How these people died and at whose hands they died is not clear at all. Tanchun most likely died at the hands of the Qianxiang Kingdom. The only women on the battlefield were married princesses. The imperial army would not attack them.
They take action.
As for the Prince of Nan'an and others, according to the surviving noble disciples, some died at the hands of the Qianxiang Kingdom. After the remaining people were rescued, they took out their weapons and joined the battlefield. It would be impossible for them not to join.
, no one will divide their troops to protect them.
The generals and officials of Qianxiang Kingdom are right in front of us, and they are all due to their great achievements. Only a fool would watch them escape.
In addition to the battle here, the third prince who saw the signal led his army to annihilate the navy of Qianxiang Kingdom.
Afterwards, the two princes gathered together, discussed it, and decided to report it to the court before making any plans. This time, Qianxiang Kingdom's betrayal of trust, which resulted in the death of Nan'an County Prince and others, still needs to be resolved first.
When the news reached the capital, the emperor was immediately furious and questioned the ministers directly in the court.
"This is what you call a gentleman's style. You must show your magnanimity and forgive their violations with a broad mind. Is this the result you want?"
All the ministers who had said that they would forgive Qianxiang Kingdom knelt on the ground to plead guilty. They did not expect that Qianxiang Kingdom was so courageous. It was not enough to capture the Nan'an County Prince, but they also wanted to capture the second prince.
"Okay, Prince Nan'an died because of your magnanimity, now you guys tell me what to do."
The emperor didn't ask them to get up. There were a few rotten scholars among these people who only talked about morality and didn't care about anything else. If the emperor proposed his own solution, they would definitely get up to stop it.
Simply put the crime of Prince Nan'an's death on their heads and shut their mouths.
After waiting for a while, there was no response from them. No matter whether they were nobles or corrupt scholars, they couldn't come up with any good ideas.
"Since you don't say anything, I will tell you my method. In the past, for the sake of the emperor's magnanimity, you asked the imperial court to reward them regardless of victory or defeat. As a result, they used the imperial court's rewards to rest and recuperate, and then immediately came to attack the imperial court.
I will never do such idiotic behavior again, and neither will my descendants."
When the emperor said this, he deliberately paused for a while, preparing to catch someone who stood out and slay the chicken to scare the monkeys. At least, the ministers were also very smart and did not stand out at all.
"Since no one objects, I will continue. This time, Qianxiang Kingdom offended the imperial court, invaded the country's territory, killed the country's troops and poor people, and caused irreparable losses to the country. In this regard, I decided to let Qianxiang Kingdom
Compensate the imperial court for all losses. What do you think?"
Facts have proved that stupidity and boldness are indispensable everywhere.
"Your Majesty, it is unbecoming to do this." An old minister stood up.
The emperor didn't care who he was and said directly: "Integrity? You go talk to Qianxiang Country about decency. I will appoint you as the cultural communication ambassador in Qianxiang Country and be responsible for the education issues of Qianxiang Country. This matter will be solved later.
After the first dispute with Qianxiang Country, you should take office."
Now, no one dared to say anything.
The emperor originally wanted to directly annex the Qianxiang Kingdom, but the Central Plains Dynasty has always implemented a tribute system. If he changes too much rashly, it will easily cause panic in the surrounding countries, so he can only let go of this idea.
"Since no one objects, I have set a basic principle. The Qianxiang Kingdom must compensate for the losses caused this time, including ceding territory and paying tribute. Lin Ruhai, tell the ministers in the DPRK that this time Qianxiang
How much damage has the country caused to the imperial court."
Lin Ruhai gave Wang Tingxuan a vicious look, but had to stand up and report according to the instructions he gave.
"Your Majesty, the Qianxiang Kingdom is too far away from the capital, and it is impossible to calculate the specific losses along the west coast. I only have expenses incurred by the Ministry of Revenue and the capital."
"It doesn't matter, just tell the truth."
Lin Ruhai looked down at the book in his hand, took a deep breath, and said: "The Ministry of Household Pension of sergeants, mobilization of troops, replenishing equipment and other expenses totaled 50 million taels of silver, which did not include the unreported losses of other ministries.
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Except for a few people who knew the contents of the book, everyone else was shocked. Chu State's current annual tax revenue is only 50 million taels. Just two battles can spend so much money. It's hard to fool people.
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Lin Ruhai felt that he was unlucky, and there was an even more unlucky Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Seeing the threatening look in King Zhongshun's eyes, he could only stand up.
"I would like to report to the Emperor that in order to cope with the war, the workshops under the Ministry of Industry had to increase the cost of purchasing materials. The total cost was an extra ten million taels. I originally planned to tell Mr. Lin after I go to court."
The emperor gave King Zhongshun a hard look and told him to calm down.
Shameless.
Many people couldn't bear it anymore.
The raw materials of the Ministry of Industry are all purchased from the royal private factories, of which the emperor is the largest shareholder. Is it really appropriate to increase prices at this time?
People who were not of the same mind as the emperor were all kneeling on the ground. This was obviously the emperor's warning to them. Faced with these warnings, they could only hide their objections in their hearts.
The prince also took action at this time: "To inform my father, I received a report from my second and third brothers. They estimated the losses along the west coast, including the cost of rebuilding the South China Sea Fleet and border defense, and the cost of appeasing the people.
It will cost about 60 million taels."
The ministers in the DPRK are all numb. Let alone these expenses, Qianxiang Kingdom cannot even afford to pay back the 10 million taels from the Ministry of Industry. What is the use of talking about so much.
"That is to say, the total that can be calculated at present is 120 million taels. Let's do this. I will exempt the 20 million taels from the Qianxiang Kingdom. As long as the Qianxiang Kingdom compensates the court 100 million taels, I will not pursue any charges.
It’s their responsibility.”
The matter of how to negotiate with Qianxiang Kingdom has been decided. As for Qianxiang Kingdom’s inability to pay back, it doesn’t matter. The imperial court allows them to use customs duties as mortgage, and will also lease their ports and land, which can be used as repayments.
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If you still can't pay, you can pay in installments, and you can pay in any number of installments.
As the generals from the general training school graduated one after another, military power was firmly in the hands of the emperor, and he no longer cared much about the opposition of the courtiers.
Today there will be more and more such situations, and all the ministers in the dynasty must learn to adapt.
When preparing to go to court, Prince Beijing stood up again.
"Your Majesty, the Qianxiang Kingdom has betrayed its trust and will naturally be punished. The rewards for this marriage are jointly provided by the Nan'an Palace and the nobles for the court. Can these rewards be returned to them?"
There is no way, this money is really quite a lot, you can't just give up millions of taels of silver.
Without the emperor's need to answer, King Zhongshun stood up and said, "Didn't these silver coins be given to the Qianxiang Kingdom? The emperor has kept his promise, so naturally he cannot break his promise."
"Didn't that mean we took it back again?" Shui Rong asked.
"That was taken back from the Qianxiang Kingdom, and it is a trophy. You have never led a soldier, so you don't know how the trophies are disposed of, but you should ask those who know."
How could Shui Xiong not know how the trophies were handled, but could they be considered trophies? Those were the money collected by the four bastards.
Now that things have happened, Shui Rong has realized that it is impossible to get the money back. As long as the generals on the front line say they will divide the money as trophies, can they still run over and get it back?
