Urban Invincibility 9 Years

When Lu Guangyao presented this latest information about the situation in the southwest, Cai Changgong was completely furious.

Only then did he know why Lu Guangyao and Xu Youming called him into the cabinet overnight?

Obviously, compared to the petty fights between Shangsan Group and Xuanyuan Gang, the ever-changing joint exercises of the nine-nation coalition forces on the southwestern border are the heartache of the entire East.

Just looking at Cai Changgong, whose face turned blue and white, whether it was Lu Guangyao, the No. [-] Council President of the Golden Cabinet, or Xu Youming, the No. Shan, that expression is very embarrassing and helpless.

At this moment, Cai Changgong's palms were almost trembling, and he asked again: "Lu Guolao, Xu Guolao, how could the southwest border side present such absurd and stupid data and information?"

"If I remember correctly, the military salaries distributed by the Household Department Yamen to the Southwest Frontier Army every year are astronomical figures, and there is no shortage every year, and they are all paid on time. How can the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Southwest be full of staff? All weapons and equipment have become a problem, isn’t this an international joke?”

At this time, Cai Changgong tried his best to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart.

But in response to his question, Xu Youming let out a long sigh helplessly, and said dumbly: "Old Cai, you don't know about this."

"It is true that the cabinet allocates a large amount of military salaries to the garrisons in the southeast, northwest and four regions every year, but the household department yamen is not our territory after all."

"Although Feng Lao and Chen Guozhong's lineage have always been out of reach in terms of military power, they firmly control the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Officials in Kyoto."

"So how much of the military pay allocated by the cabinet every year is left among the four-border frontier garrisons is a matter that needs to be investigated."

"In addition to the southwest boundary, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so a large amount of military pay will be paid, and there will always be a few desperadoes who are not afraid of death."

"Several parties have operated, and it has formed the difficult situation we see today."

I have to say that Xu Youming's words are quite polite inside and out.

In contrast, Lu Guangyao on the side didn't have such a good temper.

He slapped the table in the conference room fiercely, and Lu Guangyao's face was also very ugly at this time: "Hmph, I think what Lao Cai just said is right, these goddamn moths should have cut them into pieces long ago. "

"If it hadn't been for the Nine Southwest Allied Forces military exercise, we people might still be kept in the dark by these moths? Hateful, really, really hateful."

Obviously, the dissatisfaction and anger in the heart of Lu Guangyao, the chief minister of the cabinet, has been completely filled up now, but there is a hint of helplessness and sadness in his words besides the full of resentment.

Regarding this, Cai Changgong was also silent for a while, and then said: "Lu Guolao and Xu Guolao, the southwest border is tight now, and the Nine Nations Allied Forces Chen Bing is on the front line in southern Yunnan. They are performing a joint military exercise in name, but they are actually spying on the reality of the southern border. . If one is not handled well, it is very likely to commit massive crimes.”

"At this time, if our southern frontier army can't even be fully equipped, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to us."

"In my opinion, it is better to immediately order another sum of military pay to relieve the urgent need."

Cai Changgong's suggestion can be said to focus on the overall situation, and it is a sophisticated solution for seeking the country.

But when he said this, Xu Youming and Lu Guangyao laughed wryly at the same time.

"Old Cai, you are in the Privy Council and are not involved in government affairs, so your suggestion is really taken for granted."

"It seems easy to allocate another sum of military pay, but it is just a matter of waving the cabinet's decree. But it is much more difficult to operate in practice."

"And once this move is made, what do you make the border armies of the east, west, and north think? Such a move will undoubtedly cause mutual hostility and dissatisfaction among the armies of the four eastern borders. This is not advisable."

"Besides, even if the other three frontier troops have no idea about the imperial edict of the Kyoto cabinet, the allocation of such a huge amount of military pay still needs to go through the hands of the household department. If the root problem cannot be solved, this series of exploitation will naturally occur. It will even intensify."

Taking Cai Changgong for granted, Xu Youming could only smile wryly and sigh.

At this time, Cai Changgong also came back to his senses, and couldn't help thinking about the deeper meaning and charm of Xu Youming's words.

After calming his mind for a while, Cai Changgong slowly raised his eyes. At this moment, there was a different kind of light in his eyes.

"Old Xu Guo, in your opinion, what should we do now?"

No longer plotting, Cai Changgong in front of him just threw this hot potato back into the hands of Xu Youming and Lu Guangyao.

Having worked with these two in front of him for so long, Cai Changgong naturally knows them far better than ordinary people.

So after Xu Youming rejected his suggestion for various reasons, Cai Changgong roughly understood that Xu Youming and Lu Guangyao must have calculated in their hearts.

Facing Cai Changgong's straightforward question, Xu Youming and Lu Guangyao looked at each other.

In the end, it was Lu Guangyao, the No. [-] chairman of the Golden Council, who stood up: "Old Cai, to tell you the truth, Mr. Xu and I have just made a resolution on this matter."

"That's our opinion."

"On the one hand, we must send elites from the Tai'a Group and the Inner Guard's Office to the southwest to conduct a thorough investigation on the military pay of the Southwest Frontier Army over the years. Once any illegal facts are found, they will be severely punished on the spot and will not be tolerated."

"On the other hand, we need to find a way to bypass the Ministry of Accounts and raise a huge sum of money to supply the Southwest Army and ensure that they have the ability and confidence to resist the next military provocation by the Nine-Nation Alliance."

As soon as Lu Guangyao said this, Cai Changgong immediately felt something was wrong.

Especially the second suggestion he gave, bypassing the Ministry of Accounts to raise military pay, such a arduous task is simply impossible in Cai Changgong's eyes.

You know, the Southwest Garrison has hundreds of thousands of people, and if you want to provide expenses for these 10 people, it must be the state machine.

"Lu Guolao, are you kidding me?"

"Bypassing the Ministry of Accounts to raise military pay? How to raise it? That's the cost of hundreds of thousands of troops. Even a mature listed group company can't withstand such pressure."

Seeing that Cai Changgong finally couldn't help expressing his doubts and difficulties, the two old foxes, Lu Guangyao and Xu Youming, took the opportunity to look at each other again, especially at this time Xu Youming said with a smile on his face: "Old Cai, ordinary economic groups can't afford such a large expense, but at this moment, if we can have a batch of treasures in our hands, wouldn't the problem be solved?"

Hearing Xu Youming's half-joking words, Cai Changgong was stunned first, and then he came to his senses as if enlightened, and said to himself: These two old foxes, no wonder they called me up in the middle of the night. Drunkards don't mean to drink