"Your Majesty, there are 100,000 people, and you don't care about the safety of Bianliang, even if you talk about money and food, the court cannot afford it."

Zhao Pu bowed directly and said in a deep voice: "Since Bianliang entered Guanzhong, there were thousands of miles. The water conservancy was convenient, and the canal in Luoyang had been blocked for many years. It was impossible to predict the cost."

"When I arrived at Guanzhong, I was going to enter Shu again, and the road was rugged, so Li Taibai was in trouble with the words of the blue sky. The cost was much more than that of Guanzhong, and the court was overwhelmed."

Although he was the Privy Councilor and only in charge of the army, Zhao Pu, as the prime minister who Zhao Kuangyin believed deeply, also participated a lot in other government affairs. Although he was the prime minister, he was actually the prime minister. Otherwise, how could he discuss government affairs with the emperor?

"Besides, when Your Majesty goes to the border wealth and the generals, the taxes of the court have slowed down, making it more and more difficult."

"This is what you need to think about it!" Zhao Kuangyin was blocked by these words, so he could only touch his chin and think carefully.

What Zhao Pu mentioned about border wealth is actually part of releasing military power with a cup of wine, allowing these imperial guards to defend the border and resist foreign enemies.

For example, Zhao Zan stationed in Yanzhou (now Yan'an City, Shaanxi), Dong Zunhui guarded Huanzhou, Wang Yansheng guarded Yuanzhou to prepare for the Western Xia. Li Hanchao stationed in Guannan, Ma Renyu guarded Yingzhou, He Weizhong guarded Yizhou to resist Khitan. Li Qianpu guarded Xizhou, Wu guarded Qiqi guarded Jinzhou to defend Taiyuan, etc.

It is always good to let others leave Bianliang, where they are prosperous and prosperous!

So Zhao Kuangyin asked their families to stay in Tokyo, build luxury houses, give beautiful women jewelry, comfort them, and then give them all the benefits of the local borders, so that these generals can raise their soldiers and resist foreign enemies.

In other words, the tariffs on these borders and the taxes for mutual trade were all given to these generals. The court did not take any money, but the court paid for the raising of soldiers.

As we all know, this kind of poor border trade has always been a means of making money. It is said that it is to resist foreign enemies, but it is actually to allow them to save money.

In this way, the results were achieved. In order to protect the interests of the court, these generals were like wolves and tigers. In the era of Taizu of Song, there was no trouble in the northwest, and the Dangxiang people were very obedient.

The Xizhou Uighurs (in the Turpan Basin of Xinjiang today), Adu and other tributed square goods, Li Yixing, the governor of the Dingnan Army, sent envoys to pay tribute to 300 horses.

Every loss and gain, the taxes of the central court can be greatly reduced.

"You are the Privy Councilor. Tell us how many troops can the imperial court provide for the money and grain?" Zhao Kuangyin said with a serious face.

"Reporting to the government, if the people of Huainan have not been plundered or destroyed, the court should be able to fight an army of 60,000. Now, at most, the court can sell its own money and eat the food of the son."

"And, the official, you must also change your habit of spending money."

Zhao Pu nodded and said sincerely.

Zhao Pu had no choice but to spread such an emperor who spent money like water. Almost half of the money from the court was scattered to the military heads. He rewarded money and fields every now and then, no matter how much money he had, he could not help but be so generous.

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin smiled bitterly, do you think he wants to spend money like this? These are all people's money, but if they don't disperse and win over these generals, they will feel that the position under his butt is unstable. In order to seek peace of mind, they will be reluctant to give up their power and can only spend money.

Moreover, last month, he took back the local judicial power and did not disperse more money. I am afraid that someone would rebel again. At present, the feudal states cannot be in chaos.

"What if the reward is removed?" Zhao Kuangyin asked suddenly.

"This..." Zhao Pu hesitated. He knew the emperor's meaning. This was also the common trick of the five generations of warlords and vassal states. If there was little money, he would open his mouth and make a promise to rob. In this way, there was no need to prepare a reward in advance, and the excretion fee would be gone, so a lot of money would be exempted.

Moreover, the country of Tianfu, Bashu is an enviable land. Once the plunder is promised, the morale is suddenly strong and there is no need for encouragement. No natural danger will naturally be overcome.

"Officials, such things cannot be done easily." As a civil official, although Zhao Pu was a little keen on power and had a way to go, he still had a sense of family and country in his heart.

Although the imperial guards fought fiercely, they were also extremely powerful. In the end, the city of Luzhou was as big as a city, and it became an empty city. It can be imagined what kind of scene the rich Bashu would face.

"You just need to tell me how many soldiers can be sent this time?" Zhao Kuangyin asked directly.

"If this is the case, you can add 10,000 people and send 40,000 troops." Zhao Pu said gritting his teeth.

"Okay, I understand, you go down!" Zhao Kuangyin thought for a little while, then waved his hand without any interest, and said calmly.

"No--" Zhao Pu looked at the emperor deeply, sighed in his heart, and then stepped down.

"As long as the aftermath is done well, no problem should happen..." Zhao Kuangyin sat on the chair, looking at the glowing weapons, murmured, his eyes closed unconsciously.

He knew that a single word could cause tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people to die, but there was no way. This was the price of Hunyuan Unification. Besides, there was no one who could slaughter the city.

The winner is the king.

As long as you unify the world, you will never remember this matter of yourself.

You see, the Songs and others had no idea that Jiaozi appeared because Bashu was slaughtered too heavily and rebelled too much. In order to suppress and exploit, copper coins were not allowed, and iron coins were only allowed. Then the merchants of Bashu were forced to have Jiaozi.

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In a blink of an eye, Huangfu Jixun stayed in Qianzhou for nearly half a month, and the 20,000 troops also stopped for half a month.

At the beginning, General Huangfu said righteously that it would be difficult to advance if the food and grass were not intact.

Everyone understands it.

The terrain of southern Fujian is rugged and traveling south, and the food and grass of 20,000 troops have to be cautious. This is a good thing.

Five days later, about 50,000 stones of food and grass from Hongdu. Under the raising of Lin Renzhao, thousands of boatmen finally arrived in Qianzhou. This was enough for the two months of consumption of the 20,000 army.

General Huangfu still refused to leave.

He said that the enemy had been conspiring for a long time, and there must be a conspiracy, so we need to find out the route and disperse the spies, so we can march this time.

Knowing yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles, but everyone still recognizes it.

Being cautious is a good thing, this is the posture of a famous general, and for the sake of 20,000 children, this is what you should do.

Ten days later, everyone urged him again, and General Huangfu did not leave.

He said that the soldiers were not used to the weather in the south, and many people were sick. They needed to accumulate energy, find a good doctor, and accumulate energy to determine the outcome in one battle.

Half a month later.

Without everyone's urging, General Huangfu said that he was seriously ill and could not march, and that Zhangshui was sluggish, which was not conducive to march, so he had to wait for a while.
Chapter completed!