Please, let me be a fool

Chapter 192 Wenzhiwugong, the progress of border trade! 【Ask monthly ticket】

Song Gongwen did the math.

Whether it is the various preparations required for His Majesty's personal expedition.

There is also the list given by the Ministry of War, the cost of 20 troops and logistics.

Even if you directly emptied all the savings in the household department, it would not be enough, after all, there was not much left.

How could it be possible to support another big battle now.

So you have to think of another way.

His Majesty has seven days to prepare.

Although this deadline is not strict for the Ministry of Households.

But Song Gongwen knew very well that this was His Majesty's first personal expedition, and he must not be sloppy.Although the army has not moved, food and grass go first.

Even if there is a slight problem with the mobilization and arrangement of the army by the Ministry of War, it is nothing.

But if you change to the Ministry of Accounts, it will be completely different, and it will affect the whole body.

So he knew that he had to arrange everything.

At least.

It is necessary to prepare money for at least one month in the future to support His Majesty's personal conquest.

As long as this aspect is done well, the other things are nothing.

But where the money came from made it a little difficult.

I originally thought that there would be no problems at all after the tax came up after the reform, but now it is obvious that I can't wait until then, and the deposit bank of the household department is not enough.
"Forget it, go ask the teacher for advice and see if the teacher can do anything."

Song Gongwen really couldn't figure it out, after all, the time was too urgent, and there was no warning in advance.

Although I am only in charge of the household department, it is impossible to directly conjure money out of thin air.

Soon after, to the west of the capital city.

Zhang Zhengming and Song Gongwen sat opposite each other.

As before, the two did not talk about state affairs immediately, but were drinking tea separately.

When the hot tea in the pot bottomed out, Zhang Zhengming put down the teacup in his hand, and then said with a smile: "You are looking for me on purpose, it must be the money from the Ministry of Households, not enough for His Majesty to take it personally?"

"Teacher is still a teacher. You have seen through the students' thoughts." Song Gongwen didn't hide it immediately.

All the expenses required by the household department, as well as some recent accounts, were all stated.

In fact, before the tax reform came up.

The household department has always been tight.

In all aspects, you can save as much as you can, and use it for important things.

However, Song Gongwen was able to keep the entire imperial court running normally under such circumstances, so that there would be no troubles, and he could still save some money in the household department. His ability was already quite powerful.

Even Zhang Zhengming couldn't help sighing, after all, whether he can do it or not is the same thing.

After all, it's not that he didn't take charge of the transfer department back then, there were too many things and it was too troublesome.

It takes all kinds of energy, and it's thankless.

Now His Majesty is going to personally conquer again.

Of course it is difficult to come up with money.

"It's really hard for you to control the household department. Do you want me to find a way for you to get some money?" Zhang Zhengming smiled and continued: "It's the same as last time, Teacher Ni, I have nothing to do now, I think After looking at your accounts, I have used all kinds of methods. I can think of it, and you have thought of it. It is really impossible to get money from other places. Even if you can get it, it is just a drop in the bucket."

Hearing this, Song Gongwen shook his head slightly, in fact, he also had this premonition in his heart.

But he kept holding on to a little hope, but he could hear what the other party said in person.

Can't help, completely speechless.

If you give yourself enough time, getting money is not a problem at all, but the problem is that what he lacks now is time.

"However, I recently got a piece of news that can help you." At this time, Zhang Zhengming spoke up and said: "Recently, an official came from the northern border to report on his work, saying that the border mutual market led by Sun Kejian has achieved a lot. Big progress, there should be news to the Ministry of Households in the next few days, not only that, Sun Kejian also said that he is going to Zhenbei Pass."

"Because they all heard the news that Khan Jiubu was captured alive, they thought it was just an opportunity to completely settle the border trade."

As soon as these words came out, Song Gongwen's eyes lit up immediately.

During this period of time, he was dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he almost forgot that Sun Kejian was still leading the mutual market at the border.

And there was no news from the other party, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

Now, some officials came from the north and got the news.

That means.

Sun Kejian has made great achievements in the mutual market.

As the Minister of the Household Department, Song Gongwen is very clear that once this matter is completed, although the commercial tax collected is not as good as the tax from the reform, the money collected is still very considerable.

No wonder Sun Kejian didn't send any news. It turned out that everything had been prepared a long time ago and he was ready to surprise himself.

He remembered that the other party said before leaving that he would not send news and come back until progress was made.

Now that people bring news, the cost must have been recovered long ago.

"Yeah."

"Sun Kejian is indeed a talented person. It only took a few months to complete such a complicated matter as the border crossing market. He is indeed a person from the Sun family. In this regard, no one in the Ministry of Households can compare Got it."

At this moment, Song Gongwen was very happy, and it happened that he was worried about the affairs of Yin Zi.

But he didn't expect the other party to give him such a surprise.

There will be news in the next few days.

Obviously, it must be accompanied by the recent business tax.

Although I don’t know how much there is, we can guess that it will definitely not be much less. After all, before the mutual market was launched, Sun Kejian directly took out 50 taels of silver. Presumably, if it did not exceed this number, the other party would not pass on the news !
And these silvers can definitely solve my urgent needs.

In addition, taxation reforms are also underway.

It won't be long before it can be collected.

So this is definitely good news for Song Gongwen.

At the same time, he suddenly remembered another thing conveyed in what Zhang Zhengming said, and immediately said: "Teacher, what you mean is that Sun Kejian is now planning to go to Zhenbeiguan to continue to implement the border cross-market matters?"

"That's right." Zhang Zhengming didn't know about Sun Kejian, nor did he know the specific situation of the border trade, but through this news, he could roughly guess what the other party was thinking, so he smiled.

"Think about it, this Sun Kejian wants to use the nine khans in the hands of the old Hou Ye to expand the scale of the border mutual market, and then completely confirm it."

"After all, it is the Khan of the Nine Parts. With them in hand, it will be much better to talk about some things."

His meaning is very simple.

That is to let Jiubu Khan agree to Dawei's development of border cross-market, so that the business will be better.

As for why the Nine Parts Khan agreed to it instead of directly carrying it out, it was because it was very difficult to do this kind of thing, and doing business with grassland people was the most insecure.

I think that when Sun Kejian was not appointed as the servant of the household department, he suffered a lot in this regard.

"These students naturally understand." Song Gongwen nodded, and immediately continued: "It's a pity that we captured the Nine Khans, but we can't sacrifice their lives to the blood feud of the people in the northern border. Maybe we will release them in the end." When they go back, it’s simply cheaper for these people.”

Nine Khans were captured and became hostages, but the hostages were basically unkillable.

Because, if these nine khans die, only two things will happen to their tribes.

The first is that the grassland will soon launch an attack on Zhenbei Pass.

Khan was killed, it was a great shame for them, so this war, absolutely no matter the cost!
And the second situation is to immediately fall into chaos until the next Khan is elected.But after that, they will unite again soon, and then attack the Wei border again to avenge the previous Khan.

All in all, the top ten khans who were captured alive could not be killed anyway, which was not conducive to Wei.

But if you keep it, it will be very useful, such as signing some covenants with some tribes in the grassland.

In addition, the implementation of Sun Kejian's border mutual market can be made easier.

This made the two have to sigh.

Sun Kejian's mind is still very flexible, as expected of a businessman.

"There is the old Marquis in the north, it seems that this matter will be settled soon." Zhang Zhengming paused, and then said: "The most important thing now is the matter of His Majesty's personal conquest of Baiyue, Baiyue Although the enemy is not something to worry about, it is impossible to take it lightly."

"So in this regard, we must make good arrangements, and this is His Majesty personally leading the army. If it succeeds, it will definitely bring His Majesty great prestige."

The most obvious achievement of the emperor lies in Wenzhiwugong, and among them, Wenzhi is the main one.

However, civil governance takes time and cannot be achieved overnight. Although the reform has been successfully implemented, it is only the beginning.

Zhang Zhengming is very clear that it will take at least a few years for His Majesty's prestige to grow to a certain level in this regard.

But martial arts is completely different. First of all, this kind of merit is more obvious and intuitive.

Whether it is the ministers of the court or the common people, they can really see it.As long as certain achievements are made in this area, the increase in prestige will be incomparable.

And this is why Zhang Zhengming only opposed it once at the beginning, but later chose to support it.

His time is running out, and he can't wait for many years. As long as he has the opportunity to help His Majesty increase his prestige, he will be obliged.

It is true that Baiyue is difficult to conquer, but the current Great Wei is also in its heyday, stronger than when the first emperor was in power, and both economically and military will reach an unprecedented height.

Under such circumstances, it is not necessarily impossible to conquer Baiyue.

And Zhang Zhengming also thought of something.

That is, if His Majesty really included Baiyue into the territory of the Great Wei, then the prosperity of the Great Wei would surpass the past, and the prestige would even be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Emperor Taizu Gao.

It should be noted that His Majesty is still very young and is still practicing martial arts, and there will be a long time in the future.

He could almost foresee that the future Great Wei would definitely dominate the Eastern Continent in the true sense.

Therefore, this battle must be started, and His Majesty's personal conquest must also be supported!

"Students understand."

At this time, Song Gongwen also spoke, stood up, took a deep breath and said, "As subjects, we have only one thing to do now, and that is to support His Majesty without hesitation."

Assisting Mingjun to create an unprecedented prosperous dynasty is what every courtier dreams of.

The two teachers and students present were no exception.

"Okay, about Sun Kejian, you can just go back and wait for the news, just in the next few days."

"For me, I will work with Lin Yuansong from the Ministry of War to arrange various matters for this personal conquest by His Majesty. In short, you and I, teachers and students, will work together!" Zhang Zhengming also smiled, very happy and relieved.

Song Gongwen naturally didn't say much about it, and immediately bowed slightly, and went to prepare.

And the next period of time.

The entire imperial court was very busy, no matter which yamen or institution it was, they were making various arrangements day and night.

There is no way, since His Majesty's personal conquest today, there can be no mistakes or sloppy things like this, otherwise, people will fall to the ground!
A few days later, in the imperial palace, Jingde Palace.

Wei Yunyi lay on the bed, opened his eyes, and slowly woke up.

After resting all night, he can be said to be refreshed at the moment, and he is in a pretty good state in all aspects.

It's just that Concubine Ying, who was supposed to be lying beside her, was not by her pillow at this time.After thinking about it, Wei Yunyi knew that the other party was going to deal with the memorial.

Shaking his head, he didn't continue to think, and asked the maid to wash and change clothes.

Breakfast is ready, just use it.

I ate a little.

Then he walked to another place in the bedroom, and immediately saw Concubine Ying sitting in front of the desk.

"Your Majesty." Zhao Lingying also saw Wei Yunyi, stood up immediately, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please be safe."

Wei Yunyi nodded, and then said with a smile: "Sometimes there is no need to worry about memorials. Only by cultivating your energy can you handle them better."

Since the matter of the memorial was handed over to Concubine Ying, the other party has hardly stopped, reviewing it every day, which can be said to be conscientious, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

"The ministers and concubines dare not be sloppy with important national affairs. Besides, His Majesty is about to conquest personally. Many things have to be taken care of, and the ministers and concubines should not rest." Zhao Lingying bowed.

However, there was a trace of disappointment in her tone.

Since entering the palace, Zhao Lingying only has two things to do every day, one is to deal with the memorial, and the other is to serve Wei Yunyi.

Now the other party will leave the capital in a while, and personally conquer Baiyue, and she is afraid that she will not be able to see her for a while, and she will naturally feel lost.

Wei Yunyi seemed to feel it too, but he didn't say much, he just walked up to the other party, glanced at the memorial on the desk, and said, "What kind of memorial is Aifei dealing with now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's from the Ministry of Household Affairs." Zhao Lingying replied.

Hearing this, Wei Yunyi's eyes lit up immediately.

Because after he decided to go to the imperial conquest, he thought about how to spend the money.

That's why they directly issued a decree, requiring them not to stay in the tents after the expedition, but to live in the palace directly.

It should be noted that the emperor's palace must not be bad in all aspects, the most expensive thing is money.Especially Wei Yunyi looked at the accounts of the account department, and now the account department has no money.

So he can be sure that this memorial from the Ministry of Finance is definitely aggrieved!
(End of this chapter)