"What?"

Liu Guan took it in surprise, but stood up the next second, with a look of horror.

Because the folded white paper in his hand seemed to be the emperor's red pen...

"Don't make a statement, you can see it yourself!"

Li Zhigang poured himself a lot of wine and smiled, "It's okay, you and me are just, God knows it, the earth knows it!"

Liu Guan's hands were trembling, and he realized at this moment that this was a private message from the emperor to Li Zhigang.

"I don't dare to read!" Liu Guan suddenly pushed the book over and waved his hand, "I don't dare to read!"

"Ah!" Li Zhigang was stunned at first, and then suddenly grinned, "Hahaha!"

He smiled as if tears were about to fall, "Shaoying, Shaoying, you said you... Oh, what's the point of asking me to say you. No wonder you were also from the Jinshi of the two lists. Today, you are only in the fourth rank of official position. You are too brave! I said that heaven knows the earth knows, you know me, so what do you think?"

"I can't see it, not only I dare not see it!" Liu Guan said seriously, "Yes, although you and I are the best friends, I also want to remind you that the emperor can only see what you give you yourself. Your knowledge of heaven and earth is itself a sin of deceiving the king!"

"Ha!" Li Zhigang laughed again, then slowly ate a dumpling and chewed it slowly.

"Since you don't dare to read it, I'll tell you..."

"Don't listen or not..."

"The Emperor asked me to raise 8 million military funds in Zhili, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places before July next year as an imperial envoy!"

Suddenly, there was a silence in the room.

It seemed that even breathing stopped!

"Eight million!" Liu Guan was stunned. "What name is used?" and continued in a daze. "The taxes in the court are all fixed, and what is exceeded is a levy! With the serious taxes, officials and gentry all find ways to escape, let alone this ignorant levy?"

"Just in the name of imperial grain saving!" Li Zhigang sighed.

"Hiss..." Liu Guan said in horror, "In this way, do you, Li Yixing, still have a foothold?"

Li Zhigang smiled slightly, "I have no place to stand!" As he said, he suddenly smiled again, "I have something in my heart, not because I am worried about it, but because I was thinking about how to get all the eight million!" As he said, he said, "It's best, I can collect more!"

"You're crazy!" Liu Guanteng stood up.

This matter must be something that wants to die if you want to die.

But Li Zhigang was worried about how to execute it, but how to over-completion.

"This is military expenses!" Li Zhigang said heavily.

Liu Guan was stunned and asked, "Where should we use troops?" As he said that, he frowned again, "No need for eight million people to use troops! Besides, is the treasury short of money now?"

"No shortage, the income of the treasury last year was almost more than 70 million!" Li Zhigang poured himself wine again, "But now, there are many places to spend money!"

As he said that, Li Zhigang sighed again, "Military Affairs Reform, the deregulated border guards, Mr. Qiu Ba, asked for money to be resettled, gave land, animal houses, and those who did not give enough money to pick up the knife will be bandits."

"Qingzhou Ancient Road is a big hole in burning money. Hundreds of thousands of civilians, the money and food they consume every day are astronomical!"

"The prefectures and prefectures are developing water conservancy projects, and each county must have a reservoir in case of emergency needs. At the end of the year, the Ministry of Revenue received a summary of documents from each county. There was a gap of more than 6,000 mules, horses and animals working alone!"

"The Yellow River Engineering and the Huaihe Engineering are also waiting for money!"

"And, once the sea is opened, the expansion of the docks in various places will be bottomless pits. Even the harbors in Burmese and Goryeo will have to be paid for by the imperial court to build them!"

"In addition, there are signs of immigration. Yunnan reclaims wasteland, Guangxi reclaims wasteland, Liaodong reclaims wasteland..."

"The court even intended to push the guards in Goryeo and Liaodong together..."

As he said that, Li Zhigang sighed heavily, "The treasury needs money, but it cannot be resisted and requires money everywhere. This is not counted, the money for the officials of the Ming Dynasty!"

"This..." Liu Guan was stunned, "Where should we use troops? Eight million, that's eight million!"

"The emperor has issued an order to let King Yan... Prince Yongyi go to Guangdong and Guangxi for training troops as the general king!" Li Zhigang said again, "What you practice is money. Hundreds of thousands of troops of food, drink, defecation, equipment, war horses, quilts, etc. are everywhere!"

"Tongguang?" Liu Guan paused, "Annan?" and said with a heartache, "Is it worth it to use millions of dollars in military use to him?"

"We are ministers, don't ask if it's worth it! Instead, we should think about how to help the emperor solve difficult things!" Li Zhigang glanced at Liu Guan, "In addition to Annan, Japan has been growing up for several years. By the time of the end, the court is preparing to make a comeback once and for all!"

"In addition, Chameng Ailao Siam and other places are also expected!"

"And!" Li Zhigang suddenly lowered his voice, "The Tartars in the North!"

"It is impossible for several important towns in Liaodong, Gansu, Ningxia, Ningxia, to always raise the soldiers with a lot of money..." Li Zhigang continued, "The court is going to fight north!"

"If they don't come, wouldn't it be okay to be at peace with me, Daming?" Liu Guan stomped his feet and said, "Why do you need to go north?"

He finally understood where the eight million military spending should be used.

"That's not a matter of 100,000 people!" Liu Guan said again, "When the north moves, there are at least 200,000 to 300,000 people..."

"Hmph!" Li Zhigang snorted, "You, don't understand our Master!" As he said, he lowered his voice, "It's more than 200,000 or 300,000? It's more than just the north?"

"That.....?"

"Western Regions, Tubo!" Li Zhigang said softly, "In the past, they were all banished, but now the emperor intends to set up officials." As he said that, he lowered his voice, "Especially Tubo, politics and religion are not allowed to be integrated..."

"No matter how big these places are, they cost a certain amount of money!" Li Zhigang said again, "And it costs money like flowing water! Do you think it's more than eight million? Humph, do you know why I think it's overdue?"

Liu Guan immediately asked, "Why?"

"The emperor accumulated four million from his private treasury!" Li Zhigang said seriously, "Cooked up 1,200 million military expenses to prepare for the whole thing!"

"Hiss..." Liu Guan took another breath and murmured, "This is too much, this...the key is that these eight million are an unnamed levy..."

"What's wrong with the levy?" Li Zhigang sneered, "More than eight million?" and said, quietly, "Twenty-five years before Hongwu, the court launched a total of twenty-two northern expeditions, spending a total of more than 50 million silver. Now, the emperor only has eight million, is it more?"

"Apart from that time, was the Ming Dynasty the same as the Ming Dynasty now? At that time, the whole world tightened its belt, and the food from the northern provinces was sent directly to the front line." Li Zhigang continued, "And what the emperor wants now is only the money of officials and gentry!"

"If he wants money from the people, it will be easier!" Liu Guan sighed, then looked at the book in front of Li Zhigang, struggled for a long time, and gritted his teeth and said, "I'll help you!"

"You?" Li Zhigang said unexpectedly, "How do you help?"

"I am the temporary magistrate of Suzhou now. I am not afraid of offending anyone anyway!" Liu Guan also had a drink of wine, "There are not many other places in Suzhou, but there are many rich people. I will find a way to raise one million for you for this eight million!"

"Shaoying..."

"I, it's temporary anyway!" Liu Guan smiled, "At worst, I can offend people. I pat my butt and go back to continue to be my short-selling political participation!"

Unexpectedly, Li Zhigang said seriously, "Shaoying, one million is not enough!"

"Don't be too timid!"

Li Zhigang smiled and said, "At least, one million and a half million!"
Chapter completed!