I am a corrupt official, but they say I am a loyal minister!

"Lin Aiqing, what do you think?"The empress asked.

Lin Beifan clasped his hands and said something shocking:"Your Majesty, I believe that this compensation is very inappropriate and should be abolished!"

As soon as these words came out, Man Chao suddenly became excited.

"Abolish compensation? We finally negotiated the compensation, but you want us to scrap it?"

"Don’t give up more than 3 million yuan a year? What's the point?"

"Lin Siye, did you accept the benefits from the envoys of the Duoluo Kingdom, so you spoke for them like this?"

"Lin Siye, do you know what this means? You are betraying His Majesty, betraying me, Dawu! Are you worthy of His Majesty's great love for you?"

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Lin Beifan, the new top scholar and the Imperial College Secretary!"

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Lin Beifan was very calm and looked directly at the civil and military officials.

The empress, who was well prepared, was also very calm:"Quiet! Let us listen, what did Lin Aiqing say?"

"Your Majesty, and all ministers, before talking about this compensation, let us first take a look at the situation in Doro Country!"

"Doluo Country was originally a small border country of our Dawu Dynasty, with a population of just over ten million, limited resources, and extremely poor life. It can never be compared with my Dawu Dynasty!"

"It is reported that their annual treasury income only reaches 8 million! If there is a famine or any military or man-made disaster, the treasury revenue will be greatly reduced!"

"Before, they had a war with me, Dawu, and their defeat made things worse!"

"In such a bad situation, we have to spend 3.2 million taels every year, which is simply an unbearable burden!"

"I think your Majesty and all the ministers should already understand this!"

The Jinluan Palace gradually became quiet, listening to Lin Beifan's analysis.

"Therefore, this compensation will definitely be distributed to the people of Doluo Kingdom! The life of the people of Doluo is already hard enough, but with this added burden, it will definitely be miserable!"

"One year is bearable, but what about two years, what about three years?"

"Who wants to carry this burden all the time?"

"In the long run, it will inevitably arouse public anger! If public anger is aroused, force will inevitably be resorted to!"

"By resorting to force, who are their targets?"

"It can only be me, Dawu!"

The whole hall was in an uproar!

Lin Beifan continued to speak impassionedly:"Because this heavy burden was imposed on them by us! They will naturally hate us, and they will naturally take revenge on us!"

"This officer concludes that within three years, the military will resume!"

The whole hall was in an uproar again!

All civil and military officials were moved!

The empress also changed her expression!

"Therefore, this compensation clause is actually a declaration of war! As long as we dare to send it out, there will be a war between us and the Doro Kingdom within three years!"Lin Beifan's voice was sonorous.

"Just fight, are we still afraid of them?"An old minister was dissatisfied.

Lin Beifan sneered:"Master Wang, that's quite easy to say! Do you know how many resources are needed to start a war? How much manpower and material resources are needed?"

"I tell you that a force of 100,000 people will consume 400,000 kilograms of grain in one day! According to current prices, 100 kilograms of grain requires 2.5 taels of silver, and 400,000 kilograms of grain requires 10,000 taels of silver!"

"In addition, in order to cooperate with the main battle force, nearly twice as many logistics personnel are needed for support, so there are actually 200,000 people, and the daily consumption is 800,000 kilograms of grain and 20,000 taels of silver!"

"And we have to deal with Doro's army! Based on previous war experience, we need to send at least 300,000 main battle troops to form a crushing force! So on this day, the food consumption alone requires 60,000 taels!"

"If things go well, the war can be ended within three months! But for three months, the food consumption alone was a terrifying figure, reaching 5.4 million taels! If things don’t go well, the consumption will only increase!"

"There are also other material resources, such as the loss of soldiers and armor, horses, bows and arrows, etc., as well as the loss of transporting food, and the pensions of generals and soldiers. These are also astronomical figures, and I have not included them!"

"As the saying goes, when a cannon goes off, a thousand taels of gold come! Lin

Beifan looked at the questioning minister:"Master Wang, do you think it is so easy to fight a war now?" This is all money. Even if our treasury is rich, it will be very difficult to support such a war! Is it worth fighting a war that costs tens of millions just for a few million taels of compensation?"

"What's more, we face more than one Doro! There are also many great dynasties with great ambitions, eager to take over the Central Plains at any time! There are also vassal kings from various places, they have to guard against them!"

The opponent angrily retreated to the crowd of officials.

Lin Beifan clasped his hands and said in a deep voice:"So military matters should not be used lightly! Your Majesty, please take a closer look!

The empress nodded:"Lin Aiqing, what you said makes sense!""

"So we don’t want this compensation? If you don't, wouldn't it only encourage the arrogance of Doroguo? No, how can I be worthy of my son who sacrificed himself?"A minister said excitedly

"Of course! However, we can try another approach!"Lin Beifan smiled slightly.

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