Dressed as Wu Dalang, Jinlian please respect yourself

Chapter 541 Empress Donation
"In this way, if His Majesty conscripts, he can immediately send the millions of new troops to the Tsarist Kingdom. If His Majesty does not conscript, then the mobilized millions of troops can be used as labor force to cultivate the land in the Central Plains. With so many new troops, It should be possible to increase the grain production in the Central Plains, which will not only alleviate the lack of labor force in the Central Plains, but also meet His Majesty's requirement of recruiting millions of new troops."

"As for the localities, although there is a temporary lack of population, the tax can be temporarily reduced to ease the burden of the increase in the population due to the lack of population."

After hearing Zhou Chang's words, Wu Yong nodded repeatedly.

This method is indeed feasible and can save a lot of trouble.

"Okay, let's do it according to Da Sima. The conscription has been completed, and the rest is to collect iron tools. Building a railway is not that simple, and the iron tools and iron ore needed are very large. Although the Dali area, the Annan area, and the Northwest The area can be exported, but the transportation pressure is very high, and a large number of craftsmen have to be dispatched to collect it, and the consumption required in this process is also very large."

Wu Yong raised another problem.

The manpower and material resources consumed by iron ore transportation are probably no less than the recruitment of millions of new troops.

All the ministers were silent, and the mobilization of millions of troops has already reduced the taxes of various places. If the taxes are reduced again this time, the economic income of the Liang State will be greatly reduced, and it may even be unable to make ends meet. In this case, the Liang State’s finances may It will stagnate, and at that time, it may cause domestic turmoil in Liang.

Wu Tian's two requests drove Wu Yong and others almost crazy.

But what can they do, they still have to find a way to solve it.

The whole court was silent, and the atmosphere was very awkward.

At this time, an eunuch came in, and he cupped his hands towards Wu and said, "Grand Master, the Holy Maiden and the Empress are outside, and sent servants to come in and ask if they can come in and participate in the government?"

According to the regulations, although Pan Jinlian and the Holy Maiden are far higher than Wu Yong in terms of official positions, they are the closest people to Wu Tian.

But they are mainly in charge of the harem, and they are not allowed to participate in court affairs, especially state affairs.

Wu Yong frowned slightly. Pan Jinlian and the Holy Maiden knew very well that they were not allowed to participate in the affairs of the government. Why did they suddenly ask to come in?

At this moment, all the ministers' eyes fell on Wu Yong's face, to see how he would handle this matter.

Wu Yong pondered for a while, and finally said: "Since the two empresses have come, please invite them in."

Since Pan Jinlian and the saint dared to come in, there must be something important to tell them.

When the officials heard that Wu Yong allowed Pan Jinlian and the saint to come in, someone immediately stood up to stop them.

"Grand Master, you are not allowed to do politics in the harem. You know this. Now that the Empress and the Holy Maiden want to come in, it is reasonable to refuse and send them back, but you let them in. No matter in terms of etiquette It is not in conformity with the rules.”

"Yes, Grand Master, if His Majesty finds out about this, I'm afraid you will be unable to afford it in the future."

Hearing this, Wu Yong frowned slightly.

At this moment, it was too late for him to regret, Pan Jinlian and the saint had already entered.

When the officials saw them coming in, they saluted quickly.

Pan Jinlian waved her hand to signal to the officials to excuse her, and led the saint to the high platform, facing the officials.

A courtier couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward, and bowed his hands to Pan Jinlian and the saint: "The empress, the saint, according to your majesty's order, the two of you are not allowed to come here to participate in state affairs. What's the matter, please go back to the harem."

Pan Jinlian glanced at the official who spoke, smiled and said: "You are right, the two of us do not have the right to participate in state affairs, and we also know that His Majesty does not allow us to interfere with this. We are here this time because we have something to discuss with you guys. The minister said, we will leave after we finish speaking, and we will never interfere in your affairs."

The official nodded when he heard this, "Since that's the case, please let the empress make it clear."

Pan Jinlian glanced at all the officials present, and said calmly: "I know that the ministers present thought that the two of us were here to interfere in government affairs, but you all misunderstood. The two of us came this time because we heard that The national treasury was greatly consumed because of the conquest of the Tsarist Kingdom. Now there are millions of soldiers to be recruited and the railway to be built, so there is a shortage of silver. Over the years, in addition to the rewards from His Majesty and the gifts and silver that have been donated on time in the harem over the years, we just calculated that it is enough There are 1000 million taels of silver. This palace and other concubines have already negotiated to donate all the 1000 million taels of silver to the national treasury as military expenses to assist His Majesty."

Hearing this, the officials were very surprised, and then they were all moved, and they knelt down and kowtowed to Pan Jinlian and the saint.

"The Empress and the Holy Maiden are both virtuous people. Your Majesty is blessed, and our country of Liang is blessed!"

Seeing that the ministers were like this, Pan Jinlian and the saint quickly waved their hands to signal them to get up.

Only then did the ministers get up and stand on both sides.

"I have already said what I should have said, and I will leave the rest to you. I have ordered people to collect 1000 million taels of silver and put them outside the palace gate. The Grand Master can order people to take them at any time. If If it's not enough, there are still some treasures in this Palace and other palaces, which add up to five million taels of silver, and you can use them all to raise military expenses."

When Wu Yong heard this, he quickly cupped his hands: "The kindness of the empress and all the ladies, I have recorded it, and 1000 million taels of silver is enough for us to solve the current problem."

Pan Jinlian nodded and led the saint away.

After they left, Wu Yong said to the officials: "Now we have 1000 million taels of silver, which is enough to solve the problem of transporting iron ore and summoning craftsmen to build the railway. Ladies and gentlemen, it is the ladies in the harem who have solved it for us this time." This is a big problem, in the future, everyone should be more respectful to the ladies in the harem, and not be as rude as today."

The ministers nodded.

Wu Yong asked Tang Long to come forward, and said with a serious face: "Brother Tang Long, you must do your best to build the railway. After I put the money into the bank, you will start construction immediately with the bank notes, and strive to handle this matter as soon as possible." it is good."

Tang Long cupped his hands towards Wu Yong, with a serious expression on his face, and said, "Don't worry, Grand Master, Tang Long knows what to do with this matter, and he will definitely not disappoint you."

Wu Yong nodded in satisfaction.

On the same day, he took 1000 million taels of silver from the harem, deposited it in the bank, and handed the silver bill to Tang Long.

Tang Long took the bank note to bid farewell to Wu Yong, mobilized the people of the Manufacturing Bureau, went to various places to mobilize iron ore and craftsmen, and started a new journey.

Half a month later, Tang Long gathered the iron ore and craftsmen he needed and went straight to Liao.

(End of this chapter)