Yelu Shuogu naturally didn't know how difficult it was to form this 100,000 new army, as far as firearms and other equipment were concerned, all the stocks of the Ming State Armory Workshop had been exhausted, although Baili Wuji Shuang ordered a few new large armory workshops, but once the 100,000 army started the war, the production would be on the same level as the consumption, if such a 100,000 army was to be formed, I am afraid that all the national strength of the Ming State would be exhausted.

Baili Wuji didn't want to form a new army, he thought in his heart that just these 100,000 new troops were enough to sweep the world.

Yelu Shuogu was sent to Taiyuan by a secret order of Baili Wuji, and at the same time ordered Yang Ye to arrange for Yelu Shuogu's more than 10,000 Liao troops to carry out a "fake breakthrough" to create the illusion that Yelu Shuogu was not captured.

Yelu Shuogu took this opportunity to enter the territory of Tibet in the west, and then turned north, passing through the territory of Zhubu, and embarked on the road back to Shangjing.

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Baili Wuji obviously did not expect that the Ming Pao "interview" arranged by himself would bring such a big coaxing effect.

For a while, not only the students of the two universities were boiling, but even the streets and alleys of the states and counties of the Ming Kingdom were also singing Jiang Yansi's words, as if he had become the second in Bian Hao.

Everyone was full of blood, and they only saw the brilliance of Jiang Yansi's rise from a first-order student to a fourth-rank general, but no one paid attention to how many people's lives and blood were under the brilliance.

One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither.......

Baili Wuji doesn't want to pour cold water on the heads of the hot-blooded people, he needs the boiling of the Ming Kingdom, which is more direct and effective than the national mobilization into a state of war, and it will not hurt the national strength too much. It is always more effective for the people to voluntarily than to be coerced by the court.

Baili Wuji sighed that the emperor was facing war. Sometimes what can be done is far less than a leading general.

At least there is no need to worry about war materials, logistics supplies, and mobilization of the people, and in the hard-to-face battle with the behemoth of Liao, Baili Wuji feels the coolness behind it. This is a contest for the survival of the Han nation.

And this is one of them. Zhou Guo Chai Rong was even more exhausted.

The year-long war stretched the Zhou court beyond its means.

More than 200,000 troops participated in the war, and more than 80,000 soldiers of the Zhou army were killed.

The treasury is indeed out of money, and now that the courtiers have temporarily stopped distributing Yulu, Chai Rong is still grateful for Guo Wei's accumulation when he was alive. If it weren't for Guo Wei's three years of accumulation, Zhou Guo would not have been able to persist in this battle.

And without the strong support of Ming Guo behind him, Chai Rong would definitely not be able to persevere.

That is, this year's persistence. The Zhou army withstood the offensive of the Liao army, stabilized the battle line from north to south, and stabilized it on the line of Yin, Ning, and Fengxiangfu, although it lost more than ten states. But it can withstand such a large-scale attack of the Liao army. Chai Rong still felt satisfied, which gave him the capital to use his strategy in the court.

But the national strength is weak, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, Chai Rong can no longer be cheeky to ask for support from Baili Wuji, this year, Zhou Guo got grain, grass, ordnance and materials from Ming Guo made Zhou State owe Ming State 30 million taels of silver.

Originally, Chai Rong could also ask Baili Wuji for assistance under the pretext of Zhou State's unilateral battle, but now that Ming Guo fought this battle near Shengzhou to support Zhou Guofuzhou, Chai Rong completely lost the courage to speak.

The Ming State used three armies in this battle. More than 70,000 people, defeated the Liao army of 60,000 people. The feats are not insignificant. But the losses were not unheavy, and the Fourth Army was almost completely annihilated.

This battle caused Chai Rong to lose the capital he relied on to be proud of, and even completely offset the exploits of Zhou Guo in withstanding the Liao army in the past year.

It also made the rumors that the Ming State let the Zhou State be a shield, and the rumors that the Ming Kingdom himself was hiding behind were swept away.

Chai Rong was very helpless, this day had to go on, and this battle had to go on, but Zhou Guo was indeed exhausted.

At this difficult moment, Zhou Guozuo advised the doctor, and knew that Wang Pu, the governor of Kaifeng, gave Chai Rong a note, and he came up with an immediate way to get money, "destroy the Buddha".

After Chai Rong read it carefully, he specially called Wang Pu to interpret it carefully.

"I often think about the strategy to achieve the great rule, but I don't get the essentials of it, and I can't forget it when I sleep and eat. However, now that the Khitan army is coming, I don't have time to rule at all, and the treasury is poor, I am deeply touched by Aiqing's strategy, but there are some details, and I want to ask Aiqing's meaning. ”

"Your Majesty, please ask, the minister knows everything."

"When Tang Wuzong destroyed the Buddha, he injured thousands of lives, although I agree with the intention of stopping the Buddha, but I have no intention of killing, I want to ask Aiqing if there is a good plan?"

"Your Majesty, when Tang Wuzong destroyed Buddhism, the reason was that the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism were overthrown, and there was also the intention of eradicating dissidents. And His Majesty's destruction of Buddha is for the sake of Zhou Guosheji, which cannot be said in the same day. Regarding the implementation of this decree, the minister thought that His Majesty only forbade the common people not to be ordained privately, and stipulated that only a few large prefectures in the country such as Kaifeng, Daimyo, Jingzhao and other prefectures could set up ordained Buddhist altars, how to achieve the goal of returning monks to laypeople, increasing the number of taxpayers, and enhancing national strength, and not to cause a lot of bloodshed like in the Tang Wuzong period. ”

Chai Rong nodded and said, "In this way, this matter will be handed over to Aiqing to deal with." ”

Wang Pu Shili said: "Minister, the order." ”

Chai Rong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but the embarrassment of the treasury was like a stone grinding machine in his heart.

"Aiqing has any other good way to enrich the treasury?"

"It's ......." Although Wang Pu had a plan in his heart, this matter was very related, and he didn't know whether it would harm the future of Zhou Guo, so he didn't dare to explain it to Chai Rong.

When Chai Rong saw Wang Pu's stumbling appearance, he knew that Wang Pu had an idea in his heart, and he was in a hurry, so he urged: "Aiqing said quickly, Zhou Guo has reached the point where he can't issue the minister's money, what else can't be done?" ”

Wang Pu pondered, and cautiously probed: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask for help from the Ming Kingdom?" ”

When Chai Rong heard that Wang Pu was actually this idea, he was disappointed in his heart, and said: "I have already thought about this matter, originally only the Zhou State was fighting against the Liao army, and I could also ask the Ming State for help, but now that the Ming and Liao have been at war, in such a situation, the Ming State itself is also afraid that the food, grass and ordnance are insufficient, so how can I open this mouth?" ”

Wang Pudao: "What the emperor said is very true, but the Ming State has been founded for more than ten years, and the national strength is strong, so it is not too embarrassing, and the emperor's worries are indeed difficult." However, I heard that in previous years, the Ming court sent an envoy to the Zhou State to request the general Ming gold and silver bills, but the emperor refused, and the minister thought that if the general gold and silver bills were used as a condition to ask the Ming State for help, it should not be refused. However, this matter is related to the future of the Zhou Kingdom, and I hope that His Majesty will think twice. (To be continued......)