After introducing the news, Hao Chujun suddenly changed his face, took out a memorial from his arms and said: "Your Highness, this is the budget that Wei Chen has re-drafted for Zhongshu Province. Please take a look at it."
Although it has increased by 30% from the original basis, the Ministry of Education of China will come up with a plan for everyone to review.
Li Yong stepped forward and brought the memorial up. After taking it, Li Xian opened it and smiled immediately.
Just after reading it once, he couldn't help but admire Hao Chujun's strong ability to accept new things.
Out of habit, he required the accounts of Juxian Tower and Sihai Tower to be tabulated in the manner of later generations, with every condition listed clearly. Including disaster relief, the same is true for various payment documents. In this way, you can more intuitively see the use of various funds, and it will be more convenient during settlement.
Originally, only a few people from the East Palace had learned this accounting method, but now, Hao Chujun actually learned it too.
After looking through the various types of funds from Zhongshu Province, Li Xian nodded and said, "There are no problems with the various types of funds listed by Hao Xiang."
Seeing that Hao Chujun's application was approved, Zhang Wenguan also smiled and took out his paperwork...
The entire morning was spent reading the memorial in person. Now the court is stable, the budgets of the three provinces and six ministries are all justified, and there is nothing that needs to be reviewed.
Zhang Lanyue, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was very smart and asked several subordinate officials to do the calculations. After all the calculations were completed, they discovered that they had spent as much money as possible, but in addition to the fixed money reserved for the treasury, there was still a lot that could not be spent. go out.
In normal times, it would be a good thing not to spend all the money, but now, it is best to spend all the money that should be spent, and not to spend it too concentratedly. Spend it as dispersedly as possible, and give the money back to everyone evenly Only among the people.
Looking at the results calculated by Zhang Lanyue, Li Xian was also a little confused. We have been extravagant and wasteful as much as possible, but there are still many places that cannot be taken care of. Especially Jiangnan Province and Lingnan Province, because the border fronts are concentrated in the west and north, there is not much war spending in these two places. When the imperial court purchases supplies, it is easy to ignore these places.
However, whether it is Jiangnan Road or Lingnan Road, there is no shortage of rich people, especially Lingnan Road. If the maritime merchants who go to sea form a family size, the Wang family will probably shun them in terms of financial resources. Just because of their status, they cannot compete with the Zhongyuan family. contend. In this auction, they should be the main force.
But now, it is clear that maritime merchants in Lingnan have spent a lot of money, but there is no way to return the money to Lingnan Road. This is a big problem.
Emperors from ancient times to the present have habitually focused their attention on the land. At most, they only paid a little attention to the ocean and did not really pay attention to it.
Perhaps, it would be a good choice to have the right to speak about the ocean in our hands since the Tang Dynasty and to let guys like Columbus lose their ideals early.
After thinking for a long time, Li Xian clapped his hands and said, "Fellow gentlemen, do you have an idea? Can we discuss it?"
Upon hearing the prince's voice, everyone was attentive and ready to listen.
Although this one has only become the prince not long ago, judging from the emperor's attitude in the past two days and the prince's performance during this period, I am afraid that he will be the next emperor. Under such circumstances, although the prince was only temporarily presiding over the government, it was okay to treat him as a saint.
"Judging from the level of lavishness at auctions, maritime merchants are still very profitable. Since Feng Ang came to Beijing during the Taizong period and Lingnan belonged to the Tang Dynasty, although there have been many communications between the Central Plains and Lingnan, they are still just a formality. Therefore, Gu suggested that the remaining The money invested will be used to control Lingnan."
Li Xian's words were spoken in a leisurely manner, but they caused an uproar among the courtiers.
Lingnan Road was indeed the land of the Tang Dynasty, but owning the land and controlling Lingnan were two different things.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, attempts were not made, but the passionate people sent to Lingnan either died of illness soon after arriving, or were teased and humiliated by the local aristocratic families and ended their own lives. Only a few were able to return north.
After hitting the wall several times, Taizong had to give up this idea and focus his energy on the north.
Today, the saints still focus on the north and are indifferent to Lingnan. Now that the prince brought Lingnan to the court, it was really unexpected.
This part of the money....
To be blind.
Many people have recognized this in their hearts, because they can't think of any other ending than failure.
Zhang Wenguan was stunned for a long time, and then he tactfully advised: "Your Highness, you should think twice about Lingnan. You have just come into contact with the government, and you don't know much about Lingnan... so it is better to discuss it later." .”
"That's right, Your Highness, I think it would be better to use this money elsewhere. In this way, the cities on the Tubo border still need to be reinforced. I thought it would be more appropriate to allocate funds to the Ministry of War."
Seeing Zhang Wenguan stand up and speak, Hao Chujun quickly followed.
Cui Yu was also a sensible person, so he couldn't see how these two people were protecting the prince. He immediately stood up and said: "Your Highness, the funds from the Ministry of War have been basically used for their purposes. If it is to strengthen the city, it does need to be increased. I thought that this If the money can be used on the Tibetan border, the border army officers and soldiers will definitely be extremely grateful to Your Highness."
After saying a few words, three people jumped out to refute. Li Xian is not stupid either. It can be seen that there is obviously something wrong with his arrangement.
If you think about it carefully, if this money is used for Lingnan, it may not be enough for early development. If you do something with insufficient budget, it is easy to declare bankruptcy. Maybe you are too impatient. The meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step.
Taking a long breath, Li Xian smiled and said: "Since the three Qing families all think it is better to allocate funds to the border troops to strengthen the city, then let's do it. If the money is not enough, additional funds will be allocated from the treasury. Since we need If it is reinforced, it cannot be reinforced half-heartedly. Not only is it impractical, it also makes the Tibetan people laugh."
Seeing that the prince changed his mind, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Led by Hao Chujun, the ministers shouted: "Your Highness is wise."
Even if you don't say that you are wise, this is not flattery. In the eyes of courtiers, an emperor who can accept his own mistakes and correct them is a truly good emperor. Emperor Taizong was like this at the beginning, and although the current emperor was like this in the early days, since his poor health, he has become a little more wanton.
Now that the prince can humbly accept suggestions, it is definitely a good sign.
Perhaps, the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty can continue to last.
