36 And he ate his grain

Looking at the Tonglu Garden again, the Yuan family had just settled down to take over, and Bihe said to the Yuan family on the road: "Madam, this Dugu family has always been against us before, and this time he has lost power, should we give him some hardship?" ”

"Huh? It's not that I'm unkind to be a sister, it's just that even if I'm kind to you, the other sisters, I'm afraid they won't agree, you go and don't hurt your life, after all, the son is still the son, just let her suffer a little sin. Yuan said expressionlessly.

"Yes, slave and maid will go." Bihe hurriedly agreed.

"Well, the luncheon is more sumptuous, I'm afraid Xun'er is coming." Yuan remembered his son as he walked, so he commanded.

Bihe also seemed to be very happy, and said, "The son is filial, and he will definitely come to congratulate you, Mrs."

……

Sure enough, Yu Wenshen came over at noon, and the mother and son held a banquet to celebrate and talk about wine.

"The child congratulates his mother, he has the trust of his father, and he will take care of the affairs of the inner house, and in this house in the future, except for his father, he will respect you, and the child will respect his mother." Yuwen knelt down to congratulate him.

"My son, get up quickly, whatever you don't care about is to take care of some housework for your father." Although Yuan said this, the joy in his heart was still on his face, and he helped his son up as he spoke.

"It's a happy event to deal with the affairs of the inner house, but it's another happy event that my mother has no stumbling block under her feet." Yuwen said with a deep smile, and then helped his mother to the seat.

"Yes, from now on, there is one less person in this house who is right, let the mother be quiet and quiet." Yuan sighed a little.

"Mother is going to enjoy happiness in the future, but it's not Qingfu, it's Hongfu, with Zhu Xuanzhi as a helper, why worry about big things." Yu Wenshen sat back under his mother and said.

"The bamboo Xuanzhi you are talking about, it is really a god, I went to run an errand for my mother, said a few common words, and watched the excitement, and I had such a big harvest." Yuan seemed to feel that all this came too easily.

"Yes, yesterday's incident, fortunately, Mr. Zhu informed the child Yang Shi's death early, and made countermeasures, so that we got such a big favor from Murong Mansion in vain, and let the prince fall so much, it is really a matter of raising his hand, the situation is changing. The ability of the ghost valley and the talent of the dragon are impressive! Yu Wenshen said while playing with the wine bottle in his hand.

"Tell my mother what is going on."

"Okay, then the child will talk to his mother......" Yu Wenshen drank a few more glasses, and then said with a fluttering eyebrow.

……

The next day, Shenwu Temple.

The emperor sat upright, with an expression on his face, Yuwen Hu leaned back in his chair, glanced down, and then said, "Say it." ”

Only then did the ministers begin to prepare for their deliberations. The first to play was the great sect Bo Yuanxin, who presented a note with both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, Tsukazai, early this morning, the Spring Palace received a letter from Murong Mansion, and Murong Chunding, the envoy of Tuyuhun and the younger brother of the old prince of Murong Longan, wrote to His Majesty as an envoy, saying that Princess Qingshi's jade body is sick and needs a long time to recuperate. ”

For a while, a low, suppressed voice came from the Shenwu Palace, buzzing......

Some people bowed their heads, closed their eyes, and didn't say anything, for fear that they would hear some wind. I didn't know anything, I looked left and right, and talked quietly until Yuwen Hu on the chair "Cough!" Cough! After two sounds, he cleared his throat, and the hall fell silent.

Seeing that Yuwen Hu didn't plan to speak, the emperor had no choice but to say: "Since the princess is sick, and Tuyuhun has sent envoys to discuss, then let the princess recuperate first, Yuanqing, you are responsible for drafting the decree, and you know the princes of the world, so you will say that the princess is not well, and the matter of marriage is postponed, and after recovery, invite all the princes to come." ”

"This ...... I have already written the Great Zhou Kingdom, and I am afraid that some people will say that my Great Zhou has reversed its word,......" Yuan Xin said cautiously.

"All the envoys who come to participate in the selection of horses will be rewarded with five hundred taels of gold, fifty brocades, ten beauties, and ten pieces of agate and jade, and they will be persuaded to stay in Chang'an for a few more days. Let's talk about the princess's marriage later. Yuwen Hu said to Yuan Xin.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Yuan Xin retreated.

"The Great Situ Liang of the Chendi Palace and something to do!" As soon as the voice fell, a half-hundred-year-old man who was slightly rich but had a fine light in his eyes walked out of the ranks, held a wat board and said: "Your Majesty, Tsukazai, the minister and several middle doctors have taken stock of the treasury in recent days, and found that the expenditure in the first half of this year has been seriously overspent, and it is about to catch up with the expenditure of the whole year. ”

"What? Money spent so quickly? Lao Liang, can you tell me in detail? Yuwen Wu suddenly became nervous. Eyes widened.

"Back to Your Majesty, Tsukazai, last year, the treasury recorded a total of 18,860,000 taels of silver, and in the first six months of this year, the summer palace budget treasury spent a total of 9,574,000 taels of silver, but now it has spent 1,0736,000 taels of silver, and the overexpenditure is 1,162,000 taels of silver, and the budget expenditure for the second half of the year is 8,140,000 taels of silver, but now the treasury still has 8,124,000 taels of silver, although there is still a balance of 160,000 taels of silver. At least 500,000 taels of silver are needed, and, according to Si Tianjian's report, this year, in the territory of Dazhou, the flood season in the south is longer, especially in Jingzhou, Fengzhou, Chuzhou and other places, I am afraid that there will be serious waterlogging, at that time, there will be two silver taels for disaster relief, not to mention another two million vehicles, if the Northern Qi Dynasty takes the opportunity to raise troops to attack, then it will need a lot of unknown money and grain to fight. As a result, the treasury will not be able to make ends meet. Liang He said a lot in one breath.

After listening to this, Yuwen Hu let out a long sigh, then closed his eyes and shook his head, and was silent for a long time, as if he felt the difficulty of being in charge. The ministers also bowed their heads and remained silent.

"How did you spend the money in the first half of the year, and how did you overspend?" Yuwen Wu thought for a while, and there was nothing he could do for a while, so he had to ask.

"Back to Tsukasa, the expenses for the first six months are like this." Liang He sorted out his thoughts for a while, and said slowly: "According to the old practice of previous years, the budget expenditure of the treasury in the first half of the year should be almost the same as that in the second half of the year, but this year is different, in the first half of this year, there are two happy events in the heavenly family, and the expenses should be larger than in previous years, but now it is still overspending, first of all, the dowry for the Turks, including a thousand taels of gold, silk and satin, agate jade, brocade jewelry, etc., the comprador has a total of 1563,000 taels of silver, and the construction of Jinghe Palace has cost a total of 1,658,000 taels. Last year, 1.1 million taels were allocated to the Hermitage Sikong Mansion, and this year 558,000 taels were allocated. In addition, in order to welcome the envoys of various countries to come to our Great Zhou, 1,332,000 taels of the Zongbo Mansion of the Spring Palace were allocated to repair the post house and supply the envoys of various countries for expenses, and the rest was the normal expenses, including the officials' salaries, which amounted to 2,374,000 taels of silver, and the salaries and grain and grass of the garrisons in various places amounted to 3,547,000 taels of silver. ”

Listening to the details of these expenses reported by Liang He, everyone was thinking in their hearts, because everyone who used money had their own accounts in their hearts, and those who didn't use money stood silently, as if it had nothing to do with themselves, and there was a death-like silence in the Shenwu Palace.

The emperor put his hands in the sleeves of his robe and clenched it fiercely, the treasury overrun was so serious, how could he not be in a hurry? Besides, the vast majority of the overspending reported by Liang He just now was counted on his own head, first of all, he married the Turks, he was just a chess piece used by your Yuwen Hu, this queen, this alliance was actually bought by you with money, if you hadn't rashly used troops to Qi State several times, why would the national strength be lost so far? Why is my Great Zhou afraid of him Turkic? At least in the battle against Turkic Muxuan, you are already at a disadvantage. There is also the construction of Jinghe Palace, which shared more than 1.5 million silver before and after, and Jinghe Palace is lived by myself, so I don't have a number in my heart? How did your son Yu Wenxun build a courtyard covering more than 100 acres in Chang'an? In addition, officials at all levels have rebates when they buy, and they are greedy for ink at all levels...... Don't forget it,

The emperor knew it in his heart, and Yuwen Hu understood it even more in his heart, of course he knew where the money went, but when Liang He put the accounts in front of him, he was a little shocked, so he had to say helplessly: "Forget it, it has been spent like this, how much is left in the treasury, more than eight million?" ”

"Yes, there are eight million two hundred and twenty-four thousand taels." Liang He told the numbers very clearly.

"That is to say, for the rest of the year, we will have to live on this silver, and the salaries of the officials, the salaries of the soldiers, as well as the control of the river, disaster relief, and the reorganization of the army and the war, will we all rely on this silver, will there be no income?" Yuwen Wu did not lose hope.

"There are inputs, the ministers have been gifted before, and the taxes in various places can only be paid at the end of the year, and there is the salt and iron of the official camp, and the spring ploughing and autumn harvest of each year are the time when the salt and iron are converted to the yamen, and now the spring ploughing has just passed, and the autumn harvest season is after the flood season in the south, and if the Northern Qi wants to attack, the time to commit the offense is also afraid that it is in the rainy season, while we allocate grain for disaster relief. Yizhou, Bazhou, and Tongzhou each produce silk, plant mulberry and raise silkworms, spin silk into cocoons, and finally produce silk and satin and the taxes collected by merchants such as Nanjiang and Tuyuhun are also in the autumn. Therefore, the minister suggested that Tiangong, Sima, Da Situ, Da Sikou, Sikong, Da Zongbo, etc., should still draw up a list of items for each prefecture, and the ministers should discuss again, where the use needs to be reduced, where the use needs to be suspended, and the limited silver dual-use should be used in the place where it should be used urgently, and it is good to spend this year's New Year. Liang He suggested.

"Then in that case, you can go and draw up a piece of paper, and I'll discuss it tomorrow." The matter has come to this, and Yuwen Hu can only do this.