The five hundred and ninetieth chapters end together
In the early hours of the morning, Li Xuan had already gone back to the harem to sleep with Mr. Ye in his arms. Most people in Zhaoqing City had also fallen asleep. However, in the conference room in the palace, a group of navy and army officers still had dark circles under their eyes.
Big eyes and small eyes.
At three o'clock in the morning, an army lieutenant colonel couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep. As a result, several guards came in and poured cold water on them. Just when they were about to curse, they just said: "Your Majesty has a decree.
If we don’t reach an agreement, we won’t be allowed to sleep!”
Naturally, the man did not dare to curse anymore. His Majesty was the one who gave the order. He did not have the guts to curse His Majesty, so he could still direct his anger at the naval admiral opposite: "You are all navy bastards who don't know how to advance or retreat."
, I’ve given you seven points, and you’re still not satisfied!”
While speaking, he still patted the table hard, shaking his wet hair. He was a handsome young man, and with this action of shaking his hair, he should have been very cool, but with the ferocious look on his face,
But it doesn't look very good.
However, the navy officers would not be at a disadvantage. They immediately started to yell and curse, and they all wanted to go forward for a massage. At this time, the lecturer who was already on duty in rotation hurriedly called over again.
Guarding the fleet guards outside the door, he said at the same time: "You are all important ministers of the empire, and your Majesty's arms must not lose your dignity!"
At this moment, the guards had already pulled away several excited army and navy generals and acted as a human wall. However, although the angry army and navy generals retreated, they did not give any chance to the Hanlin Academy.
The face of the attending bachelor: "Go away, it is not your turn to interfere in our military affairs!"
This scholar, who was already in his thirties and was a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy in the former Ming Dynasty, his face darkened, and he thought to himself: "What the elders said is right, these warriors are really unreasonable!"
However, he is also well aware that the separation of military and political affairs is a national policy upheld by His Majesty. Although he, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, is in a different system from the cabinet ministries, in the end he still belongs to the civil service system. In order to avoid violating taboos, he will not speak.
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When the guards went out again, everyone in the army and navy sat down again, and then Zeng Ziwen said: "Brother Bao, it's not okay to go on like this, not to mention whether we can hold it, but His Majesty's anger is not something you and I can bear.
, I tried my best to get my Army colleagues to scold me, and I decided to give up another percentage point, eight percent, what does the Navy think?"
At this time, Bao Yifen, who was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes, also spoke: "Brother Zeng, our navy is not unreasonable. We understand the difficulties of the army, but your army has a great cause and is fighting abroad.
We can also feed on the enemy and seize a large amount of enemy ordnance and other materials. This saves more and funds for army expansion and follow-up operations are available. But what about our navy?
Now our navy does not even have a single warship, and His Majesty has given a fatal order. This year, our navy must recapture the Pearl River Estuary and defeat the puppet navy entrenched in the lower reaches of the Xijiang River and the Pearl River Estuary. If we want to do this, at least
We also need to purchase hundreds of warships and more than 10,000 naval officers, otherwise it will be really unsustainable!"
"Our navy no longer insists on the previous 30%, but 20% is the minimum. Otherwise, we really cannot maintain the situation!"
After Major General Bao Yifen finished speaking, an army general retorted: "There is not even a single battleship? What is the Weilong class? What is the Xingquan? What is the Wuzhou? Could it be a transport ship?"
At this time, a naval colonel also said: "The above-mentioned ships are all armed merchant ships. According to the classification of warships designated by His Majesty, they are not even the lowest-level river gunboats!"
After arguing for another quarter of an hour, Rear Admiral Bao Yifen said: "In this way, our navy will take another step back, 18%, less of these two points, I will take the lead, and the officers and men of our navy will collectively reduce their salaries."
Add it back!"
"Why don't you shoot!" an army general shouted immediately!
Eighteen percent, which is absolutely unacceptable to the Army. In the past six months, most of the more than two million military expenditures were actually spent on the Army. This ratio reached 90%.
Five.
According to the Army's internal plan, even if the Army makes concessions regarding the proportion of subsequent military expenditures, it must not be less than 90%, otherwise it will have an impact on the Army's subsequent plans.
But let alone the Navy not knowing this ratio, even if it knew it, it would be absolutely impossible to agree to it. A mere 10% of the military expenditure cannot support the Navy's ambitious expansion plan.
Finally, the two sides reached a stalemate again!
When Li Xuan got up the next morning, he asked how the discussion between the navy and army was going. The minister next to him replied that there was still no agreement, and the requirements of the two sides were very different!
In the end, Li Xuan was not surprised. If he didn't sleep for one night, he could win a few more percentage points for his own military. These generals were willing not to sleep.
But it’s okay, just keep using it!
Anyway, the army and navy must reach an agreement on the distribution of military expenditures, otherwise the follow-up work will not be carried out at all. Didn't you see that the impact of military expenditures is so great that even Hao Bainian came back from the front line, although it was by returning to Beijing to report on his work?
Reason, but Li Xuan doesn't know Hao Bainian's thoughts yet.
Immediately, he scolded Hao Bainian and sent him back to the front line, asking him to go back and lead the troops well, and capture the Shaozhou Prefecture as soon as possible. The main business was to advance the troops to Huguang. Don't go back to Beijing to participate in such nonsense.
In the morning of that day, Li Xuan started to deal with various government affairs as usual. At this time, the cabinet bosses obviously knew that the top brass of the navy and army were locked in the conference room by His Majesty, and they all looked gloating.
, not to mention how happy I am.
And I also sigh, fortunately, the ministries of our cabinet are united, and a few cabinet bosses can also control the situation. The distribution of administrative expenses of these ministries is also clean and tidy. It will be like those warriors in the military who will make His Majesty angry.
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However, there are some people who understand why this happens, because most of the expenditures of the Tang Dynasty today are military expenditures. As for administrative expenses, the total over the past hundred years has only been a little over 200,000 taels of silver, accounting for 100% of the fiscal expenditures.
Less than ten percent.
This money is not much, and Liu Bagou and other cabinet bosses are also powerful, so there is no large-scale competition for funds. When the proportion of military expenditures is reduced in the future, I am afraid that the cabinet ministries will not be able to live in peace!
The senior officials of various cabinet ministries gloated over the misfortune, and they did not save face for the military generals, and even openly ridiculed them!
In this regard, Li Xuan was too lazy to make any effort. The civil servants and military generals were at odds with each other, which was the result he pursued with all his strength. In fact, even the current complete breakup between the army and the navy was related to Li Xuan's connivance.
If he had personally set the distribution ratio of military expenditures at the beginning, there would never have been so many troubles later.
After handling many government affairs in the morning, the accompanying bachelor's degree from the Hanlin Academy reported to Li Xuanhui: "The top brass of the army and navy are still in a stalemate. Since the early hours of last night, the difference between the two sides has only narrowed by two percentage points.
The army has regressed to 9%, and the navy has regressed to 17%.
Although it seems that the difference is only eight percentage points, if converted into military expenditure, it would be hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. How can we compromise so easily?
What to do in this situation?
Cold salad, wait twice!
So Li Xuan handled official business as usual in the afternoon. However, although others did not go to the conference room, they still sent someone to deliver an oral message, saying that the army and navy had made concessions. I was deeply gratified and hoped that the army and navy would work together for the greater good.
Tang continues to conduct friendly negotiations, and I hope that both parties can reach a mutually satisfactory result.
This was said in vain, so both the navy and the army continued to stare at each other in the conference room that smelled of feces and urine, and did not dare to sleep, even if they wanted to. As soon as they fell asleep, the guards outside immediately
I'll come in and wash your face with cold water!
The Hanlin Academy officials and guards on duty have now changed into four groups.
By the time evening came, everyone in the navy and army, who could doze off even while sitting, was too lazy to speak. Even the occasional quarrels were just a few words of curse, and they were not as long as before.
As for performing a full martial arts show, I don't want to play anymore. I'm so trapped that I don't have the energy to fight!
Ever since, words such as 'bitch, bastard, grandson' were occasionally heard in the conference room.
However, after both parties had dinner in a conference room full of feces smell, holding back all kinds of nausea and sleepiness, Zeng Ziwen and Bao Yifen looked at each other, and then they both saw helplessness in each other!
If this grinding continues, we will definitely not be able to reach an agreement. And it seems that His Majesty is really determined. As long as they don't reach an agreement, I'm afraid he won't let them out. And this is just the beginning. Once it happens,
This has angered His Majesty, and I'm afraid even the navy and army will not be able to please him.
Because in the evening, His Majesty asked someone to send a message again, saying that he had decided to deduct one percentage point from this year's total military expenditure to prepare for the military expenditure of the Guards.
What does this mean? It means that if the army and navy cannot reach an agreement, then His Majesty may directly transfer a large part of the military expenditures of the navy and army to the Guards.
This military expenditure originally belonged to both the navy and the army, but now a third company has appeared to disrupt the situation. It has been poached by the Guards. If there is more, the top brass of the navy and army will have to hang themselves.
So after the two looked at each other, Zeng Ziwen was the first to speak: "Nine point five!"
Bao Yifen: "Sixteen!"
Zeng Ziwen: "Nine Point Six"
Bao Yifen: "Fifteen point five!"
At this time, Zeng Ziwen's face suddenly turned gloomy: "Ten percent, fixed price. If you don't agree, our army will withdraw from the negotiation. At worst, we will be finished together!"