The Jagged Empire of Daqin

Sheng Qin's 26-year supplementary budget

Ministry of War: The Ministry of Ordnance has an additional budget of 5000 million taels of silver, the navy has an additional budget of 200 million taels of silver, and [-] million shi of grain!

The content of the memorial is very short, but it scares Ying Chang very much!

5000 million for the Ordnance Department!One hundred million sailors!

"So much?" Ying Chang couldn't help but wonder.

Binghou Fangzi bowed down to compose a salutary report: "His Majesty, according to the number of artillery provided by the early morning of the first lunar month, 2000 two million taels of silver will be enough, but your Majesty must know that [-] artillery pieces are completely out of reach. To meet the needs of Daqin, and all the warships of the Navy must be loaded with artillery, this is not a small amount, and the shells also need money to build!"

After hearing this, Ying Chang was powerless to refute, and then looked at Yin Hai, as if to ask again, why did the Navy need [-] million, is this too much.

Yin Hai also noticed what Ying Chang was thinking, and immediately stood up and wrote an editorial reply: "My Majesty, not counting the cost of artillery, the cost of a Class A warship is 100 million taels of silver, and the cost of a Class B warship is 70 million taels of silver." It is 30 taels of silver, and the cost of a Class C warship is [-] taels of silver!"

"The cost is part of the budget, including the salaries of the sailors, the daily consumption of the soldiers, and the daily maintenance and repair of the warships. These costs are relatively high!"

The new warships he designed are more complicated than traditional warships, and the materials are all made of the best materials, so the price is naturally much more expensive than traditional warships.

Ying often hears the specific cost, and his heart is bleeding. I remember Zhang Feizi said last time that the cost of a traditional large warship is 10 taels of silver, but now the cost of a Class C warship is equivalent to three A large warship.

"Okay, just use this budget to allocate funds to the Ministry of War!" Ying Chang nodded and agreed without hesitating for long.

As long as the money is worth the money, it doesn't matter how much it is. I am afraid that the cost is high and it is waste.

Seeing that Ying Chang nodded in agreement, Zhang Feizi, Yang Ze, Yin Hai, and Fang Zi all breathed a sigh of relief. They were afraid that Ying Chang would cut the budget, which would make it difficult to do things. Fortunately, His Majesty's support is strong enough. Cut a tael of silver budget.

Pei Ji handed over a royal cinnabar pen with both hands. Yingchang took the cinnabar pen and wrote the words "approved" under the budget memorial. Bottom let out a sigh of relief and slammed on the budget memorial.

Cinnabar approved the red, stamped with the emperor's seal, and this budget memorial has already come into effect.

"Take it, if there is nothing wrong, you can retreat!"

Ying Chang passed the memorial with a calm demeanor, and Zhang Feizi took a few steps forward to accept the memorial, and then Zhang Feizi and the others all bowed down to compose and bid farewell, saying: "I will leave!"

Soon, Zhang Feizi, Fang Zi, Yin Hai, and Yang Ze left the Imperial Study Room, and soon disappeared from Ying Chang's eyes.

After everyone left, Yingchang began to review the memorials. The first memorial was the one from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the content of the memorial was nothing, just telling Yingchang how much money was left in the treasury.

The treasury has 17 billion taels of silver and 190 million shi of grain.

However, after the additional budget memorial came into force, there were only 16 billion taels of silver and 190 million shi of grain left in the treasury!

Generally speaking, the treasury of the Great Qin State is still very substantial. To say a big word, in the vast land of Kyushu, the combined treasuries of all countries may not have as much money as the treasury of Great Qin. Of course, unlike Great Qin, most of the money and food of various countries are In the hands of the family.

For example, in the Yan Dynasty, Great Qin conquered Yan for the first time, and harvested the property of the aristocratic family in Jiyuan County, which was more than ten times the treasury of the Great Yan Dynasty.

The Daqin treasury is able to exist today, thanks to multiple policies to suppress the aristocratic family and take the family's heritage into the state's possession.

"Pei Ji!" Ying Chang called softly!

"The minister is here!" Pei Ji hurriedly responded!

"Declaration of my will, the Great Qin War against Xia will be postponed indefinitely!" Ying Chang said with a solemn expression.

Pei Ji frowned, and asked with a hint of hesitation in his tone: "Your Majesty doesn't plan to fight in the spring this year?"

"The ugly cow artillery has not been equipped with the whole army, and the navy has not yet formed. Under such circumstances, it is a bit hasty to attack Xia!" Ying Chang said calmly.

If the cannon hadn't been released, he would really have sent troops to attack the Xia Dynasty in the spring of this year, that is, one month later, but with the emergence of the cannon, there was absolutely no need for Daqin to fight for this time. First, the interior of Daqin should be completely stabilized, and then it would be decided to attack the Xia Dynasty one thing.

PS: "I'm asking for a recommendation ticket, asking for a monthly ticket, asking for a reward, asking for a full order, four daily requests, the most important thing is full order, I hope everyone will give a full order!"

Chapter 780 The Moon Dynasty is short-sighted!

Of course, the postponement of the war against Xia was not only due to the advent of artillery, but also because the navy had not yet formed. Although the Xia Dynasty had a navy, although it was not particularly powerful, if the Xia Dynasty attacked from land and water, it would cause a lot of damage to the Qin army. trouble.

In addition, Daqin is not without war. The [-] Qin army from the Yanshui Camp has already gone south for an expedition. Return after victory, and then adjust the war against Xia.

Anyway, with the existence of artillery, the second-rate dynasty like the Great Qin Dynasty exterminated the Xia Dynasty, easily and quickly, if the water and land were attacked, the entire Xia Dynasty could be captured in half a year!

Daqin originally lacked time, but now he doesn't.

"I understand, I will go to the Ministry of War to announce the decree immediately!" Pei Ji bowed down respectfully and responded.

Next, Ying Chang drew up an imperial decree and handed it to Pei Ji to announce the decree to the Ministry of War. Pei Ji quickly went to the Ministry of War with the imperial decree, while Ying Chang continued to review the memorials and entered a busy day!

Time passed slowly, and the days passed day by day. With the passage of time, the 32 troops dispatched by the Ministry of War from various reserve battalions finally reached the capital camp. Kelp went to Haozhou port, where he planned to build warships and train sailors in a unified manner. As for Wuyang port, it was empty for the time being.

Yin Hai took away 20 and another 12. The 12 were assigned to the artillery of the battalions. The Ministry of War dispatched [-] soldiers from them and handed them over to the Ordnance Department for training and firing. The rest of the troops continued to stand by in the capital camp. These one hundred soldiers became artillerymen, and another thousand soldiers were selected to be trained by the hundred soldiers who had already become artillerymen.

At this point in the regulations, they will not continue to select people for training, but distribute the 12 troops and [-] artillerymen to each battalion. One is to let them train artillery in each battalion to become excellent artillery. It is to let them go back with artillery to reduce the cost of transporting artillery by the imperial court.

Fast forward a month, February 26th, [-]th year of Shengqin!

Great Moon Dynasty, Haoyue Imperial Capital, Imperial Palace, Zhongshu Palace!

Inside the Zhongshu Palace, there are dozens of bookshelves as high as ten feet high on the left and right sides. The bookshelves are full of books, so that in the huge Zhongshu Palace, there is only one avenue, and at the end of this avenue, there is a table covered with gold silk. On the silk royal platform, behind the royal platform is a golden emperor chair carved with phoenix. On both sides behind the phoenix chair, there are incense burners on each side, exuding intoxicating ambergris.

Under the royal platform, stood two old and one young, one of them was about fifty, with a strong body, wearing a black tiger-striped armor, a black tiger-striped cloak on his shoulders, a purple tasseled helmet on his head, and a black sheathed sword on his waist. He was majestic. , murderous aspect.

The other old man was an old woman in her sixties, her skin was smooth and well maintained, she was wearing a red white crane patch court dress, and an official hat with a red ribbon on each brim.

The other young lady is also a woman, about [-] years old, with fine and smooth skin and exquisite facial features. Although she is wearing a large red white crane patch court dress, she can't hide her uneven figure. It can be said that she is extremely talented. Anyone who sees her Can't help but give birth to the heart of conquest!

The former is General Hu Lie of the second rank of the Great Qin Dynasty, the middle one is Bi Zhen, the right prime minister of the Great Moon Dynasty, and the latter is Qiao Rong, the left prime minister of the Great Moon Dynasty!

And on the golden carved phoenix emperor chair, sits a peerless beauty with a beautiful face, bright eyes and white teeth. She is about 30 years old, her skin is rosy, smooth as jade, she has a delicate oval face and a pair of full-bodied eyes. The majestic Danfengyan.

She wears a white inner robe, a red nine-tailed phoenix robe outside, and a golden phoenix crown inlaid with jewels on her head. She looks upright, beautiful and generous, possessing the majestic imperial prestige of a superior person, but she is barefoot, showing her snow-white slender feet , the toes are also painted red, full of charm.

Be a real stunner!

She is the current empress of the Great Moon Dynasty, Wei Tianlan!

Zuo Prime Minister Qiao Rong turned his head to look at Yang Hu beside him, and said with a smile on his face: "Thank you Daqin for making the siege this time, if it wasn't for Daqin's help, the invading army of Shu might have already approached the city of Haoyue, how could there be the invading army of Shu today Stand still, I believe it will not be long before the Shu army will retreat!"

"Daqin's dispatch of troops to rescue the siege is a condition of cooperation between Daqin and Dayue, so there is no need to thank you. Your Majesty the Empress, the two prime ministers, let me tell you why I suddenly called this general here. I still have a lot of military affairs to deal with. It's an urgent matter, please do not disturb the Yue court!"

There was a hint of impatience in Yang Hu's tone, and his expression was also an indifference that rejected people thousands of miles away.

Qiao Rong, Bi Zhen, and Wei Tianlan looked at each other, and suddenly felt that Yang Hu was a little unkind, and also felt Yang Hu's disdain for the Great Moon Dynasty, as if he didn't want to waste time on them.

Bi Zhen bent down and saluted, and then said: "General Yang is quick to speak, so let me just say it. Although the invading Shu army is standing still, it has not sent a truce to the court of Dayue, nor to you, General. The letter of peace talks, so it is not ruled out that the invading Shu army will continue to invade with a fluke heart, my Da Yue Dynasty means, can General Yang lead the army to Chizhou County or Anqing County, and forcibly expel the invading Shu army out of the country?"

Yang Hu frowned, pondered for a while, and then said: "Since the Shu army is standing still, it means that the Shu army has already become jealous of our Qin army. There is no need to lead the army to expel the Shu army. If the general leads the army to go It is very likely that war will break out in the occupied Chizhou County or Anqing County!"

"It's not easy for our army to go south. The main purpose is to help the Northern Wei Dynasty fight against the Southern Wei Dynasty. We don't want to waste our vitality on the Shu army. If we can defeat others without fighting, it is naturally the best!"

Hearing this sentence, Bi Zhen showed displeasure.

Although Yang Hu's words made sense, she sounded like the Qin army didn't want to fight the Shu army for the Moon Dynasty. This didn't put the Great Moon Dynasty in the position of an ally at all.

"General Yang, what if the Shu army doesn't retreat for a day?"

The empress Wei Tianlan, who was sitting on the phoenix chair, finally spoke out, her tone was neither cold nor calm, and it was impossible to tell what emotion she was in at this moment.

"Then the general will not leave for a day!" Yang Hu replied indifferently.

Wei Tianlan raised his eyebrows, and said in a rather puzzled tone: "The Shu army will not retreat for a day, and General Yang will not leave for a day. As an expeditionary force, the Qin army must have more daily consumption than the Shu army. In the long run, I am afraid that the Qin army will not be able to survive." Going south, it will be even more difficult for the Northern Wei Dynasty!"

PS: "I'm asking for a recommendation ticket, asking for a monthly ticket, asking for a reward, asking for a full order, four daily requests, the most important thing is a full order, I hope everyone will give a full order! Thank you manually"

Chapter 781 Wei Tianlan's highlight moment!

"However, if General Yang leads the army to take the initiative to attack, the overall situation can be quickly stabilized. In this way, General Yang can go south to help the Northern Wei Dynasty, and I can regain the lost ground in Dayue. Wouldn't it be great? Why would General Yang prefer such a three-way strategy? Sit back and spend, and don't want to send troops?"

Yang Hu suddenly felt speechless, and said helplessly: "Is there anyone in your Moon Dynasty who knows how to fight? Now I finally understand why the Moon Dynasty is vulnerable. The fundamental problem is not with the female soldiers and male soldiers, but with the court ministers." I don't know the strategy of war!"

"Your Majesty the Empress must understand that the purpose of the Qin army going south is to assist the Northern Wei Dynasty to attack the Southern Wei Dynasty, so the Qin army must preserve its best strength. If the Qin army fights with the Shu army, no matter how brave our Qin army is, there will be casualties. When the time comes to attack the Southern Wei Dynasty Unfavorable, the Northern Wei Dynasty perishes, and in the end, it is the Moon Dynasty that suffers!"

"Her Majesty the Empress and Yue Wu only saw the small profits in the present, but did not see the overall situation in the future. The Qin army's expedition to the Southern Wei Dynasty seemed to have nothing to do with Dayue, but the victory or defeat of the Qin army was related to the life and death of Dayue. The Qin army won and the Northern Wei Dynasty became stronger. At that time, the Moon Dynasty will be under the protection of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Great Qin Dynasty, how dare a mere Shu Dynasty dare to act presumptuously!"

"But if the Qin army is defeated and the Northern Wei Dynasty perishes, the Southern Wei Dynasty will threaten Dayue. At that time, Dayue will face threats from the Shu Dynasty and the Southern Wei Dynasty. Hearing this, Her Majesty the Empress and the two prime ministers want Qin Is the army wasting its strength for the mere two counties?"

Hearing these words, Wei Tianlan, Bi Zhen, and Qiao Rong were both ashamed and angry. The reason for their shame was that they were ridiculed by Yang Hu, and the ridicule came from the facts, which made the three of them ashamed and angry. Yang Hu mocked.

Who are they?One is the empress, and the other two are the prime ministers, both of whom are high-ranking figures in the dynasty. How can they not be angry at being ridiculed by the generals of other countries.

But although they were angry, they dared not speak up!

tread... tread...

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look, only to see Shangguan Huan, the head of the female guard, walking lightly into the Zhongshu Palace. When Shangguan Huan walked three steps away from the imperial platform, Then he bowed down respectfully and wrote a salute to report:

"Report to Your Majesty, the Shu Dynasty has sent an envoy, and the Shu envoy is waiting outside the palace to announce!"

After the words fell, Yang Hu was expressionless and indifferent, as if he was not surprised by this, it was completely expected, but Wei Tianlan, Bi Zhen, and Qiao Rong Junchen were different, each showing surprised expressions.

It's not that they didn't think that the Shu Dynasty would send envoys, but they didn't expect it to be so soon. In their eyes, even if the Shu Dynasty wanted to be subdued, it would take a few months. The envoys came to negotiate peace.

But now, less than two months after the Qin army entered the country, the Shu Dynasty sent people here, which is too fast.

"What are you still doing in a daze, quickly announce the envoy of Shu to enter the palace!" Wei Tianlan ordered urgently.

"Observe the order!" Shangguan Huan bowed respectfully in response, then turned and left, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

After Shangguan Huan left, Qiao Rong turned his head to look at Yang Hu again. When he saw Yang Hu's calm face, he couldn't help smiling with admiration: "General Yang is so calm, it seems that he has already guessed that the Shu Dynasty will send envoys." Come here to talk about peace, you are really predictable, I admire Qiao Rong!"

"Anyone who will be involved in military and state affairs has already guessed it!" Yang Hu said calmly.

"Uh..." Qiao Rong's face froze, a little embarrassed!

Bi Zhen and Wei Tianlan are somewhat resentful towards the Qin Dynasty. With so many generals in the Qin Dynasty, why did they send this unreasonable Yang Hu here, making Da Yue embarrassing me!

Everyone stopped talking and began to wait quietly for the envoys of the Shu Dynasty to enter the palace. For a while, Zhongshu Palace was quiet and the atmosphere was rather strange. After about a stick of incense, Shangguan Huan led a Zhongshu Palace in a blue official uniform. The young man walked into the hall.

This person is Zhang Ke, the envoy to Yueshu this time, and the official is the fourth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Rites!

"Foreign Minister Zhang Ke, by the order of His Majesty the Emperor of Shu, come to pay homage to His Majesty the Great Moon Empress!" Zhang Ke stood three steps in front of the imperial platform, bowing respectfully to Wei Tianlan who was sitting on the phoenix chair. .

Seeing that it was Zhang Ke who came, Wei Tianlan couldn't help showing a smug smile on his face, and said to Zhang Ke with a teasing tone: "It's you again, why, is there no one in the Great Shu Dynasty?"

This is not the first time Zhang Ke has come to the moon. This is the third time he has gone to the moon. The first time he represented the Great Shu Dynasty to declare war on the Great Moon Dynasty, and the second time he represented the Great Shu Dynasty to negotiate conditions with the Great Moon Dynasty and asked Wei Tianlan Married to the Emperor of Shu and became a concubine of Shu.

This time, I don't know what to do on behalf of the Great Shu Dynasty.

"Uh... this..." Zhang Ke hesitated to speak, and then smiled awkwardly: "It's the so-called good beginning and good end, haha, good beginning and good end!"

Zhang Ke had no choice but to admire his wit, and he used his skills to ease the embarrassing situation. In fact, he didn't want to come. After all, the previous two times he was aggressive, but this time he gave in. It's really embarrassing. It's embarrassing here, so it's embarrassing to let him, who has two missions experience, come here.

"It's a good beginning and a good end, so let the emissary just say it straight. Do you want to tell me again that if I don't agree to become the concubine of the Shu Dynasty, I will destroy Dayue?" Wei Tianlan smiled, his eyes carried a little provocation .

Zhang Ke cursed inwardly, what the hell are you going to take advantage of others? If Qin Dynasty hadn't intervened, it would be your turn to be presumptuous!

"Don't dare, even if my Great Shu Dynasty had the courage of the bear and leopard, I would not dare to rob people from Daqin. Next time, I came here for the sake of peace between the two countries. Dashu is willing to return Chizhou County and Anqing County. , The army withdrew to the original border, and the two sides stopped fighting to make peace!" Zhang Kepi wrote back with a smile.

Hearing these words, Bi Zhen and Qiao Rong were completely relieved, and the little stone in their hearts finally fell off!

"Oh, you're so grand, you don't want Dayue to agree to a few conditions, do you?" Wei Tianlan said in a weird way, vividly expressing the four words of dog fighting against others, even Yang Hu almost couldn't stand it anymore.

This can't be blamed on Wei Tianlan's complacency at all. It was the day when the Shu Dynasty invaded, which caused her to be under a lot of pressure and sleepless nights. , to vent out the depression in my heart, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable.

Zhang Ke lowered his head involuntarily, raised his hand to salute, and said, "Your Majesty the Empress is right, Dashu will return the land lost to your country, and it is true that there are conditions first!"

"what?"

Wei Tianlan, Bi Zhen, and Qiao Rong were suddenly taken aback.

Are there conditions?

Chapter 782 I Really Envy Da Qin!

I was just making a joke, to ridicule, this is actually being said, there are really conditions.

"However, for this condition, Her Majesty the Empress does not need to agree, but the Qin Dynasty needs to agree!" Zhang Ke added to the previous sentence.

"call!"

The three of Yuejun and his ministers secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that the Great Shu Dynasty would impose conditions on the Great Moon Dynasty. Otherwise, Yang Hu might use the overall situation as an excuse to let them agree to the terms of the Great Shu Dynasty's truce. Fortunately, the current condition It is aimed at the Qin Dynasty, and it has nothing to do with them.

"Since it is a condition for the Qin Dynasty to agree, the noble envoy should go and talk to General Qin Yang!" Bi Zhen said calmly.

"Where is the Yang family army?" Zhang Ke subconsciously asked.

The three of Yue Junchen looked at Yang Hu in unison, and Yang Hu was standing next to Zhang Ke. Following the eyes of the three monarchs and ministers, Zhang Ke slowly moved to his gaze, when he saw a person standing next to him. The old general in black tiger-striped armor and purple tasseled helmet was startled, and he also took three steps back.

"I'm blind, I didn't recognize General Yang, I hope General Yang will not be offended, don't be offended!" Zhang Ke bowed down in fear and apologized, his attitude was very low.

Seeing this scene, Wei Tianlan, Bi Zhen, and Qiao Rongjun and his ministers couldn't help sighing. Sure enough, a strong dynasty is good. No matter where you are, there is no shortage of people with low attitudes. Look at this branch, because you didn't recognize it. Yang Hu, afraid of being blamed by Yang Hu, almost knelt on the ground in fright.

I really envy Da Qin!