Chapter 62 borrowed ten royal guards from Weichen

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Yang Dingshan was also reluctant to return to the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, and directly begged the emperor to agree to let him summon his staff to the Qianqing Palace to discuss. Zhao Zhe didn't bother to bother with him, and after waving his hand to agree, he summoned Yan Yu, Shen Yijun and other Wenchen to the study of Dongnuan Pavilion for a small meeting. This time, he didn't toss them, let them sit down in turn, and let Xiao Duozi serve tea and snacks. And Zhao Zhe is also rare for people to move the Taishi chair to the middle of the ministers. Leaning comfortably on Erlang's legs, he frowned slightly and said: "Now there are riots in Henan and Shandong, and the mob has reached millions. I am afraid that no matter how capable General Yang is, at least he will have to transfer more than one million troops from various garrisons to make various deployments. And next, there is another battle against the Houjin barbarians. In other words, my Great Zhao Empire will involve half of the country's troops because of these two wars, and it will take no less than two years. Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever understood what I mean? ”

"Soldier, unknown." A scholar got up and said, "Your Majesty, civil strife should be settled." And then the golden barbarians, it is better to make peace. Otherwise, my Great Zhao Empire will probably be dragged down by these two successive battles. The Houjin barbarians are a people from outside the country, and their surnames are fierce, but they don't have much knowledge. As long as you give a little benefit, when you can let my Great Zhao Emperor [***] take a breath and fight. ”

"Hmph." Zhao Zhe glared at him dissatisfiedly: "You mean, you want me to join the Yang Empire and pay tribute to the people outside the country?" Zhao Zhe secretly scolded in his heart, the country's external backbone is just like that. Many people deal with their own people, and they are extremely vicious. Once faced with the ferocious barbarian invasion, he was eager to immediately kneel down and sue for peace.

"The emperor means that the logistics can keep up, right?" Shen Yijun wrinkled his brows and said: "Your Majesty, according to the remaining money and grain in the treasury, if it is calculated according to the budget reduction method for the Ministry of Rites, it can barely survive until late June, and the new tax will be put into the treasury. But if you want to support an additional large-scale battle to mobilize millions of soldiers, I'm afraid it's far from enough, and the specific amount is still to ask Lord Wei. ”

Wei Meng has always been very opposed to Shen Yijun, but at this time, he was named directly in front of the emperor. He didn't dare not answer: "Your Majesty, the money, grain, and grass spent on mobilizing millions of people in the campaign is a huge amount. The food, grass and food consumed by the soldiers and horses, as well as the salaries and rewards to boost morale, as well as the armor, weapons, arrows, and war equipment that were worn out, and so on. Over the course of a month, it will cost at least 5 million yuan. ”

Even if Shen Yijun doesn't say it, Zhao Zhe can guess that the current national strength has reached a certain level. However, there is such a thing as national strength, even if Zhao Zhe, the emperor who has crossed over, has the ability, it is definitely not three days or two days that it can rise. In particular, last year's two major disasters greatly damaged the country's vitality.

However, no matter how poor you are, this mess can't be uneven. And after only three months, how can it be possible to successfully quell the chaos? This is not Zhao Zhe's era, aircraft cannons, just push all the way over. Ancient warfare, mobilization, preparation of food and grass, replenishment of weapons and armor, strategic movement of armies, engagement. All of this is extremely laborious and time-consuming.

Just when Zhao Zhe frowned slightly, Shen Yijun knew that Zhao Zhe was not going to listen to that. Hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, the surplus grain of the treasury in the granaries around the capital division is very large because of the two disaster relief efforts last year, although it can still be squeezed out a little. However, I am afraid that the amount is still insufficient. Weichen's family still has some assets, if some antique calligraphy and paintings and the surplus house are sold, plus some surplus, about two million yuan. Money is not much, but it can help somewhat. ”

Zhao Zhe looked at Shen Yijun unexpectedly, as soon as he came, he didn't hesitate to say how much property he had. You know, what is the concept of two million? That's an astronomical amount. And he didn't have any ancestral shadow, he climbed up on his own. And relying on his Hubu Shangshu's fortune, it is impossible for him to save so much money in a few lifetimes.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, he said it. All the civil officials gave him strange looks, was he looking for death, or did he have something else in mind?

"Your Majesty, Weichen knows that he is not a good thing. But now that the national disaster is at hand, Wechen would rather go bankrupt than see the emperor frown for money. Shen Yijun turned sideways, knelt on the ground in front of Zhao Zhe, kowtowed, and said, "Weichen can guarantee that he has never taken the initiative to be greedy for a penny in the treasury." The annual expenditure of the household department is only lower than that of other departments, about 5 million. ”

Five million, he wasn't wrong. In the account books he sorted out, the expenses of the household department were indeed about five million. But isn't that a testament to others...... Zhao Zhe's eyes were a little cold and he looked at the others, but he said to himself: "Shen Aiqing is worthy of being the minister of the humerus of my Great Zhao Empire, when the country is in danger, he is really generous." ”

The faces of the civil servants of the rest of the ministries were white or red. If it weren't for the emperor's presence, he would almost want to tear him apart. Shen Yijun spent less money than them, and he could still get so many benefits from it. The money spent by other departments is about the same, what do you think the emperor will think of them? Thinking of Ding Yu's fate today, everyone shuddered.

In desperation, Wei Meng, the military department who spent the most money, knelt down with a white face: "Your Majesty, Weichen also has some family property and is willing to sell it." I can make up about two million pieces. In his heart, he was scolding Shen Yijun, who was so engaged in this, and the money he had saved for most of his life went to seventy-seven, eighty-eight. However, he also understands that if he dares not to speak at this time, the emperor will have the heart to investigate, and he will definitely not be able to escape from it. Although he donated two million yuan, the rest can be used to spend his life and ensure that his children and grandchildren are rich. My heart hurts, and I have to sell a lot of antiques and houses.

The rest of the members of the ministry, except for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry. According to the tone set by Shen Yijun, they knelt down one by one, saying that they would probably be able to make up two million. Only Xu Hong of the Ministry of Industry blushed and said that he could only raise 500,000 taels by selling all his family property.

As for the Ministry of Rites, it is Yan Yu. It means that it can produce three million pieces.

Zhao Zhe was calculating, and in the blink of an eye, he had raised 11.5 million yuan. Coupled with the firing of Ding Yu's family, how can there be two million. It's almost enough for three months' salary.

"Your Majesty, after Weichen returns to the household department, he will also mobilize the left and right attendants, as well as all the officials under him. According to Weichen's estimates, he will be able to raise another 5 million military funds in the household department. However, the emperor has to borrow ten imperial guards from Weichen......" Before Shen Yijun could wait for someone's heart to stop, he threw out a deep-water bombshell.

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