"Minister Lin, what do you think?" the empress asked.
Lin Beifan clasped his hands and said something shocking." Your Majesty, I think that this compensation is very inappropriate. It should be abolished!"”
As soon as these words were said, the entire court immediately boiled over.
"Cripple the compensation? It wasn't easy for us to negotiate this compensation, but you want us to cripple it?”
"You don't want the three million yuan a year? What logic is this?"
"Siye Lin, did you receive benefits from the envoy of Doro Country? Is that why you speak up for them?”
"Lin Siye, do you know what this means? You're betraying His Majesty and Great Martial! Are you worthy of His Majesty's love for you?”
"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the new top scholar, the directorate's director, Lin Beifan!”
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Lin Beifan was very calm as he stared coldly at the officials.
The empress, who was already prepared, was also very calm."Silence! Let us hear what Minister Lin has to say.”
"Your Majesty, and all the ministers, before we discuss this compensation, let us first take a look at the situation in Doro Country!”
"Doro Country was originally a small country on the border of our Great Martial Empire. Its population was only over ten million, and its resources were limited.”
"It is reported that their annual national treasury income only reaches 8 million! If there was a famine or a war, the income of the national treasury would be greatly reduced!”
"Previously, they had a war with Great Martial. Their defeat added insult to injury!”
"In such a terrible situation, we still have to fork out 3.2 million taels every year. It's simply unbearable!”
"I think that His Majesty and the ministers should have understood this long ago!”
The throne room gradually quieted down as they listened to Lin Beifan's analysis.
"Therefore, this compensation will definitely be distributed to the citizens of Doro Country! The lives of the people of Doro were already hard enough. With this additional burden, they would definitely be miserable!”
"I can endure it for a year, but what about two years?”
"Who wants to carry this burden forever?”
"In the long run, it will definitely arouse the anger of the people! If they aroused the anger of the people, they would definitely resort to force!”
"Who is their target?”
"It can only be me, Dawu!"
The entire hall was in an uproar!
" That's right!" Lin Beifan continued vehemently." Because we're the ones who put this burden on them!" They will naturally hate us and take revenge on us!”
"This official is certain that in less than three years, the war will rise again!”
The entire hall was in an uproar again!
All the officials were moved!
The empress's expression also changed!
"So, this compensation clause is actually a letter of challenge! As long as we dare to send it out, we will definitely have a battle with Doro Country within three years!”Lin Beifan's voice was sonorous.
"So what if they fight? Why should we be afraid of them?”An old official was unconvinced.
"Lord Wang, you make it sound so easy!" Lin Beifan laughed coldly. Do you know how many resources are needed to start a war? How much manpower and resources would they need?”
"Let me tell you, a 100,000-man army requires 400,000 jin of rations in a day! According to the current prices, every 100 catties would require 2.5 taels of silver. 400,000 catties of grain would require 10,000 taels of silver!”
"In addition, in order to coordinate with the main battle force, we will need nearly double the number of logistics personnel to support it. Therefore, it is actually 200,000 people. The daily consumption is 800,000 catties of grain and 20,000 taels of silver!”
"And we have to deal with Doro's army! According to our previous experience, we need to send out at least 300,000 main battle troops to form a crushing force! Therefore, on this day, just the food consumption alone would cost 60,000 taels!”
"If everything goes well, the war can be ended in three months! However, in three months, just the amount of food consumed was a terrifying figure, reaching 5.4 million taels! If the situation didn't go well, the consumption would only increase!”
"There are also other resources, such as the loss of armor, horses, bows and arrows, as well as the loss of food transportation, the compensation for the generals and soldiers. These are also astronomical figures, and I didn't count them!”
"As the saying goes, once the cannon is fired, ten thousand taels of gold will come!”
Lin Beifan looked at the minister who questioned him.""Lord Wang, do you think it's that easy to fight a war now? This is all money. Even if our national treasury is abundant, it will be very difficult to support such a war! Was it worth it to fight a war that cost tens of millions just for a few million taels of compensation?”
"Besides, we're facing more than one Doro! There were also many large empires with wild ambitions. They were eyeing the Central Plains like tigers eyeing their prey, ready to invade the Central Plains at any time! There were also the various vassal kings, they had to be wary!”
The other party resentfully retreated to the middle of the officials.
" That's why we can't use our troops rashly!" Lin Beifan clasped his hands and said in a deep voice. Your Majesty, please investigate!"
"Minister Lin, you're right!" The empress nodded.”
"Then we don't want this compensation? If he didn't want it, wouldn't he be boosting the arrogance of Doro Country? If he didn't want it, how could he let down his son who had sacrificed himself?”An official said excitedly.
"Naturally! However, we can change the method!”Lin Beifan smiled.
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