Hearing this unbelievable amount, all the ministers present were shocked.

The first thought is that there is still a silver mine with millions of taels a year?

The second thought is that Your Majesty actually believes in such a ridiculous thing?

Emperor Hongzhi seemed to know what these ministers were thinking, and said: "I actually don't believe such a horrific thing, but the sweet potato, those crops that exist overseas, I don't have any. It can be seen from this that although I live in the upper state, I only talk about products, and there are indeed many inferiors.

Come to think of it, the same is true of this silver mine. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the silver mines of the Japanese Kingdom do not have such output, or even have no silver mines, at this time of civil unrest in the Japanese State, whether it is revenge or military training, it is already the right thing to do to attack the Japanese State.

This battle is to emulate the story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's conquest of the Xiongnu, and it is a shameful battle for revenge! ”

"And if the Wa Kingdom really has such a silver mine, if it is taken down, it will be even more fortunate for my Ming Dynasty."

The truth and the back are all let Emperor Hongzhi say it alone, whether it is the motive or reason for sending troops, people can't find fault.

After a short silence, the ministers in the palace all had a plan in their hearts.

This battle can be fought is fought, just

"Your Majesty, regardless of whether the silver mine really exists in the Wa Kingdom, just talking about revenge training, it is not impossible to attack the Wa State, but the matter of money and food, the minister thinks that he should think twice."

This is also the idea of the other ministers present, it is useless to fight, not to mention that His Majesty said conclusively that there is civil strife in the Japanese country, and if you think about it carefully, the possibility of this matter is indeed very great.

From this point of view, if it is a conquest, there is a chance of victory.

It's just that the odds of winning are not the most important.

Whether it is won or lost, the lives of the soldiers will be lost, and the lives of the soldiers are actually not valuable.

Instead of thinking about this, we should think about the consumption of money and food.

Compared with human life, the consumption of money and food is the real top priority.

There are many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and tens of thousands of people who die will not hurt their muscles and bones, but if the Ming Dynasty falls into the quagmire of war, and countless money and food are consumed in vain, it will really damage the vitality and even affect the survival of the country.

So where will the money and food come from for this war?

"The autumn tax is about to be collected, and after the autumn tax is collected, the treasury and the treasury will issue silver together, totaling one million taels. What is needed to support this expedition against the Japanese state,"

Seeing that not only the treasury is out of silver, but also the internal money, the problem of money and grain has been solved, after all, as long as this is opened, the follow-up supply of money and grain can be asked for by the emperor's internal funds.

Moreover, the ministers present also saw the determination of Emperor Hongzhi to conquer the Wa Kingdom.

Liu Jian bowed down first and said, "The old minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's wishes. ”

Seeing that the head of the cabinet had already expressed his position, the rest of the ministers also spoke up one after another: "The ministers respect Your Majesty's wishes. ”

"From now on, the Ministry of Household will prepare for grain and grass, the Ministry of War will count the ordnance soldiers, and the Ministry of Rites will plan to carry out the levy of the Japanese Papers, and after the autumn harvest, the whole army will be ready for war!"

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The conquest of the Wa Kingdom has been decided, and the entire Ming Dynasty has been operating because of this matter, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Taizu Dynasty has fought a lot, and they have all taken the initiative to attack.

Needless to say, in the Taizong Dynasty, the five expeditions to Mobei have been fighting for many years, and the Xuanzong Dynasty also has the initiative to attack.

But after the change of Yingzong's civil fort, the Ming Dynasty never took the initiative to send troops to conquer the war, and it was all passive defense.

Decades have not passed like this, and the conquest of the Japanese kingdom naturally attracted the attention of the Manchu Dynasty, and the relevant yamen took action for this matter and began to prepare for this war.

And the Ming Dynasty this year the autumn tax also began to collect, the four counties of Changping Prefecture tax collection, is by Wang Shouren, the governor personally supervised, more than three months, the four counties of Changping Prefecture, Dingkou, acres of land have been measured.

Although there were some obstacles and twists and turns in the early stage, after the obstacles were cleared by ruthless means, the subsequent changes in the entire Changping Prefecture can be described as unimpeded.

It was also during the three months of reform that Wang Shouren established absolute authority throughout Changping Prefecture.

Although the officials of Changping Prefecture did not bother to survive, no one dared to disobey the governor's will.

Now all the tax silver, tax grain are all put into the warehouse.

In the lobby of the Zhizhou Yamen, Wang Shouren was flipping through the books, and all the officials in the entire Changping Prefecture were here, looking up a little nervously.

These tax and silver accounts, all the officials of the four counties, whether they are county officials or county orders, have been checked again and again, and only after confirming that they are correct, they have stamped their big seals.

The matter of taxation was supervised by the Governor of the King, and no one dared to deceive it, and no one dared to take it lightly, so they could be sure that there was nothing wrong with the ledger.

But at this time, seeing Wang Shouren sitting in the hall, carrying out the final inspection with an expressionless face, one by one he couldn't help but hold his breath, for fear that Governor Wang would find out some mistakes.

There was only the sound of flipping through the paper in the hall, but other than that, there was no sound, Wang Shouren lowered his head, looked at the accounts on it carefully, and turned his head from time to time to look at the small book next to him, which was full of symbolic numbers.

Wang Shouren compared the account books he had recorded with the account books of the various counties, and checked them while looking at them.

After confirming that it was correct, his face also showed a look of relief, and then he picked up the governor's seal next to him and put it on it.

There was a soft bang, and the hearts of the officials present finally let go.

Wang Shouren looked up at the officials and said softly: "In the four counties of Changping Prefecture, the tax revenue this year is much higher than in previous years, and this is all your political achievements. ”

Hearing this, the officials present hurriedly shook their heads, "This is all the political achievements of adults, and the lower officials and others dare not take credit." ”

Wang Shouren hummed noncommittally, and he didn't know whether he responded or not, and looked at Zheng Zonglun, the next leader, "Zheng Zhizhou, I still have to pay more attention to you, and add more manpower to escort all the taxes, silver, taxes and grains into Beijing. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, the lower officials will dispatch people to do this in a while."

After that, Zheng Zonglun's heart moved suddenly, and he realized something in hindsight, raised his head and said, "This matter is so important, the adults should personally supervise this matter."

"Benfu is only the governor of Qincha, and the official of Changping Prefecture is still you Zheng Zhizhou. What's more, Benfu came to preside over the reform of the law in Changping Prefecture, and now that the law change has been completed, it is time for Benfu to return to Beijing to resume the law. ”

Hearing that Wang Shouren was going to return to Beijing to resume his decree, all the officials present were stunned.

Governor Wang is leaving, and this lord who has been pressing on their heads for months is finally leaving?

At this point, they couldn't say whether they were happy or what.

I always feel a sense of amazement in my heart.

Even Zheng Zonglun, the governor of Changping, also felt that his heart was complicated, the governor had set him up for three months, and if he wanted to talk about his grievances, he had them, but now this grievances have been diluted a lot.

If you want to return to Beijing, you can go back to Beijing by the way to supervise the taxes, grain, taxes and silver, and there will be no delay.

But when he was leaving, the governor of the king asked him to do this, handed over the power back in front of everyone, and gave him great dignity in his words.

"Now that the regulations on the promotion and planting of sweet potatoes have been completed, after Wang said goodbye, the rest of the things will be left to you."

After that, Wang Shouren stood up from his seat, bowed deeply to the full hall of officials, and finished to the end.

(End of chapter)