Chapter 340: Clinking Glasses

At this time, Zhao Tingzhu of Dali Temple, who was sitting behind Yang Zhi, opened his mouth and said:

"Whether it is the forbidden army or the town army, it is the army of the imperial court, the palms and backs of the hands are all meat, and it hurts to cut anywhere."

At this time, Temusingo, who was sitting under Lan Ziyi, opened his mouth and said:

"How did I hear that the forbidden army was used to prevent rebellion in the feudal towns?"

As a result, Timoshenge's words stirred up a thousand waves, and the layer of window paper hidden in everyone's hearts was suddenly recklessly punctured by Timoshenge, and this sudden shock provoked everyone to look at Timoshenge. Brother Timoxin was stared at by the people at the table, and turned his face cautiously and asked Lan Ziyi:

"Anda, where did I say the wrong thing again?"

From the standpoint of the Lan family's father and son, they only hate that they can't pierce this layer of window paper, and now that Timoshenge has done things for them, of course the father and son are happy in their hearts, I saw Lan Ziyi patting the back of his Anda's hand, and he smiled:

"Anda, it's wrong to put your words on this table."

How smart Brother Temuxin was, the extraneous sound that Lan Ziyi poured out between the lines was naturally listened to in his heart, but he was not a Dazheng person after all, so he couldn't understand what Lan Ziyi said, so he asked suspiciously:

"Anda, what do you mean?"

Lan Ziyi shook his head with a smile and didn't speak, while Zhang Mingyue smiled and said to Timoshenge:

"Iron Gongzi, Wei Hou doesn't mean to tell you, but to us."

Zhao Tingzhu followed Zhang Mingyue and said:

"We don't care if the forbidden army is used to guard against Beizhen, just talk about the dismissal mentioned by Wei Hou, this year is unfavorable, the whole country has suffered disasters, and no one in the world can have enough to eat, if all the poorly trained forbidden army is removed according to Wei Hou's wishes, where can so many people who have been laid off go to forage for food?"

After Zhao Tingzhu finished speaking, Liu Zhan took over and retorted:

"I think Lord Zhao is untenable, now that the imperial court has opened a warehouse to release grain, the redundant army can go to the porridge factory with other people to receive relief, and when the famine year is over, everything recovers, and the army and other displaced people can be arranged by the government to reclaim the wasteland, but they will also be settled."

Zhao Tingzhu said:

"Liu Zhongtang, you are in charge of the household department, and you naturally know the number of acres of land in the world, and to this day, how many wastelands are left in the various provinces and prefectures of Taizheng that can be reclaimed? The soldiers of Beizhen have all gone to Saibei to open up the wasteland, where else can the others run? ”

Liu Zhan turned his head to look at Zhao Tingzhu and said:

"Lord Zhao, I know the number of acres in the world, but I also know the annual salary of the imperial court to raise soldiers! Among the elite soldiers in the forbidden army, they are paid twenty taels of silver a year, the second is sixteen taels a year, and again twelve taels a year. Not to mention the clothes, hats, shoes and socks that need to be issued to the soldiers every year, the armor and equipment that need to be issued, and the money paid by generals at all levels. Disarmament is not only the reduction of military salaries, but also the materials that are left for the soldiers, which is a lot of silver! ”

Zhao Tingzhu said:

"Liu Zhongtang, the soldiers have food and drink in the army and can support their families, and suddenly they are dismissed, even if there is a porridge factory to help, but their lives will be completely ruined, and they will have to bring a family with them, how can they endure this difference between heaven and earth? I advise you not to forget, these forbidden troops are all people who practice formations and are familiar with battle formations, if they are forced to have no way to live, what will happen at that time must not be said, right? ”

Zhao Tingzhu said that, Liu Zhan shook his head and held his forehead and began to breathe, and Zhao Tingzhu himself took a glass of stuffy wine. Both of them had a point, but neither of them could convince each other, and the ministers seemed to be torn apart by these two, and they didn't know who was right and who should do what they did.

Others don't know what to do next, but Zhang Mingyue can't be unaware, he rarely showed a cold face, and after drinking a glass of wine, Zhang Mingyue said:

"If it's peaceful today, it's true that so many soldiers won't be needed, especially now that there is a disaster across the country, I think we should indeed reduce redundant troops."

As soon as Zhang Mingyue said this, Zhao Tingzhu immediately let out a long sigh, but Zhang Mingyue did not completely stand opposite Zhao Tingzhu, he then said:

"But the issue mentioned by Lord Zhao is also very important, and the sudden dismissal of a large number of soldiers is to shake the foundation of the country, and this must not be done. I think that after tomorrow's response, the Ministry of War will begin to draw a list of lists, and the Ministry of War will hand over a roster of the forbidden army and give suggestions for its removal, and our Military Aircraft Department will discuss and discuss, starting this winter, and disarm it in batches season by season. ”

Zhao Tingzhu heard the words and asked:

"Zhang Shoufu, it is indeed a wonderful plan to lay off people on a quarterly basis, but why start laying off people in winter? The soldiers were laid off in the cold winter months, but how could they live? ”

Zhang Mingyue said:

"Lord Zhao, if it weren't for the lack of silver, I wouldn't want to cut a forbidden army, but now I have to cut it. Lord Zhao, in the winter, I have to allocate fire money to the soldiers, if we don't disarm this winter, the household department will not be able to open the pot. ”

After Zhang Mingyue said this, all the ministers present hung their heads and sighed, knowing that there would be endless troubles in doing so, but they had to do it, this is probably just drinking to quench their thirst.

Zhang Mingyue turned his head to look at Father-in-law Yu, and finally changed his face to his usual smile, and he asked Father-in-law Yu:

"Father-in-law, what does Father-in-law think of the disarmament mentioned by Wei Hou?"

Father-in-law Yu ate the food and didn't care what the other people at the table were saying, and when he heard the questioning, he only said:

"I don't have any ideas, as long as you can let Ziyi speak."

Zhang Mingyue asked again:

"Wei Hou has already said that, after a few of us discussed, we have temporarily drafted such a method, father-in-law, do you see it?"

Father-in-law Yu put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, then he raised his head and swept over everyone present with his eagle eyes, and finally he stopped at Lan Ziyi. Lan Ziyi led Father-in-law Yu's gaze to bow slightly, and then said:

"Father-in-law, in the past, the dinner was your main banquet, I didn't see you eating, just seeing that you were busy, today's main banquet was replaced by the prince, and your father-in-law ate so happily, it's really rare."

Hearing this, Father-in-law Yu smiled and touched his chin, and he said:

"Yes, with the prince in charge, I can naturally relax my mind.

Lord Shoufu, there is a banquet for the prince today, if you have anything to say, you should discuss it directly with the prince, the prince is the prince after all, and his words are more useful than me, an old minion. “

Zhang Mingyue glanced at Lan Ziyi, then at Father-in-law Yu, and finally only fell with a wry smile, he asked:

"Your Highness, what do you think of disarmament?"

The prince hurriedly replied:

"I thought it would be good to do what Shousuke-sama said, there must be no problem."

Zhang Mingyue said:

"Then tomorrow I will discuss this matter with a few other colleagues in the Military Aircraft Department, and submit it to the celebrant after preparing the concert!"

After saying that, Zhang Mingyue raised his wine glass and saluted to Father-in-law Yu and Lan Qianzhen:

"Father-in-law, acting father-in-law, after talking for so long, everything that should be talked about has been discussed, why don't we have a drink together?"

Father-in-law Yu and Lan Qianzhen were naturally invited to raise their glasses, and the other people at the same table also raised their glasses when they saw this, and the prince said:

"That's right, civil and military are combined, I can be in Taizheng for thousands of generations, and keep peace forever, come, I will drink this cup with you!"