Chapter 775: Youre in trouble by not keeping your mouth shut!
Li Shentong's chest suddenly rose higher, and he said in a loud and shameless voice: "Even if those hundreds of thousands of Turkic slaves deserved their punishment, then our Tang Dynasty captured the Turkic Kehe Dun and hid them secretly.
, you have tarnished someone else’s name, you have to give them some compensation, right?”
Pei Ju's mouth was half open, and he was also dumbfounded. He didn't know how to answer it.
Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui and other civil servants who stood with Li Gang were all stunned and didn't know what to say.
Because what Li Shentong said was so shameless.
Li Shentong's words are tantamount to saying that the Tang Dynasty captured the queen of the Turks and hid them. Whether they had that or not, they were treated as such. Anyway, they had to give some compensation to the Turks and treat them as floating people.
Funded.
How can a group of civil servants who are still a little bit shameless respond to these words?
You can prevent the people in power in the Tang Dynasty from being blackmailed by the Turks, but you can't stop the people in power in the Tang Dynasty from giving money to the Turks, right?!
Not giving money after the float is over is something that will be despised by everyone no matter what period it is done.
"Okay, now that Yuan Ji has explained clearly and Duke Li, Duke Pei and others have nothing to say, let's discuss the time to conquer the Turks and Tuyuhun, and who will be in charge!"
After Li Shentong blocked the mouths of Li Gang, Pei Ju and other civil servants, he said carelessly.
The reason why Li Shentong blocked the mouths of Li Gang and others with extremely shameless words was to understand clearly as soon as possible, and to determine the time to conquer the Turks and Tuyuhun, and then compete for the position of commander-in-chief of the army.
Compared to the annihilation of the Turks and Tuyuhun, whether the Tang Dynasty was blackmailed or the Tang Dynasty was deliberately blackmailed is simply not worth mentioning.
What's more, this kind of deliberate blackmail would be of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty, especially the Tang Dynasty's military.
For a military leader, especially a military leader who can compete for the commander-in-chief, the opportunity to lead troops to conquer a neighboring country or bully a neighboring country that has bullied his own country for many years is so important that no one wants to miss it.
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Even as a county king, Li Shentong was not willing to miss out if it was no longer useful to ask for credit, and it might even be harmful.
"Yes, yes, yes, since His Highness intends to conquer the Turks and Tuyuhun and has made some arrangements, then as human ministers, we should help His Highness discuss a suitable time to send troops and select the people to lead the troops."
Shi Wanbao was the first to stand up and echo Li Shentong's words.
He is a veteran, and a very old one at that. He has very few opportunities to fight on the battlefield. He may never be able to fight on the battlefield again, so he is more active than anyone else in this matter.
Qu Tutong, Li Jing and others also agreed.
Qu Tutong had the same thoughts as Shi Wanbao, and at the end of his life, he wanted to leave everything he had on the battlefield where he had struggled all his life.
Li Jing felt that his chances of competing for the commander-in-chief were greater than those of Li Shentong, Shi Wanbao, Qu Tutong and others, so even though he had a cold temperament, was not gregarious, and did not like to express opinions according to the crowd, he could not help but speak up at this moment.
Among the generals in the palace, only Li Xiaogong, who had reached the limit of his merits and had no chance to go to the battlefield again, and Su Dingfang, who had long known that he would not be sent to conquer the Turks on the battlefield, remained silent.
"Hahaha, that guy Li Shiji is quite unlucky. I asked him to come but he didn't come. As a result, he missed a great thing."
After Qu Tutong and others agreed, Shi Wanbao laughed and said something else.
Li Jing also showed a rare smile and said: "The same goes for An Xinggui and Ma Sanbao. When I got the news that His Highness agreed to the Turks' request, I was having a banquet with them. I invited them to come with me, but they said nothing.
I was willing to come, but I missed a great thing."
Su Dingfang hesitated for a moment and then echoed, "I also called Hou Junji, but Hou Junji said nothing and didn't come."
Li Shentong laughed loudly and said: "When they know the whole story, I'm afraid they will regret it for the rest of their lives."
Li Shentong's laughter was so loud that it almost spread throughout the front hall of Wude Hall, and he laughed very wildly, with almost no cover-up.
It shows how proud he is.
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes.
You haven't even written your horoscope yet, are you already happy?
Are you too happy too early?
"Ahem..."
Li Yuanji coughed, attracting everyone's attention, and then said unhurriedly: "It is still too early to discuss when to conquer the Turks and Tuyuhun, and who will be in charge..."
When Li Gang and other civil servants heard this, they were stunned for a moment, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.
When Li Shentong heard this, his eyes widened and he shouted: "Early? It's not early! If we wait any longer, what the Turks want is not iron pots and cloth, but more and more valuable things."
Got it!"
Qu Tutong, Shi Wanbao and others nodded along.
Li Yuanji said: "I know that the Turks will become more and more greedy, but it is precisely because of their greed that we have the opportunity to obtain more information. Only when we understand everything we want to know can we use it when conquering the Turks
Minimum strength, minimum battle losses, and maximum credit.
And it takes a long time to get the news, so we have to wait."
Li Shentong hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter if you wait, we can wait, but this does not conflict with the issue of discussing the time to conquer the Turks. We are not going to fight immediately, we just agreed on the time in advance."
Li Yuanji did not answer Li Shentong's words and continued: "Moreover, our Tang Dynasty suffered great losses in the previous war with the Turks, not only emptying the national treasury, but also emptying the granaries in various places.
Therefore, we must wait until the treasury and granaries are full before we can conquer the Turks.
Otherwise, if our army is sent out, it is very likely that it will be stopped halfway due to lack of food and grass.
This is not a good thing for us."
After Li Gang, Pei Ju and other civil servants heard this, they all nodded.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Li Yuanji explained clearly why he was willing to be 'blackmailed' by the Turks, they still held objections because Li Yuanji said that the purpose of doing so was to understand the situation of the Turks
, declared war on the Turks.
They are in charge of civil affairs and know the current situation of the Tang Dynasty best. They know how many families in the Tang Dynasty are fighting against the Turks. They also know what will happen if the Tang Dynasty fights the Turks again, so they do not agree with it.
Declare war with the Turks.
To be precise, they are not in favor of declaring war with the Turks now.
They are not the civil servants of Zhao and Song Dynasties, and they are not afraid of war. Sometimes, they are even more eager for war than the military generals.
Therefore, their weighing of war has always been from the perspective of whether it is worth fighting, rather than whether they dare to fight.
In their eyes, it is not worth fighting a war that will result in blood transfusions and loss of money even if the war is won.
If you lose, you can make a small profit, if you win, you will make a lot of blood. They will be more active than the generals.
For example, if the population of the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, there are about 10 million households in the population, and the treasury and granary are full, if you tell them that there is a large amount of copper mines in such and such a place, and there are mountains of gold and silver in such and such a place, it is estimated that
Before the generals could speak, they were already carrying their swords.
This is the civil servant of the Tang Dynasty.
"Didn't the national treasury just receive a large amount of money, and didn't the granary in Yangzhou just get filled?"
Li Shentong said something he shouldn't have said in a hurry.
He learned about these situations through his nephew Li Xiaogong and son-in-law Xie Shufang.
The two of them were involved in water and sea transportation, and each time they divided the spoils, they would get a huge sum of money.
As my uncle and father-in-law who have close communication with them, I can easily detect and guess the origin.
Li Gang, Pei Ju, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Wang Gui and others suddenly stared, and their eyes all fell on the Minister of Civil Affairs.
The Minister of Civil Affairs slowly lowered his head and searched around, probably looking for a rope to hang himself.
Whether there is an input into the treasury or a discrepancy in the Yangzhou granary, the Ministry of Civil Affairs cannot hide it. If you want to hide it from everyone in the government and the public, you need the cooperation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
So the Ministry of Civil Affairs must know about this matter.
However, the Ministry of Civil Affairs knew about such an important matter and did not report it to their superiors. As their superiors, Li Gang and others had reason to ask whether the Minister of Civil Affairs did not take them seriously.
Li Yuanji had the urge to strangle Li Shentong to death at this moment. He was so careful and thorough in his plan to make a fortune, but this moment was completely ruined by Li Shentong.
Li Gang and others cannot be allowed to know that the Tang Dynasty has money and food.
Because as long as Li Gang and others saw that there was money in the treasury and grain in the granary, they would immediately prepare a lot of policies that would use money and grain to benefit the people.
And benefiting the people is never-ending, so no amount of money or food is enough for them.
If these money and grains have no use, then it would be nothing if Li Gang and others knew about it and let them use it to benefit the people.
However, these money and these grains have a purpose.
Part of it has been designated for the promotion of apricot huts, another part has been designated for war, and the rest has been designated for the promotion of rice.
These three things were promoted by him personally and there was no room for error.
So these money and these grains cannot be touched.
Now that Li Shentong has spoken out, Li Gang and others will definitely be thinking about it.
It won't matter if you give it to me then, or if you don't, it will really be a hassle.
The most important thing is that Li Gang and others have already targeted the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has received his silence order before hiding it from Li Gang and others. If he does not want the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be tortured to death by Li Gang and others, he will
You can't pretend to be deaf and dumb and pretend you don't know anything.
"Okay, don't look at the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I asked him to hide it from you. Because I have other uses for the money and food."
Li Yuanji had no choice but to speak to the Ministry of Civil Affairs Minister to come to the rescue.
Only then did Li Shentong realize that he had said the wrong thing and closed his mouth in frustration.
But Li Gang and others seemed to have been given a shot of chicken blood, and their fighting spirit became high.
Li Gang was the first to hold up his hands and said, "May I ask what your Highness is asking for so much money and food?"
Pei Ju and others also spoke one after another.
They are not interested in knowing how the money and food came from. They just want Li Yuanji to spit out the money and food so that they can implement various policies to benefit the people in their hearts.
