"Yes! The subordinates will investigate, and this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. The imperial court is so quick to make a move, it is estimated that it will want to make a move on us in the near future. After Lu Chen saluted, he quickly walked out of the study.

Li Changan looked at Lu Chen's back, his eyes slightly condensed.

"Lord Wang! Do you really believe in him? If he betrays us, it will inevitably bring immeasurable losses to us. King Jing is so shrewd, if we make a wrong step, we will fall into a place of no return. ”

"Naturally, you can't believe it all, don't worry! After the second child is solved, the fourth child has nothing to worry about. The second child's time is short, let's wait, don't attack the city again during this time, and rest and recuperate first. After a few months, I will go all the way to the capital. ”

King Gong clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes showed determination.

Li Changan couldn't help but be excited when he heard it, if it could be done this time, then his previous efforts would not be in vain. The emperor's life is not long in coming, the eldest prince is blind, and the remaining princes are still young, how can they inherit the throne?

"That's right, Lord Wang! Our armory was looted, and we lost a lot of silver this time. Li Changan was still excited, but when he thought of the looting of the armory workshop, he seemed to be poured cold water.

"Humph! The court will rob us, so we can't rob him? Grab it back. You sent someone to the imperial court recruitment office to make trouble, you can't let the recruitment go so smoothly, right? The court spent money to recruit troops, and we did the same, what the fourth didn't dare, this king is not afraid. King Gong snorted coldly, and then ordered.

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"Gu Siqing, you actually sent a minister to the border to recruit troops? This year is not the year of recruitment, and you are tyrannical in doing so! Dai Yuanji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, rushed into the Wenhua Hall angrily and yelled at Gu Chengyu, who was checking the folds.

The ministers in the hall were taken aback by the sudden roar, and they all turned their eyes to Gu Chengyu.

Gu Chengyu gently closed the fold in his hand and put the pen on the pen stand.

"Why is Lord Dai so angry? On this matter, the lower officials have already communicated with the emperor, and the emperor agrees very much, so the case is implemented. And this time, the imperial court is not levying ding, but buying ding. ”

"Buy? The treasury is not abundant, and you actually use the money from the treasury to buy ding? Do you know how much it costs? This official is the secretary of the Ministry of War, you want to buy Ding, but you dare not consult with this officer, can you still put the Ministry of War in your eyes? ”

Dai Yuanji's gray beard trembled slightly, which showed that he was not lightly angry. The matter of recruiting Ding was originally the responsibility of the Ministry of War, and Gu Chengyu's hand was stretched too long. Just a few days after entering the cabinet, he began to carry out drastic reforms, and also interfered in the affairs of the six yamen.

"Lord Deng, as the head of the household, it is impossible for you not to know whether the treasury is full or not. This time the purchase cost is huge, and your household department has also approved it? You have to think twice! Don't let the buyer empty the treasury, and you will have to use the silver at that time, and your household department will not be able to take it out, and the official will see how you explain it. ”

Seeing that Gu Chengyu was unmoved, Dai Yuanji suddenly turned the spearhead to Deng Wenshang. Deng Wenshang has just been promoted to the head of the household department, does he not understand the current situation of the national treasury?

Before the Jiangnan disaster, although the treasury did not take out much silver, it was that the treasury was not full. In such a tight situation, it is ridiculous that the household department should agree to buy Ding.

"Indeed! How could the emperor agree to this? The emperor knew the financial resources of the imperial court well, how could he agree? Tong Shunmin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, also had this question, the emperor didn't even show his face during this time, only Pang Chu's handwritten message.

They hadn't seen the emperor for several days, and the early dynasty didn't exist during this time, could they not panic in their hearts?

"That's because buying Ding is not counted in the treasury at all!" Gu Chengyu smiled slightly, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him in surprise, he planned to tell everyone about it.

"How is it possible not to count expenses in the treasury? Could it be that Gu Siqing couldn't take it out privately? This is not something that can be solved by hundreds or thousands of taels of silver, and the cost may be hundreds of thousands of taels, or even millions of taels. ”

Dai Yuanji scoffed at Gu Chengyu's words, he didn't believe it, could Gu Chengyu still be able to pay for his own money? If Gu Chengyu really took it, the origin of the silver would have to be questioned.

A court official from a poor family, where did he get so much silver? I'm afraid that I didn't take advantage of my position to be greedy for ink?

"You need money to buy a ding, you all know. But if the treasury can't come out, we can only think of ideas from other places. I invite you here today to discuss the opening of the mutual market. ”

Gu Chengyu's words were like a drop of boiling water into an oil pot, and everyone in the hall was fried.

"What? This is absolutely unacceptable! Tong Shunmin stood up in shock, he didn't expect Gu Chengyu to have such an idea.

"It's ridiculous, we just fought with Daxing, and Daxing lost more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, which has made us hateful to the bone. At the moment, you said that you want to open a mutual market, do you think Daxing will agree? They are not stupid, our Dayan is now in an eventful season, and they don't take the opportunity to attack, it is because they have just lost their troops and are recuperating at the moment. It won't be long before they make a comeback. Gu Siqing, I don't know when you were so naïve! ”

Dai Yuanji really couldn't understand Gu Chengyu's thoughts, this idea was simply ridiculous. Their Dayan and Daxing are already in an endless situation, and Gu Chengyu is still fantasizing about opening a mutual market between the two countries, isn't it crazy?

Zhong Shize, the secretary of the ministry, was also quite resistant to the opening of the mutual market, and they Dayan had already torn his face with Daxing, and it was impossible for Daxing to sign an alliance between the two countries and open a mutual market.

"Some time ago, Daxing's secret agents came with news, saying that Daxing was in turmoil in the royal family, and the competition was extremely fierce, and I was afraid that I would not be able to take care of the border war in a short time. I believe you all understand the current situation. King Gong is pressing forward step by step, and there is a fisherman behind him who is waiting for the two parties to fight. It is impossible for the troops at the border pass to move, so they can only levy Ding. However, the first emperor died this year, and the new emperor needed amnesty for the new emperor to ascend the throne, so it was impossible to recruit Ding in the past two years. ”

Gu Chengyu stood up, walked to the window, looked at the depressed winter scene outside the window, and analyzed the current situation clearly.

"Indeed! But Daxing is so chaotic now, so why don't we take advantage of the situation and muddy their waters even more? It is really not a wise move to open a mutual market now. ”

Zhong Shize raised objections, and in any case, he was extremely disagreeable with his opening of the mutual market.

"We're too busy to take care of ourselves now, and what Lord Zhong thinks is too simple. Have you forgotten that the threat to the imperial court now is not just a great prosperity, but an internal and external trouble? If we want to take advantage of the situation, won't others do the same? If a temporary truce can be made with Daxing, and the civil strife can be resolved first, Xia Guan believes that this is the most important thing at present. In order to prevent King Gong from forming an alliance with Daxing, we naturally have to strike first. ”