She smiled sweetly, "Well, Ashima dances for the Emperor of Heaven?"

Zhao Dongting was a little stuttering, "No, there's no need..."

Ashima had already swung a circle in place, and her dress was floating like a butterfly.

There is a beautiful woman in the south, dancing with light green waists. The banquet is in the evening of autumn, and the flying sleeves blow on the clouds and rain. It is as graceful as orchids and green as a dragon holding a robe...

Zhao Dongting stared at Ashima who was dancing gracefully, looking at her long sleeves that looked like clouds and mist, as if she had returned to the past, and Wu Amiao traveled west to Sichuan. On the night of the lantern, the woman in the green skirt looked back with a smile, and her head turned white all night after the broken mountain finger.

Such a dance move is so beautiful that the whole country is so beautiful that the smile is so beautiful.

Zhao Dongting finally realized what it means to "A song of Houting teaches dance, and the dance breaks the kingdom and the king is unknown."

Among the concubines in his harem, Zhang Ru Wushuang should be regarded as the concubine in terms of appearance.

In terms of temperament, Lechan should be the best.

In terms of figure, Yue Yue is the most attractive.

Music and dance lively and smartly, and Tolando is straightforward and straightforward.

Ying Er is gentle and graceful.

The rhyme and music are moving, and the long sleeves are good at dancing.

But even the dance of Yunjing is not as good as Ashima's dance. Perhaps only when she dances with her red skirt and sword can she be equal to Ashima at this time.

Yunjing's sword dance is soft and hard, and hard and soft. And Ashima's dance is lingering and soft to the extreme.

Every move of her was filled with endless temptation.

The shy, timid, but eagerly looking forward to Zhao Dongting made him feel primitive impulse and couldn't help but walk slowly towards Ashima.

The beauty is getting closer.

The dance gradually stopped.

Zhao Dongting's face was close to his beautiful red lips.

"emperor!"

Only at this moment, outside the Imperial Study Room suddenly heard a shout, "Eunuch Yi asked for a meeting, and there was an urgent report from the military."

Zhao Dongting came back to his senses, hurriedly took two steps back, his face a little embarrassed, and turned to the outsider and said, "Enter!"

Ashima's face was as red as a smoky cloud, she stomped her feet gently, and walked to the bookcase again.

Yi Shiyu walked into the house.

I saluted Zhao Dongting. As soon as I looked up, I saw Ashima who didn't dare to turn her head and looked here, only with a side face. An extremely shocked look appeared in her eyes.

Then, he hurriedly lowered his head again.

He raised the letter in his hand, "Emperor, the imperial guards in Shu are urgently reported."

Zhao Dongting took the letter.

The emperor and others led the army to the north of Weizhou City, and the Yuan army occupied Weizhou and surrounding Jiuzhai. This trip was rushing to help Zhongxing Prefecture, which was probably prolonged, so they asked the emperor to prepare for logistical support for the army.

The minister Zhang Guangbao is in the distance.

Because it was Fei Ge who sent a message, there was not much content on the message. But this made Zhao Dongting slightly discolored.

It was only then that he realized that the Yuan army had already seized Weizhou City and the surrounding Jiuzhai.

This is really not good news.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Dongting said to Yi Shiyu: "I will send a message to the imperial guards in Shu and let them fight with all their might. Logistics will be arranged."

"yes……"

Yi Shiyu looked at Ashima without any trace and retreated outside the imperial study room.

Zhao Dongting said to the outsider of the Imperial Study Room: "Goudan, Zhu Shangshu of the Ministry of Publicity, Li Shangshu of the Military Industry, and Zhong Shangshu of the Ministry of War."

"yes."

Li Goudan's answer sounded outside the door.

Ashima's pretty face was still blushing, and she never dared to look at Zhao Dongting again. There was also a lot of shame and annoyance in her eyes.

About two quarters of an hour passed, Zhu Hecong, Li Qingyun and Zhong Jian walked into the imperial study room together.

"I'm going to see the emperor, long live my emperor!"

Zhao Dongting raised his hand gently, "No gift!"

Then he said to Li Goudan: "Give him a seat."

After the three of them sat down, he said, "Now our northern border of the Song Dynasty, the two military regions of Xianglong went to the Yuan Dynasty, and the Western border of Shuzhong Military Region rushed to Xixia. The logistics matters were specifically handled by you three departments. Now, how are you ready?"

War has never been just a battle between the front-line army, but also a competition of national strength and financial resources.

Although there were only 60,000 soldiers in each military region of the Song Dynasty, the money and food that so many soldiers needed to go to war was actually an astronomical figure.

The Ministry of Military Industry, Ministry of War, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Military Industry is responsible for the arms, Ministry of War is responsible for food and grass, and the military's regular supplies, while the Ministry of Finance is responsible for the matters that require direct use of real money and silver.

A war from the beginning to the end can be said to be inseparable from these three parts.

Hearing Zhao Dongting's question, Li Qingyun first replied: "Go back to the emperor, the old minister has already followed your wishes. The General Military Industry Department had originally made the weapons to be rented for Ma Yi, Bo Ni, Liu Qiu and other countries. The workshops in various military regions are still stepping up the production. As long as the front-line army needs to replenish the arms, they can continuously transport arms to the front line."

"Um……"

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work, Shangshu Li."

Li Qingyun hurriedly said, "This is my duty and duty to share my worries for the emperor."

Zhao Dongting chuckled softly and looked at Zhu Hecong again, "Shangshu Zhu, where is your Finance Department?"

Zhu Hecong bowed to Zhao Dongting, frowned slightly and said, "Emperor... With the existing silver in the national treasury, I am afraid that it can only support the frontier army... for half a year."

Zhao Dongting's smile became a little stiff, "Why did my Song Dynasty treasury reach such a tight end?"

Before, when Chen Jianghan was the Minister of State, Zhao Dongting would occasionally ask about the situation of the Finance Department. Chen Jianghan always said that the national treasury is full, and even Zhu Hecong himself said the same thing.

After all, the people's livelihood in the Song Dynasty is far from comparable before. Moreover, it occupies the richest Jiangnan West Road and Jinghu South Road, which are known as the hometown of fish and rice, and also in Qiongzhou. The two trade centers of the Dongsha Islands are gradually attracting more and more overseas merchants to do business with the Song Dynasty. The annual tax alone is an astronomical figure.

Even though Zhao Dongting took it from the people, used it to the people, and used this money to seek benefits for the people, the treasury of the Song Dynasty began to have surplus since the previous year.

Zhao Dongting really never thought that the treasury suddenly became tight.

Zhu Hecong said a little embarrassedly, "Report to the emperor, since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Military Industry has been rushing to build arms, and the treasury allocated silver in various places during the cold disaster... and there were many troops such as Tiansha traveling to Japan, Ma Yi and Bo Ni... Although our dynasty has sufficient taxes, the treasury is still not enough to make ends meet. There are also the arms rented by our army to Xixia, and Xixia has not paid enough silver to this day... So..."

Zhao Dongting smiled bitterly and waved his hand with a headache, "I understand, this is not your fault, nor the fault of the Finance Department."

Zhu Hecong had something else forgot to say, Panyang Lake reclaimed the sea, which was also a very expensive place.

Now the Song Dynasty really has many ways to make money and many places to spend money.

After pondering slightly, Zhao Dongting said again: "When the national treasury is insufficient, see if you can withdraw some silver from the bank! Go and ask the State Council to say hello."

Zhu Hecong hesitated a little, "Emperor, the bank is the basis for our dynasty to maintain economic stability. If the silver is transferred from the bank, I am worried that it will cause social unrest..."

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly and said, "You will discuss it carefully then!"

He felt that he was a little arrogant and low-key.

With his vision, he can create a lot of various things in this world. Unfortunately, it is difficult to master any kind.

After all, he was just a private company boss in his previous life, not an economic expert, bank expert, arms expert, etc.

This is also impossible.

Zhao Dongting was able to establish banks, build groups, and even customs in this era, but in the end, he was far from as mature and perfect as the banks in later generations.

The same is true for the other imperial institutions.

After rubbing his temples with some headaches, Zhao Dongting looked at Zhong Jian again and said, "How is the situation of the Ministry of War?"

He didn't think there would be any pressure from the Ministry of Finance, at least it would not be greater than the Ministry of War. Now, even Zhu Hecong said that the treasury was tight, so I guess the Ministry of War would not be much better.

After all, to be honest, since he revived the Song Dynasty in Guizhou, the Song Dynasty has not stopped much.

If American crops were not introduced into the country, crop cultivation methods were improved, various agricultural reforms were implemented, and the military would implement elite military policies, the entire Song Dynasty would have only been close to one million, so the domestic food and grass would have been unable to hold on for a long time.

Although the army has not yet had any danger of cutting out food, Zhao Dongting is really a little worried about the domestic grain reserves.
Chapter completed!