Before he could speak, Chen Yubi angrily opened his mouth first: "One of you is the head of the household, and the other is the head of the household, what's wrong with staying in this position and calling your household?" Of course, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry are not my Chen Yubi's yamen, but the expenses of the two ministries are all drafted by the cabinet! If you can't do it or don't want to do it, you can say that you will blackmail the court by not signing and delay the major affairs of the court, you know what the consequences are! ”

Chen Yubi has always been known as a good man, and he is recognized as a dispensable figure in the cabinet. is still the same sentence, the Buddha also has fire, especially now that he is embarrassed to be treated in front of the emperor, no matter how good he is, he will inevitably get mad.

"It's nothing more than dismissal and dismissal." Gao Qihua didn't give in today, "I read the ticket you sent yesterday, and Master Zhang and I both had this idea, we can't do this errand in the household department, you Chen Yubi thinks whoever is suitable will let him do it well." ”

"You ......" Chen Yubi was so angry that he raised his hand and wanted to slap the table.

"Lord Chen!" Without waiting for him, Zhao Zhigao immediately spoke: "This is the Imperial Meeting." ”

Wanli's hand that was about to open the account book stopped again, and his eyes squinted at the veil.

"All of you here are the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty," Zhao Zhigao suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "The imperial council must let people speak." Mr. Zhang, why didn't the household department sign the cabinet ticket, and if you have any difficulties, just say it. ”

Wanli continued to listen intently.

"I'll also remind you," Wei Chao finally opened his mouth, "Deliberations will be discussed, and don't be involved in dismissal and dismissal at every turn." Who should do what and what should not be done, this scale is in the hands of the emperor. I hope you understand in your heart. ”

"Okay, then I'll just talk about the numbers!" Gao Qihua coldly opened the account book in his hand.

"Last year, in the Ming Dynasty, two capitals and 13 provinces, the total amount of taxes and silver collected in advance was 45,728,000 taels, and the expenditure budget at the beginning of last year was 39,900,000 taels. However, yesterday's bills from various ministries cost a total of 53,000,000 taels of silver! The deficit last year was 7,272,020,000! If we check with the expenditure budget at the beginning of last year, the overspending for last year was more than 16 million taels! ”

Gao Qihua's voice kept coming in from outside, Wanli gently closed the account book, threw it on the rosewood table in front of him, and then completely lay his head on the pillow of the recliner and slowly closed his eyes.

"Of these overspending, the military department accounts for 3 million taels, and the remaining 13 million taels are overexpenditures of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Officials! But why did we sign the bill from the Ministry of War? The reason is that the three million taels overspent by the Ministry of War were also used by the Ministry of Industry. In a word, last year's overspending of more than 16 million taels was all overrun by the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry! Speaking of this, Gao Qihua took out the bill prepared by the cabinet again, "Let's talk about the deficit of three million taels recorded on the head of the Ministry of War, the three million taels of the Ministry of War did not spend, but the draft ticket for us to sign, Chen Yubi, Lord Chen, Chen Ge Lao!" You say this, how can we sign it? ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Chen Yubi again.

"When the ticket was drafted, the two officials of your household department were there!" Chen Yubi gasped and pointed at the two of them, "At that time, you all saw this ticket, and you didn't say anything at that time, but now you have the account on the head of the Ministry of Industry!" Master Zhang, what do you want to do? He stared at Zhang Wei. Without his acquiescence and support, how could Gao Qihua, a household servant, dare to shoot at Chen Yubi at the Imperial Meeting?

Zhang Wei opened his eyes and looked at him: "Seeing it is not the same as verifying, last night, we checked with the military department, only to find that there was a discrepancy in this expenditure, this matter, Yu Bin, you come"

"Yes." Yu Bin, a cabinet member and a squire of the military department, opened his mouth.

"The expenses of the Ministry of War last year were verified and handed over to the Ministry of Households in the month of Lunar New Year. At that time, our expenditure was exactly in line with the budget at the beginning of the year, and we did not overspend, but yesterday the household department informed me to verify the draft bill, saying that the military department had overspent by 3 million. I went to see it, and the three million were recorded in the military department when they were quelling the rebellion in Banzhou, and it was clearly recorded that they were specifically used for the provisions, salaries, and losses of the various armies. In fact, our military department did not ask for silver from the household department, and the silver for the rebellion in Banzhou was taken out by the emperor from his own internal funds. ”

"What do you mean about this?" Wei Chao's eyes didn't look at anyone, but stared straight at the Zhu ink cartridge on the desk in front of him.

"You can't make a problem with this!" Chen Yubi first stared at Gao Qihua and Zhang Wei, and then turned to the Wei Dynasty, "It is true that three million taels were mobilized at that time, mainly to supply the supplies of more than 100,000 troops on the front line in Banzhou. After all, the situation was urgent at that time, and no one knew how long to fight, but later Zhu Yidao of the Jingshi Guard Office skillfully solved the problem, and the three million taels used one million taels to purchase and transport wood for several halls in the palace; The remaining two million were borrowed by the city. It's time for the city to report this matter to the palace. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Wei Chao looked at the several celebrant eunuchs below.

"That's the thing." The chief eunuch of the Wei Dynasty replied, "At that time, the city was to transport silk, tea, and porcelain to Persia, India, and other places in exchange for silver. There were too few taels of silver that could be used for circulation, and two million taels were borrowed. Later, because of the trouble on the sea, this batch of goods was transferred to Beijing through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal. ”

Wei Chao nodded: "That's clear." One million taels was used to repair the main hall in the palace to purchase and transport wood, and two million taels were used by the city to transport goods to the imperial court. Although the accounts are all counted on the head of the military department, the money is still used on the right path. Lord Chen, your Ministry of Industry will return one million to the Ministry of War. I also said hello to the city department, and if I was short of money, I asked the master of ceremonies to ask for it, not to occupy the silver of other departments. The three million taels will be returned to the Ministry of War, and it is justified that these expenses will be recorded in the accounts of the Ministry of War. ”

Gao Qihua froze there with the three million taels of tickets.

Everyone suddenly fell silent, as if waiting for something.

Wanli opened his eyes, picked up the copper pestle with two fingers, hesitated for a moment, and still knocked on the copper chime. The expenses in the palace are still too great, if it weren't for Zhu Yidao copying the homes of those Tusi in Banzhou, and sending silver to the house three times and twice, I am afraid that the burden on the household department would be even heavier. These ministers are good at fighting for power and profit, how can they be so stupid to earn money? It is indeed not a good job to raid the house, but as long as the inner treasury has enough money, and the ministries can explain where the money in the treasury is spent, he is too lazy to bother with these idle things. I have to worry about everything, so what do you ministers do?

Listening to the lingering sound of the copper chime in the veil, Wei Chao raised his voice and announced loudly: "The three million taels of silver ticket can be signed!" ”

First of all, Chen Yubi let out a long breath and wiped the sweat on his head with his cuffs. Then he glanced at Gao Qihua with his eyes. Hmph, don't you people just want to get the old man down? The old man hasn't cared about these things for so long, and he still has a ghost idea! What good can you do by getting the old man down? Just because you Gao Qihua wants to enter the cabinet as a scholar at a young age? Although the emperor hasn't been to the court for two years, he still knows it in his heart!

Gao Qihua was obviously uneasy, and he was still frozen there with the ticket.

"Sign it!" Zhang Wei took the initiative to take the ticket from Gao Qihua's hand, respectfully signed his name, and then handed it to Gao Qihua. When Gao Qihua took the ticket, Zhang Wei's hand paused intentionally.

Gao Qihua knew that this was reminding himself, so he tried his best to adjust his mentality, but his hand was still a little trembling when he signed, so that the last vertical point of the word "Hua" was a little heavier, and it looked thicker and blacker.

The Wei Dynasty raised his voice again and announced: "Batch red! ”

The big eunuch who was standing at the end of the big case of the celebrant immediately walked in front of Gao Qihua's case, walked over with the ticket in small steps, and handed it to Wei Chao with both hands. He picked up the red pen on the case and approved the red on the ticket without hesitation.

"And those tickets that you didn't sign?" When Wei Chao finished criticizing Hong and asked this sentence again, there was already a hint of coldness in his tone.

"A sum is Henan's public funds for repairing the river," Gao Qihua did not hide the grievances in his heart, "The Yellow River Ministry of Industry that repaired Xinzheng reported two million taels at the beginning of the year, and this time the settlement is three million taels; The Huaihe River in Xiu Runing Mansion reported 1 million taels at the beginning of the year, and 1.68 million taels at the time of checkout. The total deficit of the overrun was 2.3 million taels. ”

Chen Yubi snorted coldly and said: "Henan is a major grain-producing province in the Central Plains, and its strategic position is so important!" The public funds for the overspending of the river repair, the river yamen has detailed accounts to check, and the river supervision is all sent by the palace, if you don't sign, it's not just for our Ministry of Industry, right? ”

"What else hasn't been signed?" Without waiting for Gao Qihua to distinguish, Wei Chao hurriedly asked, without giving him the slightest chance to explain.

"There is also the payment for the timber for repairing the palace in the palace, and the pension promised to the people by the inner court during the earthquake in Layue Jingshi last year, the budget of the Ministry of Industry at the beginning of the year was three million taels, and this time the settlement was as high as seven million taels, and the deficit was four million taels!" Gao Qihua's face was flushed.

"Gao Qihua, it seems that you are planning to count on the emperor's head?!" Chen Yubi couldn't tolerate it anymore. This little student who doesn't know the height of the sky! Do you dare to intervene in the affairs of the palace? Do you want to report it to you as well? How much money is deposited in the treasury and will be reported to you? Even the cabinet scholars did not dare to ask these questions easily, the emperor had his own internal funds, but if he wanted to take money from the treasury, who would dare to say nothing? The whole world belongs to their Zhu family, and of course the silver is also the Zhu family! And it is said that the well-known minister Zhu Yidao, in the battle of Banzhou, also tried his best to send silver to the emperor's internal treasury, make up the silver, and did not have to go through the household department, and gave Li Hualong a trick, so that Banzhou performed extremely well in the early collection of taxes last year.

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