C2030 Military financial power (1/2)
Time was of the essence, Liu Dadao knew that if he stayed here for too long, suspicions would definitely arise outside. He pushed the wonton in front of Xiao Sixi, ”Eat! ”Don't arouse suspicion from others when the time comes …”
”Mistress!” You have to understand, the most important thing to do now is to get points, the most urgent matter at hand is the life and death of our Great Qing, as for the commoners, whether or not they have meat to eat everyday, or whether or not Golden Age is your time so you shouldn't consider it! ”
”Before leaving, the empress dowager secretly summoned servants to tell her everything about the imperial court's crisis …”
”Your majesty!” Right now, the empress dowager and you have no one to rely on. With Xiao Letian eyeing the Eastern Sea Region like a tiger, the four hundred thousand to five hundred thousand Xiang Army s that Southern Ceng Guofan left behind are even more troublesome … ”
”Prince Kung has already trained thirty to forty thousand new soldiers in the Western Mountain. Although they are nominally the army of the imperial government, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that they are f * cking all private troops of General Xie Zi Liu!”
”Foreign and domestic difficulties! Foreign and foreign affairs! ”Not only do we not have any soldiers, we don't even have any money left …”
”The government's little taxes are not even enough to cover the expenses, the interest on the compensation to the foreigners can only be settled with the help of the customs. The Northwest Zuo Zongtang Army's western expedition, military telegraph money daily is almost enough to fill Yangxin Palace up.”
”Gather troops if you have no money!” He had no right to do so if he was unarmed! If you don't have the authority, you will die! ”
It seemed like her mother had been too anxious. She could no longer control the chaotic situation in the imperial palace, and at this moment, she placed all of her hopes on his son who was overseas, the Zai Chun who had always felt that he was young and inexperienced.
Zai Chun never thought that the Mother would say such words. In his impression, his mother was an extremely forceful woman, no matter how difficult and complicated the imperial government was, she did not reveal any signs of weakness or withdrawal.
I really did not expect that Mother would actually hide so much bitterness, so much helplessness.
”Don't we still have the North Ticket as our source of income? ”Is there a need to be so poor?”
”Aiyo, my good His Majesty!” The North Ticket was indeed a gold mine, but they couldn't hold on to too many! Do you know how many are taken by Baozi Liu alone? ”A full half …”
”The other six divisions must be divided equally. When they finally land in your Majesty's hands, there will only be a little bit of silver left …”
Liu Dadao was really the empress dowager's relative, he did not care about the methods used to speak, and in the end, gritted his teeth and said harshly, ”His Majesty, I, your servant, have said something disrespectful to you. You're the emperor if you have money, but if you don't have money, then you're the yellow soup!”
”How dare you!” Da Sixi growled as he was about to slap him, but Zai Chun raised his hand to stop him.
The young emperor was also so angry that his ears were red, but this anger was not directed at Liu Dadao, but at the harsh situation before his eyes.
”What are you doing?” What Liu Dadao said was not wrong... ”I am no longer the prisoner trapped in the Forbidden City. After walking out from that place, I finally know what the outside world looks like …”
”How foolish I used to be. I thought that if someone kowtowed to me and shouted 'Long live my life', would I truly live long live on? Everyone said that the Emperor was the Son of Heaven, but wasn't there still someone who rebelled in Great Qing? Aren't there still foreign countries overseas that are stronger than us? ”
”Master once said, power is not something that can be inherited from the start. Even if you are your own son and can take away justice, if you don't have the ability and can't grasp the power that your father passed on to you, you are still a puppet!”