The reborn general girl is the emperor

Chapter 200
But complaining in the heart is one thing, but no one dares to say this.

The emperor looked at Xu Xiangfeng calmly for a while.

Xu Xiangfeng stood neither humble nor overbearing, allowing the emperor's dissatisfied gaze to look him up and down, but his attitude did not back down at all: "Nowadays, Wu'an is troubled both internally and externally, so we must not cause Daliang dissatisfaction over some trivial matters. If Daliang If we start a war with us in this way, the Wu'an country is really in danger."

These words were hard to listen to, but they shocked most of the people in the court.

On the huge golden hall, there are all the voices of the ministers whispering.

Seeing Xu Xiangfeng's few words, the speechless ministers who were stunned became active again. The emperor's face became a little darker. Like Shi, do you want me to send someone to escort Yan Qing back to Beijing?"

"No way, my lord!"

Wang Weitao stood up again, and interrupted the confrontation between the emperor and Xu Xiangfeng with a cupped hand, "This is the critical moment for us to confront the Qiang Kingdom. We must not destroy our prestige at this time and call back the general!"

"This Qiang country was originally a vassal state of our country, but now it is taking advantage of the decline of our country's national strength, and is taking advantage of the fire with the Xi Rong. Now we have even repelled the Xi Rong, but we have to compromise with the Qiang country. This will be very serious for our prestige. Big hit!"

Wang Weitao talked about the pros and cons eloquently, "At that time, Xue Yuan, who is already harboring evil intentions, and You Zhu, who is watching the fire from the other side, don't they think that I, Wu An, are timid and afraid, and dare to take the opportunity to take a bite?"

"The two wars between us and Xirong resulted in immeasurable losses. Natural disasters and man-made disasters were repeated. It is really inappropriate to have more wars. Right now, it is of great benefit to us to acquiesce in Yan Qing's attack on the Qiang Kingdom."

"First of all, we can tell those surrounding countries that are ready to move, we Wu'an people are not soft persimmons. If we want to take advantage of the fire, we must prepare for the country to be destroyed. This is not only a deterrent to small countries such as Youzhu and Xueyuan, but also Shock Xirong, Daliang and other great powers."

"On the one hand, it will allow us to gain more benefits in the negotiations with Xirong; on the other hand, it will also prevent Daliang from despising our country. We can also gain more initiative in the matter of Daliang Dingyuanhou .”

"Secondly, even if Yan Qing can't take down the Qiang Kingdom's royal court, taking over half of the Qiang country's territory with thunderous means shows the prowess of our Wu'an troops. With the head of Daliang, we can give Daliang an explanation that they will never have to refute on the matter of Daliang Dingyuanhou."

"In this way, the possibility of Daliang sending troops to the Qiang Kingdom through Wu'an is cut off, which will trigger a multi-country melee, bring huge losses to Wu'an, and even destroy the country."

"When all the dust settles, let the envoys bring the head of the Qiang Kingdom's master, and the gold and silver compensation show Wu'an's sincerity. It can not only stop Daliang's mouth, but also get the territory of the Qiang Kingdom. It can also be used in negotiations with Xirong. In order to seek greater profits. It can be said to serve multiple purposes.”

After stating the pros and cons one by one, Wang Weitao finally returned to the topic and said firmly, "So, not only can we not recall Yan Qing, but we have to encourage her to fight! It is best to win the Qiang Kingdom in one fell swoop!"

The emperor nodded in agreement: "Wang Aiqing is right."

After all, the emperor habitually consulted the opinions of all officials symbolically, "What do you think?"

Everyone echoed and said, "Master Wang is right."

Except for one person.

"I don't know where the money for the compensation that Mr. Wang said will come from?"

Xu Kaida, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said abruptly, "Although Marquis Dingyuan of Liang died on the front line of the border, we should pay some money to condolences to Marquis Dingyuan's family, but we shouldn't pay compensation for Marquis Dingyuan, right?"

Wang Weitao was about to speak, but Xu Kaida interrupted him immediately, "Besides, this war also needs money. Yan Qing pulled the battle line directly from the western Xinjiang to the Qiang country. The Qiang country is mountainous, and the transportation of food, grass and military pay is a big deal. It’s a huge problem, and the consumption on the road has also doubled. It’s all a waste of money!”

"Didn't King Rongjin just borrow money from Daliang?"

The emperor asked, "It shouldn't be difficult to transport grain directly from the front line."

But Xu Kaida bowed his hands towards the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. The money from Daliang has never been in the hands of our own people, and it was directly taken to their camp in the southwest of Daliang. The little that was given to us is to resettle the victims and support the front line, so there is not much left."

"Then send food from the imperial court."

said the emperor.

Xu Kaida shook his head: "My lord, the national treasury is already full of red debt, and there is no money left!"

"Why can't you get the money?"

Wang Weitao questioned Xu Kaida, "Your household department has money for any singing, dancing, drinking and banquets on weekdays. Now it's the turn to fight, and you have no money?"

Xu Kaida squinted his eyes, and said: "What Mr. Wang said, it seems that we have swallowed the money from the treasury. Every year, a large sum of money is allocated from the treasury to them to fight in the western borders, and the remaining expenses such as palace banquets are allocated repeatedly. There is not even a fraction of the repairs for the Sijiang Armaments, so you can't see it?"

"Besides, is the situation in previous years comparable to this year's?"

Xu Kaida straightened his back and argued with Wang Weitao, "Last year when Li Dingshan committed a crime, all the property confiscated by the Li family was invested in the reconstruction of Kangdu City, as well as the reorganization of military equipment and the compensation and relief of the people. Not to mention all the floods in Zhanghuai, the national treasury also paid two or three times the money."

"Because of the flood, and because of Li Dingshan's rebellion, half of the taxes in southern Xinjiang were not collected this year. Those that were collected were all sent to the front before they were shipped out from southern Xinjiang. Even because of the tight military situation, the whole country was recruited Soldier, another sum of money has been transferred from the treasury."

"The ledger was opened, and every page was red!"

Xu Kaida became more and more angry and excited, "In order to make up for the shortfall, our household department has not paid salaries since years ago, and even paid in money. It is a sum of money, just to make up for some. Because Here, there are piles of bad debts on the ledger, but what can we do?"

"Huh? What can we do?"

Xu Kaida questioned, "You want to fight wars and want money. The treasury can't get the money, so you can only issue debts to let the businessmen borrow them. But there are too many red debts, and those businessmen are afraid that the country will not pay, so they don't borrow! We It can only be emptied out of the mansion, and the red debt will be plugged up and calculated bit by bit, so as to borrow money from those businessmen, so as to support you in the war!"

"So even if a pile of bad debts are dug out, we may not be able to clean up later, and we have nothing to do. Not to mention the money pasted in, we may not even get back a dime!"

(End of this chapter)