When Yang Song saw that all the ministers had their opinions, he nodded gently and asked the ministers: "Should the country go to support?"

Yang Song's question has already involved all aspects of the Xia Kingdom. After all, the beginning of the war means that the Great Xia Empire will enter another mode, a model that the people of the Xia Kingdom are already very familiar with - the war mode!

Just like when Chen Ping introduced the Beihan Kingdom before, he said that his people were warlike, in Yang Song's view, the Xia Kingdom was actually similar, or more warlike.

The Xia Kingdom can have four million square kilometers of land today, but it is not given by a kind-hearted person, nor is it born, but it is shot with one knife and one shot.

But now the Xia Kingdom can evaluate the Gentiles, just like the saying, "The winner is the king, and the strong is the king"! As long as it is strong enough and as long as it can win, these are all taken for granted.

Regarding Yang Song’s question, neither Xun Yu nor Li Jing made a statement because this matter was too big and there was no plan. Who can give an accurate answer in the moment?

Seeing this, Yang Song also came back to the point and knew that this was a bit embarrassing for everyone. He thought for a while and said, "I am discussing this time. No matter what the result is, you can speak out directly."

Since Yang Song has said this to this point, the ministers cannot leave any expression.

"Your Majesty, I will first throw bricks and attract jade for my colleagues." Seeing that no one was speaking first, Liu Ji became a "showing bird" and suggested first: "I think it can support the Ice and Snow Kingdom for two reasons."

"One is to make friends with each other from afar. According to our Xia national football team, there is only one vassal federation between the two countries. If you have a good friendship with it, you can add a support."

"The second is to balance the countries of the Northern Land. If the Ice and Snow Kingdom, Beibeihan Kingdom, is allowed to repel the Han Island overseas, Beihan Kingdom will be monopolized by Beihan Kingdom. If the ministers remember correctly, they will have a good relationship with the princes and federations."

With Liu Ji's lead, while Liu Ji was speaking, the rest of the people also thought about their own opinions.

As soon as Liu Ji finished speaking, Zhang Juzheng, the head of the Caige Pavilion, stood up and opposed: "Your Majesty, no!"

"What's wrong?" Yang Song asked as if he looked at Zhang Juzheng's conditioned reflex.

As soon as he finished asking, Yang Song regretted it because there was an answer that was not bad. Yang Song actually knew it when he saw Zhang Juzheng.

"Your Majesty, you only launched a war on the outside world last year. It has only been not long since. If you launch another foreign war, you will still be a thousand miles away. I am afraid that the national strength will not be able to bear it!" Sure enough, Zhang Juzheng's answer confirmed Yang Song's conjecture.

Regarding finance, the Xia Kingdom has always been on the verge of a deficit, not to mention that it is still under overhaul of railway construction, relocating people, and developing new areas outside the pass. These are all large projects that require a lot of financial and material resources.

In the past, if it weren't for the launch of a war debt against the people of the country, the national debt and financial resources would have been bottomed out, but then again, if it weren't for the frequent wars of the Xia Kingdom over the years, there would probably be no today's Daxia Empire.

In fact, there is no way to solve the financial difficulties. The solution is to increase taxes. Once the door to increase taxes is opened, according to the frequency of wars in the Xia Kingdom in the past, it can be imagined that this will be a process without an end.

Therefore, Yang Song didn’t even dare to think about tax increases. This is a sign of the beginning of his demise!

So at this time, Yang Song felt a little painful when he heard Zhang Juzheng talking about "money".

When it comes to thinking about ways to increase fiscal revenue, Zhang Juzheng has not done much effort. He has thought of all the special taxes and salt and iron specializations.

However, no matter how many new taxes Zhang Juzheng brought to Xia State or how many new fiscal highs he created, he was still not as fast as Yang Songhua. After a war, the little savings he had finally accumulated over the past few years were defeated by Yang Song.

But the same is true. It is precisely because of the foreign wars of Xia State over the years that the current Great Xia Empire has been established and the vast territory of Xia State has been established.

After thinking about Zhang Juzheng's answer, Yang Song asked in confusion: "Isn't there a war in the past five or six years except for a war last year? How come he has no money?"

Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but smile bitterly at Yang Song's doubts. Yes, he admitted that the current treasury has some savings because of the peace of the past few years, but this is not a reason to launch a war to the outside world!

"Go back to Your Majesty." But who made Yang Song the Emperor? Zhang Juzheng had to answer: "The little money from the national treasury was prepared to develop the territory outside the pass and build railways."

Since occupying the land outside the pass, the Xia Kingdom has been busy digesting the interests of the war and other matters, and has not considered the plan to launch a war abroad. This can be learned from the deployment of the army outside the pass.

Therefore, there has been peace for so many years - even the punishment war last year only lasted for more than a month.

Now Zhang Juzheng heard that it would not take place overnight when he wanted to launch an expedition to the outside world. Even if there were countless reasons in other aspects, it would be impossible to launch a war to the outside world without money.

So after hearing Zhang Juzheng's answer, Yang Song had to shake his head at Liu Ji, expressing helplessness.

Seeing this, Liu Ji immediately bowed and reported, "Your Majesty, my country of Xia has no extra money, but the military expenditure can be paid by the rest of the people." Although Liu Ji did not say this "other people", everyone knew who this was referring to.

When Yang Song heard Liu Ji's words, his eyes lit up. Yes, since the Ice and Snow Kingdom was for Xia Kingdom to support it, the military expenditure should also be paid by the Ice and Snow Kingdom!"

Although Yang Song did not explicitly say that he wanted to send troops, his meaning inside and outside was already very obvious.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Juzheng heard the two of them and smiled bitterly, leaving Yang Song and Liu Ji without any of the following: "The cost of this expedition is quite high. Can the Ice and Snow Kingdom afford it?"

Every expedition in Xia State in the past was huge, and only countries like Xia State that were on the eve of the industrial age and in the steam era could afford it.

Even though the Xia Kingdom had astronomical wealth compared to the Gentiles, its expenses after each war also caused the Xia Kingdom's financial expenditure to be damaged.

Even if the capital of Xia is like this, let alone the world is still in the half-slave and semi-feudal indigenous civilization. No one can give a positive answer to Zhang Juzheng's question.

After about half a day, Yang Song sighed and ordered: "Hey! It's a guest from afar, let the messenger of the Ice and Snow Kingdom come to Beijing first." Even so, Yang Song still had a glimmer of hope for going to the war in his heart.
Chapter completed!