The reborn general girl is the emperor

Chapter 201
When Xu Kaida said the rest, he was full of snot and tears, and poured out on the golden palace full of sadness.

"Some people in the household department can't get rid of the pot at home. They still grit their teeth and don't want their salary. They are desperate to find people to donate to the account books. You, Wang Weitao, are upright and upright. You talk about pros and cons when you open your mouth. Reasonable."

"Do you think that money popped out of your mouth as soon as you touched it?!"

Wang Weitao blushed when Xu Kaida scolded him.

If someone else was crying with snot and tears in this golden palace, he would still suspect that the other party was acting.

But the one who said this was Xu Kaida, whose court clothes were washed and turned white.

As the most lucrative department among the six ministries, Xu Kaida, who is the minister of the household department, is the poorest courtier in the entire court.

And the money saved was invested in the nursing homes in central Beijing to help the widows, widows, orphans, lonely and other homeless people who could not rely on.

If it is said that he is pretending, and a person can pretend to be poor for decades and invest a lot of money in people's livelihood, then it is good for more people to pretend like this.

Since Xu Kaida said that the Ministry of Households has no money, it can be seen that the state of the treasury is really worrying.

This war is fought with only manpower and financial resources. Now the soldiers and horses in Western Xinjiang have no advantage in numbers, and the treasury and financial resources cannot keep up. Not to mention quick victory, even if you want to win, I am afraid it will not be easy.

Just when Wang Weitao was also starting to worry about money, he heard Xu Kaida cry about the difficulty of the household department, and began to complain about the current war.

"If you want me to say, this battle should not be fought! Let alone ask Daliang to borrow some soldiers or money!"

Xu Kaida complained angrily, "We just fought with Xirong, we lost both sides. Although Xirong has a large number of troops this time, the corresponding consumption of food and grass will be greater. It is difficult to transport food and grass in the desert. We just need to hold the city and delay him for a year." After half a year, when Xirong's food and grass run out, they will leave by themselves."

"As for the rogue bandits of the Qiang people in the southwest, mere grass bandits, what great things can they become? What can they do if they temporarily leave Huailin and occupy the natural danger of the Xiangzhang River?"

"Once we've settled the Zhanghuai flood and the southern Xinjiang issue, we'll switch hands, and then we'll conquer the Qiang Kingdom with troops, what's the point?"

"We have to borrow money and troops from Daliang! Now, the generals of Daliang died in our Wu'an territory. If the emperor of Daliang took the opportunity to attack the Qiang country through Wu'an, can we stop it? No, wait for Daliang to conquer the Qiang country. If they turn around and beat us from the inside, can we defend?"

Xu Kaida was also in a hurry, and he was admonishing Wang Weitao, "It is necessary to fight at this time! Internal and external troubles must be mixed together! Pedantic! Reckless! I don't know how to work around!"

Wang Weitao, who was originally guilty of Xu Kaida's accusation because he talked too lightly about the money and silver, his face sank after hearing what Xu Kaida said later: "Master Xu thinks it's easy to stick to it? Those wolfish ambitions , if we don’t beat them to the ground, let alone guard until Xirong’s food and grass are exhausted, even ten days and a half months will be filled with human lives!”

"The food and grass of Xirong can't keep up, so can our food and grass keep up?"

Wang Weitao questioned, "If it weren't for the two hundred shi of grain that King Rong Jin borrowed from Daliang, half of the people in southern Xinjiang would not be able to afford food at this moment. You just need to be a city guard?"

"Soldiers are scarce, even if there is a city wall, how long will it be able to defend? Qiang and Xirong join hands, and Xirong's food and grass can be transported from Qiang. If it really takes a long battle, will the energy consumption be exhausted until Xirong's food and grass are exhausted?"

Wang Weitao's series of questioning forced Xu Kaida to keep silent, but Wang Weitao continued, "This time Xirong united with the Qiang Kingdom, nearly 20 troops suppressed the border, and the western and southern borders, counting the troops from the Eastern Xinjiang Suituan King His Highness's troops going south are only a hundred thousand."

"The other party is even more harmful to nature and reason, such as poisonous people. One can kill thousands of people! Once the poisonous people attack the city, how will we defend it?"

Wang Weitao's eyes turned red when he thought of the tragic sacrifices caused by the poisonous people he learned from the battle report.

Unlike these civil servants in the court, he has been on the battlefield, and even lived on the border as a warlord for several years.

He knew too well what a tragic battle was behind the few numbers on the battle report.

What's more, in the list of sacrificed generals reported in the battle report, there are even people who used to be as close to him as brothers.

"This time, if His Royal Highness King Shu hadn't taken personal risks and trapped the poisonous men in Tahril to death in the city tower and burned them all; Thousands of elites entered the enemy camp, strangled all the poisonous people, and dragged down the enemies on the southwestern border..."

The more Wang Weitao said, the deeper the voice, "If it wasn't for this, I'm afraid the Xirong and Qiang allied forces have already broken through the defense line and entered the interior. How can there be such successive victories?"

Xu Kaida opened his mouth, the expression on his face changed many times, but in the end he had to flick his sleeves and look away.

Wang Weitao doesn't know the financial difficulties, so how can he really know the dangers of the frontier?
only……

"But right now the national treasury really can't get out even half a penny."

Xu Kaida sighed and opened his mouth, glanced at the emperor, and cupped his hands, "I am ashamed to use the Holy One."

"It's not Aiqing's fault, Aiqing doesn't have to blame herself."

The emperor comforted Xu Kaida, then turned his head and asked the ministers in the hall who had been quiet since the two quarreled, "Now that the country's finances are tight, and the supply of food and salaries for the frontier defense is not enough, I don't know what's your advice, my loves? "

The ministers bowed their heads in silence.

But Wang Weitao stood up again: "I am weak, and it is difficult to do big things. I would like to donate most of my family's wealth and reduce my salary to ease the shortage of food and wages on the front line."

The emperor nodded approvingly: "Wang Aiqing has a heart."

As he said that, the emperor looked at the other ministers who lowered their heads. The meaning in his eyes was obvious, but he didn't say it clearly. He just said, "Ai Qing has the heart to serve the country. As the emperor, if I It would be a shame not to do something."

"From today onwards, my basic necessities, such as food, housing and transportation, will be halved, and the unimportant things in the palace will be charged to the national treasury, and the red debt will be evened out."

With a wave of his hand, the emperor transferred a large sum of money into the treasury, and then turned to An Ning, the chief executive who was standing aside, and said, "From now on, once the use of the harem is reduced, all palace banquets are prohibited."

"Now is the time for the survival of the country. It is reasonable for the whole country to work together to tide over the difficulties."

The emperor looked at the courtiers pretending to be deaf with deep meaning.

After receiving the emperor's sight, all the courtiers naturally couldn't continue to be dumb, and they all agreed, expressing their willingness to donate money and materials to tide over the national crisis together.

(End of this chapter)