Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 78 Financial Meetings

Shangguan Wan'er stole 10 taels of silver from the small treasury, and promised Shangguan Wan'er to allocate another 10 taels of silver from the household department to Shangyuan Palace in the near future. Wang Mang was a little unwilling to be let go by Shangguan Wan'er.

The foundation of the world!
Walking on the way back, Wang Mang couldn't help laughing wryly. He thought he wasn't bewitched by Shangguan Waner's peerless beauty, but the cake that Shangguan Waner drew for him was too attractive.

One day without incident, Wang Mang reviewed the memorials as usual, and when Wang Mang came together the next day, Deng Fang led a group of little maids to dress up neatly according to the emperor's clothes.

Looking at himself in a dragon robe in the mirror, Wang Mang couldn't help saying, "Handsome!"
Today is the Great Court Meeting, and the content of the meeting has been decided long ago. To study the distribution plan of the money transferred to the household department in the second quarter of the court, all the yamen are gearing up, and Wang Mang is also planning to make a fortune out of this money, at least first. Wan'er's money is settled.

The court meeting was held in the imperial study room. Since the imperial study room was completed, all court meetings, except for necessary special court meetings, such as offering sacrifices to heaven, were all held in the imperial study room by Wang Mang.

The Imperial Study Room has a large space, good conditions, and is cool and refreshing. All the ministers stayed comfortably, and even the most conservative ministers never objected to it.

This also made Wang Mang firmly believe that the so-called old-fashioned sect did not abide by the rules left by their ancestors, but only their own interests.

The ministers and others kowtow to His Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!

After a long shout, Li Hong took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, Li Hong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, has requested His Majesty to study the use of tax money for the second quarter at the court meeting today. The Ministry of Household Affairs has drawn up a rough plan. Please submit the plan of use to His Majesty."

As soon as Li Hong's words fell to the ground, all the ministers in the court looked sideways, and even Wang Mang looked at Li Hong strangely.

You know, according to the previous rules, the household department will only report to the imperial court how much money it has collected in the second quarter, and then the imperial court will discuss the use plan, and finally the household department will distribute the money according to the decision of the court meeting.

Although it is true that the Ministry of Households is responsible for the use of the imperial tax and silver among its responsibilities, the Ministry of Households may not have used this duty much for hundreds of years, especially in recent years, the Ministry of Households has never used him once duty.

But this time, the Household Department suddenly exercised power according to its duties, which made everyone strange, but what the courtiers thought was whether this was ordered by His Majesty, and what Wang Mang thought was whether this was the result of the connection of the courtiers.

Deng Fang took the memorial presented by Li Hong and passed it on to Wang Mang, Wang Mang casually opened it, looked at Li Hong and said, "Li Shangshu, please talk about the basic situation and the ideas of the Ministry of Household Affairs. "

"I obey the decree." Li Honggong said, then straightened his waist, and introduced to the courtiers: "The Ministry of Households collected a total of 150 million taels of national tax silver in the second quarter, which was 30 taels more than the first quarter. A lot of land has been lost, and the court has more ways to collect taxes. At present, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the remaining 10 taels of silver obtained from Fang Xizhi's house raid last time, the court has a total of 160 million taels of silver."

"The Ministry of Households comprehensively considered the actual situation of the imperial court and made the following allocation opinions on the money. 20 taels were given to the Ministry of War for the southern war, 20 taels were used to pay the salaries of hundreds of officials to the Ministry of Officials, and 20 taels were given to the Ministry of Industry to repair the river. As well as road construction, 20 taels will be given to the Ministry of Households to appease the victims of the disaster in the south, 10 taels will be given to the Ministry of Punishment to renovate the prison, 10 taels will be given to the Ministry of Rites for this year’s scientific examination, and 10 taels will be given to Shangshutai for political reform. , Nanyang Order reported that there were rioters in the imperial court, and countless dealers were damaged, and they reported to the imperial court to allocate 10 taels of silver to relieve the common people. The above distribution, the household department still has a balance of 40 taels of silver to prepare for the imperial court's contingency." Li Honglang said that the household department will be allocated. The opinions are briefly introduced.

After Li Hong's introduction, Wang Mang said, "Dear dear ministers, what do you think about the distribution opinions of the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Wang Mang doesn't know other people's opinions for the time being, but Wang Mang is not satisfied with this distribution plan. The court collected so much money, but it turned out that Wang Mang had nothing to do with Wang Mang's half dime when the money was distributed. Wang Mang was very dissatisfied with this. But Wang Mang can't say it, he has to let the ministers say it, anyway, Wang Mang is not the only one who is dissatisfied.

For example, Wang Yongji, Minister of the Ministry of War, is the vanguard who asks for money at every court meeting.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Mang's voice fell, Wang Yongji stood out and bowed to Wang Mang first, then turned to look at Li Hong and said, "Li Shangshu, I don't know if the distribution plan of the Ministry of Households is His Majesty's idea or the court's intention." Which adult mean, or you Li Hong and Li Shangshu mean?"

Li Hong's complexion changed. Wang Yongji shook his head and said, "Master Wang, if you have something to say, don't make wild guesses. Your Majesty's meaning is not the meaning of any adult in the court, nor is it my own. It is the result of joint discussions between the official, the two servants of the household department and the six Yuanwai Lang. If Mr. Wang is not satisfied, you can raise it. My household plan is just a draft."

"It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's that everyone is dissatisfied." Wang Yongji said loudly, "What does your Ministry of Accounting mean? It has not been researched by everyone, especially His Majesty's approval. Your Ministry of Accounting has drafted the text. What exactly does your Ministry of Accounting want?" do what?"

Wang Yongji's words made all the adults in the court hall twitch their eyelids, and Li Hongdang immediately said: "Master Li said carefully, the household department is the household department of Daqin, it is your majesty's household department, not our household department. Could it be that Mr. Wang said so? Do you want to say that the Ministry of War belongs to Lord Wang?"

Wang Yongji turned pale, immediately shook his head and said, "I didn't say that."

Zhang Jian stood up slowly, and said unhurriedly: "My lords, this is a meeting before the emperor, don't be rude in front of your majesty, talk about things if you have something to say."

"Yes." Seeing Zhang Jian coming out to make a rescue, Wang Yongji gave Zhang Jian a grateful look, then looked at Li Hong and said, "Master Li, let's not say whether the 20 taels of the southern war is enough or not, let's just say a little bit, and settle the North." You should have seen Hou Mengtian's request for instructions."

"I see." Li Hong nodded.

"Meng Tian's request for instructions was in duplicate, one was handed over to the Ministry of War, and the other was handed over to the Ministry of Households by the Ministry of War. Meng Tian said in the request that some things happened in the grassland since last year. It is not known whether these things are good or bad, but According to common sense, defenses must be strengthened in the northern grassland area, and Yunzhong County, where Marquis Dingbei is stationed, also needs to rebuild the city wall to prevent the grasslands from invading, the household department should know about these things." Wang Yongji said again.

"I know, but the Ministry of Household Affairs has considered comprehensively and believes that this money is not urgently needed by the imperial court." Li Hong said neither hard nor soft.

"Li Hong!" Wang Yongji suddenly called Li Hong's name, and shouted loudly: "Is it possible that you, a householder who settles accounts, can consider important military affairs?"

As soon as Wang Yongji finished speaking, all officials in the court changed their colors, and Li Hong's complexion was even more livid.

(End of this chapter)