Chapter 492: These three damn people, are they setting up a fight for me?
Twenty days later.
Pingzhou.
Qingshui Town.
Qin Yu and Xiao Nan, together with the remaining black cavalry and the prisoners, set off with boxes filled with gold and silver treasures.
As expected, Han Chen had followed Yu Mingxuan for fifteen years. He had a clear understanding of Pingzhou's topography, military generals, and city officials. Which generals could just issue a military order, which generals needed him to meet, and which generals could be killed directly.
He analyzed everything clearly and clearly.
He first led the Wei army into Pingzhou by opening the gate, and then dispatched the Pingzhou army to encircle and suppress the horse bandits in the territory. He ordered the prefects of each city to open warehouses and release grain to stabilize the people. Then he also sent people to bring back the family members of the Dudu Mansion.
These things all started at about the same time.
So in just twenty days, Han Chen helped Qin Yu regain Pingzhou without bloodshed.
Now, Yu Mingxuan and Xiao Wenmao have been captured, Dongzhou and Hepingzhou have returned to the Wei Dynasty, and the comprehensive national power of the Wei Dynasty has been greatly improved.
The most important thing is that Qin Yu's soldiers regained the two states without bloodshed, which was a shocking achievement.
However, Qin Yu did not need to be rewarded by Emperor Wei, he rewarded himself and Xiao Nan himself.
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Dawei.
Jinling City.
Imperial Palace, Yong'an Hall.
Emperor Wei was leaning on the dragon chair and yawning.
In the palace, Lu Liangping, the Minister of Industry, Jiang Honglang, the Minister of War, and Qin Wenyao, the Minister of Household Affairs, were quarreling.
"Master Wei, you...you are being unreasonable. The military reform was only proposed this year. Our officers and soldiers in the three armed forces are now replacing a batch of weapons and equipment. Isn't this also the right thing? What can you do if you have no money?
thing?"
Jiang Honglang, Minister of the Ministry of War, looked at Qin Wenyao, his eyes widened.
"Yes, Mr. Wei!!!"
Lu Liangping, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, followed: "The Ministry of War came to our Ministry of Industry for weapons and equipment, so we naturally need to expand the Ordnance Supervision. One hundred skilled craftsmen can make 800 kilograms of steel in a year. If I don't expand the Ordnance Supervision, how can we build weapons and equipment!?"
In fact, the most noisy thing in the court was because of the word "money".
So although money cannot solve all problems, having no money is definitely the problem.
Qin Wenyao frowned and said in a deep voice: "Are you asking for money? This is asking for the life of my Ministry of Revenue! The court must have a budget for spending money, otherwise why would we report budgets to the three provinces and six ministries at the beginning of the year? You know
How much money will we spend on a battle at Guyangguan? The pension proposal, plus taxes, cost the court three million taels of silver, which is all money outside the budget."
"Now that the Wei Dynasty is strong, the military system has been reformed, and it is not excessive to replace weapons and equipment, but do you know how much silver taels you need to get these things? A total of six million taels, that is 60% of the tax in the second year of the Longsheng period of the Wei Dynasty!
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"Including your 6 million taels in pension, that's nearly 10 million taels. You said it's so much more than the budget at the beginning of the year. How can I approve this money? Do you really think that the Ministry of Accounts is responsible for the money?
"
When these words came to light, the whole court was in an uproar.
"In this case, it's difficult enough for Mr. Wei. Originally, my annual tax was only 10 million taels, but now it's even 10 million taels for Guangchao."
"In the past, hearing so much money would have scared me half to death. Nowadays, I, Da Wei, are indeed very wealthy. All this money has been spent in the millions."
"In the reform of the army, all the weapons and equipment of the officers and soldiers of the three armies are still from the previous dynasty. I guess Mr. Wei is just talking about it. Alas...it is difficult to move forward without money!"
...
All the civil and military officials in the palace were talking about it.
Emperor Wei just watched quietly, neither anxious nor angry. He was now starting to think more openly.
Jiang Honglang looked at Qin Wenyao and said weakly: "Do you... have such a big budget?"
Qin Wenyao glared and said, "Of course, we don't have corvee service now, so we have to pay to hire craftsmen from the Ministry of Works. And you are now a full-time military unit. How much more food will you consume? I didn't even have time to follow.
You said that the budget for the Ministry of War at the beginning of the year has been exceeded as of this month. The Ministry of Household Affairs currently only has five million in silver, and you have to use six million. The remaining money can only be taken from His Majesty's private treasury."
The words fell into place.
All the eyes of the civil and military officials fell on Emperor Wei.
Emperor Wei was also stunned when he heard this, and quickly sat upright, "Hey, this... what does this have to do with me? I have never been involved."
As he said that, he looked at Qin Wenyao and said, "Wenyao, you...you are too unreal. The money from my private treasury has nothing to do with your Taicang."
Qin Wenyao snorted coldly, "You are the emperor, and the ministers are discussing family and national affairs. How can it have nothing to do with His Majesty?"
"Look..." Emperor Wei was speechless.
His original mood was disturbed by Qin Wenyao. Qin Wenyao was clearly seeking revenge for his personal revenge.
But the civil and military officials still looked at Emperor Wei with burning eyes.
Emperor Wei had made a lot of money in the past two years, and everyone knew that he had become rich.
Seeing that he couldn't escape, Emperor Wei had no choice but to say: "Let's do it this way. Don't do it too fast first. The Ministry of Household Affairs will allocate two million, and I will allocate one million. Let's get things started first. This year, I, the Wei Dynasty, should pay taxes
There will be some growth, and we will just add more next year.”
The words fell into place.
Qin Wenyao, Jiang Honglang and Lu Jianping saluted and said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Wei: "..."
Eh?
this.......
These three damn people, are they setting up a party for me?
As soon as I said money, the three people who had been quarreling a moment ago reconciled instantly.
What is this thing!?
At the same time.
A postman rushed in from outside the palace, "Great victory in Eastern Xinjiang, the rebels Xiao Wenmao and Yu Mingxuan were both captured alive..."
Listen to what the postman says.
There was another uproar in the court hall.
"A great victory in Eastern Xinjiang? The efficiency of the Prince Consort and the Prince is too high? How long has it been, just over a month, that Dongzhou and Hepingzhou have been captured?"
"Hahaha... As expected of the Prince Consort, he always surprises us. He captured Dongzhou and Pingzhou in such a short period of time. No one else but the Prince Consort could do it.
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"This...Did Xiao Wenmao and Yu Mingxuan surrender? How could the battle start so fast?"
.......
All the civil and military officials were amazed. They did not expect that Qin Yu could fight so fast.
Emperor Wei was so excited that he didn't even care about his heartache for the one million taels of silver he had spent. He walked straight down from the throne and said, "Good boy! What a good boy! The battle is going really fast! Come on, follow me.
Let me tell you how this battle was fought!"
Emperor Wei knew that Xiao Wenmao had an informant from Qin Yu, but Dongzhou was easy to capture, but Pingzhou was difficult to attack!