Qiming 1158

Chapter 634 Do you also want to subjugate your country in three years?
Su Yonglin threw the question of whether to ask for money to the ministers.

The ministers immediately opened their minds, brainstormed, brainstormed, and their desire to speak was much stronger than before.

Shangshu Zuocheng Yelu Chenghui stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, I think that the reason why the Yellow River is in trouble today is all due to Song Ting's misconduct, and Song Ting needs to pay for it!"

Huo Jianbai, the right minister of the Shangshu, stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the three emperors of the Song Dynasty, Renzong, Shenzong, and Zhezong, changed the direction of the Yellow River three times respectively, causing the Yellow River to burst its banks three times, causing huge damage to the Central Plains, and countless people died as a result. The minister thought it was reasonable and reasonable to ask them for compensation."

Cao Kai, the right servant of the Ministry of Finance, stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the reason why my dynasty has to spend a lot of money to manage the Yellow River is entirely due to the incompetence of the rulers and ministers of the Song Kingdom, which has caused the Yellow River to get out of control. Its people and their country have done this to shame the world. Such sins can only be made up for with money, which is already very kind. ."

Qiao Yunliang, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the existence of the Yellow River depends entirely on the rulers and ministers of the Song Kingdom. It is not enough to ask them for money. They should also be asked to provide manpower and material resources. Ask them to ask them for construction materials, skilled craftsmen, and talents who are good at building dams. want!"

Li Baocheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Finance, stood up and spoke.

"Your Majesty, all kinds of mistakes are all the fault of Song Ting, and they are all the fault of Emperor Zhao Song. How can the money be enough? The Yellow River project will inevitably be delayed for a long time. Let the people of Song provide me with money and human and material resources every year to help me!"

Li Baocheng's words were quite domineering and relieved, and immediately aroused the approval of many officials. They complimented him and said that Li Baocheng was right.

Then Yelu Yuanyi, Minister of Civil Affairs, stood up.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the people of the Song Dynasty had provided annual tribute to the Kingdom of Jin. The annual tribute was 25 taels of silver and 25 bolts of silk. Since they can be given to the Kingdom of Jin, they can also be given to Ming. People discuss the matter of annual tribute."

Yelu Yuanyi's suggestion immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the ministers at the meeting.

25 taels of silver, according to the current silver-to-money exchange ratio, is equivalent to more than [-] million Wen.

There are 25 bolts of silk, even if it is of average quality, one bolt costs about four pennies, and even the finest silk cloth can’t be bought for ten pennies, and the price of silk cloth has always been stable, and it has the function of quasi-currency.

Even if he was kind and allowed his annual tribute to be a silk cloth of average quality, after a little calculation, it would be almost a billion yuan in discount.

If you can ask the Song people for the same year-old coins as the Jin Kingdom, even if it is slightly reduced and controlled at about one billion dollars, it can greatly reduce the financial pressure of the Ming Empire in rectifying the Yellow River.

The extra income of one billion dollars is obtained every year. If all of them are used for livelihood projects, it will be a great help for Su Yonglin's plan to restore the vitality of the Central Plains before the official extermination of the Song Dynasty.

Officials have put forward the feasibility of this proposal one after another, believing that Daming's military is far stronger than the Jin State, not to mention the Song people, who can give the Jin State Sui tribute, and they can also give Da Ming Sui tribute.

If they don't give-

Do you despise Daming?
Do you despise Daming who destroyed the Jin Kingdom?
What a joke!
Daming destroyed the great Jin Kingdom in three years. Do you also want to subjugate the kingdom in three years?

No need for Su Yonglin to speak out, Ye Luxian, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, has already helped Su Yonglin figure out the words.

Su Yonglin sat in the seat, thinking about the possibility of getting the New Year coins from the Southern Song Dynasty, and suddenly felt that the income he was obsessed with selling smuggled salt was really not of the highest grade.

Don't want more than one billion annual tribute, but are struggling with the 6000 million private salt income?
The layout is low.

So he looked at Yelu Xian, who was beaming with excitement, and laughed outright.

"Song country is also a big country with hundreds of thousands of troops. You all like to bully Song country so much?"

The ministers immediately looked at Su Yonglin collectively.

Su Yonglin paused for a while, wheezing everyone's appetite.

"I would also like."

The ministers were stunned for a moment, overjoyed, and called out to His Majesty Shengming in unison.

This is the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty that the four major political factions of the Ming court have reached a completely unified opinion. None of the four political factions have any different opinions from each other, and they fully agree that the Ming Dynasty can ask Song for some benefit.

At first, I just wanted to blackmail a sum of money, then I felt that I should blackmail a little more money, and then I felt that I should blackmail some people or things at the same time. Finally, just pay tribute directly.

He doesn't give it?
You look down on Daming!

It's you who beat up!
"Although this matter is not in line with the peace treaty just signed by the two countries, the matter of the Yellow River is not included in the peace treaty, and the reason why the Yellow River has reached this point is entirely Song Ting's problem. It is inappropriate for them to stay out of it. of."

Su Yonglin pretended to sigh with emotion: "It's a pity, I just don't know if the people of Song are sensible and aware of the current affairs, if they are ignorant and ignorant of the current affairs, so that the two countries will fight with swords, it's really not what I want to see. "

When the ministers heard the words, they knew that the emperor was pretending, and they followed suit with emotion.

But the final conclusion is the same.

This is not a problem of Daming, but a problem of the Song Kingdom. All the responsibilities must be borne by the Song court and the Zhao family emperor.

Su Yonglin then made up his mind and planned to make a formal request to Song for the consideration of all the people of the world, asking them to provide a certain amount of money, materials and manpower every year for the governance of the Yellow River during the period of governance of the Yellow River.

And the total value of these things cannot be less than the annual tribute they handed over to the Jin Kingdom.

Su Yonglin then set out to form a negotiating mission, and quickly decided on the person in charge of the negotiating mission.

The chief of staff of the Daming General Staff, Xin Qiji.

Su Yonglin vaguely remembered that Xin Qiji once persuaded him to join the Southern Song Dynasty. Although such a thing never happened, Xin Qiji also said that he saw through the hypocrisy of the Southern Song Dynasty, but Su Yonglin still wanted him to see with his own eyes what the Southern Song Dynasty was like.

So Su Yonglin called Xin Qiji and handed over the responsibility to him.

During the meeting, Xin Qiji was also one of those who loudly demanded that the Southern Song Dynasty pay the price, so after learning that Su Yonglin had entrusted him with this task, he readily agreed.

Su Yonglin just looked at him and smiled, making him feel uncomfortable.

"Why is Your Majesty laughing? My...Is there something wrong?"

"No, there's nothing wrong with you, it's just that I think it's funny."

Su Yonglin smiled and said, "I just remembered that when you and I first met, you talked about the general situation of the world at night, and told me that you must rely on the Southern Dynasty and join the Southern Dynasty before you can succeed. Now, do you still think that way?"

Xin Qiji immediately put his hand on his forehead with a depressed look on his face.

"Your Majesty still remembers."

"How could you forget? That was the first strategy you offered to me."

"Chen...I was too young at that time and didn't understand anything, so I made a false statement. Please don't take offense, Your Majesty."

"No, no, I just thought it was funny."

Su Yonglin walked up to Xin Qiji and patted him on the shoulder: "In the beginning, you strongly advocated for me to join the Southern Dynasty, but now, you have completely changed your mind and become someone who is determined to ask for tribute from the Southern Dynasty. Curious, now, what do you think of the Southern Dynasty?"

Xin Qiji was relieved when he saw that Su Yonglin's expression did not seem to be fake, but really asked.

"Your Majesty, I really don't have any thoughts like that anymore. I can see clearly what kind of virtue the Southern Dynasty is. They are just a bunch of timid, incompetent, timid people, and there is no possibility of restoring the Central Plains. It is wishful thinking to expect them to save the people of the Central Plains."

Having said this, Xin Qiji sighed with emotion: "At the beginning, His Majesty told the minister that we can only rely on ourselves to save the people of the Central Plains, but the minister thought it was unreliable, but it was later discovered that His Majesty is the one who can really save the people in the Central Plains. People who save all peoples in the Central Plains."

Su Yonglin nodded and did not deny Xin Qiji's remarks.

"I'm glad you can think of it this way, but I'm going to make some changes to your words."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"I can't save all the people in the world by myself. All of you stand with me and help me. Only then can I save all the people in the world. Without your support, I can't do anything."

Xin Qiji knew it in his heart and gave Su Yonglin a big gift.

"I understand."

"Ah."

Su Yonglin helped Xin Qiji up and said, "Go to the Southern Song Dynasty, look at their faces, look at their luxurious life, look at the poverty and despair of the people they ruled, and you will know more clearly why they are not only unreliable, It should also be smashed to pieces and smashed to ashes!"

Xin Qiji nodded.

"I understand."

(End of this chapter)