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"But...." Wang Yue paused for a moment and said: "Our army has gone on an expedition, exhausted countless materials, and fought for thousands of miles, and the military expenses required, can the imperial court be prepared?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes widened and asked, "How much is the military spending?" ”

Wang Yue said very simply: "Thirty million taels." ”

"You're ......!" Lu Xiangsheng jumped up excitedly, his head touched the roof of the armored car, he didn't care about the pain and still stood trembling and pointed at Wang Yue and said: "It's just a lion's big mouth, full of nonsense!" Now that the war is almost over, why are you asking for military spending? ”

"Duke Lu is calm and don't be impatient!" Wang Yue said: "My Tiance army does not make a loss-making business, not to mention that I have agreed with the imperial court in the starting city first, and the policy of one country, two systems is implemented." Therefore, if the imperial court wants to meddle in the affairs of Liaodong, please bear the expenses of our army. My Wang Yue is by no means vain, 30 million taels is not too much, and Duke Lu can invite officials who are good at calculation in the imperial court to come and check the accounts. ”

Thirty million taels is indeed true, the consumption of bullets, shells, and fuel of the Tiance Army is huge, especially the loss of chariots, which is almost priceless in this time and space. Coupled with the wear and tear of fighter planes and warships, military salaries, and military food consumption, all of which are basically industrial consumption, let an agricultural country like Daming measure it in silver, which is already a preferential sale.

Lu Xiangsheng knew that what Wang Yue said was true, if it was the Ming Dynasty to fight these battles, even if he won, there would be no one or two million taels that would not be able to get down. Because the progress of the war in the Ming Dynasty was calculated in years, the consumption of grain, grass and military salaries during the period was also huge, and the pension and silver bounty were also a huge number.

The shells and bullets of the Tiance army are squandered as if they don't want money, and he has seen it with his own eyes, even if it is calculated by the cost of bullets and shells of the new army, Chongzhen's internal funds are about to go bankrupt.

"This... This Rong Bendu returned to Beijing to report to the emperor and discuss a proper plan. Lu Xiangsheng muttered.

Wang Yue smiled, the imperial court and Chongzhen's small treasury can't afford this expense at all, although Chongzhen has more money in recent years, but he is training the new army and suppressing the rogues, and he hasn't saved much money at all.

"Duke Lu, just now we just talked about the cost of our army's troops." Wang Yue said: "In addition, Liaodong has been slaughtered by the Han people for decades by the puppet Qing Dynasty, and after this war, it has been dilapidated, and the people's livelihood has withered. ”

"We overthrew the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, and the remnants of the Han people have a great heart and are grateful to the king, and everyone has seen it today. Therefore, we need to restore people's livelihood as soon as possible, and the construction of Liaodong requires a lot of capital investment, I think the imperial court may not be prepared for this, right? ”

"This... The imperial court would raise money and food for disaster relief. Lu Xiang ascended.

Wang Yue said with a smile: "Duke Lu knows that the imperial court may do this, but it is protracted, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning. ”

"There is another question, has Duke Lu noticed it?" Wang Yue said: "That is the number of Han people in Liaodong, according to preliminary statistics, the total population of the Han nationality in Liaodong is only seven or eight hundred thousand people, excluding the Manchus, Mongolians and other ethnic groups. How big is the area of the whole Liaodong? The answer is one-fifth of the Chongzhen Dynasty! In the huge Liaodong, it is far from enough to have only 780,000 Han people, and only by constantly immigrating and filling it can Liaodong really become Han soil. And the financial resources of the imperial court will definitely not be able to do this, and it can only be completed by the starting point city. ”

"Loyal uncle, you can tell me, how much silver is needed to do what you say?" Lu Xiangsheng understood, it was all about money, which required a large amount of money to operate, and he really wanted to know how much money Wang Yue would have to spend to rectify this matter.

Wang Yue raised a finger and said, "Ten thousand taels." ”

"You're ......!" Lu Xiangsheng was really confused, this is really an unbelievable number.

Wang Yue smiled and didn't take it seriously, in fact, 100 million taels is just an estimated figure, and it is the material input of the five-year plan and the ten-year plan. These include investment in highways, railways, ports, power plants, transmission and distribution lines, mine development, urban infrastructure and other projects, etc., which are all large projects, and if you count silver, 100 million taels may not be enough.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Wang Yue's smiling face, and felt that it was very hateful, a penny was difficult to defeat a hero, this guy just wanted to use money to stop the court's hand stretched out to Liaodong! He had already understood Wang Yue's intentions, and this could only be decided by the emperor.

The imperial palace of Shengjing has arrived, and in terms of appearance and scale, it is far from the Forbidden City of Jingshi. But after all, it was once the imperial palace of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and everyone was very interested in visiting everywhere, only Lu Xiangsheng was sullen.

"Lord Lu." Xie Baoqing lagged behind and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Sihua is a reasonable person, if he is unreasonable, what can the court do?" Let's look at it, if he can be a courtier of the Ming Dynasty with peace of mind, it will already be a blessing for the Ming Dynasty. ”

After speaking, Xie Baoqing left leisurely, leaving Lu Xiangsheng alone thoughtfully.

"Commander, please sit here." It turned out that in the Chongzheng Hall where the Manchu court was deliberating, Feng Yuanshan made a gesture of please.

"Oh, this is the dragon chair of the pseudo-Qing?" Wang Yue patted the armrests of the dragon chair, sat down with great interest, and shook his hips, and said with a smile: "Although it is a dragon chair, it is far less comfortable than the sofa." ”

Li Zixiong, Huang Bo, Feng Yuanshan and others all laughed and said: "The sofa is a sofa, and the dragon chair is a dragon chair, how can you talk about it on the same day, this is a symbol of power." ”

Wang Yue sat on the dragon chair without hesitation, Lu Xiangsheng looked at it and felt very dazzling, Wang Yue's audacity and recklessness can be seen. If someone else did this, he Lu Jiandou would have stepped forward and pointed his nose and scolded, but if he was Wang Yue, he could only sulk.

Only the emperor had a seat in the Manchu court, and the ministers had no seats. The guards brought in seats from elsewhere for everyone to sit in.

After seeing everyone sit down, Wang Yue said, "Where is this old boy Dolgon now?" Don't let him run away. ”

"He can't run away." Li Zixiong said, the guard took out the plastic large map, put on the bracket, and he introduced: "Dolgon and the pseudo-Qing prince Ye Bushu are now here - Zhanggutai, this place belongs to Horqin's sphere of influence, and it is estimated that there are still seven or eight thousand troops in his hands, and they are all cavalry. ”

"And the 2nd Brigade of our 4th Division has reached Aobaoyingzi and blocked its way to the Great Xing'an Mountains, the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Division are deployed in Beidian and Xixinmin respectively, blocking the left and right flanks, and the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division has advanced to the north of Zhangwu and can advance north at any time."

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