But it's one thing to complain in your heart, but no one dares to say this.

The emperor looked at Xu Xianfeng for a long time with calm eyes.

Xu Xiangfeng stood neither humble nor arrogant, letting the emperor's dissatisfied eyes look him up and down, but his attitude did not give in at all: "Now that Wu'an is suffering from internal and external troubles, we must not cause dissatisfaction with Daliang due to small things. If Daliang is again

If you use this to start a war with us, the situation in Wu'an will be really precarious."

This was hard to hear, but it shocked most of the people in the court.

In the huge Jinluan Palace, the ministers were all whispering.

Seeing Xu Xiangfeng's few words, the silenced ministers became active again. The emperor's face became a little darker, and he asked Xu Xiangfeng with stern eyes: "Then according to what the prime minister meant, is it with Xiao Yu?"

Like Shi, do you want me to send someone to escort Yan Qing back to Beijing?"

"Absolutely not, Your Majesty!"

Wang Weitao stood up again and interrupted the confrontation between the emperor and Xu Xiangfeng with his hand, "This is the critical moment for our confrontation with the Qiang country. We must not destroy our prestige at this time and recall the general!"

"The Qiang country was originally a vassal state of our country, but now it is taking advantage of the decline of our country's national power to join forces with the Xirong to rob us. Now that we have even repelled the Xirong, we have to compromise with the Qiang country. This will be extremely harmful to our country's prestige.

Big blow!"

Wang Weitao eloquently listed the pros and cons one by one, "At that time, Xue Yuan, who already has evil intentions, and You Zhu, who is watching the fire from the other side, think that I, Wu An, are timid and fearful, and dare to take the opportunity to take a bite?"

"We have had two major battles with Xirong, and the losses are immeasurable. Natural and man-made disasters have occurred one after another. It is really not appropriate to have more wars. Now, it will be of great benefit to us to acquiesce to Yan Qing's attack on the Qiang Kingdom."

"First of all, we can tell the surrounding countries that are ready to take action that we Wu'an people are not soft persimmons. If we want to take advantage of the situation, we must be prepared to be destroyed. This will not only act as a deterrent to small countries such as Youzhu and Xueyuan, but also

Deterring Xirong, Daliang and other big countries."

"On the one hand, it allows us to gain more benefits in the negotiations with Xirong; on the other hand, it also prevents Daliang from despising our country. We can also gain more initiative in the affairs of Daliang Dingyuanhou.

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"Secondly, even if Yan Qing cannot capture the Imperial Court of the Qiang Kingdom, her thunderous means of capturing most of the territory of the Qiang Kingdom also shows the strength of our Wu'an military force. And if she can capture the Royal Court of the Qiang Kingdom, she will also be the leader of the Qiang Kingdom.

With his head, we can give Daliang an explanation that they absolutely cannot refute regarding the matter of Marquis Dingyuan of Daliang."

"In this way, the possibility of Liang taking advantage of Wu'an to send troops to the Qiang country was eliminated, triggering a melee between multiple countries, causing huge losses to Wu'an, and even the possibility of annihilation of the country."

"When all the dust settles, let the envoy bring the head of the Qiang country and the gold and silver compensation to show Wu'an's sincerity. It can not only stop Daliang's mouth, but also gain the territory of the Qiang country, and negotiate with Xirong."

, and seek greater profits. It can be said that you achieve multiple things with one stone."

After stating the pros and cons one by one, Wang Weitao finally returned to the topic and said categorically, "So, not only can we not recall Yan Qing, we must also encourage her to fight! It is best to capture the Qiang country in one fell swoop!"

The emperor nodded with deep understanding: "Wang Aiqing is right."

After that, the emperor used to symbolically consult the officials for their opinions, "What do you think, my beloved ministers?"

Everyone agreed: "Master Wang is right."

Except for one person.

Gufen

"I wonder where the money for the compensation Mr. Wang mentioned will come from?"

Xu Kaida, the Minister of Household Affairs, suddenly said, "Although Marquis Dingyuan of Daliang died on the border front, we should spend some money to express condolences to Marquis Dingyuan's family, but we won't pay compensation to Daliang, right?"

Just as Wang Weitao was about to speak, Xu Kaida immediately interrupted him, "Besides, this war also requires money. Yan Qing pulled the battle line directly from Western Xinjiang to the Qiang country. The Qiang country is mountainous, so the transportation of grain, grass and military pay became a problem.

It’s a huge problem, and the consumption on the road has doubled. This is all wasted money!”

"Didn't King Rongjin just borrow the food and salary from Daliang?"

The emperor asked, "It shouldn't be difficult to transport grain directly from the front line."

However, Xu Kaida cupped his hands towards the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. This Daliang's money has never passed through the hands of our own people, and it was directly taken to their Daliang's camp in the southwest.

The little we were given was to resettle the victims and support the front line, but there is not much left."

"Then send food from the imperial court."

The emperor said.

Xu Kaida shook his head: "Your Majesty, the national treasury is already in dire straits and there is no way we can get out any money!"

"Why can't you get the money?"

Wang Weitao asked Xu Kaida, "On weekdays, you have money to hold any singing, dancing and banquets, but now it's our turn to go to war, so you have no money?"

Xu Kaida squinted his eyes and said: "What Mr. Wang said is as if we have swallowed up the money from the treasury. Every year, a large sum of money is allocated from the treasury to them to fight in Western Xinjiang. The remaining expenses such as palace banquets and so on are allocated continuously.

There is not even a fraction of the money needed to repair the weapons of the four frontiers, why can’t you see that?”

"Besides, can the situation in previous years be compared with this year?"

Xu Kaida straightened his back and reasoned with Wang Weitao, "Last year, when Li Dingshan committed a crime, all the property confiscated by the Li family was invested in the reconstruction of Kangdu City, the reorganization of weapons and the compensation and relief of the people. There was only a little bit left, and later

Not to mention all the floods in Zhanghuai, the state treasury paid two or three times more money."

"Because of the floods and Li Dingshan's rebellion, half of southern Xinjiang's taxes this year were not collected. What was collected was not even shipped out from southern Xinjiang, but was all filled in the front lines. Even because of the tight military situation, the whole country was mobilized

Soldier, another sum of money has been allocated from the treasury."

"When you open the account book, every page is red!"

Xu Kaida became angrier and more excited as he talked, "In order to make up for the shortfall, our Ministry of Household Affairs has not paid out any salary since the year before, and even paid in money, one by one, just to make up for it. Because

There are piles of bad debts on this account, but what can we do?"

"Ah? What can we do?"

Xu Kaida asked, "You want to go to war and ask for money. The national treasury can't get the money, so we can only issue bonds and ask the businessmen to borrow. But there are too many red debts, and the businessmen are afraid that the country will not pay back, so they won't borrow! We

The only thing we can do is to empty out the whole house and plug up the red debt, so that we can borrow money from those businessmen to support your war!"
Chapter completed!