Douluo: The Richest Man, Starting from the Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 256 Your Majesty, this...

"I'm afraid your Majesty wants to train Young Master Cao as his successor?"

This is the voice of many people, after all Princess Jiu Jiujiu is destined to marry Cao Yu.

The son-in-law has become the prime minister again, this is really the first time I have seen such a thing.

"Go up!"

"Long live your majesty, long live!"

The forms of salutes of civil and military officials are different.

Like those civil servants, they kneel on the ground with their legs close to the ground.

The military officer, on the other hand, knelt on one knee, thumping the ground with one hand clenched into a fist, while the other clenched into a fist tightly against his chest.

After all, the heavy armor on them restricted them to a certain extent.

Besides Cao Yu, those who didn't need to kneel and salute were naturally the members of Xu Tianshui's retirement group.

They just stood up and bowed slightly to Xu Jiawei.

"Everyone loves to be flat!"

After getting the promise, all civil and military officials stood up and patted their knees, then stood neatly in place.

Cao Yu sat on the sofa again, the person who gets favored is so confident.

Xu Jiawei said slowly: "The newly appointed Prime Minister today must be known to everyone, so I won't talk about it here."

"Do you love me, do you have something to play?"

As soon as the words fell, a person took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"What's the matter? With Aiqing."

This is a first-rank official and Xu Kun, but they are not as powerful as the prime minister.

What Xu Kun needs to manage and count is the finance and taxation of the empire, which is equivalent to the treasurer of a company.

"Your Majesty, the current military expenditure has already accounted for more than [-]% of the national expenditure. I am afraid..."

Xu Jiawei also had a pensive look on his face, "Tell me, what are you afraid of?"

"I am afraid that the state's expenditure will be unbalanced, which will cause unimaginable consequences!"

"So I want to propose to reduce the military expenditure, and then..."

Before he finished speaking.

At this moment, the leading military officer on the other side, Su Wu, also stood up and interrupted his speech, and then he clenched his fists as a salute to Xu Kun.

Turning to look at Xu Jiawei again, "Your Majesty, the Sun Moon Empire is constantly making small moves, and there are often war frictions on the border. This is a harbinger of a big war."

"Besides, the old king of the Sun Moon Empire is running out of time, and Xu Tianran, according to my opinion, is a thief with wolf ambitions. Your Majesty must continue to increase war preparations just in case."

The expression on He Xu Kun's face changed. After all, he and these military officers did not deal with most of them.

However, he still continued unwillingly, "Your Majesty, this..."

But before he finished speaking, Xu Jiawei frowned, and then waved his hand to stop him from continuing to speak.

"Okay, He Aiqing doesn't have to worry about this, it's my idea."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Seeing that Xu Jiawei had already spoken, he and Xu Kun had no choice but to retreat back to their original positions.

With so much military spending going on these days, the role of these military attaches is likely to become even more important in the future.

At this time, all the civil servants present smelled an unusual smell.

"Could it be that His Majesty wants to value martial arts over culture?"

This is not a good thing for them.

But seeing that Xu Kun, the big head of the civil servants, also lost the battle, at this moment, most of the civil servants dare not mention such things anymore.

After all, someone went to thunder, so naturally he was not stupid enough to continue stepping into that pit.

After a while, Xu Jiawei put his eyes on Cao Yu, and smiled softly, "Prime Minister Cao, what do you think of this military expenditure?"

Hearing this voice, all the civil and military officials cast their eyes on Cao Yu, but the members of the retirement group just smiled with deep meaning.

It seems that His Majesty wants to test Xiaoyu, so he must teach him some experience.

Of course Cao Yu also thought of this, and naturally stood up without hesitation.

"First of all, I am extremely in favor of His Majesty's approach. After all, a strong army is the umbrella of the entire empire."

"Military expenditure is equivalent to the defense expenditure of an empire. Building an imperial umbrella will be of great help in preventing future aggression from the Sun Moon Empire."

"Any empire cannot be a powerful empire without a strong national defense; without a solid national defense, the security and development of the empire cannot be guaranteed."

"Truth is always within range of a cannonball!"

Everyone was also a little dazed listening to what he said at the moment, Xu Jiawei and the members of the pension group all looked surprised.

Unexpectedly, this kid usually looks so unscrupulous, but when it comes to critical moments, he still has two brushes.

And what Cao Yu said at the moment also won the favor of those military officers.

It seems that Cao Cheng's attitude towards these soldiers is still very good, and many military officers have the idea of ​​wanting to make friends.

But the civil servants below are a little trembling. The future successors seem to have very different positions!
This is difficult to do myself.

"Well, what Prime Minister Cao said is very reasonable, you should sit down first." Xu Jiawei smiled and nodded, and then beckoned Cao Yu to sit back to his original seat.

Then he looked at the civil and military officials below, and gestured to the guards not far away with his eyes.

The guard naturally took a few steps forward with understanding, and then said loudly: "Play quickly if there is something to do, and retreat if there is nothing to do!"

"The minister has played!"

Shen Cheng, a second-rank official, stood up at this time. He and Cao Yu were old acquaintances, and their attitude towards each other was extremely friendly.

"Your Majesty, in the southwestern part of the empire, there are often groups of soul beasts in a small border town close to the Star Dou Forest."

"It's approaching autumn and winter, and it's the time when those soul beasts are short of food, so many people who live there have lost their lives."

"Now the casualty data is constantly rising. At present, more than 100 people have died, 56 people have been seriously injured, and the whereabouts of more than 70 people are still unknown."

Every autumn and winter, most of the cities and towns near the Star Dou Forest would encounter this kind of thing.

Of course, this is also extremely tricky, mainly because the group of spirit beasts are also very cunning, they sent troops to suppress them, and they fled to the depths of the Star Dou Forest, but as soon as people left, they came out to do harm again.

At present, the situation with the Sun Moon Empire is becoming more and more tense, and the empire cannot send more troops to support so many border towns.

After all, there is more than one border town where this kind of spirit beast cannibalism happens every year.

However, with the continuous development of science and technology, weapons have already been updated. Nowadays, even ordinary people can use them proficiently after a period of training.

Xu Jiawei wasn't worried about this either, so he ordered: "Distribute enough new weapons to each border town, and then build fortifications."

"Shen Aiqing, you will be responsible for this matter."

"Yes! Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)