Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 79 Financial Meetings

Accounting department?
After Wang Yongji finished speaking, he felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, not to mention the feelings of other people at the moment, especially the officials of the Ministry of Households.

Li Hong's face was flushed with anger. At this time, an official stood up, pulled Li Hong, looked at Wang Yongji coldly and said, "My lord, the Ministry of Households is in charge of all national finances such as land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, salaries, food, etc. Income and expenditure is not just a cashier, above the main hall, Mr. Wang, please be careful with your words."

Wang Yongji looked at the official with raised eyebrows, and said, "Who are you?"

"Fan Li, the new right servant of the household department under the lower official." Fan Li arched at Wang Yongji and said, "Let's not talk about the far away, just everyone present, who is not using the food collected by the household department from all over the country, and the draft is not enough. Forget the well digger, my lords."

"You... are bold!" Wang Yongji shouted, "I am speaking to your lord, when will it be your turn to speak?"

"Above the Golden Palace, there is no such thing as your lord and my lord. The palace is full of His Majesty's servants, and they should be loyal to His Majesty. If there is only one lord in the palace, that is Sheng Tianzi." Fan Li said neither soft nor hard. .

Wang Yongji's face turned red, Fan Li's big hat was really a bit serious, but if he was to admit his mistake to a right servant of the household department, he still couldn't save such face.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Jian said slowly again: "In the hall, the ministers are discussing matters, don't talk about those useless things, my lords, what we are talking about is the distribution of tax money in the second quarter."

"Yes, let's talk about distribution." Wang Yongji immediately said: "Lord Fan, I disagree with the proposal of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Give the Ministry of War 20 taels, which is too little and not enough."

"It can be discussed if it is not enough. The Ministry of Households only proposed a preliminary distribution plan, and the final decision is still based on His Majesty's opinion." Fan Li said indifferently: "However, the money is not enough if the Ministry of War says it is not enough. If an adult thinks it is not enough, he has to come up with a reason for not enough."

Fan Li, the new right servant of the household department of the imperial court is a figure whom everyone expects. As soon as he returned to the imperial court, he used his own means to make his voice known to the entire imperial court and made everyone remember him instantly. Even Wang Mang felt that this Fan Li was indeed a talent.

"Okay, let me talk about the reason." Wang Yongji pondered for a moment, and said: "The southern war is just before the final battle. Although the imperial court has raised a part of the money to escort to the south, but for the whole war, that's not enough. Some money is far from enough. In addition, the Ministry of War believes that funds should be allocated to strengthen the defense of the grassland area defended by Marquis Dingbei. To put it bluntly, the southern rebels will not be able to reach Chang'an City for a while, but the cavalry on the grassland only needs to After defeating Yunzhong City, it will take only a few days for troops to come to Chang'an."

"Your Majesty." Fan Li turned to look at Wang Mang, and said, "I think what the Ministry of War said is reasonable, but I leave it to Your Majesty to decide."

Wang Mang glanced at Fan Li in a little surprise. He couldn't understand why Fan Li said that, but when he looked at Li Hong, who looked a bit ugly, Wang Mang understood a little. There were some conflicts between the two household bosses.

Don't be afraid of conflicts. What the emperor fears most is the unity of the officials under him, so Wang Mang nodded happily and said, "I will consider it."

Seeing that Wang Yongji's opinion had an effect on the emperor, Minister of Rites Zhao Xin also stood up at this time and said, "Qizou Your Majesty, scientific research is a prosperous time for the imperial court every three years, especially this year's scientific research is even more important." This is the first scientific expedition since His Majesty took the throne, so it should be held more grandly."

"Master Zhao, for the last scientific examination, the imperial court allocated 10 taels of silver to the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites did it very grandly. According to what Master Zhao said, it will not be possible to give 10 taels to the Ministry of Rites this year?" Li Hong said with a livid voice at this time. The face said.

"Master Li, the last scientific examination was three years ago. Others don't know about that time, but you still don't know. At that time, 10 taels of silver was enough, but now 10 taels are definitely not enough." Zhao Xin glanced at Li Hong, then turned to face Wang Mang, and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know, three years ago, the total number of scholars who participated in the imperial court's scientific examination was 500, and this scientific examination, currently There is still one month before the scientific examination, but the Ministry of Rites has received submissions from more than 600 candidates. According to the situation in previous years, the number of scholars participating in the scientific examination this year will reach more than 500. Your Majesty, it is not that I am afraid of difficulties. It is really not the same thing to organize 10 people to take an exam and organize [-] people to take an exam, and the Ministry of Households returned [-] taels of silver to the Ministry of Rites, which is definitely not enough."

"There are so many people this time? What's going on?" Zhang Jian looked at Xin Zhao in surprise, and the other officials were also surprised. They were really surprised by the number.

"The reason for the war in the south." Zhao Xin said with a smile: "The war in the south is about to end. In order to avoid being held accountable by the court after the war, the powerful families in the south almost sent their family fortunes to Chang'an for this exam. I got good grades in the second exam and contributed to the continuation of the family, so this time the number of people has increased a lot.”

"Since this is the case, it seems that it is not enough to return 10 taels of silver to the Ministry of Rites." Zhang Jian nodded.

All the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs nodded their heads. What could Li Hong say, he could only grit his teeth, and cursed in his heart that these bastards had done everything they could, without telling him the whole story in advance.

If Li Hong had known that the Ministry of Rites had already registered so many candidates, he would definitely need to increase the budget.

Fan Li took a thoughtful look at the officials in the hall, and understood in his heart that this might be the continuation of the impact of Fang Xizhi's case, and the court officials were very wary of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Where is today's quarterly financial meeting of the imperial court?

Fan Li felt that the Hubu could not be so passive, otherwise, in the future, among the six departments of the imperial court, the Hubu would only be at the bottom and be bullied by others.

Seeing that Yu Wenkai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, stood up at this time, Fan Li rolled his eyes, stood up before Yu Wenkai, and said respectfully to Wang Mang: "Your Majesty, the distribution plan of the Ministry of Households this time does have many flaws. But the Ministry of Households didn’t know about the increase in the number of people taking scientific examinations before, although they knew that Marquis Dingbei needed money, they didn’t pay much attention to it, but there is something that needs to be reported to His Majesty.”

"What's the matter?" Wang Mang glanced at Fan Li. He was sitting on the high platform, and any disturbance in the hall could be seen in his eyes. He had already seen Yu Wenkai was about to stand up, but was interrupted by Fan Li. .

Fan Li said loudly: "Qizou Your Majesty, His Majesty asked the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for the renovation of the roads in and around the capital city the day before yesterday, and allocated 10 taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry to repair the roads. It is far from enough, so I am going to report this matter to His Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to allocate an additional 10 taels of road construction money to the Ministry of Industry."

As soon as Fan Li's words fell, Yu Wenkai stopped first, with a look of surprise on his face, while the other adults looked at Fan Li quietly, and even Li Hong looked shocked at the moment.

(End of this chapter)