Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

The Dali court also received an urgent memorial sent back by Zhao Minglou.

After Xie Zhan disappeared, Song Mo, who had been in court for several days, was in an extreme mood. Zhao Minglou's memorial completely ignited his anger, "What does this idiot Zhao Minglou do for a living? He actually gave Pingzhou such a big handle. !”

Facing the furious emperor, the ministers did not dare to say anything.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" In the end, it was Tian Cao Shangshu Li Shijie who spoke. The main reason was that he had served in Zhuozhou when he was young. Now that he heard that the people of Zhuozhou were suffering from this disaster, he couldn't bear it, so he had to speak out. .

If the imperial court does not take action, Zhuozhou will end up with nothing but chicken feathers.

Song Mo roared, "What should I do? Zhao Minglou is an incompetent person! Zhuozhou has been run like this by him. It's fine if I don't punish him. How do you expect me to clean up his mess?"

"Your Majesty, Zhao Minglou should indeed be punished."

None of the ministers mentioned Xie Zhan, the commander-in-chief of the army, and now everyone's life and death are unknown.

"But Zhuozhou cannot ignore it."

"Care? How to care?" Wu Chunyu, who had been busy just now, spoke up.

As soon as he saw Wu Chunyu, Li Shijie knew what he was going to say and said first, "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this. I know that the national treasury is not rich, but can I appropriately allocate part of the silver grain to Zhuozhou and purchase Zhuozhou's donkeys at normal prices? "

Wu Chunyu shook his head, "Master Li, you really don't understand anything."

"The game set up by Pingzhou is a winner-takes-all game. There are only two outcomes: losing and winning, and there is no tie. Unless we are sure of winning and prepare enough money and food in Pingzhou, we will have a fight in the Zhuozhou Donkey Market. Otherwise, how much food will it cost? The end result is like a mud cow drowning in the sea, and will eventually be submerged."

Because Xie Zhan had said before that Pingzhou had set up a trap for Zhuozhou, and these ministers have been working hard to learn knowledge related to goods farming for more than half a year. Wu Chunyu is talented in this area, so only now can she see the key point of Zhuozhou's crisis.

"Then let's have such a fight! Can we, Dali, not be able to compete with a small Pingzhou in terms of money and food?"

"Yes, Pingzhou dares to scheme against Zhuozhou like this, and we in Dali are determined not to let it succeed!"

At this time, Wu Chunyu had just calculated the price they would have to pay if they took over this mess in Zhuozhou.

"My lords, you are so ambitious! Do you know how much money the imperial court needs to spend to stabilize Zhuozhou?" After speaking, Wu Chunyu looked around at the ministers and said, "A conservative estimate is that at least fifteen million taels of silver are needed."

"How much tax revenue did our Dali receive last year? Less than 12,200,000 taels! But there are many places where we need to spend money!"

When it comes to this tax, Wu Chunyu’s heart bleeds. The tax revenue shrank suddenly last year. There is a reason why the salt tax cannot be collected. And why the salt tax cannot be collected is because of the fault of Pingzhou!

All the ministers were surprised when they heard the figures reported by Wu Chunyu.

Song Mo, who was sitting at the top, was also full of reluctance when he heard this.

The situation in Zhuozhou is obvious. Xie Zhan is incompetent. He knew that Pingzhou had set up a trap so far in advance, but he still couldn't break it!

Also, the people are so stupid that they go all out to raise donkeys without even knowing what they are pretending to be?

Why should he pay for their stupidity?

It would cost fifteen million taels of silver to save them. Do they deserve it?

"Your Majesty, I believe that as long as your Majesty is willing to save Zhuozhou, this difficulty will not be a problem."

Wu Chunyu realized that despite all the hard work she had just said, these people were still determined to waste money, and she said angrily, "The imperial court is short of money. Can you, my lords, come up with the money to save Zhuozhou?"

"Wei Chen is willing to do his best." Li Shijie expressed his willingness to deduct the money.

The ministers stopped talking and they had no money.

Besides, even if they are willing to donate generously, there is still a big gap. Unless, the emperor takes action against the noble family.

From the corner of their eyes, these ministers glanced at the emperor from time to time.

Wu Chunyu advised Li Shijie, "Master Li, don't embarrass the emperor. The most important thing is that if you throw so much money in, you may not be able to win." The game set by Pingzhou is probably waiting for them to jump.

Li Shijie still insisted on persuading, "Your Majesty, even if you don't save the donkey market in Zhuozhou, you should release grain to Zhuozhou for disaster relief. The people of Zhuozhou have no food."

Opening warehouses to release grain for disaster relief? Song Mo didn't want to either.

Because they had speculated before that in the fourth year of Tianhe, Dali, Pingzhou and Xianbei all agreed to a one-year truce, and war would begin this year.

To fight and win the war, food and grass are the top priority.

Wu Chunyu retorted, "It is impossible to provide disaster relief, and Zhuozhou is not at the end of its rope yet."

Prime Minister Shen Wan hesitated and said, "But Your Majesty, are we just going to let it go?"

It would be shameful to surrender without fighting without fighting back.

Because of Xie Zhan, Xiao Qun didn't do anything as long as he could.

Shangshu Ling Sang Baiqing also said, "Your Majesty, Pingzhou is taking action against Zhuozhou. We in Dali cannot let Pingzhou succeed so easily. It will damage the morale of the people of the country."

Li Shijie on the side quickly echoed, "Master Sang is right. Morale is something that always waxes and wanes."

Until now, almost every shot Pingzhou made had something to gain, which made Pingzhou feel like a rainbow.

If the imperial court turns a blind eye to the difficulties in Zhuozhou, I believe that with the publicity of thoughtful people, the morale of Dali will be greatly affected.

Sang Baiqing suggested, "The imperial court can allocate part of the affordable grain."

Li Shijie felt that this idea was not appropriate, "Zhuozhou also requires money to buy it. How can the people of Zhuozhou still have money?"

Some ministers thought this was a good idea.

"The court doesn't care, they don't have money, don't they still have donkeys?"

"The people of Zhuozhou have donkeys, so they can trade them for food."

"Aren't you adding insult to injury?" Li Shijie felt cold for a while.

"Why are you adding insult to injury? It's good to distribute cheap grain. If other places follow Zhuozhou's example, how much grain in our court can be wasted like this?"

Seeing that His Highness's people were still arguing, Song Mo said impatiently, "Let's do it. Allocate part of the cheap food to Zhuozhou."

"Your Majesty, if you do this, you may cause public dissatisfaction." Li Shijie was released from the outside world and served as a parent official. He knew very well that the imperial decrees would be completely changed when they reached the local level.

At this time, the people of Zhuozhou could only be comforted but not forced.

If the court does this, I am afraid it will be even more unpopular with the people. And Pingzhou has always been very good at inviting people to buy...

Public dissatisfaction? Song Mo thought to himself, wouldn't it be enough to push the culprit out and let them vent their anger? "I'm issuing an order to interrogate Zhao Minglou!"

"Your Majesty, we can also try to divert the trouble to the east. We issued an official document to condemn Pingzhou. For our own selfish purposes, we set up such a cruel situation and made the people of Zhuozhou miserable." Some ministers suggested.

Song Mo's face turned dark when he heard this suggestion.

The colleague next to the minister immediately stood aside, determined not to stand with the fool.

"Just do what I said!" After saying that, Song Mo stood up. He did everything he had to do. Even if the final result was not what he wanted, it was just a small Zhuozhou, and he could afford to lose it!