Pei Min thought that Pei's mother could not stay up late, and did not interact with the baby in Jiao Chen's belly. She hugged Jiao Chen happily and slept until dawn.

Even though he fell asleep, his palm was still on Jiao Chen's lower abdomen, as if he was protecting him.

The next day it was dawn, as Li Longji expected.

The alliance with Tubo has been delayed for too long, and both civil and military officials feel impatient.

Details can be discussed slowly, but the overall situation should be decided.

The reliability of the armistice agreement is far less effective than that of the alliance.

Inevitably, the court discussed the matter again.

This time, the one who rushed to the front was Wang Ju, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Wang Ju was also a hero of the innate coup. He had a good friend with Li Longji and made the contribution to following the dragon. He was appointed as the Yin Qing Guanglu Dafu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and was promoted to Duke of Zhao.

However, he was excluded by Yao Chong before and was demoted to the local area to serve as the governor.

Not everyone is as enlightened as Pei Min. As soon as Yao Chong fell, Wang Ju started a relationship, shrunk his head and squeezed back to the temple, serving as the Minister of Revenue.

The Minister of Revenue was in charge of the country's territory, land, household registration, taxes, salary and all financial matters. It is no exaggeration to say that the God of Wealth in the Tang Dynasty was the God of Wealth. But this is also a very risky position. The former Minister of Revenue was dismissed from the new Prime Minister Song Jing for his dereliction of duty.

Song Jing was a stern official. Not to mention corruption and bribery, even if he was incompetent, he would be punished severely if he was arrested by an official who was incompetent.

Wang Ju took office and wanted to achieve something, intending to fill the treasury to prove his ability.

When the official reaches his level, the previous one is the prime minister.

As a civil servant, what you need is just a phase?

The idea is beautiful, but Wang Ju found that reality is extremely cruel.

The Tang Dynasty had just launched a war against Tubo. In this battle, the Tang army used more than 60,000 troops and 40,000 war horses, which took more than seven months. During this period, the food, grass, military pay, rewards after victory and pensions for the fallen soldiers were needed to get money from the Ministry of Revenue.

This was an inevitable expense, and Wang Ju had to admit that the soldiers were out of the battle and were licking blood from the knife. Because of some rewards and pensions, even if they broke their teeth, the Ministry of Revenue would take them out.

However, it is not just a reward or a pension. The Tang Dynasty has acquired the Jiuqu land of Hexi and needs to develop.

Raising cattle, sheep and training military horses on the grassland requires great investment, and the Ministry of Revenue needs to dispatch refugees to support it. Another huge sum of money and a huge investment.

This is not a seven or eight years, and this investment cannot be recovered.

Then there is also the renovation of Shibao City, Jintianqiao, Damomen City, and Shusun City.

This money is like flowing water, and I keep going out without any hope of recycling.

Wang Ju is quite talented and knows that these must be paid, so he endured it again.

However, Wang Ju couldn't bear it by repairing Moli Post and building Moli City.

Do you really think that the Ministry of Revenue is a money bag and there is endless money to spend?

Moli Post is located near Qinghai Lake, and is surrounded by Tubo's forces. To maintain Moli Post requires a large number of soldiers to be stationed and the court needs to continuously stuff money and food into it. What is crucial may not be able to be defended. If they work hard and work hard to dispatch craftsmen to transport building materials to build Moli City. Tubo sends troops and takes it away, wouldn't it be a wedding dress for others?

With this consideration, Wang Ju agreed to withdraw his troops from Mo Liyi and accept Tubo's surrender.

"Your Majesty! It is not good for our army to defend Moli Post to the death. If you have no great use, you can get the Tubo surrender. Why not do it every year? It is better to wait for Tubo to send money and grain to Moli Post to the door." According to the rules, except for some rare tributes that are enjoyed by the royal family, other ordinary things are all included in the Ministry of Revenue and stored in the treasury.

The difference between paying money and collecting money made Wang Juzheng blush and never give in.

All civil officials attached importance to development and were less important than expanding territory. Someone immediately agreed: "What Wang Shangshu said is that Tubo and my Tang Dynasty have been intersected for a hundred years, and it is the first time they are willing to surrender to my Tang Dynasty. How can they reject it because of a useless place?"

"The world is now in ruins, and many places need to invest a lot of money and materials in the development of the country. There is no need to spend more money, grain, military pay in order not to leave the post office, and increase the burden on the people."

Without exception, civil officials revolve around money.

Not only civil officials, but also military generals stood on the side of civil officials and began to talk big.

Ge Fushun, the general of the left-leading army, said: "This dog is desperate and jumps over the wall. If a rabbit is forced to force it, it will bite people. Everything is the most important thing to stop. Although Tubo is defeated, the national strength is still there. Occupying his place will only make the relationship between the two countries unsuccessful. With our situation, peaceful coexistence is the best choice, why bother causing disputes for the sake of the place?"

Tang Diwen, the general of the left magistrate, also said: "This is like the battle between Wu and Shu during the Three Kingdoms period. Wu and Shu resisted Cao, and the general trend was in favor of the general. However, Shu occupied Nanjun and did not return, causing war, causing the death of the general Guan Yu. It is better not to be without the post!"

Then the right gate general Lu Longzi, the right military guard general Cheng Ji Hou Li Shou, the right military guard general Wang Jingyao, and the right military guard general Gao Guangji all stood up one after another, saying it was very clear and giving up Mo Liyi's view.

This time it was Li Long's turn to be stunned.

Originally, it was just a civil servant who spoke out for his own righteousness for his financial and economic considerations, and made a statement to withdraw from Moli Post and accepted Tubo's reverence.

What civil officials asked for is reasonable.

The generals were always in a neutral position, and they were not involved in the matter.

Why did their attitude change in just one day?

In fact, the reason is that Guo Zhiyun, the governor of Longyou, fell ill yesterday.

Guo Zhiyun's illness immediately touched the hearts of many generals.

They were not concerned about Guo Zhiyun's safety, but about his position as the governor of Longyou.

When I learned that Guo Zhiyun had won Tubo this time, I wished to leave the post and recuperate, someone immediately became moved.

Like Wang Maozhong!

Wang Maozhong is Li Longji's confidant and one of his closest ministers.

In Tang Long, who launched the two innate coups in order to kill Empress Wei, Princess Anle and Princess Taiping, Wang Maozhong played an important role and was one of the few Tang Yuan heroes.

Wang Maozhong was also particularly arrogant and domineering, especially when he married his daughter to the general of the left-leading army, Ge Fushun, which was even more amazing after the Chang'an military won over a royal force.

How arrogant is Wang Maozhong?

He looked down on eunuchs the most, and he was beaten and scolded eunuchs without any scruples.

Gao Lishi, the first celebrity in front of Li Longji, was also humiliated by Wang Maozhong. When he saw Wang Maozhong, he would go around him so as not to face him.

Wang Maozhong is now the General of the Assistant State and the General of the Left Wu Guard. He is also an expert in the prison and the envoy of the escort inside and outside the school. Duke Huo can be said to have a high position and a powerful position.

But this official is not too disliked by the small one. His target is the Minister of War, and he was promoted to the position of prime minister as the Minister of War and became the prime minister of a country.

However, with his current merits and qualifications, he was not yet promoted to the Minister of War, and the governor of Longyou was a good position for gilding!
Chapter completed!