"Your Majesty, what should you do with this batch of gold and silver ingots when they arrive? Is it shipped to the Imperial Treasury? Still is? Li Jian asked.

"How many gold and silver ingots were brought back from Iwami, Silla, etc." For this number, Li Ye didn't remember it in detail, and it was a little unclear.

"Back to Your Majesty, as of the thirteenth year of Qianning, Silla has shipped back a total of 100 catties of gold ingots and 1,300 catties of silver ingots; Iwami brought back a total of 12,000 catties of silver ingots; Sado brought back 300 catties of gold ingots and 3,000 catties of silver ingots.

Sado was isolated overseas and the Japanese sailors were weak, so they couldn't interfere, and they mined so much in just a few months.

In Iwami, due to the interference of the Japanese army, it was difficult for the pirates to resist, but there was a great prospect of mining, but it was impossible to mine with confidence.

If you want to expand Iwami's production, you may have to order your majesty to send out the sailors. ”

"The sailor is dispatched?" Li Ye was a little hesitant.

In the case of undecided Silla, it seems a bit reckless to rashly start a war against the Japanese kingdom.

"What's going on in Pyongyang?" Li Ye asked as he knocked on the table.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Pyongyang side is going well, and the rebel forces north of Silla are not paying attention to that side.

Geumyiwei supported a group of pirates, had taken Pyongyang, and began to repair the city there. ”

Li Ye thought for a while, "For the time being, the Japanese still support the Silla pirates, so that they can weaken some of the Japanese people's national strength as much as possible. If the pirates can't withstand the attack of the Japanese army, provide them with some weapons, and it just so happens that there are quite a lot of discarded weapons in the warehouse. ”

"Obey the order!"

"By the way, all the 3,000 catties of silver ingots in this batch will be given to the household, and the gold ingots will be sent to the inner warehouse. Later, the gold and silver obtained by the Japanese people were sent to the inner treasury, and half of the silver ingots were given to the households. ”

The reason why Li Ye would send silver ingots worth 48,000 yuan to the household department was naturally to let the court know the wealth of the Japanese people, and even if it was a soldier, the opposition of the court would be much smaller.

As for the silver ingots that were brought back from Iwami before, they were all filled into the imperial treasury.

"Also, you just mentioned that all this gold and silver went to the Yangtze River, and then transferred to the Han River to Chang'an?" Li Ye asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, since the Grand Canal is currently under the control of Huainan, the minister is worried that someone in Huainan will have other thoughts when he knows about this batch of gold and silver, so he will not dare to take risks." Li Jian explained.

"How many days does it take to take the canal?" Li Ye asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, if the ship takes the canal, it will take seven to ten days to reach Luoyang, and it will take eight to ten days to transfer from Luoyang to Chang'an by land, a total of fifteen or twenty days to reach Chang'an.

And to walk the Yangtze River, it will take at least a month or more. Li Jian replied.

"Almost half the savings? At present, the taxes and grain in the southeast region are all on the Yangtze River? Li Ye said with concern.

"Back to Your Majesty, taxes are all on the Yangtze River."

"It seems that we have to find a way to solve the matter in Huainan." Li Ye thought for a moment.

The location of Huainan is too critical, just stuck in the middle of the southeast region and Luoyang, and now the tax war in the southeast region accounts for more and more of the entire treasury revenue, if Yang Xingmi continues to occupy Huainan, once there is a big war with the outside world, Huainan stabs the knife from the back, it is easy for the imperial court to lose the southeast of this tax land.

"How is the arrangement of Jinyiwei in Huainan?"

Now Huainan has recovered a lot after several years of recuperation, and the population and economy have recovered a lot, although it is not as good as Huainan in the Gao Yu period, but it can be regarded as okay.

If it is a large-scale attack, it will inevitably destroy the foundation of Huainan, and if you want to recover, you may have to wait a few more years, which is really not cost-effective.

"Back to Your Majesty, Jinyi Wei has been arranged in Huainan for several years, and he has secretly attracted many officials and generals, if His Majesty wants to do something to Huainan, these people can become internal responses in Huainan." Li Jian said in a deep voice.

"That's good. It is best for Huainan to take advantage of its internal contradictions, let it mess up first, and then move Huainan when the imperial court moves to the eastern capital in the next year. ”

Now that the Uighurs in Western China have fallen, there will not be much war in the Western Regions in the short term, mainly to clear out the remnants of the Uighurs and the immigrants to ensure the control of the imperial court over the Western Regions; On Nanzhao's side, Duan Baolong was also defeated and retreated, unable to resist Cui Anqian's attack, although the imperial court did not focus on Nanzhao, but with the strength of the Pingnan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion now, it can still be handled.

The Khitan in the north was afraid of the original battle, and there was no intention of attacking the south in a short time, so Li Ye didn't want to make a big deal for the time being.

Because the strength of the Khitan is not weak, don't look at the small standing army, but the total number of troops that can be mobilized is more than that of the Uighurs in Western Prefecture.

That would be a war, but it would be no different from the three expeditions to Goguryeo.

However, before starting a war with the Khitan, the unstable factor of Huainan had to be solved.

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Early in the morning, the household department was stunned by the dozen or so large boxes sent by Jinyiwei, and these dozen boxes were personally escorted by Li Jian, commanded by Jinyiwei.

For Jinyiwei, the people of the household department did not dare to offend, and hurriedly went to inform the household servant Xu Yousun.

Xu Yousun was the champion of the fifth year of Zhonghe (885), and is now the head of the household department on the fourth grade. Li Mi is now a cabinet scholar, so most of the time he works in the cabinet of Daming Palace, and the household affairs are generally managed by Xu Yousun, the household squire.

Hearing that Jinyiwei came to the door, Xu Yousun hurriedly trotted out, and saw Li Jian hurriedly saluting, "I don't know if Commander Li is coming, and the lower officials have missed the distance, I hope you will forgive me." ”

"Xu Shilang, this envoy is on the order of the saint to send these three thousand catties of silver ingots to the household department, sign for it!" Li Jian said lightly.

"Three thousand pounds of silver ingots?" Xu Yousun was stunned.

Seeing that the other party didn't believe it, Li Jian immediately ordered his subordinates to open the boxes in front of them, and then everyone saw boxes of silver appear in front of them.

"Each silver ingot weighs a pound, a total of three thousand, your household should be able to verify the authenticity of the silver ingot, right?"

"Yes, yes!" Xu Yousun hurriedly replied.

The household department deals with money, and is naturally very familiar with money. Soon, Xu Yousun ordered to go down and let people immediately come to verify whether the silver was real and whether there was so much in quantity.

Of course, this must be a bit time-consuming, but the household department must be carefully checked, otherwise something will happen and the people involved will be unlucky, so don't be afraid of cumbersome.

While the professional was verifying the authenticity and quantity of the silver ingots, Xu Yousun invited Li Jian to the inner room to have tea, and asked about some information by the way.

"Dare to ask Commander Li, what's going on with this silver ingot? Why did the Holy Lord order the Jinyi Guard to be sent to the household? ”

"This is obtained from the Japanese people, don't ask for details, Scholar Li knows!" Li Jian said lightly.

"Widows?" Xu Yousun frowned, and the person next to him was waiting for an opportunity to remind him.

Hearing the reminder of his subordinates, Xu Yousun knew what was going on.

Although he had some doubts in his heart, after the silver ingots were checked correctly, Xu Yousun accepted this batch of silver ingots and put them in the treasury.

What is going on, he still has to report to Li Yu.