As the saying goes, benevolence is in the eyes of the benevolent, and wisdom is in the eyes of the wise.
It just depends on who owns it.
If the person who owns it likes it, it will be priceless; otherwise, it will be just a priceless treasure at best."
"Your Majesty, I admire you very much."
Liu Mingzhi listened to the compliments from everyone, waved his hands casually, and continued to walk forward.
"Stop talking about this, let's continue talking about military preparations."
"I obey your orders."
"Your Majesty, it is for these reasons that I have set these numbers of troops.
I can honestly say that I know very well that the number I decided upon after deliberation is a little too low.
However, I am afraid that the reward will be too large.
At that time, Your Majesty will be angrily scolding his ministers for not knowing how valuable firewood and rice are.
Therefore, I have no choice but to draw up a moderate number, and then wait for His Majesty to review it before making the final decision."
Rongwei Hou Cai Jun smiled and came to the side of Liu Dashao, and took over Xia Gongming's words at the right time.
"Your Majesty, I have no choice. After all, a smaller number is more appropriate than a larger number.
Your Majesty clearly knows that I think so because I want to save money for Your Majesty and the imperial court.
I hope your majesty can understand the painstaking efforts of my ministers."
When Liu Mingzhi heard Cai Jun's pretense of joking, he chuckled angrily.
"You old foxes, don't think that I don't know what you have in mind.
Aren’t you all afraid that if the number is set too high, I will feel distressed and blame you?”
Xia Gongming and others all looked embarrassed, and they all laughed angrily.
"Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise."
Liu Mingzhi casually threw the documents in his hand to Liu Chengzhi next to him, and took out the jade fan from his sleeve to gently fan the cool breeze.
“Some money can be saved, and some money cannot be saved.
As long as the money can be spent wisely, I won't feel sorry for you no matter how much money you have.
Let’s increase the number of troops and equipment.”
When everyone heard what Young Master Liu said, their eyes all fell on Song Yu, the Minister of War.
Song Yu felt the gazes of a group of colleagues, shook his head angrily, and quickly followed Young Master Liu.
"Your Majesty, I wonder how many additional troops are appropriate?"
Liu Mingzhi squinted his eyes and was silent for a moment, then looked sideways at Song Yu.
"Let's add 40% to each."
"Your Majesty, are you sure you want to add 40% each? Do you want to think carefully about it?"
"No need, I have already thought about it clearly, so I will add 40% to each."
"Yes, I understand."
Liu Mingzhi raised the corners of his mouth slightly and stared deeply at the pavilions in front of him.
"Since you want a reward, let's give them a good reward all at once.
The rewarded troops are too few, and there is no point in making small fuss.
Only with sufficient military equipment can we have sufficient strength.
And once you gain strength, you will have confidence."
"Huh? I am confused."
"Old minister is also confused."
"I am confused."
"It's nothing, I just remembered some interesting things, you don't need to take it to heart."
"I understand."
"Before the sun goes down, the final documents must be sent to Honglu Temple and handed over to the hands of the Japanese envoy Sakai He.
By the way, tell those who go to deliver documents to pay attention to their whereabouts and not to let envoys from other countries see them."
"I obey your orders."
"Your Majesty, why not just ask Mr. Wang to take the documents back to Honglu Temple.
After he returned, he would find a pretext and ask the Japanese envoy Sakai He to rush over to him and then hand over the documents to him."
"Okay, then let Wang Aiqing take it back."
"Yes, I obey my orders."
"King Wuyi."
"I'm here."
"I have something to ask you to handle."
"Yes, please give your Majesty's orders."
"When the document awarding military equipment is handed over to the Japanese envoy Sakai He, you immediately instruct the Ouchi guards to spread the news at Honglu Temple.
The content of the message was that the Japanese envoy had contacted the blacksmith shops in various cities and towns in the city many days ago, and customized a large number of sophisticated weapons from those blacksmith shops.
You tell the soldiers that they must find a way to spread this news to the envoys of the envoys from other countries."
"I obey."
"Your Majesty, I have something that I don't understand. I would like to ask your Majesty to clarify my confusion."
"What's wrong with Mr. Cai?"
"Your Majesty, you just told your ministers to keep secret the military equipment awarded to the Japanese envoy. Why did you order King Wuyi to act like this?
We can clearly deliver the weapons and equipment to the Japanese mission quietly.
If this happens, won't everyone know about the trouble?"
Liu Mingzhi paused, turned around, and glanced at the people around him with a playful expression.
"I just want to make it known to everyone."
"Ah? Your Majesty, isn't this inconsistent?"
"I second my opinion and please ask Your Majesty to clarify my doubts."
"My lords, there is no need for me to tell you again about the deployment of troops by Goguryeo to support the Japanese royal family, right?"
"No, no, no, no, I heard it from the mouths of the envoys from the two countries on the day when the envoys from the two countries came to the palace for an audience."
"The same goes for ministers."
"Well, it can be said that because of Goguryeo's sending troops to support the Japanese royal family, the relationship between the Sakai family mission and the Japanese mission is extremely inconsistent."
Wang Hezheng, the chief minister of Honglu Temple, gave a muffled laugh and shook his head helplessly.
"What's the difference? It's so simple. If it weren't for the rules of Honglu Temple, I estimate that they would have been at war with each other long ago.
Although there was no big fight between the envoys of the two countries during these days, the small conflicts and frictions never subsided for a day.
The old minister and Mr. Lu would scold them at first.
Later I saw that although there was constant friction, they were somewhat measured, so I just let it go."
"Then you guys are telling me, what will Kim Tae-eun, the envoy of the Goguryeo mission, do once he learns that the Japanese secretly purchased a large amount of sophisticated military equipment?"
"Of course I feel panic. After all, there is a hostile relationship between them."
"Just panic and that's all? What happens next?"
"Then he must also...oh...I understand."
To be continued...