The whole family of villains criticized her wildly, but the princess treated her with medical treatm

Three of the four cabinet ministers agreed.

Can your emperor say anything bad?

What's more, he is just a little emperor who has not yet fully taken charge of the government, but only has some right to speak.

Of course Xie Xuanchen could only smile and nod in praise: "What the three prime ministers said makes sense, but I have a question, if Li Junxin and several other Zhenbei generals were escorted back to Yundu for questioning, would the border war still be fought? "

"We've all been defeated like this. Your Majesty, stop your losses immediately and don't fight anymore!"

Xiao Wangzhi sighed, "The people in the north are already in dire straits. Not only 250,000 soldiers have died, but also countless local people. The top priority right now is not to elect a new Governor of Zhenbei and continue to fight this war. This battle is no longer winnable, but we should cease the war and rest with the people!"

Xie Xuanchen's mind buzzed.

It was as if he had been hit hard by a hammer and woke up.

He only focused on fighting for power and pro-government, and even after leaving the party, he racked his brains to seize the military power in Zhenbei, but he forgot that after this battle, the country was already riddled with holes...

After listening to Zhongshu Ling's words, dozens of good ministers who truly cared about the country and the people came out of their duties, with tears in their eyes, admonishing the emperor to cease the war and let the soldiers and civilians on the border take a breather.

"Then let's make a truce and make peace."

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Negotiation.

Two words that look light and delicate.

The losses behind it are unbearable.

At least, she couldn't bear it, the Minister of Tobe! Even the national treasury cannot bear it!

"War compensation? Fifteen million taels of silver each to Beiyu and Lufan? Pay it in three years?"

Mu Tingxue had the desire to kill people.

Her internal organs were burning, and she couldn't control herself. She pointed at the compensation bill that had just been delivered and cursed angrily, "It took me a year to finally smooth out the deficit in the fiscal deficit. The national treasury left 800 yuan." Ten thousand taels of Taicang silver, that bitch Xie Xuanchen actually wants me to take out ten million taels every year and give it to the enemy?!"

"Your Royal Highness, the eldest princess...be careful what you say, how can you scold the king of a country?"

Zheng Suiliang, the minister of household affairs, looked like he was about to cry, and tremblingly closed the door of the household duty room tightly. After making sure that no one was around, he bent down and picked up the message and compensation bill from the ground.

Lao Zheng's heartache was no less severe than that of his immediate boss. When he saw the compensation bill for the first time, he fainted and drank two large bowls of soup before he recovered.

He almost died on the spot!

An annual compensation of 10 million taels of silver!

After the eldest princess took over the Ministry of Household Affairs, the finances were in ruins and finally got better.

This is fine.

In one battle, not only was everything lost, but it was also burdened with a debt deficit.

"Why don't you scold me? I have to scold you!"

Mu Tingxue was so angry that the corners of her eyes were moist, and she murmured a bitter smile, "Half of the 500,000-strong Northern Army were killed in the battle, and the people on the border were devastated. The country paid 30 million silver in compensation, and Taicang ran out of silver and its finances collapsed. Xie Xuanchen, Xie Xuanchen, this is Is it the result you want?"

For the sake of pro-government.

Can you ignore anything?

Are you so fascinated by the emperor's power?

Old Zheng couldn't help but broke down and burst into tears. He is old and has deep wrinkles.

When I cry like this, I really burst into tears, which is extremely sad.

"Your Highness, what should we do? We have to pay 30 million taels of silver to go out, and we have to settle the 10 million taels tomorrow, and Taicang's silver will be completely empty. The imperial court also asked our household department to be responsible for appeasing the military families, and there is no money to give this The wives, children, parents of 250,000 martyrs!”

Mu Tingxue thought of Yan Yang and the 250,000 soldiers who had been sacrificed by the Li Dang and the emperor's brother as victims on the road to power, and her voice was choked: "Of course we need to provide relief and appease the military families, and give them generous burials and compensation."

Old Zheng's eyes flashed: "Where did you get the money?"

Mu Tingxue's face was pale, but her eyes were extremely discerning: "I'm sending you an order. Every martyr who died with Yan Yang and their family members can come to the eldest princess's mansion and receive three hundred taels of silver, one hundred kilograms of refined salt, and fifty shi of grain." , ten pounds of white sugar."

Old Zhengtou was shocked, and his voice changed the tone: "Three hundred taels per person? And those supplies, are they worth more than one or two hundred taels in total?"

Mu Tingxue said "hmm".

"Two hundred and fifty thousand people, doesn't it cost seventy-five million taels just for appeasement?!"

Lao Zheng's mind went blank, and he was so shocked that both of his mouths were speechless, "There are also all those salts, sugars, and grains. Wouldn't it add up to several big mountains?"

What a terrifying financial resource this is!

He knew that the eldest princess was rich, but he didn't expect that she was so rich!

"Originally, we planned to compensate each person with five hundred taels of silver, but considering that we didn't have that much cash, we could only use materials instead."

Mu Tingxue had her own plan: "Refined salt is hard currency in Yunhuang. One hundred kilograms of salt can be kept by the martyrs and soldiers for themselves, or they can be exchanged for money. The refined salt is transported from Tianchiling and Fengming Valley. Baidizhou It is a large granary with extremely abundant grain storage, so the governor of Baidi Prefecture personally escorted the grain to Yundu."

She asked the 10,000 Zhenbei Army from Maomaoshan to lurk into Yundu and occupy the arsenal.

Lidang had already noticed this and began to order the Jinwu Guards to strictly guard the five city gates and not allow other soldiers to sneak into the city. In order to reduce her power.

It's not that Mu Tingxue doesn't have that much money.

Instead, she wanted to give the special forces of Baidizhou Jian Barracks and the 20,000 Zhenbei Army of Fengminggu Tianchiling an honest reason to enter the imperial city - to transport supplies to relieve the families of martyrs!

There are policies and measures to counter.

She didn't believe it. How could leaving the party prevent food and refined salt for the martyrs and their families from entering the city? Unless Li Dang is not afraid of being scolded to death by the families of the 250,000 fallen soldiers, drowned in the saliva of the world's literati, and cursed to death with a bald pen by students of Confucian benevolence, justice, etiquette, and etiquette!

"His Highness is very righteous, but his subordinates are not as good as him."

Old Zhengtou was so moved that he fell to the ground.

This country is in ruins and its finances are in ruins. Without the support of the eldest princess, I am afraid that the country will be destroyed.

War reparations, pensions for military families, and yes, official salaries...

"Your Highness, in three days it is supposed to be the day to pay salaries to officials. The Ministry of Revenue has no money. There are 20,000 civil and military officials in total. Those high-ranking officials can be said to have quite a lot of wealth, but those of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades Zhima Official, what can we do? Are they still counting on this monthly salary to support their families? Master Zuo Pusheli gave a suggestion. Use the pepper and hematoxylin stored in the warehouse of the ministry to convert it into silver according to the market price to replace the salary. Officer, this... how can this be done!"