Chapter 195: The Difficulties of the Imperial Court
This Yuwen Shixiong looks at this situation, and the relationship with the prince seems to be still good?
This is not a good sign, if this guy really has a leg with the eldest prince, this is obviously a two-faced tiger. If this is really the case, even if Chen Ping wants to tell Wang Ping about the 300,000 taels of silver, it will be a little troublesome. At that time, it may make Wang Ping suspicious, after all, looking at this situation, it seems that the relationship between Wang Ping and Yuwen Shixiong does not seem to be very ordinary.
Unless he has more favorable evidence, it directly shows that the so-called 300,000 taels of silver are in this military camp?
"Lord Yuwen, I came to this palace today, and I have nothing else to do, just to ask Lord Yuwen, what is your opinion on the current situation in Shuzhou?" The prince smiled and said, but it was explained that he was just here for a routine visit, in fact, it was also true, the prince and Wang Ping had been in Shuzhou for a few days, and they came to find this Yuwen Shixiong at this time, which was naturally a routine visit, this kind of thing existed in ancient times, and some relatively large officials would always find local managers when they arrived at the local level.
This rule is not unique in modern times.
"This." Yuwen Shixiong pondered for a while, and said: "The people of Shuzhou who should be pacified have been pacified, and some new houses have been built in the suburbs outside the city, so that they can spend temporarily, and now they are waiting for the imperial court to allocate funds, and when the time comes, they can build new houses in the city, and they can go back again." ”
The prince nodded and said: "That's good, now the most bitter thing for the people of Shuzhou is that they have no place to eat and no place to live, and now many refugees in Shuzhou have fled to other places, this is not a good thing, Shuzhou is a good place." ”
Yuwen Shixiong sighed: "Who wants to stay, I don't know if this torrent will come." Don't look at the weather in the past few days, the weather is quite normal, this torrent is coming, and this Shuzhou is on the verge of such a mountainous land. Once a mudslide landslides, this flows into the city. But it's extremely dangerous, last time it wasn't for the people I brought to help Shuzhou City Defense to clean up the mudslide in Shuzhou City, I'm afraid there will be trouble in and out at this time. ”
This flash flood will definitely not be just a rolling water down, this Shuzhou is on the verge of many mountains, otherwise how can it be said that Shushan is steep, this is nothing more than since ancient times, the land of Sichuan and Shu. It has always been extremely steep, the mountains are upright, if the mountain flood is released, the danger of this Shuzhou city, if it doesn't rain, it is thunder, and everyone has to be drowned and buried.
The crown prince sighed: "Is this just waiting for the money of the imperial court now, it's a pity, hey." ”
Of course, Yuwen Shixiong knew that the so-called 300,000 taels of silver had been lost, and when he heard the sigh of the prince, he smiled bitterly: "This now costs money for everything." The 300,000 taels of silver of the imperial court were lost at this time, and it was really worse, and the people died bitterly. ”
It's not just that it makes matters worse. It's literally fatal.
It's just that this Yuwen Shixiong is really capable of pretending, this fucking money is all in you, and I'm worried about the people, this person's heart is really black enough, and his ability to open his eyes and talk nonsense is really first-class, and he really deserves to be an official, and the bigger he is, the better he can speak.
At this moment, Wang Ping next to him said softly: "The 300,000 taels of silver have not been found, and the imperial court will not allocate funds and distribute materials in a short period of time." The situation in the imperial court is not optimistic, and the war situation in the north is a little tight. In addition, the southeast coast also needs to increase troops, and this military expenditure needs to be paid. Now that's what the court can get out, that's all. ”
Yuwen Shixiong sighed: "Of course I know, the contemptible people came out of the army, where would they not know the difficulties of the court now, but now we can wait, but the common people can't wait, they need to eat, drink, and wear every day, where does this come from." ”
"Can't the surrounding states be reinforced?"
At this moment, a word came.
Of course, this was not what Chen Ping said, but in his heart, he also thought of this place all of a sudden, because he thought of this from the beginning, that is, why there was a problem in Shuzhou, and the reinforcements of these other states did not seem to be so timely, otherwise under normal circumstances, if other states were willing to reinforce, even if the tens of millions of refugees could not really solve the problem, it would still be possible to alleviate it.
However, the main problem now is that the reinforcements of these other states seem to be very weak, or even without any effort, which is enough to explain all this at a glance.
The person who spoke was actually the crown princess sitting in front of her.
Yuwen Shixiong glanced at the crown princess, smiled, and said: "These other states have also been reinforced, but this flood, not only Shuzhou is not spared, but even the surrounding other states and provinces have also been affected, they also have their own troubles, to let them reinforce materials and loans, this is also no way." ”
"Are there problems in other states?" The crown princess frowned and said, "I didn't say anything about this before. ”
Yuwen Shixiong said: "When it was played before, it was only this Shuzhou that had a big problem, and these other states and provinces had problems later, that is, during this period of time, some small situations in the follow-up of this flood have spread." ”
"Is that so?" The crown princess sighed, didn't think much about it, but said: "In this way, it will be a bit difficult for these other states and provinces to support. ”
If the other states are really affected, then they must have to take care of the situation on their own side, who will leave their people alone at this juncture, to take care of other states and provinces, this is not to find trouble for themselves, what is it to ask for hardship, this official will not be so stupid, ancient and modern are different, every official is responsible for a state and province, the problems that arise here will not be so democratic, it is completely to hold you accountable, in this case, you have to let them support this Shu state too much, Apparently impossible.
It's just that Chen Ping, who heard this, was a little puzzled in his heart, if there is a problem in these other states, then even if it is not good at this time, the situation will not be too serious, why is this so-called icing on the cake not willing to do something?
Of course. Chen Ping didn't know what was going on, but he knew it very well. If something goes wrong with these other state provinces, they won't have a big reinforcement. This court will not say anything, after all, everyone knows one thing, that is, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, now this situation in Shuzhou, if the material preparation department of other states is timely, once there is another large-scale flood, then the other states will definitely be worse when they reinforce Shuzhou. At that time, it will not be just a Shu state, but there will be a catastrophe along with several other states and provinces around it.
This is nothing more than what the people above don't want to see, so this conservative approach should indeed be prepared by other states themselves, and this large-scale support will indeed be too reckless.
Chen Ping also thought of this, he just felt that this was a little too impersonal.
Hey, it seems that these ancient people actually came out of the perspective of interests. No one will put themselves in a dangerous situation, so as to help Shuzhou, which has become a complete dead end.
Because even Chen Ping knew that if he really wanted to restore the situation in Shuzhou. The help of these other states must be a big blood, not to mention going over the mountains and mountains, all these materials are escorted, the manpower needed in the middle, and all kinds of money must be allocated from several states, and once there is a problem, no one can be held responsible. Who is willing to take this kind of risk, let alone even if it is true, it has been done in the end. The situation in Shuzhou will not really be completely solved, this is at most to alleviate it.
This is still a palliative rather than a cure. This can really be handled completely in a while, but these other states can even be. It's impossible to scrape together that much money in a short period of time.
It seems that the court really needs to help.
But this court now also has its own difficulties, the old emperor obviously can't come up with more capital at this time, the war situation in the north is tight, and the southeast coast has been repeatedly harassed by thieves and robbers, and it is necessary to increase military strength.
It's just that I haven't heard of any changes in the war situation on the southeast coast before, even if there are some situations, at most it's just ordinary thieves robbing things, and then there are some small frictions, but now look at what Yuwen Shixiong said, it is necessary to increase troops, how troublesome it must be to suddenly increase troops in the north and the treasury is empty?
Chen Ping wouldn't think that this Yuwen Shixiong was joking, and he wouldn't be joking at this time, which one of the people present was not a real official and had a background, of course, in addition to him and Commander Lin, Eh, Commander Lin also seems to have a background, the emperor's personal guard, just this identity is enough to deter countless people, and it is also something that many people can't reach.
After all, if you really talk about it, who can stay by the emperor's side all the time, this is nothing more than that there is only Commander Lin.
Therefore, the little person who is present at this time is actually only him. And since they are all big shots, they must be clear about some of the situations on the southeast coast, and they definitely don't know anything. This Yuwen Shixiong said about the increase of troops on the southeast coast, these people must also know.
But this is what makes Chen Ping a little inexplicable in his heart the most, or does he feel that it is too accidental and coincidental?
In this situation where the war in the north is tight and there is a catastrophe in the hinterland, how can the southeast coast suddenly say that there is a problem, this has never been heard of before, it is what I understood with Commander Lin before, this is just a little ordinary friction, what thieves came to rob it, and then washed their butts and left. But it will not reach the point where a sudden increase in troops is needed, and it is simply because there is a large-scale army conflict that will require an increase in troops.
In other words, there is a large-scale military threat, at least the situation of this thief is far worse than this thought, so the troops will be increased.
However, in any case, if the troops are increased all of a sudden, the imperial court will definitely need another military expenditure, and this happens to be the time when the Great Qianchao is in need of money, which is nothing more than an aggravation of the situation. To be continued -
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