Lin Nuo was sitting in the study, reading the secret letters of Jin Yiwei from all over the Ming Dynasty.
"Lin Nuo, there's a letter from Zhao Er!"
Outside the study, Xiuer took a sealed letter and quietly came to the study.
The two Zhao brothers were one of Lin Nuo's few close confidants.
Today, Zhao Da is left in the capital by Lin Nuo, sitting on the imperial guard, always paying attention to various trends in the court.
As for Zhao Er, he was sent to Shanyin County again by Lin Nuo, and was responsible for recruiting and training troops in the Yunnan-Guizhou region in the name of Jin Yiwei going into the mountains to suppress bandits.
The letters between Zhao Da and the two brothers Zhao did not go through the regular channels of Jin Yiwei. They all communicated through Xiu'er. In Xiu'er's hands, he also controlled a Jin Yiwei that even Fang Yun and others did not know about.
spy.
When I opened the letter, the content was extremely concise. In a word, it was a lack of money!
Building an extremely powerful army is extremely expensive. Not to mention all kinds of military supplies, just such things as eating can definitely deprive a wealthy businessman.
"Lin Nuo, before you trained the three thousand elite Jinyi Guards, Emperor Hongzhi allocated you two hundred thousand taels of silver. This time, you are preparing to build an elite army of tens of thousands. Has the little emperor ever done this?
Know?"
Lin Nuo shook his head, "I didn't tell him about this!"
Xiu'er was silent for a moment. After a while, a look of determination appeared on her face, "Lin Nuo, do you want to be the emperor?"
"If I say yes, what are you going to do?" Lin Nuo was still sitting calmly on the chair. Even though he was talking about something that could confiscate his family and exterminate his family, his expression did not change at all.
"I am your wife. No matter what the outcome is in the future, at least now, I will fully support whatever you want to do!"
Having said this, Xiu'er's slender palms reached into the sleeves of her robe, seeming to be looking for something.
"I have a map here that records the secret locations where the money, food and materials passed down from the ancestors of my Xue family are stored. I dare not tell you too much, but it is enough for you to create an elite army of 100,000 people!"
"Ahem..."
Lin Nuo coughed twice. He knew that Xiu'er's family was a family that inherited the Golden Academy. After thousands of years of accumulation, the hidden wealth was absolutely amazing, but he didn't expect that it would be so amazing.
You know, what Xiu'er said was to build an elite army of 100,000 people.
To be regarded as an elite army by Xiu'er, it must at least be the level of three thousand royal guards and cavalry under his command.
In order to train these three thousand elite cavalry, Lin Nuo spent more than two hundred thousand taels of silver, and even received some support from Xiu'er. In total, the three thousand elite troops cost him at least three thousand taels.
One hundred thousand taels of silver.
In other words, if you want to train an elite army of 100,000 people at this level, the amount of silver you will spend is likely to be tens of millions.
The wealth hidden in the Xiuer family is no less than ten million taels of silver. This figure, in the later Ming Dynasty, would have been worth ten years of the entire country's tax revenue!
It is quite appropriate to call this wealthy family a wealthy family.
"Put it away!"
Lin Nuo's voice was very soft, and when he looked at Xiu'er, there was a touch of emotion in his eyes.
A wife in name only was willing to rebel with him, and was even willing to use the wealth accumulated by the family for thousands of years. This heavy affection alone moved Lin Nuo's heart deeply.
Lin Nuo knew very well that he was not a good person.
The so-called three-year agreement was originally made to keep Xiu'er by his side. From the beginning to the end, he was mostly taking advantage of Xiu'er.
But today, he came from the bottom of his heart and wanted to become a real couple with this girl.
No use, no calculation, let’s help each other and never leave!
"Xiu'er...I want to marry you again!"
"Huh?" Xiu'er's hand holding the map was frozen in mid-air.
She naturally understood what Lin Nuo meant. The marriage he was talking about this time was no longer a nominal engagement, but a real husband and wife who wanted to marry him.
Wandering around freely has been Xiu'er's ideal since she was a child, but she also knows that by following Lin Nuo in the past few years, she has actually involuntarily entered into the role of a wife, otherwise, she would not have
When Lin Nuo shows a hint of rebellion, he will choose to side with Lin Nuo without hesitation.
This conflict between ideas and emotions made Xiu'er, a heroine with a cold temperament, confused about what to choose.
After hesitating and weighing for a long time, Xiu'er still didn't seem to have made a complete decision. Finally, she put away all the thoughts in her heart and looked calm.
"Well... I'll give you an answer when the three years are up, okay?"
"good!"
Lin Nuo nodded heavily and breathed a sigh of relief. This was the first time in the past three years that he had truly expressed his feelings to Xiu'er. Fortunately, the other party did not reject her directly.
As a man in two lifetimes, Lin Nuo was used to seeing all kinds of women who abandon their husbands and children, and also used to seeing couples who split up when disaster strikes. Because of this, he deeply understood that when he meets someone who will never leave each other and stay together for the rest of his life, he is even willing to do so.
How difficult is it for a good girl to rebel with you?
If you have this kind of girl by your side, if you can't hold her firmly, you will be struck by lightning!
"By the way, do you still want this map?" After hearing Lin Nuo's reply, Xiu'er couldn't help but let out a breath, with a trace of blush on her cheeks, shook the map in her hand, and moved the topic aside.
"Put it away first, I have no plans to rebel yet!"
Lin Nuo smiled and signaled Xiu'er to calm down.
"You should also know that I don't like life and death to be in the hands of others. No matter what happens, I will be prepared in advance!"
"Throughout the ages, too many things have happened that cunning rabbits died and lackeys cooked. Although Zhu Houzhao now fully trusts me, I don't want to place my destiny on the trust of others."
"Everything must be saved!"
Zhengde was badly criticized in the history books, but Lin Nuo knew in his heart that although this little emperor was a bit out of tune at times, he was actually a good emperor and an emperor who valued emotions.
But no matter how emotional the other person is, he is still an emperor.
Since ancient times, the emperor's family has been the most ruthless. In this era, if you really talk about your feelings to the emperor with all your heart and soul, then you may not be far away from death!
Lin Nuo is a time traveler. He does not have those feudal Neo-Confucian ideas of the king, the king, the minister, the father, the son, and the theory of 'the king wants his ministers to die, but they have to die' is not applicable to him.