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Chapter 240 Set!

Seeing Xu Guangqi's expression, Zhu Youjian didn't know what he was thinking, so he couldn't help but smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Xu Ge is worried about the cost of this magical arrow?"

Xu Guangqi sighed and cupped his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, that's exactly the case!
Although this magic arrow is powerful, it is a rare magic weapon, but its high price, I am worried that I, Daming, cannot afford it!
Fearing that it will be put on the shelf like the previous generation of magic arrows in the end, until it decays and is scrapped! "

After Xu Guangqi finished speaking, Huang Liji and others had also recovered from the shock caused by the magic arrow, and they all agreed after hearing the words.

Huang Liji said: "Your Majesty, although the weapons are good, the finances are worrying!"

Shi Fenglai said: "Your Majesty, the burden on the people of Ming Dynasty is already heavy enough!"

Zhang Ruitu said: "Your Majesty! Please think twice before acting!"

Li Guopu: "..."

(You guys have finished talking, I don't know what to say.)
After thinking for a while, Li Guopu stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with the opinions of several colleagues!"

Zhu Youjian: "..."

Seeing the joint objections of these people, Zhu Youjian shook his head speechlessly and said, "When did I say that the court would pay for it? Besides, don't I know what the state treasury looks like now?"

Xu Guangqi was puzzled, clasped his hands and asked, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Youjian pointed to the new soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield and said: "This new army has been used for a tael of silver from the national treasury since its establishment?"

Huang Liji shook his head, and everyone else shook their heads too.

"Never!"

Zhu Youjian nodded, and said again: "The weapons, armor, food, etc. on their bodies don't have any taels of silver from the treasury. If so, why do you think that I will take money from the treasury to make this magical arrow? "

All the elders were silent.

After a while, Huang Liji came out and said: "Your Majesty, you are now able to afford all the expenses of the new army because you have raided your home several times so that your internal treasury is sufficient.

But it is impossible to always have someone for your majesty to copy, and the money in the money is like duckweed without roots, and it will run out at any time.

At that time, all the expenses of the new army will eventually fall on the national treasury, and the ministers, as cabinet bachelors, have to plan for the future! "

Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "Of course I know these reasons, but at least with the rich financial resources of my internal treasury today, if there is no unexpected situation, at least five or even ten years of the new army will not be spent. The national treasury is the burden, and I am also confident that in these years, the current financial situation of my Ming Dynasty will be reversed, and then the national treasury will be able to afford all the expenses of the new army.

But now, my Ming Dynasty is facing external threats and urgently needs combat power, so even if we know that it will cost a lot to equip the magic machine arrow, we have no choice now!
At least, now I can still afford it, can't I?
You can't just let the soldiers below have a bloody fight with Houjin when they obviously have good weapons in order to save these money?

Ladies and gentlemen, people’s hearts are made of flesh. They are soldiers. Since they joined the army, they should be prepared to sacrifice for the country!

This is their vocation!Their destiny!Because they are soldiers!
but!They are not cannon fodder!As superiors, we shouldn't let them fight the enemy to the death when they should have the upper hand just to save some money!
I don't think this is fair!
They are also my citizens of Daming, they also have parents, wives and children!

We must be responsible for them as much as we can!
In my eyes, they are not Qiu Ba!Not the vulgar warriors in the eyes of you literati, not cannon fodder that can be discarded at will!

Their status in my heart is no lower than that of other common people, even higher, because I know that from the moment they join the army, they have promised their future to Daming!Promise to me!

I am responsible!Obliged to let them go back alive as many as possible in the event of victory!

This is my attitude! "

After hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Huang Liji and other elders who were born as traditional scholars fell silent, and Xu Guangqi, who was born as a scholar in the new era who had been exposed to Western thoughts, also fell silent.

They didn't expect that in the eyes of Zhu Youjian, these soldiers had such a high status. They knew that although they didn't show it, deep down in their hearts, they knew it clearly. Soldiers are human beings.

On the one hand, their status is too high. These soldiers are just numbers in their eyes, and life and death have no effect on them.

The second is their identities. After the rise of the civil official group, the atmosphere of the entire Ming Dynasty has slipped in the direction of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts out of control.

This also led to the fact that scholars like them look down on soldiers by nature, thinking that those soldiers are all a bunch of vulgar and vulgar people who can only wield knives and guns!

But they never thought that without these lowly people they despised, how would they be able to study hard at home, splash ink in the examination room, parade in the capital city because of being listed on the list, and boast in court. !
They don't care about these, they only think that these warriors are born to give so much, and they are so humble, because they are warriors, and they are noble scholars!
Huang Liji and others were shocked by Zhu Youjian's words, and for the first time they began to face up to these soldiers who they usually didn't pay attention to.

Looking at the resolute soldiers not far away, they couldn't help but start to reflect, was the past self really too high?
Even His Majesty can face up to these soldiers, why have they never kept them in their hearts?
After a long time, they had an answer in their hearts.

This may be the reason for the opposition between civil and military!

They are literati, so they are born to suppress warriors!
But what your Majesty said is right, now is the time to use these warriors, so even if you pretend to be, you can't hold back your Majesty.

Anyway, His Majesty also said that all the money will be paid by him, so why should I and others dissuade it?

So, after a brief silence, the elders exchanged eye contact with each other, and finally they all clasped their hands together and said: "Your Majesty said today, I will be educated! If I don't object to this matter, everything will be in accordance with the law." Do as His Majesty wishes!"

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian showed a sincere smile, nodded slowly and said: "Okay, let's do it like this over there, although I still have a lot of cards that I haven't shown you, but these two alone must be enough for you When I have a bottom line in my mind, I won't waste my time anymore.

As for the day after tomorrow, make an exception to call a court meeting tomorrow morning to settle this matter, and the new army will set off to defend these two passes the day after tomorrow, what do you think? "

Although Huang Liji and the others felt that the time was too short, they also understood that the speed of soldiers was very important. Now that Houjin would launch an attack indefinitely, the sooner the new army arrived at the two passes, the better.

So after a little hesitation, they all clasped their hands together and said, "Your Majesty is wise, I have no objection!"

ps: Second update!

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