When the new monarch ascends the throne, whether it is a civil servant or a military general, it is natural that he wants to contribute to it.

It's just that the old military ministers are basically standing aside now, and they have no real power at hand. In addition, Li Zhongyi strictly defined the boundary between civil and military forces, prohibiting anyone from crossing the border and interfering.

In a word, military generals are not allowed to interfere in government affairs, and civil servants are not allowed to interfere in military affairs. No matter who it is, if you dare to break the rules, it depends on whether you can afford the real thunderous wrath?

Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi, the brothers, have been locked up in the prison of the ruling palace, Du Lao Taijun has come to the door several times to beg for mercy, and Xue Taijun has always been kind to persuade him. However, persuasion has not followed.

The core of it is that Li Zhongyi didn't think about it, how to deal with the Zhao brothers?

Zhao Laosan was almost kicking in the door, and the evidence of the rebellion was basically conclusive, and there was nothing to say.

The key is that Zhao Laoer took the initiative to tie Zhao Laosan to the ruling palace, and without hard evidence, I am afraid that he will not be able to kill him for a while.

What's more, the current Zhao family brothers have neither military power nor silver in their hands, and Li Zhongyi wants to pinch their hearts to death, so naturally it is not high.

To put it bluntly, since Zhao Lao Er personally tied up his younger brother to surrender, it is equivalent to raising the white flag and acknowledging it.

If Li Zhongyi insisted on slaughtering the Zhao family brothers, it was not impossible, anyway, the strong man is always right!

However, if the founding monarch wanted to kill the ministers of the court, he still needed to be famous after all. Even if Zhu Chongba slaughtered Huaixi Xun's old clothes, he had to buckle all kinds of hats, for example, rebellion.

Zhao Lao Er is not an ordinary minister, but the former commander of the palace, he has a lot of minister-level titles on his body, there is no hard reason, it is useless to kill him!

Of course, deep in Li Zhongyi's heart, he actually plans to let Zhao Lao Er go for the time being, wanting to see what kind of tricks he can play in Zhao Lao Er's lifetime?

How much does the enthronement ceremony cost, the four ministers of the cabinet say it or not, and the judgment of the third envoy Huang Jingsheng is the most reliable and authoritative.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the three divisions and yamen now only have more than 30 million yuan of money...... Huang Jingsheng's analysis immediately shocked the entire cabinet.

Who would have imagined that in the treasury of the powerful Han Empire, there were only more than 30 million yuan.

Huang Jingsheng didn't care that the ministers were looking at him with strange eyes, he directly took out a small abacus from his cuffs, crackled for a while, spread his hands and said, "It's difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!" ”

"The imperial court has 38,000 officials in Beijing, and it costs 2 million guan of silver every month, and the annual expenditure has reached 24 million guan......" Huang Jingsheng quietly calculated, and the ministers of the cabinet were dumbfounded.

In a word, there are so many useless redundant officials and redundant personnel raised by the imperial court, and countless money and food have been wasted.

If, the new monarch ascends the throne, it will cost millions, or even tens of millions, and the treasury will be empty.

Whether it is a respected Confucian or a weak Confucian, the officials who raise them have to eat, dress, drink, drink, marry, and take concubines, may I ask, where does the money come from?

After all, the world's money and food are limited, and if there are too many redundant officials and redundant personnel, the money used for disaster relief and even for raising the army will naturally decrease.

"Ladies and gentlemen, fortunately, the forbidden army of the imperial court is all spent by the emperor's private treasury, otherwise, the treasury of the three divisions and yamen would not be able to maintain it for a long time." As soon as Huang Jingsheng said this, he immediately became angry, and the ministers glared at him angrily.

In all dynasties, except for Li Zhongyi, a copper stinker, how can there be a reason for the emperor to use his own private money to support a private army?

Who is Huang Jingsheng? How could he be afraid of the jealousy of his ministers?

"The emperor raises the army and does not take a big son from the treasury, how much pressure does this relieve?" Huang Jingsheng said serious words, but he happened to poke at the weakness of the cabinet ministers.

Li Zhongyi grabbed the money with his left hand and the soldiers with his right hand, showing that the emperor was powerful and uncontrollable.

Although the cabinet ministers were appointed by Li Zhongyi, who doesn't look forward to and yearn for the glorious past when the former political hall ruled everything?

However, Li Zhongyi abolished the political affairs hall and set up a cabinet to take charge of the world's affairs, making it clear that he wanted to strengthen the imperial power and greatly weaken the power of the minister.

In the history of the Celestial Empire, the greatest threat to the imperial power was not the grass people, but the group of foreign relatives, the group of scholars and the group of military ministers and nobles.

The Western Han Dynasty died at the hands of foreign relatives, the Ming Dynasty was killed by the Donglin Party, the representative of the Shidafu group, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed at the hands of Wuchen warlords.

Li Zhongyi knew better than anyone else that the power of the prime minister would inevitably be expansive, and if he did not control the power of the prime minister within the appropriate range when the country was founded, sooner or later there would be a scene where the power of the prime minister would exceed the imperial power.

More importantly, Li Zhongyi took back the prince's right to educate the prince from Wenchen's hands, which is equivalent to Wenchen's ability to influence the prince has been greatly weakened.

The master of the five constants, when he came to Li Zhongyi's sons, he became the prince of heaven and earth.

Jun is the teacher, the father is the teacher, Li Zhongyi's move is simply extremely ruthless!

With Huang Jingsheng's ability to settle accounts, let alone the four phases of the cabinet, even if it is the forty phases of the cabinet, he can't stand up to his old Huang alone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor treats the people leniently, and I hope that no one in the world will be hungry......" Huang Jingsheng said the truth, one by one, and the ministers were speechless.

Li Zhongyi was worried that the ministers would lose face and would not be able to get off the stage, so he interjected with a smile and said: "The expenses in the palace are really not extravagant and wasteful, and the corresponding expenses for ascending the throne are set at 500,000 yuan, right?" Hehe, I'm not afraid of shabby. ”

500,000 yuan, I want to hold a ceremony for the new monarch to ascend the throne, so the court has no use for raising such officials?

Li Zhongyi expected that it was impossible for the ministers of the cabinet to agree to spend only such a small amount of money, and he deliberately only said 500,000 yuan, which actually left room for bargaining for the ministers.

After some careful and meticulous accounting, from economic accounts to political accounts, in the end, the expenditure budget for the new monarch's accession to the throne was set at 1.2 million yuan.

After the ministers left, Huang Jingsheng complained: "There are too few arithmetic talents, and the ministers are not good at settling accounts, and I am tired!" ”

Li Zhongyi is also very helpless, the criteria for selecting talents now are mainly political correctness, and as for the issue of professionalism, it can only be left to the future.

"Forget it, in extraordinary times, diligence and thrift are the priority, and there is really no need to spend too much money on my enthronement ceremony." Li Zhongyi is telling the truth.

Huang Jingsheng could hear that Li Zhongyi really wanted to save money, but he still complained: "If it weren't for raising so many redundant officials and redundant personnel, it could have been done in a grand manner." ”

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "You are in charge of the money bag, I am in charge of the gun, it is not easy for everyone, we should be content!" ”

Huang Jingsheng also smiled, Li Zhongyi is as pragmatic as ever, he would rather lose face than grasp the core inside.

In today's strong Han Dynasty, isn't the biggest thing about financial power and military power?

ps: The leader temporarily called me to go on a business trip, and I stole a chapter out of the air, sorry!