Seeing that the blame was thrown on Zhao Buxi's head, Wu Lin was also quite depressed.
Of course it was impossible for him to attack Zhao Buxi directly. Zhao Buxi was the emperor after all. How could the ministers accuse the emperor?
But he couldn't give in on the spot, he was a face-saving person.
So he could only stare at Jiang Fu with a stern expression, and finally said angrily: "It seems that before sending out troops, we need to find out all these corrupt officials one by one, ransack their homes, and see if I can be traced out of them." I want food and wages!”
Seeing that Wu Lin was about to explode if she didn't get down the stairs, Ma Yongkang quickly stepped forward to smooth things over.
Isn't it true that going against officials at this time is digging your own grave?
"Xiangong Wu, the matter has come to this. It is meaningless to say such things. The Ministry of Revenue has done its best. As for the food and salary needs, the court will find another way. You only need to tell the court how many troops and how long it will take to put down the rebellion. "
Wu Lin looked at Ma Yongkang, was silent for a while, and finally sighed and walked down the steps.
"Thirty thousand people are too few. At least 50,000 people are needed. Three months is too tight. It will take at least five months."
Ma Yongkang nodded, knowing that this was Wu Lin's bottom line.
"The imperial court will do its best to provide five months of food and salary for the 50,000 troops of Mr. Wu. We also ask Mr. Wu to use his troops carefully."
"really?"
Wu Lin looked at Ma Yongkang: "Military and national affairs cannot be slacked off. If you have the slightest lie, Mr. Ma, although you are helpful to me, I cannot tolerate you."
Ma Yongkang nodded.
"Military and national affairs, the place of life and death, the way of survival, I still understand this. If anything goes wrong, I can't tolerate myself, Mr. Wu, but please don't worry."
"That's it, please."
Wu Lin cupped her hands towards Ma Yongkang, saluted to Zhao Buxi, then glared at Jiang Fu and turned to leave.
After Wu Lin left, Zhao Buxi looked at Ma Yongkang.
"Ma Qing, can you really guarantee the cost of an army of 50,000 for five months?"
"Your Majesty, I think this is Wu Lin's bottom line. I don't think he will lie on this kind of issue, and there is no need to lie."
Ma Yongkang smiled bitterly and said: "We have no other way. We can only take one step and see one step at a time. The bandit army must be wiped out. With this as a premise, we can do whatever it takes."
"Ms. sir, this is not a reluctant statement."
Jiang Fu smiled bitterly and said: "The national treasury is really unsustainable. If we don't want a large number of people to starve to death next year, we must control this war and not fight. Otherwise, the court will run out of food before the war is over. This day will be the end of the war." I can’t survive anymore, money, I’m really short of money!”
Zhao Buyi sighed, rubbed his temples, and closed his eyes in pain.
“Did the national destiny of the Song Dynasty really end here?”
"Your Majesty, I once swore that even to my last breath, I would persevere, not only to protect Your Majesty, but also to protect the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty."
Ma Yongkang said resolutely: "I ask that my official salary be suspended to supplement the national needs. I can cultivate the land with my family and survive without an official salary. Although my official salary is not too much, But it can also make Wu Xianggong’s army a little more comfortable.”
Zhao Buxi sighed after hearing Ma Yongkang's statement.
"If all the court officials were as loyal to the emperor and the country as Mr. Ma, how could the court have come to this point? How could it have ended up in a situation where it couldn't even provide food and pay for the army?"
Zhao Buxi said this, and kept signaling to Jiang Fu with his eyes.
Ma Yongkang is so upright and upright, shouldn't you, the Minister of Household Affairs, follow suit immediately and set an example? You can't just stand there and say nothing, can you? Hurry up and express your gratitude!
Jiang Fu felt uncomfortable.
Is it easy to be an official after I finally flattered the emperor?
Not only did he offend a lot of people by doing something, but he ended up with no salary in the end.
Although I don't have to rely on salary to live at all, but now you want to take away what is supposed to be mine without saying a word, and force me to say it myself. Isn't this murderous and heart-breaking?
Even so, Jiang Fu couldn't say no. If he said no now, he might lose his position as Minister of Household Affairs in a few days.
In desperation, Jiang Fu had no choice but to "take the initiative" to express to Zhao Buxi that he was willing to hand over his salary and salary to the court, and the court would use it to tide over the difficulties. Everything he had was given by the court, and now of course he should give everything for the court. …
"Jiang Qing's noble character and integrity are indeed a blessing to the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Buxi said something perfunctory, not as sincere as his previous praise of Ma Yongkang, and then asked Jiang Fu to leave to deal with the army's logistics. Then he said that he would entrust the government to Ma Yongkang and let Ma Yongkang take responsibility. Come.
"The next war is a battle of life and death for the Song Dynasty. It is very important, so I decided to focus all my energy on the military and not be distracted. So the next government affairs will still need more attention from Ma Xianggong."
Goodbye Ma Yongkang.
"I will do my best to relieve His Majesty's worries."
Zhao Buxi nodded, then let Jiang Fu go first, leaving Ma Yongkang behind, and told Ma Yongkang to treat Jiang Fu as a card when necessary.
"When Wu Lin questioned him, he didn't know how to defend me at all. He only knew how to defend himself and threw me out, making Wu Lin and I feel embarrassed. Such people cannot stay in high positions for a long time. When necessary, , allowing him to exert his final value.”
Ma Yongkang's heart trembled, and he immediately understood what Zhao Buxi meant.
"I obey the decree."
He didn't say much. He only knew that he needed to completely follow Zhao Buxi's wishes on this matter. Otherwise, if this one was Jiang Fu, who would be next?
But then again, this Jiang Fu is really a slutty idiot.
When I saw him vigorously and resolutely promote the tax increase policy, Ma Yongkang thought that he was at least a person who dared to do things. But now he actually directly threw the blame on the emperor. How can he expect to continue to hold power after doing such a thing?
The way to be an official is to take over the pot and throw it away. How to take over the pot, how to throw it away, how to protect yourself, and how to take advantage of the fire. These are all things that an official must understand.
Especially when the blame involves a superior, it is even more important to know how to handle the situation.
It’s just that there are too few people who know how to operate and too many people who operate incorrectly. Therefore, it has always been difficult for people who have reached high positions since ancient times to have a good death.
Jiang Fu will not be the first person to lose his status or even his life because of his inability to take over the blame, nor will he be the last.
Talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and each has been blamed for hundreds of years.
Ma Yongkang sighed, and suddenly felt that he was just a wind and rain poster. Although he tried his best to move up and down and move around, could this extremely dilapidated country of the Song Dynasty really be preserved in the wind and rain?
Ma Yongkang didn't know, but Zhao Buxi was determined to preserve his ancestral country.
Now he is the only orthodox emperor of the Song Dynasty in the world. He feels that the burden on his shoulders is very heavy. No matter what, he must shoulder this burden and cannot let his ancestors' country be destroyed in his own hands.
So he decided to move the Privy Council next to his residence, and then build a door between the two mansions so that he could handle necessary government affairs here, and he could enter the Privy Council through a door on the other side to discuss military matters with Wu Lin and others. .
Zhao Buxi kept his word and said he would focus on the military, so he focused on the military. He only dealt with some necessary political issues and delegated all other powers to the Chengdu court led by Ma Yongkang. He mainly stayed in The Privy Council and the military ministers in the Privy Council discussed military plans.
What was discussed was not reported to the civil servants in the court. As time went by, the civil servants naturally had many opinions.
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