After hearing this, the emperor raised his eyebrows: "Crown Prince, what do you mean is that the Tubo people have any explanation for whether the conspiracy is successful?"

"The father and emperor don't know that the Tubo people are afraid of the gods and their favorite thing is to burn down the originally small amount of food, so Tubo is very short of food. In addition, the Tubo people themselves are backward in iron making skills, and most Tubo soldiers are very backward in weapons, and they are even using wooden knives and stone axes..."

How backward the Tubo region is, later generations can feel it. Because of some faith issues, the Tubo people have a good habit, which is that they like to burn things for their gods. This year, they have a good harvest, so they can burn some food for their gods. Thanks to the gods for taking care of them and giving them a good harvest.

If the food is poor this year, the drought or other reasons, you still have to burn some food for the gods and ask the gods not to punish them. Moreover, the more food is burned in the year of disaster, the more food it will burn, some people burn tomorrow's food, and then the family will be hungry. In addition to the food, they will burn all the precious things to the gods, which is so pious.

If it weren't for the fact that Tubo's geographical location was too special, otherwise this country would not have existed for so long. Not to mention the Yutang Empire, even the next door of Tianzhu could have destroyed them. However, Tianzhu, like the Yutang Empire, could not adapt to the plateau climate.

The plateau reaction, with the current medical conditions, there is no way to figure out the specific reasons, so at this time, most people thought that this was a divine punishment, so they had never been very interested in the Tubo place. Otherwise, given the degree of love for the land of the Yutang Empire, Tubo would probably have disappeared long ago!

After hearing Yu Zhiqian's description, the emperor and others raised their eyebrows. If the Tubo people were really as Yu Zhiqian said, then Tubo would be decisive and decisive, and the Tubo people would be able to kill themselves without even taking action from the Yu Tang Empire.

"What did the Tubo people come this time?"

"technology!"

After Yu Zhiqian finished speaking, he paused: "If my princesses marry outside, there will definitely be a dowry. At that time, Lu Dongzan or Songzan Gampo will ask His Majesty to provide some technical support, such as our planting technology, metallurgical technology, etc. If we bring some books, although it will not change the ignorance of the Tubo people, at least some Tubo people will make it..."

The emperor and others listened to Yu Zhiqian's analysis and nodded slowly. If it was really as Yu Zhiqian said, it would definitely be a disaster for raising a tiger. The Tubo people who were originally unthreatening may be another major threat to the Yu Tang Empire many years later.

"But my father and son minister think that we don't need to reject them as soon as possible. If we refuse directly, the Tubo people will be angry and raise troops directly. Although it will not have much impact on our dynasty, there may be casualties among the people. So it is better to drag them first and wait until the new army is trained, and then solve the problem of the Tubo people once and for all!"

Hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, the emperor nodded: "Well, I will consider this matter, but training the new army will cost another big expense!"

When talking about money, the emperor's tone changed slightly. Su Dingfang's Dingnanwei spent tens of millions of yuan, and it was established for about half a year. Although all the small countries in the south were earned back, the early expenses were also very terrifying. This time, the new army established was targeted by the Tubo people.

According to what the prince just said, Tubo is a place where the poor birds are so poor that they can't shit. Even if they destroy the Tubo people, they will not make any money. Therefore, the emperor felt a little sorry for his own money, and regretted why he spent the money so early. Think about the 200,000 taels given to the prince, the 100,000 taels given to the seventh prince, the 100,000 taels of his own cultivation palace, and the emperor suddenly felt that he should be the same as before, being thrifty.

"Fan Jian, how much money and grain does the Ministry of Revenue still have now?"

When Fan Jian heard that the emperor was asking for money from him, his face changed immediately: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has not much surplus now. Maybe by the end of the year, the monthly salary will not be paid, and the Heroic Spirit Hall will be built. This year, the Shandong area has suffered disasters and needs disaster relief..."

Fan Jian cried with tears in his eyes. The ministers and emperors around him had long been immune to this guy's expression. No matter when, even if the tax and silver in various places had just been collected, he would be like this when you asked him for money. If the Ministry of Revenue officials would not cry poorly and would not say that they had no money, they would not be a qualified Ministry of Revenue officials.

The Ministry of Revenue will never be enough to spend it. If one dollar is not spent in two dollars, it is probably as he said, and the court cannot even pay out its monthly salary.

Only Yu Zhiqian saw Fan Jian performing for the first time and looked at Fan Jian with some curiosity: "Didn't Su Dingfang just sent back a few million taels of things? Had the disaster been caused? Then let Dingnanwei move food from the Nanyue area to the two lakes and Shandong. There was too much food there and it was even rotten in the fields!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know that although Su Dingfang seized a lot, most of them were treasures, not cash. These things, and the treasures were sent to the inner treasury. The national treasury did not intercept much. This year, there was an additional bathroom, and the expenses increased. In addition, there was a need to train the navy and conduct scientific experiments. Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue really had no funds to be mobilized this year!"

Seeing that someone was paying attention to him, Fan Jian immediately started to pour out bitterness and said it all. It would be fine if this guy didn't say it, but he offended everyone as soon as he said it. First of all, the Ministry of War jumped out and stopped: "Fan Jian, you can't say that. Although my Ministry of War has asked for a lot of money and grain this year, we have also handed over a lot of things to the national treasury this year. Look at the seizure of Dingnanwei!"

"Although our Ministry of Works has started to pave the way this year, it has a certain revenue, which is much more than last year. Don't blame our Ministry of Works!"

Yu Zhiqian looked at Fan Jian: "Tsinghua Park, Whampoa Military Academy, although it cost a lot of money, I remember that Tanggou wine, glass, bicycles, cement and other things paid a lot of commercial taxes. Last month, it was a total of more than 100,000 taels!"

A group of people began to criticize, but Fan Jian responded in a tit-for-tat way. No matter what, it was just two words, without money, the Ministry of Revenue is very poor now!

The emperor watched the ministers quarrel with each other, but did not say anything. He just smiled and looked down, and laughed secretly from time to time. However, as long as someone looked over, he would stare at the lower body with a serious face.

"Okay, stop arguing. Mr. Fan, how much money can the Ministry of Revenue take out to build a new army at most!"

Fan Jian looked at the emperor and his mind was rotating rapidly. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, it's up to 200,000 taels!"

“…”

Sure enough, the guy who was able to become the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue and immediately took over as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was not an ordinary person. Just now, he said without changing his face, and the Ministry of Revenue had no penny left, describing the treasury as a place where rats died of starvation and Xiaoqiang died of thirst. Now he could take out 200,000 taels when he turned around. Yu Zhigan estimated that the Ministry of Revenue could take out at least 2 million taels, and this guy definitely didn't tell the truth.

"Can two hundred thousand taels be enough to form a new army?"

Several ministers of the Ministry of War looked at each other and began to calculate, and finally looked at the emperor: "Return to your highness, 200,000 taels, barely enough!"

When the Dingnan Wei was formed, the initial investment was about 100,000 taels. This time, another garrison was formed. The initial investment of 200,000 taels should be enough. As for the future money? Haha, when the team was raised, I was still afraid that the people from the Ministry of Revenue would not pay? Everything was not important. What was important was to establish a new garrison first.

"not enough!"

At this moment, Yu Zhigan suddenly stood up.

"Not enough?" the emperor raised his eyebrows.

Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda and other ministers of the Ministry of Revenue looked at Yu Zhigan curiously, and finally Li Ji said, "Your Highness, 200,000 taels are enough to form a new guard. The new guard needs nothing more than armor and weapons, as well as soldiers' rations. 15,000 new guards are enough!"

Hearing Li Ji's words, Yu Zhigan shook his head: "You don't know that this time, the establishment of the new guard is to deal with the Tubo people. If the general new guard is formed, it will be more than 200,000 taels. However, for the Tubo people, the new guard needs to be trained on the plateau. In the early stage, a large amount of medicines for treating the plateau and saffron are needed. This is a huge expense. In addition, the plateau area is high and the road is long, and the grain is difficult to transport, and the camp is difficult to build..."

Yu Zhigan kept explaining why the money was not enough, because the Tubo area had a special geographical location, not only needed armor and weapons, but also various other materials. After hearing Yu Zhigan's explanation, everyone, including the emperor, frowned. Is it worth spending such a large price to destroy Tubo?

Destroying the South Vietnamese Kingdom made everyone taste the sweetness. They may not necessarily spend money when fighting, and they may even make money. However, the Tubo described by Yu Zhigan just now was too poor. When they heard that it was a place without oil, everyone gathered to squeeze oil. It was probably impossible to squeeze out two taels of oil.

Now that the formation of the new guard is going to be so expensive, many people, including the emperor, feel that they are not in a hurry. When they have money in the future, they will slowly solve the problem of Tubo. Anyway, Tubo is so poor and the people in that place are so weird, so they probably won't pose too much threat to the Yutang Empire.

Yu Zhigan clearly felt the changes in his ministers, and seemed to be a little unhappy to send troops to Tubo, so he couldn't help but brow. Although Tubo is poor, this place should be the territory of China and must not be denied. Moreover, Tubo is not as poor as imagined.

"Father, Tubo is endless!"

Yu Zhigan suddenly said something, and everyone stared at Yu Zhigan with wide eyes. He just said that Tubo was poor, but now he said that Tubo is not poor, so he is making fun of us!

"As far as my father and son know, although Tubo is poor, it has a lot of mineral resources, rich in copper ore, and some rare mineral deposits of iron ore. However, the Tubo people are relatively ignorant, unable to mine or explore, so Tubo is very poor, and Tubo has a unique geographical location, bordering Tianzhu in the south..."

Yu Zhigan gritted his teeth and started bragging about the arrival of Tubo again. The general meaning is that Tubo looks very poor, but it is not because it is really poor, but because the people of Tubo do not know how to develop it. If it is developed for the Central Plains dynasty, it will be different here.

After hearing this, the emperor and others began to discuss again. There was no shortage of iron ore in the court for the time being. In the few places Yu Zhigan said, the iron ore reserves were very high and enough to mine for hundreds of years. However, the Yu Tang Empire lacked copper. Copper was a thing of money in ancient times. I heard that there were copper ore, and many people's minds also began to become active. If there were really copper ore, it would be of no benefit. If Tubo was destroyed...

"Prince, how much does it cost to form a new guard?"

The emperor was obviously a little moved. In addition to the fact that Tubo had copper ore and iron ore, there was another reason. No emperor could refuse the temptation to expand territory. Tubo began with the Qin and Han Dynasties and was not included in the territory of China. Unlike the South Vietnam Kingdom, it was destroyed, and at most it was to regain its hometown. After all, during the Qin Dynasty, 300,000 troops entered South Vietnam.

But Tubo is different. When the real expansion of territory was really opened, the emperor's mind became active. He originally planned to pass the throne to the crown prince after two years of maturity. But now it seems that he has a small goal in the past two years, which is to destroy Tubo and become an emperor who expands territory.

"Father, my son-in-law thinks it may need to double, about 400,000 taels, and we also need to select strong people from the entire army..."

Yu Zhigan said roughly that it is best to choose some places with higher altitudes in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. After the emperor heard it, he had obvious abnormal movements. However, after Fan Jian heard it, he was immediately furious. 400,000 taels? Damn it, so much money? Although it was said that 200,000 taels were not the limit that the Ministry of Revenue could take out, if the Ministry of Revenue took out 400,000 taels, the Ministry of Revenue would have less working capital. It would be half a year before. If something happened to ask for it again, the Ministry of Revenue would really have no money.

As a qualified official of the Ministry of Revenue... Fan Jian began to hypnotize himself again and was about to continue crying for poverty.

"But this money does not necessarily require the Ministry of Revenue to pay. Erchen has recently had a new idea. If it operates well and earns a few days, a new army can be formed!"

After Yu Zhigan finished speaking, his little eyes narrowed.

The emperor and a group of ministers were attracted by Yu Zhifan's words, especially the sentence, in a few days, a new army could be formed, which means that within a few days, you could earn 400,000 taels of silver, or even more!

Everyone was curious about what industry this was? Why was it so violent? Yu Zhigan narrowed his eyes and glanced at the ministers. Looking at their surprised appearance, he couldn't help but feel a little funny. Although he admitted that sometimes there was not much difference in intelligence between ancient people and modern people, many times, he felt that the ancient people's vision was indeed a little small.
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