The phrase "if you go outside, you must first settle inside" once became a joke, but this is actually true, internal instability, it is difficult for everyone to unite and unite with the outside world.

Li Zhi fell ill, the dragons were leaderless, and everyone didn't know who had the final say.

Everyone is very much looking forward to the early reunification of the interior, with Li Hong's concessions, not to mention the ministers, the people are very eager for Wu Meiniang to stand up and lead everyone out of the predicament.

As far as the etiquette of the ancients is concerned, at this time it should have been cowardly and hypocritically pushed out, but at this time, this hypocrisy will be infinitely magnified, the country is almost over, if you don't come out again, we will choose someone else, we don't have time for you to spend here.

On the Tai Chi Temple.

The Manchu civil and military forces were on both sides and were neat and tidy.

I saw Wu Meiniang dressed in court clothes, entering the hall from the gate, and walking to the chair in the middle step by step.

The faces of almost every minister in the court were full of respect and excitement, and it stands to reason that a woman walking up is definitely a great disapproval of the world.

But at this time, at that time, no one cares about these now, I just hope that Wu Meiniang can go faster and sit on it quickly.

Wu Meiniang went up the steps, but did not sit down, just stood in front of the chair, turned around gorgeously, and glanced at the ministers.

The ministers originally wanted to wait for her to sit down before saluting, but after waiting for a while, she did not sit down, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Everyone can only give a big gift first.

"Everyone, please excuse me."

Wu Meiniang raised her hand to signal, and then said loudly: "What has happened recently, I think everyone knows it, I won't say more, there is no need to think about those rights and wrongs, because you can never talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality with a beast." What I'm going to say today is very simple, it's to fight the enemy to the end. From this moment on, no matter how the tide of the war may change, anyone who dares to make peace will be killed, and we will not die in this battle, and I will immediately send orders to the three armies to shoot all the envoys sent by the enemy, and whoever dares to let the enemy's envoys step into our camp, for whatever reason, will be killed.

Therefore, for the time being, put away your Confucian set, because the benevolence and integrity of Confucianism have been trampled on by our enemies, and when one side no longer believes in all this, it no longer matters whether the other party believes in it or not. We Datang now have only one way, that is, to fight our enemies to the end, let them pay a heavy price for their actions, I want to let each of our enemies lie in a pool of blood, I want to make the people who set off this war painful, life is better than death, forever ashamed in the endless abyss, otherwise, my Datang will never stop fighting. In short, this war will have only two outcomes, either the enemy is lying in a pool of blood, or we are lying in a pool of blood. ”

After these impassioned remarks, every minister in the palace was infected, and this is what they wanted, and they were actually very angry, feeling like they were being played, and shouted in unison: "Fight to the end!" ”

A woman is so brave that we men must not back down.

Moreover, they have long been fed up with the Confucian set, what are they doing with those benevolence, righteousness and morality, if they want to be a bitch, don't set up this archway, in a word, just do it.

Datang Daily, Shizu Daily, published articles at the same time, huge titles.... Fight to the end.

And it is distributed nationwide, with the fastest horse, to all states and counties.

The fact is that the Tibetans did not declare war at all, and tore up the covenant without authorization, which is simply a ruthless trampling on our dignity, and those rebels fell into the ground, which is even more hateful.

The most important point is, what is the reason for fighting?

Datang Daily made it very clear about this point, that is, to fight for itself.

Tubo is still a slave society, our Datang is a highly civilized society, and the people's lives are getting better and better, are you willing or under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, or under the rule of Tubo.

Nowadays, Jiangnan can still "sing backyard flowers across the river", but if the country is destroyed, you can't sing anymore.

The people of the Tang Dynasty were both angry and afraid, because no one wanted to live under the rule of Tubo, there were too many differences in civilization, your old man was still a slave society, we were about to enter the capitalist society, you were coming, we were dead, the only way is to fight to the end, we are not fighting for others, but for ourselves, this person is selfish, only for himself, will go all out.

At the same time, bad news came from the northeast, and the Yan Yan raised troops against the Tang Dynasty.

The Khan of the Khan really watched the Khitan die with his own eyes, and he knew what happened best, and they didn't dare to forbid the merchants to trade with them, but they were not stupid, once the merchants became a climate, the Khan would definitely not be able to play, anyway, they were all dead, and when they heard the chaos in the north, they quickly rebelled, as a khan, they were all virtuous with the emperor, and they cared most about their own power, and the people's lives and deaths had anything to do with him.

But this not only did not frighten the people of the Central Plains, but made the people of the Central Plains even more angry, the people of the Central Plains felt that they were kind, but in the end they received evil retribution, we brought you wealth, we traded with you, gave you technology, and treated you so well, you actually fell into the ground.

There's no need to be afraid of anything, there are enough enemies right now anyway, and it's not bad for you as an enemy.

But courage cannot solve problems, it can only show determination, that is, never compromise, even if it is to win.

But we still have to discuss how to fight the enemy in a decisive battle.

Wu Meiniang immediately formed a new cabinet.

Zhang Wenguan and they left the political hall very consciously, and Wu Meiniang directly stated that they would lock Confucianism in the box first, which naturally showed that they had to leave, because their political philosophy was Confucianism, and if they were not allowed to say Confucianism, then they would have nothing to say.

But Wu Meiniang did not ask them to be guilty, but invited them to the political hall, let them go to important states and counties, appease the people, implement the policies of the imperial court, don't let the people live in fear, maintain order, if the Central Plains is in chaos, there will be no way to play.

And in the new cabinet, it is all young people, and all of them are pro-war factions.

Led by Han Yi, Cui Jiyi, Di Renjie, Ren Zhigu, Wang Xuandao, Changsun Yan, Zheng Shanxing, Yang Zhirou.

These people's careers are very interesting, in normal times, they basically do nothing, although their official positions are relatively high, but the imperial court is particular about seniority, there is Zhang Wenguan they are there, Cui Jijian They can't fully show themselves, only in times of crisis, they can give full play to their talents, the reason is very simple, this is not broken, it is not broken.

The same was true during the last crisis, without which they would not have been able to enter the political hall at this age.

Wu Meiniang asked: "Now the situation is becoming more and more unoptimistic, we have to quickly recover the decline, I don't know what you suggest?" ”

Wang Xuandao said: "We can't help but admit that we are underprepared for this war, and the scale is far beyond our imagination. ”

Wu Meiniang asked Han Yi again: "Our grain stockpiles may cope with this war?" ”

"Can't!" Han Yi said: "Not only can't, but also very different, just with the grain in the warehouse, it won't be long before we will be exhausted, according to the investigation of the household department, a large amount of grain is in the hands of farmers and businessmen." ”

Di Renjie said: "In this case, the imperial court can only collect taxes. ”

Cui Jijian shook his head and said: "But if the tax is levied temporarily, the situation in the Central Plains may also get out of control. ”

Zheng Shanxing nodded and said, "I suggest simply issuing vouchers." ”

"No!"

Han Yi shook his head and said: "The role of the voucher is to meet the people's demand for currency, it is calculated according to trade, production, and transactions, it is just a kind of voucher, when everyone does not recognize it, it is a piece of waste paper." And now is a special period, a large number of commodities will be put into the war, which is no return, the result will appear, the market commodity shortage, and the people have a large number of vouchers in their hands, the issuance of vouchers, is equivalent to looting the people, even if we win in the end, the Central Plains will also be in chaos, vouchers will fall into the abyss, can no longer be used, this step can never be taken, moreover, the imperial court must recover vouchers, maintain the value of vouchers. ”

Zheng Shanxing was surprised: "What do you take to recycle?" ”

Cui Jijian said: "National debt." ”

"Not bad."

Han Yi said: "The imperial court can issue war treasury bonds, exchange the treasury bonds for vouchers in the hands of the people, and then use the vouchers to buy food in the hands of the people, so as to stabilize the economy of the Central Plains and avoid the flooding of vouchers." ”

Wu Meiniang frowned and said: "But the last time the treasury bonds were not paid off, and the treasury bonds were issued again, will the people be willing to buy them?" ”

Han Yi said: "The imperial court can use taxes and minerals as guarantees, and we can sign a contract with the rich businessmen in advance, and the process of repaying the money is given, and we can guarantee how much money we will take out from the taxes every year to repay the debt, and pay more interest." I think with the current situation, the people will accept it, because if the Tang Dynasty is finished, they will also be finished, and they can only believe in the imperial court now, after all, the imperial court borrows money from them, and pays interest, and under the rules of commerce, it trades with them, instead of robbing them, so I believe they will agree. ”

Wu Meiniang asked: "How many treasury bonds do you need to issue?" ”

Han Yi said: "From the current point of view, at least 50 million yuan of national debt is needed. ”

Wu Meiniang's head hurt when she heard it, and she felt a lot of pressure when she issued 10 million yuan last time, but this time she directly issued 50 million yuan, which is really asking for her own life.

Han Yi continued: "The maximum term, twenty years, and the interest is about the same as the last time, but it fluctuates up and down depending on the term. ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Are you sure, can we pay it off within twenty years?" ”

Han Yi said: "As long as I am given this opportunity to repay my debts, I am absolutely sure, because as long as this battle is won, we will get a lot of land, resources and manpower, and our taxes will increase exponentially." ”

Wu Meiniang nodded, and asked again: "Then how to expand the army?" ”

Han Yi said: "In the past, it was a complete military household, but now manpower is flowing to industry and commerce, and it is also very difficult to rely entirely on the imperial court, and we must gather everyone's strength to fight with the enemy." I can learn from the way I sent troops to the South China Sea, give some merchants the right to recruit, let them recruit troops, and then go to the government to register, and the government will deploy them uniformly. Not only that, but the Ministry of Industry can no longer support a war of this scale, and we must allow merchants to produce weapons, research and development weapons, and even produce all the war materials, and then the imperial court will have vouchers from the national debt to buy the weapons and materials they produce. ”