One thousand five hundred and eighty-two preparations 2
"The rise and fall of a country, the succession of the peerless world, the deeds of three generations, the way followed by the five emperors..." Liu She, the imperial censor, immediately went out to charge. He bowed: "Moreover, the following offenses are against heaven and morality.
Please, Your Majesty, issue an edict to order the three armies to advance together, save the country, save the people, and restore justice..."
Prime Minister Chao Cuo also paid homage: "Han Feizi said: If you are unfaithful, you should die. I thought that your majesty should send out a large army to eradicate evil and evil, clarify the root of right and wrong, and determine the difference between pure and dirty!"
Others have the same argument.
Almost without even a discussion, the tone of the war has been set - a war about justice and morality.
This is easy to explain, it is a characteristic of ancient China.
Just like in the Western world in later generations, there is always someone who is not a pig and has no freedom. He has to step down. He must step down.
Ancient China also had its own set of values and standards.
He also has his own set of rules for judging good and evil.
Take the case of the Western Huns, for example. It was difficult for them to invade and hold Yu Shan hostage. From the Chinese point of view, it was completely treasonous, and its nature was much more serious than what Saddam and Assad had done!
Not to mention the Xiongnu twins, the Tuan family and the Liu family, were actually related by marriage.
Even a passerby with no connection at all was enough for the Han Dynasty to raise the banner of justice and send troops to Hexi.
As the saying goes, to help danger and save people, to rise and destroy countries, to continue the unrivaled journey of the Holy King!
Liu Che looked at the officials, and he knew that these people had been waiting for a long time, waiting for the moment when the war started again!
Not to mention being able to find excuses, even if there is no excuse, I'm afraid they will instigate others to make some excuses.
The reason is simple - fame.
The ministers of the older generation have taken up official positions one by one.
The newly appointed officials and ministers are gearing up, and everyone is eager to continue winning in their own hands to prove their worth.
Chao Cuo, Zhao Yu and others may have been planning to start a war for a long time.
They are the legalists who are in power again after decades.
They must also come up with something to prove the strengths and benefits of Legalism to the world.
Otherwise, other people will have nothing to gossip about.
Therefore, the smoke of war has been ignited from the day Zhou Yafu took office.
And it took more than half a year of preparation.
From the current point of view, the so-called Battle of Juyan is probably just a cover.
The real goal of the military has always been to destroy the Western Huns and open up the road to the Western Regions - at least the destruction of the Western Huns must be among their options.
You will be outside, and your orders will not be accepted!
When generals go to war, they have the right to make decisions on the fly and act expediently since ancient times.
When the time comes, if the fight goes smoothly, it will be possible to push it all the way to the Qilian Mountains.
But the problem is...
If he wanted to destroy the Western Huns by force, Liu Che felt that judging from the current national strength, he might not be able to do so.
It's not that they are worried about war - when it comes to force, the Western Huns are scum!
The Western Huns have only existed for more than two years so far, and have never even been unified internally.
What Qiqu Qiediao cannot truly grasp is the Qilian Mountains and Juyan area.
In other places, various grass-headed kings stand side by side.
There were even many powerful factions who had an affair with the Han Dynasty.
It was not Liu Che's actions in Munan that frightened these guys. I am afraid that as long as the Han army reaches Juyanze, the entire Hexi area can be surrendered.
Now, when Liu Che successfully organized households and unified the people in Munan, the entire Western Xiongnu tribes were frightened.
They had no choice but to follow the enemy with all their might and faced difficulties.
However, there are still many nobles who are secretly communicating with Han spies and businessmen.
The Western Huns were actually doomed from the day they were established!
Being caught between the Han and the Northern Huns, the only way for it to survive is to hug the thigh of one of them, kneel down, kowtow and call daddy.
It's a pity that the Western Huns naturally cannot make peace with the Northern Huns - if they make peace with the Northern Huns, the fate of others may not necessarily be the same, but Qi Qu Qingdao Nan and the entire top brass of the Western Huns will have to die!
Because it is absolutely impossible for the nobles of the Northern Huns to let go of these traitors who stabbed them in the back!
Therefore, from the beginning, the Western Huns had no choice but to move closer to the Han Dynasty.
However, it is difficult to find a solution. After all, I am from a lower class and my vision is too narrow.
He thought of moving closer to the Han Dynasty, and even ceded Gaolan Mountain (today's Heli Mountain), and made peace with the Xianlan family. He also took the initiative to request the Han Dynasty to send officials and officers to help him train troops.
Unfortunately, he ultimately rejected Liu Che's offer to send Han troops to the Qilian Mountains to assist in defense.
This is doomed, his fate!
You don’t want to be a puppet, and you don’t want to kneel down and call daddy, and you still block it in the middle of the road?
This is courting death!
His move to cede Heli Mountain only delayed his execution.
No matter the Han or the Northern Huns, once either side recovers, it will be the end of the Western Huns!
However, Liu Che now has another concern.
If the Han army marches westward, what if they can't get enough of them, break their jars, and kneel down to lick the Northern Xiongnu? What should they do if they invite reinforcements from the Northern Xiongnu?
Liu Che didn't care about the Northern Huns' army.
As long as the Han army's money and food resources can keep up, no matter how many they come, they will only give away their lives.
But what Liu Che was afraid of was that the two to three hundred thousand strong men of the Western Huns would be taken away by the Northern Huns.
These people are originally Huns. Once they are digested by the Northern Huns, the national strength of the Northern Huns will increase by more than half.
Moreover, they may also become powerful enemies on the Han army's western expedition in the future!
Like the British and French soldiers retreating from Dunkirk.
Besides, these people can also become the main labor force for the Han Dynasty to build Hexi in the future!
Therefore, no matter what, the Han Dynasty had to swallow the Western Huns whole.
Therefore, Liu Che had to raise Yu Shan's banner.
Looking at the ministers, Liu Che raised his hand and said: "Since all the ministers think that it is my duty to rise and destroy a country, to succeed the peerless world, and to set things right from chaos, to straighten out the yin and yang, and to harmonize all things as a holy king!"
"Then get ready..."
Liu Che looked at Chao Cuo and assigned him a task: "Prime Minister, I order you to write to Taiyuan, Jinyang, Longyou, and Beidi, and order each county to mobilize the people and prepare manpower...Before next summer and May, I will
We want to see one million stones of grain and all kinds of materials in Heli Mountain that can support an army of 50,000 for half a year!"
"No!" Chao Cuo immediately accepted the order. This would be a test for him, a severe test.
The counties in the North must come up with a plan to recruit at least 500,000 civilians within the year, and make unified coordination and make preparations for the transportation of logistical supplies.
This will most likely be a long ordeal.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians will travel two to three thousand miles to deliver food, weapons and supplies to Mount Heli.
And how to arrange and distribute the tasks of each county to convince the local government and satisfy the court is his important responsibility.
Whenever something goes wrong, he, the prime minister, will have to take the blame!
"In addition, Prime Minister, please prepare a war budget as soon as possible and submit the relevant expenditure budget to me... As for the total budget... let's set it at three hundred million..." Liu Che continued.
"No!" Chao Cuo respectfully accepted the order.
This has also been the tradition of the Han army since the Battle of Mayi.
The Battle of Chuyanji was a passive response, and there was no time to prepare a war budget.
In other wars, the use of resources and money is carefully planned and planned in advance, and every five baht is spent wisely and in the right place.
Rather than being wasted, or even spent on things that you don’t even know the so-called.
Liu Che looked at the newly appointed young minister Zhao Yu again. This former court captain may now have to accept the most severe test!
The army's expedition, the production, manufacturing and transportation of all kinds of ordnance were all on him.
What’s even more frightening is that he has to figure out a solution for the bulk of military spending.
Liu Che quietly estimated that if everything went well to destroy the Western Huns, the Han Dynasty would have to spend more than 200 million in military expenses under the best circumstances.
If the war is delayed, the cost will be lost.
The savings of the Shaofu are now either used to build the canal, or used to build the base for the examination room and the east-west weaving room to the west of Weiyang Palace and the west of the old Chang'an City.
The remaining savings may only be in the tens of thousands.
Although it is possible that the taxes from various places sent to the central government, the commercial taxes of the Lords and Captains, and the profits of the Salt and Iron Yamen will arrive in the accounts one after another in the next few months.
But this money will be gone if you spend it casually.
Take the Shaofu as an example. The monthly salary expenditure for the employees in its huge examination room and east-west weaving room alone is tens of millions.
Not to mention that the New Year is coming soon, so all kinds of benefits and gifts have to be given out.
The year-end bonus is quite interesting no matter what.
Then, according to custom, the nobles and concubines in the palace must prepare some rare and precious treasures to show their filial piety.
Not to mention the gentlemen from Moyuan who spend money like water every day.
But none of their projects are easy to cut.
Just casually, the Shaofu's annual expenses are hundreds of thousands.
If it weren't for a few hens that laid golden eggs, Zhao Yu would have wanted to find a rope to hang himself.
This is not a good job. I don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are!
Therefore, when Zhao Yu's eyes met Liu Che's, he felt a little nervous.
This Shaofu family is too difficult to take care of!
Huge organization, bloated staff.
If Shanglinyuan had not been stripped away, the size of the Shaofu would have been even greater!
Just getting it to work properly is already very difficult!
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu admired Liu She a little.
Not just anyone can sit in such a huge yamen for eight years and achieve many political achievements.
Although, this Tao Hou's reputation within the Shaofu is slightly flawed.
There are suspicions of private giving and transfer of interests.
"Young Master, are there any problems with military expenditures?" Liu Che looked at Zhao Yu and asked, "Can we collect more than 300,000,000 yuan in military expenditures before next summer and May?"
Since the fourth year of Yuande, military expenditures for foreign wars have been turned over and supported by the Shaofu.
At that time, the family fortune accumulated by Emperor Taizong and the late emperor was still there, and the young manor was able to cope with it freely.
But by now, the wealth saved by the late emperors has long been spent.
It relies entirely on the profits from salt and iron, the lottery profits from Maoling Racecourse and the taxes paid by the Lord Duwei Yamen to make ends meet.
In addition, the rise of the whaling industry can be regarded as an additional bright spot for the Shaofu's income.
Just barely, I can still hold on.
But to fight a war, especially a war to destroy a country?
Zhao Yu calculated in his mind that even if the Shaofu's income this year exceeds half of last year, it probably won't be enough!
Because Chang'an City was built last year, and the canal project was carried out this year.
The Shaofu itself has very little balance.
There will be another war to destroy the country next year, and hundreds of millions will be spent. Where can he find such money?
Therefore, Zhao Yu bowed his head deeply and said: "Reply to your Majesty, I am guilty. The inner treasury of the Young Mansion really cannot collect so much money and silk. It would be better if your Majesty went out to store gold in the inner treasury and cast five baht of gold to support the war..."
After hearing this, Liu Che shook his head and said: "One million gold and five baht will be cast this year. If we cast it again, I think it might disrupt the market..."
The gold reserves in the Shaofu's inner treasury are the basis for his future use of gold standard currency, and Liu Che would be reluctant to touch them.
Liu Che thought for a while and said: "The young master can send someone to contact Chen Jiao and ask Chen Jiao to take the young master's craftsmen to the Japanese Nu Islands for exploration. I think we may be able to find some surprises..."
That was a big surprise!
On today's Neon Islands, the Iwami Silver Mine is still sleeping beneath the surface. If it can be found, it will be enough to solve the currency problem in the next few decades.
The Neon open-pit gold mine and placer gold resources are also endless.
It all depends on luck!
However, this is also risky, because in addition to wealth, there are also demons sleeping on the Neon Islands.
The source of the terrible schistosomiasis lies in this archipelago.
But it doesn't matter. As long as he can become a drug addict in the future, Liu Che will have no shortage of cheap labor.
When Zhao Yu heard this, although he didn't understand what the so-called surprise was, he thought it must be related to gold or copper.
But this is water far away, which cannot save the fire nearby.
Zhao Yu could only look at Liu Che with a sad face, and said with an aggrieved face: "Your Majesty, three hundred million is too much for the young master... Please reduce it..."
"How much can the young master raise?" Liu Che asked.
"At most two hundred million..." Zhao Yu could only reply through gritted teeth.
This also depends on this year’s salt and iron profits and the income of the lord and captain!
If there are not as many as expected, then everyone in the Young Mansion will not celebrate the New Year!
Liu Che hesitated for a moment after hearing this. He couldn't fight without money. In his estimation, three hundred million was the minimum requirement, of which two hundred million would be used for fighting, and the rest would be used for pensions and reserves.
If even this amount of money is not enough, if the war goes south, taxes may have to be increased.
This is not what Liu Che wants to see, because tax increases will definitely bring dissatisfaction!
Especially if he raises taxes on farmers, he will not only slap the emperor in the face, but will also break the trust of the world.
Although the emperor has always had no grass, Liu Che didn't want his grass to be broken on this.
Therefore, Liu Che tapped the back of his hand and said to Zhao Yu: "If this is not the case, I will go back and summon the officials of Maoling Racecourse to discuss and hold a horse racing competition related to Hexi once every ten days. Relax the restrictions. Xu Gongcheng will do the following.
People can also bet and see how much they can get?"
The gaming industry has always been the fastest way to make money, especially the horse betting industry, which is an extension of horse racing. In the past few years, it has generated countless income for the Shaofu every year.
It is the fattest and most lucrative yamen under Shaofu.
But this alone is not enough.
Liu Che thought for a while and then said: "I will find a solution for the remaining gaps..."
