Don't talk about war lightly? ”

"Now that the grassland people have come to our house, burning, killing and looting in our house, and we can't talk about war lightly, when can we say war?"

Emperor Hongzhi was furious, although the education he received in the past was Confucian education, the Confucian one, the one with a strong mouth, and he couldn't wait to be able to convince the whole world with one mouth, but is this possible?

But now when someone has beaten him into his house, burned and looted in your house, and has done all kinds of evil, he even said that you should not talk lightly about war, then when will it be?

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, and then looking at his angry expression, everyone was silent for a while, and they were speechless, because there was really nothing to say, everyone else stabbed a knife into your stomach, do you still reason with the other party?

If the reasoning can be reasonable, then there will be no Tartars going south, for these steppe people, they are just going to rob you, they are going to kill you, what can you do?

"Xie Qian, tell me, when can you say war?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xie Qian and asked sharply.

"Minister, minister thinks it's a battle~"

Xie Qian was named by Emperor Hongzhi, so he could only say stubbornly, and then said in a changed tone: "It's just that my Ming army has low combat power, and it is not the opponent of the grassland army at all. ”

"Not at all an opponent of the steppe army?"

"Who said that?"

"During the Taizong period, my Ming army killed seven in and seven out of the grassland, and the grassland people who killed were frightened and surrendered one after another.

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately asked sharply.

"It's... Your Majesty, time has passed, time has changed, and my Ming army is no longer the army of Taizong. ”

Xie Qian didn't know how to reply, how much combat power is this Ming army, and you, the emperor, don't have any points in your heart?

Speaking of the glorious story of the Taizong period here, if Yingzong is not self-righteous and listens to the words of the eunuch Wang Zhen, maybe the army of the Ming Dynasty can still fight with the grassland people.

The first battle of Tumubao completely knocked down the backbone of the Ming Dynasty army, and together with the Ming Dynasty's military generals and noble groups, the military generals and nobles who had a little combat power also died in that battle.

After the Tumubao Incident, the military power was under the control of the civilian clique, the military generals and nobles were frantically suppressed, and all aspects of the army also declined rapidly, which led to the current situation.

"Why isn't it the army of Taizong?"

"Is it that the imperial court has mistreated my Ming soldiers, or is there other reason for the low combat effectiveness?"

Emperor Hongji asked again.

"This..."

Xie Qian didn't know what to say, it can't be said that it was because of the desperate suppression of the military generals and nobles by our civilian official group and the army that led to the low combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

It can't be said that because of serious corruption, the military expenditure of 100,000 taels of silver may not even fall to the army in the end.

"Liu Jian, tell me about it."

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xie Qian coldly, and then named Liu Jian.

"Your Majesty, the war is indeed going to be a war, the grassland people are ambitious, they are detaining the customs every year, going south every year, coveting the vast land of my Shenzhou, killing my people, robbing me of my money, in the long run, the ambition will inevitably become bigger and bigger, and in the future, maybe they will want to steal my Han country again."

Liu Jian has actually been thinking about this problem all the time, and now he may suffer heavy losses in the fight, but he can still find out some problems by fighting a dozen, while the Ming Dynasty is still strong now, and the wind and rain are smooth everywhere, even if it is defeated, the Ming Dynasty can still stand it.

If this problem drags on, Liu Jian will already be able to see the scene of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and the army of the Ming Dynasty cannot continue to degenerate like this, otherwise there will definitely be alien races entering Shenzhou in the future.

Although he knew that this fight would definitely cause an accident, something would inevitably go wrong, more people would die, and it would be more likely to make the military generals and nobles raise their heads again, and it would also make Emperor Hongzhi belligerent.

But after weighing it and thinking about it carefully, Liu Jian felt that he still had to fight, and the current Hongzhi Emperor had already conveyed a very obvious signal to everyone, that is, he had to fight with the grassland people, no matter whether he won or lost, he must let the grassland people know that he was powerful and give them some profound lessons.

Slaughtering 100,000 people, bleeding like a river, doing all kinds of evil, burning, killing and looting, Emperor Hongzhi, the great son of tomorrow, he must express something and give an explanation to the people of the world.

In this matter, it's okay to start opposing it, and if you really want to fight to the end with Emperor Hongzhi, most of you will go back to your hometown in the end.

In the final analysis, it was actually Emperor Hongzhi who changed.

It's still the previous Emperor Hongzhi, I listen to everyone, everyone says that if you can't fight, you can't fight, unlike now, Emperor Hongzhi knows more, and he will doubt it, and he will no longer blindly believe everyone's words.

When the others heard Liu Jian's words, they were all slightly stunned, and then after thinking about it, they understood that this battle would be fought if it was not fought, and since Emperor Hongzhi wanted to fight, he had to fight.

"Your Majesty, the treasury is empty, but there is not much silver to spend on war."

Hubu Shangshu Zhou Jing stood up, his meaning was very simple, it was okay to fight, but the treasury had no money, and he didn't know how many Hongzhi Emperor's thoughts were blocked with this trick before.

No matter what Emperor Hongzhi wants to do, he has no money in a word, so he directly stuffs back all the thoughts of Emperor Hongzhi, and can only listen to everyone honestly.

"How much silver is left in the treasury?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhou Jing and asked lightly.

"Less than 500,000 silver taels~"

Zhou Jing thought for a while and said, thanks to the fact that the Changlu Salt Farm can receive two million taels of silver a year, the treasury finally has some silver, so there will be no place for the rats to hide.

"500,000 taels of silver~"

"In that case, the treasury will allocate 200,000 taels of silver, and I will allocate 300,000 taels of silver from the internal treasury, plus the allocation of grain, grass, weapons, etc., and I must fight a fierce battle with the grassland people, kill their spirit, and avenge the innocent people of Gansu and Shaanxi."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and said.

It was at this moment that he realized the huge role of money, and money was much better than the jade seal of the emperor.

In the past, when I wanted to do something, Zhou Jing had nothing to say if he had no money, but now that he has money, the treasury has no money, I will take out the money from the inside, and I will take the money out to fight, this will always work.

To be rich is to be capricious.

Thinking of this, he had to thank Liu Jin again from the psychological side, without Liu Jin, without money, what kind of emperor is he, what kind of emperor is he, and what he wants to do depends on the face of the ministers of the court, and the question of money alone is enough to scare himself into a dog.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the treasury won't be able to get 200,000 taels of silver."

Zhou Jing looked at Emperor Hongzhi, thought about it and said.

"Huh?"

"Didn't you just say that there are still 500,000 taels of silver in the treasury?"

"Why can't you even take out 200,000 taels of silver?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately stared at Zhou Jing.

"Your Majesty, although there are 500,000 taels of silver in the treasury, all the 500,000 taels of silver have been placed, and there is no way to allocate them elsewhere."

Zhou Jing said stubbornly, it is still the same as always, Emperor Hongzhi wants to use the silver from the treasury, but there is no door, not to mention that now who doesn't know that your Emperor Hongzhi is rich, who doesn't know that your son Zhu Houzhao is rich, if you want to fight, you can pay the money yourself.

"Okay, good~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed angrily, and then glanced at Zhou Jing coldly and said: "Since there is no silver in the treasury, then another 200,000 taels of silver will be taken out from my internal treasury, a total of 500,000 taels of silver, and there should be no problem with some grain and grass from the treasury, right?" ”

"There is no problem, the treasury has enough grain and grass to allocate and use."

It's all said and done, if he still says no, it is estimated that he will be killed by Emperor Hongzhi immediately.

This battle is settled, and Emperor Hongzhi himself took out 500,000 taels of silver from the treasury to fight this battle, what else can he say.

Everyone looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes, Emperor Hongzhi was rich, and it was not possible to use silver to card Emperor Hongzhi's neck again.

500,000 taels of silver, Emperor Hongzhi said that he would take it out, and he didn't frown.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi was not even willing to repair the courtyard in the palace, and he was frugal and thrifty, and that was the real good emperor.

Now, the current Emperor Hongzhi is wealthy, and 500,000 taels of silver are thrown out casually, and there is no way for everyone to get stuck in Emperor Hongzhi's neck anymore.

This kind of taste is very uncomfortable, how good the relationship between the monarch and the minister was in the past, Emperor Hongzhi trusted everyone, listened to everyone, and everyone had the final say on everything in the court.

Now it's changed, everything has changed.

Emperor Hongji changed, and so did the situation in the imperial court.

Emperor Hongzhi is no longer simple, no longer blindly believing in the ministers, this discussion of national affairs, where was Zhang Mao's share in the past, now Zhang Mao has almost never been absent, and Emperor Hongzhi will find Zhang Mao over for anything and listen to Zhang Mao's opinion.

Emperor Hongzhi also has money, not only has the money to repair the garden, but also has the money to invest in Jinyiwei and Dongchang, so that the factory guard force that has not moved any movement will be revived.

And now he can casually take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to fight, and 500,000 taels of silver are thrown out at once.

"What else do you want to say?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the others.

"The ministers have no objection~"

Everyone looked at each other, and they could only reply in unison, this battle was inevitable.