Sun Shouting was as happy as the third grandson.
As the Minister of Household Affairs, Sun Shouting was extremely incorruptible. He would not be greedy for anyone's money, not even a penny. Only Han You and Four Seasons Villa's money could be collected without any psychological burden. He would be greedy even if he said he was "greedy". Not even a name, not even an explanation.
You can't say you're greedy. Anyway, as long as you get it, you won't go back. Things will definitely be done, and the money will definitely not be spent so much. The rest will not be returned, but will be charged to the national treasury.
Just like now, he originally planned to say that it would be about two hundred thousand yuan, so he tried his best.
Han You got two million guans as soon as he made a move. How could Lao Sun be unhappy? After getting 2 million guan, he would not need 200,000 guan. Instead, he would use 800,000 to 1 million guan. The old rule is, if you are "greedy", half of it is enough. Enough, otherwise Han You won't be taken advantage of next time.
Han You didn't care about this at all. He felt deeply about it when he went to Nandi.
After a large amount of money is invested in the local area, it will only cause prices to double continuously. Spend more money and buy less supplies, and the gain outweighs the loss.
In other words, even if you have money in the East China Sea, you can't buy a lot of supplies.
Instead of doing this, it would be better to let the court get supplies from various channels and then send them to the East China Sea. This will definitely cost more money. The "freight" is expensive and the "labor" fee is also expensive, but at least it is better than nothing.
Furthermore, all this money is used to hire people, who then spend the money on food, clothing, housing and transportation, and merchants have to pay taxes after making money. It can be regarded as a virtuous cycle.
The most important thing was that the money came so easily that Han You didn't take it seriously. Since then, what he wanted to do could no longer be done with money. Money was just the icing on the cake.
War is actually a matter of money and food. Han You is not going to war with the East China Sea, but to clear out the naval forces and establish a coastal defense line. There is no need to consider the current population base of Dachang Dynasty. If you have money, many things will be easy to handle.
Han You is an expert in dealing with aristocratic families, and the monarchs and ministers can rest assured about this.
Since Han Bairen is going to Goguryeo, he must bring at least two battalions of Jingwei.
One battalion of Jingwei has a full strength of 8,000 men, and two battalions have 16,000 men. Adding in the 6,000 light cavalry mentioned by Han You, this makes 22,000 men.
Han You is also planning to bring 10,000 foreigners from outside the customs. These people are very cost-effective. They can eat, but they can carry hunger, and they can march quickly. Secondly, there is a small demand for weapons. If they are given armor, they will wear it. If they are not given, they will wear animal skins. , just use it if you are given a weapon, even if you don't have to find a place to get a big wooden stick, it's pretty much the same, it's nothing more than a sharp weapon injury or a blunt force injury, it can kill someone.
Bring more villagers, Zhao Jia soldiers, old soldiers, and recruit some young men and auxiliary soldiers along the way.
Forty thousand people in the East China Sea are definitely enough, at least for now. If Han Bairen goes to Goguryeo in the future, he will have to send more troops there, but that is a story later.
The matter was almost settled, and everyone knew that Han You would definitely have to discuss it with Lao Ba in private.
"There is one more thing, about forming an alliance with Goguryeo."
Han You told the story of the third prince of Goguryeo, Gao Tai, in a few words.
The emperor and his ministers were not surprised. In the past few days, they had also noticed that Gao Tai did not want to form an alliance and always opposed Gao Minglin.
It is expected and reasonable. A great dynasty has never said that it is unprecedented to unite as one. This is true for every country, and it is also true for the Great Zhou Dynasty. Han You wants to go to the East China Sea and destroy Yingdao. The reason why There wasn’t much resistance, it was just that many people didn’t dare to say anything.
"This third prince of Goguryeo, Mrs. Gao..."
Lao Ba pondered for a moment and was a little undecided.
Han You doesn't care, he can't be the emperor. The longer he is the emperor, the more he has to abide by some rules. These rules may not restrict him, but can further consolidate his imperial power and dominance.
Several important ministers stopped talking. It was not that they had nothing to say. They wanted to say that they could kill him, but the problem was that this was not how things were done. Now they were discussing the formation of an alliance. If someone killed someone else, it would probably be self-defeating.
The embarrassment is here. Don't kill him. He is obstructed at every turn. It can't affect the Zhou Dynasty, but it makes Gao Minglin upset. He drags it out day by day, which will delay things too much.
For a while, everyone was at a loss and thinking hard.
Just when everyone was stuck and no one could think of a good solution, Huang Youwei spoke.
"Just stay in Beijing."
Han You looked at Big Huang: "What do you mean?"
"The third prince of Goguryeo came to the capital to thwart this matter. Gao Minglin knows this, the Queen of Goguryeo knows it, and all the officials in the royal city of Goguryeo know it."
"Then what?"
"Didn't Commander Han just say that the Queen of Goguryeo secretly instructed Gao Ming to execute the third prince, Mrs. Gao?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"It doesn't matter whether he is dead or alive, and his opinion is not important either. To the Queen of Goguryeo, he is already dead. How can a dead person interfere with that?" Resolution of the Queen of Goguryeo.”
Han You blinked his eyes, thought for a few seconds and then patted his thigh: "Yeah, damn, that's not what happened."
Others also understood that Gao Minglin was thinking about revenge, avenging his family and killing Gao Tai.
What Zhou was considering was Gao Tai's obstruction of the alliance between the two countries.
In fact, Da Zhou didn't need to worry at all, because Gao Tai's opinion was not important. He blocked it, but he couldn't. The Queen wanted to kill him, so how could she pay attention to his opinion? The reason why she wanted to kill him was because it was an eyesore. Since it was an eyesore, , just stay in Dazhou.
This is the Zhou Dynasty, not Goguryeo. According to the process, once the two countries form an alliance, Han You will lead his army to the East China Sea, and Gao Minglin will also take the envoys with him, and then go back to Goguryeo's own warship in the East China Sea. After returning to the royal court After explaining the situation, Gao Minglin finally made another trip and went to the East China Sea on behalf of the queen to make an alliance with Han You, who represented the Great Zhou Dynasty. The two countries had successfully formed an alliance, and it was time to follow up.
This means that Gao Tai doesn't matter at all. As long as he is not allowed to return to Goguryeo, no one cares whether he dies or not. At least Dazhou doesn't care. As long as he doesn't return to Goguryeo, I believe the Queen doesn't care either. .
The original plan of the Queen of Goguryeo and Gao Mingli was to kill Mrs. Gao at sea. When they returned home, they said they encountered a storm.
I didn’t kill him when I came here, I’ll just say that when I go back, it’s the same thing.
"Then let's do it."
Faced with the matter of Zhu Ying, Han You was tired of all the red tape.
"The Goguryeo mission now has more than sixty people, half of whom are Gaotai's people. After leaving the palace, the ministers will order people to go to Honglu Temple to capture Gaotai and others in the Yidao camp prison, and then send people to pretend to be These envoys will not reveal any information."
Lao Ba didn't say anything right away, and his silence was his acquiescence.
Qian Ji and the other three big bosses from the three provinces did not say anything, also acquiescing.
Not to mention several ministers, they were too lazy to say anything, because except for Sun Shouting and Huang Youwei, others did not have any voting rights. It would be nice to come and listen.
Sun Shouting and Huang Youwei didn't care anymore. The latter was already on good terms with Han You. The former had collected three million coins, let alone killing a Goguryeo prince. He didn't care if Han You killed the entire mission, as long as As long as Gao Minglin is alive.
The conversation is almost over. As long as Han You arrests Gao Tai and others, Gao Minglin can express his position.
Basically, there is nothing to discuss anymore. It is just a matter of details, and there is no need to compare every penny.
Lao Ba waved his hand and asked everyone to leave the palace without leaving Han You. After all, this kid also played a role as a kidnapper.
It is estimated that Gao Tai and his group never dreamed that Zhou Hui, a country of etiquette, would do such a thing to an envoy.
The group left Jingzhi Hall, and Han You and Huang Youwei walked side by side.
"Congratulations to Mr. Huang on your promotion."
Even with the other ministers present, Han You did not smile playfully. He cupped his hands and said seriously: "After Mr. Huang becomes Minister of the Ministry of War, do you want to discuss it with my father?"
Huang You stopped and showed a rare look of confusion: "What are you discussing?"
"About sending troops to Goguryeo, what else can be done."
Huang Youwei almost lost his voice and shook his head: "No need to discuss."
"No, there is no need to discuss this matter."
"What to discuss?"
"For example, how many troops to send, whether to bring food and grass, what to do if there are problems, etc."
Huang Youwei was really happy to speak out this time: "Of course it is General Han who has the final say on how many troops to send."
"Do you want to bring food and grass?"
"Why bring food and grass to help Goguryeo fight? Goguryeo will provide it."
After all, it was about his father, so Han You was still a little worried: "What if we don't provide it, or we give it less?"
Huang Youwei took a deep look at Han You, and he was sure that this kid was either pretending, or he really didn't understand what kind of existence his biological father was.
"If you don't provide it, the general will rob it."
"Robbing?" Han You was startled: "What if there's a fight?"
"Let's fight if we start fighting. Time is destiny. Goguryeo wants to be destroyed. Who's to blame?"
After saying that, Huang Youwei left to mind his own business. He had been in the palace for almost a day, and he had to go to deliver food to his elder brother. The weather was getting colder these days, and Xu Wenjin began not to eat well again. Lao Han's legs were also a little guilty.
