The right prime minister returned to the phase, which is really beautiful. Of course, the first thing he did was like Emperor Lizong's suggestion to withdraw his laissez-faire to Liu Yong.

Emperor Danlizong said: "Right Prime Minister, can I still regret what I said? ”

The right prime minister's complacency was immediately extinguished by Emperor Lizong's words. He had just returned, and it was difficult to persuade Emperor Lizong, but since he had returned, he must not let Liu Yong's plan succeed. Liu Yong can do whatever he wants? It would be impossible to have my right prime minister there.

After returning to Shangshu Province and handling some official business, the first thing he did was to ask Liu Yong about the construction of the army. His subordinate told him what had happened, and then he had someone keep an eye on him.

Because Li Wenyuan's defection made him very passive, he didn't dare to plant eyeliner next to Liu Yong at this time, so as not to be rebelled again.

The people sent back a few days later reported that Liu Yong had begun to form his army in Huizhou, and that the conscription work was in full swing.

Since the army of the Song Dynasty was all mercenaries, it was necessary to pay money to serve as soldiers. And the pay is generally quite high. Most of the impoverished young people chose to join the army.

But at this time, Liu Yong's propaganda was the slogan of resisting foreign enemies and recapturing the Central Plains, which also made some people with lofty ideals come to apply. Liu Yong's selection of recruits is very strict. First of all, you have to be healthy, then you have to be too short, you can't be too fat or too thin, unless you have special skills. For example, the photo of the martial arts is received.

In just half a month, 5,000 people were recruited. Liu Yong transferred generals from other units to train new soldiers. While Liu Yong's plan was slowly coming to fruition, he also recruited people who Chen An was looking for for a hobby of invention, and worked with them to study gunpowder and make cannons and cannonballs.

Although Liu Yong had never seen a real cannon in later generations, he had seen it in movies and television, and asked six young inventors to develop a cannon based on the drawing drawings and principles of the gourd drawing scoop.

With artillery, even the iron hooves of Mongolia are of no avail.

Six inventors began experimenting with it.

For a while, in order to build the army, the silver taels of the treasury continued to decline, which made the right prime minister seize the handle and immediately report to Emperor Lizong, and asked Liu Yong to stop these useless things immediately. He said that the army of the Great Song Dynasty was already strong enough and the number of people was large enough, and there was no need to build any army.

So, Emperor Lizong asked Liu Yong to enter the palace to face the saint.

So, Liu Yong and Prime Minister Right began to argue again.

Liu Yong said: "Back to the Shengshang, the current army has already shown signs of it, and the developed artillery has also entered the final test stage. As soon as it is successful, equip this new entrant immediately. This army numbered 20,000 men, and by the time of the war they could attack four places with 5,001 troops. That would keep us at the border, and we could even fight back against the invaders. And the other army ministers have to do a consolidation, and integrate a few strong cavalry. The reason why our army is not combat-ready is because of the lack of cavalry. ”

Liu Yongzheng was talking and was interrupted by the right prime minister. I only heard him say: "What is the poor combat effectiveness of our army? You look down on our army too much. Hehe. The army is holy, and if you look down on the army, you look down on the holy. ”

The right prime minister successfully pointed the finger at Emperor Lizong.

Liu Yong no longer dared to say that a companion is like a tiger, and it is not a trivial matter to anger Emperor Lizong.

"Oh, what the right prime minister said is very true, but the minister thinks that it is still necessary to build a cavalry team." Liu Yong had no choice but to say this, angry at the cunning of the right prime minister, but he also knew that if he was angry, he would fall into the trap of this old thing.

"Hehe, Prime Minister Zuo really doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, if you want to form a cavalry, do you have a war horse? Today's war horses are even more expensive than a house, do you want to empty my Great Song Dynasty's treasury? The right prime minister asked sarcastically.

"Back to the saint, the minister can buy a cheap war horse." Liu Yong said.

Emperor Lizong nodded, but his brows were still tightly furrowed. Because he only worries about his own pocket.

"Don't cheap war horses need money? Yes? My Left Prime Minister? Prime Minister Right asked with a smile.

"It's going to cost a small amount of money." Liu Yong said.

"Isn't very little money money? Do you know how much money is left in the treasury right now? It's almost bottoming out. The right prime minister said.

Liu Yong looked at the right prime minister coldly, and said with a cold smile: "Right prime minister, don't forget that the treasury was empty when you were in office. The current treasury is filled with all my hard work. ”

"So what? The treasury is holy, it belongs to the court, and no matter who fills it, it cannot be used indiscriminately. The right prime minister began to speak harshly.

Liu Yong smiled coldly and said, "Prime Minister You, it seems that you are deliberately against me!" ”

"Prime Minister Zuo, you are wrong, the old man is not against you, the old man is on the matter, the old man can't watch you go to the loser."

"Hehe, it's really strange, building an army to defend the country is a loser, and the right prime minister forgives Liu for not agreeing." Liu Yong laughed when he ate it.

"You ......" Prime Minister Right was also a little irritated by Liu Yong's expression and words.

At this time, Emperor Lizong said, "Alright, alright, both of you should say a few words." "The dignified king of a country has become a persuasive at this time.

Liu Yong and You Cheng glared at each other and stopped talking.

"Prime Minister Zuo, I'm really a little worried about the current financial situation." Emperor Lizong said.

"Returning to the Holy Lord, please be relieved by the Holy Lord, the minister will certainly keep the finances in a healthy environment." Liu Yong said.

"It's a shame." The right prime minister said a word to Liu Yong without cutting down, and then said to Emperor Lizong: "Holy Lord, the salaries of the officials in the first quarter will be paid now. Moreover, there was a flood in Jizhou on Jiangnan West Road, and the imperial court had to give some relief. I asked the people in the Ministry of Rites that the royal family still has a big sacrifice this year, and these all need money. By the way, there are also some resettlement houses in the county that will be built again. ”

Emperor Lizong's brow furrowed higher and higher.

Liu Yong saw that the signs were wrong, and hurriedly said: "Shengshang, regarding the salaries of officials, it can be postponed for a while, Gu Chen knows that the flood in Jizhou is not very serious, and the local finances can completely deal with it." Regarding the newly built resettlement house, the minister's intention was to postpone it for one year. After all, the safety of my Da Song comes first. ”

After Liu Yong finished speaking, he turned to the right prime minister and asked, "Old prime minister, do you think what Liu said is not in charge?" ”