When Li Huaqian saw King Hua sitting down, he said, "Your Majesty has also said it, and this matter will no longer be discussed." Today's trial of the political meeting two things, the first is 'autumn red', the specific situation is the imperial court's annual silver I can't send out, you all know, this year's silver I generally rely on the customs tax, this year's tax is only 12 million taels of silver, not enough for the annual silver of the officials of the imperial court, at this time, a discussion, first of all, how to divide the 12 million, and then the momentum of the customs smuggling to draw up a way, and finally His Majesty has some will, let's discuss, all agree, I let the permanent chamberlain approve the red. ”

The annual silver is also called "autumn red", which is allocated to various officials from the end of November to the beginning of December every year, similar to the nature of "year-end bonus". The annual silver is divided into the imperial court and the locality, and the imperial court is only responsible for the annual silver of the ministries and the subordinate agencies directly under the provincial institutions. Local officials at all levels are allocated by the local government. This time, the discussion was that the imperial court's annual silver was not enough.

When Mo Haige heard this, he was short of money again, and since Li Huaqian managed the household department, he was short of money every year. Thinking of this, Mo Haige glanced at Wu Peihang, and Wu Peihang said: "The customs are 30 million taels of silver every year, ten years ago, in the 28th, 29th, 30th, and 31st years of the empire, I presided over the household department, and the most 29 years at that time was 50 million taels of silver, and the minimum was 29 million taels of silver, not to mention the later stage of the war, after trading with the great powers, it was basically about 340 million taels, why is it less than a fraction of that time today?" ”

He Luo, who was in charge of taxation, retorted at this moment: "At that time, there were only more than ten imperial ports, which were relatively easy to manage, and smuggling was just an exception. Last year, the customs tariff was 20 million taels, of which 7 million taels were confiscated by smugglers, so they barely made up the shortfall, and the cabinet approved the salt and tea division's tax of 3 million taels of salt and iron, so that they could barely make up for last year's annual silver. ”

Li Huaqian: "It's all said that smuggling is a thing, let's talk about how to divide the 12 million taels first!" Hua Tianxiong, you say. ”

Hua Tianxiong himself is confused, he can't control these things, he is in charge of doing things, the budget of these years is in the hands of the household department, and the accounts department of the cabinet looks at the money, and he has more than 100 million silver taels under his account, but he can't spend a tael.

Hua Tianxiong glanced at Mo Haige, and this move was seen by Li Huaqian.

Early this morning, as the person in charge of the inner court, he went to Xiyuan to greet him, and he was left behind. Immediately, when he knew by His Majesty's side that King Hua had gone wrong, His Majesty was actually not too angry, but asked himself whether Hua Tianxiong was worthy of entering the political council.

Before Li Huaqian could say anything, His Majesty asked the attendant to tell Mo Haige to give Hua Tianxiong a try, and if Mo Haige thought Hua Tianxiong could, he would take him into the palace.

Li Huaqian also wanted this opportunity to give it a try, after all, this was an opportunity to accept people into his account. No, Hua Tianxiong and Wu Peihang have to look at Mo Haige's face and speak.

Hua Tianxiong said: "Lord Li, this 12 million taels of silver, it is a trivial matter whether the officials of the various ministries of the imperial court rely on this silver to celebrate the New Year, let's just say that the poorest officials in the imperial court are also a courtyard, four or five servants; The officials of the imperial court in other provinces do not rely on this, after all, the rich and poor of the provinces will think of giving these more or less, after all, it is the welfare at the end of the year, and the heads of the provinces are all thinking about asking for a 'political understanding and harmony'. ”

At this moment, Li Huaqian's eyebrows just let go, and he listened to Hua Tianxiong say: "This 12 million taels, I think there are a few things to take advantage of this time to talk about Lord Li, since August this year, the drought in Dongwen Province in the north, the grain harvest is not good, the household department allocated 10 million taels to supplement the disaster relief in Dongwen Province, and the political hall also squeezed out 4 million taels at the same time, these 4 million moved is the construction money of His Majesty's "Yishan Palace", which His Majesty agreed, but the "Yishan Palace" is scheduled to be completed next year, my lords, you can help me think of a way; In September, the third phase of the sand control project in Huxi Province was still in arrears, and I originally asked Huxi Province to raise its own funds, but Taifu said that there would be corruption in self-financing, so he asked the cabinet to approve two million taels of salt and iron taxes, but the number of final payments has jumped to hundreds of millions of taels, that is, it has been postponed for a period of time; At the beginning of this month, the coast of Twin Islands suffered a tsunami, flooding the three counties of Liushan, Chen'an, and Saizhong in Christchurch. Ladies and gentlemen, this 12 million taels, Yishan Palace, the tail payment for sand control, and the disaster relief on Twin Islands, all need that. ”

Li Huaqian's face was gloomy and ugly, and Mo Haige turned to King Hua and said, "Your Highness, Premier Hua is seeking the country's words." ”

As soon as King Hua was about to speak, Li Huaqian snatched Bai and said, "This 12 million is an annual salary, so we will discuss how to send it." The rest will be discussed later. Besides, you demolished the east wall and made up the west wall in the political hall, and you blame me. ”

Seeing that the meeting was about to be biased, Mo Hu opened his mouth and interjected: "Our military government doesn't want this year's silver, and I can probably save some." ”

This is not that Mo Hu relieved Hua Tianxiong, but that he heard what Mo Haige said to King Hua, and he was relieving Li Huaqian, who was a little anxious.

He Luo Chang served: "This will probably save eight million taels." ”

King Hua: "In the palace, I asked my grandfather to allocate it from the inside." ”

Li Huaqian: "This is not in accordance with the rules, the internal money is the use of His Majesty's benevolence and righteousness, Your Highness, don't even mention it." The palace itself is not in the annual silver, so you don't have to worry about it. He Luo Changshou, just now Premier Hua also gave an idea, the various ministries of the imperial court in other provinces do not care about this year, let them send it themselves. ”

When Hua Tianxiong heard this, why did he give the idea? When did you say that the various ministries of the imperial court are stationed in other provinces? Wouldn't those officials stationed in other provinces want to scold him to death!

Wu Peihang seemed to have seen too much of this kind of thing, and glanced at Hua Tianxiong helplessly.

Mo Haige: "Don't mention King Hua, and Mo Hu's side, don't don't send it, in the "Military Struggle", the three armies can win the spirit, the general can win the heart, for some money, the army is in turmoil, there is no need, this matter should be for the country rather than for themselves, the yamen of the various ministries of the imperial court in other provinces give a scale, let them send it themselves. As for those in the imperial court, none of us here should take it, and we should not take it if it is expanded to three grades and above, and the fourth grade and the fourth grade will be distributed in half, and under the arrangement of Marshal Mo Hu in the military government, the lieutenant general and above will be distributed in half. But Lord Li, you give a deadline, at least to give a hope, so that everyone will feel that they want to send it. ”

Li Huaqian: "According to what Taifu said, He Changshi, you go down and calculate, is 12 million enough." ”

He Luo Changshou did not immediately say a number, but nodded his head and left the hall.

After Li Huaqian saw He Luo's Changzhi leave, he said: "If the estimate is correct, it still needs one or two hundred taels, but it is about the same, after the Gregorian calendar year, the spring equinox, the official kiln bureau and the weaving bureau will receive the payment for the western, and they will be reissued." The yamen of the imperial court stationed in other provinces will solve it on their own, and if they can't do it, they will give some to the localities, and those who have money will pay more, and those who have no money will pay less. ”

Mo Haige: "It's better to be like this, the New Year's silver will be issued again, my cabinet will pay taxes on salt and iron, and it will be considered an additional subsidy to move a part of Laba to send some grain, oil and rice, after all, the year is coming, and the rest of Lord Li will be sent on the day of the spring equinox, Your Royal Highness King Hua, you see, it's set." ”

After Mo Haige finished speaking, he turned to King Hua, who nodded.

Wu Peihang and Hua Tianxiong: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Mo Haige: "Since the ministers have agreed, let's approve the red." ”

Almost at the same time, Li Huaqian nodded to Shu Yuchang, and the matter was basically decided.