Luo nine needles

Chapter 113

Huo Lian, who is full of horses and horses, has already entered the imperial city.

Because of the emperor's order, he came directly to the imperial study.

The court meeting has been disbanded, but there are also many officials in the imperial study room. There are many things to do in the great court meeting, but the details need to be discussed by the small court meeting.

The officials gathered in twos and threes to talk and wait. Seeing Huo Lian approaching, some turned their eyes away, and some greeted with a smile.

"Doctor Huo is here." The eunuchs said with a smile, stretching out their hands to invite, "Come on."

Several important officials were still waiting under the verandah, and they were not allowed to enter without passing the pass. Seeing that Huo Lian passed the pass, they didn't have to go straight in. Some officials were dissatisfied.

"No rules," they said.

Some officials also smiled: "Don't worry about it."

Cruel officials are just livestock hounds raised by the emperor. Naturally, there is no need to follow the rules when pets are loved by livestock. They are indulged when they are useful, and discarded when they are useless.

There are only a few words about Huo Lian, and everyone doesn't talk much about it. Now that this cruel official is still being favored, he can't be touched and should be kept at a respectful distance.

The sight and discussion of the officials outside were blocked by the heavy imperial study door.

The sound in the imperial study was a little noisy.

Several officials were reading something, the emperor frowned slightly while listening, and stretched out his hand to press his forehead from time to time.

"Your Majesty, Governor Huo is here." The eunuchs said.

The voices of the officials stopped, and the emperor signaled him to stand aside, while he continued to press his forehead and asked, "Don't read so much about this and that, just tell me, how much is the military expenditure?"

The officials exchanged glances, and one stood up and said, "The money is 940 million guan, the cloth is 780 million pieces, and the grain and grass are [-] shi."

Before he finished speaking, the emperor covered his face with his hands.

"Do you know the income reported by your household department just now?" he asked.

An official smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I'm waiting for you, so I can't come to ask Your Majesty for instructions."

"There are so many of you who can't do anything, what can I do alone?" The emperor put down his hands, with a helpless expression on his face, "I don't have my father and elder brother, so I'm going to ask who wants money?"

He is also very wronged that the treasury has no money. After he ascended the throne, he faced a deficit treasury, and he managed to survive the past five years.

The officials groaned.

"Think about it again." The emperor said kindly to several officials, "I don't ask for more, and the military expenditure will be the same as the previous year."

The officials reluctantly responded yes.

"However." An official thought of something and said, "There is an urgent need to allocate funds, and I have reported it for a long time."

When he said this, he glanced at Huo Lian.

What is he doing?All of them have never asked the Ministry of Households for money, and they need money to solve it themselves.

Huo Lian remained motionless.

The emperor was also a little puzzled and asked, "What's the matter?"

The official glanced at Huo Lian again, and said, "The border defenses of the Northern Navy have been damaged a lot over the years and need to be repaired."

Bei Hai Hai, the emperor is a little funny, knowing that everyone cares about Huo Lian's previous background, and is cautious when mentioning Bei Hai Hai.

"It's not a big deal." The emperor said, "The northern navy is stationed on the border, which is very important."

Pause here.

"They haven't deducted their military expenses, have they?"

The official quickly shook his head: "No, no, the soldiers' salaries and food have been paid in full."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction and asked, "How much does it cost to repair the defense?"

The official hurriedly took out a booklet and flipped through it, saying: "70 guan is almost enough."

"Compared to the amount just now, this is indeed a small amount." The emperor said with a smile.

The officials laughed too.

"That's it." The emperor said, pointing to the booklets held by the officials, "Add it to the pile of amounts you reported just now, and we will issue them together at that time."

Speaking of which, he smiled.

"It's already tens of thousands of guan, and adding another 70 guan, I don't think it's a big deal."

The official hesitated and wanted to say something, but the officer next to him had already glared at him and bowed down to salute: "I will obey you."

The emperor pressed his forehead: "Okay, you go down, let me rest, now when I see you, there are money in front of my eyes, and I feel dizzy."

The officials saluted: "Your Majesty has worked hard, and I will take my leave."

The official stopped talking and withdrew with everyone. When he came out, he was scolded by the official who stopped him: "Du Langzhong, you too. You don't have eyesight. What else do you want to say? You need to get it now? You are allowed to spend it this year." It would be nice to add it in.”

The official known as Du Langzhong looked helpless: "Master Huang, it's not that I have no eyesight, this." He shook the booklet in his hand, "This call was made the year before last. Push for a year."

That's it, Mr. Huang glanced at him: "So you really have no eyesight, have you forgotten what His Majesty said just now?"

What did His Majesty say?His Majesty asked whether the Northern Navy's military pay and food had been deducted, so it can be seen that there was no intention of being harsh and ignoring.

Master Huang smiled: "Your Majesty said that the military expenditure will be compared with that of the previous year."

He emphasized his tone the year before last.

"Do you think your majesty has a bad memory? Just now, your majesty directly reported the amount of the previous year and last year, down to every item."

Several officials nodded. Their Ministry of Household Affairs knew better than others that His Majesty's mind, memory and computing power are very unusual. This young emperor is very smart.

"Then, does your Majesty remember that the Beihai Navy didn't report for the defense repair last year?" Master Huang patted the brochure in Master Du's hand.

Yes, Master Du has recovered.

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"If you want me to say that the Beihai Navy is about the same." Master Huang snorted through his nose, "All these years, the military pay, food and grass have been fully paid, and the imperial court will recognize as much as they report in the military register, what else do you want? What kind of city defense repairs cost so much money, defense? Isn’t defense what people should do? Without defensive walls, the northern border cannot be defended? Then what’s the use of them?”

Having said that, flick your sleeves.

"If you do something like that, you can still keep them and support them. Military expenditures are never deducted. Gifts for grand ceremonies and festivals are a lot of money. Your majesty is magnanimous. It's not that they are dissatisfied and disproportionate."

Other officials also nodded. These military generals just like to exaggerate. They only want to make contributions to themselves. They don't care about the weapons of the soldiers, how much money they spend in the national treasury, and how much share they occupy.

"The matter of my bloated armaments should be properly calculated."

"What should be streamlined must also be streamlined."

"This year's military expenditure will be recalculated."

The household officials left, and the imperial study became much quieter.

The emperor did not send other officials to come in.

"It's almost noon, let the imperial dining room arrange meals." The emperor ordered the eunuch, "Let the adults wait a little longer, I will take a rest and take it easy."

The eunuchs responded and withdrew.

Huo Lian looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty has worked hard."

The emperor sighed: "Being an emperor is easy and simple, but difficult to say."

Huo Lian, with her head down, understood that she had something to order.

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