Lin Xuanyi was hit by two arrows during the counterinsurgency more than half a year ago, although he was carefully recuperated by the imperial doctor, it was almost good, but he was never able to get better, and he always had to suffer from back pain every time the day changed, and today he was on duty, and he was fine, but near noon, the sky was overcast, and his back pain was again, and he insisted on asking Yinzuo for peace at this time, and he was already a little unbearable, and sweat was dripping from his forehead from time to time, and Yinzuo was very distressed, but the problem was: Lin Xuanyi was the main formulator of the Thunder Plan, This meeting really can't leave him, and Yinzuo has no choice but to ruthlessly let him stick to the discussion, of course, Yinzuo will not let Lin Xuanyi stand.

"Gao Nianying, go and move a soft chair and give Lin Zhongtang a seat. Yinzuo glanced at Lin Xuanyi, and hurriedly ordered, Gao Nianying hurriedly commanded the little eunuch to move from outside the hall to the rattan chair with a soft mattress, and cautiously stepped forward to help Lin Xuanyi sit down.

"Thank you, Lord Longen, the minister is ashamed......" Lin Xuanyi choked up and wanted to salute and thank you, Yinzuo gently raised his hand and said: "Aiqing doesn't have to be like this, I'm about to sit down, I still have a lot of places to use Aiqing, let's talk about it today, Aiqing will rest for a while, and the future will be long, and I'll come back to help me when Aiqing is thorough." As the main formulator of the Thunder Plan, Lin Xuanyi naturally understood the importance of this meeting, and he didn't say anything more, sitting weakly on the soft chair, thinking about it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't hide it, this battle must be fought in the end, but not now, I need time, not much, two years, even if the British and the Netherlands do not come, I will send troops, and now I am thinking about how to win the most critical two years for me, and I can't lose the dignity of my Qing Dynasty. Yinzuo saw that everyone was patronizing and thinking hard but no one spoke, so he had to set the tone of the meeting by himself, which was also out of helplessness. The ministers present are all good at government affairs, but when it comes to diplomacy, they are all blind, and the only ones who have some ability in this are Shi Shilun and Lin Xuanyi, who used to be the directors of the General Administration of Customs.

After the tone is set, things will be much easier to do, although these military ministers do not understand diplomacy, but after all, they are all top-notch, experienced people in government affairs, and their minds are very flexible, and the chief military minister took the lead in standing up and said: "The minister plays the emperor." The minister has one word and two strategies, one word is 'drag': the envoys of the two countries are still in Guangzhou, and the saint can let them slow down, drag them for half a year and then let them enter Beijing, and the second strategy is to retreat: Dongying is lonely overseas, and it is not easy for me to defend in the Qing Dynasty, so it is better to agree to open the Dongying market, which is an equal benefit. The two countries have nothing to say, but the ports of our Great Qing Dynasty can absolutely not accommodate foreign barbarians, and as for whether or not we want the Qing Dynasty to communicate with each other, we can consider it as appropriate, and the negotiations will last for a long time. This time is squeezed out. ”

"No, no!" Liangcheng, the newly promoted Minister of Military Aircraft, is a militant, and it was not his turn to fight Lao Maozi last time, so he doesn't want to miss this big battle at this time. Immediately came out and said: "Sheng, the minister does not agree with the opinion of Lord Ma, the minister thinks that I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, how can I tolerate the reason of small foreign countries, the minister thinks that those small foreign countries have no credibility at all, and the minister thinks that since the British and Dutch want to provoke the Japanese to raise troops, they will inevitably make a fuss around this point, and the minister thinks that I may as well plan the Qing Dynasty." First, they suppressed the riots of the Japanese state with heavy ammunition, and secondly, they took the opportunity to mobilize the warships of Britain and the Netherlands, and gave them a head-on attack, striving to completely annihilate the enemy's army. ”

Hey, this kid is still a general after all, and he has no ability to fight at sea at all, so he even thinks that ambushing at sea is a simple matter. Not. What a no-brainer! The reason why Yinzuo let Liangcheng enter the military aircraft department was not only because of Liangcheng's loyalty and merit, but also because of the meaning of balancing the Eight Banners. Although Yinzuo had long known that Liangcheng was not a qualified minister of military aircraft. At this time, seeing that Liangcheng was fighting with all his might, he completely deviated from the tone set by Yinzuo himself, but he didn't say anything about him, he just smiled and said: "It's a good thing that Aiqing has the heart to break the enemy, but my Jingshi is more important, and Aiqing has to help me manage the Nine Gates' Admiral Yamen, and use more thought." Hengchen, what do you think about this? ”

Zhang Tingyu hesitated for a moment, but still stood up, knelt on the ground respectfully and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the minister thinks that what Ma and Liang said is reasonable, and the minister is not familiar with foreign affairs, so he really dare not speak falsely. ”

"I don't scold people with my words, Hengchen has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it. Yinzuo smiled and raised his hand weakly, signaling Zhang Tingyu to flatten his body.

"Saint, the minister thinks that what the good army said about the barbarians who do not keep their promises should be reasonable, but the major affairs of the soldier country should not be careless, now that I have just passed the Great Qing War, although the treasury still has a surplus, but it really should not start the war lightly, so the minister did not dare to agree with the suggestion of the good army, but the minister thought that blindly retreating is not a way, and it must be reasonable and restrained to show the majesty of my Qing Dynasty. Zhang Tingyu's words were not leaky, but there was no specific content, Yin Zuo frowned when he heard it, but it was not good to attack Zhang Tingyu, after all, Comrade Zhang neither knew military nor foreign affairs, and it was already difficult for him to say these things.

"Saint, the minister thinks that what Lord Zhang said is reasonable, now the treasury only has 30 million taels of silver, if the war starts, overseas trade will inevitably be damaged, under the economic depression, there may be a big disaster, the minister thinks that if it can surrender without a fight, it is a good person who is good. Shi Shilun, Minister of Military Aircraft and Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, also agreed with Zhang Tingyu's words.

"What? Thirty million taels? What's going on? "In the half month since Yinzuo came back, he has been busy dealing with military affairs and the case of the eighth child, and he has never had time to ask about the amount of silver deposited in the national treasury. According to Yinzuo's thoughts, although the war in Western Xinjiang lasted for a long time and the amount of silver spent was not small, there were still about 80 million silver deposits in the treasury before the expedition, plus a steady stream of taxes from overseas trade, how could the silver stored in this treasury not be less than 50 million taels of silver.

Shi Shilun has been following Yinzuo for a long time, knowing Yinzuo's temperament, at this time, seeing Yinzuo pull down his face, he was not panicked, and said calmly: "Back to the emperor, the total military expenditure of the Western Expedition is 54,213,212 taels of silver: of which the total cost of grain, grass and baggage is 43 million taels of silver, and the total amount of pension and reward is more than 11 million taels of silver; According to the Holy Edict, the cost of investing in the Tianjin Gun Bureau and the Shanghai Shipyard was 43 million taels of silver, the annual revenue of the customs in the past year was 33 million taels of silver, the provincial finance and taxation was 31 million taels of silver, the cumulative government expenditure was 25 million taels of silver, and 6 million taels of silver were allocated for the rebuilding of the Taihe Hall and the tomb of the Holy Lord. The renovation of the Rehe Palace was five million taels of silver......"

This money is really not spent, and the battle with Lao Maozi is a big loss, damn, when Lao Maozi's envoy comes, no matter what, I have to pull off the skin from Peter's kid! Well, no, why is the customs revenue so much less? Yinzuo frowned and thought about it, looked at Shi Shilun and said, "Shi Aiqing." I remember that the annual income of the customs last year was more than 45 million taels, why was there only more than 30 million taels left last year? ”

"Back to the emperor's words, for this time, the minister has questioned the General Administration of Customs, He General Chief, and has also sent the household department Lang official to check the accounts, the customs revenue is not false, because the overseas trade volume has been gradually declining since last year, and it is estimated that this year will be reduced. The minister did not dare to hide it. Please Emperor Mingjian. Shi Shilun replied respectfully.

Well, it's no wonder that Lao Tzu only goes out and goes in, and those European countries seem to be squeezed enough, and their purchasing power has declined. ***。 If there is a war in the future, overseas trade will inevitably be greatly affected in a short period of time, and at least until the whole of Asia is occupied, overseas trade will probably be unreliable. Hmm, if you want to fight a war without money, it seems that the distribution of the acres and the payment of grain by the officials and gentry have to be put on the agenda, damn it, all the is mixed together, it's just that, these things will be talked about later. Yinzuo's mind moved quickly, and he frowned and asked Shi Shilun to retreat first. He coughed lightly and said, "I already know what Shi Aiqing said, so let's not talk about the treasury affairs today, let's discuss foreign affairs first." ”

"Emperor Ama, the sons think that the reason why Britain and the Netherlands dare to put forward such harsh terms to our Qing Dynasty is nothing more than relying on their strong ships and rich experience in warfare. The ancients said: The virtual is real. The real is the virtual, and the warships and cannons of our Qing Dynasty are far above these two countries. It is better to have a drill to boost our prestige, and then agree to some inconsequential conditions between the two countries in exchange for a temporary peaceful coexistence in exchange for the right time. "Carry forward is the only one among the sons of Yinzuo who has understood the Thunder Plan, and knows where the gap between the Great Clear Water Division and the British and Dutch countries lies, and at this time, seeing that all the ministers can't come up with any good ideas, they stand up and say calmly.

Uh-huh, show the enemy to be strong, and then make a slight concession to show sincerity, this is a good method! Yinzuo's heart moved, but he didn't say anything because of this, he glanced at Hongyang who was kneeling on the ground, then turned around and looked at Lin Xuanyi, who was sitting on the soft chair, and said with a smile: "Lihe, I want to hear your opinion." ”

"Back to the emperor, Weichen thought that the words of the second elder brother should be feasible, but the candidate for this negotiation was not easy to decide. Lin Xuanyi thought about it carefully.

Well, this is always a problem, Lin Xuanyi's health is not good, the other ministers don't understand the true meaning of Thunder's plan, and the age of Hongyang is too young, this is really a troublesome matter. Yinzuo nodded, and didn't say anything, just looked at the ministers of military aircraft present, and secretly wondered who to send to preside over the negotiations.

"Huang Ama, Erchen thinks that if this matter is handed over to the third uncle, with the stability of the third uncle, I will not lose the prestige of my Qing Dynasty. Hongli, who had not spoken, stood up and said loudly.

Third? Hey, why did you forget about this goods, haha, the third child has always refused to suffer, he has a large share of overseas trade, and it makes sense to leave this matter to him. Yinzuo has long known that the third child has been silent in this rebellion in Beijing, and he has also silently helped Hongli to do things, so he naturally understands that the third child has long been dead to the big position, and the third child has been in charge of the Ministry of Rites, so it is also a good choice for him to preside over foreign affairs.

"Well, I can see it, this matter will be handed over to Prince Cheng to handle, and you will also go with you, help your third uncle, if you have any questions, you can come and ask me. What do you think? Yinzuo said with a smile.

"The emperor is sage, and the ministers have no objections. Seeing that Yinzuo had already made up his mind, the minister of the military machine naturally would not speak out against it again, and they all respectfully praised it, even if he had an idea but did not get the messenger, he did not show the slightest dissatisfaction.

Yinzuo glanced at the two brothers Hongli and Hongyang, smiled and said: "From now on, Hongli and Hongyang will follow the court to listen to the government, I am tired, Mr. Fang stays, and you will kneel in peace." Gao Nianying arranged a soft sedan car to send Lin Zhongtang home. Yinzuo spoke, and the courtiers immediately kowtowed to each other and dispersed.

"Mr. Fang, there's nothing wrong with my arrangement, right?" After everyone withdrew from the main hall, Yinzuo looked at Fang Linggao and asked.

Although Fang Linggao was not the one who formulated the Thunder Plan, he had also read the plan in detail, and although he didn't know much about the war part, he still knew it in general. ”

, this old man is really, knowing that what we are asking about is not the Thunder Plan at all, but what is the purpose of Hongli's move, but this old man deliberately changed the concept. Yinzuo frowned and said, "What I asked Mr. Linggao knows in his heart, so let's just say it, I don't want to guess the riddle." ”

"The minister can't see through it for the time being, but I think it has something to do with the treasury revenue. Fang Bao spread his hands and said.

"Huh?" Yinzuo immediately frowned - it is related to the treasury revenue, which naturally refers to government affairs, but how does Hongli know that we will send Hongyang to assist the third child, so as to leave him an opportunity to participate in government affairs, and how can Hongli know that we are going to start cleaning up government affairs?

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