"What about Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing? Did they receive any rewards?" Zuo Liangyu asked with a frown.
"No! I only heard that they were asked to rest on the spot and wait for the court's orders!" Zuo Menggeng said.
Zuo Liangyu fell into deep thought, somewhat baffled by the court's actions. With 800,000 soldiers at his disposal, the court should be relying on him more. Why would they do this? Enfeoffing He Tengjiao in the south, Huang Degong in the east, and Qin Liangyu in the west. With the Dashun army pressing in from the north, were they planning to put me in a desperate situation?
At this moment, someone suddenly came to report. "General! Our people and the imperial court are fighting!" the captain who reported the news said anxiously.
"What? What's going on? People from the imperial court have come to our Wuchang? Why do you want to clash with people from the imperial court?" Zuo Liangyu asked.
"Marshal! We intercepted their fleet for inspection, but they refused to let us on board! So we threatened them, saying we would fire at them if they refused to inspect! But someone on the ship actually said that this was an official ship of the new court, and asked us to leave quickly! Otherwise, we would be charged with treason! And they fired at us first!" said the captain.
"What happened next?" Zuo Liangyu asked. He knew it all. What was stopping the ship for inspection? It was just to demand money!
"We suffered a great loss. Their artillery was powerful and we lost dozens of warships. In the end, we only hit their ship with one shell, and one of their crew members fell into the river and was rescued by us for interrogation." said the captain.
Zuo Liangyu looked at the captain and asked, "What did you find out?"
"Marshal! The court treats us unfairly! They are actually sending military pay to Qin Liangyu, and the total amount is 1.8 million taels of silver!" the captain cried.
Zuo Liangyu was stunned by this. This court was so partial. I had spent all my wealth to stabilize the army, and the new court had given titles to everyone around me. They had also sent so much gold and silver to Shizhu, yet I was the only one who received no title or salary. He shouted to the captain, "Go! Gather the generals for a meeting!"
"Yes!" The captain went down immediately after receiving the order.
Zuo Menggeng then asked, "Dad, what are you going to do?"
Zuo Liangyu sneered, "What are you doing? I want to purge the emperor's court!"
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