"What is the role of the pharmacist going this time? The minister was a little dazed when he listened, "In the hall, Yu Wenshu sat on one side, drinking tea slowly, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Yang Ming explained: "In fact, it doesn't have much effect, it is to let Shibi and Shooting Kui see that our Sui army is coming, so that they can both have scruples, and besides, Gaochang can't afford to lose, so Li Jing's excuse for sending troops is to protect Gaochang, and now the horses sold into Guanzhong from the Hexi Corridor, Gaochang accounts for thirty percent, and there can be no accident in this place." ”

Yu Wenshu nodded: "The minister also thinks that His Majesty will not use soldiers, first, the treasury is overstretched, and he is unable to collect a large army, and besides, Jiang has Pei Ju, Pei Ju, like Changsun Sheng, is a soldier who advocates surrendering without a fight, and is good at weakening the opponent with treacherous tricks. ”

"What's wrong?" Yang Ming asked.

Yu Wenshu did not speak for the beginning this time, but evaluated the incident from an objective point of view, and only listened to him:

"In the final analysis, the Eastern and Western Turks are one family, our posture is too strong, for fear of provoking the fear of the two families, once a tacit understanding is formed under the fear, it is not conducive to my western border, the pharmacist can go, but it cannot be claimed to be an army of 100,000, and the excuse cannot be to protect Gaochang, it is appropriate to protect the smooth trade routes, what I am afraid of is that Gaochang has my Great Sui to rely on, we don't make trouble, it will cause trouble."

"Hmm~~~" Yang Ming nodded and said: "There is some truth in your idea, the beginning of the expedition to the west, in fact, he still wants to expand the territory, if he thinks that we will intervene, I am afraid that he will make abnormal moves, and the 300,000 troops under his command are not said to be able to withdraw, once the main force of the shooting force arrives, the Turkic cavalry hoarded in the area of Xue Yantuo is likely to exceed 500,000 people, such a force is most afraid of stimulation." ”

"That's exactly what we do, so we can't provoke them," the Uven elaborated.

"From Hexi to the front line of the Beijing Division, our garrison force has 200,000 people, but if we want to urgently recruit it, it will take at least twenty days, and the Turks are all cavalry, and the mobility is extremely strong, once we drive straight into the Beijing Division, we can't stop it."

Yang Ming frowned, and agreed: "It is true that we should take precautions, it seems that the two of them are fighting, but in fact, the threat to me is also very huge, the salary of the Guanzhong army is still owed, and it is extremely difficult to requisition. ”

After that, Yang Ming shirted for a moment and said, "According to what you said, how should we prepare before Your Majesty's will to arrive in Beijing?" ”

"The minister is still the same sentence at the court meeting, don't interfere," Yuwen recounted:

"The pharmacist can lead the troops into Zhangye and Yiwu, this is the division is famous, they will not think about it, and Li Jing is guarding the border, once something happens, he can also resist it, and it is advantageous to buy time for Guanzhong."

Yang Ming nodded solemnly and said, "Order all the military governments in Guanzhong to prepare in advance and take precautions." ”

Yu Wenshu nodded.

It is difficult to recruit soldiers if they owe military salaries, because guards enlist in the army, and military merit and salary are the biggest temptation for them, but with the experience of the past, the battle has been fought, and the merit has been established, and the money has not been given, and then they want to be recruited, but it is not so easy.

This is the same as borrowing and repaying, and it is not difficult to borrow again, which is a matter of reputation.

Half of the property looted from Goguryeo was divided by the nobles, and the remaining half was sent down as military salary, not to quench thirst, although many guards hid the spoils of war, but that was originally the unspoken rule in the army, I can hide it from you, that is my ability, and you owe me salary, it is two different things.

During the Western Wei Dynasty, Wei Xiaokuan and Gao Huan won the battle of Yubi, and the imperial court owed military salaries and never paid them.

There was also the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Qi family army defended the country, the court did not pay the salary, and people asked for money several times, but as a result, the court backhanded the Qi family army to be destroyed, and the people died and the debts were eliminated.

The Ming Dynasty was the most in arrears of military salaries in the entire history, and the final death was also on this.

That's why there is a sentence that the Ming army is not satisfied with salary, and it is invincible when it is full.

Regarding the arrears, Yang Ming has been supervising the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and as soon as the annual taxes come up, priority is given to repaying the money, and even the money earned by the Hedong Refinery in recent years by relying on trade with Jiangnan has been used to repay the debt.

So much so that at present, the imperial court owes money to the Hedong refinery, because the refinery is government-run, and the court takes away all the money earned from the sale of goods, and even the cost is not left, and Dugu Huaien asks for money for three days.

This means that we can owe state-owned enterprises, but we cannot owe the military.

The imperial court wants to save money, but it is nothing more than opening up sources and reducing expenditures, and open sources are being opened, but there is no throttling at the moment.

So after Yang Ming sent Yu Wenshu away, he called Wei Zheng.

"The treasury is in a difficult situation, you need money, and you are desperate to find a way to reduce spending, do you have any ideas?" Yang Ming asked.

Wei Zheng thought for a while and said: "At present, the largest expenditure of the treasury except for administration is on Your Majesty, and if you want to reduce expenditure, you can only reduce it from Your Majesty." ”

"Do you want to die?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

Wei Zheng also smiled: "The minister doesn't want to, but that's the case, if Your Majesty is more frugal, you can save a huge amount every year, and if you can have half of the emperor's frugality, the treasury will not be empty." ”

"Do you always like to say something murderous?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

Wei Zheng said: "Only in front of His Royal Highness, the minister dares to say this, for the minister, but if there is an inquiry, he should do his best to state the facts, and the minister cannot hide it." ”

"That's good," Yang Ming nodded: "Your Majesty's idea, you don't want to fight, throttle, someone has to take the lead, I want to start with the clan, but the matter has to be brought up by you at the court meeting." ”

Wei Zheng said: "The minister is willing, I don't know how to throttle?" ”

The prince has no money, so where does the prince's money generally come from? The tribute is divided, the emperor is rewarded, and the subordinates are honored.

Tribute, just like the annual tribute of Lingnan, the Eastern and Western Turks, and the annual tribute of various countries, Yang Ming can divide it into three, and seventy percent is his father's.

The emperor rewarded the seal, this is easy to understand, birthdays, birth of children, good deeds, there will be rewards.

The filial piety of subordinates is actually the big head, because every year hundreds of officials have to meet the emperor and the prince of Chaohe, which is a good day to collect money.

So how did the emperor's money come from? The huge scale of the royal land and industry, as well as the internal funds allocated by the national treasury, the tribute paid by the feudal states and officials, and the criminal property into the treasury.

For example, Yang Jian and his wife ran their son Yang Jun back then, and the money went into their inner treasury, Yang Guang ran He Ruobi, and He Ruobi's belongings were also in Yang Guang's inner treasury.

So Yang Guang has always wanted to run Yang Su, because Yang Su is rich.

"What do you think of the prince's food is too high and his desire to be reduced by loneliness?" Yang Ming said.

Wei Zheng said: "The prince's food is 10,000 households, the county king is 5,000 households, and the prince is 3,000 households. ”

Yang Ming said: "There are 7,000 households for the prince and 4,000 households for the county king, and the prince remains unchanged." ”

It is not easy to change the Guogong, because the Guogong of the Great Sui is a vested interest group, and there are too many people to move.

"If there are too many cuts, the clan will make trouble," Wei Zheng kindly reminded.

Yang Ming smiled: "Yes, so before that, I have to meet them first, and then I will give you a signal after it is appropriate." ”

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, the minister will also think carefully below, and be cautious in wording, so that they can't say anything." ”

"Let's go down and prepare," Yang Ming stretched his waist.

The clan can be said to be the basic plate of imperial power, and the clan cannot be moved under normal circumstances, but there are not many princes of the Great Sui clan, and Yang Ming's eight sons will inevitably be princes in the future, and he himself accounts for at least one-third of the princes of the clan.

It's equivalent to cutting my own son too, what else can you say?

Yang Ming originally planned to summon the members of the clan tonight, but he was too tired today, so he went to visit Dugu Feng'er's mother and son.

During this time, Feng'er's dormitory was very lively, and Pei Shuying's daughter, Yang Yizhen, the lord of Jinyang County, was also there.

"Jing Nu come here, let Grandpa take a good look," Yang Ming beckoned to his daughter.

At present, everyone knows that the prince's favorite is not the prince Yang Rui, but the eldest daughter Yang Yizhen, it is true that there are too few daughters, and the father naturally likes his daughter.

Jingnu is also five years old this year, and she looks the most like Yang Ming, with eyes, nose and mouth, and the father and daughter are exactly the same.

"Grandpa, I heard that the second brother is going to repair the house, do I have any?" Jingnu was hugged by Yang Ming on her lap and asked innocently.

Yang Ming smiled: "Of course there is, but it will take a long time." ”

When the princess of the Great Sui is married, the state will give a house, that is, the princess's mansion, in fact, there is no such thing, the reason why it is sometimes called so is to save face for the concubine.

After all, the horses of the Great Sui are not ordinary people, and they are not comparable to the horses of the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.

At present, before the princess gets married, the court will build the princess's mansion, but many times, the princess will actually live in the concubine's house, and if she is not happy to live with her parents-in-law, she can move back to the princess's mansion.

In this mansion, the horses themselves do not have the right to inherit, and the children do.

The concubine is a courtier who is attached to the princess, and in some dynasties, the princess needs to be summoned before the concubine can sleep.

But Da Sui is not, it is a very normal relationship between husband and wife.

Jingnu smiled: "I heard A-Niang say that the country has no money to repair the house for the second brother, isn't that so?" ”

"How so? The country is not short of money, let alone the money for your second brother's house, let's repair Jin'er's house this year," Yang Ming said with a smile.

Pei Shuying on the side said: "I didn't trouble you, did I?" ”

Yang Ming looked up at his wife and said softly: "The husband is originally to solve the trouble for his wife, this is not something you worry about." ”

After that, Yang Ming got up and went over, hugged Pei Shuying directly in front of his children, and kissed each other on the lips.

Dugu Feng'er was stunned for a moment, and said speechlessly: "Can you avoid some children?" ”

After that, she said to Yang Jin and the others: "Turn around, don't look at it." ”

Yang Ming laughed, hugged Pei Shuying and turned around a few times, looked at his wife with a blushing face, and said gently:

"Why should I avoid it? I just let them know that I have a deep relationship with Ah Yun and my husband and wife, and I will not swerve until death. ”

Pei Shuying's mouth pursed, and she hugged Yang Ming harder.

Daughter Yang Yizhen, looking directly at her father and mother.