Chapter 197: The Greedy Scrooge
Oh, sure enough... Peng Yue subconsciously looked at Yan Song on the side, but saw that he did not avoid this matter as he imagined, but held his head high, his eyes were blazing, as if he was confident. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Hey, I'll go, and sure enough, people are in good spirits at happy events. Well, I'd like to see what you can do with this old man, I don't have anything to do right now...
"Your Majesty, I wonder how the war in the northwest is progressing now?" , Yan Song asked in a deep voice with a serious face.
"Hmm... The situation is not too bad now, after all, Zhai Peng is quite competent, and he has been staring at it all the time...", in fact, even if it is a big defeat, Zhu Houyu is ashamed to say it, of course, the front-line generals will not let Zhu Houyu know how detailed.
"Oh? Since this is the case, the minister suggested that His Majesty can rely on and trust Lord Zhai, thinking that those Tartars will not become any climate, and Lord Zhai will definitely be able to solve them..."
"But it's so annoying to keep calling back and forth!" , Zhu Houxi frowned and said, "I replied to that guy, he just refused to let me live..."
"Is Your Majesty trying to find a solution to this matter for a long time?"
"Of course! If I can solve the northwest border problem in one fell swoop, then I don't know how much worry I will have to save... But now it seems that it is difficult..."
"Your Majesty, this matter must not be rushed, it needs to be taken step by step..."
At this time, Peng Yue didn't say a word, just looked at Yan Song and Zhu Houxi and asked and answered. To be honest, he really didn't expect Yan Song to be so concerned about political affairs now, and his logical thinking is quite rigorous, it seems that it is really the three fires of the new official...
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is time to frustrate my spirit. The Tartars are like that, as long as they are scared of being beaten. They would never dare to offend the heavens again. In the past, Taizu and Chengzu beat the Tartars to a slump. The border has been quiet for decades. However, later, things became more and more sparse, which gave the Tartars a chance, so the minister suggested that it was best to give the Tartars a fatal blow..."
Peng Yue stood there, dizzy and listened for a long time, and finally heard a general idea, that is, "empty talk misleads the country, and hard work prospers the country"... Who doesn't know that the Tartars will not dare to invade anymore if they are afraid of being beaten? Who doesn't know that it's best to be able to tackle the Tartars in one fell swoop? But how? The most important thing is the method!
Zhu Houxi, who was overjoyed when he heard it at first, gradually came to his senses, "Only in the middle." Your plan is good, but it's not so easy to solve the Tartars in one fell swoop..."
"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the minister just wants to make the stakes clear for His Majesty's analysis, so that His Majesty can have a clearer idea..."
Peng Yue, "..."
"Hmm... Your thinking is quite clear, but the top priority is to solve the matter in front of you...", at least Yan Song analyzed it just now. Although Zhu Houxi didn't get any effective information, he still had to give a few words of encouragement.
"Hmm... The minister also thinks so, if you want to completely solve the border troubles, you need to step up..."
Peng Yue. “…”
"Zirui, do you have any good plans?" , it may be that Zhu Houxi is aware. Yan Song was still a little unreliable in this matter, so he turned his attention to Peng Yue.
"Oh... Your Majesty. I don't know if Lord Zhai said that he didn't say some more detailed information? ”。 Peng Yue thought to himself, you let us solve the problem for you, and I haven't said the specific problem until now, how can I solve the problem for you?
"Alas... In fact, it's still an old problem...", Zhu Houxi sighed, "Tartar Koubian, always rob some small villages, sometimes it is too late to let the people outside the city hide in the city, so a lot of property and people were taken away, Zhai Peng suggested adding some sentry posts to the border and building city walls, but... But the court can't come up with that much money..."
Yes, he wanted to empty the gloves of the white wolf, Peng Yue looked helpless: Uncle, you want to win the battle again, and you want to spend no money, how is this good?
"Actually, if it's really just this little thing...", Zhu Houxi in his heart, he really doesn't take the life or death of those border people seriously, "But there is also a problem with the supply of the border army soldiers, a while ago, the soldiers fought repeatedly, and the fertile land of the military household was destroyed a lot, so they are there, and now they are not having a good time, plus the war, although they have repelled the Tartars, they have suffered a lot of losses..."
Zhu Houxi's explanation, Peng Yue completely understood, but he didn't know what to say: fighting a war is originally a matter of spending money, since there is no problem with selecting generals, why is he stingy in terms of money? It's really confusing, who made you catch up with so many things this day?
"Your Majesty, this matter really can't be delayed any longer, otherwise it will be a big deal and the losses will be even greater!" Peng Yue said categorically, "The minister suggested that the northwest should be allocated as soon as possible, as long as this can minimize the disaster and losses." ”
"This...", Zhu Houxi frowned slightly, and hesitated again.
When Peng Yue saw Zhu Houxi's appearance, he was angry: It is said that since he became the head of the household department, the finances of the imperial court have been growing steadily, although Zhu Houyi has been tossing and repairing the palace, but there is no sign of being overstretched, why is he reluctant to pay for the war?
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks... What Master Peng said is very reasonable! Yan Song suddenly stepped forward and said loudly, "The minister also suggested that Your Majesty allocate funds as soon as possible, which is the most beneficial to the Northwest War Situation and the Imperial Court!" ”
Hearing Yan Song say this, Peng Yue was a little surprised, he never expected that Yan Song would stand on the same position as himself in this matter. However, he didn't have time to care about Yan Song's thoughts at this time, so he just threw a grateful glance at him.
"Your Majesty, now as long as you win a big battle, you can rub the sharpness of the Tartar fiercely, then they won't dare to make another trouble on the border...", at this time, Yan Song said what Peng Yue just wanted to say, and the two looked at each other and smiled tacitly.
Obviously, Zhu Houxi is always reluctant to spend money on side affairs, so the best way is to let Tatar stop looking for trouble. And judging from the current state of affairs, the realistic and feasible way to stop the Tatars from looking for trouble is to win a big victory, greatly reducing their power, so that they simply do not have the strength to attack again.
After listening to Yan Song and Peng Yue's unanimous suggestion, Zhu Houxi couldn't help but think about it: it is really not a matter to drag it out like this, I am afraid that it will cause a big disaster when the time comes, and it will cost a larger amount of silver, since the generals are also powerful now, then I can't hesitate anymore.
"Alright, I'll dial it... Sixty thousand taels of silver, see if he Zhai Peng can give me a satisfactory answer! Zhu Houxi said angrily, God knows the amount of 60,000 taels of silver, he has been thinking back and forth in his heart several times... (To be continued.) )