Yixin on the side smacked his teeth fiercely, and asked with a painful face: "Queen Mother, have you two finished reading it?" ”

Forehead......

Ci'an and Cixi were stunned for a moment, patronizing and happy, just after reading the top half, they excitedly handed it to the regent, what else is there behind?

Cixi's face turned red, and she replied: "Sixth Master, this, the mourning family and the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother haven't had time to see it......"

Yixin's face darkened, and Ci'an on the side hurriedly asked, "What?" Sixth Master, is there anything wrong? ”

Yixin said helplessly: "Good news is good news, Guo Ye's battle was beautiful, only with less than 2,000 casualties to kill 30,000 bandits, this is an unprecedented victory, the monk king and Shengbao fought in Henan for two or three years, and did not achieve such a victory, it's just that this battle is fought, the price is not small, Guo Ye, this kid lion opened his mouth, look at these lists of meritorious workers, and then look at the military salary requested, it is really speechless......"

Cixi didn't speak, and Ci'an on the left smiled and said: "Okay, Sixth Master, this Guo Ye can fight the battle well, there is only a list of meritorious service, people have won the battle, and there is nothing wrong with asking for merit for their subordinates, if there is no reward for meritorious service, how can the three soldiers be killed?" As for the military salary, did the original monk king and Shengke Zhaihua have less military salary? Empty consumption of the country, in the end it will not help......"

Yixin nodded and replied: "Queen Mother, there is no problem with asking for merit, if you have merit, you will be rewarded, how to reward the group of people below, you can do it, but the military salary asked for is too much, look at it, one million taels of silver!" ”

Cixi and Ci'an were really taken aback by Yixin's words, one million taels! This is really a lion's mouth! You must know that Baoding Town and the Mongolian cavalry together are only about 8,000 people, according to the standard of military training, ordinary soldiers, each person's monthly salary is only four or five taels of silver, 8,000 people, 50,000 taels of silver in a month, Guo Ye will ask for one million taels as soon as he opens his mouth, which is equivalent to two years' military salary!

According to the law, under normal circumstances, when the army goes to war, the imperial court directs the allocation of two months' military salaries, at most three months, and the others will be allocated later, where is there a two-year military salary at once?

Yixin then handed the fold to Cixi and said: "Queen Mother, although Guo Ye said in the fold that he wanted to expand the army, and the strength of Baoding Town is too weak, but even if the army is doubled to 20,000, the salary for a month is only about 100,000 taels, and two months is 200,000 taels, and this kid is 200,000 taels with one mouth......

Cixi replied hatefully: "This guy, did he fall into the eyes of money?" Don't you know that the imperial court has no money now? ”

Yixin smiled bitterly: "Even if the imperial court has money, it can't come like this, give him so much military salary in one go, what about the other troops?" ”

"There is always a suitable reason, Guo Ye is not like such a messy person......"

Ci'an hesitated.

Yixin smiled bitterly, her sister-in-law is too loyal, Guo Ye is not a messy person, there are no dishonest people in the sky, is there still less trouble caused by this kid?

Yixin sighed and replied: "Queen Mother, it's munitions, you know, the main force of the twisted bandits is all cavalry, and the combat power is strong, Baoding Town and the Mongolian cavalry together are only a quarter of the strength of the people, if you want to win the battle, it is not enough to have a superhuman strategy, but also to have a strong combat power, where does the strong combat power come from?" One, it is indeed Guo Ye's good training, and the combat power of the soldiers in Baoding Town is strong, and he is the best in the world; The second one, that is, foreign guns and foreign artillery, after the first war, Baoding Town consumed 300 rockets, 5,000 shells, more than 100,000 bullets, 8,000 soldiers are all equipped with foreign guns, and in the future expansion process, it is necessary to configure new foreign guns and foreign guns for new recruits, these foreign guns and foreign cannons are not cheap......

Cixi frowned and asked, "What?" Sixth, are these foreign guns and cannons very expensive? ”

Yixin smiled bitterly: "Of course, whether it is a foreign gun or a foreign gun from England, or a foreign gun and a foreign cannon from the United States, it is expensive, although it is powerful, but it is really not able to be equipped, if the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion are all equipped, I am afraid that the imperial court's finances for two years will not be enough......

Hiss......

Cixi and Ci'an gasped, how did the two of them know the doorway? However, Yixin is not bad, a new foreign cannon is worth tens of thousands of taels, a rifle, worth dozens of taels, don't say more, only equipped with 20 artillery battalions, 400 artillery pieces, that is at least four or five million taels of silver, with 600,000 green battalions, the purchase of 600,000 foreign guns, how much does it cost? It is estimated to be 20 million taels smaller, not counting the countless bullets and shells that need to be equipped for them! It's really a year or two of financial revenue that has to be thrown in!

Wu Ren's face on the side was a little ugly, and he said angrily: "Yasukuni Gong is very powerful, but it is really shameful to always rely on these foreign things, don't we **** the country don't have these things, now that the state affairs are difficult, where is there so much money to equip him with these guns?" Not to mention that it is so expensive? We've been pitted by foreigners more than once or twice! ”

Yixin took a deep breath and replied: "Lord Wuren, this is a mistake, I just said that foreigners' guns are expensive, but I didn't say that we must buy foreigners, before Guo Ye had built an arsenal in Shandong, and now it has already been put into production, according to the information he gave me, the current arsenal can produce 15,000 foreign guns a year, can produce 200 artillery, and in terms of price, it is far cheaper than what foreigners sell, Baoding Town War, also thanks to Guo Ye allocated a large number of foreign guns and foreign guns for Baoding last year, Otherwise, do you think that Baoding Town, which has only 4,000 people, can withstand 30,000 twisted troops? ”

Wu Ren's face turned red, last time, he and Li Hongzao and others impeached Guo Ye one after another for Guo Ye's innovation in Shandong, and drove Guo Ye out of China, but the final result was to beat their faces into pigs' heads, and in the end, they alarmed the Queen Mother to come to Guo's mansion in person, so Guo Ye was invited out, where did his old face go? If it weren't for the fact that he was old enough and was the same emperor as Li Hongzao, I am afraid that he would have been driven out of the court long ago.

Yixin continued: "The weapons allocated to Baoding last year, the imperial court has not settled for the arsenal, and now Guo Ye wants to expand the army, and he also needs to purchase a batch of weapons and ammunition, last year's part of the funds was as high as 500,000 taels, although there is still a balance, I am afraid that there is not much, if you want to purchase a batch of troops to expand the army, it seems that you really need a million taels of silver, I'm afraid ...... Not enough ......"

(To be continued.) )