Man Tanghong

Li Shentong's chest suddenly became higher, and he said in a shameless voice: "Even if the tens of thousands of Turkic slaves deserved their crimes, then my Tang Dynasty captured the Turkic Kehe Dun and hid them secretly. , tarnished his name, we must give him some compensation, right?"

Pei Ju's mouth was half open, and he was also dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer it.

Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui and other civil servants who stood by Li Gang were also stunned and didn't know what to say.

Because what Li Shentong said was too shameless.

What Li Shentong said is equivalent to saying that the Tang Dynasty captured the Turkic queen and hid her. funded.

How can a group of civil servants who are still a bit shameless accept these words?
You can prevent the people in power of the Tang Dynasty from being blackmailed by the Turks, but you can't stop the people in power of the Tang Dynasty from giving money to the Turks, right? !

Not giving money after floating, no matter what period it is in, it is a thing that will be despised by everyone.

"Okay, now that Yuan Ji has explained clearly, and Li Gong, Pei Gong and others have nothing to say, then let's discuss the time to conquer Turkic and Tuyuhun, and who will be in charge!"

After Li Shentong blocked the mouths of Li Gang, Pei Ju and other civil servants, he spoke carelessly.

The reason why Li Shentong blocked the mouths of Li Gang and others with extremely shameless words was to understand clearly as soon as possible, and to determine the time to conquer the Turks and Tuyuhun, and then compete for the position of the commander-in-chief of the army.

Compared with things like the destruction of Turks and Tuyuhun, Datang was blackmailed, or Datang was blackmailed deliberately, which is simply not worth mentioning.

What's more, this kind of deliberate blackmail is of great benefit to Datang, especially the military of Datang.

For a leader, especially a leader who can compete for the commander, the opportunity to lead troops to conquer neighboring countries, or to bully their own country's neighbors for many years, is really too important, and no one wants to miss it .

Even as the king of the county, it is useless to ask for credit, and even Li Shentong, who is very likely to be harmful, is not willing to miss it.

"Yes, yes, since His Highness intends to conquer the Turks and Tuyuhun, and has made some deployments, then we, as ministers, should indeed help His Highness discuss a suitable time to send troops and choose the leader."

Shi Wanbao was the first to stand up and echo Li Shentong's words.

He is a veteran, and he is still quite old. There are not many opportunities to fight in the battlefield. He may never be able to fight in the battlefield again, so he is more active than anyone else in this kind of thing.

Qu Tutong, Li Jing and others also followed suit.

Qu Tutong had the same thoughts as Shi Wanbao, and also wanted to leave everything he had on the battlefield where he had fought all his life at the end of his life.

Li Jing felt that his chances of competing for commander-in-chief were greater than Li Shentong, Shi Wanbao, Qu Tutong and others, so even though he was cold-tempered, out of gregarious, and didn't like to follow the crowd to express opinions, he couldn't help but speak now.

Among the generals in the hall, only Li Xiaogong, who had reached the limit of his contribution and had no chance to go to the battlefield again, Su Dingfang, who had known for a long time that he would not be sent to conquer the Turkic battlefield, did not speak.

"Hahaha, that guy Li Shiji is unlucky enough, I told him to come but he didn't come, and in the end he missed a great event."

After Qu Tutong and others agreed, Shi Wanbao laughed and said another sentence.

Li Jing also showed a rare smile and said: "The same goes for An Xinggui and Ma Sanbao. When I got the news that His Highness agreed to Turkic request, I was having a banquet with them. I invited them to come together, but they didn't say anything." If you are willing to come, you will miss a great event.”

Su Dingfang hesitated for a moment, and echoed, "I also called Hou Junji, but Hou Junji didn't say anything."

Li Shentong laughed loudly and said: "When they know the whole story, I'm afraid they will regret it for the rest of their lives."

Li Shentong's laughter was so loud that it almost spread throughout the front hall of the Wude Hall.

It can be seen how proud he is.

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes.

You haven't written your horoscope yet, so you're happy?
Is it too early to be happy?
"Cough cough..."

Li Yuanji coughed, attracting everyone's attention, and then he said unhurriedly: "It's too early to discuss when to conquer Turks and Tuyuhun, and who will be in command..."

When Li Gang and other civil officials heard this, they were taken aback for a moment, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.

When Li Shentong heard this, his eyes stared straight, and he shouted: "It's early? It's not early! If you wait any longer, what the Turkic people want is not iron pots and cloth, but more and more valuable things." Already!"

Qu Tutong, Shi Wanbao and others kept nodding along.

Li Yuanji said: "I know that the Turks will become more and more greedy, but it is precisely because of their greed that we have the opportunity to obtain more information. Only when we understand everything we want to know can we use it when conquering the Turks." The smallest strength, the lowest battle damage, and the greatest credit.

And the time to get the news is long, so we have to wait. "

Li Shentong hurriedly said: "It's okay to wait, we can wait, but this does not conflict with the issue of discussing the time for conquering the Turks. We are not going to fight right away, we just agreed on the time in advance."

Li Yuanji didn't pick up Li Shentong's words, and continued on his own: "Besides, my Great Tang suffered a great loss in the previous battle with the Turks, not only emptied the national treasury, but also emptied the granaries of various places.

Therefore, we must wait until the treasury and granaries are filled before we can conquer the Turks.

Otherwise, if our army is sent out, it is very likely that it will be broken halfway due to insufficient food and grass.

This is not a good thing for us. "

Li Gang, Pei Ju and other civil servants nodded in unison after hearing this.

After Li Yuanji explained clearly why he was willingly "blackmailed" by the Turks, they still held objections, because Li Yuanji said that the purpose of doing so was to understand the situation of the Turks and declare war on the Turks.

They are in charge of civil affairs. They know the current situation of Datang best. They know how much money Datang has to fight against the Turkic people. They also know what will happen after Datang fights the Turkic people again. So they don’t agree. Declare war on the Turks.

To be precise, they are not in favor of declaring war with Turks now.

They are not the civil servants of Zhao Song, and they are not afraid of war. Sometimes, they even desire war more than generals.

Therefore, their balance of war has always been from the perspective of whether it is worth fighting, not the perspective of whether they dare to fight.

In their eyes, it is not worth fighting to fight a war that loses blood transfusions and wins but does not make money.

If you lose, you can make a small profit, and if you win, you can earn blood. They will be more active than generals.

For example, if the population of Datang is prosperous now, the number of households is about 1000 million, and the treasury and granaries are full, tell them that there are a lot of copper mines in a certain place, and there are mountains of gold and silver in a certain place. By the time the general opened his mouth, they had already stepped forward with their swords in hand.

This is the civil servant of Datang.

"Didn't the national treasury just receive a large sum of money, and didn't the granary in Yangzhou just be filled?"

In desperation, Li Shentong said something he shouldn't have said.

He learned all these things through his nephew Li Xiaogong and son-in-law Xie Shufang.

Both of them are involved in water transportation and sea transportation, and they can get a huge sum of money every time they divide the spoils.

As uncles and father-in-laws who communicated closely with them, they could easily detect and guess the reason.

Li Gang, Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui and others stared straight at once, and all eyes fell on Minister Minbu.

Minbu Shangshu lowered his head slowly, groping around, probably looking for a rope to hang himself.

No matter whether there is an entry in the national treasury or a discrepancy in the Yangzhou granary, it cannot be concealed from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs must cooperate with everyone who wants to hide it from the government and the opposition.

So the Ministry of Civil Affairs must know about this matter.

However, the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not report such an important matter to their superiors. As the superiors, Li Gang and the others had reason to ask the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs if he did not take them seriously.

At this moment, Li Yuanji had the urge to strangle Li Shentong to death. He was so cautious and meticulous in making a fortune in a silent voice, but Li Shentong completely ruined it at this moment.

The fact that Datang is rich and has food, Li Gang and others cannot know at all.

Because as long as Li Gang and others see that there is money in the treasury and grain in the granary, they will immediately prepare many policies to benefit the people that cost money and consume grain.

And the things like Huimin are endless, so how much money and how much food there is is not enough for them to consume.

If the money and food are useless, then let Li Gang and others know and let them use it to benefit the people, that's fine.

However, the money and food are useful.

Some of them have been designated for the promotion of apricot huts, some have been designated for war use, and the rest have been designated for the promotion of rice.

These three things are promoted by him personally, and there is no room for error.

Therefore, the money and food cannot be moved.

Now that Li Shentong has said it, then Li Gang and others must be thinking about it.

At that time, it will not be given, and it will not be given if it is not given. It is really a trouble.

The most important thing is that Li Gang and others have pointed the finger at Minister of the Ministry of Minbu, and Shangshu of the Ministry of Minbu did not hide it from Li Gang and others after receiving his password. You can't pretend to be deaf and dumb, as if you don't know anything.

"Okay, don't look at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I told him to hide it from you. Because I have other uses for the money."

Li Yuanji reluctantly opened his mouth to rescue the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Only then did Li Shentong realize that he had said the wrong thing, and shut his mouth sullenly.

But Li Gang and the others seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and their fighting spirit was high.

Li Gang cupped his hands first and said, "May I ask what is the use of so much money and food?"

Pei Ju and others also followed suit.

They are not interested in knowing how the money and food come from, they just want Li Yuanji to spit out the money and food so that they can realize the various policies that benefit the people in their hearts.