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Chapter 1807 Insufficient Balance
The pro-military captain's mansion, Shaantian and others received the news from Zeng Yi from Xixia on the second day. When they saw the news, the four of them were shocked and immediately rushed to the old prince's mansion with the information Well, as soon as the old prince saw the pale faces of the four of them, he knew that something bad must happen, otherwise the four super masters would never have such faces.

"What's going on? If you can scare the four of you super masters like this, is the sky going to collapse?"

"My lord! The big thing is not good. The four kingdoms of Tibet and Persia on the Western Xia and Persian grasslands are plotting to send troops to the Central Plains!"

"Hehe, what am I doing? It's been a while since the four countries formed an alliance. I already know what they mean."

"My lord! This time they are planning to take advantage of the chaos in the court and launch an offensive early!" After speaking, Shaking Heaven handed the information sent back by Zeng Yi to the old lord.

As soon as the old prince saw the news, he sat up from the chair in a hurry! "Hiss! The source of the news is accurate?"

"It's Mrs. Ni, the news I sent back personally, there must be no problem!"

Hearing this, the old prince was silent for a moment, "Call Guo Juxia, Zhuge Shenhou, and officials from the six departments immediately!"

The incident happened so suddenly that no one was prepared. The imperial court knew that the alliance of the four countries was to deal with the Central Plains. However, according to the original inference of the imperial court, with the strength of the four countries, it would take a long time to prepare for such a large-scale attack. , otherwise it is impossible to launch a continuous war.Although the court is in some chaos internally, the officials are confident that it will return to normal before the preparations for the Four Kingdoms are completed. As long as the Central Plains Dynasty is not in chaos and can withstand the offensive of the Four Kingdoms, the Central Plains is still very confident.But now it is learned that the Four Kingdoms are going to launch an attack in advance, which is beyond the court's expectations.

Soon Guo Juxia, Zhuge Shenhou, and the six ministers all arrived. The big bosses of the current dynasty all gathered in the old prince's mansion. When everyone saw each other, they were guessing in their hearts that something big had happened!

Seeing that everyone was here, the old prince nodded to Shaan Tian, ​​Shaan Tian took a step forward, and told everyone the information sent back by Zeng Yi again!
"What! Impossible!"

"This, how is this possible, is there a problem with the intelligence!"

Everyone couldn't react at once, and they all looked at Shaantian in shock. The old prince sighed, "The source of the information is basically no problem. It was sent back by the commander of the pro-military captain's mansion, Mr. Ni!"

"This this!"

After a while, the Minister of the Ministry of War stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Four Kingdoms are approaching menacingly. We must prepare in advance. I suggest that we dispatch troops immediately, and prepare in advance in all directions!"

The old prince looked at the Minister of War, "The empire and soldiers from other places cannot be dispatched too much. If new recruits are recruited, how many soldiers can be dispatched to the border now?"

"My lord, if we prepare ahead of time, within three months, there should be no problem in mobilizing 50 troops!"

The old prince shook his head when he heard the words, "50 new troops are not enough. The four countries will definitely move. It is estimated that there will be more than one million troops. 50 new soldiers will not be able to stop the enemy at all! And three months is too long. I'm afraid the enemy won't wait that long!"

"Is it possible to replace veterans from all over the country with recruits and send veterans to the front?" Zhuge Shenhou said from the side.

Hearing Zhuge Shenhou's words, the Minister of the Ministry of War immediately said: "Shenhou is really brilliant. In this way, the recruits can have time to train in the rear, and the problem of insufficient training of soldiers can be solved. As long as the household department can allocate With sufficient military expenditure, our Ministry of War has enough confidence to recruit and train 50 troops within three months!"

The old prince looked at the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Household Department, and immediately stepped forward and said: "My lord, the military expenditure required to recruit 55 troops will be tens of millions. If war preparations are added, the treasury will not be able to sustain it at all!"

As soon as the Hubu Shangshu said this, everyone frowned, and the old prince also frowned and asked, "Can't the treasury afford so much money?"

"My lord, the imperial court has spent a lot of money. Over the years, in addition to the needs of disaster relief, the suppression of King Xing's rebellion, the suppression of the White Lotus Sect, and other actions have cost a lot of money every time. In addition, the navy has just replaced it with an iron-clad ship, and the balance of the household department has already been used. There is not much left, and it is really impossible to support such a large consumption!"

Although the imperial court has money, the cost is also huge. Let’s not talk about the daily court expenses, let’s talk about the large-scale wars in these years. That time, it didn’t require a huge amount of money. Adding the navy to replace the iron-clad ships also cost a lot. The money is just barely balanced. If a war breaks out and so many recruits are recruited, the treasury's money will not be able to support it at all.

Most of the people did not expect that the biggest difficulty facing the imperial court was nothing else but the insufficient balance of the national treasury!It is useless to say anything without money, let alone recruiting recruits. If the four countries really fight, the treasury money will not even be able to support the war.

"Is there anything the Ministry of Finance can do?"

"My lord, the only quick way is to collect taxes!"

"No, the promise of never adding a gift is handed down from the Taizu!" Then, the old prince looked at the old eunuch, the director of the East Factory, and the old eunuch, "Eunuch Cao, how much money do you have left in the inner treasury? "

"Your Majesty, although there is still some money in your Majesty's internal treasury, it is only a few million taels of silver, and these are all used to support the harem." The old eunuch, before he finished speaking, the old prince waved his hand: "National crisis In the end, there is no distinction between inside and outside, and the necessary expenses in the palace will be kept, and the rest of the money will be charged to the treasury!"

Even if the money from the internal treasury is taken out, the money is still not enough. The old prince: "Is there no other way for the Ministry of Households to increase the treasury?"

"Reporting to the prince is nothing more than increasing income and reducing expenditure, but it also takes time, and it won't even be effective in two or three months!"

In fact, Guo Juxia Shaantian and others have another way to increase their income quickly.Nothing can be as quick as a quarrel. As long as a group of corrupt officials are taken down, a large sum of money will definitely be raised, but the current situation does not allow the court to do that. Corrupt officials are certainly hateful, but the court What is needed most now is stability. If people are panicked because of the crackdown on corrupt officials, the loss outweighs the gain.

Everyone was silent for a while, and the old prince frowned and said: "If you don't have enough money, you must make preparations in advance. With how much money you have, you must do as many things as possible. There is no delay in recruiting recruits. Otherwise, there will be not enough soldiers to deal with the Four Kingdoms! The Ministry of War immediately draws up Plan, start conscription! Other departments, cooperate with the Ministry of War, and start preparations as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)