Tang Ke wanted to say, "Your Majesty, I oppose the enfeoffment system because the members of the imperial clan are too foolish to shoulder this great responsibility."

But Tang Ke couldn't say this, because he also knew why the emperor had implemented the enfeoffment system.

After the case of the imperial clan, the imperial clan members became a hot potato. If they were not sent away, they would become a disaster in the Song Dynasty sooner or later.

Instead of doing this, we should just get rid of them as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, the military supplies will be transferred from Jiaozhou Road. Zhang Jun currently has 150,000 armored soldiers, and each side will be reinforced with 20,000 troops, which is enough to protect the safety of the Marquisate."

Judging from Li Gang's words, he did not intend to launch an offensive immediately, but rather to wage a defensive war, adopting a "I will not attack unless attacked" approach.

Clearly, Zhong Shidao also agreed with this view. There was no reason to send troops; sending troops unjustly would provoke resistance from Champa and Zhenla, and the situation would become terrible.

“Grain can also be drawn from Jiaozhou Road, but since it has been granted as a marquisate, it cannot be considered as a free subsidy from the imperial court.”

Xu Churen spoke up, and from what he said, it seemed he wanted the members of the imperial clan to pay for it!

Zhou Chao, the Minister of the Three Departments, immediately seconded the proposal.

They both adhered to the principle of saving every penny possible, which would greatly reduce the pressure on their year-end financial reports.

Zhao Huan underestimated his ministers; he hadn't expected them to be so good at saving him money.

Especially during the Zhou Dynasty, this guy would absolutely not spend a single penny if he could avoid spending money.

Zhao Huan said, "You can arrange these things yourselves. I don't have the energy to ask so many questions. But I do have a question: what if Zhenla and Champa both agree to let us establish a marquisate on their territory?"

That's a very tricky question.

Your Majesty, it seems you were prepared for them to disagree, so you deliberately placed two marquisates there to annoy them?

You're terrified that someone will agree to your request!

So you were prepared for war if others disagreed!

Seeing the ministers looking at each other in bewilderment, the emperor continued, "At the southernmost part of Champa, where the Nine Dragons River flows into the sea, there is a fertile plain that the locals call the Nine Dragons River Plain. During the reign of Emperor Renzong, Champa rice was introduced from there, and the grain there is even more abundant than that of Jiaozhou!"

The ministers then realized that the emperor had his eye on that piece of land.

But how could the emperor know so much?

Champa was a remote and small country. Although the Song Dynasty had trade relations with Champa, it was not clear about the food situation there.