Raising the hall, his eyes were all focused on the official's body.

Yang Mu said: "Say it." ”

The official stepped into the column, held the wat board, and said with a glance: "My Dacang has risen suddenly since the second year of Taiding, and it has been six years since then. However, under the fame, it is difficult to match. ”

"How is it difficult?!"

"My great cangs have risen, and one army can overwhelm a country, how can it be difficult?"

"Nonsense!"

"This is a big court meeting, don't be grandstanding!"

The ministers refuted one after another, now is the time when the national pride is the strongest, and it is also the time when the major officials are honored, everyone has a kind of imminent minister of a great power, and it is expected that Cangguo will become a powerful country in a few years, and even compete for the position of overlord.

Now suddenly a person jumped out and said that the reputation of Cangguo is difficult to match, isn't this grandstanding?

Could it be that you want to win His Majesty's attention with this?

It can only be said that this official is too tender.

As we all know, for so many years, His Majesty has been very disgusted with sycophancy, and even once he found out, he was directly deprived of his official position.

Now, isn't it self-digging to dig one's own grave in a blatant grandstanding at a big court meeting?

Since the establishment of the Ministry of Supervision, the trend of corruption in Cangguo has been greatly suppressed, and every year the evaluation of officials in the Ministry of Supervision must also be handed over to the Ministry of Supervision for examination to see if there are any stains, and all those who are opportunistic will be suppressed to a great extent.

Therefore, in recent years, most of the officials, large and small, in the country, are actually pragmatics, and they look down on those who take shortcuts or take advantage of loopholes.

This also caused the fact that as soon as this official said something incompatible, he was automatically classified by everyone as a person who was in the limelight.

The officials of all sizes in the court pointed the finger at that person, as if they didn't say a word to show their attitude, they were in the same stream.

"Stay and let him talk about it." Yang Mu said lightly, and then asked, "What's your name, report it." ”

Immediately, the entire hall fell silent, and no one spoke.

His Majesty the Emperor has spoken, and no one has said any more.

Everyone was waiting for the official to speak out, and most of them had a good show, to see what would happen to such an opportunistic person.

"Your Majesty, Weichen's name is Zeng Thirteen."

Zeng Thirteen?

Yang Mu was slightly surprised, and didn't say anything.

In the official palace and court of Cangguo, there are people with strange names.

Especially those with numbers in their names can be seen at a glance that they were born poor, and ordinary peasant families rarely have official names, usually cheap names on bad streets, or names according to the ranking order of the same generation in the village.

Presumably, this official benefited from the education system of Cangguo, struggled from the bottom, and climbed step by step to his current status, and he has never changed his name.

"Your Majesty, although our army won the battle of Jin, it was the general trend of the alliance of all countries, and the emperor of Jin lost his command and cut off his own way."

"My Dacang has been advancing all the way for so many years, but it mostly relies on the enthusiasm of the people to join the army, and the combat power of the cavalry attack, and now the coexistence of all the strong is a foregone conclusion, and in a few years, the countries will also have cavalry, and the strength of the Cangguo will be weak."

"And right now, the battle of the Jin Dynasty has exhausted the savings in my Dacang country, if my Cangguo takes another step, Anzhi will not be feared by the countries? Recreate the situation of the alliance of the nations on that day? Compared with the Jin Kingdom, my Dacang is really inferior, and it is impossible to withstand the attack of the alliance of all countries. ”

"At this time, the country has become a weak force in the foreign power, if you are immersed in the past war exploits, do not think of fighting hard to cheer up, ten years later will be the period of the country!"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers of the palace were very displeased.

This one is called Zeng Thirteen, which is inevitably too alarmist, how can Cangguo be in danger of dying?

The monarchs and ministers of the country are united, the court is clear, and the fighting spirit of the armies in the border is high, which can be described as invincible.

To say that Cangguo is in danger of losing the country, it is really incredible!

The ministers wanted to refute, but there was no reason to speak eagerly, Zeng Thirteen did not list the rules and regulations, although the words were big, there was no point to refute, and every sentence was conclusive.

There was a heavy gasp, and the hall fell silent again.

"What is the reason for the crisis in Cangguo?" Zeng Thirteen did not weaken because of the different colors of the courtiers, but was impassioned, shouting: "First, because the decree is slack, although my Dacang has issued new decrees in the past two years, but it is to fill the previous loopholes, in order to consolidate the rule of the land that has been gained, that's all. ”

"Second, in the reserve of grain and grass, I have always encouraged the people to reclaim the fields and divide one batch after another of farmland, but in recent years, the income of the people's family has gradually flattened, and the pioneering spirit has gradually died, and the backlog of grain and grass cannot bring more wealth, and in the long run, it will definitely make our army's food strained."

"Third, I Dacang now has three major legions stationed in Jincheng, like a sword on the back, needless to say the money and food consumed every day, if the war is restarted, it will be beyond the reach of the whip, and the army will be defeated for thousands of miles, and the three armies will be defeated if one army is defeated."

"Fourth, the commerce and trade between my Dacang and the countries depend on the Ministry of Commerce and the aristocracy, and the people have nothing to participate in. For another example, the minister heard that the state of Chu had recently opened another large silver mine, and several silver mines in Wangji were also occupied by our army...... In this way, it is really incomprehensible that my Cangguo sells all kinds of commercial goods, and it is not as good as a few silver mines for nothing. ”

After saying four o'clock, Zeng Shisan bowed his hand slightly, meaning to let the hundred officials correct him.

The courtiers were silent, and these words made people stunned, and they just pointed out the current problem of Cangguo.

The last point, in particular, is even more thought-provoking.

The factories under the Ministry of Commerce can make a lot of money, and they can also settle with goods.

However, there is always money in circulation.

Wouldn't the exploration of a large silver mine in the state of Chu mean that a large amount of money was obtained out of thin air?

In the future, the state of Chu will be able to use the silver mined in this silver mine to buy a steady stream of goods from the state of Cang.

This is just one example, for example, the Jin Kingdom, a country with rich silver reserves, will be able to take advantage of it in the future.

In the final analysis, even if there is a mountain of silver, it cannot be eaten in times of war.

If you don't need it, it's no different from a pile of broken copper.

Yang Mu was also very shocked in his heart.

He saw farther than the average courtier.