Zhu Houxi also frowned slightly when he heard Zhang Bi's words, but he was just unhappy because Zhang Bi took the initiative to bring up this matter, in fact, he was also about to ask about it. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Houxi also understands that judging from the current situation, it is impossible not to allocate military spending to the northwest, but when he thinks of the large amount of military expenditure every time, he has a faint pain in his flesh: If all this money is used for his own cultivation, how good it would be...

"Yes, do you have any claims about Zhang Aiqing's military expenses?" , Zhu Houxi leaned back, waiting to see these people speak. In fact, how much he hopes that these people can say in unison: Your Majesty, the war situation in the northwest, there is no need to allocate military funds at all, Zhai Peng is enough to calm the war and drive me away!

But he knew that this was basically impossible, even if they said so, he couldn't believe it, after all, the land in the northwest was still his own, and if he was robbed by Meda, he still needed the court to pay for the money...

Several ministers stood below, you looked at me again, I looked at you, and no one wanted to speak first, among them, the little old man Zhang Bi who raised this matter just now had his head the most low.

So everyone unanimously focused on Peng Yue: You are the head of the household, and you should speak on this matter. But Peng Yue stood further back than them, so as to show that I am not a minister, it is better for you old men to speak first.

Zhai Luan sighed helplessly, and stood up again responsibly and responsibly, "Your Majesty, now that the war has begun, food and ordnance have naturally become the two most important materials, even if the number of soldiers is reduced, as long as there is food, people can be recruited." However, there is no expedient measure in the ordnance sector. Therefore, the minister thinks that more efforts should be made on weapons and ordnance..."

Zhai Luan should have been in the cabinet for the longest time, so the theoretical analysis work can be said to be the first to do. But it doesn't work very well. In fact, most of the problems, smart ministers can understand the key. It's just a difficult solution, but you can't be so foolish, you've analyzed the reasoning, but in the end, none of the solutions have been proposed...

"Okay, I'm not here to listen to you give me an analysis of the key points, what I want is a way, a way...", Zhu Houxi tapped his fingers on the table, and his tone was a little impatient. Now the question is where the food will come from, where to find the ordnance, and the transportation problem, whether it will be transported from the capital or from the south, and how much will be consumed on the way to transportation? ”

"Your Majesty, whether it is transported from the capital or from the south, the food consumption on the way is too great. And the northwest is in the midst of war, if something happens...", Xu Zan heard Zhu Houxi's words, and immediately stood up to express his opinion. It's just that he still didn't grasp the key point of Zhu Houxi: what he wanted was a method...

"I know it's not a good idea to move it, but do you expect how much grain to be produced in that small piece of land in the northwest? Otherwise, buy it locally. But can the food be cheap now? And how much money should it cost? Zhu Houxi was really angry at these ministers who were "corpse vegetarian meals". Usually, what he says is what, but the minister does not dare to intervene, but it is a good thing. But when things happen, they can't come up with ideas, so they're so anxious...

"Your Majesty, otherwise, some of the silver will be transferred by Zhai Peng, Zeng Mill and others in the past, and the rest will be transferred by them... They are in a hurry to obey the power, and they have been... Solve it by yourself...", Zhang Bi may feel that since he raised this problem, it is not good not to mention a countermeasure, so he held back for a long time to come up with such an idea.

"Allocate some silver? The rest will be left to its own devices? When Zhu Houxi heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, "Then how much money do you think is appropriate?" ”

"Huh?" , Zhang Bi heard Zhu Houxi's question, and couldn't help but play a small drum in his heart: How do I know how much to dial in the past, I am from the Ministry of Rites, and my major is not right...

"Then dial... 100,000 taels? ”

"One hundred thousand taels? Then what do you think I will add another 100,000 taels and let Zhai Peng directly answer and destroy the Tartar? ”

"Your Majesty forgive your sins, 100,000 taels is indeed too much... It's too much...", Zhang Bi naturally heard the ridicule in Zhu Houxi's words, and quickly vetoed his proposal just now, but he wondered in his heart: 100,000 taels is really not much, how much did you spend to build this hall, why did the military expenditure of 100,000 taels make you feel so distressed...

"Your Majesty, since it costs a lot to transfer grain, it's better to get grain locally..."Xu Zan saw that Zhang Bi was embarrassed, and was busy talking to the side.

"Dare to ask Lord Xu, the northwest is in the midst of war, what is the price of grain? What if the grain is taken locally and the profiteers raise the price of the grain for their own gain? You must know that a lot of the fertile land needed for the garrison has been destroyed...", Yan Song seemed to be inspired by Fang Cai's argument, and hurriedly jumped out.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to buy grain than to collect grain...", Yan Song is upright, with a righteous appearance, "Lord Xu just said well, take grain on the spot, but under special circumstances, you don't necessarily have to ask for silver to get food." Originally, the northwest frontier generals fought to protect those border people, and at this time, it was difficult for the country to produce some food, and it was also a matter of course..."

When Peng Yue heard Yan Song's crooked reasoning, he was really angry: as soon as he fought a war, he said that it was for the common people, and he asked people to pay this and that, what did the taxes that people usually pay do, and they fed the dogs?

But looking at Zhu Houxi again, he actually nodded in contemplation, obviously with approval. As soon as Peng Yue saw this formation, how could he pay it back, this is not nonsense, so Peng Yue planned to stand up and reason with Yan Song, but he didn't expect that before Peng Yue could perform, Zhai Luan had already taken the lead in standing up.

"Your Majesty, this move must not be, never allow!" , Zhai Luan's words were loud and clear, and he said it righteously and strictly, "Your Majesty, whenever there is a side matter, the people who suffer the most must be the people, their losses are already very serious, how can they put the burden on them again?" Moreover, when it comes to side affairs, we must take strict precautions against meticulous work, if some people hold a grudge because of the requisition of grain, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the local food consumption and circulation must also be taken into account..."

Zhai Luan is worthy of being a theoretical player, and his analysis is reasonable, and even Yan Song on the side can't find the words to refute it. Zhu Houxi was also persuaded by Zhai Luan and knew the drawbacks, but a more agreeable idea just appeared. was rejected again in an instant, and Zhu Houxi was really uncomfortable in his heart.

"It's not going to work either. That's not going to work, so what are you going to do? ”。 Zhu Houxi was distraught and became angry again.

"Your Majesty, the minister sees that the most important thing at this time is not food, but ordnance...", Zhai Luan also knew that it was his analysis just now that made Zhu Houyu angry, so he couldn't help but speak, so he had to analyze Zhu Houyu again, "In fact, the combat conditions are more difficult and bearable, but the Tartars are good at field warfare and siege." If the equipment is not good, it will be difficult to gain the upper hand in battle..."

"Lord Zhai doesn't pay attention to what he said...", Yan Song held his breath just now, and at this time he seized the loophole in Zhai Luan's words, of course he would not let it go easily, so before Zhai Luan finished speaking, he hurriedly retorted, "When marching and fighting, food is the most important thing." Many of those soldiers joined the army because of their poor family background, and if they were well fed during the battle, it would naturally stimulate their extraordinary fighting spirit, which was much more important than weapons and ordnance..."

"Lord Yan doesn't necessarily say it all, right?" Xu Zan has been severely pressed by him since Yan Song entered the cabinet, and he is naturally unhappy in his heart. Obviously, he entered the cabinet first, so he has been looking for an opportunity to vent his anger. "The Tartars are now not simply plundering, but are beginning to besiege the city. At this time, there was a problem with the amount of ordnance, how could it hold the city? On the contrary, the role of food is not so important, because they think about how to save their lives! ”

"Yes, the Tartar mobile combat is basically a life for money, but we have a lot more worries than the Tartars...", Zhang Bi and Xu Zan have the same feeling, at this time they naturally want to come out to help, "Since we have consumption, we must maximize the role of consumption, and the most important thing is not to let the Tartars get cheap from us, and the role of ordnance will naturally be shown at this time..."

"Are we just passive defense and can't take the initiative to attack?" , Yan Song is not to be outdone, anyway, he has entered the cabinet at this time, can he still be afraid of you two old guys? Therefore, Yan Song and Zhang Bi Xu Zan also seemed to blow their beards and stare at each other.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing!" , Zhu Houxi's voice was not loud, but one sentence made the entire hall quiet, "I asked you to think of a way, not to let you discuss the importance of food or ordnance." I've told you, it's all important, but now you have to think of ways to bring these things to the Northwest Battlefield! ”

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned: In fact, it is very easy to change to the northwest battlefield, you can do it with money, but now you are reluctant to give out money, and you have to have something, who knows what to do?

"Your Majesty, since the grain collection can't be achieved, it's better to borrow grain...", Peng Yue stood here and listened for a long time, and didn't find any inspiration from their words, so he had to use the method he had come up with, "There are quite a lot of big households in Jindi, and the grain reserves must be relatively rich, so it's better to borrow some military food from them first..."

"Master Peng, you are eating grain, and now you have borrowed a large amount of money from these merchants, don't you want to pay it back next year?" , Xu Zan and Peng Yue had no contradiction, but it didn't make much sense to hear him say, so he said, "Besides, Jin Shangsu is treacherous, they don't know what price their grain is sold at this time, how can we be fooled by this?" ”

"Lord Xu, how can it be considered cheaper than transferring food from elsewhere, right?" In fact, Peng Yue also knew that his method was not necessarily very clever, so he had not spoken for a long time just now, "Besides, we are borrowing grain, not buying grain, how can we let them sit on the ground and offer prices?" The grain borrowed will be collected by the military households in the following year and returned to them..."

"Master Peng, I'm afraid those Jin merchants are not willing to borrow it, right? After all, they hoarded so much grain just to make a lot of money, but if it was borrowed by the imperial court, they would be busy in vain...", Zhang Bizu was in business, so he was still relatively clear about the losses suffered by merchants in this kind of thing.

"Master Zhang, you yourself said that they just make a small profit, and they won't lose much, can you let those businessmen make a fortune at this time?" , Peng Yue also knew that he was a little immoral in doing this, but there was really no way, if he let those Jin merchants know, he would have to break his backbone.

"But... Your Majesty, considering that the amount of grain borrowed this time should not be small, and the military households will also be under pressure to repay it in the coming year, so the minister implores the emperor to allocate a small part of the silver taels to make up for the difference in the price of the Jin merchants...", Peng Yue always felt that his conscience was a little indebted, after all, it was not easy for those businessmen to make this money to some extent, and it was still possible to make up for some of it, besides, using the government's coercive force to borrow grain, God knows that those Jin Chamber of Commerce will not really make a loss, after all, he is also a businessman, and he knows the hard work...

"Master Peng, aren't you afraid of arousing the dissatisfaction of these Jin merchants and forcing them to contact the Tartars?"

"There is no need to worry about this, those businessmen have a big business and have a lot of worries, how can they do such a foolish thing for the sake of a momentary anger?" , Peng Yue said with a smile, "Besides, it's not easy to keep an eye on most of the people, isn't it easy to keep an eye on a few businessmen?" ”

Zhu Houyu listened to it for a long time, originally Peng Yue was not a good idea, but after a few old men blushing and arguing for a long time, and finally came up with a way, Zhu Houyu was impatient for a long time. Now that he heard such a feasible idea, Zhu Houxi naturally no longer cared about whether it was the best plan or not.

"Okay, just according to Peng Aiqing's words...", Zhu Houxi waved his hand and made a decision, "In addition, give them another 20,000 taels of silver in case of emergency, this is always okay, right?" ”

"Twenty thousand taels?" , Peng Yue was deflated, 20,000 taels is 20,000 taels, it's better than nothing, "Your Majesty Shengming..."

"Your Majesty, the ordnance... What to do? Xu Zan saw that Zhu Houxi's face was a little pale, so he raised this difficult question again.

"It's... This...", Zhu Houxi hesitated for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Peng Yue.

"Your Majesty, the Ordnance Institute has recently produced a lot of ordnance, and the minister suggested that the Jizhou soldiers should escort them to Datong, they are both border guards, and those Jizhou soldiers can be used as a reinforcement force to station in Datong to make up for the lack of troops..."

"Master Peng, some of the Jizhou soldiers will be transferred to Datong, then the Gyeonggi Portal...", of course, Xu Zan's question, Zhu Houxi, who was sitting on it, was also very concerned, it didn't matter if Datong had a problem, the capital couldn't suffer...

"Lord Xu, the Jizhou defenders will not be transferred much, it's just a team of transported people, as long as they don't go on the sideline, they can ensure safety, so the number of people drawn is very small, if you are not at ease, then recruit more Jizhou defenders, this shouldn't be difficult, right?" , Of course, Peng Yue's words were ostensibly for Xu Zan, but in fact, he was said to Zhu Houxi, who was slightly skeptical.

"Everything is according to what Peng Aiqing said...", Zhu Houxi didn't take into account Peng Yue's method at this time, but it was actually a bit of "tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall", "Another 10,000 taels will be transferred to the Jizhou garrison, and the rest will be uniformly dispatched by Zhai Peng..." )