Dead!

In the border town, Yan Shouzhan's study is still lit with candles.

He didn't feel sleepy, or didn't want to sleep at all.

At this moment, he was in high spirits, and his energy was comparable to that of a twenty-year-old young man.

As a strategist, Mr. Du can only stay up late with him.

Staying up late hurts your body!

Mr. Du picked up a cup of strong tea and poured it down in a big gulp to refresh himself!

Gently caressing his chest, his heart is full of sadness.

Stay up all night, let alone reduce your life expectancy by ten days.

Is......

You can't stop until you're old.

"Whether to be the emperor or not, since the prince is so hesitant, the old man thinks that it is better to stop here."

Yan Shouzhan frowned, slightly dissatisfied.

Do you want to be emperor?

Want?

Or don't?

It's a tough choice.

Is it good to be an emperor?

Of course!

But there are two sides to everything. You can't just think about the benefits of being an emperor, but you don't want to think about the disadvantages of being an emperor.

Especially in the current situation, look at the hole cards in your hand, is it really time to be the emperor?

Can he really hold it?

Will it fall into Liu Zhang's fate?

It's really sad for him.

In fact......

He is now a prince, and he can be called the emperor of the soil along the border pass for thousands of miles.

He said two, but he didn't dare to say one.

just left the border pass, without Youzhou, his words are useless.

Sad!

"One person counts short, two counts long. Otherwise, the prince sent someone to invite the prince and ask him what he thought. After all, the Yan family's family business will be handed over to the prince in the future. The attitude of the prince is also important. ”

Yan Shouzhan looked at the hourglass, "It's still early. Come, go and invite the son. ”

The soldiers were ordered to go away.

……

It's so late, and the prince Yan Yuntong hasn't slept all the time.

His father and Mr. Du were locked in the study all day, and they didn't come out at night, so he knew that something must have happened.

He had been waiting, from daytime until dark, from dark until the dead of night, and finally let him wait.

As soon as he heard the order from his own soldiers, he immediately rushed to the study.

He was neatly dressed and energetic, obviously waiting for this moment for a long time.

Den......

When the father and son met, Yan Shouzhan went straight to the point and directly handed Yan Yunge's letter to him.

"Your fourth sister has made up her mind to go on a full-scale northern expedition, and I hope we can send troops to support her. However, Mr. Du asked the king a key question, who will belong to the territory we have laid? If you can eat Beiliang smoothly, who will be the emperor? ”

Yan Yuntong: "......"

He read the letter quickly, thoughts rolling in his mind.

He didn't answer and asked, "Father wants to be the emperor and ascend the throne?" ”

Yan Shouzhan lifted his eyelids and asked quietly, "How can you see it?" ”

Yan Yuntong said solemnly: "Father Wang and Mr. Du have been locked in the study and discussed all day, and they have not reached a conclusion from day to night. The son thought about it, and only the matter of becoming the emperor would make it difficult for his father to choose. ”

Yan Shouzhan smiled, "Yes! You're right, this king is hesitating to take the opportunity to become emperor. Or whether to send troops to help Yunge. ”

Yan Yuntong asked directly: "Is my father ready to be the emperor?" Where do you plan to ascend the throne, and which city will be designated as the capital? Or maybe the imperial court?

Can the prime minister be determined, and can there be a candidate for the six books? How should the generals be adjusted and how should they be rewarded?

To ascend the throne and become emperor, the first thing is to reward meritorious officials, not only official titles, but also real gold, silver and jade grange population, etc......

Liu Zhang was called the emperor at the beginning, but he was stained with the light of the previous two emperors.

Sima Dou plundered the family, and the money he accumulated cheapened Xiao Chengye, and finally cheapened Liu Zhang.

With this ready-made family foundation, Liu Zhang's ascension to the throne and title to the emperor will be so smooth.

I don't know how much money my father has saved, or where he plans to loot a batch of treasures and reward meritorious officials? ”

A series of questions made people confused.

Yan Shouzhan was very angry.

Stinky boy, Cheng Xin is against him.

He said angrily: "If you don't have money, can't you be the emperor?" ”

Yan Yun said with a straight face: "Father, have you forgotten that what Emperor Xuanzong Yuanping was most worried about when he was alive was money!" Emperor Yongtai was also worried about money.

It's the turn of Emperor Taining, Emperor Tianhe, which is not trying to make money.

Don't talk about it, let's talk about Liu Baoshun, what is he worried about now, one is grain and grass, and the other is money.

If he has money, he will have grain and grass, but he has no money and cannot afford to buy grain and grass to feed the people of Limin.

If the father is the emperor, the first question he will face is, where will the money come from?

The current taxes and raising soldiers are only enough, and they have to rely on the subsidy of Yun Ge's sister to have a little surplus.

Once he became emperor, the number of officials increased tenfold, and the population of the harem, the imperial guards, and all the yamen were prepared, and the expenses were more than ten times that of the current one.

With such a huge expense, my son really couldn't think of where to get the money.

Unless you are an empty emperor, only a temporary court is set up.

Just like those tribes on the grassland, there is a mobile royal court, just a few officials.

Only, what's the point of such an emperor? It's better to continue to be the prince, much stronger and more majestic than that empty emperor. ”

Yan Shouzhan was furious.

Although, what Yan Yuntong said was the truth, but the truth was not good.

He hates to hear the truth more than anything right now.

You can't say something nice, coax him, and make him happy.

Three watches in the middle of the night, and he has to lose his temper, do you want him to be unable to sleep tonight?

"Mr. Du, is there any truth to what the prince said? Because he has no money, this king can't be called emperor, right? ”

This one......

Mr. Du is very embarrassed.

He stroked his beard and said cautiously: "The problem that the prince is worried about is actually what the old man is worried about.

Once the emperor is proclaimed, he has to set up a court, and if he has a court, he must have six departments, a young mansion, and a harem...... All kinds of yamen are complete.

As Shizi said, the number of officials has increased tenfold, and I am afraid that it will not be more than that.

With a large population comes a large overhead. Coupled with the reward of the meritorious minister, in the first year of the emperor, he was thrifty and used it sparingly, and at least millions of yuan should be prepared.

And that's not even counting the cost of raising troops to fight wars. Money is indeed a big problem! ”

Boom!

Yan Shouzhan smashed his fist on the table, making a huge movement.

"Speaking of which, even if you are not the emperor, this king will not be the emperor."

He's not reconciled!

I had been hesitating to be the emperor or not.

This does not mean that he does not want to be an emperor.

He was extremely looking forward to the day when he became the emperor, and the reason why he hesitated was to weigh the pros and cons, calculate the reactions of all forces, and the next countermeasures.

The only thing I didn't expect was the problem of money.

Calling the emperor or not the emperor is secondary, and money is the primary issue.

Do you really think that to be the emperor and ascend the throne, you only need to put on a dragon robe?

has no money, no civil and military ministers who support him, and he is not an emperor when he puts on a dragon robe, he is just a singer.

Ay!

A penny is hard to beat a hero.

Millions of dollars, stumped Youzhou Wang Yan, who wanted to be the emperor, guarded the war.

He even whimsical, "Otherwise, this king will find Yun Ge to spend a million yuan." ”

Burst!

Yan Yuntong almost didn't die laughing.

If you want to be an emperor, you want to go crazy, and you actually borrowed money to ascend the throne.

"If the fourth sister is just a businessman, she can do this. It's a big deal to get on the throne and become the emperor, and think of a way to solve this matter.

It's a pity that the fourth sister herself is a prince with tens of thousands of soldiers, and if she borrows money, her father is not afraid of being the emperor, and the court is controlled by the fourth sister?

In this way, wouldn't my father become a puppet emperor? ”

He was clearly suspicious of being alarmist.

Of course......

His hypothesis is indeed possible.

Let Yan Shouzhan be a puppet emperor, of course not.

Good prince, isn't it good to say one or two?

You have to be a puppet emperor, you have to listen to others in everything, even if you are your own daughter.

Pampering support is one thing.

It's another thing to ask his daughter to make decisions for him and empty his authority.

If not, I will never accept it.

has been the master of the house for a lifetime, and there is no reason to be controlled by others when he reaches old age.

For Yan Shouzhan, this thing is more terrifying and terrifying than death.

"According to your meaning, this king is not suitable to be the emperor?"

Yan Yuntong tried to be as subtle as possible, "My son thinks it's not time yet." ”

Mr. Du said: "The prince can take a slow, not in a hurry." You can first consider whether to send troops to cooperate with Lady Yunge, and then see the opportunity to act. With enough territory, population, and taxes, perhaps the time to become emperor will follow. ”

Yan Shouzhan snorted coldly, feeling dissatisfied with Mr. Du, "You reminded this king before, saying that there are not enough officials to govern the place, and I am afraid that if you get the territory, it will also become a burden." Now you have changed your words and said that you can take this opportunity to become emperor. Sir, sir, you're done talking, what do you want this king to do? ”

Mr. Du's face did not change, "Although there are not enough officials under the prince, there are local yamen!" In the next place, the officials of the local yamen were co-opted, and the local families were encircled, so that all the problems were solved. ”

"What do you mean, sir, to continue to use the surrendered officials and let them work for the king?"

"Exactly!"

"Can you trust it?"

"With enough force to deter, I believe those local officials will definitely understand the current affairs."

"Hahaha...... The gentleman has a point. However, it is better to use your own people to rest assured. ”

"The prince has great ambitions, and temporary difficulties can be overcome and endured."

The master and servant began to discuss the profound problem of how to control the local officials.

Yan Yuntong rolled his eyes as he listened.

He seized the opportunity and interjected: "Liu Zhang used this trick at the beginning, and used the officials who took refuge in him to continue to govern the place.

As a result, cool officials ran rampant, and from the south to the north, there were voices against him everywhere.

He shocked people's hearts with his killings, but he couldn't win people's hearts. As a result, the people's livelihood in Beiliang withered, and it was difficult for commerce and trade to develop.

Now in the drought, Liu Baoshun did not have enough grain reserves for disaster relief, which made him anxious.

But if Liu Zhang's methods were not so strict at the beginning, perhaps today's Beiliang is a different situation.

You know, the north is bitterly cold, and the harvest is limited. In many cases, the food and taxes from the rich lands of the south were used to relieve the people affected by disasters in the north.

Today's Beiliang is so embarrassed because it lacks a rich land like the south.

My father wanted to be the emperor and thought everything was good. Why don't you want to think about it, where does the emperor get the money for disaster relief? You can't expect that as soon as your father becomes the emperor, God will open your eyes! ”