"Your Majesty!" Su Changqing deliberately looked puzzled: "I remember that a large amount of wealth should have been transported to the royal capital. This is enough to support a million-strong army for two years. How can there be no money?"
Although this was a question, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face of King Chu.
King Nanchu, who was sitting on the throne and playing with the Night Pearl, coughed twice in embarrassment.
Many of the treasures transported to the palace were rare treasures, and he was not willing to exchange them for money and food and send them to the front line for use.
"My dear!" King Nan Chu's tone softened for a moment: "What do you mean, where can I get food? What my army is most lacking now is food. Just transporting these gold, silver and jewels to the front line will make them
It’s no use either.”
Su Changqing pretended to be surprised, turned his head and looked at the civil and military officials in the court with some confusion.
"I remember that there should be hundreds of large granaries in Nanchu Kingdom. There is a lot of food stored in them. Even if we fight for a year, it is impossible to eat them all. Why not use them to support the front line?"
The civil and military ministers present coughed one after another.
The state affairs of Nanchu were very complicated. To put it bluntly, it was a huge complex of nobles from all walks of life.
In a sense, the King of Southern Chu is a symbol, or a mascot. If you place it there, it may represent the entire Southern Chu.
But when things really happen, it is the princes, nobles and various forces below who can ultimately make the decision.
They control most of Nanchu's resources, even troops, money and food. If a war does not benefit them at all, they will not even bother to take a look.
Even in this overseas expedition, a large part of the profits were pocketed by these princes, nobles and various forces. Some even recruited a large number of slaves and occupied territory.
It can be said that after this war, almost all the forces were enriched, and the King of Chu sitting on the throne was no exception.
But these guys only care about their own enjoyment and don't care about the life and death of the soldiers at the front.
Even at this time, they are still unwilling to exchange the gold, silver and jewelry in their hands for money and food. Some nobles even have large granaries in their hands, but they are unwilling to take out the food for emergencies.
Su Changqing had already seen through the state affairs of Southern Chu, and could easily manipulate all the civil and military officials of the dynasty, including the King of Southern Chu.
According to his plan, the next step is to provoke a fight between the various forces, let them attack each other, and completely disintegrate Nanchu from within.
Ling Yin Weiyangjun chuckled a few times and approached Su Changqing.
"Changqing, the remaining granaries in the country are used by the royal family and nobles. If the food here is transported to the front line and the food runs out, what will the king do? What will happen to so many courtiers?"
This is a very righteous statement, and there is nothing wrong with it at first, but when you think about it carefully, isn't it just that you don't want to care about the life and death of the frontline soldiers and ordinary people?
The King of Nanchu also had the same attitude. After all, with so much gold and silver jewelry in hand, no one wanted to sell it.
It can be said that the princes, nobles and civil and military officials from top to bottom are greedy to the core.
Su Changqing couldn't help but laugh in his heart. As long as we grasp this point, it is not difficult to destroy Nanchu.
However, he still acted serious and bowed respectfully to Lord Weiyang.
"At this time, we don't care about so much. Please order Master Yin to open the warehouse and stock up on food to save the people of our country from the fire and water. At least let the soldiers on the front line eat first!"