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Chang'an.

The center of the entire Tang Empire.

The emperor of the Tang Empire was convening a relatively secret imperial meeting in Yanying Hall. There were not many people who were admitted to the imperial meeting, but they were all the most important figures in the Tang Dynasty.

"The rice price in the capital has been rising for a month, and it has reached a thousand dollars of rice. Moreover, the rice price is still rising, which has increased five times compared to before the outbreak of the Hebei rebellion. At present, the court is preparing to mobilize all troops to suppress the Hebei rebellion, and dispatch more than 100,000 generals. So with a 100,000 army plan, one soldier should be transferred to three men, and at least 400,000 people should rely on food."

Li Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, strengthened his tone, "I want to bring the attention of the emperor and all ministers. At present, the imperial court has mobilized all troops and horses to suppress the rebellion, and more than 100,000 yuan. According to the system, the military and horses in the vassal states have sent food, and each town needs to feed the troops. The troops dispatched by the imperial court has no more than 100,000 yuan. I think that according to the stable calculation, at least 600,000 people must be calculated, so I calculated based on two liters of rice per day, and the annual branch will require at least 4.2 million stones. If the war is not prospered, it is not expected to win immediately. In the future, military funds will be transferred to other places, and it will cost even more. In my opinion, the imperial court must prepare at least 15 million jin of military expenses, and try to expect the war to end within one year, and it cannot be delayed for at most two years."

Li Wei's data is unrefutable. The rebellion between the two emperors and four kings caused by Dezong's reduction of the vassal states was at that time. At that time, the military expenditure of the imperial court was more than one million guan per month. Now the four rebellions in Hebei are not as large as the scale of the original, and the military expenditure of the imperial court could not be lower than one million guan per month.

And everyone understands Li Wei's subtext. Once this war starts, the last little wealth of the Tang Dynasty's central government may be completely exhausted.

If you can win within one year and defeat the Three Feudals of Hebei, then a 15 million yuan investment is still worth it. However, the war cannot be predicted and the outcome is guaranteed. Once it fails, or if an accident occurs like during the Dezong period, the war will be delayed. That will be a financial nightmare.

Li Wei was known as the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Revenue. The Minister of Revenue was originally known as the prime minister. Now he was added to Pingzhang and became the real prime minister after he was added. This prime minister, who has always been low-key and inconspicuous in the Political Affairs Hall, is an old-fashioned person. He has taken over the financial power for several years since the new emperor ascended the throne. He knew much more about the family background of the Tang Dynasty than others.

"We'd better pray to God Haotian, so that the Gaotu of the Southeast can immediately destroy and quell the Huangchao grass thief rebellion. Because Huangchao is rampant in the southeast, the taxes for the entire southeast states will be reduced by at least half this year. And it will be reduced by at least about 20% to 30% next year. If the thief cannot be eliminated, the thief will continue to cause harm to the southeast. Then the consequences will be unimaginable. The court may not be able to collect a penny from the southeast next year. Now the court's finances basically rely on the southeast supply, salt and tea tax, as well as the offerings from Dengzhou, and the contributions from various towns. Especially the millions of people in Chang'an City, almost all rely on grain transported from the southeast. The Hebei rebelled, and the court had to prevent the rebels from going south to Henan to cut off the canal. Once the canal is cut off, the millions of people in Guanzhong will be cut off."

As the Minister of Revenue, Li Wei has already discovered an extremely dangerous fact sensitively.

That is, the court now has four towns in Hebei rebelled in the northeast, and there are rampant acts in the southeast. These two rebellions not only allowed the court to use troops on both sides and greatly increased its military expenditure. The canal was also greatly threatened, and the life artery canal in Chang'an, Guanzhong, is also under the threat of these two rebels. If the canal is intercepted, Guanzhong will have a greater crisis.

As the Minister of Revenue and Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall, Li Wei opposed the imperial court's move to mobilize troops from Hedong, Henan and Shannan to Hebei to suppress the rebellion. Because of mobilizing so many towns, the court needs to be responsible for supporting the army. Moreover, there is a huge hidden danger here, first of all, the towns will be worried that the towns will be defeated by the Hebei army. If there are a few soldiers from the towns, there will be no stopping them from Chang'an and the rebels.

Or, if the troops from Shannan and Henan go to Hebei to suppress the rebellion, the gateway to Guanzhong will be wide open in the southeast, causing the thief to turn around and head straight for Chang'an and Luoyang.

Li Wei had already vaguely realized that instead of trying to transfer the soldiers from Hedong, Henan and Shannan, it would be better to transfer Li Jing's soldiers or directly transfer the Hu soldiers outside the frontier.

Back then, the imperial court borrowed the Uighur troops and recovered Chang'an.

In Li Wei's opinion, it is still beneficial to the court to mobilize these Hu soldiers to fight against the rebels. Hu soldiers are naturally the best to win. If Hu soldiers are defeated, they can at least consume the strength of the rebels.

Of course, the most suitable solution in Li Wei's mind is to immediately transfer the town to Hebei to suppress the rebellion.

Or, be more cautious and imitate Emperor Dezong, you can issue an edict to the crimes and issue a general amnesty to the Hebei vassals, and at the same time, you can issue an order to recruit Huang Chao in the southeast.

First pardon these traitors and traitors, and then find ways to defeat them one by one. This is the safest way to avoid direct war.

However, all the officials in the hall, including the young emperor, were never willing to give in at this time. For them, it was an extremely dangerous time when the Dezong was in an extremely dangerous situation. And they were not at a disadvantage at the moment, so it was absolutely impossible to let them bow their heads and accept their support.

If the emperor wants to issue an edict to issue a pardon to those traitors?

How is this possible? Even if the north and south fight, the imperial court has a million soldiers, so how could it be afraid of a few rioters?

Li Wei's suggestion had been proposed long ago, but it was rejected by Li Yan without hesitation. Li Yan, who was determined to be the heir to Taizong, was never willing to accept such humiliating proposals.

Facing these traitors, Li Yan's attitude is tough. Whoever dares to rebel will be eliminated!

Neither Dezong nor Xianzong completely destroyed the vassals of Hebei. The failure and shame of their ancestors must be washed away by victory.

"You don't have to say much. Even if you sell the blame, I will destroy the four towns in Hebei!" The emperor announced to the important officials of Yanying Hall with a tough stance. "The territory of the Tang Dynasty will never allow rioters to be separatist and independent!"

"Your Majesty's wise!"

In Yanying's palace, all the ministers bowed down and loudly agreed with the emperor's bold words. Although most people, such as Tian Lingzi, did not agree with this, no one opposed it at this time.

Li Yan was a little clear-headed and looked at the left and right Privy Councilors of the Privy Council.

The Privy Council is currently envoy to the Prime Minister, and at the beginning of its establishment, their responsibilities were originally just to connect the past and the emperor. However, now, the Privy Council controls the military power of the court. It is on par with the Political Affairs Hall.

The Privy Council is in charge of military and national security, military defense, border preparation, military orders, and military commands. It is secretly ordered by the cashiers to govern the country. All the guards are directly under the directness of the internal and external bans, recruiting soldiers from both inside and outside, reviewing and relocation, remitting, garrisoning, and rewards and punishments.

Privy Councilor Yang Fugong stepped out, bowed slightly, and said in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, the Privy Council's Supreme Court's Supreme Court's Supreme Court has discussed, and there has been a result."

"What is the result?" Li Yan asked. The Privy Council has great power. The left and right lieutenants directly command the troops, while the Privy Council has the power to mobilize.

At present, the Ministry of War in the court does not have much practical power. In the court, the important officials of Yanying Hall discussed and decided important military decisions together. In addition, the Privy Council truly held the power of the world's military power.

As the Privy Councilor, Yang Fugong was full of contradictions in the current issue of suppressing rebellions. Yang Fugong was appointed as the military supervisor of the foreign town in his early years and was not unfamiliar with military affairs. On the one hand, his judgment on the current rebellion on the north and south sides was much worse than that of many people in the court. Like Li Wei, he did not believe that the court could quell the rebellion within one year. Not to mention that the four towns in Hebei have always been strong, just talking about a thief Huang Chao, who has been pacified for four or five years, but has not yet been pacified. Instead, he has become stronger and stronger, attacking cities and plundering land everywhere, and even famous generals like Gao Pian could not pacify it. What's more, the Hebei vassal states that have been in power for so many years.

On the other hand, for this war, he hopes to take this opportunity to strengthen his power.

Tian Lingzi had a Shen Ce Army inside and Gao Pian outside.

Zhang Tai made friends with Li Jing.

Although Ximen Sigong was hit hard, there was still a lot of power in the Right Shence Army.

On the contrary, his Yang family now has almost no power in the Shence Army, and only his brother Yang Fuguang is outside to serve as the chief supervisor of the thief.

Under such circumstances, Yang Fugong proposed a plan on behalf of the Privy Council, which was to support Li Wei's strategy of transferring Hu troops into Hebei to suppress the rebellion.

"Your Majesty, I and the Privy Council believe that the court does not need to mobilize various towns. The number of troops is not conducive to unified command. Therefore, the plan of the Privy Council is that the soldiers need to be refined but not too many. First, Li Jing leads the town ** into the pass to suppress the rebellion, and uses him as the main force to suppress the rebellion. At the same time, Zheng Congyi's Hedong Army and the five foreign cavalry cooperate with Li Jing's attack. In the south, Cui Anqian and Zhang Zimian gathered Henan troops to station in Luoyang, and then transferred the three towns of Shannan East, West, and Jingnan to guard the main roads on the Wuguan line to prevent the thieves from advancing west. In addition, I also asked Your Majesty to enlist the imperial edict of Gao Pian's army, Shatu Li Guochang, led the Shatu army to the north to join the war, and issued an order to pardon Li Keyong's crime, and ordered him to lead Shatu troops into Hebei to quell the rebellion."

"Shatuo people, Li Guochang and his son?" Li Yan frowned slightly when he heard the name.

"I heard that Li Keyong had gone far away from the frontier and realized his mistakes. I was always deeply guilty and always wanted to seek opportunities to redeem his sins. Now, Li Keyong has more than 10,000 troops in the north of Yinshan Mountain. Your Majesty can forgive him and invite him to enter the pass to suppress the rebellion. The Shatuo army has strong combat power, and if it uses its tribes, it will be able to achieve success. In addition, there are Tatars, Xi, Huihe and other tribes outside the frontier who are determined to join our Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty can also issue an edict to recruit all tribes to enter the pass to suppress the rebellion. As long as Your Majesty promises to repay Hebei's wealth, you can get tens of thousands of strong soldiers without any food or grass in the court."
Chapter completed!