My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 959

Three days later, in front of the Qi Mansion.

Liu Mingzhi nodded to Qi Run and his wife as he rode on the horse with his padded jacket in his arms!
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law, take care of yourself!"

The old man nodded reluctantly: "Be careful on the road!"

The Qi Ya sisters in the carriage also bid farewell to their parents through the curtain of the carriage. Although they really wanted to stay at home, but the husband and the younger brother were busy with business and couldn't delay for too long!
The three girls sat in the carriage, Liu Dashao, Qi Liang and Liu Chengzhi rode on the horses, waved their whips goodbye to Qi Run and his wife and rushed towards the capital.

Everyone has no objection to Liu Chengzhi, a little kid riding a horse, and even Qi Yun agrees with her husband's decision very much.

Excessive doting on children is not necessarily a bad thing. At this age, trying to ride a horse is one of the must-have homework for every family child.

Ritual, music, riding and archery are the six arts of a gentleman. In Dalong's view, a child who cannot ride a horse is the most failed education.

The young Liu Chengzhi began to slowly adapt to the bumps on the horse, and gradually mastered the rhythm and galloped while waving the whip.

Little padded jacket Liu Yaoyao was wrapped in a thick fox fur, nestling in her father's arms and clapping her hands excitedly: "Father, run after me, run after me!"

In the carriage, the Qi Ya sisters were also chatting with Wenren Yunshu. They knew that Wenren Yunshu was a little sad because of the old man's affairs, so they tried every means to make him happy!
The group completely stopped Liu Chengzhi's riding speed and headed slowly towards the capital!

Li Zheng patted the memorial in his hand on the dragon case and scanned the civil and military officials below with majestic eyes.

"The Huyan tribe set up a royal court, respecting Yan Yunyao as Khan! The grassland is about to melt, and it only takes a month for the army to be strong. According to the report of the spies, the Huyan royal court has already planned to mobilize troops against the Shibisi royal court. , the unification of the grassland is something I don't want to see, what can you do, my love?"

The civil and military officials looked at each other and none of them stood up to speak, because they couldn't figure out the emperor's intention for the time being.

The emperor meant to recover the Hetao Heshuo area before the unification of the grassland, or secretly prevent the unification of the grassland, they still don't know!
For a while, all civil and military officials couldn't help but miss Young Master Liu, the shit-stirring stick.

Don't care about Young Master Liu's character, he is indeed favored, as long as he doesn't rebel and bully the emperor, the emperor won't mind!

"Military Department!"

The emperor directly called out Song Yu, but he couldn't stand still, and walked out holding the imperial wat: "The minister is here!"

"Did the Ministry of War plan to recover the land of Hetao and Heshuo come out?"

Song Yu took out a memorial from his bosom and held it up: "Report to Your Majesty, the subject is ready, please have a look at it!"

The chief executive hurriedly presented the memorial to Li Zheng.

Li Zheng frowned and read the memorial in his hand: "The expedition in April is too slow. We must recover the two places of Heshuo before the grassland is unified. Now the alliance signed with the Huyan tribe has not yet expired. Lose face, go out on March [-]th to recover Heshuo and other places!"

Song Yu's face became embarrassing: "Your Majesty, going out on March [-]th is extremely unfavorable for the transportation of food and grass, and the deployment of the army. The snow was too heavy last winter, and the ice and snow in many places in the Northland have not yet melted. The consumption on the road may double. what!"

"Your Majesty, this minister agrees!"

Hubu Shangshu Jiang Yuanming came out holding the imperial wat.

"Your Majesty, what Master Song said cannot be ignored. At least 20 cavalry are stationed in the Heshuo and Hetao areas occupied by the Royal Court of Shibis. No less than one trip to the north, the supply of food and grass is the biggest problem!"

Li Zheng frowned and looked at Song Yu and Jiang Yuanming: "Is there too much money in the treasury?"

"930 million taels is more than enough!"

"How can it be so little? Last year's tariffs were 200 million taels, and taxes such as salt and iron were added to 600 million taels. Now there are 900 million taels left. How did you become the secretary of the household department?"

"Your Majesty, although the tax revenue has increased a lot, the expenditure has been even greater. The treasury expenditure of General An's voyage to the West is a big hole. The big hole during Mr. Liu's Western Expedition has just been filled by a snow disaster caused by a rare heavy snow in ten years. The expenditure is more than 700 million taels, and now the six guards of northern Xinjiang are not 30 guards, but 73 guards, plus the military salaries of various state capitals are tens of millions of taels!"

"The construction of the imperial mausoleum cost 210 taels of silver, stone materials, salary, food, housing and transportation, which do not require money!"

"Master Liu brought back 30 war horses from his expedition to the west, and made horseshoes. The food and grass consumption for training the war horses is a bottomless pit. The consumption of 30 war horses is higher than the consumption of raising 90 troops. The horses in the Western Regions are good. But the food is good, the consumption is bigger.”

"The remaining 900 million taels of silver is the wealth accumulated by the veteran's repeated savings in various ministries. If His Majesty thinks that the veteran's housekeeper is improper, Your Majesty should find someone else!"

Li Zheng looked at Jiang Yuanming with an embarrassing face and a sneer: "Jiang Aiqing, can't I blame you for being wrong? Don't be angry, don't be angry!"

"Your Majesty will be satisfied with the old minister's difficulties. The many national policies formulated by Mr. Liu previously saved money for the treasury, but compared with the previous ones, the cost is also higher, and the money is used everywhere. Your Majesty plans to recruit 30 more people. I don’t know where the money from Wan Xinbing’s old ministers came from!”

"It's still a trivial matter to mobilize troops for food and grass. After all, the grain harvests in various parts of the country have changed in two seasons. There are a lot of grains in stock, but the soldiers have to pay their wages. Selling grain can't be sold by others. This year's tax can only be collected in June. , the old minister is also in trouble!"

Li Zheng fiddled with the wrench on his thumb in embarrassment.

"It is impossible to disarm the army for going north in two years! After all, a unified grassland is by no means comparable to a fragmented grassland. Not having enough troops is not good for Dalong! The most important thing right now is to recover the Heshuo Hetao area!"

Jiang Yuanming pondered for a while and nodded: "Your Majesty, if Hetao and Heshuo can be recovered quickly, the training ground for 30 war horses can be transferred, so that the treasury does not need to spend food and grass, which can save more than half of the expenses! But at the latest If you want to mobilize troops in April, it is really inappropriate to mobilize troops on March [-]th!"

"Your Majesty, I think it's okay to send troops on March [-]th!"

Li Zheng looked at Wei Yong who came out with a flash in his eyes: "What good strategy does Wei Aiqing have?"

"Your Majesty, Lord Song and Lord Jiang are worried that the treasury will not be able to continue to support the army. Food and grass do not necessarily have to be supplied by the imperial court. Merchants who come and go in the northern Xinjiang market may not be able to take advantage of it!"

"Go on!"

"Your Majesty can issue an imperial decree to allow merchants to transport food instead. This will not only deceive people, but also reduce the difficulties of the court!"

"Wei Xiang will not plan to let these merchants deliver food and grass for the court for free, right? It is not realistic to think about the character of those merchants!"

Tong Sansi stood up and looked at Wei Yong, Prime Minister of the Left, asking questions!

"Does Tong Xiang think this is inappropriate?"

"inappropriate!"

"Tong Xiang, without His Majesty's decree to open the border market to provide them with a trading place, they will face the risk of being robbed by the Turks if they want to do business! With the convenience of the border market, none of these merchants will make a lot of money , let them contribute to the imperial court is not difficult!"

"Let's not talk about it, just talk about the situation of Marquis Zhu in Guannei. Who in the whole capital knows that the impoverished Marquis Zhu is now so rich that his Majesty can't earn the money?"

Tong Sansi looked at the left minister Wei Yong indifferently.

"Since Wei Xiang hopes that these merchants will use horses to deliver food and grass to the army for free, will the Gu family, the Feng family, the Zhao family, the Liu family, the Zeng family, and the Chen family, these big merchants, also participate?"

Wei Yong's complexion changed, these merchants were all inextricably linked to him, Tong Sansi's words could lead him to the end!

Tong Sansi looked at the emperor respectfully: "Your Majesty, how much money they earn is someone else's ability. Naturally, the imperial court should pay them corresponding compensation if they are expropriated. After paying taxes, it’s a consensual thing, using morality to restrain them to contribute to the court without compensation is a bit morally kidnapped! And it will chill the hearts of merchants, and it’s not a matter of ten and a half months to go to war!”

After listening to Tong Sansi's analysis, Li Zheng's originally agitated expression gradually suppressed.

Relying on morality to restrain merchants from delivering food and grass for free is really not a good idea!
Ten days and a half months is justifiable, and the businessmen must have complained a lot after too long.

(End of this chapter)