I Am a Corrupt Official, But They Say I Am a Loyal Minister!

"Lin Aiqing, what's your opinion?" the Empress asked.

Lin Beifan clasped his hands and said surprisingly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Wei Chen believes that this compensation is very inappropriate and should be abolished!"

As soon as these words came out, Manchao suddenly boiled.

"Abolish the compensation? We finally negotiated the compensation, but you want us to abolish it?"

"I don't want more than 3 million yuan every year? What's the reason?"

"Lin Siye, did you accept the benefits of the envoys of the Doluo Kingdom, so that's why you speak for them like this?"

"Lin Siye, do you know what this means to you? You are betraying your majesty, betraying my great martial arts! Are you worthy of your majesty's love for you?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this minister wants to impeach Lin Beifan, the champion of the new division and Siye of the Imperial Academy!"

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Lin Beifan was very calm and faced the civil and military officials with cold eyes.

The empress who had been prepared for a long time was also very calm: "Quiet! Let's hear what Lin Aiqing has to say?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, and the ministers, before we talk about this indemnity, let's take a look at the situation of Doro!"

"Duoluo Kingdom was originally a small border country of my Dawu, with a population of only over 10 million, limited resources, and extremely poor life. It will never be comparable to my Dawu Dynasty!"

"It is reported that their annual treasury income can only reach 8 million! If there is a famine year, or some military disaster or man-made disaster, the treasury income will be greatly reduced!"

"Before, they fought with me, and they were defeated, which made it worse!"

"In such a bad situation, it is simply unbearable to spend 3.2 million taels every year!"

"I think, Your Majesty and all the ministers should already know about this!"

The Golden Palace gradually became quiet, listening to Lin Beifan's analysis.

"So, this indemnity will definitely be apportioned to the people of Doluo! The people of Doluo have already suffered enough, and with this additional burden, it must be unbearably miserable!"

"One year is bearable, but what about two years, three years?"

"Who wants to carry this burden all the time?"

"For a long time, it will inevitably arouse public anger! To arouse public anger, it will inevitably resort to force!"

"Using force, who are they targeting?"

"It can only be my great martial arts!"

There was an uproar!

Lin Beifan continued to be impassioned: "Because this burden was imposed on them by us! They will naturally hate us, and revenge will naturally be on us!"

"This official has concluded that within three years, the soldiers will rise again!"

The whole hall is in an uproar again!

Civil and military officials are unmoved!

The queen also changed color!

"So, this compensation clause is actually a battle letter! As long as we dare to issue it, we and the Doro Kingdom will have a battle within three years!" Lin Beifan's voice was sonorous.

"We'll fight, we're still afraid of them?" An old minister refused to accept it.

Lin Beifan sneered: "Mr. Wang, it's quite easy to say! Do you know how many resources are needed to start a war? How much human and material resources are needed?"

"This officer tells you that a troop of 100,000 people will consume 400,000 catties of grain in one day! According to the current price, every 100 catties need 2.5 taels of silver, and 400,000 catties of grain need to consume 10,000 taels of silver!"

"In addition, in order to cooperate with the main battle force, nearly twice as many logistical personnel are needed to provide support, so there are actually 200,000 people, and the daily consumption is 800,000 catties of grain and 20,000 taels of silver!"

"And we have to deal with Doro's army! According to the previous war experience, we need to send at least 300,000 main battle troops to form a crushing trend! So this day, the food consumption alone needs 60,000 taels!"

"If things go well, the war can be ended within three months! But for three months, the food consumption alone is a terrifying figure, reaching 5.4 million taels! If things don't go well, the consumption will only be more!"

"There are other material resources, such as the loss of armor, horses, bows and arrows, etc., as well as the loss of food delivery, and the pensions of generals and soldiers. These are also astronomical figures, and this official did not count them!"

"As the saying goes, when the cannon rings, gold is ten thousand taels!"

Lin Beifan looked at the minister who questioned: "Master Wang, do you think it's so easy to fight a war? These are all money. Even if our treasury is rich, it is very difficult to support such a war! Just for the sake of A few million taels of indemnity, fighting a war that cost tens of millions, is it worth it?"

"What's more, we are facing more than one enemy, Doro! There are also many great dynasties. They have wolf ambitions, eyeing tigers, and occupy the Central Plains at any time! There are also vassal kings from all over the world, they have to guard against it!"

The other party angrily withdrew to the hundred officials.

Lin Beifan bowed his hand and said solemnly, "So the matter of military affairs should not be used lightly! Please, Your Majesty, investigate!"

The Empress nodded: "Lin Aiqing, it makes sense!"

"Then we don't want this indemnity? Don't, doesn't it fuel the arrogance of Doluo? Don't, how can you be worthy of the sacrifice of Erlang?" A minister said excitedly.

"Naturally! However, we can do it another way!" Lin Beifan smiled slightly.