"Put the donkey's hair in your ears?"

Not to mention Pan Ruzhen, even the officials around him were stunned. They really couldn't believe that such vulgar language actually came from the mouth of the dignified prince of the dynasty.

Pan Ruzhen almost fainted on the spot, pointed at Yang Feng tremblingly and shouted: "Yang Feng, you are the Duke of the Ming Dynasty after all, and you are so ruthless. Do you believe that this official impeached you by me?"

"That's all you can do is impeachment, you're the only one who has this chance."

Yang Feng suddenly pointed at his nose and cursed: "Pan Ruzhen, you are also a governor of a province. I ask you to do some serious business. Focus on how to make decisions for the people, do things for the court, and share your worries for His Majesty?

You officials who are always impeaching this and that, at first glance, are all very busy, but you ask yourself who is really in public opinion to impeach someone?

You are so capable and the bandits have fought these days, why don’t you go to Li Zicheng’s camp to impeach him? The Qing Dynasty Tatars invaded me, Liaodong and slaughtered my Ming people. Why don’t you impeach Nurhaci and impeach Huang Taiji?

Oh, now that the bandits are gone, you are all energetic, even reinforcements are blocking them from entering the city, and now even I am going to impeach. What is this called? This is called ungratefulness, this is called repaying kindness with grudges, and it is about to be scolded!

Today, the Jiangning Army in the city gate has entered a state of me. If anyone dares to stop me, don’t blame me for being ruthless...Song Ye!"

"Here!"

"Send the order to order Gou Xingma and Yan Di to enter the city. If anyone dares to stop him, he will be killed without mercy!"

"Here!"

"You...you..."

After hearing Yang Feng say the words "Kill Wuhua", Pan Ruzhen rolled his eyes and fainted.

Seeing Pan Ruzhen fainting, there was a turmoil around him. Soon someone lifted him up and ran away. The officials lost their leaders and all followed him away.

Seeing that the originally bustling city gate suddenly became so quiet, Yang Feng sneered, "Okay, let all the soldiers enter the city."

Two hours later

Countless dense tents were built on the school grounds that were abandoned for a long time in the western suburbs of Hangzhou. You can see that the soldiers in the baggage camp wearing green uniforms were busy building tents, railings, erecting horses, etc. A camp was forming at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the camp, teams of fully armed sergeants were patrolling.

In a tent in the middle, Yang Feng summoned Li Yan, Gou Xingma, Yan Di and dozens of officers above the Thousand General General.

"Everyone, we have finished this battle in Hangzhou Prefecture. The bandits led by Li Zi are fleeing everywhere. Cao Yingmao has already gone after it. Next, it will take at least one month for Li Zicheng to gather his troops to pose a threat to Jiangnan again. So we are relatively safe during this period, and we can do some things."

"Do something?" The generals looked at each other, and they didn't understand Yang Feng's words.

Yang Feng said lightly: "For example, we can ask Governor Pan for some food and salary."

"Ask for food and salary?"

Everyone was stunned at first, then suddenly realized.

"yes!"

Gou Xingma slapped his thigh: "Our tens of thousands of troops sent troops at the end of last year, from Jinling to Henan Prefecture, and then to Mengjindu, and now he has fought in Jiangnan again. It can be said that the soldiers have been tired for more than half a year. The little food and salary given by the imperial court is not enough for us to get between our teeth. We finally entered Hangzhou Prefecture. If we were asked to pay out of our own pockets, it would be unreasonable!"

"Well, that's true."

All the generals also nodded.

This is the rule of the Ming Dynasty. If the army fights within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the local government has the responsibility and obligation to provide the army with the required food and salary, which is also considered to save costs.

However, this regulation became a means for local governments to control the army in the late Ming Dynasty. If you are obedient, I will give you some leftovers, so that you will not be hungry even if you are not full. If you are disobedient, then you will be sorry. You can find a way for yourself.

However, the government is OK to deal with ordinary troops, and it is not so easy to deal with a well-known army like the Jiangning Army. Especially since their commander is still a famous civil servant killer, Pan Ruzhen, who was so angry that he just fell into a coma, would not dare to do this.

"Let's do it." Yang Feng thought for a while before saying, "Li Zanhua, you will go to the governor's yamen later and tell Pan Ruzhen that he will raise 50,000 stones of food and grass, 1,000 pigs, and 5 million taels of silver within three days, and then send it to the army's barracks, otherwise the consequences will be borne by one."

"What...what, three million taels?"

All the generals were shocked by Yang Feng's words. Did the prince of his country add an extra zero? Even Li Yan showed a puzzled look.

Yang Feng, who looked at everyone's eyes, smiled softly: "Do you think I've said the number wrong? You heard it right. It's even five million taels of silver, not one tael less.

You don’t think about how much Hangzhou Prefecture is. It is not an exaggeration to call it the essence of Jiangnan, along with Yangzhou and Suzhou. After hundreds of years of accumulation, all the rich gentry and wealthy families have a huge net worth. I can say that the huge Hangzhou city can be taken out, let alone five million taels of silver, even 30 million taels of silver can be taken out."

Yan Di said with some concern: "Master, can we give it to them so much as we openly ask them for it? If they don't give it, we can't rob the soldiers, right?"

Yang Feng sneered: "Of course we can't rob the soldiers, but we can arrest people. As long as we arrest all the rich families and let them redeem them with a deadline, no one dares to pay the money, and all of them are beheaded. I want to see if they want money or heads."

"Hiss...this..."

Yan Di swallowed and swallowed the words behind him back.

"I know, you must want to say, isn't this the same as a robber? You really got it right. I want to deal with the gentry and wealthy families who would rather spend tens of thousands of gold to win actors and redeem the top names. I want to let them taste the robbers."

Li Yan asked: "Dude, if this matter is a big deal, the court..."

"The court?" Yang Feng snorted softly: "If we can get this silver, we will keep two million taels for five million taels, and the remaining three million taels will be escorted to Beijing immediately. I want to see if those people from the Ministry of Revenue will keep these silver out?"

“High…high…”

Only then did Li Yan suddenly realize it.

Yes, Yang Feng’s meaning is very obvious. It doesn’t matter if you grab the money, the key is how to spend it after grabbing the money.

It is true that the guys robbed the silver, but we only kept two million taels of money ourselves, and the rest were escorted to Beijing. Li Yan was not convinced if they were beaten to death. The Ministry of Revenue, whose eyes were green when they saw the silver, would let go of such a huge sum of money.
Chapter completed!