Taira Tadashi and Minamoto Weiyi did not expect that they would see the well-dressed elites of Beijing who had come to meet and were discussing a matter that would determine the fate of Japan. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

They can't imagine how much power these gentlemen, clear customers, and wealthy businessmen can have behind them.

Four days later, a great controversy began at the court meeting.

A petty official of the household department came forward and claimed that he had received a complaint from a legitimate merchant in the Great Song Dynasty that Japan had seized his merchant ships and robbed him of his goods, acting like a pirate, and that he himself had obeyed the law and had fully paid his commercial taxes, both in Japan and in the Great Song Dynasty. Suffering from this unwarranted disaster, it was really pitiful, and asked the Great Song Dynasty court to avenge its grievances.

Because the incident happened in Japan, it is still a question whether Da Song should come forward or not. Few officials think that this matter is that the people of Diao went to sea to act as profiteers without authorization, and such people should not only not be sheltered, but should also be shackled to show the public. As soon as these words came out, the officials were attacked by a group, at this time the Great Song Dynasty had just achieved a decisive victory over Xia militarily, and a great victory over Liao in diplomacy, and there were people from Dali and Zhenla Yuan to come to the court.

Zhao Ji himself made a final decision: all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, whether at home or abroad, have the right to govern all grievances.

The next step was to discuss how to fight for the interests of the merchant, and a waiter from the Ministry of Rites said that he would send someone to negotiate, make a petition, and order Japan to make amends. He also patted his chest and said that he was willing to be an envoy and go to Whale Wave to Japan. The rest of the officials have their own opinions, and some people say that the villain is afraid of power but not virtue, and only sends envoys, which cannot solve the problem, and must be backed by warships and force.

As a result, some people refuted it, saying that Japan was far overseas, it was not easy to use troops, and it was dangerous to be belligerent, and the Great Song Dynasty had only experienced the battle with Xia, and had lost a lot of soldiers, and was waiting to recuperate and replenish, so it was not appropriate to start a war with Japan at this time.

Arguing back and forth, the two sides were evenly matched, and Cai Jing, who had not spoken, coughed lightly at this time.

The previous dispute was only at the level of the squire, and the real bigwigs in the DPRK did not fight in person, and at this moment, Cai Jing said that he wanted to speak, and those who wanted to obstruct him on this issue immediately began to prepare, or move their tongues, or tap their teeth, looking ready to start a war.

But Cai Jing's words made these bigwigs prepare for work in vain.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, the old minister thinks that the grain and grass are nothing more than money, and when it comes to money, who can compare to Zhou Zhou Quan who knows this way? Why didn't Your Majesty ask Zhou Quan what strategy he had to solve this situation. ”

Zhou Quan is also in the train, but he is an official from the fifth grade, although it is not small to get outside, but here, he stands relatively backward.

Zhao Ji asked him to come out to deal with it, and he strode out, because he was extremely young, and he didn't even have a beard, and he saw that those white-haired high-ranking officials were jealous.

But everyone knows that this person's official taste is all earned by his own hard work, and envy is envy, but no one is unconvinced.

"The minister has a strategy, which can solve the worry of money and food. His Majesty can calculate the cost of the war, issue war bonds, borrow from officials and people at all levels, and then correspond to the list of spoils, and those who are willing to buy imperial court bonds to bear the cost of the war can get the corresponding spoils after the war. Naturally, the imperial court should also keep enough directly under the imperial court, so that tens of millions of military funds can be collected overnight, and even tens of thousands of yuan can be obtained. Zhou Quan said with a smile on his face.

Tens of millions, tens of thousands, of numbers spit out of his mouth, and there was a breath-holding sound around him.

This year, the financial situation of the Great Song Dynasty has not yet come out, but because of the victory in the Western Xia War, the success of the apportionment into the mu, the reform of gold, silver and copper circles, and many other factors, it is estimated that the financial revenue of the Great Song Dynasty will reach an unprecedented 20,000,000 yuan.

But with so much money, to raise officials and soldiers, to build bridges and pave roads, to provide relief and disaster relief, the court can really have a surplus of several millions, and everyone can laugh and say that it has been a rich year.

And the figure Zhou Quan said, at least, is worth one-fifth of the revenue of the Great Song Dynasty's treasury, and it can reach half at most!

As soon as they heard that such a huge amount of money could be raised through war bonds, many people's minds were enlivened, perhaps...... Is this really feasible, and even a precedent for similar things in the future?

Of course, Zhou Quan understood what these people thought, and at the same time, he secretly sneered in his heart.

Hugh thought that the people's money was so easy to borrow, and that the war bond was because he was sure of victory, and even if the military was not good for a while, he could settle the account with the proceeds of the flow.

But what about a different place?

With the virtue of Zhao Ji's major Song bureaucrats, they found that they could scavenge wealth from the people in the form of bonds, and they would be able to endure it? Once or twice, they can afford it, if they miss once, they can't afford to pay it back, they will inevitably pay the debt, and the people may have cobbled together the bonds they borrowed money to buy, and suddenly they become a piece of waste paper, how will the people react?

These people are not the old rural women scattered in the poor countryside, but the citizen class gathered in the city! The city scoundrel who usually dares to call himself "not afraid of Jing Zhaoyin and not afraid of King Yama in life" will definitely take this opportunity to incite trouble and smash and rob himself, and at that time, I am afraid that this imperial capital with a population of 2 million will become a crater!

Of course, that was for the future, and Zhou Quan was just adding fuel to the fire at this time.

After Zhou Quan confirmed that war funds could be raised through war bonds, the progress of the discussion was accelerated.

The ministers who had reservations about starting a war also began to be inclined to support, and seeing that everyone was turning one after another, one person came out at this time: "The minister thinks that Japan was not originally a vassal of our country, and the labor expedition is afraid that there will be worries, but I can slowly figure it out, and after the destruction of Liao, I will make a theory." ”

By this time, there were still people who opposed the conquest of Japan, and this person was really a maverick, and everyone looked sideways. Zhou Quan also looked at him with some surprise, only to see that this person was blond and blue-eyed, with a face like a crown of jade, eyes like electricity, a dignified appearance, and a minister's demeanor.

It turned out to be Wang Huang!

Zhou Quan recognized this person, he originally relied on He Zhizhong to make his fortune, and later took refuge in Cai Jing, and also contributed a lot in Cai Jing's restoration, and then in order to make Cai Jing alone, he attacked He Zhizhong and attacked his own master. Cai Jing promoted him very much, and in just two years, he was promoted from the school secretary to the imperial history Zhongcheng, and even the household department Shangshu, in charge of the world's finances, which cannot be said to be credit.

But at this moment, he came out to contradict him!

Everyone was very surprised, and in the hall, there was a moment of silence.

Cai Jing stroked his beard lightly, did not look at Wang Huang, the rest of the courtiers, I don't know if Wang Huang was instructed by him to lead the snake out of the hole, no one followed up, after a while, a small official came out and said: "Liao is a big country, and the war against Liao is a war to destroy the country, so you can't rush it, besides, I am in Liao, and I have the advantage of the city, so I can't be cautious!" ”

This is nonsense, but Wang Hao didn't continue to argue, but just handed over to Zhao Ji: "The stakes are very high, begging for holy judgment!" ”

As soon as the words "Fu Qi Holy Cut" came out, Cai Jing's hand trembled and he twisted off a beard.

He understood what this king meant.

Cai Jing and Zhou Quan joined forces, and they were too powerful in the court, and they could almost be said to be arrogant, and even when there was a war against Japan, the two of them could join forces to implement it strongly.

Doesn't this mean that Zhao Ji's power as the emperor has been weakened!

Wang Hao is actually reminding Zhao Ji that he must pay attention to controlling the power of the prime minister, and support another faction of figures, so that he can contain Cai Jing in the court!

Cai Jing's eyes flashed slightly, and the corner of his eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the court. Only Wang Hao himself should not have such confidence, his qualifications are still shallow, even if Zhao Ji wants to support, it is not a matter of three or two days. Behind him, there must be a certain bigwig in the court who is exerting his strength.

What is the problem?

He Zhizhong's qualifications and prestige are enough, but he is not younger than Cai Jing, and his body is not as good as Cai Jing. Therefore, it cannot be He Zhizhong.

Hou Meng?

Hou Meng, who used to be a Chinese scholar and a scholar Zuocheng, won Zhao Ji's trust and was quite useful, and Cai Jing got the news that Hou Meng seemed to have Zhao Ji's secret order to secretly spy on Cai Jing's behavior. It's just that the relationship between Hou Meng and Wang Hao is not harmonious, does Wang Hao need to charge for him?

Know Deng Xunwu of the Privy Council? Or is it someone else?

Soon, Cai Jing's gaze stopped on Zheng Juzhong, thinking about it, only this person was the most suspicious.

Cai Jing pondered the ministers and colleagues, who was secretly firing arrows at him, and at the same time as he sent Wang Hao to come, someone naturally came out to deal with Wang Hao.

He Zhizhong trembled and walked out: "Your Majesty, Wang Huang villain, no plan and no courage, the so-called Xu Tu's strategy is just a move to delay, and now His Majesty's prestige is all over the world, and the strength of the Great Song Dynasty is so strong that it is far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the small country of Japan has repeatedly insulted me, and I must not be punished!" ”

Whether or not to cut down Japan is not an important matter in He Zhizhong's opinion, but taking this opportunity to scold Wang Hao can make his old man breathe a sigh of relief. Originally, he single-handedly promoted Wang Huang, but in order to pat Cai Jing's sycophants and let Cai Jing be alone, he actually fabricated his 25 crimes, which was five more than the 20 charges listed by Shi Gongbi, Chen Chaolao and others to Cai Jing!

Zhao Ji nodded slightly: "What He Gong said is good, Japan must not go unpunished!" ”

He is frivolous, and of course he is also very careful to monopolize power, but now what makes him feel more urgent is to teach Japan a hard lesson, and he is almost ashamed of being cuckolded.

With Zhao Ji's words, the forces of the DPRK and China suddenly flocked to Japan and scolded Japan one after another. Cai Jing sat firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, but with triangular eyes, a cold light occasionally flashed.

In fact, he himself is not very keen on the matter of attacking Japan, even if Cai You and Cai Xing persuade him to support Zhou Quan, he also has reservations. The matter of the war bond made him more vigilant, but now it seems that the influence of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce in the DPRK is very great, and even if he personally wants to stop this, it is impossible.

There are a lot of opponents to deal with...... (To be continued.) )