"Throw yourself into death to live." Chang Yu sneered, got up, walked to the door of the palace and looked outside, seeing the magnificent pavilions and pavilions.
Zhu Youyi couldn't help but shuddered: "Eunuch Chang wants the people to help in the battle?"
"Well, how can we work together if we don't put him in danger?" Chang Yu said lightly. Everyone looked at each other. This eunuch is really ruthless. He must pull the people together to defend the city. It is good to defend, but if he cannot defend, he will die together!
"People are not allowed to leave the city to seek refuge, spread the word..." Zhu Youji was a little confused, and Qian Lianghan was also hesitant. He always felt that this was not good, but he didn't know how to refute.
"It doesn't matter if everyone leaves and the city is left empty. Is it just that the prince is willing to give up the inheritance that has been built for hundreds of years? This magnificent palace will only be reduced to rubble in the blink of an eye."
"If the prince is willing, we will not defend it. We will all go to the mountains to be happy and hand over Qingzhou City to the Tatars." Chang Yu sneered, turned around and stared at Li Shiyuan. The other two looked confused.
He was the only one who could keep his composure and remain calm.
"I humbly obey the order!" Li Shiyuan bowed, clasped his fists, and walked quickly to the door of the main hall. He waved and a servant of the palace approached. Li Shiyuan whispered a few words. The butler looked up at the palace, turned around, and left in a hurry.
I went to deliver the order for Li Shiyuan.
"From now on, I will take over the defense of Qingzhou and hope that the prince, magistrate Qian, and Li Shou will help me." Chang Yu cupped his hands and clasped his fists at the three of them.
"Factory Supervisor, please give me your orders if necessary!" Li Shiyuan and Qian Lianghan hurriedly returned the courtesy, but Prince Heng and his son looked at each other and smiled bitterly. The eunuch had sealed the city and he couldn't leave even if he wanted to. He was so scared to death.
"Governor Qian, you are a civil servant so you can do what you do best. Stabilize the people's hearts and mobilize the people to participate in the war and defend the city. Call the gentry in the city to raise donations for military pay and food. Li Shou, you send more troops and horses out of the city to warn the surrounding people and let the people flee to the mountains to take refuge. At the same time,
In preparation for the war, the city defense firearms and other armaments must be quickly prepared to be transported to the city..." Chang Yu began to assign tasks. Li Shiyuan was fine, lowering his head and listening silently, but Qian Lianghan frowned: "Master Factory, there are only more than a thousand soldiers in the city.
Ma, do you need to collect donations?"
Chang Yu glanced at him, twitched the corner of his mouth and sneered: "Does Magistrate Qian really think that Qingzhou City can be defended with less than a thousand officers and soldiers in the city?"
"Then..." Qian Lianghan was puzzled.
"It is necessary to rely on the tens of thousands of troops under my command to defeat the enemy internally and externally. Those tens of thousands of troops march thousands of miles to attack, lack food and pay, and if they are to work for the Qingzhou Prefecture, they will never be left hungry."
Qian Lianghan's face turned red, and he cupped his hands and said: "I didn't think carefully, please forgive me..."
Chang Yu smiled slightly and cupped his hands and said: "The military situation is urgent, please go quickly. The governor has private matters to discuss with the prince." Qian and Li resigned in a sensible manner and left in a hurry.
Seeing the two people leaving, Chang Yu returned to his seat, took a sip from his tea cup and then looked at Zhu Cian who was standing next to him and said, "Your Highness, please go and see if any of our subordinates are awake?"
Zhu Cian knew that the young eunuch was deliberately trying to avoid him, so he handed him over and left. Chang Yu then looked at Prince Heng, but he saw that Zhu Youyi seemed to have aged several years in just a few moments, with a sad look on his face. Chang Yu looked at him
He came and said, "It's just the two of us. If Eunuch Chang wants to discuss any private matters with me, just tell us."
Chang Yu smiled and said nothing, slowly raised his right hand and spread the five fingers: "With this number, Qingzhou City will be safe!"
Prince Heng was so startled that he didn't react. Chang Yu shook his hand again, and Zhu Youyi frowned: "Eunuch Chang, what do you mean, are you blackmailing me?"
Blackmail? This word made Chang Yu dumbfounded: "Our family traveled thousands of miles and risked their lives to enter the city just to blackmail the prince? We don't want our lives for money."
"Then you..." King Heng must have still not understood the situation, but he immediately reacted: "I made a mistake. Since all the squires in the city donated military pay, food and herbs, the king must set an example. Yes, I will donate fifty thousand taels of silver."
In order to stimulate the determination of the army and the people to defend the city...".
"Prince" Chang Yu interrupted him and shook his head gently: "Five hundred thousand taels of silver, and half or even more than half of the palace's granary!"
"What, five hundred thousand taels! Do you want me to bankrupt my family?" Prince Heng Zhu Youji, who was slumped on the Grand Master's chair, suddenly jumped up: "You are taking advantage of the situation!"
But Chang Yu looked at Prince Heng calmly and said calmly: "First of all, our family is not taking advantage of the situation, because not a penny of money or food comes into our hands, and they are all divided among the soldiers. Secondly, five hundred thousand companies is only a drop in the bucket for the prince, so there is no point in bankrupting the family and retreating."
Ten Thousand Steps, is it better to lose everything, or to be ruined?"
"You..." Zhu Youyi was very angry: "How can you use five hundred thousand taels?"
"My lord, at this moment, why do you think the officers and soldiers outside the city are fighting with the Tatars to save Qingzhou Mansion? Why are the people in the city fighting to defend the city for you? If we don't seal the city, all the people in the city will escape in the blink of an eye. This is great.
The palace turned into ruins in the blink of an eye!" Chang Yu said coldly: "What's the point of soldiers running thousands of miles away and abandoning their lives? You have no money to support your family and no food to live on. Why should you let them fight for you? Our family is forcing tens of thousands of people to stay.
The city is actually being defended by Prince Heng's Mansion. Isn't it too much for our family to ask for money and food for them? Isn't half a million taels worth the more than a hundred years of Prince Heng's Mansion's foundation?"
Needless to say, Chang Yu's eloquence was so great that he deceived the king of Datong into donating hundreds of thousands even when he was far away from the front line. The king of Jin in Taiyuan was almost bankrupted by him, not to mention that this coward had long been
King Heng was so frightened that he had no master.
"But, half a million is not a small amount..." Zhu Youyi was timid but also cherished money. Chang Yu would undoubtedly cut his flesh at a price.
"Has King Heng ever heard the call of King Fu of Luoyang?" Chang Yu decided to give him another dose of strong medicine. Sure enough, Zhu Youji trembled when he heard the sound. King Fu's pig-like iron rooster did not pull out a hair when Li Zicheng's army besieged the city, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city also
With a cold heart, she stopped working for him and ended up dead. It is said that she was stewed by Li Zicheng.
"Taking a closer look, King Lu of Yanzhou Prefecture should be familiar with him. He also committed suicide when the city was broken and the whole lineage of King Lu was almost extinct!" Chang Yu sighed: "Although there were ten people in our family when we were guarding the city in Taiyuan.
Tens of thousands of troops, but it all depends on the King of Jin's strong support from behind, that is what it means to spend all the wealth! If you want money, you need food, you need money, the morale of the army and the people is high, and they finally save the line of King Jin, and he is the acting king of Lian Datong.
At that time, they donated hundreds of thousands. Prince Heng, which one do you want to learn from? The one who lost everything or the one whose family was ruined."
"Stop talking, I want to protect my lineage as Prince Heng. You can take all the money and food. I hope you can keep your word and ensure the safety of Prince Heng's palace." The timid Zhu Youyi could no longer withstand this kind of coaxing and intimidation.
I was forced to donate.
"With these words from the prince, Qingzhou City can be saved." Chang Yu cupped his fists, bowed slightly to Zhu Youji, turned around and left the palace.
"Eunuch Chang, where are you going?" Prince Heng quickly chased after him and asked.
Chang Yu didn't even look back: "You can't defend Qingzhou City by staying in the palace and chatting with the prince." As he said that, he left quickly but had no time to appreciate the scenery of the palace. After all, the royal family couldn't look down on the vassal palace like this.