wealthy lord

Chapter 768 Chu family mission, military reform policy

Before Lin Yun could speak, Ye Ruhui retorted: "That's inappropriate! Fuzhongtang, now that we have completely controlled the court situation, one Eight Wise King can no longer make much waves! With this time, we should change people's livelihood, Then rectify the government and eliminate all the traitorous and traitorous officials in the court! As the saying goes, we must first calm down the internal affairs. Only by making the court work together can we deal with those vassal kings with different surnames in the next step! "

As soon as these words came out, Fulin'an fell silent and subconsciously looked at Lin Yun.

He knew Ye Ruhui's character, he was just a stubborn donkey.

If it weren't for Lin Yun's unusual promotion of Ye Ruhui and the situation necessitating it, Fulin'an wouldn't be willing to partner with this stubborn donkey.

Moreover, was the traitorous official in Ye Ruhui's mouth scolding the officials below, or was he scolding Fulin'an?
Or maybe even Lin Yun is included.

After all, Lin Yun launched a coup this time. Although he did not directly take away the Li family's power, he forced Li Jing to abdicate and supported a puppet emperor to take the throne.

Strictly speaking, they were the traitors who rebelled against the party as described by Ye Ruhui, and Lin Yun was the culprit.

Lin Yunhan said with a smile: "Ye Zhongtang's words are reasonable, but now is not the time to rectify the officialdom! By the way, Fuzhongtang just said that King Chujiang is going to arrange a delegation of a hundred people to negotiate?"

Fulin'an said with a worried look on his face: "That's right! The news was sent back by Shibao from Tongshan Pass, the guard of the Eight Sage King. Your lord, we have to handle this matter properly. In my opinion, most of the people coming this time are not good. In fact, No, just hand over the Queen Mother! Anyway, this old lady has lost her power, so there is no point in keeping her!"

Lin Yun said in a playful tone: "It doesn't matter! Just wait until after the negotiation to make a decision!"

Ye Ruhui frowned and said: "Your Majesty, is this inappropriate? The hundred-person mission sent by King Chujiang this time was arranged in accordance with the diplomatic etiquette between countries! This is obviously a provocation, telling us in disguise that Chujiang County It has become an independent country! If we don’t kill this trend this time, what will happen if other feudal lords with different surnames follow our example?”

Lin Yun sighed, why didn't he understand the reason, but in order to fool King Chu Jiang into embarking on the road of arms race, he planned to acquiesce to this matter.

After all, other vassal kings with different surnames did not have the strength of King Chu Jiang. Even if they wanted to learn, they would not have the courage.

"What Ye Zhongtang said, I have already considered! But I have made up my mind, so I won't say anything anymore! In addition, inform the Minister of Rites to do a good job of welcoming the Chujiang County envoy!"

Seeing that his son-in-law was stubborn, Ye Ruhui could only stamp his feet and turn around and leave.

Lin Yun and Fulinan Zhengli watched him leave, but they had different moods.

At this time, Fulinan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, what Ye Zhongtang said is a bit stubborn, but there is some truth in what he said..."

He had no idea what kind of medicine Lin Yun was selling in the gourd. With Lin Yun's previous strategizing methods, it was impossible for him to suffer such a dumb loss.

You must know that diplomacy is no small matter, and the other party's petty actions like this are clearly humiliating the court.

Lin Yun said in a deep voice: "My father-in-law doesn't understand. Doesn't Fuzhongtang also understand?"

Fulin'an shook his head helplessly: "No one in this world can guess what the prince is thinking. How can I be so virtuous and capable? I hope the prince can clarify my doubts!"

Lin Yun sighed: "Actually, the reason is very simple. Since Fuzhongtang is the Minister of Household Affairs, he should know how much money there is in the imperial treasury, right? Can it support a large-scale war?"

Fulinan smiled awkwardly: "No! Hey, the national treasury is really tight now. Let alone a large-scale war, even a small-scale war is quite difficult!"

"So, Fuzhongtang thinks, will King Chu Jiang know about the emptiness of the court through the Queen Mother?"

Fulin'an suddenly realized: "Your Majesty is saying that King Chu Jiang is deliberately forcing us to take action this time? Do they have a reason to rebel?" Lin Yun nodded and said: "That's right! Does Fu Zhongtang still think there is something wrong with this king's decision? ?”

Fulin'an bowed and bowed: "Your Majesty is wise! But I still don't understand something. We can choose to be patient, but if King Chu Jiang really plans to start a war, it will be too easy to find reasons for starting a war. This..."

"Haha!" Lin Yun raised his head and laughed: "Fu Zhongtang doesn't have to worry about this! Counting the time, Fu Tianchen should be back soon. As long as Panda Royal Court cooperates with our plan, he, King Chu Jiang, will be pissed to death , we can only stop playing!”

Fulin'an looked at Lin Yun with a complicated expression and said respectfully: "God bless my Daduan Dynasty! If it weren't for the prince sitting in charge, I'm afraid even if Li Jing is still in power, he would probably be helpless in the face of the menacing King Chu Jiang. !”

He didn't mean to flatter others, but told the truth.

Although Lin Yun's sudden emergence completely destroyed the upper echelons of the Daduan Dynasty, including the Li family, they all changed hands.

But without Lin Yun, it is estimated that the Daduan Dynasty would not be around today, and would have been divided up by various vassal kings with different surnames.

It can only be said that Lin Yun's appearance is a mixed bag of good and bad, depending on each person's position.

Lin Yunhan smiled and said: "Okay! Fuzhongtang doesn't have to give me a high hat! Now is not the time to relax! I just asked Ma Ji to fill the national treasury with tens of millions of taels of silver stolen from Meng Yuan's house. Fuzhongtang will handle this matter as soon as possible!”

Fulin'an's eyes lit up. He had long heard that Meng's house was ransacked yesterday.

I thought that so much dirty silver would be confiscated by Lin Yun, but I didn't expect that Lin Yun didn't want more than 40 million taels of silver?
Faced with this astonishing wealth falling from the sky, few people can resist the temptation.

"Oh, Your Majesty is really a role model for our generation. I admire you more and more now!"

Lin Yun smiled and scolded: "Okay! Don't do this, you old guy!"

As he spoke, he took out a secret folder that he had prepared long ago from the desk drawer.

"Tomorrow morning, Fuzhongtang will hand this secret to the emperor in my name!"

Fulin'an looked curious. He took the secret fold and opened it. He was stunned.

It was full of words, it was Lin Yun who proposed the policy of military reform and the specific implementation plan.

The military expenditure involved was as high as 500 million taels of silver. According to what was written on the secret sheet, Lin Yun planned to equip all officers and soldiers of all departments and branches of the Daduan Dynasty with silver helmets and silver-armored bamboo guns within the next ten years.

Five hundred million taels of silver in ten years, on average, is fifty million taels per year, which is almost 80% of the annual tax revenue of the Daduan Dynasty.

Fulin'an smiled bitterly: "My lord, are you kidding me? With such a large amount of military expenses, even if the Daduan Dynasty is sold, I probably won't be able to raise it!"

Lin Yun smiled coldly: "This amount of money is indeed an astronomical figure, but I will definitely not let the court pay for it all..."

"Then what the prince means is..."

Fulin'an heard the implication and immediately became energetic.

(End of this chapter)