Of course, the wooden box handed over to the old prince contained the millions of banknotes. Zeng Yi seemed to be smiling, but in fact, when he handed it over, his heart was bleeding. The old prince took the box and looked at it.
Looking at Zeng Yi, although he already had some suspicions in his mind, he was still surprised when he opened it and saw several million banknotes.
"Okay, okay!"
Hearing the hearty laughter of the old prince, everyone looked at the old prince. The old prince laughed a few times and said to the important officials of the court: "My dear friends, there is no need to worry about money for the time being. Lord Ni has lived up to everyone's expectations.
Bring back the money for those three-bow bed crossbows!" As he said that, the old prince handed those banknotes to the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
The Minister of the Ministry of Finance was almost worried about money these days. He was very happy when he suddenly heard that there was money. When he took it and took a look, he was also overjoyed. He started counting the money on the spot. Soon he finished counting the banknotes and nodded to the old prince.
: “I’ll report it to the prince, not a penny is missing!”
"Haha, good, good, good, Mr. Ni, you really make me look at you differently. I didn't expect that in just a few days, I got back so much money."
Zeng Yi hurriedly bowed and said: "Serve the imperial court, and I will never give up even if I die!"
"Mr. Ni, have a happy life."
Wan Huojing, the Minister of the Ministry of War, had already seen the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue counting the banknotes. He immediately said: "Your Majesty, the training of the new army can finally be carried out. As long as this amount of money is allocated to our Ministry of War,
If you dare to issue a military order, within three months, hundreds of thousands of qualified new troops will be trained for the imperial court!"
Wan Huojing is in charge of the Ministry of War, and he is the little princess's man. The recruits he trains can basically be regarded as the little princess's confidants. If the money falls into the hands of the Ministry of War, Zeng Yi feels that it will be very good. However, it is not
There is more than one Ministry of War that has the money. As soon as Wan Huojing finished speaking, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry on the side said: "Your Majesty, the hundreds of thousands of troops newly recruited by the imperial court need weapons and equipment. But with the current situation of the Ministry of Industry
, it is impossible to equip these soldiers with all the equipment in a short period of time, but if this money can be handed over to the Ministry of Industry, then Weichen will also dare to issue a military order, and within two months, hundreds of thousands of equipment can be produced!"
Before the old prince could speak, Wan Huojing immediately said: "We only have equipment but no suitable soldiers. This is a bit confusing. I think the military department is still the main force."
"Master Wan's words are wrong. If there is not enough equipment, it is just a joke with the lives of the soldiers. The new soldiers can be trained slowly, but the equipment must be equipped with numbers. Wei Chen feels that he would rather let the equipment wait for people than let the equipment wait for others.
The equipment is ready!"
I thought that after taking out the money, everyone should take a rest. Zeng Yi did not expect that it would trigger a more heated argument. Fortunately, there was an old prince who suppressed everyone. After a while, the old prince said angrily:
"Okay, stop arguing! Let's do this. The money will be divided into half for the Ministry of War and half for the Ministry of Industry!"
The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry each have half the money. Although the half of the money cannot support the Ministry of War to train 500,000 new troops, 300,000 is no problem. The half of the money cannot support the Ministry of Industry to produce enough ordnance, but
Likewise, most of them are no problem.
The money brought by Zeng Yi was very timely, and it finally temporarily relieved the financial pressure of the imperial court. After discussing for a while on how to deal with the four-nation alliance, the six ministers left the palace. After these people left, what happened at the scene
The old prince, Zhuge Shenhou, Zeng Yi and others are left.
The old prince looked at Zeng Yi: "Master Ni, you have made a great contribution this time. If the money had not arrived in time, I would not have known how to solve the situation encountered by the six departments!"
"Yes, Mr. Ni is able to serve as the commander of the pro-military captain's mansion at such a young age. He is really awesome!"
"Seniors, thank you for your praise. Juniors are just lucky."
The reason why the old prince left everyone behind was actually because of money problems. Although the money Zeng Yi brought back solved part of the problem, the court was still short of money. The old prince just wanted to discuss with everyone whether there was any way to solve it.
In fact, none of them were professionals, and no one had any good ideas for a while. Zeng Yi looked at everyone and said, "The younger generation has a plan. After the management of the past emperors, wealth has been hidden among the people. The Central Plains is very wealthy. The imperial court might as well,
We will use the tax revenue from the coming year as a guarantee and raise funds from the private sector.”
"How can the royal family, the mighty Tianwei, lower its status and benefit the people? This is inappropriate, inappropriate!" As soon as Zeng Yi finished speaking, the old eunuch spoke.
Seeing that the attitudes of several people were not very positive, Zeng Yi cursed secretly for being stubborn and stopped talking.
"How about opening up a batch of good things?"
"No, if too many ordnances are opened, it will be a very big threat to the imperial court. No matter what happens, the ordnance cannot be opened again in the short term."
In the end, no one came up with any good ideas.
Just when everyone was discussing whether to destroy a few sects with a bad reputation and loot a wave of money, the four shakers hurried in. They were surprised when they saw Zeng Yi, and then said sternly to the old prince: "
Reporting to the prince, the pro-military Duwei Mansion has just received information that a hundred thousand troops have been deployed in the northern grasslands in the area bordering the Western Regions on the western front. In addition to the grasslands, the three kingdoms of Xixia, Persia and Tubo have also deployed their troops and generals.
At that time, there are more than 400,000 troops surrounding the entire Western Region, and they will invade the Western Region at any time!"
When Zeng Yi heard this, he was shocked, "Hiss! Have they already taken action?"
Shaantian shook his head: "We haven't attacked yet, but the deployment of troops and generals has been completed. The four countries may invade the Western Region at any time."
"I didn't expect the Four Nations to meet so quickly! I hope all the ministries in the Western Regions can withstand it, otherwise we..." Before the old prince finished speaking, everyone understood what he meant. The Central Plains was obviously not ready yet. Once the Western Regions were unable to withstand it,
If you stay there for a few days, the imperial court will be very passive in the face of the four-nation coalition.
"My lord, the war in the Western Regions is about to break out. I must go to the Western Regions!"
"Well, the Western Region is of great importance. Mr. Ni, no matter what method you use, you must delay the pace of the four-nation coalition."
"Your Majesty, I am not absolutely sure how long I can delay it, but you can rest assured that I will do my best. As long as I am still in the Western Regions, I will definitely not only allow the Four Nations Allied Forces to enter the Central Plains, unless they use my body to
Cross over." Fengtian Chengren's recovery allowed Zeng Yi to finally speak out without fear of death.
Returning to the capital, Zeng Yi stayed for a whole day, but did not see the little princess. He did not even go to the palace of the commander-in-chief of the army, so he set off for the Western Regions. (To be continued)