The female supporting role turns over: the prince regent's favorite

Chapter 450
As soon as the Minister of the Ministry of War finished speaking, the Minister of the Household Department stood up and retorted: "The military salary of 20 taels of gold can be allocated as soon as you can say it. Now the national treasury is not sufficient. If this batch of military salary is forcibly allocated again, I am afraid it will be destroyed." Stuck in an empty treasury."

"Over there, at the stand between the Xinjiang and the Bada people, seeing victory is in sight, is it possible to let this go?"

There was a burst of disputing voices from below. Some people supported the Xuanjia battalion troops and would not continue to attack the Bada tribe, while others said that the troops could not be withdrawn.

There was a lot of quarrel in the court.

The emperor's face was gloomy, and after a while, the emperor asked the Minister of the Household Department: "Can you increase the tax?"

Lin Langtian stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the border wars have been going on for the past two years, and the taxation of the common people is no longer light. If the tax is increased again, it may cause the people to live in poverty. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

The following group of ministers echoed: "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The emperor was about to attack the Bada tribe. How could he be willing to withdraw his troops now, but just as Lin Langtian said, if the taxes were increased, there would be unavoidable public grievances. After a whole morning of disputes, they couldn't come up with a perfect solution. The emperor was so angry It was extremely ugly, and he left without saying, "Let's discuss this matter again."

……

Qinghe City.

Long Yi handed the letter paper to Murong Jing, "His Royal Highness, this is news from the secret agents of the capital city."

After Murong Jing read it, he finally got rid of the gloom of many days, Long Yi asked: "His Royal Highness, what is this letter talking about?"

Murong Jing smiled and said: "The military pay sent by Beiming Kingdom to the frontier was robbed halfway, and now the Beiming Dynasty is in chaos. If the army payment cannot be allocated, Beiming Kingdom can only forcibly withdraw the troops and send them back. With this batch of military salaries, Beiming Kingdom will create a situation where the outside is strong and the inside is doing nothing, no matter what it is, it is a good thing for us."

Long Yiyi: "His Royal Highness is right."

Murong Jing thought, God helped him.

On the other side, in the tent of Xuanjia Camp.

After receiving the news, Gu Changgeng called Duan Fei, Jiang Mingqiu and others to discuss.

Duan Fei couldn't hide his anger, "Who the hell dares to rob the army's salary! Could it be that we have attacked Qinghe City, and now we are asked to withdraw our troops and return to Chicheng? Just let go of the bad guys like the Bada tribe. They were butchers before. The people of a city in Beiming!"

Gu Changgeng frowned, he couldn't think of a countermeasure for this matter.

Seeing that he was silent, Duan Fei asked, "Chang Geng, what are you thinking?"

Gu Changgeng said: "I was wondering who stole the military salary?"

"Are you suspicious?"

Gu Changgeng nodded: "The matter of transporting the military salary must be a confidential matter. If you can know the route of transporting the military salary, and you can kill all the soldiers in the transport without leaving any survivors, you are definitely not bandits. They must have internal support in the court man of."

"You mean..."

Gu Changgeng narrowed his eyes slightly: "Perhaps it was those mysterious men in black who did it. It seems that some people don't want us to return in triumph."

Duan Fei said fiercely: "This group of bastards, I will find them out of the dark sooner or later, and crush them to ashes!"

But now they are in the frontier, out of their reach, and unable to find out who is the person who robbed the army's salary, so they can only hide the news of eating first, so as not to disturb the morale of the army.

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Kyoto city.

When Lin Qingqian heard the news that the military salary had been robbed, the first reaction in her heart was to worry about what would happen to the Xuanjia Battalion who were fighting with the Bada tribe in the frontier?What should Gu Changgeng do?
Hanyue said: "Nowadays, there are rumors among the common people that the emperor wants to increase the taxation of the common people to make up for the military pay, but the ministers of the court and central government strongly oppose it. Now there is a stalemate. I don't know what to do?"

Lin Qingqian frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Han Yue, let's go out of the house."

"Yes, ma'am."

Lin Qingqian brought Hanyue to Yue Lai Fang, and called shopkeeper Li into the inner hall, she said: "Treasurer Li, you go to check the accounts now, if it does not affect the operation of Yue Lai Fang and other shops, what money can be used?" Count them all for me, and see how many there are in total?"

Shopkeeper Li was surprised why Lin Qingqian suddenly settled the money, but he didn't ask any further questions. He nodded and said, "Yes, I'll go and settle the accounts right away. I promise to calculate it in the morning tomorrow, and then I will tell you, Young Master."

Lin Qingqian nodded, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow."

On the second day, when Lin Qingqian came to Yuelaifang, shopkeeper Li handed over the settled accounts to Lin Qingqian, and said, "My lord, I've done the calculations, including the business in the West Chu Kingdom and the Yanyu Building and other shops. The profit is there, and the silver that can be used is about 100 million taels of silver."

Lin Qingqian frowned, her expression became a little dignified.

One million taels of silver is indeed a lot of money for ordinary people, but for the military salary of 100 taels of gold, it can be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

Lin Qingqian ordered: "Master Li, prepare this money, I will use it in two days."

"So much money, son, do you want to..."

"It's too late to explain to you for the time being, you should prepare first, and we'll talk about it in detail in the future."

Shopkeeper Li said: "Okay, I understand, I will definitely prepare the silver for you."

"Ah."

Back at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Hanyue saw Lin Qingqian writing a letter, she asked: "Miss, are you writing to the Young Pavilion Master?"

"No, it was written to the emperor."

"To the emperor? Miss, what do you mean?"

Lin Qingqian stopped writing, and asked without answering, "In Beiming Kingdom, who is richer than the common people?"

Hanyue thought for a while, and said: "The imperial court ordered the officials?"

"Well, officials appointed by the imperial court are just one of them. There are also those wealthy businessmen, concubines in the harem, etc., which one does not have more money than the people?"

Han Yue was slightly surprised and said: "Miss, you don't want the emperor to collect money from these people, do you? How could they be willing."

Lin Qing smiled and said: "Money does not suppress power. Who is the most powerful person in Beiming Kingdom? Isn't it the current emperor? The emperor opened his mouth. If you say that they are unwilling, they must obediently take out the money."

In Lin Qingqian's letter, it was written that the military pay is taken from the people and used for the people. The whole country is the emperor's subjects, the rich merchants are the masters, the court officials are the same, and the three thousand concubines are also the same.

Two days passed.

In the imperial court, the emperor was devastated by the issue of military pay, and all the civil and military officials of the court could not come up with a solution.

Just when the emperor was getting irritable, a guard outside came to report: "Your Majesty, some people outside the palace came with 100 million taels of silver and said they were willing to donate it to the court as military pay. The merchant who donated the silver also submitted a letter saying that he would Give it to the emperor."

One million taels of silver was not a small sum, and all the civil and military officials in the imperial court suddenly started whispering, guessing who was so generous.

The emperor thought for a while and said, "Li Quan, present this letter to me."

Li Quandao: "Yes, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)