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Chapter 1582: Take the shot when you should

Zhu Houzhao spoke, and Ye Chunqiu was no longer vague and immediately said, "I heard that the court planned to give the Rose people countless gold and silver and thousands of guns and cannons. Is there any such thing?"

Of course there are some of this matter, and there are many people participating in the discussion. Many people in the court agreed with it, and the person who is the one who is talking about it is Li Dongyang.

Theoretically speaking, from the perspective of the scholar-officials, in order to save this face, it is not a big mistake.

On the contrary, it is the most rational way, of course, this is a perfect solution to protect the court's face without defeating the strong men.

But now...

Li Dongyang just smiled. He knew in his heart that Ye Chunqiu was probably a little angry and wanted to take this opportunity to squirt about this matter.

This is understandable, but Li Dongyang doesn't care, because although he took the lead in this matter, there were too many people involved, and even the Empress Dowager had acquiesced.

Not to mention that this matter is reasonable, it is for the sake of the palace, for the safety of His Majesty, and for the entire Ming Dynasty.

If you take a step back ten thousand steps, it is also a collective decision. Li Dongyang is not worried about being criticized.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, a little disdainful, and even a little contemptuous of Ye Chunqiu's actions. However, it was only a moment. Even before others could see clearly, he had already restrained his expression and said seriously: "Oh, there is something about this, I am also for Your Majesty."

Ye Chunqiu said seriously: "So has Mr. Li ever thought about how much this reward cost?" He looked at Li Dongyang, but did not give him a chance to argue, and reminded everyone seriously. "I'll answer it. If it's a market price, the amount of silver costs one million taels, you see, the millions of silver costs were sold out in just a matter of just a deal."

Ye Chunqiu’s so-called million-dye silver actually deliberately blurred the difference between cost, market price and export.

The cost of a rifle may be only five taels of silver, but the market price is thirty taels. If it is exported, it will be expensive and can be said to be a sky-high price. The same is true for artillery, ammunition, etc. Ye Chunqiu uses the value of export, but in other words, it is not an exaggeration to say that it costs millions of dollars.

Li Dongyang was unmoved. Million-patterned silver was a lot for the court, but he just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, took the flowers from the state government and offered the Buddha Ross. At the same time, he was doing this for His Majesty and was blameless. He stroked his beard and nodded: "Yes, when the officials discussed with the Queen Mother, I had some hesitation."

This means that I am not the only one who has the final say in this matter. There are many people discussing it. Why do you want to pursue it? This is better, just pursue the empress dowager first.

The calm atmosphere is nothing wrong with it, but in fact he is despising Ye Chunqiu and unable to do anything to him.

Ye Chunqiu just smiled and finally took out his killer weapon.

"So, Chunqiu has been thinking that over the past year, both inside and outside the court and the country have been discussing how much money and grain the royal family has spent. If you calculate carefully, the court has indeed spent a lot of money and food just to support the royal family. It costs tens of millions of stones of food to support the 100,000 royal families in the world, which is amazing. Mr. Li must have agreed with this. But what makes Chunqiu very puzzled is why the imperial court was reluctant to give up when he wanted to support the royal family. Mr. Li also wrote a special article criticizing the royal family for how expensive it is, how to increase the burden on the court, and how the national treasury is insufficient, but turning his head, he is so generous to the people of Ross?"

Suddenly, a different aura suddenly filled the pagoda.

Ye Chunqiu was clearly heading for Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang was an important driving force in suppressing the royal family, and all his theories were based on the luxury of the royal family. This incident resonated with many people. It is precisely because of this that the royal family felt the huge crisis.

But now... Ye Chunqiu raised a fatal question, yes, you are poor and you can't bear to leave, but why, in this matter, you are willing to bear to leave it like this?

He actually gave millions of silver to outsiders.

Li Dongyang originally thought that Ye Chunqiu was going to make peace with the people of Ross, so he was not worried, but he never expected that Ye Chunqiu took advantage of this reward and brought the conflict directly to the royal family.

This is Li Dongyang's "new policy", and the top priority is his sense of moral superiority to the royal family.

What is superiority? I stand on the side of justice, and you are just a bunch of wine bags that ruin people's fat and cream, so I naturally have a halo.

Once this moral advantage begins to shake, Li Dongyang's reputation will be hit.

A cabinet minister who has lost his reputation will become difficult even if he is the chief minister. Therefore, there is a saying that morality is not compatible, because once your correctness is suspected, any political decree may be questioned, and even your political enemies will no longer lurk, but will directly jump out to oppose it. Once this happens, chaos will occur within the entire court.

This is also a fatal weakness of Li Dongyang. In terms of identity, it is impossible for the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet to be more noble than the royal family. If he cannot even occupy the moral commanding heights, how can he talk about governing the world?

Ye Chunqiu did not give Li Gongyang a chance to breathe, and continued to pursue the victory.

"I wonder if Mr. Li, are the people of Ross more noble than the royal family? These people of Ross are just barbarians, a group of barbarians thousands of miles away, but Mr. Li is so generous. Did you ever think that the royal family of the Ming Dynasty were all descendants of Emperor Taizu, and the heavens were noble and noble, and they were so noble."

"But in Li Gong's eyes, he was even worse than a group of barbarians. Chunqiu asked, was Li Gong the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty or the chief minister of the Luos? Did Li Gong eat the salary of the Ming Dynasty, was he supported by His Majesty, or was he worshipped by the barbarians?"

"Mr. Li is knowledgeable and has experienced the officialdom. Now that he is the chief assistant, Chunqiu dares to ask why Mr. Li does such a thing as the relatives and the enemy is happy? Ha, it is ridiculous. While he wants the descendants of Taizu to be frugal and hungry, let them obediently reduce the burden on the court, accusing them of being extravagant, but he turns his head, but treats a group of barbarians so generously. Dare to ask Mr. Li, can this be convinced?"

This continuous cannon seems to be questioned. While gaining a firm foothold in principle, it is also a foreshadowing.
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