Sun Kewang listened to Yu Yin's words, he couldn't help but be stunned, and his heart was depressed, Yu Yin was the head of the household, since he knew this situation, why didn't he control it, it was impossible for him not to know the impact this matter would have on the Jin Kingdom.

Yu Yin seemed to understand his doubts, so he looked at him and explained: "The prince runs the Western Regions, and he may not be clear enough about the affairs of the Central Plains. The prince didn't know that at the beginning of this year, the Ming Kingdom proposed a proposal to expand the army by 200,000. ”

"Expand the army by 200,000?" Sun Kewang was startled when he heard this, and then fell silent again, his face was ugly.

The number of the Ming army was about 500,000 at first, and after the Northern Expedition, Jiang Xiang and some rebels were incorporated, and the number increased to 600,000, and then the army was expanded by 200,000, then there were 800,000, which would crush the Jin State.

Yu Yin glanced at him, and then said: "The cabinet has decided to expand the army by another 50,000, and the court needs money, the prince understands!" ”

Sun Kewang was silent for a while, and nodded slowly.

"I am the Great Jin Dynasty, and I have my own national conditions here!" Yu Yin sighed.

Sun Kewang slowly straightened out this matter in his heart, the Ming Dynasty expanded its army by 200,000, and the number of troops expanded alone was already as much as the regular soldiers of the Jin State.

The total strength of the Ming Dynasty is afraid that it will be close to 800,000, and if the Jin State wants to fight against the Ming Dynasty, it needs at least more than 30% of the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

When the Ming Dynasty expanded its army, the Jin court had to follow the expansion, but the finance of the Jin State was not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, only about one-fifth of that of the Ming Dynasty.

The Jin State wanted to expand its army by 50,000, but the imperial court had no money, so it connived at the people to change wheat and cotton.

After Sun Kewang figured it out, he couldn't help frowning, "Yu Butang, I don't object to the expansion of the army, but is there no other way?" So when you have silver and lack food, don't you drink water to quench your thirst? Besides, when the price of grain rises, what will the imperial court do? ”

These questions were actually thought about by the Jin Imperial Court for a long time, so Sun Kewang asked three times in a row, and Yu Yin's face still did not fluctuate.

"To tell the prince the truth, the cabinet has been discussing this matter for a long time. There is really no other way, and this matter is not as serious as the prince thinks. Yu Yin said: "This matter is not clear in one or two sentences, I see that the prince is running all the way, and he has not eaten, it is just noon, I asked people to prepare some wine and food, and we talked while eating." ”

"Don't eat it, Yu Butang still tell me first, let me have a bottom in my heart." Where is Sun Kewang in the mood, the success or failure of the Jin Kingdom is also related to his vital interests, how can he not worry.

Yu Yin shook his head, but he still asked people to prepare a few side dishes, prepare a pot of Wu wine, and send them to the study.

Waiting for the next person to prepare, Yu Yin asked Sun Kewang to sit down and filled a cup for him, "The imperial court prohibits folk brewing, this pot is my treasure, it was Han Xianggong who asked someone from Wu to get it, and gave me a few jars, I have never had a chance to drink, and I drink with the prince today." ”

Sun Kewang does not have many friends among the civil officials of the Jin State, and he can get along well with Yu Yin, mainly because after Yu Yin worked with him, he found that Sun Kewang's ability and personality were not bad, and he didn't care about his rogue background, and Sun Kewang also respected Yu Yin very much, and he didn't put on any stakes because he was a prince, so the two became friends.

Sun Kewang had no choice but to serve the table, and after Yu Yin gave him a full cup, he sat down, looked at his appearance, and said: "In short, no matter what, the Ming Kingdom expands its army, and our Dajin must also expand." Originally, the cabinet wanted to borrow a sum of silver from the domestic gentry and merchants to expand the new army, just like Wang Yan did when he presided over the affairs of the Ming Dynasty······"

Seeing this, Sun Ke couldn't help asking, "Then why don't you borrow it?" ”

Yu Yin smiled bitterly, "I borrowed it, but I didn't borrow much." ”

Why is that? Will they not? Sun Kewang's face was cold, he wanted to say that he would not want to, so he would find a way to treat them, but if this word spread, he was afraid that he would not be able to return to Chang'an in the future.

"As the saying goes, there is a loan and there is a return." Yu Yin shook his head, "It's not that they don't borrow, it's that they don't dare to borrow." Wang Yan was able to borrow money at the beginning, because the Ming State won one victory after another on the battlefield, and the policy of opening the sea made the Ming State's taxes increase every year, and he had the ability to repay. And our dynasty lost the market of the Qing state, and recently the trade with Yuzi has also been affected, and there is no obvious increase in income, coupled with the war with the Ming state, there are few victories, so the gentry and merchants are not optimistic about the growth of our dynasty's taxes. ”

Yu Yin picked up the wine glass and took a sip, "To put it simply, if the imperial court borrows money this year, the increase in taxes next year is not enough to repay the debt, and the next year it needs to borrow, then there is no possibility of paying it off, so you can't borrow any money." ”

Sun Kewang understood, that is, the people were actually not optimistic about Jinguo.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but pick up the wine glass on the table and drank it all abruptly. He has a way to deal with these people, but the Jin Imperial Court, which is controlled by the gentry, will not let him do that.

Sun Kewang raised his head and finished drinking, put the wine glass on the table, and did not eat the vegetables, but asked, "So the imperial court connived at the people to convert the wheat fields to cotton, hoping to obtain the silver for the expansion of the army through the cloth trade?" But what about this food? ”

In the past few years, the Guanzhong area has recovered well, and they have basically bid farewell to the food shortage, so they still don't feel the shortage of food, but Sun Kewang is in the Western Regions, so he feels that the grain is particularly valuable, and his 500,000 tun households have to rely on Guanzhong to receive a part of the grain.

Yu Yin poured it for him, and then said: "Don't worry too much about the grain, I said it in advance." Although many people have switched to cotton, the imperial court is also thinking of promoting bud grains, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other things, these things can be grown on dry land, and the yield per mu is higher than wheat, and the problem of food will be alleviated, so the prince does not have to worry too much. ”

"Buds, sweet potatoes, potatoes? What is that? Sun Kewang couldn't help but wonder, "Can you grow on dry land, and the yield is higher than that of wheat?" ”

Soon after he went to the Western Regions, he came back and heard strange things, first he heard that the Mughal population was more than 90 million, which was more than the Dajin and Ming kingdoms combined, and now he heard that bud grains, sweet potatoes, and potatoes could be grown on dry land, and the yield could exceed that of wheat. His face was full of doubt.

Yu Yin smiled, "This is a new crop I got from the Ming Kingdom, the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes has just been obtained, and the yield is not sure yet, but the bud valley has been planted in Yan'an and other places, and the local officials have responded very well, and the yield should be good." With these things, the reduced yield of wheat should be able to make up for some of it, so the price of grain will not rise too much. ”

Sun Kewang saw that Yu Yin's words didn't look like a lie, and there was no need for Yu Yin to lie to him, if this was the case, the cabinet would allow the people to plant cotton instead, and it would be acceptable.

Yu Yin saw that Sun Kewang picked up the wine glass, playing with it a little distractedly, so he picked it up and touched the glass with him, and then said: "The gentry and the people are profit-seeking, and it is profitable to grow cotton, and the emperor can't help it if he wants to." Among them, there are many fields, all of which belong to King Yongping, as well as Han Xiang and others, and it is impossible for the cabinet to pass the ban on cotton planting. At present, the imperial court can only control it appropriately, and then vigorously promote new crops on the one hand, and collect taxes on the cotton cloth trade on the other hand, and settle the money for the expansion of the army. ”

Although the current method can indeed bring a fortune to the Jin Kingdom, Sun Kewang is still a little disappointed after hearing this.

Seeing that he was distracted, Yu Yin couldn't help but ask, "What does the prince think again?" ”

Sun Kewang sighed, accepted Yu Yin's previous statement, he drank the wine in the cup again, and then spoke: "I want to expand the army of the Ming Kingdom by 200,000 again, my Dajin is so passive, and I am led by the nose by the Ming Dynasty, if he expands another 100,000 people, or restores the million army at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, what should I do?" Can we follow in their footsteps and continue to expand our army? ”

Sun Kewang's words were on point, Yu Yin sighed, "I'm afraid that if it expands further, Dajin himself will collapse." ”

The two were silent for a while, facing the current Ming Dynasty, it was really difficult for them to have a chance to turn the tables. In fact, there are many people in Jin, who are not very optimistic about the future prospects of Jin, including Yu Yin, who is the head of the household department, and knows the gap between Jin and Ming Dynasty in terms of strength.

Sun Kewang picked up the wine jug by himself this time, poured it full for Yu Yin and himself, and then took a sip of wine, both of them drank dry, and did not eat vegetables, "The current situation, such a passive follow in the footsteps of the Ming Kingdom, is really not the best policy, the imperial court will be dragged down by the Ming Dynasty sooner or later, have the cabinet and the emperor thought of any way to break the situation?" ”

After all, Sun Kewang is a person who has died twice, and he still sees the problem very sharply. The current situation is that the Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger, and even if Jin develops a little slower, it can be regarded as constantly being pulled apart.

If this continues, the Jin State will definitely not be able to hold Guanzhong, and it will inevitably go to defeat. If Jin Guo wants to survive, he must break the game and have a way to fight his way out, otherwise he will be slowly consumed to death.

At that time, Zhang Xianzhong was also forced by the situation in Sichuan, so he had to go north to resist the Qing Dynasty and look for a way to break the situation.

Although he failed twice, this is not to say that there is a problem with his idea of breaking the game, if he had been in Yunnan at the beginning, he would have survived for a few years at most, and now it is estimated that he has been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Yin sighed again, "Why didn't you think about it, the imperial court has already united with Donghu, but other than that, there is no other good way." To the east is the Ming army, and the imperial court does not dare to make any moves, and to the north is Mobei Mongolia, and the imperial court does not dare to move, for fear that once it makes a move against Mobei Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty will go to war with us. ”

The east and south of the Jin State are the strong enemies of the Ming Dynasty, blocking the development path of the Jin State, and the Mobei Mongolia in the north can become a annexation object of the Jin State, but the Ming Dynasty cannot allow the Jin State to annex Mobei Mongolia, so the three directions are not passable.

Saying that, Yu Yin looked at Sun Kewang and remembered something, and suddenly asked: "The prince went back to Chang'an this time, I don't know what it was for?" ”

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