Luo Yuanshan received the order, sat in the study for a full quarter of an hour, picked up the tea that had been cooled at hand, drank a large sip of herbal tea, and then got up, glanced at the hanger where the court clothes were placed, his lips moved slightly, he didn't speak, turned around and went out of the room, sat in a sedan chair, went out of the Shuaifu, and went straight to the palace. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he arrived at Qianyuan Palace, he saw Wang Hun, the new secretary of the military department, hovering at the door, Wang Hun bowed to him, he just nodded lightly, and looked at the distance who was coming from the palace university scholar Du Xuan. Luo Yuanshan's somewhat sunken eyes were a little deeper, waiting for Du Pre's arrival, Du Pre was not young, he was in his sixties, and he was a literati, with a tuft of goatee, gray hair, not tall, a little lean, and a loose court dress on him, it looked like it would fit well, he walked very slowly, with a smile on his face.

"Luo Shuai is here too?" Du Yu spoke slowly, just like his demeanor, smiling, slow, and unhurried, always making people feel anxious.

Luo Yuanshan glanced at him, turned his face away from looking at him, so that he didn't feel tired, nodded, and didn't speak.

Du Yu didn't care, with one hand behind his back, it seemed that his waist was not very good, and he might be getting older, and his back was slightly bowed. With the other hand, he stroked his beard and looked at Wang Hun who was standing on the side, Wang Hun folded his hands at Du Pre, and made a salute: "Du Ge Lao." ”

Du Yu nodded, and his smiling appearance made Wang Hun slander for a while, no matter how you look at it, it is an old fox.

Although Wang Hun has also been honed in officialdom for more than ten or twenty years, he subconsciously raised his vigilance in front of this old fox.

"A few adults have been waiting for a long time, hehe, the emperor announced that a few adults will go in." Father-in-law Li came out and saw the three people standing under the eaves, with a smile on their faces, threw out the ups and downs in the crook of his arm, and made a gesture of please.

Chong Gonggong nodded politely, several people walked into the imperial study one after another, at this time the emperor was already sitting in the main hall, he raised his eyes, his eyes swept over the three people who were saluting in the audience, paused, and then said: "Flat." ”

As soon as the three of them got up, the eyes of the three fell on the bamboo strap on the imperial case, Luo Yuanshan frowned slightly, Du Yu's smile paused, and Wang Hun lowered his eyes.

The emperor looked at the expressions of several people, smiled, picked up the fold in his hand, and said: "A few estimates have also guessed that Ashina, the king of Xihu, personally led the troops to 100,000 and a half to suppress the realm, and this time, he is bound to win!" ”

Although they all guessed it, but when they heard the number from the emperor's mouth, several people still jumped in their hearts, 150,000, and the Northwest Army only had a total of 300,000, which means, wouldn't it be necessary to transfer troops? This battle will be more difficult than they imagined.

"Although there has been a drought in the northwest in the past two years, I have been strengthening the precautions against the northwest in the summer, and the layout of the northwest border pass has long been appropriate, but I still want to hear what new views you have?" Seeing that they were silent, the Emperor asked.

Wang Hun saw that Luo Yuanshan and Du Yu didn't mean to speak, and he was helpless, so he stepped forward: "In fact, this time we are all ready, even if we transfer troops, there are 100,000 soldiers and horses in Cangzhou on standby, and it only takes three days to feel Liangzhou, and now the problem is how to ensure that the losses are minimized, it depends on the generals and soldiers in the northwest, and Weichen promises that we must do a good job in military support, and the supply of grain and grass is the ...... of the household department."

The corners of Du Yu's mouth pulled slightly, and said Hubu, he can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, Hubu Shangshu Tianzhen has just been raided for embezzlement of disaster funds, and the candidate for Hubu Shangshu has not yet been decided, and the cabinet will take care of it for the time being, as the cabinet elder, he naturally has to make a statement, his mustache moves, and he opened his mouth slowly: "For the sake of border stability, Hubu will naturally fully cooperate, but ......"

Du pre-finished speaking, looked at the two people on the left and right, raised his head again, bowed his hand to the emperor, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you also know that the drought in the northwest directly affects Cangzhou in the lower reaches of Weishui, so in the past two years, the treasury is not very abundant, plus the typhoon in Dianzhou last year, hey, really, in the past two years, a lot of silver has been used in military affairs in the northwest, which ...... A million taels at most. ”

As he spoke, he sighed, his eyes fixed on the floor, and no one looked at him, putting on a sad face.

"Ge Lao, that's 300,000 soldiers!" When Wang Hun heard this, he was anxious, and the eyebrows on Fangzheng's face were almost erected: "It's about the solidity of the national foundation, one million taels?" Up to two months! ”

"As far as the old man knows, Xiangzhou was a bumper year last year, and after the adjustment of commercial taxes in the past two years, the treasury is much richer than in previous years." Luo Yuanshan clasped his hands and glanced at Du Yu lightly: "Lord Du can't hide his secrets, a certain Fei, this household has not been cleaned up yet?" ”

Luo Yuanshan's words are heavy, Kaichun copied the home of the former household department Shangshu Tianzhen, Tianzhen is not an ordinary official, his sister is a nobleman in the palace, and his daughter entered the East Palace, although she is just an ordinary concubine, she is more or less inextricably linked with the prince. So far, the household department is still a hot potato, because Du is the cabinet elder, the emperor ordered him to temporarily manage the household department, but also to find out the accounts of the treasury, and the old accounts of the household department in recent years.

Today's war in the northwest will inevitably implicate many cats in the military department and the household department, Du Pre is embarrassed to pull, the household department is indeed a little difficult to deal with, but who is he? When the dynasty is a pinge old!

I saw Du Prechong arching his hand to Luo Yuanshan, standing up slightly straighter, and then glanced at Wang Hun, and said in a frustrated voice: "The old marshal has been at home for many years, so he naturally doesn't know the difficulties of the court now, the year before last, there was a drought in Liangzhou and Suzhou, and last year there was a flood in Xiangzhou!" After the disaster, there was a plague, the people were displaced, and the Gaoxian people of Dongyi were also eyeing the tiger, we all predicted that there would be changes in the northwest in the past two years, and the construction of the northwest border pass was strengthened, but Youzhou in the east did not relax, and a large amount of silver flowed out. We attach great importance to agriculture in Daxia, the taxes are not high, the merchants are cunning, the taxes are always unstable, and there is a drought in the west this year, so we have to make some preparations for next year, the repair of the Taihe Palace has been delayed for three years, and Your Majesty has not repaired it. This time there are only one million in the Northwest, how to use it, how to make the soldiers not chill, it depends on the ability of the Northwest generals! Victory! They are heroes! The official will also be crowned to greet him. ”

Du Yu said, patted his sleeves, and arched his hand to face the emperor: "Your Majesty, the old minister naturally doesn't want to chill the hearts of the soldiers, but you are also the most aware of these things of the people in the past few years, and the old minister has not said a word in vain!" ”

"You!" Luo Yuanshan glared angrily, Du Yu's words were full of sarcasm Luo Yuanshan, since San'er was appointed as the general of the Northwest, he was indifferent, and he had not asked about the government for a long time, but he was accused of being short-sighted, and he naturally couldn't bear Luo Yuanshan, who had great achievements.

"That's it!" The emperor threw the fold on the imperial case and snorted coldly: "Marshal Luo is a hero of the country, and you do speak wildly. ”

There was a warning in the emperor's eyes, although Emperor Gaozong was getting old, but the majesty of the emperor was growing day by day, he just said a word lightly, and several people in the audience clasped their fists and listened: "I summoned you today to listen to what good countermeasures you have, Luo Laoshuai, you come and talk about it, I believe that you still know a lot about the situation in the northwest." ”

"Your Majesty, although the king of Xihu is menacing, however, the problem of Xihu is particularly obvious, the drought in Xihu makes Ashina urgently need a war to divert the crisis of the Xihu royal family, but they must need a quick solution, because Xihu does not have such a large supply to support, what they can do is to feed the war with war, and this is provided that they can break through our front line. But obviously this is not easy, and we will not give them this opportunity, perhaps, this is still an opportunity to strike at the Xihu regime in one fell swoop! Luo Yuanshan glared at Du Yu, and said: "Although one million taels is a bit tight, I think that as long as the front-line war can be stabilized, in two months, the victory or defeat will be clear!" ”