The matter has basically been discussed and it is time to resign - Yan Shizhao also meant this. He glanced at Ni Wenhuan beside him and was about to say goodbye.
However, before the words were spoken, Yan Shizhao heard a voice coming from the side:
"His Majesty……"
His movements stopped immediately, intending to listen to what Ni Wenhuan had to say.
At this time, Ni Wenhuan on the side, although hesitant and entangled on his face, still asked:
"Your Majesty...has this matter been discussed with the cabinet? After all, if the cabinet does not agree, it may not be possible..."
After all, the cabinet has the power to grant and return seals. If the emperor didn't discuss it with those cabinet elders, what if he did it? At that time, he even offended several pavilion elders for nothing.
When Zhu Changxun heard this question, the smile on his face froze suddenly, but he quickly recovered and said with a smile:
"I haven't told the cabinet yet, but I think my master will agree with me."
"His life-long dream is just to create a prosperous age... Only when he has both civil and military skills can he call it a prosperous age!"
"You guys go quickly."
…
Li Ruhua, the Minister of Hubu, returned to his territory - Hubu.
As soon as he came back, he immediately called his subordinates, handed him a stack of paper in his hand, and said:
"This is related to the project that will be implemented in the Northland. You should go find a few people and calculate the materials, money, food, grass, etc. required. There must be no mistakes."
The official reached out, took the paper, looked at it for a few times, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
Li Ruhua noticed this keenly. He raised his head and asked doubtfully:
"What's wrong?"
The official scratched his head in confusion and said:
"Sir, renovating water conservancy projects in the north of Ming Dynasty is a big project and will cost a lot of money!"
"Yes." Li Ruhua was a little impatient. He had just discussed with Yan Chenhao and others for a long time. He was already very old and now he was even more tired. He didn't expect that his subordinates would bother him with such things. He couldn't help but Di was a little annoyed and said:
"It costs a lot of money, don't I know? It's just a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and although the national treasury may be a little empty, it is still within the tolerance range, and the recovery will be very fast in the coming year... Forget it, just hurry up and do it Got it!"
However, the official did not leave in response to the call as before, but stayed where he was and continued:
"My lord, that is to say... this water conservancy project alone can increase the treasury by 10 to 70%. If we add troops to the north, the reserves in the treasury alone will not be enough... Do we need to increase taxes again?"
"Why are you sending troops to the north? What are you talking about?" Li Ruhua said in shock. He even thought he was hearing hallucinations. When did this happen? Are we in the same Ming Dynasty?
However, the surprise on the official's face was no worse than his:
"You don't know? His Majesty's decree that Shilang Ni brought back requires us to calculate the amount of grain, grass and money needed to conquer the North, and also requires us to start counting and making preparations."
"What!" Li Ruhua jumped up from his seat as if there were springs under his legs. He grabbed the official's sleeve and asked:
"What's the will? How come I don't know!"
The official was startled by the old man, stammered, and recounted the story.
Li Ruhua, who learned about the incident, immediately found Ni Wenhuan.
At this time, he had gathered a group of officials from the Ministry of Revenue and began to calculate the money and food needed for the Northern Expedition. Li Ruhua pulled out Ni Wenhuan from among them and asked anxiously:
"What happened to sending troops to the North? Why didn't I get the news? Tell me in detail!"
Of course he was anxious, because according to the official, this was the emperor's order, but this... was contrary to the result of their discussion just now!
If he had followed this plan, he could have even seen the dawn of the great prosperity of agriculture and the great power of the Ming Dynasty in the North of the Ming Dynasty. However, if he sends troops now... let alone other things, an expedition to the grassland will cost an incredible amount of money. Projects that benefit the people will no longer be possible!
So at this moment, he was extremely anxious.
Ni Wenhuan would not resist his superiors and tell the truth.
"Sir, I don't know why Your Majesty asked me to go instead of you... These are His Majesty's orders. I just followed them." He said innocently.
Li Ruhua was suddenly confused. In recent years, the overall situation of the foreign dynasty was basically controlled by the cabinet, and Yan Chenhao made his own decision. Only a few particularly important matters would require additional instructions from the emperor. The rest were basically approved by the cabinet in the memorial and then submitted. Ouchi, and the emperor agreed with the cabinet's approval, so there was no need to find someone else to discuss it himself. As a result, after such a wave, he almost forgot that the emperor still had the practice of finding someone to hold "small meetings".
The problem is that the current treasury cannot satisfy these two orders at all, and one of them must be vetoed. So which one should be vetoed? Needless to say, no matter how Li Ruhua looked at it, he felt that their plan was more reasonable.
After all, the various tribes in Oara are still fighting for life and death, and there is no sign of unification. Even if any tribe is lucky enough to have a hero, it will not be possible to complete the unification within ten years. The first one back then, it will take three generations. People, Zhu Changxun’s idea of grassland unification was achieved after decades of hard work is good, but it is too subjective.
However, if he directly vetoes the return of the seal, it will not look good on the emperor's face, and it will cause some trouble. Therefore, someone must explain the causes and consequences to the emperor and win his approval. An old man who is an official in the court, he knows this all too well.
He hurried to the cabinet, ready to find this person.
Ni Wenhuan on the other side had a bitter look on his face.
He has now basically understood why the emperor found him and entrusted him with great trust - but he would rather the emperor was not looking for him at that time.
In the original history, Ni Wenhuan was one of the "Five Tigers" of Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party. It's detestable that they acted as helpers and harmed Zhongliang, but Ni Wenhuan was able to climb here and become Wei Zhongxian's think tank, which showed that he was somewhat capable.
He could see that it was obvious that the emperor's so-called "cabinet definitely approved" was just his delusional self-confidence. In fact, the cabinet had already had its own plan, and it was visible to the naked eye that it disapproved of his plan. .
Li Ruhua left in a hurry at this time, which is proof.
He vaguely felt that a big storm was brewing.
And he had already put half of his foot into it.
Thanks for the previous rewards of "A farmer's son works in farming again" and "There is no limit to good and no limit to evil", thank you! I haven’t watched the backstage in the past two days, I didn’t see it (ｐq)
(End of chapter)
