While Emperor Yongchang and his two plotted against each other, Chu Zhongping also met Yan Mingze in the study.

However, this former Minister of War was no longer at all angry, like a disgraceful dog.

"Gei Master, the junior official will return to his hometown soon. I hope you will take care of yourself!"

Yan Mingze came to say goodbye to Chu Zhongping. After all, he was dismissed from office because of the scandal. He had no hope of resurrection, so he naturally would not stay in Nanjing.

"well!"

Chu Zhongping sighed, and then slowly said: "Go, if you have the chance in the future, I will wash away your grievances."

"Thank you, Mr.!"

Yan Mingze thanked him, and his expression was also a little touched.

This made Chu Zhongping very disdainful and thought to himself, "You trash, if you weren't for your reputation, how could I see you?"

Although Yan Mingze’s design did not affect the overall situation, it also brought shame to the Zhejiang Party, so his resignation was also under pressure from the Zhejiang Party.

But as the leader of the Zhejiang Party, Chu Zhongping has to deal with it even if he doesn't like Yan Mingze. After all, it's too cold and is not conducive to winning people's hearts.

After that, the two of them made a few more polite words, and Yan Mingze said goodbye and left.

"Only the things that are not successful enough and have more than enough failure, only the old master of the house is kind-hearted and willing to see him."

As soon as Yan Mingze left, Chen Shijun walked out of the inner room of the study.

"A colleague who has been in his ten years, now he is going to return home, how can I not see you!"

He said something with emotion, but Chen Shijun didn't believe this.

After all, the two have known each other for many years and know each other very well. Chen Shijun knows very well? What kind of person is Chu Zhongping.

But everyone is a party? The interests are consistent, so on major issues? We have to advance and retreat together? This is a few compliments.

"I won't talk about him anymore, Master Ge? The current Changning Hou's approach is clearly a warning to us? What do you think? What should I do next?

Just when Yan Mingze came to visit, Chen Shijun was talking about this issue with Chu Zhongping, but was interrupted by Yan Mingze's arrival.

"Such a ruthless method? Is it really warning us? This is a bit difficult!"

Chu Zhongping was also very troubled. After all, the chaotic court situation has both rules and no rules. If He Yuansheng is really forced into anger, will everyone tear them apart? There is only one way to use force.

And this path is the least willing to go to by the Zhejiang Party? Because once the force is used, a three-way war will be fought? The Daqian Dynasty will collapse, and the warriors who hold military power will also make a complete move forward.

By then, these civil officials can no longer dominate the situation? How could Chu Zhongping be willing?

"Gei Master, the national treasury has no more than one or two silvers. If you cannot get the silver from the Changning Marquis, I am afraid that the salary of civil and military officials and the military pay of hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city will not be paid before the autumn tax is completed!"

Chen Shijun reminded him, his expression was very solemn.

These words made Chu Zhongping even more troubled, and he was thinking about what to do.

As a cabinet assistant, how could he not understand the situation of the treasury? It was just that the situation was difficult and there was no way to solve it.

After all, July has just passed, and the summer tax has just been collected, but hundreds of thousands of troops, people feeding horses, and the salaries of a group of officials are all quite expensive.

The summer tax that I just collected was not enough to make up for the previous deficit, and it was gone immediately. Therefore, within a few months, the Dagan Dynasty had no investment.

If the south had not been stable and was a land of fish and rice, and the food prices were very low, I was afraid that the supply of hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city would have problems.

"If it really doesn't work, just borrow one or two from major money houses in the south!"

Chu Zhongping, who had no choice, made this suggestion because it was easy to have problems if he didn't pay a salary for several months.

This is also the hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city. If there is a chaos, the officials in the city may be unlucky, so he actively looks for a solution.

Otherwise, if the army owes wages, Chu Zhongping doesn't care.

After all, the distance is far, even if something goes wrong, it will not affect them.

"Gei Master, who doesn't know the situation of the imperial court? How could the major money houses borrow money!"

Chen Shijun smiled bitterly and rejected the proposal.

The situation of the Dagan Dynasty was very bad. If the money bank lends money to the court, it is very likely that it will be wasted, so smart people will never do such things.

As for those who are tough, Chen Shijun never thought about it. Because those who can open money shops have a lot of backers, and even many money shops are run by Zhejiang Party officials, how can they be tough?

"Using autumn tax as collateral, you should be able to borrow some!"

Chu Zhongping gave a suggestion, which made Chen Shijun a little helpless and said, "Gei Master, the Yin branch and Mao food is not a long-term solution!"

He paused and continued to speak: "It is better to find a way to lay off the troops and let them return to their hometowns!"

The hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city were huge burdens of the imperial court, and every month, they had to spend 340,000 taels of silver.

This is still more than 100,000 people under He Yuansheng's command. They did not use the court's supplies and paid the salary, otherwise it would be even more expensive.

"It's not that easy to lay off the troops!"

Chu Zhongping sighed. He knew that Chen Shijun's proposal could completely solve the problem.

But Emperor Yongchang would never let Gao Jinzhong leave for the sake of power.

If Gao Jinzhong did not leave, the 70,000 to 80,000 troops under Qin Liangzuo's command could not leave, otherwise the Zhejiang Party officials would undoubtedly become the meat on the chopping board of Emperor Yongchang.

In Shenjing City, officials who have suffered great losses will not let history repeat themselves even if they pay more. Naturally, they must seize some military power and use it as a guarantee.

He paused and continued to speak: "I was burning with my eyebrows, let's take a look at my eyes first!"

This sentence represents Chu Zhongping's sense of powerlessness, and Chen Shijun has no other way, so he can only nod and agree.

"But the Emperor will be very anxious. We can wait before making a decision!"

At this time, Chu Zhongping said again, with a little scheming in his expression. Chen Shijun also narrowed his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

Both sides of Nanjing City were prepared, but He Yuansheng was unaware of it.

After rectifying the salt affairs and stabilizing the situation, he planned to return to Nanjing.

After all, Nanjing City is the center of power, and many things must be handled in Nanjing.

On June 12th, He Yuansheng, who had finished his aftermath, set off for Nanjing.

However, this time I returned to Nanjing, I took the water route because I carried too much money.

Water access is conducive to transportation and convenient for protection.

In order to ensure safety, He Yuansheng even transferred more than a hundred warships and 3,000 navy officers and soldiers from the Zhejiang Navy to escort the westward journey.

Three days later, He Yuansheng returned to Nanjing with his men.

In Nanjing, everything is still the same, but in the most central location, a Changning Marquis Mansion appears.

The Marquis' Mansion has five yards, which is larger in area than the Yongning Marquis' Mansion in Shenjing City.

In front of the main entrance of the Hou Mansion, Ye Yumeng, dressed in light yellow clothes, stood there waiting, like a landscape.

It was almost noon, and He Yuansheng came to the Changning Marquis Mansion with his troops and horses.

"Welcome to the master to come home!"

Seeing He Yuansheng return, Ye Yumeng immediately came over and bowed with a clever smile.

“This mansion is in a good location!”

He Yuansheng praised him, with a little joy in his tone.

Since the imperial court moved its capital to Nanjing, He Yuansheng knew that he would stay in Nanjing for a long time in the future, so when he went to Yangzhou, he asked Ye Yumeng to buy a mansion.

Ye Yumeng was very capable of doing things. In a short period of time, she chose a house and bought it with some means.

Since the house is intact and can be moved in after a simple renovation, everything is ready before He Yuansheng returns.

"I'll go in with the master and take a look!"

Ye Yumeng said with a smile, then turned to He Yuansheng's right and carried his arms.

"Be careful when someone carriage carriage carriage carriage!"

He Yuansheng gave an order, and then pointed to the row of carriages behind him.

Behind He Yuansheng, there were forty or fifty carriages, and each carriage had two or three large wooden boxes.

"Don't worry, Master, Huan'er will make arrangements!"

Ye Yumeng agreed with a smile, then looked at the little maid Huan'er next to her.

"It's all for me!"

Huan'er stepped forward and said with a smile.

He Yuansheng didn't say much, after all, there were more than a thousand soldiers and horses in Nanjing City, so there was no problem at all.

Next, the two stepped into the Changning Marquis Mansion, and He Yuansheng also saw everything in the mansion.

This marquis mansion has a typical Jiangnan water town style, which is very elegant and makes people feel relaxed and happy.

There is nothing special about entering the yard in the first few days, but when I entered the yard, there was a lotus pond full of various lotus flowers, which added three points of charm to the courtyard.

"Yes, you have a good vision!"

Another compliment means that He Yuansheng is very satisfied with this place.
To be continued...