Wang Sunluo, who is quite upright, saw this situation, his nose was almost crooked, and the group of people in the court were simply more shameless than the other. This is not a court meeting, but a shameless meeting.

The husband coughed and said proudly: "Well, the widow summoned you doctors today to straighten out the soldiers and horses and prepare for the war next year!" I wonder what you guys think? ”

When Bo Yao heard this, his eyes and eyebrows immediately jumped, although Fucha did not say that he would start a war against that country, but there was no doubt that it was the Han country. However, Bo Yao knew that it was the general trend at the moment, and it was useless to oppose it, and in the entire court, Bo Yao seemed a little silent.

For this reason, the husband also asked with concern: "Dazai, is there anything wrong with your body?" ”

Bo Yaqiang smiled: "Thank you for your concern, maybe I didn't cover the quilt last night, and I caught a little cold!" ”

The husband almost nodded, and said with concern: "Then Dazai will go back to the house to rest first!" Come and summon the palace medicine craftsman to treat Dazai! ”

"King Xie!" Bo Yao said absent-mindedly thanks. Although the husband sensed that something was wrong with Bo Yao, he only said that Bo Yao was sick, and did not think about it.

Bo Yao, who returned to the mansion, thought about it left and right, and felt that this matter was not good, and Yang Zilu had to be notified, otherwise Yang Zilu would expose my betrayal, wouldn't I have to give my husband a car split? Of course, there is also Yang Zilu's financial encouragement, such as this time Bo Yao instigated the doctor to ask for their money, Bo Yao is the same as these doctors on the surface, but in fact Yang Zilu just buried Bo Ya's wealth outside Gusu City.

In addition, every time Yang Zilu sends a message, Yang Zilu will also give Bo Ya money, which can be regarded as a purchase. Otherwise, blind oppression will only make Bo Yao, a corrupt official, come to a dead end, which will not be good. This also made Bo Ya's loyalty to Wu Guo shaken again.

Bo Yao gritted his teeth and instructed his subordinates: "Prepare the car and go to the tavern on East Street!" ”

When the subordinate heard this, he responded, but couldn't help but be strange. This tavern is a relatively low-level tavern, how can the owner go to such a place to drink? But he was strange, but he knew his identity, so he didn't dare to ask anything, and he didn't dare to say more, so he honestly went down to arrange the carriage.

………… Because the news sent by Bo Yao was important, the station used carrier pigeons to deliver it. However, for most of the day, at the evening when Wu held a court meeting that day, Yang Zilu received the news.

Yang Zilu immediately felt a little tricky, he was not afraid of starting a war, and now the standing army in the Han Kingdom has reached 18,000 people. In the village, all the strong men received two months of military training in winter. It may not be possible to fight, but it is still no problem to recruit tens of thousands of people from here to defend the city.

And the Wu State at this moment is not the Wu State that had 100,000 armor at the beginning, and the current Wu State has about 60,000 armor at most, and the soldiers that can be sent are probably between 20,000 and 30,000 in addition to the garrisons in various places. Although the strength of the Han State was less, the combat effectiveness of the Han army was higher than that of the Wu army, especially the cavalry.

With the 6,000 war horses that Wu had as part of the ransom, Yang Zilu once again formed 4,000 cavalry, and among these 4,000 cavalry, 2,000 cavalry were one man and two horses, which had very strong mobility. Whether it is harassment behind enemy lines or long-distance raids, it can be competent.

It's just that once the war starts, it will undoubtedly ignite the war on the north bank of Zhejiang, that is, in the territory of the Han Kingdom, which makes Yang Zilu can't help but regret why he is greedy for the land of Wu State! If you don't want the land of Wu, then the war can break out in the territory of Wu.

But then again, with the fertile land south of Gusu City, the Han State also had a lot more taxes. Compared with going to war, it is obvious that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, but Yang Zilu is smooth sailing, and he is too perfect for perfection, which causes his entanglement.

When Yang Zilu was in a dilemma, Remnant Zhu suggested to Yang Zilu: "Lord, why don't you rush the doctor to discuss?" ”

Yang Zilu patted his head and suddenly realized: "If you don't say it, I almost forgot, but there is no need to call all the doctors to discuss." Just let Zigong and Kan Pingtian come! ”

Remnant Zhu asked suspiciously, "Why didn't the Lord look for Dr. Houxiong?" Dr. Houxiong is resourceful and should be able to give you a lot of help and hints from the Lord! ”

Yang Zilu shook his head and said: "Hou Xiong is a barbarian, and he is resourceful on the battlefield. But in terms of conspiracy, it is nine out of ten tricks! ”

"What do you mean?" Remnant Zhu asked suspiciously.

"I don't know anything!" Yang Zilu scolded angrily: "Do you see how Houxiong does him?" is proud and swaggering, but there are few friends. Every three or four days, this guy must have to give a copy of the Imperial Ginseng. The Manchu Dynasty doctor is also so hated by the imperial history! If you become a right Sima, you won't be low-key! ”

Remnant Zhu smiled sneeringly, didn't dare to say much about Houxiong, and said to Yang Zilu: "The minister will go down to summon Doctor Zigong and Xiangguo." ”

Yang Zilu nodded, ignored the remnants of the bamboo, and continued to deal with the twists and turns. There are not many twists and turns on Yang Zilu's table, but it is not that the Han Kingdom does not have many things, and it is not that Yang Zilu does not control power.

Instead, according to factors such as the urgency of the matter and the important surname, Yang Zilu separated the epidermis of the fold into red, yellow, gray and yellow, and white. Red means the most important, yellow is quite important, gray and yellow means that there is a certain weight, and white means that there is no problem with later treatment.

Under normal circumstances, Yang Zilu only deals with the red folds, while the yellow folds are discussed by the cabinet formed by Kan Pingtian and then submitted to Yang Zilu for approval. Of course, Yang Zilu did not pay attention to the gray and yellow and white twists and turns, Yang Zilu arranged for Confucius, organized a group of disciples, about 20 people, to check whether there was any unreasonable in these twists and turns. If it is unreasonable, consult with the cabinet, and if it can't be negotiated, it will be decided by Yang Zilu.

And the most important thing is that the twists and turns of the red skin are usually emergencies at the border, disasters in a certain place, and man-made rebellions in a certain place. And these things naturally did not appear in the Han Kingdom, and over the years, the Han Kingdom has been relatively smooth, so Yang Zilu has so few twists and turns. Because he only needed to briefly review the yellow leather folds, Yang Zilu immediately disposed of the folds on the table. At this time, Zigong and Kan Pingtian were late.

Yang Zilu glanced at Zigong and Kan Pingtian, frowned slightly, and asked, "What's wrong?" Arrived so late? ”

Kan Pingtian and Zigong saluted Yang Zilu, Kan Pingtian stood and replied: "Lord, it was Goujian that guy who did something, and just now the minister and Doctor Zigong came late to discuss this matter!" ”

"What happened?" Yang Zilu asked curiously, he didn't know what else Gou Jian had done. Although there are 10,000 people who followed Gou Jian to Chu State, after finally arriving in Chu State, there are only more than 8,000 people left. Some of these people got lost along the way, or died of illness and were attacked by fierce beasts. But a significant number of them also escaped.

After arriving in the state of Chu, although Ling Yin Zixi gave Gou Jian a piece of land, there was also the population of this land. But the current population of Yue is about 20,000 people, less than 30,000. Moreover, it is necessary to support a gentleman's army of 3,000 people, and the financial pressure of the Yue country can be imagined. Even according to the report of the interstation, Gou Jian's carriage could not make up four horses of the same color, which was a very shameful thing among the nobles.

After all, what kind of place you live may not be known to others, but the carriage you are in is out for people to see. Ordinary people can see that if the nobles make friends with such a person, then it is obvious that they will feel very faceless, and they will naturally alienate him. Of course, although Gou Jian naturally could not be alienated by the nobles of the Yue Kingdom, it can also be seen how embarrassed the finances of the Yue Kingdom were. Yang Zilu really couldn't imagine that Gou Jian could do anything at this time.

Kan Pingtian smiled bitterly: "Gou Jian is working on Haiyan, and the minister is estimated to be Fan Li's ploy!" ”

"What's wrong? We don't want to be self-sufficient in Haiyan, and we also sell a lot of around, and Gou Jian is also limited to me here? Yang Zilu didn't react for a while, and thought it was Gou Jian's trick last time.

"Lord, it's not so! Gou Jian changed the salt tax from the original three out of ten to fifteen out of ten, and the original ten dollars a bucket of salt was forcibly raised to fifty yuan to see the capital preservation. The people of Chu naturally couldn't afford such a high price of sea salt, so they naturally bought sea salt from Wu and Bashu instead. In this way, the country of Yue is equivalent to cutting off our salt road! And because of this, the minister asked Dr. Zigong to discuss. Kan Pingtian smiled bitterly.

Yang Zilu nodded when he heard this, Zigong is the doctor of Sijin, to put it bluntly, it is the combination of the first leader of the state-owned enterprise and the minister of commerce, the royal merchants of the Han State, the mint, the mines, the salt works, and the commercial taxes in various places, all of which are under the management of Zigong.

Yang Zilu asked Zigong: "Zigong, have you thought of a solution?" ”

Zigong shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Gou Jian's plan is quite insidious, and there is only one road from my Han State to Chu State, and smuggling sea salt has little effect, and there are only two ways that the minister can think of, but neither of them seems to be very feasible." One is to attack the Yue country. The second is to ask Zixi to give Gou Jian an order to reduce the tax rate. ”

Yang Zilu shook his head and said, "Your two methods are really not feasible. You can't attack the country! It's not that the Yue State can't be destroyed, and now the Yue State is already a vassal state of the Chu State. The geographical location of Yue is quite important. If we attack the Yue State, the Chu State will definitely not sit idly by, and in this way, we will not only not be able to destroy the Yue State, but also make enemies with the Chu State. As for the second one, it is impossible, Yin Zixi, the commander of the Chu State, has long wanted to restrict the development of my Han State, and it is a waste for the widow to send an envoy, Zixi will only be with the mud in this regard, and will not put pressure on Gou Jian at all, and even hint that the surname will encourage Gou Jian to do so. ”

(To be continued)