Young Master Liu's words made many officials in the palace look confused for a moment, and then their eyes lit up and they looked at Liu Mingzhi who was sipping tea and smiling half-heartedly.
This is especially true for Jiang Yuanming, the Minister of Household Affairs. If he had not been in the cabinet, this old fox would have immediately grabbed Mr. Liu by the hem of his clothes and started asking questions about the treasure.
"Baby hidden?"
"May I ask Your Majesty what kind of treasure it is?"
"Yes, what kind of treasure is it? Why haven't I heard anything about it?"
"Did your Majesty receive a secret memorial from the border general?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at the officials with their necks stretched out and their eyes shining, and he gently stroked the tea lid and winked at Song Qing.
"Song Dutong, my throat feels a little uncomfortable. It would be better for you to explain to all my dear friends about this treasure."
Song Qing's eyes wandered for a moment and he coughed lightly.
"yes!"
Song Qing placed the two cloaks on the table beside him and walked towards the map on the wooden shelf.
"My lords, the treasure your Majesty just mentioned was buried on the eve of the Western Turkic Khan Shibismult's defeat at the hands of the former Turkic Huyan Emperor Huyan Yunyao and his flight to Tsarist Russia.
A collection of treasures.
It is said that these treasures are treasures accumulated by the Western Turks for hundreds of years. Most of them are gold, silver, jewelry, jade, agate, antique porcelain and other properties that they plundered from the people of our country when they went south to invade the border.
Exactly how many there are, no one knows except Spismult and the soldiers who accompanied him to bury these treasures.
It is also unclear where these treasures are buried within the Royal Court of Spieth or within the Yinshan Mountains.
All we know is that on the eve of Spiethmult's defeat and escape, he led his soldiers and buried all the treasures in his hands somewhere, waiting for the funds to make a comeback in the future.
And this Russian soldier suddenly appeared, and was willing to be driven by Spiesmult to help him regain his throne and rights. In all likelihood, it had a lot to do with these treasures.
His Majesty once sent soldiers from the Sixth Guards of the New Army to secretly search for these treasures.
However, the grassland is vast and endless, and the scenery is similar.
Without specific identification, trying to find where these treasures are buried is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
The search for the treasure later came to nothing.
However, Spismult was determined to regain his kingdom and once again lured Russian troops to sneak into our Dalong border in order to dig out these treasures.
According to their actions this time, these treasures are most likely buried somewhere in the border between Yinshan Mountain and Spieth Grassland.
Their purpose is most likely to dig out the treasures and bring them back to Tsarist Russia to recruit troops, rather than to declare war on our country when the situation is not conducive to them.
That’s roughly the situation.”
Song Qing succinctly described what he knew about the situation. After listening to it, many officials suddenly realized.
If, as King Wu Yi said, the enemy's real purpose was to secretly dig out these treasures and bring them back to Tsarist Russia to recruit troops and strengthen themselves, then the enemy's various bizarre behaviors would become clear.
They took advantage of the border army's winter recuperation to avoid the cold and regrouped to approach the Spieth Grassland. It was not because they wanted to sneak attack the Dalong soldiers and horses in Xinfu, but because they wanted to secretly take advantage of the heavy snow on the grassland to block the roads and the sparsely populated areas.
These treasures were unearthed and taken away secretly.
Wei Yong gently stroked his beard and was silent for a while, then looked at Liu Mingzhi.
"Your Majesty, if that's the case, although I don't know how much these treasures are worth, since Spiesmult has pinned his hopes of recruiting troops and making a comeback on these treasures, it means that it is definitely not a small amount."
Tong Sansi, Wei Yong's old enemy, rarely echoed Wei Yong's words: "It makes sense. After all, it is the foundation of a country. Although it cannot compare with my Dalong treasury, it is by no means an ordinary small amount."
Xia Gongming looked at the territory occupied by the Royal Court of Spieth on the map.
"Your Majesty, at that time, the Royal Court of Spieth was the only one in the grassland. Although it cannot be said that it responded to everyone's call, at least it had few rivals.
Over the past hundred years, three generations of Khans from the Royal Court of Spieth have dominated the grasslands, and repeatedly commanded their troops to invade the border south, kidnapping our people and plundering our treasures.
Even if it is divided layer by layer among the various tribes that were attached to the Royal Court of Spieth, the treasures in the hands of the Royal Court of Spieth cannot be underestimated.
And there are also some properties that were taken away from our border trade in those days.
Although the former Turks were the main beneficiaries, the Western Turks still took advantage of it.
If these treasures can be recovered and put into the national treasury, the people's livelihood of our country will be improved to a higher level.
I dare to say something unpleasant, but at least the construction of His Majesty's imperial mausoleum will not remain an empty shell.
Some of the palaces and pavilions in the palace should also be repaired.
In terms of people's livelihood and government administration, we can also improve it again."
"Although money is linked to food, only money without food will make the prices of goods among the people inflated, but once you have money, half of the problem is solved.
The veteran believes that if these treasures really exist, they must not fall into the hands of barbarians!"
Jiang Yuanming, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, narrowed his eyes almost to a slit, rubbed his hands and looked at Young Master Liu cheerfully: "Your Majesty, I agree with Xia Shoufu's suggestion.
It was able to attract the troops of Tsarist Russia and was used by Spiesmult several times. No matter how small this batch of gold, silver and jewelry was, it would not be too small.
Your Majesty, these treasures were all lost when my empire was in decline!
How can the treasures of my great dragon be obtained by barbarians!
Otherwise, where is the majesty of His Majesty? Where is the majesty of our court?"
"I second my opinion, how can the treasure of our dynasty be allowed to fall into the hands of foreign countries!"
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows, rubbed the stubble on his chin and looked at Old Jiang with a half-smile: "Oh? What does Jiang Aiqing mean?"
Lao Jiang slammed the table and looked around at his colleagues with indignation: "Of course I agreed to the entreaties of General Zhou, General Yelu, General Zhebieshu and others.
If you need food and grass, give food and grass, and if you need troops, send troops and troops!
We must take back our treasure... Uh-huh... I have lost my temper.
Of course, I want to annihilate the enemy forces that dare to invade my territory and show off the power of my great dragon!"
Liu Mingzhi played with the teacup in his hand hesitantly: "Of course I think so, after all, this is about my face.
But our treasury seems to be empty now! If we use troops frequently, will it waste too much money and people?
I won't embarrass you, right?
If it’s difficult, forget it.”
Lao Jiang's face straightened, and he shook his head resolutely: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, it is the wealth of the emperor that feeds him, and he shares his worries.
It is the duty of an old minister to relieve His Majesty's worries and solve problems.
No matter how difficult it is, the old minister will definitely die without mercy.
Just leave matters such as food, fodder and military preparation to the veteran. Even if the veteran is a trousers man, he will ensure that major military matters will not be delayed.
To insult His Majesty's power is to get into trouble with an old minister.
If they don’t give them a lesson, do they really think that my Dalong Territory is their home? They can come and leave whenever they want!
This is simply unreasonable!”
Young Master Liu glanced at Song Qing, who was rubbing his nose and suppressing a smile, and the smile in his eyes flashed away.
"Jiang Aiqing is indeed a model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism!"
"Things within one's duties are all the duties of the veteran minister."
"Where are you?"
"This... I second the proposal!"
"I also second the proposal!"
"The old minister should second his opinion."
A group of officials hesitated a little, but agreed to Lao Jiang's advice.
Liu Mingzhi nodded lightly: "Okay, there's no need to go through all the paperwork on the paperwork, I'll just do it!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
"Military Department!"
"Old minister is here!"
"The matter of the Western Expedition of the Western Army has not yet come to fruition. Just in case, the two little ones, Tsarist Russia and the former Western Turks, have been jumping around the border, which will inevitably cause trouble.
You should immediately make plans to write back to Zhou Baoyu, Ye Baotong, Yeluhu, Zhebieshu and others, just as Jiang Aiqing said just now.
If you want food and grass, give food and grass, and if you need troops, give troops preparation.
Let them mobilize the troops under their command and the troops under their command nearby, and let me solve the troubles within the border once and for all.