Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 717
Li Shimin was at the Chengtian Palace, and he couldn't figure out how he could have no money. The income of the court is quite a lot. Eighty percent of the tax revenue of the entire Tang Dynasty is on the side of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and there is also a lot of money in the internal funds. , But now, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has no money, and the internal funds also have no money because of supporting the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Li Shimin can't figure this out.

"Your Majesty, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, please see me!" At this moment, at Chengtian Palace, Wang De came in and said to Li Shimin.

"Well, let him come in!" Li Shimin nodded, and after a while, Tang Jian came in, and when he saw Li Shimin, he immediately bowed his hands.

"It's about money again?" Li Shimin looked at Tang Jian helplessly and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister has calculated several times. This year's shortfall is about 800 million yuan. Now the money is still not available. In addition, the army from the expedition to Persia will return soon. Once it returns, it will need more It will cost a lot of money, estimated to be around 500 million yuan, and now there is still a difference of 200 million yuan!" Tang Jian said standing there.

"There is a difference of 800 million guan, how can there be such a difference? In the past, 200 million guan was enough for a war, but now it is 3000 million guan, what is going on? It has only been a few years, why is there a difference of ten million?" Doubling the money and food?" Li Shimin sat there, looked at Tang Jian and asked.

"This minister doesn't know. The accounts are all there, and the minister has also read them. It seems that there is no problem!" Tang Jian said immediately, cupping his hands.

"No problem? Huh? No problem. Where did the money go? Over the years, the expenditure of the court has increased. The annual expenditure has reached 1600 million yuan, which is about three times the previous amount. How much money is spent!" Li Shimin continued to say dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, all the money and food are accountable!" Tang Jian cupped his hands again and said, from Li Shimin's tone, Tang Jian knew that now Li Shimin doubted how the money was spent.

"Okay, I'm not talking about you, I just want to know why it costs so much? How much money is spent on a war?" Li Shimin sat there and continued to ask.

"This minister doesn't know. If you really want to ask, you need to ask the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War. They are the ones who purchase the supplies for the battle. We didn't understand that we are just responsible for paying the money!" Tang Jian stood there and continued to clasp his hands. .

"Is there a solution to the deficit?" Li Shimin then asked.

"When you return to the emperor, you can only deduct it from the tax returns from various places and delay handing it over to them. In this way, you can still retain about 100 million yuan, but there is no other way. The money from a few workshops will be paid in the next quarter. It is estimated that it can only be distributed as a dividend of 400 million yuan. These have been eliminated, but it is still not enough.

Therefore, I am also worried about what to do, but as far as I know, the dividends from the internal funds may exceed 1000 million yuan this year. If the internal funds can support us, it is still barely enough! "Tang Jian continued to say to Li Shimin.

"The internal money still needs to support you. How much money has the internal money given you these years? It was originally in accordance with the regulations. It is you who need to give the internal money, but now, you are still staring at the internal money?" Li Shimin He said very angrily,

The money from internal funds can be used by the court, but it cannot be necessary. If it is necessary, it is better to directly hand it over to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Why bother!
"This!" Tang Jian stood there without speaking.

"This matter, your Ministry of Civil Affairs will find a way!" Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian and said.

"Yes, but, I have no other choice, we have thought of all the solutions we should think of!" Tang Jian said immediately, clasping his hands.

"Then keep thinking and discuss with those ministers!" Li Shimin said very displeased,
After Tang Jian heard this, he could only bow his hands again, and then withdrew from Chengtian Palace. After leaving Chengtian Palace, Wei Chen was also waiting for Tang Jian outside.

"How?" Wei Chen looked at Tang Jian and asked.

"Hey!" Tang Jian shook his head and said.

"Here, you didn't tell the truth to the emperor, and didn't let the emperor check the accounts?" Wei Chen continued to look at Tang Jian and said.

"What's the use of talking? Let's talk about it. We will be the ones who will offend people. It depends on whether the emperor can think of this. The money this time is almost divided by the family and those vassal kings. So many corrupt people The emperor didn't know about the situation, and continued to let the Overwatch Council controlled by King Wu,
Hey, forget it, don't talk about it, it's useless, the emperor still believes in King Wu, from Shen Yong's incident, you still can't see it? "Tang Jian continued to look at Wei Chen helplessly and said.

"But, this matter is not the responsibility of our Ministry of Civil Affairs! Forget it, let's not talk about it, is the emperor willing to give us the money from internal funds?" Wei Chen looked at Tang Jian and continued to ask.

"I disagree!" Tang Jian said with a sigh.

"Disagree? This, the most profitable business in the entire Tang Dynasty, except pig iron and salt, is controlled by the royal family. How much is controlled by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry? It is tax collection. Now there is not enough money, and there is no internal money. Support us? Besides, if it weren't for those vassal kings and noble families, our Ministry of Civil Affairs would be so poor?" Wei Chen said anxiously,

He is now the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Tang Jian is not too young. It is estimated that he will be able to take over Tang Jian's position in a few years, and Wei Chen's reputation in Mingming is also very high, and he does things fairly. When he was transferred back, he was also sealed as the Duke of the state.

"Don't talk about it, Shenyong doesn't dare to say it anymore, you still say it, you think you are Shenyong, can suppress those vassal kings and families?" Tang Jian looked at Wei Chen and reminded.

"I, hey, how could the emperor treat Shen Yong like this, for a king of Wu, unexpectedly!"

"Okay, stop talking!" Wei Chen was still complaining, but Tang Jian interrupted him and didn't let him continue talking.

The two of them walked towards the Ministry of Civil Affairs while talking.

In Chang'an City, many officials also gathered together. Now the proportion of officials from aristocratic families has dropped to about [-]%, and the proportion of children from poor families has reached [-]%. Grouped together, now that they see the court like this, some poor officials are also preparing to write a letter,

As for the representatives of the poor family officials, one is Sun Fujia, the minister of Dali Temple, and the other is Ma Zhou, a member of Zhongshushe. They are representatives of the poor family officials, so many people like to find them.

"This memorial can't be posted!" Sun Fujia looked at the memorials of several officials in front of him, and said to them with a sigh.

"You can't go, listen to my advice, if you go, you might lose your head, this is not a joke!" Ma Zhou was also sitting there, looking at the officials of the sixth rank in front of him and said.

"However, everyone now knows that the most profitable business in the entire Tang Dynasty is controlled by the royal family. Isn't that enough? The royal family controls so much wealth, and those vassal kings and aristocratic families are still dividing up the tax revenue in the court. Your Majesty will Don't you care?" an official said excitedly.

"Okay, don't post such a memorial, such a memorial is not allowed, let the royal family hand over those shares, what a joke, don't you think about it, who gave these shares to the emperor, it is Xia Guogong, should we still fight against Xia Guogong? No way? Duke Xia treated us well! Besides, this time he ended up like this because he opposed the expedition, so don’t make trouble for Duke Xia!” Sun Fujia said while sitting there, looking at them with a sigh.

"Hey!" Ma Zhou also sighed.
Then the other officials were very helpless, and they didn't want to go to the court when Xia Guogong was involved. They admired Wei Hao in their hearts, and knew that if it wasn't for Wei Hao, many of them would have no chance to be officials. Wei Hao invented paper and printing, and gave scholars such good conditions. He also founded many schools. Over the past few years, he opened Enke every year and admitted many students to the court. These students also remembered Wei Hao. Kindness.

"I really don't want to be reconciled. If Duke Xia is still in the court, who would dare to corrupt, even those vassal kings and aristocratic families would not dare to give them ten guts. Wouldn't Duke Xia kill them?" Ma Zhou said angrily.

They knew how Wei Hao dealt with the aristocratic family and those corrupt officials at the beginning, but now, Wei Hao is far away in Luoyang, and he doesn't care about the affairs of the court at all. gas,

The same is true for those generals. In this battle, no one listened to Wei Hao, resulting in a defeat. Some officials even attacked the generals. Those generals can only endure now. Who told them to lose the battle? After about half a month, The expeditionary army has returned,
Yuchi Jingde arrived in Chang'an with some generals, but Yuchi Jingde was much thinner and older than before, Cheng Yaojin was shocked when he saw it.

The same is true for Li Jing and Qin Qiong. This battle has only been fought for a few months. How did it become like this.

"Jingde, what's the matter? This is, let's go to Juxian Building!" Cheng Yaojin went over and said with his arms around Yuchi Jingde.

"Hey, I'm not going. I have to go to the palace to report back. I want to ask the emperor why he didn't listen to Shen Yong at the beginning, why he didn't listen, and the minister sent telegrams back again and again, hoping to withdraw the army. Why didn't there be any movement? Those telegrams Like a stone sinking into the ocean?" Yuchi Jingde was furious.

"What did you say?" Li Jing heard it, and looked at Yuchi Jingde in surprise.

"When we first attacked, our attack was very smooth, but when we took down six or seven cities, the enemy's counterattack began. Those people were very tough. We couldn't understand their language. Those translators are not enough. There is no one who will not die in a war. Those local people will attack our barracks, and our soldiers will definitely kill them.

In the back, almost the entire local population, everyone may be an enemy, we can only slaughter everything we can see!I wrote telegrams several times and came back to withdraw the troops, but there was no response to the telegrams, and His Majesty continued to increase troops, which made my minister completely incomprehensible! " Yuchi Jingde shouted very angrily.

(End of this chapter)