marquis of jingan

Chapter 722 Bargaining
Master Shen was helpless.

It's not easy for him to handle this matter.

Because Zhao Changping did take good care of him on weekdays, but Zhao Shangshu was a workaholic and took business affairs very seriously. If he tried to persuade him personally, it would be almost impossible to succeed.

But when the emperor opened his mouth, Master Shen had no choice but to lower his head slightly and say, "Your Majesty, the household management is reasonable, and I have no way to completely solve this matter, but..."

"It shouldn't be a problem if it takes a while."

The emperor said in a deep voice: "Then procrastinate, it's best to procrastinate for two or three years, let me save more money, and then..."

Speaking of this, His Majesty the Emperor said with some displeasure: "At that time, if the Ministry of Households wants to manage the money, let the Ministry of Households take care of it."

Shen Yi nodded silently, and was about to get up to say goodbye when His Majesty the Emperor waved to him and said, "Don't go out, let's have some food in the inner hall together, and then go out after eating."

Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, I should not stay in the inner hall for too long, otherwise it will be difficult to talk for a while."

The emperor stroked his chin, nodded and said "yes": "That's the reason, then you go out first."

Master Shen cupped his hands and left from the inner hall.

After leaving the inner hall, he stretched his waist and found another pillar to rest against.

Soon, the imperial dining room brought up plates of food, and asked Shen Yi and other ministers to eat on the spot in the Deqing Hall.

It is not the first time that civil and military officials have dinner in the main hall, and it is not even a particularly rare thing. The Chen court has been in the court for so many years. If there are many things to do every time there is a big court meeting, then half a day must be endless. In the afternoon, and even into the evening.

Those experienced ministers, or old fried dough sticks, put a piece of ginseng under their tongues before going to court to replenish vitality and strength.

That way you don't make a fool of yourself.

Only a young official like Mr. Shen would use his body to bear it.

After the food in the imperial dining room was served, Master Shen, who was already very hungry, also got something to eat casually. He brought a wooden plate, and found Zhang Jian among the many officials. The two brothers and sisters found a corner to squat Next, talk and eat.

At the moment Zhang Jian is a member of the household department of the fifth rank, Wailang, and he is also going to participate in the Dachaohui.

After the two brothers finished eating, Master Shen leaned against the corner and dozed off again. Compared to Zhang Jian, he was much more energetic. Seeing Shen Yi like this, he smiled and said, "Why, Ziheng was helping the Shen family again last night?"

Master Shen opened his eyes and gave Zhang Jian a blank look.

"I have been an official for several years, and I have never gotten up so early, so I am naturally not used to it."

Zhang Jian chuckled: "This is brother, you are not in good health. You see, brother, brother, who spent the night in Qinhuai River yesterday, isn't he still refreshed now?"

Shen Yi didn't feel sleepy when he said this, and immediately said with a smile: "Even after Zhang Xiang and Uncle Zhang leave Jiankang, no one is in charge of the senior brother, and the senior brother can't sleep on the Qinhuai River every night."

"Nonsense, where did Yeye go?"

Zhang Yi'an coughed, "Only occasionally."

The two chatted for a while, Zhang Jian suddenly took a look at Shen Yi, and asked: "Your Majesty just called you into the inner hall, is it against the household department..."

"A little unhappy?"

Shen Yi thought for a while, then nodded silently, and sighed helplessly: "In this world, no matter who it is, he will not be happy if you steal money from him."

Zhang Jian glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, "I persuaded the teacher..."

"It's useless."

"Uncle Zhao has such a temperament that no one can persuade him."

Shen Yi said softly: "However, this is also a good thing. Without this temperament, I can't manage the household department so neatly."

As of today, Zhao Changping has actually controlled the Ministry of Household Affairs for almost ten years.

In the past ten years, the Ministry of Households basically has some surplus money every year, and there are no mistakes in various accounts, and all kinds of taxes have been collected one by one.

These ten years can be said to be the ten years with the clearest accounts of the imperial court in the more than 60 years of traveling to the south.

Therefore, even though Zhao Changping has already been qualified to be a minister in the middle school, the emperor is reluctant to let him leave the household department, and still puts him in the household department, letting him be the general accountant of the big Chen.

While the brothers and sisters were still whispering, the emperor went down and returned, and sat on the throne again.

At this moment, most of the people had finished eating. The emperor glanced at everyone and coughed: "The court has rested for more than half a month, and all kinds of things are piled up. Are you ready to eat yet? Let’s continue discussing after eating.”

Hearing the emperor's words, all civil and military officials stood back to their original positions and bowed to the emperor.

The emperor gave a "hmm" and glanced at the high eunuch beside him.

Gao Ming immediately stood up and sang two words at the top of his voice.

"Proceedings~"

So, everyone stood up.

The emperor first glanced at Shen Yi, who was still standing beside the pillar, and then set his eyes on Zhao Changping. After coughing, he said with a smile, "My God of Wealth said in the morning that the income from the Shibo Division should be merged into the national treasury." , will be uniformly deployed by the Ministry of Household Affairs, just now I thought about it seriously in the apse."

"The income of the city shipping department is also part of Dachen's tax revenue. It stands to reason that it should be charged to the household department, and the household department will allocate expenses uniformly."

"but…"

Speaking of this, the emperor paused, and continued: "However, after all, the Shibo Department has just been built. Most of us in Jiankang don't know about many things, so we can't make rash decisions. The Shibo Department is managed by the doctor of the Ministry of War Shen Yi went down to oversee the construction."

The emperor looked at Shen Yi, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Shen, tell me, is there any problem with the income of the Shibo Department being merged into the household department?"

Master Shen bit the bullet and went out.

He took a deep breath from almost the back of the line, walked to the middle of all the officials, and saluted the emperor respectfully: "Shen Yi, the minister of the Ministry of Defense..."

He was about to salute when the emperor interrupted him and said directly: "Don't stick to etiquette, just talk about things directly."

Shen Yi nodded helplessly.

At this moment, he only felt that there were countless eyes looking at him.

Among them, there are the eyes of the five big bosses in Zhongshu, and there are scattered eyes from other yamen, but most of them should be the eyes of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Even Zhang Jian, who had not officially taken office in the Ministry of Household Affairs, followed his colleagues and stared at Shen Yi pretendingly.

Master Shen first bowed his hands to the emperor, and then to Zhao Changping: "Your Majesty has seen Zhao Shangshu..."

Zhao Changping looked calm, and said lightly: "Mr. Shen is very polite. Your Majesty asked you to say it, so you say it."

Shen Yi nodded.

He took a deep breath, and after sorting out his words, he bowed his head slightly to Zhao Changping and said, "Shangshu Zhao, according to the logic, the money from the Municipal Bureau should indeed be handed over to the Ministry of Households, but the five municipal bureaus along the coast The reason why the company can be established and can collect business taxes is mainly because there are coastal capitals and Japanese pirates that have been cleaned up in the coastal areas, so that I can make peace in Haijiang."

"Nowadays, the five guards under the Dusi Yamen are all built on the basis of the five municipal bureaus."

"Until the end of last year, the five guards were not fully formed, each with less than 5000 people, and they were still recruiting and training recruits."

"These five guards..."

Shen Yi paused, and said slowly: "The Ministry of Household Affairs has not paid a single cent so far. When fighting against the Japanese army, it was Jin Shizi who confiscated some money from his home, and His Majesty took out some internal money to barely join the army."

"Nowadays, the Dusi Yamen is established, and the household department does not have money, so it can only pay money from the Municipal Ship Department. These five Municipal Ship Departments have just been established. If you want all the merchant ships along the coast to enter and exit through the Shi Ship Department, not only It needs the cooperation of the coastal capital and some time."

"Currently, the income of the five municipal bureaus is not that much. It may be a little difficult to use it to supply the 5000 people in the five health centers."

When Master Shen said this, he said in a low voice: "Shangshu Zhao, the meaning of the official is that the money from the Shibo Department can be merged into the household department, but no matter what, you should wait for three to five years until the Shibo Department's income is stable. , After the five guards have not changed much, the income of the Shibo Division will naturally be included in the national treasury and allocated by the court."

Zhao Changping silently glanced at Shen Yi, deep in his eyes, full of relief.

However, there was still no expression on his face, and he just asked indifferently: "Since the accounts of the Shibo Division are so complicated, our account department is good at accounting, so the account department will send someone to clarify the accounts."

Shen Yi said helplessly: "Zhao Shangshu, when the five shipping divisions were established, Eunuch Sun had already brought some accountants from the household department down, and the accounts must be clear."

"It's just... the lower officials think that the Shibo Department still needs some time."

Zhao Changping glanced at Shen Yi first, and then stopped staring at Shen Yi. He looked at the emperor on the emperor's throne, bowed his head slightly to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the Shibo Department was built under the supervision of Langzhong Shen. Since Langzhong Shen In other words, then the matter of merging the income of the Shibo Department into the household department can be temporarily put on hold, but..."

Zhao Shangshu changed the subject, lowered his head and said, "However, the rules of the imperial court are rules after all, and it is impossible to drag it on like this forever. I beg your Majesty to make a holy judgment. When will the income of the Municipal Bureau be merged into the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

This is giving the emperor a deadline.

The emperor rolled his eyes and said haha: "Since there are special circumstances in the local area, then this matter will be postponed for a while. As for when it will be postponed..."

"Um…"

He rubbed his chin and said, "Let's go to Hongde for 13 years."

Zhao Changping nodded silently, and said, "Yes, then according to His Majesty's wishes, it will take two years until Hongde's 13th year."

Hearing Zhao Changping's words, the emperor couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

His original intention was to reach the end of Hongde's 13th year, that is, three years!

But the words had already been spoken, and it was not easy for him to bargain, so His Majesty the Emperor nodded helplessly.

"Okay, then this matter is settled."

The emperor looked at the officials with a tired tone.

"Now let's discuss the next thing..."

(End of this chapter)