The cabinet's reply was very dark humorous: The emperor's treasury is not the central treasury, but the silver in the treasury is the central treasury, but it has already been issued to you, so if you want to get the repayment, it depends on how much tax revenue will come up this year. But everyone in the Ming Dynasty and the opposition knows how this year's taxes can be collected? This year's taxes have been collected in advance in 17 years, just to make up for the huge deficit caused by the earthquake! If you want to collect taxes this year, you can only eat your own food and collect taxes for 19 years in advance.

Obviously, this is impossible, if you really do this, then Daming will enter a vicious circle, and sooner or later it will be planted on it. Zhao Zhigao knows this very well, but he has no way to change this strange circle. If this continues, there will be big trouble sooner or later.

He actually didn't want to do this Shoufu for a long time, and he didn't pay attention to it when he submitted his resignation to the emperor several times, and he didn't know whether to agree or disagree, but after handing it a few times and there was no response, Zhao Zhigao found that it was impossible for him to complete the resignation process in terms of organizational procedures. But without the emperor's permission, he can't leave his post without permission, this political influence is too bad to bear! Then it's a good thing to die as well as possible in this position, but everyone understands that if you want to die well in the position of Shousuke, it is tantamount to a fantasy!

Now that they have come to the end of the officialdom and are about to fall, then do a little more practical things for the people, at least with the support of public opinion, these officials will not embarrass themselves too much! Zhao Zhigao thought helplessly. During this time, the cabinet received several urgent deliveries, such as the great drought in Anhui and Anhui in Shandong, the great flood in the Huaihe River valley in Henan, the lack of harvest in the fields, the people were unable to continue, many people were forced into exile, the public order situation in various places dropped a lot, and the White Lotus Sect had a tendency to resurge; The Mongols in the north wanted to move again, and the Qiang people on the western front also planned to join the rebel army, but they were pacified by the local governor; The east is relatively stable, but in the south, due to the early collection of taxes, it has formed an extremely bad impact, and the originally rich and stable Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas have also appeared in the rogue bandits, and even the widows who have disappeared for a long time.

Fortunately, the rebellions in Ningxia and Banzhou were extinguished in time, otherwise the already ruined financial situation of the Ming Dynasty would have been even worse! Now is the time to consider using the Emperor's treasury.

On the twenty-second day of July in the eighteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the highest-level financial meeting in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty was officially held in Yuxi Palace.

Looking at the veil inside, the eunuch Wei Chao cleared his throat, but he didn't hear any sound signaling the start of the meeting, so he had to stand by the long case and wait. After a long time, there was a sound of copper chime from the veil - Wanli was lying comfortably on the recliner, this thing was specially made by Zhu Yidao to be supervised by the inner court, and it was given to the emperor as a congratulatory gift for the Spring Festival of the eighteenth year, Wanli was very satisfied, this thing is comfortable! When he was too lazy to speak, he struck the brass chime next to the chair with a small hammer, and as the days went by, the attendants understood the meaning of the sound.

Hearing the sound of the copper chime, the Wei Dynasty immediately announced: "Let's discuss the matter!" ”

The four eunuchs who had been standing by the Baiyun copper stove like puppets immediately gently put the four hollow copper lids resting on the stove on each of them, and then walked like cats and gently retreated from the small doors on both sides, silently.

According to the rules, the Wei Dynasty presided over the meeting, in fact, every year there is a financial meeting between the cabinet and the celebrant to explain and explain the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty in the past year, so that everyone has a bottom in their hearts and communicates with each other. But as soon as the emperor did not go to court, this routine meeting was canceled. Therefore, Wei Chao's heart was very nervous, this was the first time he presided over such a large-scale imperial meeting, whether he had experience or not, he had to preside over it head-on, these were Li Lianxiong's jobs in the past.

“…… It is still the old rule that the cabinet will report last year's various expenditures according to the actual expenses of various ministries and the two capitals and 13 provinces, and today it has to have an explanation of which should be settled and what should not be settled. By the end of this year, what are the major expenditures, the ministries have put them forward, the household departments have made a comprehensive calculation, and the cabinet has drawn up a vote, and we can approve the red. Zhao Shoufu, what do you see? He tried his best to make himself look relaxed and sophisticated, after all, he couldn't make a fool of himself in front of the emperor, otherwise this person would be embarrassed.

"Relying on the emperor's virtue and the solid work of the big guys, the most difficult days have finally passed," Zhao Zhigao set the tone for the meeting unhurriedly, "Last year's earthquake in Beijing, the big water in the two provinces, a big war in the west, plus several fires in the palace during the earthquake, to be honest, I don't know how it happened." The emperor is frugal, everyone should be tired and tired, coincidentally, there was no snow in the lunar month last year, and someone used this to attack the court, if it weren't for the emperor's might, I'm afraid we would all have to resign. It doesn't matter, what matters is that the emperor came to the Son of Heaven a while ago, and it was the emperor's sincerity that moved the heavens! God forbid, as long as those of us who are courtiers do solid things, my Ming Dynasty is still in full swing! ”

Everyone looked at Zhao Zhigao with some surprise. I know his character and temper, how can he unexpectedly say such a deceit and such a dignified word, how is it different from usual? Isn't he known as the softest of all? Besides, everyone knows that the flying sky must have been made by Zhu Yidao, but the emperor did fly into the sky, who dares to say that he is not? It's just that by flying to pat the emperor's ass, from the day of the flying to just now, Zhao Zhigao has never done such a thing, nor has he said this kind of sycophancy.

From the outside hall through the veil, the first thing that catches your eye is the purple copper stove covered with green smoke, and a chaise longue with a unique shape and meticulous carving in front of the stove, next to the right armrest of the chaise longue is a copper chime on a rosewood shelf, and a chime pestle of the same color is placed diagonally in the copper chime, and the sound just now came from here.

The north side of the main wall, showing the entire wall of the row of tall Nanmu bookcases, Wanli will be holding the account book of the household department to the recliner, his favorite thing during this time, is to lie on the chair to rest or account books. Since the cabinet has dealt with all the political affairs during this time, he has rarely been quiet for a while, and he has lost some weight compared to before, but he still looks fat.

Lying on the recliner, Wanli was not in a hurry to open the account book, but tilted his head slightly, obviously waiting for Zhao Zhigao's words.

"Everyone has worked very hard these days, and finally calculated all the expenses of last year, the cabinet has prepared the votes in the past few days, and the celebrant has approved the red, and last year's accounts have been settled. Then let's discuss this year's expenses, Master Zhang, you and Ma Quanquan are in charge of the household department, and the cabinet vote is going to be in your place, you can talk about it, and then hand it over to Gonggong Wei for approval! Zhao Zhigao looked at Zhang Wei beside him.

"The cabinet's votes were handed over to us yesterday because of Brother Bi," Zhang Wei spoke a little slowly, but his words were clear, "My brother and I checked it for a night last night, and after the verification, some of the votes were signed by us, and some of the votes were signed by us, and some of the votes were signed by us." ”

"What?" The first to react was Chen Yubi, a scholar from Dongge University, "Some votes are not signed by you?" Which tickets are not signed? ”

The Wei Dynasty and the four great eunuchs of the Si Ceremony Eunuch were all a little surprised, and looked at Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei still said slowly: "We signed the expenditure bill of the Ministry of War, and the expenditure bill of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry was too overrun, so we didn't dare to sign it." ”

"The bills of our Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry have not been signed by your household department?!" Chen Yubi's eyes widened in shock.

Everyone was taken aback, and the air in the entire hall froze at once.

Wanli on the recliner suddenly widened his eyes and stared up roundly.

A voice, the voice of Zhou Yi, the supervisor of Qintian, seemed to be far away and seemed to be very close, and it sounded in his ears: "The imperial court spends excessively...... The people are struggling to make a living...... This earthquake is really a warning from heaven, a warning from heaven......" He frowned, and his eyes fell on the account book in his hand - the cover of the account book was impressively marked "General Account Book of the Seventeenth Year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty".

"You were all present when the expenditure cabinet of each ministry drafted the vote, but now you sign a ministry and don't sign a ministry, what does the household ministry want to do?!" Chen Yubi lowered his voice and shouted. It's just that the main hall of Yuxi Palace is too empty, and the echoes that are shaken by this low roar are everywhere.

"What the hell is going on with your household? Explain! Zhao Zhigao also had a headache. Either sign them all or don't, and now it's hard for him to do it. So he turned his gaze to the official under him.

The official had to speak, and he pushed the account book in front of him forward, then coughed lightly.

"Zhao Shoufu, the household department is the household department of the Ming Dynasty, not our household department; The Ministry of Officials is also the Ministry of Officials of the Ming Dynasty, not the Ministry of Officials. If all the household departments in charge of the Ministry of Labor in charge of him have to do the same, then you can simply take care of the errand of the household department, and we don't have to come to discuss this matter! "He is Gao Qihua, a cabinet member and a household servant, and he has always spoken and acted like this, like a hedgehog.

All the people's eyes became more and more nervous, and they looked at Gao Qihua and then at Zhao Zhigao.

Zhao Zhigao never expected this situation to occur today, at first he was also stunned by Gao Qihua's words, but then he reacted, and was immediately full of anger! The Buddha also has fire, and if you people are not satisfied with this Shoufu below, forget it, you have been allowed to scold people below, giving you enough face! But now he is so embarrassed at the Imperial Council that he wants to get me down? I, Zhao Zhigao, have a softer temper, but I will never be ridden on the head and am indifferent!

Tidying up the cloth.

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