Chapter 2670 strong pressure

This time the palace banquet was held in the Wude Hall. When Man Bao and the others slowly turned around, there were constantly palace maids and waiters coming in and out with fruit plates and drinks.

The sun was shining brightly at this time, and the officials were too lazy to spend time in the hall, so they stood on the corridor and gathered together in two or three to talk.

Officials and family members went to play in the garden on the east side of the Wude Hall. Those with more distinguished status were invited by the queen to enter the harem and had the honor of being able to meet the queen first.

Man Bao stood under the porch and thought for a while, and felt that it was not appropriate to talk about state affairs during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he dragged Zhou Liru to go to the east garden to find familiar little ladies to play.

As a result, she just turned around, and Xiao Yuanzheng stopped her and waved to her.

Man Bao glanced at the Minister of War and the Minister of Housing who were standing with Xiao Yuan, lowered his voice and asked Liu Huan, "Didn't you say that you entered the palace early, why did your grandfather also enter the palace?"

Liu Huan said: "Grandfather has been busy in the imperial city, okay? I fell asleep last night and his study was still on. By the way, I was about to ask you, do you want to take Li Ru to the front?"

"Yeah, are you going?" Seeing Xiao Yuanzheng looking over again, Man Bao adjusted his official robes and whispered, "Wait when I get back, take Li Ru to play first, don't let her go. being bullied."

Man Bao raised a smile and rushed towards Xiao Yuan.

Bai Shan glanced at it and said to Yin He, "It is estimated that it is the official business of their imperial hospital. We don't want to interfere. Let's go. Let's find a quiet place to sit down. Bai Er and the others will come over later."

Yin Or responded, looked left and right, pointed in one direction, and said, "Go there."

Man Bao stepped forward, saluted and raised his head to look at the old ministers. He couldn't help but let out a "wow". After looking back and forth, he asked, "What did the elders do at night?"

Heavier than the dark circles under her eyes who stayed up late to deliver a child.

Liu Shangshu said: "Not everyone has the same fate as Lord Zhou. Since His Majesty made up his mind to fight in person, I haven't had a good night's sleep."

It sounds miserable.

Xiao Yuan said: "Master Zhou is also very busy."

He refuted Zhou Man, and then asked, "Have you listed all the list you made?"

"Yes," Man Bao said, "For the 120,000-strong army, I used the casualty ratio of the last emperor's eastern expedition to make a data, and made a list according to the main symptoms. Once the excerpt is written, it will be available tomorrow. pay."

Liu Shangshu immediately asked, "Can you calculate the budget?"

All he cares about is how much it costs.

Man Bao paused and said: "It's just a rough calculation, based on the current market price, but I think that if you buy too much, if it is still within the acceptable range, it must be cheap, if it is not within the acceptable range, this... ...The price will definitely go up, so I think we should take a look at this budget. Money is something outside the body, and it is useful to save people's lives."

Tell a minister of household that money is something outside your body?

Liu Shangshu looked at her for a while, then turned his head and said to Xiao Yuan: "Since you are unwilling to tell me the budget, then I will tell you the bottom line of the household department, and the budget for your Imperial Physician's Office must not exceed five million. If you have more money, think of your own way."

Xiao Yuanzheng was unhappy, and said to Zhao Guogong, who was standing beside him: "Zhao Shangshu, a single medicinal material may be the name of a soldier. Others can be saved, but this thing can't be saved."

Zhao Guogong looked at Liu Shangshu.

Liu Shangshu said angrily, "Then tell me what I can save?"

"Is it possible to save military rations, military horses, or military ships?" he asked: "Can the armor and robes used by soldiers be saved, or swords and guns?"

He said angrily: "It won't be long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Koguryo area will be full of snow once it enters the twelfth lunar month. Even if His Majesty dispatches more Hu people in the Liaodong area to fight, it will still require leather and thick clothes, which will be consumed in winter. There is also more grain than usual, do you really think that the treasury is inexhaustible?"

In order to raise rations and armaments, Liu Shangshu slept only two hours a day for three consecutive days. Now he can't help his temper when he sees his old wife. It's just annoying to see.

Xiao Yuanzheng and Zhao Guogong did not speak in silence, and Man Bao also shrank his head and stood aside.

Liu Shangshu then suppressed his temper and said, "This is not only what I mean, but also what Master Wei means. We can't exhaust the national treasury for a war, and His Majesty agrees."

It's only five million dollars, so it's impossible to run out of money, but medicinal materials and medical consumables only account for a small part of the armament.

I heard Bai Shan say that His Majesty will send all the troops and horses to start from Dengzhou, cross the sea and enter Gongbeisha City. The two of them had quietly discussed the map in their memory at night. , Goguryeo must not last long.

Bai Shandao: "Although I don't know much, I also heard that someone from Honglu Temple has quietly left Beijing to go to Silla and Baekje, trying to persuade the two vassal states to temporarily put aside their prejudice and attack Goguryeo together."

Man Bao asked Zhao Guogong curiously at this time, "Zhao Guogong, do you think Baekje will agree to fight together?"

"Who knows?" Zhao Guogong put his hands together and said, "I heard that Baekje is more inclined towards Goguryeo."

Liu Shangshu glanced at Zhou Man's face, and then glanced at Xiao Yuanzheng. Seeing that they didn't express any objection, but cooperated to change the topic, he automatically thought that they agreed with the budget, so he put down a worry, He also followed the gossip: "If you want me to say, the grievances of the three countries are inseparable, the boss Hugh wants to talk about the second child, then Xinluo is also unethical and plays well, and whoever occupies the territory will belong to him. In the end, he took advantage of Baekje's domestic chaos, turned around and grabbed Baekje's territory, hum..."

Zhao Guogong said: "No poison is not a husband, you should kill him while he is sick, and there is nothing wrong with grabbing territory."

"Bah," Liu Shangshu said, "then did he keep it? It was a good situation, and it would be great to work together to seize territory from Goguryeo, but because Silla went back on her word and betrayed her promise, Baekje backed away and fought him. ."

The cause of this war is that the Goguryeo soldiers were strong and ambitious, and they wanted to snatch the Yingzhou area, so they began to send troops to harass the Dajin border.

Upon seeing this, the governor of Yingzhou organized a garrison to resist, while quietly bypassing Goguryeo, went to Baekje by sea, and consulted with Baekje and Silla. Seeing that, Goguryeo is too ambitious and wants to beat us again. Jin is with you.

Dajin is so powerful, he dares to do it, let alone against you two small countries, so it is better to cooperate together, how about killing him together?

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