Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 742;
Chapter 690: Yang Guang's cavalry

"Your Majesty, you are right, but we also need to see the benefits, right? For example, the sons and daughters have rice and meat, and they are full of strength after eating and drinking. They also have exquisite armor protection. In terms of combat power, it is at least [-]% higher than before. If there is more than enough, who dares to resist where the soldiers are pointing at?"

"Of course, my minister seconded the proposal, His Majesty will surely be able to achieve great achievements throughout the ages!"

"Your Majesty's merit is in the future!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha, dear friends, hurry up, please hurry up.

By the way, Du Aiqing, we should pay more attention to the military rations at the Ministry of Industry. If necessary, please ask the old Shangshu to urge the fish-catching team to try to get the three batches of meat back as soon as possible, so I can feel at ease. "

"According to the order."

"Oh, by the way, Aiqing, you have to be careful with these delicacies, or else you'll eat them one by one..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Xia Shangshu checks the logarithm every day, and is very careful.

Moreover, he was killed, not to mention stealing food, anyone who entered the two major military food yards without authorization would kill the whole family, and sent special soldiers to guard day and night, so His Majesty's military food would not be missing a jar,
Even if the minister brought these jars today, Xia Shangshu took them from the personal belongings presented by Li Dalang to honor His Majesty, and none of the jars were touched by His Majesty's military rations. "

"Oh, that's it, then I don't worry, I brought so much at once, I'm afraid the old Shangshu doesn't have much left."

"Ah, yes, Your Majesty, I heard... Xia Shangshu doesn't have many meat jars..."

"Why does Aiqing hesitate when she speaks? There must be a number if there are not many, right?"

"Ah, yes, Your Majesty, there are countless... um... there are only forty jars of meat left..."

Li Shimin's face darkened when he heard these words;

"Hmph! There is nothing wrong with honoring a lot of loyal ministers and elders, and I won't say anything more.
But what about your elders?Let's not talk about me, I don't care about his filial piety, but his family's mother-in-law didn't share anything!
Tell me, Du Aiqing, he always complains that I deliberately find fault with him. Is this what the Son of Man did?Ladies and gentlemen, tell me, is this something people do? "

"This...His Majesty quenches his anger..."

"Uh, Your Majesty, don't get angry with the child..."

"Your Majesty, don't be like him, Li Da is just a child after all..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's still a child..."

"Child? I'm married at his age. Is he still young? I think he's still so arrogant even ten years older! It's unreasonable! If you don't want to be a son of man, don't be a son of man!
Where has he gone?Things on Henan Road have been dealt with, and he still hasn't come back?Is it still showing off with a guard horse outside?

When I go out to gain knowledge, I have to bring dozens of maids to serve him, and dozens of people are dispatched to serve him in the kitchen. Don’t you know that I am blind?
In the future, when he grows up, he will bring such a large group of servants to serve him when he goes out to march and fight?The sons go out to work hard, he is like the uncle, eats and drinks during the day, and is served by beautiful women at night, what does it look like?What do people in the world think of it?

He is the queen's adoptive son, and he also calls me foster father. People in the world will definitely say that the queen is incapable of discipline, and they will definitely say that I have taught a rebellious son, and my reputation has been ruined by him alone. It's just nonsense! "

"Your Majesty calm down!"

A group of important ministers are not afraid of anything, they are afraid of judging these bad things. If you say that Li Dalang is a good man, His Majesty the Emperor will immediately become angrier, but if you say that he is a bastard, the Emperor will be so angry that he can't eat... Don't know yet?

That Li Dalang is not only the darling of His Highness the Empress, but also the darling of the emperor, a fool knows it clearly, alas... the emperor is good everywhere, and he is more strict with his own sons, but only when he meets Li Dalang ... Even if he is so confused, he can be said to be the most stupid emperor, and it is not bad to say a word about him!

He was allowed to build his own armor and equip a guard horse when he was only a teenager, so when he grows up, can he pay it back?

A fool can guess it. In the future, he will definitely learn from the ancient times before, and draw this child as a king, and make him a king of princes. Alas... In less than 50 years, Li Dalang will be the existence of covering the sky with one hand. Who will say whether it is a blessing or a curse? clear?

The big guys can only work together to seduce him to a good place, otherwise this kind of powerful person will have a bad stomach, and the world will definitely be in chaos.

While Li Shimin was scolding his own eldest son for nothing, a servant came in outside, and when he saw the emperor's black face in the room, he didn't dare to speak and stood at the door with his head down, Li Shimin scolded;
"Say something!"

"Here! I would like to inform the sage that the subordinates came in and reported that the troops on the Silk Road have returned and set up camp more than 70 miles away. It is estimated that they will arrive in Chang'an tomorrow afternoon."

"Understood, go back."

"Here."

Li Shimin took a deep breath and sat behind the desk;
"It's really slow enough to walk dozens of miles a day."

Fang Xuanling smiled to persuade the emperor;
"Your Majesty must give them some time, right? There are so many goods, and there are official envoys from various countries. They can't get up soon."

"Well, Du Pushe, the horses this time can always make up enough people, right? In addition, there is still a big gap in the cavalry guards. It is so awkward to use some low-level horses to make up the number! "

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I can gather enough this time, but... I still say the same thing, Your Majesty, you have to think carefully, now the imperial army in the northern and southern Yamen has been deployed to five thousand cavalry!

The other sixteen guards were also allocated [-] cavalry. If your Majesty agrees to the request of those generals every time, to put it bluntly, they would wish that your Majesty would equip them with [-] cavalry.

The existing cavalry alone will cost a lot of money every year. If you add the pure cavalry of the two guards... To be fair, the imperial court will spend more than 500 million cavalry every year in the future, throwing it out , Your Majesty, look..."

Not to mention Du Ruhui scratching his head non-stop, many important officials quietly moved back a few steps after hearing the topic of cavalry, what joke are you talking about?No one would spend money and waste silver. One cavalry cost more than ten infantrymen. Who the hell could afford it?This is simply militarism!
Li Shimin didn't think so, although he also rubbed his forehead anxiously;

"Millions are indeed scary, but we can't be scared by money and dare not move forward. I have also thought about it in my heart. The ones I have in my hands now, plus the ones from the temples in the four seas this time. , let's save a little money, and the cavalry can use it for two years, and we will figure out other ways later.

Without enough cavalry, if we want to defeat the thieves on the grassland, we have to fill it with the lives of infantry boys, and the consumption of money will not be less, so we grit our teeth and tighten our belts. These two cavalry guards must not hesitate! "

Several civil servants opened their mouths but held back their mouths, and Changsun Wuji, who has always been a follower, also frowned tightly;

"Your Majesty's thinking is correct, but we are too poor, that's why we resist these things... Fortunately, the Silk Road has been opened up, and there should be no problem supporting these cavalry in the future..."

The emperor didn't want to interrupt, but when Changsun Wuji spoke, everyone became lively;

"Shangsun Shangshu, the income from the Silk Road is enough to feed the cavalry, but we can't spend all of it on the cavalry, right?"

"That's right, Changsun Shangshu, when I was established at the beginning of the dynasty, the three provinces and six ministries were all short of money, so there was no place that didn't want money. Your Majesty wants to be a wise emperor through the ages, and you can't use military force."

have to!Finally someone said this!

"Your Majesty, Wang Shilang is right. The Silk Road is now the biggest income of the imperial court. If you take it all away and spend it clean, how will you live?"

"That's right, Your Majesty, there can't be a rice meal, and if there is firewood, burn it all at once. That's a way to go all out, and we absolutely dare not."

Li Shimin said something strangely;
"It's a good word, but don't we still have the income from liquor? I have thought about it many times. Taxes are used to feed the sixteen guards.
The rest is the income from the Silk Road and liquor. After feeding the cavalry, it can be used in three provinces and six departments. It is nothing more than tightening the belt. Let’s tighten it for three years. After that, the life of the imperial court will be much easier. "

What was different from the past was that this time no one praised the emperor's wisdom, even though everyone knew that the more soldiers the better, the more powerful the better!
Seeing the cold and embarrassing scene, Li Shimin was not happy. After returning home to rest, the concerned ministers took two jars of meat to find Empress Qian Guxian to relieve their boredom!Monarchs and ministers broke up unhappy!

A group of ministers shook their heads and chatted while walking;
"I said brother, why didn't you say a few more words to persuade His Majesty just now? How much money would it cost to bring another [-] cavalry?"

"That's right! In the past, there were only two thousand cavalry in each guard, and some guards had only one thousand, so the court was left to be tossed around. The emperor and queen couldn't even eat a few bites of meat, and they couldn't buy new clothes!
Now each guard has [-] cavalry, and the generals are all grinning from ear to ear, but they never consider where the money comes from!
Only us civil servants who live behind the scenes know how scary the money is. Those cavalrymen were piled up with money from head to toe.I don't even have the guts to count it down! "

"Your Majesty, this was stimulated by Lawyer Pei's 1000 million silver, and now there are huge sums of money confiscated from temples all over the world. Anyone would be excited. Fortunately, Your Majesty can restrain himself, or I will get you another [-] yuan." When the cavalry comes out, it will be like crying without tears!"

"Wait, wait, wait, the more than 1000 million in your Majesty's hands, now spend a little here, throw a little there, and the rest is less than 800. When you settle accounts with the prairie thieves after autumn, the [-] I dare say that the amount of ten thousand is enough to last for about a month, when the court will run out of money, what should I do if your Majesty's private money is gone?"

"That's what I'm talking about. It's said that those who have been confiscated from the temple can cover the consumption of next year. My old brothers, what about after next year?"

"Brother, what do you think I am doing? If not, go clean up the temple and Taoist temple."

"Damn! Is this your attitude to discuss important matters? Even if you kill all the monks in the world in the next year, you won't have a lot of money."

"Then I can't help it!"

"By the way, Changsun Shangshu, from now on, the six ministries of the three provinces will only say that the Ministry of War will cost nearly [-] million guan to cope with it for a year, not to mention other places in the imperial court. My brother, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, is poor...it's not easy to do!"

"Millions?"

"Nonsense! Is it 100 million guan?"

"It must be tens of millions, now a million is not enough to watch."

"God! You really don't feel pain in your back when you stand and talk. Two years ago, if there were 100 million guan, the court would be happy, and everyone would be happy. Now a million guan is in everyone's mouth like the price of a pot of wine, oh What is this called?"

"Hey, old uncle, what's the weather like now? It's not like it was two years ago!"

"Yeah, third uncle, I didn't see that 500 million people come and go, and 800 million people come and go? This time and that time!"

"You're talking lightly, don't you take money seriously? Back then, when His Majesty was still the King of Qin, my bad old man scraped together 37 silver coins of military rations for His Majesty. His Majesty was moved to tears, and the Supreme Emperor sealed it without saying a word. I'm in the second rank...how come to you, a million guan is not considered money?"

"Third Uncle, of course your 30 guan at that time was very tight, but now there are too many places to spend money. Uncle, you also know that those cavalry are the most expensive..."

"Huh! You have ulterior motives, why didn't you stop my good grandson from getting cavalry? You should have stood up and stopped it at the first time. How did Yang Guang cause chaos in the world? Have you forgotten? Isn't it because of the 14 Is it about the Wan cavalry?"

The white-bearded old man blew his beard and stared angrily, and after teaching a group of juniors, he looked at his eldest grandson Wuji again;

"Xiao Wuji, how much money do you have in your household department? You're so rampant? You still tell my good grandson to raise a lot of expensive cavalry? Don't you have a lot of money?"

Changsun Wuji would not dare to act presumptuously in front of this old man. This is a blood brother of the same generation as Aye, the Supreme Emperor, and a cousin. , my grandson killed two members in order to protect the former Qin King, and His Majesty immediately gave him the posthumous title of prince after taking power!
The emperor bows down and salutes when he sees someone. The old prince doesn’t have to go to court, and he doesn’t take part in anything. He just came to see His Majesty in the palace because he missed his grandson today. He just happened to hear a bunch of people say After meeting political affairs, I just followed up with a few words of emotion!

Changsun Wuji supported the 80-year-old man and explained with a smile;

"Grandpa, please don't get angry, you are wronged, it is not your majesty who was instigated by my grandson, don't get me wrong, in fact, my grandson is also worried, grandpa, think about it, every year in the future, a lot of money will be poured into the bottomless pit Throw it away, I'm not good at being the secretary of the household department..."

The kind-hearted old man lost his anger when Changsun Wuji explained in a few words;

"Oh, that's right, Xiao Wuji is also very embarrassed."

"Third uncle, he can't do anything when he's in trouble, and he has to do errands even if he's in trouble. Who calls him the Minister of the Household Department?"

"Yeah, I can't run away."

"No way!"

"I said Changsun Shangshu, what will you do in the future?"

I don't know who mentioned these few words, dozens of civil servants turned their heads to look at Changsun Wuji, who kept wiping the sweat from his forehead;

"Hey... what can I do? I will definitely offend everyone... If I deduct the salary of the sixteen guards, the sons of the world will not tear me up?"

(End of this chapter)