Chapter 707: Being a creditor of the Tang Dynasty
At first, everyone was only shocked by the fifteen million military expenses and 10 million stone food that His Highness said every year, but after they reacted, everyone's eyes widened suddenly.
Listen, listen, what outrageous things did you say.
Prepare Mingguang armor for a million people, are you crazy?! And it's still divided into eight years, doesn't it mean that more than 100,000 sets of Mingguang armor will be provided every year?!
Everyone was stupid...... How arrogant does that have to be for you to say something like that?
But thinking about the fact that His Royal Highness King Qin earned 2.6 treasury on a single trip to the sea, they suddenly didn't want to say it again.
One trip to the sea is enough for two years of military spending, and it seems that it doesn't matter if you support it for eight years?
And all the generals here are also stupid, but what they think is, how should they fight when they command all the troops of Mingguang Armor? To scare the enemy to death?!
How the is flying dragon riding face to lose! Phew, it's wrong, it's all brought by His Royal Highness, how can you lose this equipment with a slap in the face?
Of course, all aspects such as morale are important, and it can be said that they are very important.
But his mother's weapons and equipment are just as important! Back then, whether it was Han Xin who fought against the water, or Xiang Yu who broke the cauldron, the soldiers who surrounded them all wore Mingguang armor, and you let them try these tricks.
Of course, Xiang Yu didn't know, but if Han Xin's enemies were all this equipment, it was estimated that it would be absolutely impossible for Han Xin to enter Jingcheng, after all, Han Xin's last battle was deliberately made after understanding the deployment of all enemies.
Almost all the generals were thinking about how their soldiers would fight with their soldiers covered in bright light armor.
Do you still need to think about it? Just crush the past.
"Oh, that's wrong, it's not the Mingguang armor, the Mingguang armor is made of iron armor, and now all the armor I replace is steel armor!" Li Ke added.
Everyone: "......"
It was the first time that many ministers knew that the armor that Li Ke had changed for the Sixteen Guards was actually steel armor!
Only...... It's outrageous.
"The minister has something to say." Wei Zheng next to him suddenly spoke.
"Speak." Li Shimin waved his hand, and Li Shimin's whole person was also suppressed, good guy, how much money does Li Ke have? How did I not know? But...... Are you stupid? You have so much money and can arm so many troops, you are a rebel! Didn't the emperor give you the emperor if you rebelled?
Why don't you find someone to hint at it in private? Li Shimin was listening to Wei Zheng's speech on the surface, and in his mind he was already thinking about how to fool Li Ke into rebelling.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the minister feels that this is not appropriate, although His Highness has made some money, but this is His Royal Highness the King of Qin's own ability, and the army is the army of the Tang Dynasty." Wei Zhengyi said rhetorically.
Hearing Wei Zheng's words, the corners of everyone's mouths twitched.
Zheng Guogong, how did you, a person whose whole family is estimated to be unable to come up with ten yuan of money, say that tens of millions of yuan are some money?!
You're really ...... Treat money like dung.
Is that some? That's a mountain! A mountain of money! Don't believe you, pile all this money together and try it!
"Of course, the entire Tang Dynasty is Your Majesty's Tang Dynasty, but His Royal Highness King Qin is just a prince, and he is not the emperor, so the court can't spend this money." Wei Zheng's face did not change.
As soon as Wei Zheng's words came out, the faces of many uninformed ministers changed, good guy, what does this mean?
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and instantly looked happy, good guy, Zheng Guogong, you really love ...... It's for me! This is a message to me, right?!
"Zheng Guogong, what are you talking about?!" Li Ke instantly became alert, and directly interrupted Wei Zheng's words, "Let's not say that I'm not, even if I'm the emperor, the treasury and the private treasury must be separated!" This is the basic law of the Tang Dynasty! The treasury and the private treasury are not separated, which will lead to chaos in the country! ”
"So this is not going to be provided directly to the imperial court, but I can lend money to the imperial court!" Li Ke said without changing his face, "Datang's current opportunity is an unprecedented opportunity for change, we shouldn't wait, since we have the strength and the opportunity to complete this change, then we shouldn't wait." ”
"Because we don't know what kind of things are waiting for us in the Tang Dynasty, whether it is Xue Yantuo in the north, or Goguryeo, or the Western Turks in the Western Regions, Gaochang and other countries, if someone jumps out to make trouble, our Tang army may go to the frontier at any time."
"And since there has been no war recently, then we are the highest period of reform, I can lend the money to the imperial court first, without interest, and then return my principal directly. In this case, we will complete the reform of Datang first, and when Datang is thriving and the national strength is constantly strong, my money will naturally be nothing. ”
"The so-called rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband! The prosperity of Datang is closely related to each of us, and I, as the prince of Datang, should do these things! Therefore, I can provide materials and other aspects, such as armor and other related affairs, and the imperial court cannot come up with such large-scale materials, so I can directly provide finished products. ”
"As the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty, I will provide relevant materials to the imperial court at a discount of the market price, and I will borrow according to this imperial court." Li Keyi said eloquently.
Forget it, I'll make less...... After all, the difference between my cost and the market price is a bit big, and Li Ke thought about the eight-fold discount of the market price, otherwise the price will be slightly reduced when it is provided every year?
Earn more, some sins.
No, what am I guilty of? I'm afraid of disrupting the market, and when the market crashes, it's even more terrible, yes, it's definitely like that!
As soon as Li Ke's words came out, whether it was Fang Xuanling or Wei Zheng, there was nothing to say in an instant, although there is no precedent for private lending money to the state, but if there is no interest, and the other party is still the King of Qin, this seems to be okay?
And His Royal Highness said well, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. The Tang Dynasty has indeed been in the quietest time in the past two years, but there are many small countries such as Xue Yantuo, Goguryeo, Western Turks, and the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions who are restless.
As soon as Li Ke said this, everyone looked at each other, as if they were ...... It's not too much of a problem.
"This ...... How much can Your Highness borrow? Fang Xuanling hesitated and asked.
"In this way, let's not set a fixed number, I will provide all the armor, bows and arrows, weapons, clothing, bedding, and food of the Tang army reform except for war horses, these materials can be calculated according to the market price of eighty percent, in addition to all the monthly money of the Tang Dynasty army is also provided by me, so that how much is counted every year, until the Tang Dynasty has a surplus in finances, you can convert a part of it to me, otherwise, I will go straight to the bottom." Li Ke said very simply.
Of course, the specific numbers can't be said, I can't say, it's better to keep accounts directly.