As the king of a country, Emperor Liang believed that he was well aware of the various investments made during the national war.
Although now, the Ministry of Revenue has not calculated the exact losses and has not reported them.
But in Emperor Liang's heart, he was more or less interested.
The worst expectation made by Emperor Liang was fifty million taels of silver.
But after hearing Qin Feng's analysis, Emperor Liang immediately realized that his expectations were not bad enough.
Or……
Too idealistic, too naive.
Major national events have always affected the whole body.
Going militarily will eventually lead to domestic turmoil.
The accounts on the surface are easy to calculate, but the hidden losses are huge.
At this moment, the fish bit the hook again, but Emperor Liang had no intention of fishing. He allowed the bait to be eaten and never had the intention to pull the rod.
Just staring at the violently floating fish float, quietly listening to Qin Feng's analysis.
after all……
Those officials only know how to report good news but not bad news.
Looking at the entire court, there were not many people who dared to explain their interests to Emperor Liang.
"The country is a whole. If the country is in turmoil, no one can survive alone."
"To be honest with you, Your Majesty, even I have started to lose money on several of my recent deals."
"When food prices rise, people should keep all the money they have and give priority to buying food."
"Since all the money has been spent on high-priced food, naturally there is no spare money to spend elsewhere."
"All walks of life will naturally be affected, and business will no longer be able to continue. The impact on the business environment in various places is not insignificant."
"If we want to appease the people and businessmen, the taxes and corvees must be reduced."
"With this drop, the national treasury will be empty."
"If the national treasury is empty, the functional institutions of the state will be affected, which will lead to political instability."
Speaking of this, even Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing the fish floating, I quickly pulled the rod, and as expected, it was empty again.
I had no choice but to throw the fishhook back into the water.
He said in a deep tone: "Our losses in this battle have been huge."
"Beidi's losses were even worse."
"If we want Beidi to make up for all our losses, for Beidi, it will naturally make things worse."
"When the time comes, everyone in Beidi will be outraged."
"As public dissatisfaction boils over, these hawkish officials will emerge. When the time comes, nationalism will rise. Why don't we regard our leaders as sworn enemies with a blood feud?"
"I'm sure of it."
"As soon as Beidi regains his breath, he will immediately gather his troops to retaliate against us."
Emperor Liang held the fishing rod in his hand and said nothing for a long time.
My heart was filled with both worry and relief.
Even though he and Qin Feng have been fighting openly and secretly so far, Qin Feng still digs into his heart without reservation for the sake of Daliang Sheji.
What I said just now are definitely words from the bottom of my heart.
Even the Minister of Household Affairs would never say this to Emperor Liang.
Especially the sentence "the political power is unstable" actually made Emperor Liang worried.
There are too many sequelae of war between great powers.
If he hadn't been forced to do so, how could Emperor Liang have fought against Beidi?
After pondering for a moment, Emperor Liang slowly turned around and looked at Qin Feng.
"All matters related to the peace talks have been fully handed over to your Qin family."
"Let me ask you, how much compensation do you want to ask for from Beidi?"
This matter has already been brewing in Qin Feng's mind countless times.
So he blurted it out without hesitation.
"Silver...one hundred and fifty million taels!"
"Cut a state's land!"
"Sign a three-year tribute agreement."
"Send the Prince of Beidi to my capital, Daliang, to be used as a hostage!"
As soon as these words came out, Emperor Liang couldn't help but be shocked.
Where is the lion's big mouth? It is clear that he wants to punish Beidi to death!
Emperor Liang blurted out without any hesitation: "Beidi will never agree!"
"Although Beidi is a large area, it lacks materials and has a large population, but there are few agricultural producers."
"The annual tax is only 70 million taels of silver."
"Asking Beidi to pay two years of tax compensation in one go is undoubtedly equivalent to completely emptying Beidi's treasury and overdrafting it."
"Besides, Beidi is so arrogant, how can he pay tribute to me, Daliang?"
"As for talking about ceding a state's land and handing over Beidi Prince as a hostage, it is even more insulting to the national dignity."
"With the fierce folk customs of Beidi, even if the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed in the war, they will never agree to such terms that are humiliating and humiliating the country."
Emperor Liang knew that Qin Feng was thinking about Liang.
I hope that through this peace negotiation, all the things that Daliang has lost can be recovered in one fell swoop.
And take this opportunity to reduce taxes and corvee to appease the hearts of all people in the world.
This move was naturally beneficial to the stability of Emperor Liang's regime.
If it is feasible, Emperor Liang would agree with it with both hands.
But now the problem is.
Beidi is not a small country!
Although the overall national strength is not as good as that of Daliang, in terms of pure military capabilities, it is superior to Daliang.
Clues can be seen from this battle.
Even if they were holding on to the city, seven of the ten battles were critical battles, and Daliang still fought extremely hard and brutally.
This method of oppressing small countries will not only fail to work when used on Beidi, but will actually force Beidi to fight for his life.
Now that Qin Feng has made this decision, he is naturally already prepared.
"Your Majesty, I have ordered the army to march towards Beidi over and over again."
"Everyone thought I was trying to scare the Beidi mission."
"I wonder if, in Your Majesty's opinion, this dispatch of troops is a lie or a reality?"
As soon as these words came out, Emperor Liang's eyes couldn't help but freeze.
Even Emperor Liang felt that Qin Feng's dispatch of troops to Beidi was more false than true.
If the Beidi mission refused to submit, they would naturally send troops to attack.
But now that the Beidi mission is willing to come to the negotiating table, it makes no sense to send troops again.
But now, Emperor Liang vaguely realized that Qin Feng was not being mysterious.
on the contrary!
He had already made plans to counterattack Beidi!
"Qin Feng, what are you planning on doing!"
Emperor Liang did not dare to hesitate any longer and asked quickly.
Qin Feng already had a strategy in mind and blurted it out immediately.
"It is almost impossible to force the Beidi delegation to submit at the negotiation table!"
"As His Majesty said, Beidi will never agree to the conditions I set out."
"But as a victorious country, if we don't let Beidi know the pain, Beidi will only ignore me, Daliang, in the future."
"All the countries around here are watching!"
"There is only one way to make Beidi submit!"
"That is, at the military level, overwhelm Beidi and completely crush Beidi's proud military self-esteem!"
After listening to Qin Feng's remarks.
Emperor Liang couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
It is undeniable that Qin Feng's words are like a knife, and they all hit the target.
Only by following Qin Feng's instructions can Daliang be completely freed from internal and external troubles.
Emperor Liang finally made up his mind: "When are you going to take action!"
