On the official ship returning to the capital from the Jiangnan area.
Jia Yun looked at the world shrouded in darkness in the distance, exhaled another breath, looked at the letters and other things placed beside her, and couldn't help but frown and said, "It seems that after I return to Beijing this time, then The war along the Western Sea Coast should come to an end. I'm afraid it will be a crushing defeat and everyone will be in a state of silence!"
In this expedition to the west coast to fight the barbarians, the main soldiers mobilized, except for the border troops, most of the troops were local elites drawn from the capital.
The world is so big that more troops are needed to guard it.
Especially if there are too many bandits, if the local troops are empty, I'm afraid someone will rebel.
Therefore, after Jia Yun analyzed it with Emperor Yongtai and others, he found that except for the Beijing camp near the capital where manpower could be mobilized, soldiers and horses in other places must not act rashly.
First of all, it must be very difficult for soldiers and horses from other places to travel across mountains and seas to the battlefield.
Secondly, the armies in other places also have their own responsibilities and need to guard various places to prevent local bandits and peasant uprisings from causing a severe impact on the imperial court.
Therefore, after this defeat, the entire capital must be in a state of modesty, and every household must wear mourning. The funeral industry will usher in a golden age, and its business will reach an unattainable peak.
Jia Yun knocked on the table and said: "Perhaps for things like funerals and coffins needed for weddings, they need to be purchased from other places in advance, but then they can make a fortune."
***, Jia Yun does not have any psychological burden.
The more powerful a person is, the more he cares about his own existence. As for the life and death of others, it actually doesn't matter.
Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs.
If you want to be kind as an official, then this official must be difficult to serve and difficult to get ahead.
Being an emperor is even less merciful.
What's more, Jia Qiang does need money to support the operation of the entire system.
Any undertaking without the support of money is bound to fail.
The operation of the imperial court, whether it is the military pay for the army or the salaries of the imperial government officials and bureaucrats, etc., all require money.
A penny can stump a heroic man.
Jia Yun naturally understands that if you lack anything, you can't lack money.
Now Jia Yun is meditating, "This defeat in Xihaiyanzi will definitely affect the whole body. The court is short of money, what is the fastest way? That is to confiscate the homes!"
Jia Yun was not surprised that the Zhen family was ransacked.
The imperial court has been short of money recently, and it is a large-scale shortage of money.
Marching and fighting have been a drain on the treasury since ancient times.
There is not much money in the treasury to begin with, and it is not uncommon for the top and bottom officials to embezzle money from the imperial treasury.
The previous war launched by Emperor Yongtai against the Western Sea Coast further widened this deficit.
The previous treasury could barely maintain the operation of the court.
The current national treasury is already exhausted.
Without money, there is no way to support the operation of the court.
Confiscating homes was also the favorite thing of ancient emperors.
Raise pigs, fatten them and then kill them.
These pigs can be court officials like He Shen, or they can be local rich people...
No matter which one they are, as long as they are killed, the treasury can become rich in a short time, continue to support the operation of the court, and maintain the rule of the entire dynasty.
However, there are pros and cons to this move.
The advantage is that Emperor Yongtai can gather a lot of money in a short period of time by ransacking his homes to tide over the current economic crisis.
The disadvantage is that killing a pig will inevitably arouse sadness in everyone's hearts and give rise to the feeling of sadness as the rabbit dies and the fox dies.
Jia Yun was thinking and calculating in her mind...
"Emperor Yongtai, will you take action against me?"
For a moment, Jia Yun's heart
I am thinking that after returning to Beijing this time, I must make two preparations.
If Emperor Yongtai suddenly ransacked his home, I'm afraid Jia Yun would really become a Muggle.
Jia Yun looked at the darkness in the distance and continued to think: "It seems that this emperor cannot stay! After returning, we must let King Beijing take the lead in attacking and strike first. Then, I will fish in troubled waters..."
At this moment, Jia Yun couldn't help but think of King Beijing and many other things. Xiu Shuzhu
"Watch the wind and wait for the rain!"
At this moment, Jia Yun finally saw the future direction clearly.
The next choice of Emperor Yongtai will determine Jia Yun's choice.
After Jia Yun returned to the capital, there was a brutal fight with red bayonets.
There is no room for relaxation.
.......
Shenjing City, Daming Palace, and Hall of Supreme Harmony.
Today, the weather is bad and it rains heavily.
A piece of bad news came.
In the war along the west coast, because the commander-in-chief underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, he was made dumplings by the enemy. He directly sent a wave of regiments to annihilation and ruined 50,000 elite troops.
From then on, the war changed from active attack to passive defense, and the situation reversed instantly.
Emperor Yongtai, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked extremely embarrassed at this moment, and his expression was as dark as water.
His eyes were filled with anger and gloom.
Xiang Daiquan, who was waiting nearby in the Daming Palace, could deeply feel the rage of Emperor Yongtai at this moment, like a volcano about to erupt, trying to submerge the entire world.
Emperor Yongtai did not expect that these generals below would be such idiots. They underestimated the enemy and rushed in, and directly killed them.
Fifty thousand elites died, but most of them were people from the capital who were transferred from the capital camp to fight!
The death of these people means that the children of most people in the capital died tragically on the battlefield, affecting the peace and stability of the entire capital. Every family wearing sackcloth and wearing mourning is definitely not a lie, but the real truth.
At this moment, the Dukes of Gungun, who were standing in the court hall, felt shocked and worried in their hearts.
The battle was defeated and so many people died. If it were not for the frontier army relying on the strong city to block the attack of these barbarians, I am afraid that these barbarians would have entered the pure land by now, burned, killed, looted, and grown stronger.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty were trembling with fear, and they seemed to know what Emperor Yongtai was thinking.
Previously, Emperor Yongtai proudly summoned his ministers of civil and military affairs to proactively wipe out the barbarians along the Western Sea.
But now a slap in the face has happened, the war has failed, and the consequences of failure are things that I dare not think about.
Just when everyone was silent, worse news came.
Suddenly, someone ran in, knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, it's not good. Those Japanese pirates have invaded our pure land of heaven again. They have already fought with the border troops along the coast, and Goguryeo has also led an army to attack our northern territory. , and Siam and Annan submitted their letters of credence, and decided to set off to the capital next month to marry the princess in order to peace the war.".Ь.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yongtai lost most of his energy. He slumped down on the dragon chair and murmured to himself, "Is marriage really the only way I can choose?"
