Faced with this severe accusation, Li Yunze was not afraid at all: "I only want to scare the people!"
The cultivator standing aside opened his mouth, but in the end he could not speak.
However, Zhong Shidao, after a moment of silence, asked, "May I ask, Your Majesty, if you will fight again after having made peace with the Jin people?"
"We must fight!"
Li Yunze made a categorical statement: "The Jin people are greedy and have fought every year since they raised their troops! Now the Liao Kingdom has been destroyed, Xixia and Goryeo have all surrendered, and the Mongols in the north have no oil and water. Only the Daxi people here have already shown their cowardice, and they are still so rich. The Jin people
If you are not a fool, you will definitely come again."
Zhongshi Dao and Zhongshizhong looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.
It's really amazing that an idle prince can see the situation so thoroughly.
After a moment of silence, Zhong Shidao asked again, "Does the prince have any solution?"
"Without him, I can only fight to the death!"
These words were said so loudly that the brothers of the Zhong family breathed quickly.
There was a sound of peace in the court, which made these generals extremely unhappy.
King Kang's determination to lead the battle really made the generals happy.
It's just that the brothers of the Zhong family will not bow down because of this.
"Hey~~~"
Taoist Master Zhong sighed, closed his eyes and said nothing.
The cultivator over there stepped forward and signaled, "Your Majesty, please come this way."
After bowing to Master Zhongdao, Li Yunze turned around and walked out of the tent.
After coming out, before Zhongshizhong could speak, Li Yunze directly asked, "How long does the Taiwei have left?"
The cultivator was stunned for a moment, and then looked gloomy, "I guess it will only last a few days."
Lao Zhong has been fighting in the north and south for many years, and has been a soldier all his life.
He is almost eighty years old now, and it is a blessing to be alive to this day.
"The old Taiwei spent his whole life in the army and was the pillar of the country." Li Yunze said sincerely, "I will be the one to report to the court and win the old Taiwei a posthumous reputation."
With such words, the cultivator naturally can only say thank you.
"Lieutenant Zhong." Li Yunze handed over to Master Zhong, "I hope that Lieutenant Zhong will take care of the victory over the victorious army."
Lao Zhong was seriously ill and the military affairs of the Western Army had been handed over to Xiao Zhong.
"The Shengjie Army belongs to the Western Army." Xiaozhong did not refuse and directly responded, "I will take care of this matter. It's just that"
"If you have any difficulties, please tell me directly."
"Since the prince is here to propagate, he should report all the difficulties in the army to the prince." Zhong Shizhong began to complain, "The Western Army has been here for a long time, but we have only been able to replenish food and grass once. As for the reward of money and silk, I have never seen it.
I’ve seen soldiers in the army complain a lot.”
One characteristic of the sergeants in the Northern Song Dynasty was that they had to be fed with money before they could fight.
Just like the Xiaozhong in front of me, a few months later, at the gate of Taiyuan City, the soldiers turned around and left just because the silver bowl given to the soldiers was not enough.
This is a typical mercenary. If you have enough money, it's okay to buy your life. If you don't have enough money, don't worry about anything.
"I know." Li Yunze said with a heroic look and his head held high, "I must get money and food for the soldiers of the Western Army. The soldiers protect their homes and country, how can they not even have money and food."
After saying this, the surrounding generals all looked happy, thinking that this King Kang was really good.
It's not like the princes in the court who were sent away like beggars when they went to beg for money and food.
Li Yunze summoned the generals of the Shengjie Army and asked Xiao Zhong to arrange food for the camp.
He himself simply mounted his horse and headed straight for the imperial city.
When he came to the palace to see Zhao Huan again, he no longer had the generous and majestic appearance he had shown before when he asked for orders for the Western Army in front of the imperial guards.
First he sighed, then he spread his hands helplessly, "Guan family, I really have no choice."
"What's wrong?" Zhao Huan also felt a headache when he saw him.
I just asked him to do something. Why is it so difficult? There are endless messy things.
"The Shengjie Army has been temporarily stabilized and has set off to the military camp outside the city in batches." Li Yunze sighed softly, "But the promised money and food have not been received yet. Once they cannot get it, trouble will inevitably occur."
"What kind of trouble could there be?" Zhao Huan, who had been educated by scholar-bureaucrats since he was a child, looked down upon the warriors. "If there is any trouble, just let the Western Army handle it."
If you treat your own troops with this attitude, why should you let others work for you?
If it had been him, Li Yunze, he would have just drawn his knife and chopped him up.
"We were about to talk about the Western Army." Li Yunze sighed again, "I met Lao Zhong and Xiao Zhong before. They complained that the Western Army had been treated poorly since they arrived. Not only were there no rewards, but even food and grass were gradually being reduced. He said
There is a lot of resentment in the army."
He took a step forward and lowered his voice, "If the Shengjie Army is dealt with at this time, it is unlikely that the entire Western Army will start a riot. There are hundreds of thousands of Western Army troops outside the city. If they make a fuss and are used by the Supreme Emperor, then it will be
This is very bad."
Zhao Huan was so angry that his nostrils wanted to spit fire.
This bunch of young warriors have no ability to resist foreign humiliation, but they bully an official like him one after another.
But the real threat is right in front of us. No matter how unhappy we are, we can only swallow our anger and say, "Then what do you think we should do?"
"Of course we will give out money and food."
"But I really don't have money or food!" Zhao Huan was also anxious, "Now even the expenses in the palace have been greatly reduced. Now I only use three sheep for one meal!"
Li Yunze ‘(￣_,￣)’
This is really wronging you!
In fact, Dacoun's finances have been in trouble for a long time. The three major problems of redundant soldiers, redundant expenses and redundant officials will swallow up most of the fiscal revenue every year.
Previously, when the Jin people went south, they severely squeezed a wave of wealth and caused unrest between the north and the south.
Under such circumstances, even if Zhao Huan sold his dragon robe, he would not be able to raise enough money to appease the Western Army.
"Officials still have money and food."
Li Yunze's eyes flashed with a hint of threat, "The road was unstable because of the Jin soldiers going south, but it should be restored now. Food from Jinghu and Sichuan was shipped in batches.
It’s enough.”
"Um."
Zhao Huan nodded and agreed with this.
The national policy adopted by Da Ting is to strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches, and this trunk is Bianliang City.
Most of the wealth and materials from various places have to be transported to Bianliang City.
Zhao Huan then asked, "Where did the money and silk come from?"
"Borrow!"
Li Yunze said rudely, "My brother is willing to contribute, but I dare to say that there are definitely not more than ten people in Bianliang City who are as devoted to the country as my brother. Those who are really rich, even if they are ordered by the officials,
Donate, but they either complain about being poor and have no money, or just give some randomly for their own purposes.”
"That's right." Zhao Huanshen agreed. "What's the plan?"
"Borrow money from them." Li Yunze finally came up with his plan, "Use the royal taxes as a guarantee and ask them to borrow money at a certain amount of interest. If you make money, you can borrow it naturally. At worst, the interest rate will be higher.
.”
‘Hiss~~~’
Zhao Huan took a deep breath and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, "But my husband may not allow it."
"How could you not allow it?" Li Yunze sneered. "There is a shortage of money everywhere in the court. Now that we can borrow a large sum of money, who would be stupid to refuse it? And they will also use their hands to make it difficult for them to borrow money."
A fortune in your pocket.”
"Uh-huh"
Zhao Huan also knew this very well.
Among these gentlemen, who wouldn’t reach out?
If he didn't reach out, how could Cai Jing prepare more than a hundred dishes for a meal? Just based on his salary? Let the whole family drink northwest wind!
"But if you borrow it, you have to pay it back."
Li Yunze‘w(?Д?)w’
Do you want to borrow money and not want to pay it back?!
Damn you.
"Official family." Li Yunze stepped forward, a little anxious, "When is this happening? Let's get the money first."
"That's right, what Jiulang said is absolutely true." Zhao Huan suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly, "Then I'll leave this matter to Jiulang."
"I won't do it."
Li Yunze refused without hesitation, "This matter is too risky. If the court then refuses to accept the debt and says it has no money, will those who borrowed the money eat me alive?"
"This." Zhao Huan, who had already made up his mind not to pay back the money, subconsciously wanted to deceive Li Yunze.
But Li Yunze was determined not to do it, and even gave him an idea to blame the blame on his husband-in-law.
When the news reached the political hall, all the ministers were extremely happy and angry.
I am happy because I have found an opportunity to make a lot of money in a short period of time.
What makes them angry is that they never thought about paying back the money, so if the matter is pushed to them, wouldn't they be asked to take the blame?
It's always been the husbands who let others take the blame, when will it be their turn to take the blame?
After some discussions and quarrels, neither Zhao Ji's men nor Zhao Huan's party members were willing to take over the matter.
The reason is very simple. Everyone knows that if the court does not pay back the money, the person who handles the matter will definitely be in bad luck.
After the quarrel, Cai Jing finally closed his eyes and rested his mind and gave some advice.
"Since this matter was brought up by King Kang, it will naturally be done by King Kang."
It is commendable that the scholar-officials on both sides, who were almost losing their minds, reached a consensus on this matter.
After all, making money is more important than fighting, and everyone needs it.
"I'm not willing, so King Kang can be willing?"
Cai Jing said slowly, "Don't King Kang like the military affairs? Please give him more power from the government, and then allow the court to repay the money."
As for Li Yunze, none of the princes in the political hall had a good impression of him.
Zhao Ji's people felt that he did not know how to praise him, and the Emperor's good intentions were sold out in an instant.
Geng Nanzhong and other close associates of Zhao Huan also felt that it was never a good thing for a prince to be tainted with military power. King Kang's ambition must be suppressed.
Then the two sides naturally pushed the officials to deceive King Kang, promising various benefits and imposing heavy allocations.
As for how to end the incident once it happens, in Cai Jing's words, 'Put it all on King Kang and then belittle him.'
Zhao Huan couldn't bear it, but when he thought that everyone in the imperial court was crying for support, he could only be cruel to trick his ninth brother.
He first gave Li Yunze the titles of Military Envoy of Jianxiong Army, Military Envoy of Anwu Army, Mud of Xinde and Mu of Jizhou, plus a military supervisor of the Western Army.
Then he promoted King Kang's biological mother, Wei Shi, from Wanrong to the title of "Longde Palace Xianfei".
The only difference is that she is a virtuous concubine.
Then, an imperial edict with the signature seal of the Political Affairs Hall was simply stuffed into Li Yunze's arms.
When Li Yunze entered the palace again and wanted to see the officials, he already avoided them.
"Guanjia~~~" Li Yunze, whose eyes were getting colder and colder, called Guanjia with curled lips, but quickly left the palace.