"Reasonable," the emperor looked at Lin Xiang with an approving face, and praised, "After all, Lin Xiang has been the first assistant for many years, and he is extremely thoughtful. I thought, what Lin Xiang said is right, there are dozens of camps in the thirteen states in the north, large and small, and it is not easy to take inventory, so it is better to send a Qin messenger directly to take charge of this matter. ”

"Emperor Shengming," Lin Xiang was overjoyed when he heard this, his mind quickly turned, and he quickly chose a credible and suitable position among his students, and was ready to recommend it to the emperor as a messenger to the north, "This Qincha is ......"

"Just choose from the military department!" The emperor raised his voice and directly cut off Lin Xiang's words, with a smile on his face, as if he had already made a calculation, "Inventory of ordnance is still a matter for the Ministry of War in the final analysis, and it is most appropriate to find a director of the Treasury Department who understands the situation." I remember that the Qin mission sent to the northern labor army last year was chosen by Zhou Shangshu, and it seems that he is the head of the treasury department, and the errand is done well. I remember that the surname was Jiang, right? ”

Zhou Shangshu of the Ministry of War was kneeling on the ground with his head down and did not dare to move, and when he heard the emperor's question, he replied busily, "Back to Your Majesty, the surname is Jiang Yes, Jiang Wenbin, the director of the Liupin Treasury Department of the Ministry of War." ”

"Hmm!" The emperor nodded, "You don't have to choose someone else, just let this Jiang Wenbin run." In addition, a few days ago, An Guogong went to the Song Shu to increase the troops, because the household department couldn't come up with so much money and food for a while, so I suppressed his Song Shu and only allocated five million taels to them to repair the city defense. I told An Guogong not to worry, and to wait for the New Year to discuss additional troops. ”

"But now that I am about to send Qin to send over, I think I will take this opportunity to make sure that the Beijing family has a clear plan, submit a list, report to the household department for appropriation, and first give them the ordnance and horses needed for the five thousand cavalry. These were originally meant to be replenished to them, and when the number of troops increased in the coming year, the soldiers could not be allowed to fight empty-handed. ”

"Right now, because of the ordnance case, I want to send Qin to count the ordnance, and the gap will definitely be able to be counted and understood, and there is no need to send someone to do the same thing twice, by the way!"

"Your Majesty......" Lin Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then wanted to object, but as soon as he opened his mouth, before he could speak, the emperor seemed to know what he was going to say, and gaged him as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I am not embarrassed by the household department, the armament and horses needed by the five thousand cavalry are only one-tenth of what the northern border wants. It just so happened that the salt tax entered Beijing at the beginning of the month, and the household department had already counted and stored it in the warehouse a few days ago, and the pressure to take out this money was not great. ”

Listening to the emperor's words, Lin Xiang felt as if he had swallowed a fly, choking in his throat and panicking with disgust, but he didn't dare to vomit. He asked the emperor to take stock of the military arsenals from top to bottom, the main purpose was actually to exonerate his students, but in fact, he had already achieved this purpose.

After Lin Xiang received He Wenmao's letter yesterday, he had already planned everything. If the ordnance case can be used well, not only will there be no losses for his department, but it will be able to take advantage of it.

Keeping He Wenmao, and even letting He Wenmao take advantage of this incident to get into the eyes of the emperor, taking the opportunity to transfer back to the sixth department is the first step. The second step is to set some traps for the military department through the case, clean up the military department through the emperor's hand, vacate key posts, and take the opportunity to install his own people.

This is the main purpose of Lin Xiang. As for suggesting to the emperor to send someone to the north to count the ordnance, it is really not very important to Lin Xiang, even if the emperor refuses it on the spot, it doesn't matter to Lin Xiang.

An Guogong did offend him repeatedly, although Lin Xiang was concerned about holding grudges, but he also knew very well that in the final analysis, it was all for the north, and An Guogong had no selfish grudge against him. General Muhammad's family is not involved in party disputes, and it is not much of a conflict of interest with his Lin family. Therefore, although An Guogong has repeatedly offended him, he is not so angry.

And Lin Xiang knew that the emperor favored An Guogong, so even if he wanted to find some small troubles for the Mu family, he actually had a sense of proportion, and suggested that the emperor send someone to liquidate and inventory the ordnance, but it was just to find some small troubles for them, at most, it could only make An Guogong and Mu Jingluo in the north busy and headache for a while.

Therefore, it really doesn't matter if Lin Xiang is really! If you have the opportunity, take the opportunity to get angry, and forget it if you don't succeed!

But he never expected that it was such a casual act that made him trap himself. The emperor reacted quickly, and immediately took advantage of the problem, and reached out to ask for money from the household department to fill the bottomless pit in the north.

What is the name of the household department that is not embarrassed? The ordnance and horses needed by the 5,000 cavalry are easy to say, but if you replenish the horses and ordnance, you are determined to conscript! In the next year, the army will be increased by 5,000, and then it will be able to do so? With the first time, it is naturally easier to do the second time. It's a dead end.

He was cheated by the emperor! And what's even more terrifying is that this pit was dug by himself. The emperor has already made up his mind, and the reason he is looking for is reasonable. Lin Xiang knew that it would definitely not work for him to find an excuse to shirk at the moment, and he could only bite the bullet and take the next burden.

It's just a few words, and the matter has been decided. It seems that in the new year, the household department will have to raise 5,000 cavalry for the north.

5,000 cavalry!! As long as he thought about it, Lin Xiang felt a pain in his brain.

I didn't expect it to be cheaper in the end! Let Lin Xiang really have a feeling of stealing chickens and stuffing rice. He really regretted it now, if only he hadn't mentioned sending someone to the north......

It's a pity that it's too late to regret it.

Lin Xiang actually knew very well that when An Guogong was sparse earlier, the emperor wanted to agree to his request for more troops in his heart, after all, Rong Di's nineteenth department threatened the border from time to time, which was a thorn in the emperor's heart.

Lin Xiang has been in the position of first assistant for many years, and he thinks he knows the emperor's mind very well. He felt that the emperor just wanted to use military force to achieve the hegemony of exterminating Rong Di.

If Rong Di can be pacified during the reign of the current saint, it will indeed be a great cause. In the future, a hundred years after the emperor, he will be the first emperor in history who can be as famous as the founding ancestor of the country.

It's a pity that fighting a war is really too expensive.

In the final analysis, it is still their Da Zhou's family background that is not thick enough. Lin Xiang believes that the current treasury income cannot support such a lofty ideal of the emperor.

However, even if Lin Xiang regretted it and was not satisfied, it was too late, so he could only bend down respectfully towards the emperor and replied in a low voice, "Just do it according to Your Majesty's wishes, wait for Qin to almost count the military treasury of the northern camp, let the military department calculate and report the budget to the household department, and after the minister personally approves it, sign the appropriation." ”

"Lin Xiang is doing things, I am naturally relieved," the emperor seemed to be afraid that Lin Xiang was not enough to be congested, and added with a smile, "I will let Qin Cha set off in the next few days, let him speed as fast as possible, and hand over the budget list to the household department before the New Year." This little thing doesn't need to be delayed for too long. ”

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