The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1362
She smiled sweetly, "Then Ashima dances for the Heavenly Emperor?"

Zhao Dongting stammered, "No, no need..."

Ashima has already spun in a circle, her dress fluttering like a butterfly.

There are beauties in the southern country, dancing with a light green waist.Huayan nine autumn evening, flying sleeves blowing clouds and rain.Light as blue and green, graceful as a dragon...

Zhao Dongting stared blankly at Ashima who was dancing lightly, and looked at the long sleeves that looked like clouds, as if he had returned to the time when there was no compensation for happiness and Wu Amiao went west to Sichuan. On the night of lanterns, the woman in the green dress looked back with a smile, and the broken mountain finger turned white all night. .

This kind of dancing posture can conquer the city with one dance, and conquer the country with a smile.

Zhao Dongting finally realized what it means to be "a song in the back court teaches dance, and the dance breaks the world and the king does not know."

Among the concubines in his harem, Zhang Ru is unparalleled in terms of appearance.

In terms of temperament, Lechan should be the most important.

In terms of figure, Yue Yue is the most attractive.

The music and dance are lively and clever, and Turandot is straightforward.

Yinger is gentle and graceful.

Yunjing's piano music is moving, and she is good at dancing with long sleeves.

But even Yunjing's dance is not as good as Ashima's dance.Perhaps only when she danced with swords in a red dress, could she be equal to Ashima at this time.

Yunjing's sword dance is soft with rigidity, rigid with softness.And Ashima's dance is lingering and soft to the extreme.

Every movement of her is full of endless temptation.

The shy and timid eyes, but with eager anticipation, made Zhao Dongting surge with primitive impulse, and walked towards Ashima slowly involuntarily.

The charming face is getting closer.

The dance gradually stopped.

Zhao Dongting's face was very close to those delicate red lips.

"emperor!"

Only at this moment, a voice suddenly came in from outside the imperial study, "Eunuch Yi is asking to see you, there is an urgent military report."

Zhao Dongting came back to his senses, took two steps back hastily, with a embarrassed face, turned his head to the outside of the room and said, "Come in!"

Ashima's face was like a red glow, she stomped her feet lightly, and went to the bookcase again.

Yi Shiyu walked into the room.

After saluting to Zhao Dongting, as soon as he raised his head, he also saw Ashima who didn't dare to turn her head to look here, and only showed her side face.In an instant, a look of extreme shock appeared in his eyes.

Immediately, he hurriedly lowered his head again.

He raised the letter in his hand, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report on the military situation of the Forbidden Army in Central Shu."

Zhao Dongting took the letter.

Chen and others led the army to the north of Weizhou City, and the Yuan army occupied Weizhou and the surrounding Jiuzhaigou.This trip to assist the Zhongxing Mansion may take a long time, so I also ask the emperor to prepare for the logistics support of the army.

The minister Zhang Guangbao started from a distance.

Because it is a letter sent by flying pigeons, there is not much content in the letter.However, this has caused Zhao Dongting to change color slightly.

It was only then that he knew that the Yuan army had seized Weizhou City and the surrounding Jiuzhaigou first.

This is really not good news.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Dongting said to Yi Shiyu: "Send a letter to the Forbidden Army in Central Shu to let them fight with all their strength. I will arrange the logistics properly."

"Yes……"

Yi Shiyu glanced at Ashima without any trace, and retreated outside the imperial study.

Zhao Dongting said to the imperial study room: "God's egg, Xuan Finance Department Zhu Shangshu, Military Industry Department Li Shangshu, Military Department Zhong Shangshu come here."

"Yes."

Li Goudan's answer sounded outside the door.

Ashima's pretty face was still flushed, and she never dared to look at Zhao Dongting again.There was also a lot of embarrassment in his eyes.

About two quarters of an hour later, Zhu Hecong, Li Qingyun and Zhong Jian walked into the imperial study together.

"The ministers and others kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Zhao Dongting gently raised his hand, "Excuse me!"

Then he said to Li Goudan: "Give me a seat."

After the three of them sat down, he said, "Now, the two military regions of Jiankang and Xianglong in the northern border of the Great Song Dynasty are going to the Yuan Dynasty, and the Shuzhong military region in the western border is rushing to assist Xixia. The three departments are in charge of the logistics. Now, the preparations have already been made. How's it going?"

Fighting wars has never been just a battle of front-line troops, but also a competition of national and financial power.

Although it is said that there are only [-] soldiers in each military region of the Great Song Dynasty, the amount of money and food that so many soldiers need to go to war is already astronomical.

The Ministry of Military Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Finance have three departments. The Ministry of Military Industry is responsible for arms, the Ministry of War is responsible for food and supplies, and the military's standing supplies, while the Ministry of Finance is responsible for military salaries, pensions, rewards, etc. matter.

From the beginning to the end of a war, it can be said that it is inseparable from these three parts.

Hearing Zhao Dongting's question, Li Qingyun was the first to answer: "Returning to the emperor, the old minister has followed your wishes, and the military industry department has rushed out to lease to Mayi, Boni, Liuqiu and other countries for the time being. It has been deducted, and the workshops in all military regions are still rushing to produce. As long as the front-line troops need to replenish their arms, they can continuously send arms to the front line.”

"Um……"

Zhao Dongting nodded lightly, "Thank you, Li Shangshu."

Li Qingyun hurriedly said: "This is a matter of the minister's duty. It is the duty and duty of the minister to share the emperor's worries."

Zhao Dongting smiled lightly, then looked at Zhu Hecong again, "Zhu Shangshu, where is your finance department?"

Zhu Hecong bowed his hands to Zhao Dongting, frowned slightly and said, "The emperor... with the silver taels in the treasury, I'm afraid it can only support the frontier army... for half a year."

Zhao Dongting's smile stiffened a little, "Why is my Great Song State treasury in such a tight situation?"

When Chen Jianghan was a minister, Zhao Dongting would occasionally ask about the finance department.Chen Jianghan always said that the national treasury was full, and even Zhu Hecong himself said the same thing.

After all, the people's livelihood in various parts of the Song Dynasty is far from being comparable to what it used to be. Moreover, it occupies the most fertile Jiangnan West Road and Jingnan South Road, which are known as the land of plenty, and the two trade hubs of Qiongzhou and Dongsha Islands are gradually attracting more and more people. More and more overseas businessmen came to do business with Da Song.The annual tax alone is an astronomical figure.

Even if Zhao Dongting took the money from the people, used it for the people, and used the money for the benefit of the people, since the year before last, the treasury of the Song Dynasty began to have a surplus.

Zhao Dongting really never thought that the national treasury would suddenly become tight.

Zhu Hecong was a little embarrassed, and said: "Reporting to the emperor, since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Military Industry has been rushing to produce munitions, and during the cold disaster, the treasury has allocated a lot of money to various places... and there are some troops such as Tiansha who have traveled far away to other countries... Although my dynasty Taxes are plentiful, but the treasury is still not making ends meet. So..."

Zhao Dongting smiled wryly, and waved his hands with some headaches, "I see, it's not your fault, nor the fault of the finance department."

There is one more thing that Zhu Hecong forgot to mention, the reclamation of Panyang Lake is also a place that consumes a lot of money.

Now Da Song really has many ways to make money, and there are many places to spend money.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Dongting said again: "When the national inventory is short of silver, let's see if we can transfer some silver taels from the bank! Go and ask the State Council to say hello."

Zhu Hecong hesitated, "Your Majesty, the bank is the foundation for our dynasty to maintain economic stability. If the bank withdraws silver taels, I am worried that it will cause social unrest..."

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly, and said, "You guys should discuss it carefully at that time!"

He felt that he was a little too high-sighted.

From his perspective, many kinds of things can be created in this world.But alas, it's hard to master any of them.

After all, he was just a private business owner in his previous life, not an economic expert, bank expert, arms expert, etc...

This is also impossible.

Zhao Dongting was able to establish banks, construction groups, and even customs, etc. in this era, but in the end, they are still far from being as mature as the banks of later generations.

The same is true of other court institutions.

Rubbing his temples with some headaches, Zhao Dongting looked at Zhong Jian again and said, "How is the situation in the Ministry of War?"

He didn't think there would be any pressure from the finance department, at least not more than the pressure from the military department.Now, even Zhu Hecong said that the national treasury is tight, so the Ministry of War must not be much better.

After all, to be honest, since he revived Da Song in Naozhou, Da Song really hasn't stopped much.

If it weren't for the introduction of American crops into the country, the improvement of crop planting methods, the implementation of various agricultural reforms, and the implementation of a policy of elite soldiers in the army, the entire Song Dynasty had only close to one million soldiers, and the domestic food and grass would have been unable to support it long ago. up.

Although the armies are not in danger of running out of food, Zhao Dongting is really worried about the domestic food reserves.

Before, I never thought that we would have to fight a protracted war.

(End of this chapter)