Last year, he delayed writing the letter for a year, and today it is due.

Whether to continue to work for the Great Song Dynasty or develop his own future continent, Liu Yong hesitated again. To be honest, in the past few years as prime minister, he still feels a great sense of accomplishment. This is a different sense of accomplishment in making money by doing business.

And in the past few years, he has gradually fallen in love with the Great Song Dynasty. He didn't want the Song Dynasty to be wiped out under the iron heel of the Mongols.

He thought about it for a few more days and decided to make a decision. Only then did he realize that he still had difficulty choosing. However, it is really difficult to choose one for the country and the other for oneself.

Do you say it's for the country? That's a dignified man, but don't forget, Liu Yongke is a modern time-traveling person. And is it not so easy for the pace of history to change course? He didn't think so, the reason why it was difficult was because he was afraid that he had done useless work, and he was afraid that he would waste his short life for the unsavory Great Song Dynasty.

What exactly?

After staying warm with Ouyang Lanlan tonight, he lay down panting, and Ouyang Lanlan fell into his arms. And he told him about the troubles of the days. He thinks that Ouyang Lanlan may be able to help him, among these wives, Ouyang Lanlan is educated, and she looks at things more like a man.

As Ouyang Lanlan, she is naturally worried about her family and country, and she still hopes that Liu Yong can do more things for the Great Song Dynasty. But she also said that everything depends on what she thinks in her heart, and don't force herself. As Liu Yong's wife, she only hopes that her husband will live happily.

Liu Yong lovingly took Ouyang Lanlan into his arms, and finally he decided to serve the Great Song Dynasty for another year. In this year, he wanted to build an invincible steel army for the Great Song Dynasty.

The decision was made, and the next day he gave Guangzhou a warranty letter, and he would send someone to collect the ships, but the ships would be parked in the shipyard for another year.

The next step is for him to begin his plan, to build a lean and powerful army with a stretched treasury. At the court meeting on the first day of the New Year, Emperor Rijong and the whole group of courtiers proposed this. It immediately caused an uproar, and in this era of emphasizing literature over military force, Liu Yong's suggestion was undoubtedly alternative. But there are also some people who agree. Because there are two big guys in the north of the Great Song Dynasty, Jin and Mongolia, and the national security is extremely fragile, if he can really build a lean and powerful army as Prime Minister Zuo said, it is indeed a good thing.

Since Liu Yong can put it forward, then he is sure to pass it, and he has already discussed it with several important ministers before this, especially the squire of the military department. It has been unanimously agreed by everyone. Of course, these people are not corpse vegetarian people, they are all good ministers who want to make the Great Song Dynasty strong.

Emperor Lizong asked Liu Yong: "Prime Minister Zuo, how much does it cost?" His main concern was the safety of the treasury and the imperial court's finances.

Liu Yong said: "Returning to the Holy Shrine, it may make the finances of the imperial court tight, but it will not be unsafe, and the ministers will grasp the scale." ”

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Lizong frowned, he had suffered enough from the financial pressure in the past few years. Now, through Liu Yong's unremitting efforts in the past few years, the finances of the Great Song Dynasty have finally been greatly alleviated, and the treasury has begun to be full. Moreover, the border pass did not get a single harassment from the Jin Kingdom, which was a good time for singing and dancing. It was when he was enjoying himself as an emperor that he had to toss the army again?

Liu Yong could naturally taste something from Emperor Lizong's expression. So he said: "Shengshang, don't look at the Jin Kingdom at this time, don't come to attack my Great Song Dynasty, but we must also guard against it all the time!" ”

"Prime Minister Zuo, didn't you pack a ticket and say that Jin Guo would not attack again?" Emperor Lizong asked.

"But a few years have passed, although the Jin State has not attacked in recent years, it is because there is Mongolia behind it, but in the past few years, Mongolia has completely unified the entire tribe, and also wiped out several small countries around it. And the minister's suggestion to build a strong army was not to prevent the Jin state, but to defend against the Mongols. We are going to take advantage of the confrontation between this Jin country and Mongolia to develop our strength. When both the Jin Kingdom and the Mongols are defeated, we can also wait for the opportunity to regain the lost Central Plains. ”

Liu Yong dragged out his intentions completely.

Some ministers questioned: "We have no objection to the development of army building, but the current financial situation of our Great Song Dynasty is worrying, and I am afraid it will be difficult to implement." Moreover, Weichen did not believe that the Mongols would be strong enough to destroy the Jin Kingdom. ”

Of course, Liu Yong knew the views of some ministers at this time, and their views were that they did not take Mongolia seriously, and they had the idea of getting by. Once the money is used to build the army, the imperial court will also have to tighten its belts to live, and it is inevitable to cut salaries.

And Prime Minister Zuo is doing a big deal in the sauce shop himself, of course, he doesn't worry about his salary.

"What do you mean by planning ahead? For now, building a strong army is just that. If a country does not have security guarantees, what can it call a country? What Wei Chen said to Prime Minister Zuo is that we must be far-sighted and must not sharpen our knives temporarily. A minister agreed with Prime Minister Zuo.

At this time, there was a lot of discussion in the court, and there were two opinions in general, one was to agree with Liu Yong, and the other was to disagree with Liu Yong, because they felt that there was no need, and the current army size could already deal with foreign aggression.

What we agree on is that military strength is the key to a country's ability to stand tall in the world.

In the end, most of them agreed with Prime Minister Zuo, and the ratio was about three to one, but in the end, Emperor Lizong nodded in agreement.

At this time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Emperor Lizong, who was frowning, waiting for his final verdict. And he secretly thought in his heart: "It would be nice if the right prime minister was here at this time." ”

However, he finally agreed to Liu Yong's proposal.

Liu Yong was also very happy, and after leaving the court, he held a meeting of the leadership group in his Shangshu province on how to build a strong and lean army.

Streamlining is to reduce the financial pressure on the imperial court, and to be strong is to be efficient.

After a one-day meeting, a plan was drawn up, which was allocated by the Ministry of Households, implemented by the Ministry of War, and supervised by Shangshu Province. The commander-in-chief of the construction is Liu Yong, who will participate in the implementation of all plans.

However, in this way, the official affairs of Shangshu Province were tightened, and the supreme governor was not there, so some important official documents had to be backlogged.

After Emperor Lizong learned of the situation, he naturally called the right prime minister back to Shangshu Province.