When the emperor heard this, he raised his eyebrows: "Prince, you mean, the Tubo people still have an explanation that the conspiracy is not successful?" ”

"My father didn't know that the Tibetan people feared the gods, and their favorite thing to do was to burn the small amount of grain, so the Tubo was very short of food, and the Tubo people's own iron-making technology was backward, and most of the Tubo soldiers were very backward in their weapons, and they were even using wooden knives and stone axes ......."

How backward this region of Tibet is, later generations can feel it, because of some faith issues, the Tubo people have a very good habit, that is, they like to burn things to their gods, this year has a bumper harvest, burn some food to the gods, thank the gods for taking care of them, so that they have a good year.

If there is a poor harvest this year, a great drought or some other reason, they still have to burn some grain to the gods, and ask the gods not to punish them, and the more disaster years there are, the more food they burn, and some people will burn tomorrow's rations, and then the whole family will be hungry, except for the grain, as long as it is good, they will burn all the precious things to the gods, it is so pious.

If it weren't for the fact that the geographical location of Tubo is too special, otherwise this country would not have existed for so long, not to mention the Yutang Empire, even Tianzhu next door can also wipe them out, but Tianzhu, like the Yutang Empire, can't adapt to the plateau climate.

Altitude sickness, with the current medical conditions, there is no way to figure out the specific cause, so at this time, most people think that this is divine punishment, so they have not been too interested in this place of Tubo, otherwise with the Yutang Empire's love for the land, it is estimated that Tubo will be gone long ago!

After hearing Yu Zhiqian's description, the emperor and the others raised their eyebrows, if the Tubo people are really as Yu Zhiqian said, then the Tubo decisiveness is not a threat, and even without the Yu Tang Empire's action, the Tubo people themselves can play themselves to death.

"What are the Tibetans here for?"

"Technology!"

After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he paused: "I will marry the princess, there will definitely be a dowry, when the time comes, Lu Dongzan or Songtsan Gampo, and then ask His Majesty to give some technical support, such as our planting technology, metallurgical technology, etc., if you bring some books over, although it cannot change the ignorance of the Tubo people, but at least some of the Tubo people will ......"

The emperor and the others listened to Yu Zhiqian's analysis, and nodded slowly, if it is really as Yu Zhiqian said, it is definitely a tiger breeding, and the Tubo people who were originally no threat may be a big threat to the Yu Tang Empire many years later.

"However, my father and sons, I feel that we don't need to refuse them at the first time, if we refuse directly, the Tubo people will be angry and angry, and directly raise troops, although it will not have much impact on our dynasty, but there may be casualties among the people, so why not drag it first, and wait for the new army to be trained, and then solve the problem of the Tubo people once and for all!"

Hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, the emperor nodded: "Well, I will consider this matter, but training the new army is another big expense!" ”

When it came to money, the emperor's tone changed slightly, before Su Dingfang's Dingnanwei, spent tens of millions of money before and after, and it was established for about half a year, although the pacification of the small southern countries were earned, but the expenses in the early stage were also very terrifying, and the new army established this time was aimed at the Tubo people.

According to what the prince just said, Tubo is a place where birds don't, and the establishment of a new army, even if the Tubo people are wiped out, there is no money, so the emperor is a little distressed about his own money, and some regret why he spent the money so early, thinking about the 200,000 taels given to the prince, the 100,000 taels given to the seventh child, and the money for his own cultivation palace and palace repair, the emperor suddenly felt that he should be the same as before, and it would be better to be diligent and thrifty.

"Fan Jian, how much food does the household department have now?"

Hearing that the emperor was going to ask him for money, Fan Jian's face immediately changed: "Your Majesty, the household department does not have much balance now, and it may not be able to pay the monthly income at the end of the year, and the Valhalla will be built......

Fan Jian cried with a handful of snot and tears, the surrounding ministers and the emperor have long been immune to this guy's expression, no matter when, even if the tax money from all over the country has just been collected, when you ask him for money, he is like this, if the household official does not cry poor, does not shout that there is no money, he is not a qualified household official.

The money of the household department will never be enough to spend, if you don't break one dollar into two dollars to spend, it is estimated that it is really as he said, and the court will not even be able to send out the monthly salary.

Only Yu Zhiqian saw Fan Jian's performance for the first time, and looked at Fan Jian with some curiosity: "Didn't Su Dingfang just send back a few million taels of things?" Disaster? Then directly let Dingnanwei move grain from the South Vietnam region to Lianghu and Shandong, where there is too much grain to eat, and even rot in the ground! ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know, although Su Dingfang has seized a lot, most of them are treasures, not cash, these things, and the treasures have been sent to the inner treasury, and the treasury has not intercepted much, but this year there is an extra guard, the expenses have increased, plus we have to train the navy, and there are scientific experiments, so this year the household department really has no funds to mobilize!"

After Fan Jian saw that someone took care of himself, he immediately began to pour bitter water, and said everything crackling, this guy didn't say it, but as soon as he said it, he offended everyone, first of all, the military department jumped out and quit: "Fan Jian, you can't say that, although my military department has asked for a lot of money and food this year, we have also handed over a lot of things to the treasury this year, you see the capture of Ding Nanwei!" ”

"Although our Ministry of Industry has begun to pave the road this year, it also has a certain amount of revenue, which is a lot more than last year, don't blame our Ministry of Industry!"

Yu Zhiqian looked at Fan Jian: "Tsinghua Garden, Whampoa Military Academy, although a lot of money was spent, but I remember that Tanggou wine, glass, bicycles, cement and other things paid a lot of business taxes, and last month added up to more than 100,000 taels!" ”

A group of people began to criticize and write, but Fan Jian kept responding-for-tat, no matter what, just two words, no money, the household department is very poor now!

The emperor watched the ministers below arguing with each other, and did not speak, just smiled and looked below, and secretly laughed from time to time, but as long as someone looked over, they would stare at the bottom with a serious face.

"Okay, don't make any noise, Fan Shilang, how much food can the household department take out at most to prepare for the new army!"

Fan Jian looked at the emperor, his mind was spinning rapidly, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Back to Your Majesty, at most 200,000 taels!" ”

“……”

Sure enough, the guy who can become the right attendant of the household department, and will be able to take over the head of the household department immediately, is not an ordinary person, just now he was still saying that the household department has no penny, and described the treasury as a starving rat and thirsty Xiaoqiang A miserable place, now he can take out 200,000 taels when he turns his head, Yu Zhiqian estimates that the household department can at least take out 2 million taels, and this goods is definitely not telling the truth.

"200,000 taels is enough to form a new army?"

Several military department scholars looked at each other and began to calculate, and finally looked at the emperor: "Back to Your Highness, 200,000 taels, barely should be enough!" ”

When Dingnanwei was formed, the initial investment was about 100,000 taels, and this time to form a guard, the initial investment of 200,000 taels should be enough, as for the money in the future? Hehe, the team is pulled up, and I'm afraid that this group of people in the household department won't give money? Nothing is important, the important thing is to build a new guard first.

"Not enough!"

At this time, Yu Zhiqian suddenly stood up.

"Not enough?" The Emperor raised his eyebrows.

And Cheng Biting Jin, Niu Jinda and other household books, looked at Yu Zhiqian curiously, and finally Li Ji said: "Your Highness, 200,000 taels is enough to form a new guard, what the new guard needs is nothing more than armor and weapons, as well as soldier rations, and 15,000 new guards, which is enough!" ”

Hearing Li Ji's words, Yu Zhiqian shook his head: "You don't know, the formation of the new guard this time is to deal with the Tubo people, if the formation of the general new guard, more than 200,000 taels, but to deal with the Tubo people, the new guard needs to train on the plateau, and a large number of drugs for the treatment of altitude sickness are needed in the early stage, saffron, which is a huge expense, in addition, the plateau area is high and the road is far away, the food is difficult to transport, and the camp is difficult to build......

Yu Zhiqian kept explaining why the money was not enough, because the geographical location of Tubo was relatively special, and not only armor and weapons were needed, but also all kinds of materials, after hearing Yu Zhiqian's explanation, including the emperor, they all frowned, is it worth spending such a big price to destroy Tubo.

The destruction of the South Vietnamese Kingdom made everyone taste the sweetness, and the war did not necessarily cost money, and maybe it would be able to make money, but the Tubo described by Yu Zhiqian just now was too poor, and when I heard it, it was a place where there was no oil and water, and it was estimated that everyone in that place would gather together to squeeze oil, and it was estimated that it would not be able to squeeze two taels of oil.

Now the formation of Xinwei, the cost is so large, so many people, including the emperor, feel not in a hurry, and when they have money in the future, they will slowly solve the problem of Tubo, anyway, Tubo is so poor, and the people in that place are so wonderful, it is estimated that there will not be much threat to the Yutang Empire.

Yu Zhiqian obviously felt the change of the ministers, as if he was a little reluctant to send troops to Tibet, and couldn't help but frown, although Tubo is poor, but this place should be the territory of China, and it must not be wanted, and Tubo is not as poor as imagined.

"Father, Tibet is not poor!"

Yu Zhiqian said suddenly, everyone looked at Yu Zhiqian with wide eyes, just now he said that Tubo is poor, and now there is another sentence that Tubo is not poor, teasing us!

"Father, the son knows that although Tubo is poor, it is very rich in mineral resources, rich in copper ore, iron ore and some rare mineral deposits, but the Tubo people are relatively ignorant and ignorant, and they will not mine or explore, so Tubo is very barren, and Tubo has a unique geographical location, bordering Tianzhu in the south......"

Yu Zhiqian stubbornly began to brag about the arrival of Tubo again, which roughly means that Tubo looks poor, but it is not because it is really poor, but because the people of Tubo do not know how to develop, if it is developed for the Central Plains Dynasty, it will be different here.

After the emperor and others listened, they began to discuss again, iron ore, there is no shortage in the court for the time being, Yu Zhiqian said a few places, iron ore reserves are very high, enough to mine for hundreds of years, but the Yu Tang Empire is short of copper, copper this thing, in ancient times it is money, I heard that there is a copper mine, many people's minds have also begun to be active, if there is really a copper mine, it is not without benefits, if the Tubo is destroyed......

"Prince, how much food do you think will be needed to form a new guard?"

The emperor is obviously a little moved, in addition to the fact that Tubo has copper and iron mines, there is another reason, no emperor can refuse the temptation to expand the territory, Tubo from the Qin and Han dynasties, has not been included in the territory of China, unlike the Nanyue Kingdom, destroyed, at most it is a recovery of the homeland, after all, during the Qin Dynasty, 300,000 troops entered Nanyue.

But Tubo is different, the real expansion of the territory, the emperor's mind is active, originally prepared to pass the throne to the prince after two years of the prince's maturity, but now it seems that in the past two years, he has a small goal, that is, to destroy Tubo and become an emperor who expands the territory.

"Father, the sons and daughters feel that it may need to be doubled, about 400,000 taels, and they also need to select strong people from the whole army......"

Yu Zhiqian roughly said, it is best to choose a place with a relatively high altitude in Yunnan-Guichuan to select troops, after the emperor heard it, he obviously moved, but after Fan Jian heard about 400,000 taels, the whole person immediately exploded, 400,000 taels? Damn, so much money? Although I said just now that 200,000 taels is not the limit that the household can take out, but if I take out 400,000 taels, the liquidity of the household department will be reduced again, and there will be half a year.

As a qualified household officer...... Fan Jian began to self-hypnotize again, ready to start crying poverty.

"But this money doesn't necessarily need to be paid by the household department, Erchen recently has a new idea, if it works well, a few days' income can form a new army!"

After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, his little eyes narrowed.

The emperor and a group of ministers were attracted by Yu Zhiqian's words, especially the sentence that within a few days, a new army can be formed, which means that within a few days, you can earn 400,000 taels of silver, or even more!

Everyone is curious about what kind of industry this is? Why can it be so violent, Yu Zhiqian squinted his eyes and glanced at the ministers, looking at their surprised appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little funny, although he admitted that sometimes there was not much gap between the wisdom of the ancients and the modern people, but many times, he felt that the vision of the ancients was indeed a little small.

400,000 taels of silver in a few days, if you operate well, after the whole country spreads, let alone 400,000 taels, maybe 4 million taels, provided that you can sell tickets on the Internet!