After thinking for a moment, Wang Yangyu immediately admitted his mistake and said, "Your Majesty, I am aware of my guilt."
Emperor Qianxi glanced at him, his eyes were calm but with a kind of judgment of a king, his eagle-like eyes burst out with a sharp gaze, staring at Wang Yangyu closely, who shuddered!
As long as you pay a little attention, you can find that the expression on Emperor Qianxi's face has a hint of playfulness, as if he is planning something, but his words are not salty and nonchalant, and he said, "My Lord Zuo Xiang, what crime is he guilty of?"
These words seemed plain, but Wang Yangyu was frightened. He knew that Emperor Qianxi was on the verge of angering him, so his attitude changed 180 degrees at this moment.
Wang Yangyu changed his previous attitude and said extremely humbly, "Your Majesty, I thought that I would be able to exchange ten thousand taels of gold and fifty thousand taels of cloth for a year of peace in the northern frontier. No matter how you look at it, this account is worth it." They are all quite cost-effective, but Master Qiu’s words just now made me wake up."
Wang Yangyu paused and raised his head slightly, wanting to observe the changes in Emperor Qianxi. Unexpectedly, Emperor Qianxi's expression remained the same, with a hint of amusement in the corner of his mouth, watching him boast.
At this moment, Wang Yangyu's hatred for He Yushan increased to a higher level.
Why would he do this if he didn't think it was He Yushan!
"Your Majesty, Mr. Qiu's words made me think that I might as well fight against the ambitious and reckless traitor."
Wang Yangyu speaks very well, and every time he talks about key points, he can pause in time, which can not only make people daydream about the content behind him, but also make people unable to figure out his thoughts.
The devil is one foot high, and the Tao is one foot high.
Wang Yangyu knew Emperor Qianxi's character, and Emperor Qianxi naturally also understood the thoughts of his ministers below him. Therefore, no matter how much Wang Yangyu tried to sell things and spoke eloquently, Emperor Qianxi fell into the trap.
Helpless, Wang Yangyu could only continue talking depressedly.
"Your Majesty, I feel that the Da Mang cavalry is stationed in Hedong in two groups. Its purpose is not to invade our country in Pingyang, but to coerce our country to agree to the request of the Da Mang envoy. Therefore, as long as the Pingyang state governments are ready to prepare, and from other places The local government is deploying 10,000 to 20,000 elite troops to coordinate with the various prefectures in Pingyang. We will definitely be able to defeat the enemy without a fight."
After Wang Yangyu finished speaking, he looked at Emperor Qianxi expectantly. The latter inadvertently showed an evil smile, as if he was planning something.
As expected, what Emperor Qianxi said next made even Wang Yangyu unable to express his pain.
"Well! Since the Left Prime Minister thinks there is no problem, then there will be no problem. I just want to know how the Left Prime Minister solves the issue of allocating military pay for the army?"
Wang Yangyu was immediately stopped by these words. He thought, weren't they just discussing whether Da Mang would attack Da Qian's border area?
Why did the problem shift to military pay out of nowhere?
As for the military salary, it should be paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs, otherwise he would not have changed drastically. This was all because of Qiu Yingcai's words. At the same time, he also knew that the treasury had no money at all. He thought that as long as the problem was pushed to the military salary, then Emperor Qianxi would Don't dare to fight easily.
What's more, even if he wanted to fight, Emperor Qianxi would transfer the problem to the Ministry of Revenue and have nothing to do with him.
It was just Emperor Qianxi's question that changed the whole thing. The pressure that should have been put on the Ministry of Revenue was now inexplicably pushed to him. Looking at Emperor Qianxi's attitude, if he didn't come up with a solution today, it would obviously be impossible. I will let him go easily.
Wang Yangyu's mind was spinning rapidly, calculating how much food and military pay would be needed to send out 20,000 elite troops.
After a while, I got a rough number.
One stone of grain and one thousand taels of silver, that is, one tael of silver, can feed twenty soldiers for one day, and 20,000 soldiers will need one thousand taels. If it lasts for one month, it will consume 30,000 taels of grain.
Military pay is five taels per person, and 20,000 people is one hundred thousand taels. This is still based on the lowest level of specifications, and military pay is divided into levels.
The army alone would need nearly 150,000 taels to move out, not including other heavy transport troops. If all the troops were counted, not even 250,000 taels would be able to move.
Not to mention that they were facing Da Mang, the military salary would have increased by at least 100,000 yuan.
After careful consideration, Wang Yangyu would need three hundred thousand taels if he tried to crush him to death.
Three hundred thousand taels asked him to come up with a solution. Even if he tried to break his head, he couldn't come up with a solution.
Unable to think of anything, he could only kowtow and beg for mercy. Wang Yangyu did not hesitate and cried directly, "Your Majesty, I am useless. After thinking about it, I still can't think of a way to solve the problem of military pay. Please forgive me."
Emperor Qianxi seemed to have thought of this result for a long time. His eyes kept wandering, and there was a hint of slyness on the corner of his mouth. He was very suspicious. He only heard him groan and said, "Huh! This won't work, and that won't work either. Mr. Zuo Xiang, you are making me miserable. It’s so embarrassing!”
"Your Majesty, I deserve to die for my crime. I hope your Majesty will forgive me!"
Emperor Qianxi neither looked at him nor asked him to get up, but looked at the other two people.
"Your Excellency, do you have any good ideas?"
He Yushan was a dragster who relied on his connections to get to the top. Wang Yangyu couldn't think of a way to do it. Even if he had all his whims, he couldn't come up with a reason.
Sure enough, when He Yushan looked at Wang Yangyu who was kneeling on the ground, he was instantly filled with despair. With a "plop", he knelt down on the ground without any warning and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I... I can't even think of it."
"hehe…"
Emperor Qianxi didn't show any sudden anger, he just smiled, but he was not angry or intimidating, which made the three people below him shudder.
In an instant, he looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of War again, and the meaning was self-evident!