"Ladies and gentlemen, since the marriage with Silla has been decided, then I plan to choose an auspicious day to conquer Goguryeo!" Li Shimin said at an internal meeting.

What the? Everyone was shocked by the news, because they didn't expect Li Shimin to say that. Although the so-called absurd marriage with Silla before let everyone know that Li Shimin wanted to conquer Goguryeo, but now I didn't expect Li Shimin to be so anxious. Li Shimin was also too anxious about this matter, after all, although he married Silla, everyone thought that the conquest of Goguryeo would have to wait for a few years to ten years, rather than immediately conquest of Goguryeo.

In fact, no one has the courage to have an opinion on the conquest of Goguryeo. Even, even the rotten Confucian Kong Yingda, who was most opposed to the war, would not have any opinions. Because the Sui Dynasty lost millions of troops in Goguryeo, and these are all Chinese children, who can erase this grudge. Millions, if you follow the population of the Sui Dynasty at that time, that is one-thirtieth of the population. If you follow this ratio, it is almost related to the people of the whole country. In other words, everyone has a distant relative or friend who died in Goguryeo, which is simply unbearable. Although Kong Yingda does not support war, he supports revenge. Even those rotten Confucians knew that if they opposed the war against Goguryeo, they would probably be scolded to death. Therefore, this is already a complete fusion of national hatred and family hatred, and whoever opposes it will die!

Therefore, Goguryeo must perish, this is the responsibility of the Tang Dynasty, inherited from the Sui Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty will never be able to live in peace with Goguryeo, and both sides will inevitably perish. However, although war will break out sooner or later, everyone must seriously consider the specific time of its outbreak. At least we have to wait until the army is ready, and the logistics are ready, and all kinds of ordnance, food, grass, and the people's hearts are ready! But now Li Shimin is about to do it, which is simply unacceptable to them.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have no objection to the conquest of Goguryeo. But that will have to wait until the conditions are better! Now, we don't have the corresponding conditions, so please think twice. Fang Xuanling said.

And Du Ruhui immediately continued: "Your Majesty, now that my treasury of the Tang Dynasty is so empty that it can run mice, where can any soldiers take the soldiers out?" ”

Then, as the leader of the military, Li Jing also said: "Your Majesty, although the minister is very supportive of the conquest of Goguryeo, if the ordnance, grain, grass and various materials are not available, the minister will not agree to send soldiers to his own death!" Goguryeo is also not easy to fight. If Goguryeo was easy to fight, it would not have allowed the Sui Dynasty to conquer three times without success. Therefore, the Goguryeo ministers thought that they should still be cautious, and if there was not enough ordnance, grain and grass, the ministers would not have the confidence to be able to defeat them. ”

Li Jing is also very reasonable, although Goguryeo was able to repel the three attacks of the Sui Dynasty, there is also shit luck in it. But putting aside the element of shit luck, it also shows that they also have strength. If there is no strength, then Goguryeo will not be able to hold on, after all, God favors those who are prepared. This actually makes a lot of sense. If Goguryeo didn't have some ability of its own, they wouldn't have had this chance of shit luck and would have been wiped out a long time ago. Therefore, although Li Jing supported the conquest of Goguryeo, the prerequisite was that there was a sufficient material foundation. If there is not enough material foundation, then Li Jing will also refuse to send troops.

"Your Majesty, if you don't have enough ordnance, food and grass, the minister will also use the power of the province. Reject the emperor's edict! Wei Zheng also said politely.

The officials present also objected, apparently not yet a condition. And Li Shimin also saw that now these people are opposed. That's because there is no money. The treasury of the Tang Dynasty was tossed by Jingwen and was able to run mice, and at this time it was not capable of conquering Goguryeo. Originally, in history, it was only for 17 years of Zhenguan that he would have the opportunity to conquer Goguryeo, and that time Li Shimin still had a pot of raw rice. In the original history, Li Shimin was not able to really destroy Goguryeo, which is also an indisputable fact, and this is also a rare defeat in Li Shimin's life.

Therefore, Goguryeo is not easy to fight, and if you want to fight Goguryeo, then I am afraid you must be well prepared. But now there is no shortage of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, but there is a lack of sufficient funds to support the war. After all, the army's ordinary training and the state of war are not the same state at all. The consumption of the state of war is much more than that of the training stage, and the consumption of grain and grass is also a lot. As for those firearms and cannons, they are all massively the same consumption, which is completely different from peacetime. So if you don't have any reserves, it's really impossible to start a war.

"Do you mean that if you don't have enough financial resources, you won't support me in crusading against Goguryeo?" Li Shimin asked.

"Yes!" Everyone said together.

And Jing Wen, who had been silent next to him, saw this situation, and also sighed a little in his heart, now it seems that it is really difficult to kill the emperor for a penny. Now the emperor wants to do anything, but he can't do it because he doesn't have money, so he can't do it if he wants to fight Goguryeo.

Although the crusade against Goguryeo is a righteous war that is correct, but looking at the current situation, Datang does not have the corresponding financial foundation at all. Fighting is all about money, not about generals and soldiers, and if there is not enough financial resources, then generals and soldiers are not useful. And it wasn't until Jingwen invented cannons and firearms that this situation was more reflected. If you don't have enough financial resources, you won't have firearms and shells, and fighting a war will be a very headache. If there is no money, then the fight against Goguryeo will probably have to be put on hold for the time being.

And Li Shimin began to ponder for a long time, and obviously didn't come up with any good way, so he had to shake his head. And everyone also thinks that Li Shimin has given up this idea for the time being, after all, no one can conjure up money out of thin air, because the current money is all gold, silver and copper physical currency, not like the money printing machine in later generations, as soon as it starts, there will be a lot of money immediately. However, even if it is the money printing machine of later generations, it is impossible for the country to print money arbitrarily without principle, otherwise the country's economy will collapse.

"Your Majesty, can the ministers leave?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"Jingwen stays, you can go!" Li Shimin replied.

And Jing Wen was speechless in his heart, this Li Shimin actually left himself, is there anything to do by himself? (To be continued......)