Hearing the emperor's words, Ximen Cang was stunned, but he didn't dare to interject, so he could only bow his body and remain silent.

The emperor put his hands in his hands, smiled again, looked at the plum branches hanging with ice and snow outside the hall, and did not say anything more.

Within three days, the "Chang'an Di Bao" revealed all the contents of the recent victory in the war against Tibet: how the emperor fought against Gao Yuece, and how he taught the secrets of combat in person, when the Tang army from all walks of life went to the battlefield, how the emperor did his best to think about military expenses in the Zichen Palace, of course, in the end, the Di Bao still according to Gao Yue, Wei Gao and Ximen Cang divided the "results", and listed the respective exploits of the three Tang armies, which was a great joy.

A thousand copies of this newspaper were printed, and in addition to the northern division of the palace and the southern government of the imperial city, dozens of copies were also received by the Jinju Yuan in various towns, and the news quickly spread to the localities.

As a result, the lieutenant officials sent by the emperor to Xuansuo, with this report, all have the confidence and courage.

And the Guandong Town did not dare to disobey, they all entered the service, and even Huaixi Town was asked for 120,000 yuan beforehand, and the others of course bowed their heads:

Wei Botianxiong's army, 200,000 guan;

Youzhou Lu Longjun, into the 180,000 Guan;

Zhenji became a German army, and entered 200,000 guan;

It is easy to define the armed army, and it is 70,000 guan;

Ziqing Ping Lu Army, 300,000 Guan;

Other Shannan Dongdao, Jingnan, Eyue, Jiangnan Xidao, Xuanshu and Zhejiang East and West that were loyal to the imperial court also had their own enshrinements, totaling 500,000 guan;

Du You's Lingnan Road is a separate 500,000 yuan, including half of the profit from the cutting business.

In addition, Du You also instructed the people of the Lingnan Jinju Yuan to bribe the officials in the Daming Palace to let them bring a message to the emperor - Du You hoped to reunite the Lingnan East Road and the Lingnan West Road, and according to the old system in the Tianbao period, set up the Lingnan Five Prefectures Economic Envoy, of course, he had to serve as the envoy.

It turned out that the Lingnan Jiedu envoy mentioned at this time was actually "the Lingnan East Road Guangguan Jingluo Jiedu Envoy", while the West Road had Gui, Rong, Yong, and Jiao four pipes, which were for the five Lingnan provinces, and Du You wanted to unify the five mansions again.

In fact, Du You is not the only one who has this idea, Wei Gao also asked Zhongguan to spread the word, wanting to merge Xichuan and Dongchuan, and also restore the old system during the Tianbao period, and he will be the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu.

Coupled with Gao Yue's ambiguous words, it also made the emperor think, "This senior wants to enter the center as the prime minister."

The expectations of the great loyal ministers are indeed placed in front of the emperor now with the revival of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, these requirements, whether they are or not, all depend on the emperor's own will to deal with them, but the most urgent thing is the plan to recover Helong. When these two million yuan were converted into truly valuable gold and silverware, cloth and treasures, and sent them to the Daming Palace under the corridor of the Daying Treasury from the Dongwei Bridge Transfer Courtyard, the emperor was ready to summon Pei Yanling and asked him to classify it as soon as possible, most of which were used for military affairs in the northwest and southwest, and a small part was used to build temples to honor Empress Zhaode.

In fact, the emperor is really frugal, and he is not willing to use any of the money he has been asked for.

But before Pei Yanling came, Lu Zhen, the servant of the door, came first, and he opened the coffin and asked for a summons.

That's right, this time Lu Zhen came specifically for Xuansuo.

"Please Your Majesty scatter a small prince and become a big prince, don't doubt it!" Lu Zhen's expression was very resolute this time.

The emperor knew what he meant, so he could only smile a little awkwardly, and asked rhetorically what was a small prince and what was a big prince.

"The inner treasury gathers wealth for small reserves, and the militaristic abundance is for large reserves. Those who accumulate and accumulate their money are but the riches of the puppet; Those who radiate and receive their trillion hearts, this is the wealth of the Son of Heaven. ”

"However, these are all the surplus money of each province and town, and the remaining part of the tax is only dedicated to me. Besides, I don't use it for personal purposes, these are to be sent to the border lands for the military reward of the recovery of Helong. The Emperor explained.

"Your Majesty, money does not ask where it is used, only where it comes from. It can be known that Xuan asked for 2 million guan money, and those Fang Zhen Jiedu envoys plundered layer by layer, and increased taxes on the people under them, not to mention 5 million, 8 million, or even tens of millions of guan! If the people are overwhelmed, die, flee, the fields wither, and the states and counties are ruined, then your majesty wants to envy the surplus, or even to collect the two taxes normally, how can you get it? If you can hide the wealth in the people, with the value of the Son of Heaven, why worry about poverty? Therefore, the minister asked His Majesty to scatter the small reserves, in order to become the people's big princes, and from now on, he will abolish the inner treasury of Daying Qionglin, and hide about 2 million horses of silk cloth every year, exclusively for His Majesty's royal use. Lu Zhen was heartbroken.

For so many years, when the emperor heard similar remarks, his ears were almost calloused, Yang Yan mentioned it, Li Mi mentioned it, Dou Shen mentioned it, and now Lu Zhen also mentioned it.

The emperor groaned painfully, his face full of embarrassment, "But Daying Qionglin has been operating smoothly over the years, and I can only use it as a name, and I can ask for property from the towns above the world for the urgent use of the military state, otherwise, in addition to the fixed amount of the two taxes, how can these towns send half a penny to the imperial court......

"Your Majesty, my Tang Taifu Temple has set up left and right collections, the left to store money and silk, and the right to store gold and jade, all of which are official treasury, and have always been official and rewarded, camps, and royal offerings have come out of it. The so-called Daying Qiong Lin Library, since ancient times, there is no such system, Your Majesty does not hear the truth that 'the Son of Heaven does not ask if there is one, and the princes do not say how much' and 'the room of a hundred multipliers, and does not accumulate the ministers'? These two libraries, when Emperor Xuanzong was in power, Yu Wenrong, Yang Shenjin, Wei Jian, Wang Jie, Yang Guozhong's generation, greedy for power and profit, decorated with ingenuity and flattery, were set up for the Son of Heaven to seek privately, so Emperor Xuanzong was extravagant, and finally almost had the end of losing the country and overthrowing the country. ”

"......" The emperor was really speechless.

Lu Yi further said, "Wealth is scattered, people gathered, wealth gathered and people scattered; If the goods enter in contradiction, they will come out in contradiction. His Majesty's treasury is full of treasures, but the ministers don't want to see them end up as bait for the rebellious ministers and thieves. ”

The emperor waved his hand, "Lu Jiu, I know your good intentions, but now is an extraordinary time, and you can only do extraordinary things." After this money is sent to the northwest, I will definitely give Qing a clear answer. ”

Before Lu Zhen could argue anything, the emperor hurriedly remembered the clever trick of diverting the topic, and he mentioned to Lu Zhen: Li Baozhen of the Zhaoyi Army is empty, and his life is on the verge of death, but he still takes pills, if he goes, Wei Bozhen will inevitably provoke a mess to annex Xing, Ci, and Huanzhou, but almost all of the main forces of my Tang elite are now in Longxi, so I ask Lu Jiu to make a delaying plan.

Lu Zhen asked how to delay the army.

The emperor said, Lu Jiu, you are the "big hand" of the dynasty, Wei Bojie made Tian Xu, and he is still my sister Princess Jiacheng (the daughter of Emperor Daizong), he wants to write a "bereavement tablet", as long as Lu Jiu can be a little wronged by me, write this inscription for Tian Xu as the prime minister, so that Tian Xu is satisfied, then there will be no more rebellion, then an article can be worth 100,000 soldiers, and the disaster can be eliminated invisibly, how?