Left Prime Minister Wei Yong thought for a while: "Your Majesty, I agree with the meaning of Song Shangshu, no matter what, prepare the army in the northern border first, so that there will be no danger."

"I agree with Prime Minister Zuo. I am not afraid that the Turks will not send troops, but I am afraid that the Turks will indeed send troops. At that time, the northern border will be unprepared. After all, they will be caught by surprise by the Turkic cavalry. If the city falls, it will not be worth the loss."

"My lords, it's easy for you to say, prepare the army, prepare the army, and you provide the food and grass for the 30 troops. Come and see for yourself, is there any money in the treasury? There is still a little emergency money that was also spent by the Huguo Hou I spent 200 million taels to create new equipment, and now I have no money if you kill the officials."

"Uh-huh, uh-huh."

Zhang Kuang suddenly groaned a few times, and gave Jiang Yuanming a few winks, but it was too late, and the other generals of the five guards looked at Zhang Kuang one after another.

The generals of the Five Guards, who are always watching the nose and the nose, have already decided to listen more, watch more and talk less. The generals themselves only need to obey the orders and fight wherever they are, and leave the quarrel to the civil servants. .

Civil and military ministers don't deal with each other, maybe they can scold each other without a few words, civil officials despise military officials for vulgarity, military officials despise civil officials for being rude, if you quarrel with you, we will just listen to the result.

But what did we hear, what did the general hear meowingly, Zhang Kuang actually took 200 million taels of silver from the national treasury to build new equipment, and they are also the Conglong Liuwei who guarded the northern border. Why does Zhang Kuang spend 200 million more than us , Is he crazy about two eggs?

The other great generals of the five guards looked at the emperor one after another, their resentful eyes were like those of an abandoned daughter-in-law.

Your Majesty, I also want new equipment. They are all heroes for protecting the country. You can't treat one more favorably than another.

Feeling the resentment in the eyes of the general of the five guards, Li Zheng was also a little embarrassed. He also wanted to replace all the six guards with new equipment, but he had more money than enough money.

Subconsciously looking at Zhang Kuang, Zhang Kuang lowered his head, fingered the dirt in his fingers, and blew on it from time to time, not looking at the emperor at all.

We Lao Zhang don't know what equipment is not equipped, and we don't know.

Jiang Yuanming, Minister of the Household Department, threw an account book that he carried with him on the table: "Sirs, look at it for yourself. In a word, if you want money, if you want money, the officials will not give it to you. It's strange that the treasury has no money. Your Majesty?"

Jiang Yuanming even burst out with vulgar words, there is no way, honest people will scold their mothers when they are cornered.

"Why, the fortune of eating the king is for you to share your worries. How to deal with the Turkic affairs? You all propose a regulation for me. The Turkic people are already preparing to fight hard and may go south at any time. I didn't call you here to make you stare blankly."

Several ministers turned their attention to Jiang Yuanming, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. No matter how good he is, it is useless. Without food and grass, the soldiers cannot drink the northwest wind. 166 net

3 Chapter Ninety

3 Chapter Ninety

Jiang Yuanming twisted his body uncomfortably: "My lords, look at what I am doing. If you say that you have no money, you have no money. I will take charge of the household department and manage the grain and grass in the world on behalf of your majesty. If you really have money, how can you not take it out? The money obtained from the treasury is like the money of the official, and it is so petty."

Everyone turned their eyes to the emperor again.

Li Zheng frowned: "Let's discuss the day when the Turks are most likely to send troops, and the rest is to be discussed."

Song Yu frowned: "Your Majesty, I thought that the day when the Du Lu Department sent troops should be around the Lantern Festival. After all, we attach great importance to the Lantern Festival. It is easy to be careless when preparing for the Lantern Festival."

Wei Yong also tapped the table lightly: "Your Majesty, I think what Song Shangshu said is correct. After the Lantern Festival, the court and the days of Xiumu will come to an end, and officials from all sides will be busy with their work. It is most suitable to enter the palace border around the Lantern Festival."

"Then book it until the tenth day of the lunar new year. The journey from the Duolu Department to Northern Xinjiang is at least three days. Around the tenth day of the new year is the most suitable time."

"The minister waits for a second opinion."

"General of the Six Guards, it seems that you can only spend this Lantern Festival in northern Xinjiang. Now how long can you support the food and grass in northern Xinjiang if you report to each other?"

"About ten days."

"The minister is also about ten days."

"About 20 days."

The time reported by the generals of the six guards was all within ten days of each other, and Li Zheng frowned again after hearing this.

Jiang Yuanming, Minister of the Household Department, slapped the table and glared at the general of the Six Guards: "Impossible, Yingzhou's grain and grass can last for at least three months, Fuzhou's grain and grass can be at least four months, and Ganzhou is the farthest to transport grain and grass for consumption." Shangda can last at least two and a half months, Jeju is rich in products, and food and grass have been short for five months, so I turned my head off and used it as a chamber pot for you."

Although the emperor was in charge of the whole country, Jiang Yuanming really didn't know these things clearly. After hearing Jiang Yuanming's words, he immediately looked at the general of the Six Guards.

Sure enough, the six generals laughed awkwardly.

Li Zheng angrily slapped the table angrily: "Okay, now that the big battle is imminent, you guys still want to get more benefits for your soldiers. After doing it for a long time, I'm easy to bully, right?"

"Your Majesty, aren't the ministers afraid of being surrounded by the Turks and not attacking? In this way, the military emergency will definitely consume a lot of food and grass every day."

"The minister is too."

"The minister is too."

"The minister is too."

"Shut up all of them, take a look, take a good look." Li Zheng grabbed the sleeves of his dragon robe, which had been worn out a few times: "I haven't been willing to change a real dragon robe for more than a year. Fortunately, a glamorous and beautiful one, I can’t even get 1 taels of silver out of my internal treasury, and you are still hiding it one by one, are you here to share my worries or to anger me.”

Li Zheng wanted to come out and grab the clothes of the ministers and talk about it, but he just wanted to get up and sit down again. The box under his feet left him and he was not at ease.

"The minister is guilty."

"I don't want to hear this, let's talk about how to deal with the Turkic affairs first."

Jiang Yuanming stepped forward directly: "Your Majesty, I suggest preparing the army. Since the food and grass for the six guards are sufficient, I don't need to worry about it. I suggest that I go to northern Xinjiang before the tenth day of the lunar new year."

Well, Jiang Yuanming is also an old fox. He has been playing rascal for so long just to know how much food and grass he had before Liuwei. He really deserves to be the Minister of the Household Department. If you don’t talk about money, you will say that the minister is a rebellious minister. The minister also admitted.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness has arrived."

"Xuan."

"Father, the sons and servants will see the father, and they will come before they arrive."

"Be flat."

"Thank you father, father, a letter from the Marquis of Guannei said that the coal has sent 700 million dividends and has been handed over to father, you, father..."

Prince Li Baiyu nodded and knelt on the ground after entering the palace. He didn't know that there were so many ministers in the imperial study, and the eunuch didn't tell him that his father was summoning the ministers of civil and military affairs.

Before getting up, he excitedly reported the good news that Zhu Run said, 700 million taels, no matter what the business dividends in his own name, he had to reward himself with 10,000+ taels of silver.

But Li Baiyu didn't realize that he was happy too early.

Li Zheng looked at Li Baiyu who just got up, his face turned red and then pale, and he roared in his heart, Nizi, Nizi.

A group of ministers stared straight at the emperor sitting on the dragon chair with big eyes and small eyes. They just heard something, 700 million taels of dividends.

Only then did a group of ministers realize that the rumors that Guannei Hou and the prince cooperated in the coal business turned out to be true. They thought it was just gossip, and it was just a gossip to frame the prince and fight for profit with the people.

I didn't expect it to be true at all. The ministers don't know exactly how much the Marquis of Guannei earned, but they have long heard that the gold and silver of the Marquis of Guannei's family were pulled into the mansion by several horse-drawn carts. Unexpectedly, it was nominally behind the cooperation of the prince. The person turned out to be His Majesty the Emperor.

Everyone looked at the red-faced emperor strangely, what did you say just now, the inner treasury can’t even get out 1 taels of silver, okay, you really can’t get out a single 1 taels of silver. The ones are seven hundred and ten thousand taels.

Jiang Yuanming stared at the emperor and swallowed his saliva, 700 million taels of silver, the tax revenue of ten state capitals is nothing more than that.

Unable to control his steps, Jiang Yuanming gradually walked towards the emperor's dragon case. The layout of the imperial study room was clear at a glance. There was no other place where 700 million taels of silver bills could be placed except under the dragon case covered by silk.

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