Zhumen Hangui

Chapter 397 One word, no money
Just when everyone thought that Su Yizhao had completely offended the princes and would be hindered in the court in the future, the princes' reactions were extremely flat, and they accepted it so calmly.

Zong Zeming laughed heartily after hearing the news.

This girl likes to pick chestnuts out of fire, but what makes him strange is that those princes are willing to cooperate with her to build momentum. It seems that they see Su Yizhao's potential and want to make friends with her.

The emperor looked at the green young man in front of him, and he was in a very good mood.

He was tired of looking at those old men in the court, and now there are some fresh and pleasing faces, among other things, looking at them makes him feel happy.

"I heard that the third child and the others wanted to invite you to a banquet, but you refused them all?"

The emperor asked someone to give him a seat, this opening remark was more like chatting with Su Yizhao.

Su Yizhao quickly thanked him, but only dared to sit on the half side.

The manager Xu Luo raised his eyelids, there are too many officials coming and going in the imperial study room, but there are very few people who have been granted a seat by the emperor.

"Going back to the emperor, I'm really ashamed to say it. It's the first time I received an errand, and I was afraid that I would not do well, so I had to take it back to proofread. Before I finished the errand, I didn't dare to go anywhere. Thinking that it was only a literary society after all, I was thinking about it." If you are on an errand, you will only be absent-minded when you go, but fortunately, your highnesses don't care about it."

Su Yizhao smiled shyly and innocently, as if he was unreasonable, and didn't think so much.

"Afterwards, my grandfather reprimanded me all the time, saying that I didn't know good from bad, and refuted the face of your Highnesses. I will not dare to act like this again in the future."

The emperor's skin is twitching, they are all foxes of a thousand years, what are they playing in Liaozhai?
He doesn't think that Su Yizhao is too young to understand these things.Obviously, he was merciless in his calculations before, and he pretended to be innocent!

"Hey~ If my sons are as hardworking as you, then I don't need to worry so much."

The emperor sighed as he spoke, and Su Yizhao immediately stood up in panic.

"Your Highnesses have excellent abilities, so naturally you can get twice the result with half the effort. This minister is stubborn and dull, so I can only work harder."

Su Yizhao murmured in his heart, what did the emperor want to do by calling him to the imperial study room this time around?I have already fully explained the previous Haishi.

"Hmph! You don't have to be humble, I don't know your ability yet? Just speak freely in front of me."

The emperor waved his hand, a little displeased.

However, Su Yizhao cursed secretly in his heart, I believe you are a ghost!
"How dare I hide it in front of the emperor? Naturally, I know everything and say everything."

The emperor is very satisfied with Su Yizhao's attitude, you are working for me, if you collude with the prince, then no matter how capable you are, I will not reuse you.

However, this trick alone is not enough to make the emperor completely trust Su Yizhao, so he will naturally try again.

"Haishi has already started preparations. As you said, the profits in the future will be very considerable, but that's all for the future. The preparations will not be completed in a year. The initial investment is so large, recruiting troops, building large ships, which one is not necessary silver?"

The emperor sighed as he said that, "You still said that you want to send envoys to various countries to suggest trading places. You can't do this to other countries? You also need to give them some profits every year. Thinking about it makes me feel distressed."

"Your Majesty, you can't let go of your child and you can't let go of a wolf!"

Of course Su Yizhao knows that it is not easy to establish a sea market, but once the sea market is successful, the huge profits will definitely reduce the burden on the treasury.This revenue alone is enough to cover most of the court's expenses.

The emperor pointed at Su Yizhao and snorted coldly, "You said it lightly, but there is no money for the initial investment!"

"Just yesterday?" The emperor pointed in the direction of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and said loudly: "The Minister of the Household Department, Zhu Hongchang, asked me for money as soon as he came to court, saying that the national treasury was already empty. down the penny."

The emperor said and broke his fingers, "It's been eight months since last year's taxes, and the national treasury is almost exhausted, so we're just waiting for this year's taxes!"

Su Yizhao looked at the emperor a little speechless, why did he count on his fingers?
The appearance of the emperor at this moment is exactly the same as that of her previous life, counting the days with her fingers and waiting for salary. It turns out that the emperor and the court are also so poor.

"Your Majesty! You can't cut corners in this initial investment, and you can't be sloppy with conscription and weapons, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

Su Yizhao's little mind was spinning very fast at the moment, she thought of a way, but she didn't say it.

How can there be no benefit?She doesn't care about the gold, silver and cloth as rewards, she has a lot of treasures in her hands!
"Then tell me, how did the court get the money? You can't raise taxes."

Su Yizhao's heart is secretly refreshed by the emperor's helpless look, please give me some benefits, and I'll tell you, I don't tell him ordinary people.

"Your Majesty, Master Zhu, Minister of the Household Department, and Master Li, Minister of the Ministry of War, handed over the signboards and entered the palace, saying that they have something important to announce." A servant outside the imperial study came to report.

The emperor suddenly had a headache, "Look, if you say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here, isn't he here?"

"Xuan!"

When Master Zhu and Master Li came in, Su Yizhao had already stood up to greet her. She hadn't grown up to such a degree, and the two second-rank officials definitely didn't have a place to sit.

When the two came in, they saw that Su Yizhao was there, and they were not surprised.

During this period of time, because of the Haishi incident, the emperor always summoned Su Yizhao to give lectures.

In fact, lecturing scriptures was just a pretext, it was the servant's errand, and it was not Su Yizhao's turn.

After Su Yizhao waited for the two to salute, he quickly saluted them with a very humble attitude.

The two just agreed. To them, Su Yizhao was just a sixth rank, so they didn't need to pay too much attention to it, so they had to carry it naturally.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Luo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, will advise the court today that the ships of this dynasty are all warships, and this cannot be changed.

If it is to renovate and repair the warships of the previous dynasty, it will take at least half a year, but the cost is not small.If it is necessary to rebuild a large merchant ship, it will not be successful within three to five years. "

Zhu Shangshu felt that the emperor was confused by the big cake drawn by Su Yizhao.

He admitted that Su Yizhao's plan is feasible, but the preparation time is too long and the investment is huge, it is absolutely impossible to start making profits so soon.

"Your Majesty, the current national treasury is not enough to support this part of the expenditure, please forgive me for being powerless."

Zhu Shangshu once again objected, anyway, his reasons are sufficient.

The difficulties we are facing now are clearly on the surface. If we do not solve these problems, we will not be able to develop at all.

"Your majesty, you said that if you want to expand the navy, you must recruit soldiers. The minister has already drawn up a plan, but the Ministry of Finance keeps refusing to have any money. In this way, the matter of recruiting soldiers and horses cannot be carried out."

Master Li, Minister of the Ministry of War, also complained that the emperor ordered the development, but there is no money, so what can we do?
"Your majesty, you need money to build ships, open chambers of commerce, recruit soldiers, and manufacture weapons. You know how much money is left in the treasury. I have already reported to you before."

Zhu Hongchang glanced at Su Yizhao, this kid will confuse the emperor, isn't this going to scratch his skin?
In short, in a word, no money.

(End of this chapter)