In the Jinluan Palace, the third prince Tang Shuheng had the ugliest expression.

Two days ago, he went to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Tang Yu. Tang Yu cured Meng Jin'er's strange disease, Ye Mei, in front of him. Tang Shuheng knew this very well. In Tang Shuheng's view, Prime Minister Meng Shize had been neutral for many years.

Maybe he was stupid because of this matter, but what he never expected was that Meng Shize would join Tang Yu's camp in just a few days.

After all, Meng Shize was the head of the civil service, and those who supported him were the Manchu civil service officials. If he confronted Tang Yu from now on, the situation would not be friendly to him at all.

"Lao Jiu, I really underestimate you!" Tang Long's face was also quite ugly.

He has been thrown into the cold palace these days. If Da Chu had not killed the envoy of the Tang Dynasty today, he would not have been released early by the Tang Emperor.

Seeing Meng Shize standing up to support him, Tang Yu was secretly grateful. It seemed that all his previous efforts were in vain. The old guy Meng Shize was finally shaken.

When Emperor Tang heard this, a smile appeared on his face: "What the Prime Minister said is true!"

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty knew very well that in this court, the only person who really had no qualms with him was the Prime Minister Meng Shize. After all, Meng Shize had fought with him in the past.

"Your Majesty, I have made a rough calculation. In response to the invasion of Chu three years ago, the imperial court provided a total of eight million taels of silver. If we send troops to attack Chu this time, we must be prepared for a protracted war. I estimate that there will be no more than ten million taels."

Baiyin, this battle is difficult to win!" Meng Shize said respectfully.

Emperor Tang snorted coldly: "Don't say 10 million taels, even if it's 30 million taels, I will still fight this battle. Ministry of Revenue, how much silver does the treasury currently have?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, there are currently 800,000 taels of silver in the national treasury!" Wang Lang, who is the Minister of Household Affairs, immediately stood up and said with a guilty conscience.

"What? There are still 800,000 taels of silver in the treasury?"

"Oh my God! Isn't this much different from ten million taels of silver? How can we fight a war without money?"

"Your Majesty, if you want to collect ten million taels of silver in a short period of time, it will be extremely difficult. Otherwise, we should consider the long term before attacking Dachu!"

When they heard that there were 800,000 taels of silver left in the treasury, everyone in the court was shocked.

The emperor of Tang Dynasty expressed his dismay: "That's nonsense! How can there be eight hundred thousand taels of silver left in the treasury? Wang Shilang, are you mistaken?"

"Reporting to your Majesty, everything I said is true!" Wang Lang said with a bitter face.

Tang Huang snorted: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Your Majesty, I have been in charge of finance for so many years. I know exactly how much money is left in the treasury!"

Wang Lang sighed and continued: "Among the Seven Kingdoms, our country, the Tang Dynasty, was originally weak. The national treasury spent eight million taels of silver in the battle three years ago. After the war, only the soldiers who died in the battle were given.

The family members receive pensions and the state treasury contributes another million taels!"

"In the past three years, our Tang Dynasty has been heavily engaged in military affairs, and military expenditures have been higher than in previous years; in addition, many counties and counties cannot raise taxes at all. In some places, when disasters occur, the court has to come out to provide disaster relief. The national treasury has no money at all. These eighty

Of the 10,000 taels of silver, 300,000 taels of silver were accounted for by the Six Nations buying crayfish some time ago.”

"How is this possible?" Tang Huang's face instantly darkened.

He had great ambitions, and he had been holding them back for three years. Emperor Tang had always wanted to avenge his past humiliation. Who would have thought that when the opportunity came, the treasury was actually out of money.

Tang Yu stepped forward and said: "Since my father wants to start a war and the treasury has no money, it's easy to handle it. All we have to do is raise money together!"

"Raising money? Yes, everyone loves me, it's your turn to contribute!" Emperor Tang said seriously.

"Raise money?"
Chapter completed!