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"Your Majesty, there really can't be more war in the north this year!" Inside the Zhengqian Palace, Zhongshu Ling Huang Qiaoyan said with a bitter face.

"Huang Qing, it's not that I want to start the war lightly!" Tang Jiemin shook his head and said: "The northern ghost wolf thief's heart is not dead, this competition before the winter, even if we really win, the other party may not really come, so the preparations that should be made must still be done!" "

Tang Jiemin is not naïve to think that as long as the competition is won, the other party will rather starve to death than go south.

As the emperor on horseback, he knows the truth of falsehood and reality, and between countries, there is not so much truth to talk about, and the fist is the only truth.

"But Your Majesty... There is a severe drought in the north this year, and there are not enough grain reserves in various places, plus the previous year's conquest, especially in the southern river channel, the number of strong dings is not one in ten, it is really not appropriate to start the war lightly! "Chun Qiaoyan naturally knows His Majesty's intentions, but now their Great Xia Kingdom urgently needs to recuperate.

"Your Majesty, what the Right Xiang said is not unreasonable, my Great Xia Kingdom has been fighting every year since the founding of the country, and it is indeed time to rest and recuperate!" Sun Wenshan, the official Shangshu, also stood up and said: "However, before the Beiyou enters the winter every year, we must still take precautions!"

Tang Jiemin nodded and said, "That's right, I mean the same, even if we don't send troops to fight them, the fortifications that should be done cannot be stopped!"

"Your Majesty, this matter may be a bit difficult!" A strong man dressed as a general stood up and said with a dissatisfied face.

"Huh? Wei Qing said the same? There are heavy troops in the north gate Guantun, and there is a Suzaku army behind them who can support at any time, as long as there is enough food and grass, let alone defend the northern ghost, even if you send troops to attack, it is okay! Tang Jiemin frowned and asked.

When Qiaoyan heard this, he sighed in his heart, he knew that His Majesty still had the intention of sending troops to Beiyou, but he was trapped by this year's drought, and the grain and grass could not meet the requirements for sending troops.

"Your Majesty is right, whether it is my son Lang from Beimen Pass or my sergeant from the Suzaku Army, he has long wanted to attack Beiyu in a big way! Although there is a severe drought this year, if we only defend, the food and grass are still enough, but if one thing cannot be solved, this year, the north and south, our losses are inevitable! Wei Ziwu hugged his fist and said.

"What's the matter?" Tang Jiemin frowned and asked.

"War horse!" Wei Ziwu said in a deep voice: "The consumption of war horses is the key, my Suzaku army is cavalry, if there are no horses, the combat power of the Suzaku army will drop by at least half by half, but before I asked Hube Shangshu for war horses, he pushed three and four, and asked His Majesty to decide!" "

Your Majesty Mingjian!" Before Tang Jiemin could ask, Shangshu Du Yunbao of the military department immediately stood up and said, "It's not that my household department deliberately embarrassed General Wei, but I really have no money!" This summer's drought, His Majesty ordered all-out disaster relief, for this reason our household department did not spare any effort, barely survived the difficulty, but also caused our household department to have no surplus, now the autumn harvest has not arrived, our household department is really powerless!

"This..." Tang Jiemin also knew the difficulties of Hubu, not long after they established the country in the Great Xia Dynasty, the Central Plains region was in ruins after many years of war, and money was needed everywhere.

"And General Wei opened his mouth to 100,000 war horses, such an expense, even if you sell the entire household department, you can't exchange it for 100,000 war horses!" Du Yunbao was also annoyed by the military before, but now he doesn't take the opportunity to file a complaint, when will he wait?

When Wei Ziwu heard this, he also touched his nose with some embarrassment, the 100,000 war horses were just a hundred thousand war horses that he was just talking and asking for a price, just waiting for the other party to sit on the ground and bargain.

As a result, as soon as Old Man Du heard this, he let people drive him out without saying a word, and the angry Wei Ziwu stood at the entrance of the household department and cursed.

For these generals under him, Tang Jiemin still knew very well and knew what ideas they were fighting, so he had to smile and ask Du Yunbao: "Don't be angry with Du Qing, you are not unclear about Ziwu's behavior!" However, the war horses really can't be delayed, I don't know how many war horses can be made up by Hubu?

"A thousand horses! This is already the maximum amount that a minister can give! Du Yunbao already had the answer in his heart and replied directly.

"A thousand? My Suzaku Army has 50,000 soldiers, more than seventy percent are cavalry, you will give me 1,000 horses? When Wei Ziwu heard this, he was furious, and asked Du Yunbao loudly: "In the Puyang Battle back then, who ran for a long time, ran with you on your back for most of the night, and pulled you back from the ghost gate?" That's how you treat old brothers? When

Du Yunbao heard this, he bowed his hand to Tang Jiemin with a bitter smile and said, "Your Majesty, you come to judge and judge, my household has done its best in this matter, and it is not for the ministers to be unsatisfied!" It is true that more than seventy percent of his Suzaku army has cavalry, but the Suzaku army is not a newly formed cavalry, they originally have horses, and these thousand horses are only used to fill those war horses who retired due to injuries and illnesses, but this old man can't take the matter of the Puyang Battle at every turn, because this matter has been blackmailed by him countless times! The

surrounding heavy ministers all snickered, they were all generals and advisers who followed Tang Jiemin's southern and northern wars, and they were naturally very clear about these past events.

For a time, there was continuous laughter in the Zhengqian Palace.

"Your Majesty, you are also an expert in the army, how serious the wear of the horse's hooves is, you should know, this thousand horses is really not enough! If nothing else, Hubu will give me 10,000 horses, and the rest of our military will figure it out on its own! In the end, Wei Ziwu had no choice, so he had to cry to Tang Jiemin.

"A thousand, not one more! Do you want it? If you don't want me, I will give it to the Ministry of Work, they asked me for five hundred horses, I have been dragging it and not giving it, they are all old brothers for many years, and the situation in their Ministry of Works is no better than yours! Without waiting for Tang Jiemin to speak, Hubu Shangshu Du Yunbao spoke.

Wei Ziwu looked at Tang Jiemin, who was silent, and said in a deep voice: "Yes!" Why not? As far as the Ministry of Works is concerned, they also deserve horses? "

Wei Ziwu's abacus is very good, thinking that he will get a thousand horses first, and then he will ask for another general when the time comes, anyway, their military does not have much else, there are more generals."

"Okay, wait for you to go to Hubu, set up a note, and then I'll give you a note and directly let people send the horses to the Suzaku Army!" They are all thousand-year-old foxes, how can Du Yunbao not know Wei Ziwu's thoughts? So let him first establish a note, and only then give something.

Wei Ziwu's whole person was suddenly not good, he didn't expect Du Yunbao to have such a hand, and the expression on his face naturally became more and more ugly.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but laugh again.

Finally, seeing that the matter was solved, Tang Jiemin came out to play the round and let this matter come to an end.

Tang Jiemin knew that in fact, the country was too poor, otherwise why this time?

The reason why he left these heavy ministers today is because of the problem of arming the north, what is the current situation of the country, he knows better than anyone that it is impossible to send troops, so he can only focus on arming.

"Your Majesty, I asked for a meeting outside the Yuguo Gong Palace, saying that there is an urgent matter!"

At this moment, a eunuch walked in and reported to Tang Jiemin.