji took over his cousin's question, "If Huang Yushi didn't tell me, I almost forgot... The new army stationed in Yangzhou to overcome difficulties is an evil army.

Everyone at the top and bottom is superstitious that the prince is the reincarnation of Emperor Taizu Gao. He does two exercises and three drills a day. He trains like crazy and shouts from time to time, "Emperor Taizu Gao is reincarnated - invincible"!

"

"Haha," Xu Hongji sneered, "What's the use of calling?"

Zhao Zhilong also echoed: "If it was useful, I wouldn't have come to Yangzhou in desolation!"

He paused and exchanged glances with Zhu Guobi and Huang Shu.

Zhu Guobi snorted: "I think we still have to let the Holy One come out and take charge!"

"Yes! The Holy Emperor is clearly still alive and has no illness, so why did he let the prince take power?" Huang Shu said, "Since ancient times, there has been no such precedent..."

In fact, there are still such precedents! It’s just that Huang Shu didn’t want to mention that the person who held power as the prince was called Li Shimin! He became the prince for more than two months after the Xuanwu Gate Incident on June 4, the ninth year of Wude.

Only then was he promoted to become emperor.

"What Huang Yushi said is absolutely true!" Zhao Zhilong clapped his hands and said, "We are all ministers of the Holy Emperor, not the prince!"

He looked at Xu Hongji and said, "Wei Guogong, what do you think?"

"I..."

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh..."

The sound of coughing interrupted Xu Hongji's words, but this time it was not him, a consumptive man, who was coughing, but his son Xu Yunjue.

The old man saw his son's face glowing red, and he didn't look like he was sick!

Xu Yunjue leaned into his father's ear and whispered: "Sir, raising troops to serve the king costs money!"

That’s right! Raising troops costs money!

The money in the Nanjing Household Department has been taken to Shandong by Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu, and now it is empty enough to run away with rats. Now the Nanjing soldiers in the Beijing Camp and the Jiangjiang Navy are in arrears, and you are crazy to want them to go and fight against the enemy.

The same way the new army overcomes difficulties and fights a tough battle?

To make this group of battalion soldiers summoned from various guard posts in the southeast obey orders, money must not be spent less.

And where can the money come from?

Can the Wei government, which is extremely wealthy, be left with nothing?

The thought of having to pay for it himself made Wei Guogong Xu Hongji reluctant to part with it. This was not a small amount of money!

Now there are 40,000 people in Nanjing's capital camp and navy! One tael of silver per person is 40,000 taels!

In addition, the guardsmen and servants of various families will also be gathered in Nanjing, totaling no less than 60,000 to 70,000 people.

And these 60,000 to 70,000 people are not all soldiers, there are also many officials. If we don’t feed them, will they follow the Qinqin King? The prince has millions of taels of silver on hand, so he can’t spend money to bribe him?

To feed the entire Nanjing army, even a million taels may not be enough!

In addition, Nanjing’s battalions and navy did not have any good equipment. They had to spend money to buy it! To equip 60 to 70 thousand people, it would cost millions of taels, right?

Besides, no one knows how long this Qinwang battle will last. If it lasts for a year and a half, how much savings does the old Xu family have? Can they fill this bottomless pit?

"Huang Yushi, Zhao Shoubei, and Admiral Zhu," Xu Hongji twirled his white beard, "If we want to raise an army to serve the king, how much military expenditure will it cost? And how to raise it?"

This old guy is almost dead, and he still thinks about money...

Huang Shu, Zhao Zhilong, and Zhu Guobi couldn't help cursing in their hearts after hearing this.

"It is estimated that the military expenses will be 3 million taels!" Zhao Zhilong said, "The Nanjing camp and the navy will spend at least 2 million taels on reorganization. In addition, Huang Degong from Fengyang and Zuo Liangyu from Wuchang have to spend money to win over the whole family.

Give me at least 500,000 taels of silver."

"Where can I get these 3 million taels?" Xu Yunjue asked.

Don’t you have one at home?

Ten of the sixteen famous gardens in Nanjing have the surname Xu! Your family doesn’t have 3 million!?

Zhu Guobi's face turned livid: "Every noble family can put together a little bit, collect some taxes from passing merchant ships, and ask merchants in Nanjing for money. We can finally get 3 million taels..."

"My family took the lead in offering 100,000 taels!" Xu Hongji looked pained and stretched out his two palms tremblingly.

Bleeding profusely!

100,000 taels!

When Emperor Chongzhen was about to be beaten to death by Li Zicheng, Old Xu had nothing to lose. Now he is willing to pay 100,000 taels to King Qin. Emperor Chongzhen will definitely be very grateful, right?

Huang Shu shook his head repeatedly, "My lord, what we are doing now, if we succeed, we will be a diligent king, if we fail, we will be a rebel! If the prince gets the city of Nanjing... your family's money, garden, land, and shops will be lost."

It all belongs to others!"

"This, this..." Xu Hongji gritted his teeth, "Then add another 100,000 taels! 200,000 taels, no more!"

Only 200,000 is still not enough!

"The honorable ministers in Nanjing are not from the Wei Guofu family!" Xu Yunjue was already heartbroken. He was afraid that Huang Shu and the others would continue to ask for money, so he rushed to say, "If you want to pay, everyone must pay together...

.In addition, there are many wealthy households in Suzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Huizhou and other places, so we have to let them pay!"

Because Nanjing, Yangzhou, and Huai'an were important towns, the nobles and nobles had always been powerful. In Suzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Huizhou, etc., the scholar-bureaucrats were powerful. Xu Yunjue kicked the ball to Huang Shu for fundraising.

This is the leader of Donglin.

Huang Shu frowned, not because he was reluctant to give up money, but because he, the leader of Donglin, actually didn't have much strength.

The so-called Donglin Party was just a loose clique of scholar-bureaucrats with no strict organization. Moreover, Huang Shu was not the only leader. Qian Qianyi, who was attracted by Zhu Cixiang, was also the leader. Huang Shu had no way to control the following group of people who had no organizational discipline.

Donglin Party members went to raise funds.

In addition, the Six Ministries in Nanjing are no longer there. They were disbanded by Zhu Cixi's decree! Moreover, the main officials of the Six Ministries have also gone their separate ways. Only Zhang Shenyan and Jiang Riguang are still left in Nanjing.

How could it be possible for just the two of them to give orders to the Jiangnan prefectures in South Zhili?

Without giving orders to the governments in the south of the Yangtze River, how could Nanjing raise military expenditures from Suzhou, Changzhou, Songjiang, Huzhou, Hangzhou and other places?

But Huang Shu couldn't reject Xu Yunjue outright now, otherwise what would happen if Xu Hongji and Xu Yunjue, the two misers, quit?

"We have to ask everyone from all over the country to contribute money!" Huang Shu nodded and said, "I will send people to all the governments in Jiangnan to collect donations from Comrade Dong Lin. One or two million can always be raised, but it will take some time. Jiangnan

Before the money from each government is sent to Nanjing, it has to rely on the contributions of the noble ministers of each family."

His idea is to first let the nobles of various families step forward to support King Qin's career. If King Qin messes up with this matter, it will be a rebellion. Once it starts, there will be no way out. At that time, even the successors of Donglin in the Jiangnan prefectures

If we don’t follow, Nanjing’s nobles will lose everything and still have to continue playing!

The cash deposits of each noble family in Nanjing are estimated to be 20 to 30 million taels! In addition, there are many businessmen in Nanjing. It is not a problem to get another 20 to 30 million taels from them. The sum of the two is four

Fifty million taels is enough to compete with Zhu Cixiang, right?

Thinking of this, Huang Shu said again: "Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu are in urgent need of money, so we must give them two to three hundred thousand taels of silver each first, right? Duke Wei, you must raise this money as soon as possible."

Xu Hongji nodded, "Forget it, I will be responsible for raising 1 million taels, and I really can't come up with any more!"

"Did the Wei government provide 1 million?" Zhu Guobi seemed not to understand Xu Hongji's words and asked again.

Old Man Xu glared at him, "Wei Guofu offered 200,000 taels, and other nobles and ministers in Nanjing offered another 800,000 taels, for a total of 1 million taels!"

The total is only 1 million, which is a bit small!

Zhao Zhilong and Zhu Guobi exchanged glances, and Zhu Guobi said: "Then can the garrison department collect money from merchants? Can the navy commander Cao Jiang stop on the river to collect money?"

Many businesses in Nanjing and on the Yangtze River involve secret shares of various noble families. Without Xu Hongji's nod, Zhao Zhilong and Zhu Guobi would not dare to send people to collect money.
Chapter completed!