687, the country of hypocrites (I)
Jingwen came out to answer, but the first sentence was something that everyone didn't understand. Everyone doesn't understand what a second force is and what IQ is, but everyone understands that this sentence is not a good word. And how Jingwen answered next, this is related to Datang's face. Blackmailing the subject country, this is a great shame for Datang, because this is related to the honor of Datang. Although Jingwen doesn't care much about this honor, someone cares! Many officials in China are guilty of saving face, and this problem has been very strict even in later generations. Therefore, things that have a bearing on the country's face are all major matters, and everyone dare not take them lightly.
"Since you are very concerned about this matter, I would like to introduce you to the contents of this treaty." Jingwen said.
"First, Tuyuhun often invades my Datang border and causes a lot of losses to the people on my Datang border, so naturally I have to compensate for this, right? I've never heard of someone who kills someone else, and steals something without compensation. If there is no need for compensation, then is there justice in this world? ”
Those civil officials can't refute this, because you will naturally have to compensate for your aggression. And usually those civil officials subconsciously say that they are the superior country of the Celestial Empire, and they can completely ignore the compensation of those countries. And isn't this dumb loss borne by the people themselves? However, what Jingwen said involves justice and justice, and they can't refute it! If they openly say that they killed someone and did not need to pay compensation for stealing something, then isn't this encouraging themselves to commit crimes? If so, the consequences cannot be accepted by them.
"It's to be compensated, otherwise what will happen!" Wei Zheng also spoke first.
"It's to be compensated, if not, what is the use of justice and justice?" Fang Xuanling also said.
And that Dayan Mangjiebo saw this situation and was very anxious. Jingwen actually talked about the righteousness of justice and justice, and they couldn't say anything. Who let Tuyuhun often rob the people of the Tang Dynasty? So now being blackmailed for this reason is also deserved.
"However, the compensation must be reasonable, and we Datang will not blackmail the marrow!" Kong Yingda said.
Kong Yingda is still a gentleman. It will not extort the subject state. Therefore, he took the initiative to say that compensation is okay, but he can't extort too much. And Dayan Mangjiebo saw this situation and knew that he couldn't do it without spitting out something, but he just wanted to be able to mean it.
"Alright, let's settle the score. How many times have they robbed my Central Plains over the past few decades? How much damage has been caused, there is always a million, right? Jingwen said.
And when I heard this million, many people's eyes lit up. Because of one million, it is now about one-tenth of Datang's annual revenue. If you have this million. That can be said to be a very huge help to Datang's finances, which are now on the verge of being on the alert. Especially the officials of the household department, when they heard this, they smiled even more, because with this money, they are also living a very good life. The officials of the household department, that is, the financial management, the richer the state, the higher their status. The greater the power! If the state has no money, then the household department is just an empty tube.
"That's Qiansui's!" Dayan Mangkyu said.
However, as soon as Dayan Mang's Junction finished speaking, an official from the household department immediately came out to refute it. said: "This is a mistake, my Tang Dynasty inherited the legal system of the former Sui, which is naturally orthodox." And the honor and disgrace of the former Sui Dynasty, we have to follow the Tang Dynasty. So. Your invasion of the people of the former Sui is no different from the invasion of the people of our Tang Dynasty, and you must compensate. And this compensation. Then I will collect it in the Tang Dynasty! ”
The butt decides the head, and this household official naturally has to help Jingwen speak in order for the household department to have more money. Moreover, in ancient times, orthodoxy was also emphasized, and the Tang Dynasty claimed to have inherited the orthodoxy of the Sui Dynasty, so is there a problem with the Sui Dynasty to return this account? Of course, what helped the Sui Dynasty to get back the accounts, that was just an excuse. The real reason is that I want this money, so that the finances of the household department can be much more relaxed. Therefore, the household officials are Jingwen's natural allies at this moment.
"Yes, yes, my Datang inherited the former Sui legal system, so naturally I have to help the former Sui to repay the debt!" Immediately, another official from the Ministry of Industry said.
Although the money first goes to the household department, the people who actually spend the money are other departments. If the household department is financially well-off, will it be much easier to spend money on its own soon? Who would dislike having a large budget in their department? Many people still wish that their department's financial budget is too large, so that they can pay benefits to themselves and their subordinates! Moreover, if you have money, won't you be able to make more political achievements? If you can make political achievements, isn't that just the ability to get promoted and make a fortune? Therefore, other departments are also indirect allies of Jingwen. This is all about money, after all, it is difficult to kill a hero with a penny, not to mention these officials of the Ministry of Industry who need money to obtain political achievements? If there is no money to build all kinds of engineering facilities, then how can they get political achievements!
When Dayan Mangjiebo heard this, his eyes suddenly appeared in front of him, obviously very incomprehensible about this situation. Aren't the officials of the Central Plains all dislike to exploit their subjects? Why do you actually support Jingwen now? Could it be that the officials of the Central Plains are so shameless?
And then, Jing Wen did not let go of Tuyuhun's statement, and continued: "Also, in order to resist Tuyuhun's invasion, my Datang and Qiansui had to prepare a large number of troops to defend the border pass. And these armies, the salaries and military expenses, weapons and equipment spent for this, these don't all need money! So, two million dollars is not too much, right? ”
Hearing the next increase again, it turned into two million yuan, and then plus the previous one million yuan, it was three million yuan. This is already one-third of Datang's annual financial revenue, which is a lot of money, and it is all a windfall!
Although Datang has a fiscal revenue of nearly 10 million yuan every year, according to the consistent plan, these financial revenues can really be determined by the officials themselves, and they are only one or two million yuan, or even less. Other money has long been invested in some regular expenses. In fact, according to historical experience, in the budget, only those reserves for fiscal maneuver can be spent by officials who can truly decide on their own. Other money has long been taken up by those armies and various expenses, and it is not up to those officials to move as they want.
Therefore, all of a sudden, there are 3 million yuan, which can be said to have almost increased the reserve fund by two or three times, which has made many people tempted. (To be continued......)