Chapter two hundred and sixty please order north out
More than twenty officials felt the look in Mr. Liu's eyes, and their eyes subconsciously dodge.
Then he found that none of his colleagues around him had regressed, so he calmed down and suppressed the uneasiness in his heart to look at Mr. Liu.
Liu Mingzhi's eyes subconsciously looked at Jiang Yuanming, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, who looked a little uneasy.
Lao Jiang felt Young Master Liu's gaze, squinted his eyes, shook his head slightly, his eyes flashed slightly, and told Young Master Liu that Pan Yun's incident was not his own.
Liu Mingzhi withdrew his gaze from Lao Jiang, glanced at the more than 20 officials in front of him again and fell silent.
Pan Yun frowned slightly and glanced at the right minister of the Ministry of Rites next to him.
"Your Majesty, Lord Dai's words are a bit exaggerated, but the purpose is always for the consideration of the court."
"I don't intend to go against the prince, but my prince, you also held the position of the left minister of the household department before you went down to the official position, so you naturally understand the current situation of the treasury."
"With the current strength of the national treasury, it is really beyond our capabilities to support another campaign."
Hearing that a colleague was speaking for him and that Liu Mingzhi was also lost in thought, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites looked at Young Master Liu's face cautiously.
"Your Majesty, I am a straight-tempered person. I always say one thing and another thing."
"Your Majesty, you were once from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and your understanding of the treasury is much clearer than that of a lower official. The current strength of the treasury is simply not enough to support the consumption of the second Northern Expedition. However, Your Majesty, you insist on going to the North for the second time, knowing that
Do it if you can’t do it.”
"What is this if not militarism?"
"What if unfortunately it lasts for three to five years and the whole country is devoting all its strength to support the prince's northern expedition, resulting in the people being starved of food and clothing? Who should bear this responsibility?"
"The common people will not understand your prince's hard work in guarding the country's borders. They only know that it was your prince who insisted on the second expedition to the north, which led to the emptiness of the national treasury and a sharp increase in taxes, leaving them hungry and displaced."
"My lord, the people's hearts are like ravines, and it's hard to calm down their anger!"
"Your Majesty, please think again!"
"It is definitely not a good opportunity to go on an expedition right now!"
Liu Mingzhi nodded silently, looked at the more than 20 officials in front of him with a strange expression and laughed.
"good!"
"good!"
"good!"
Liu Mingzhi cheered three times in a row. Not only the twenty officials who came out, but also those who stayed in their positions looked at Mr. Liu in surprise, not knowing what he wanted to express.
Liu Mingzhi took a few breaths of air.
"I have made a mistake. It turns out that all of my colleagues are good officials who love the people as their own children. They are loyal ministers and righteous men who have done everything for Your Majesty!"
"I am delighted and very relieved. It is my honor to serve His Majesty with you."
More than 20 officials looked at Mr. Liu blankly, not knowing whether he was sincerely flattering themselves and others when he said these words, or whether he was saying something sarcastic.
Liu Mingzhi gently twirled the ring on his thumb, his main eyes wandering on Pan Yun and the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.
"I don't know what you two gentlemen have to say. If it is the Turks, and the Jin Kingdom sends its troops southward after the spring begins and invades our territory, what clever tricks do you two gentlemen have to defeat the enemy?"
"I am a foolish king. I would like to ask you two gentlemen to have a discussion. I will open this book to you!"
Pan Yun was stunned, then hesitantly looked at the colleagues standing around him.
When these officials caught Pan Yun's gaze, they were immediately at a loss.
They only knew that the national treasury could not support the expedition at this time, but when they were asked to think of a clever way to defeat the enemy, they were immediately confused.
Pan Yun focused his attention on the right minister of the Ministry of Rites. The right minister of the Ministry of Rites also frowned and his eyes were mixed. He obviously didn't have any good ideas.
"In my opinion, it would be better to send an envoy from Honglu Temple to the two countries to seek peace and avoid war!"
"Spend some gold and silver to allow the two countries to stop fighting for the time being, and wait until our country has calmed down, and then we can retaliate tooth for tooth and take revenge."
"Ten years are not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. With our full support to Your Majesty, it will only take three to five years to regain the power of my great dragon."
"What a great idea, I second my opinion!"
"You only need to spend some gold, silver and jewelry to make the two countries stop fighting and make peace. This is simply the best of both worlds!"
"My subordinate also agrees that we really can't use weapons anymore at this time."
Liu Mingzhi's body trembled, and he suppressed his trembling arms. If the Heavenly Sword had not been placed on the stand outside the palace, Young Master Liu's palm would have touched the hilt of the sword out of instinct.
Looking back at Li Ye who was sitting on the dragon chair, Young Master Liu noticed the reluctance in Li Ye's eyes. It was obvious that he was spending gold and silver to beg the Kingdom of Jin. The two Turkic countries were happy to seek peace and avoid war. Li Ye
My heart is not so happy.
Seeing this, Liu Mingzhi calmed down a little.
He turned around and glanced at more than twenty officials.
"Whose idea is it to seek peace and avoid war?"
In an instant, more than 20 officials took a step back, revealing a middle-aged man standing in the middle.
When the middle-aged man saw this situation, his mouth trembled twice, and he held back his fear and looked at Mr. Liu.
"Yes...it's what the official said!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the middle-aged official indifferently and thought about it for a moment before remembering the official's identity.
"Master Geng Chaogeng, the doctor in the Ministry of Personnel!"
"Yes...it's the lower official!"
Liu Mingzhi walked slowly towards Geng Chao and stopped two steps away.
"Use gold and silver to bring joy between the two countries, seek peace and stop fighting."
"How did you come up with such an idea? You can sit in the second class seat on the train. It's really God's fault!"
As Liu Mingzhi spoke, his eyes briefly glanced at Du Chenghao, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Sansi, the Right Xiangtong, then turned around and scanned the civil and military personnel of the Manchao.
"Gold and silver jewelry, gold and silver jewelry."
"well........."
"What if, in the Golden Kingdom, the Turks are not satisfied with gold, silver and jewels and insist on going south? What should you do?"
"Do you want to continue giving?"
"If I give you gold, silver and jewelry, do you still have to cede the land?"
"After ceding the land, do we still need to dedicate the city?"
"Today there are five cities, tomorrow there are ten cities, but we can sleep peacefully overnight!"
"My dragon's land is limited, but the greed of the two countries is unlimited. In the end, are they going to send me to the country, the country, and the hundreds of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers to them?"
"The more you support, the more urgent your invasion becomes!"
"In this case, why do you only give some gold and silver jewelry? I think it would be better if you just give them the world of Dalong directly from the beginning. It will be settled once and for all!"
Young Master Liu's final words were completely roared. Looking at the officials' shrinking necks, Young Master Liu's fists clenched and crackled.
"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought bloody battles to regain the lost territory and show off our country's prestige. In your opinion, this is just militarism!"
"You guys who only know how to talk, you shouldn't stay in the court. You should go to Northern Xinjiang to see what it means to be displaced and what people's livelihood is suffering."
"If I insist on guarding the border, I will resort to force."
"Are your brains full of mush?"
"If I, the king, do not lead troops to guard the border, I will simply rely on the current strength of the six cities in northern Xinjiang. I will not be able to stop the millions of cavalry from the Jin Kingdom and the Turkic countries from marching south."
"Once the border city falls, the Turks and the disasters of the Jin Kingdom will spread unimpeded all the way to the hinterland of our dragon, until we reach the gate of our capital city."
"At that time, you no longer want to go to war, and you should think about how to save your lives."
"The country has been destroyed, and you have no chance to fight with your own troops!"
"You bow your heads and accept that there is still a chance of survival if you surrender to the enemy's country."
"Where is your Majesty? Where is Dalong Jiangnan?"
"A bunch of short-sighted guys, if the dragon dies, it will also die in your hands!"
"In the last national war, I led 300,000 brothers to the war, but only 200,000, 100,000, 100,000 came back. One hundred thousand died on the battlefield and were buried in a foreign land."
"In order to protect King Qin, I still have the bones of thirty thousand brothers lying in the ice and snow in the southern border of Jin Kingdom, and no one has collected them!"
"They fought for the country, but they ended up dying without a burial place!"
"Now that there is not much money in the national treasury, you are afraid and say no more fighting. How can you give me the face to meet their heroic spirit in heaven in a hundred years?"
"If anyone dares to stop fighting and seek peace today, I will let his blood splatter on the spot!"
Under the dull gazes of the civil and military officials, Liu Mingzhi panted heavily, walked staggeringly to the dragon platform, and knelt on one knee under Li Ye's dragon platform.
In Li Ye's stunned eyes, Liu Mingzhi looked at Li Ye resolutely.
"My minister Liu Mingzhi requested an order to go north."