Su Yonglin threw the question of whether to ask for money to the ministers.

The ministers immediately opened up their minds, brainstormed, and their desire to make suggestions was much stronger than they did just now.

The Left Chief of the Shangshu Yelu Chenghui stood up and made suggestions.

"Your Majesty, I think the reason why the Yellow River has today's troubles is caused by the Song court's misconduct, and the Song court needs to pay the price!"

The Secretary of the Shang Dynasty, Huo Jianbai, stood up and made a comment.

"Your Majesty, the three emperors of the Song Dynasty, the Emperor Shenzong, and the Emperor Zhezong changed the direction of the Yellow River three times, causing the Yellow River to burst three times, causing huge damage to the Central Plains. Countless people died because of this. I think it is reasonable to ask them for some compensation."

Cao Kai, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance, stood up and made a comment.

"Your Majesty, the reason why our dynasty has to spend a huge price to govern the Yellow River is entirely due to the incompetence of the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty, which has led to the out of control of the Yellow River. The people and their country are so ashamed of the world. Such a sin is already very kind to make up for by only money."

Qiao Yunliang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, stood up and made suggestions.

"Your Majesty, the Yellow River has today, all depends on the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty. It is not enough to ask them for money. They should also let them contribute manpower and material resources. They should ask them for engineering and building materials, skilled craftsmen, and talents who are good at building dams. These can be needed!"

Li Baocheng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance, stood up and made suggestions.

"Your Majesty, it's all the faults of the Song court, and it's all the faults of Emperor Zhao Song. How can the money be enough for one time? The Yellow River project will inevitably be delayed for a long time. If you are not careful, ten years of achievements may not be achieved. Therefore, the Song people should provide money, manpower and material resources every year to help me!"

Li Baocheng's words were quite domineering and relieved, which suddenly attracted the approval of many officials. They praised him and said that Li Baocheng was right.

Then Yelu Yuanyi, Minister of Civil Affairs, stood up.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the Song people had provided annual tribute to the Jin Kingdom before, and their annual tribute was 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 pieces of silk. Since they could be given to the Jin Kingdom, they could also be given to the Ming Dynasty. I suggest that people go south to discuss annual tribute with the Song people."

Yelu Yuanyi's suggestion immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the ministers attending the meeting.

250,000 taels of silver, according to the exchange rate of silver and money at this time, is equivalent to more than 200 million yuan.

Twenty-five thousand pieces of silk, even if it is average-quality silk, one piece is about four jin of coins, and the top-quality silk cloth is even ten jin of coins. The price of silk cloth has always been very stable and has the function of quasi-money.

Even if he is kind and allows him to pay tribute to ordinary quality silk cloth every year, he will have a discount of about one billion cents if he calculates it a little.

If the Song people could ask for the same annual monies as the Jin Kingdom, even if it was slightly reduced and controlled to about one billion yuan, it would greatly reduce the financial pressure of the Ming Empire in rectifying the Yellow River.

If all of them are spent on people's livelihood projects, it will be a great help to Su Yonglin's plan to restore the vitality of the Central Plains before the official destruction of the Song Dynasty.

Officials made the feasibility of this suggestion, believing that the Ming Dynasty's military strength is much stronger than that of the Jin Kingdom, not to mention the Song people, who could give the Jin Kingdom a yearly tribute, and so could give the Ming Dynasty a yearly tribute.

If they don't give

Do you look down on the Ming Dynasty?

Do you look down on the Ming Dynasty that destroyed the Jin Kingdom?

What a joke!

The Ming Dynasty destroyed the huge Jin Kingdom in three years. Do you also want to destroy the country in three years?

Without Su Yonglin's voice, Yelu Xian, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, had already thought of the wording for Su Yonglin.

Su Yonglin sat in his seat, calculating the possibility of obtaining annual monies from the Southern Song Dynasty. He suddenly felt that the little income he was obsessed with selling private salt was really not high-end.

Is it worth more than one billion yuan in tribute, but I'm trying hard to get 60 million in private salt income?

The pattern is low.

So he looked at Yelu Xian who was dancing with a smile and laughed out loud.

"Song State is also a big country with hundreds of thousands of troops. Do you all like to bully Song State so much?"

The ministers immediately looked at Su Yonglin together.

Su Yonglin paused, sucking everyone's appetite.

“I like it, too.”

The ministers were stunned for a moment, overjoyed, and shouted in unison that His Majesty's wiseness.

This is the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the four major political factions of the Ming Dynasty reached a completely unified opinion. The four major political factions have no different opinions from each other, and they completely unanimously agreed that the Ming Dynasty could ask for some benefits from the Song State.

At first I just wanted to blackmail a sum of money, then I felt that I should blackmail more money, and then I felt that I should blackmail some people or things while blackmailing me. In the end, I might as well just give up the tribute every year.

He won't give it?

You look down on the Ming Dynasty!

You are the one who beats you!

"Although this matter is not in line with the peace agreement just signed by the two countries, the Yellow River affairs are not within the peace agreement, and the reason why the Yellow River has reached this point today is completely a problem with the Song court. It is inappropriate for them to stay out of it."

Su Yonglin pretended to be moved and said, "It's a pity that I don't know whether the Song people understand things and whether they know the current affairs. If they don't understand things and the current affairs, they will not know the current affairs, so that the disaster of war between the two countries is really not what I want to see."

When the ministers heard this, they knew that the emperor was pretending to behave, so they followed him with emotion.

But the final conclusions are the same.

This is not a problem of the Ming Dynasty, but a problem of the Song State. All responsibilities must be borne by the Song court and the Emperor of the Zhao family.

Su Yonglin then made up his mind and planned to make a formal request to the State of Song for the sake of the people of the world, requiring them to provide a certain amount of money, materials and manpower every year for the use of the Yellow River control].

And the total value of these things cannot be lower than the annual tribute they handed over to the Jin Kingdom.

Su Yonglin then began to form a negotiating envoy group and quickly decided on the candidate for the general head of the negotiating envoy group.

Chief of Staff of the Ming Dynasty's General Staff, Xin Qiji.

Su Yonglin still vaguely remembers that Xin Qiji once advised him to surrender to the Southern Song Dynasty. Although this happened later, Xin Qiji also said that he had seen through the hypocrisy of the Southern Song Dynasty, but Su Yonglin still wanted him to see with his own eyes what the Southern Song Dynasty looked like.

So Su Yonglin called Xin Qiji and handed him this responsibility.

During the meeting, Xin Qiji was also one of the people who shouted loudly to pay the price of the Southern Song Dynasty, so after learning that Su Yonglin had handed him over this task, he happily agreed.

Su Yonglin looked at him and smiled, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

"Why did Your Majesty laugh? Is there anything wrong?"

"No, there's nothing wrong with you, it's just that I think it's very interesting."

Su Yonglin smiled and said, "I just remembered the general trend of the world when you first met me. I told me that I must lean on the Southern Dynasty and join the Southern Dynasty before I can achieve success. Now, do you still think so?"

Xin Qiji immediately held his forehead with his hands, looking depressed.

"Your Majesty still remember."

"How could you forget? That's the first strategy you offered to me."

"I... I was too young at that time and didn't understand anything, so I said something nonsense. Please don't be surprised by your Majesty."

"No, I just find it funny."

Su Yonglin walked up to Xin Qiji and patted his shoulder: "At the beginning, you strongly advocated that I surrender to the Southern Dynasty, but now you have completely changed your views and become a person who is determined to ask for annual tribute from the Southern Dynasty. I am very curious. Now, how do you view the Southern Dynasty?"

Xin Qiji felt relieved when he saw that Su Yonglin's expression was not like a fake, but was really asking.

"Your Majesty, I really don't have any idea at all. I can see clearly what kind of virtue the Southern Dynasties are. They are just a group of timid, incompetent, timid, and fearful people. There is no possibility of restoring the Central Plains. It is a delusion to expect them to save the people of the Central Plains."

Speaking of this, Xin Qiji sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty said to me that we can only rely on ourselves to save the people of the Central Plains. I think this is unreliable from the bottom of my heart, but later I discovered that your Majesty is the one who can really save the people of the Central Plains."

Su Yonglin nodded, not denying Xin Qiji's remarks.

"I'm glad you can think of this, but I'm going to modify some content for you."

"Please say it, Your Majesty."

"I can't save all the people of the world by myself. All of you stand with me and help me, so that I can save all the people of the world. Without your support, I can't move."

Xin Qiji knew it in his heart and gave a great gift to Su Yonglin.

"I understand."

"Um."

Su Yonglin helped Xin Qiji up and said, "Go to the Southern Song Dynasty, look at their faces, look at their luxurious life, look at the poverty and despair of the people they ruled, and you will know more clearly why they are not only unreliable, but should also be torn into pieces and crushed to ashes!"

Xin Qiji nodded.

"I understand."
Chapter completed!