Li Deming succeeded to the throne for sixty-seven years, and as emperor, he boasted of his diligence and conscientiousness.

If there is any job in this world that is the most difficult to do, Li Deming thinks that it is probably to be the emperor.

Managing an empire as large as a territory, managing hundreds of millions of people is an easy task.

It's tiring to be the emperor by himself, and the officials below don't know how to help him share a little.

Li Deming breathed a sigh of relief and slowly opened his mouth in the Longyuan Palace: "Continue to count." ”

The people in the Qilin Hall breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes. ”

As soon as this decree was received, there was another quarrel in the Qilin Palace. All of you here are imperial dignitaries, but now they don't want to make a noisy face.

The man with a beautiful hair was named Yang Tingjian, and he was the secretary of the Imperial Audit Department. The Audit Department is independent of the three provinces and six ministries, and is directly under the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, and is responsible for reviewing the budget expenditures of the ministries.

Although the empire is large, the money is always stretched thin, and if it is not spent, the country will not be able to hold on.

Because it is independent of three provinces and six ministries, Yang Tingjian's audit department is not polite at all when calculating the budget and questioning the ministries.

Yang Tingjian raised the account book in his hand and stared at the Ministry of Industry Shangshu menacingly: "Why does the Ministry of Industry exceed the budget funds by 230 million gold yuan." ”

Faced with the question of the audit department, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu still said with a good temper: "This year, the Ministry of Industry has spent a lot of money. Roads across the country must be repaired and maintained, and schools must be repaired. At the beginning of the year, the Jianghuai flood caused the Cangjiang River to collapse the dams of Chongde, Jianli, and Jinshui. The water flooded all the way, and the houses and fields were damaged. ”

"The flood receded, and the three cities were rebuilt. It costs money to build dams, and it costs money to build resettlement houses for people affected by disasters. In addition, there was a severe drought in the northwest region this year, and the Ministry of Industry paid for the construction of reservoirs. In the south, warships are still being repaired, and these are all for money. ”

"And this year, the dragon on the side of the imperial mausoleum turned over and destroyed a lot of buildings. That's also going to have to pay for repairs. I dare to ask Lord Yang, is the road not repaired, or the school is not repaired, or the people affected by the disaster are not cared for, or the warship is not built, or the imperial tomb is not built?!"

"This ......," Yang Tingjian was speechless for a while.

Lin Changxin, the right minister over there, said lightly: "The Ministry of Industry has to manage a lot of works across the country in a year, and these all cost money. This year, there is a big flood, an earthquake, and it is normal for the Ministry of Industry to overspend at all. Lord Yang asked the next one. ”

Lin Changxin can be regarded as giving Yang Tingjian a round, otherwise, he stiffened against the two of them, and everyone stepped down.

The Ministry of Works' Shangshu is finished, and it's the turn of the Ministry of Rites.

Before Yang Tingjian could speak, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu opened his mouth to cry poorly.

"Lord Yang, Lord Yang. It's not that I'm crying poor in the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the world's etiquette, and it also supervises the world's schools. Every year, the funding is insufficient, and many schools give less grants to poor students. Lord Yang, my Lord Yang, our Ministry of Rites really has no money. ”

Yang Tingjian couldn't help but be angry. But it's not good to offend the book of the Ministry of Rites. Because the Ministry of Rites is a noble position, it is not as good as the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of War. But the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the world's schools. The world's textbooks are compiled and published by the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Tingjian could only point the finger at the next one.

But after a round of inquiry, in the end, the accounts of all departments were exactly the same.

Overspent, over 1.60 billion gold dollars. But every account comes and goes, and it is clear to see. And it looks like every account has to be done.

Ye Qianqiu, as the emperor's confidant eunuch, sat next to the stove and listened to the more he listened to this account, the more it was not pleasant.

He approached the stove with one hand and said slowly, "Ladies and gentlemen, if I remember correctly, the total amount of 22.5 billion gold dollars in the 66th year of Tianyuan was in the treasury. Last year, the budget of the ministries was 20 billion gold dollars, and it stands to reason that there will be a surplus of 2.5 billion gold dollars. ”

"What's the matter, now these two and five billion gold dollars are not only unsaved, but even exceed one billion and sixty million gold dollars?" Ye Qianqiu felt that his head was big, he was mentioning that His Majesty the Emperor had a big head.

Yang Demao, the left minister, still looks drowsy, he is too old, the old minister of the three dynasties, and he is a mascot in the court. His resignation note had already been handed in. After the New Year, it's time to return to the hometown.

Right Prime Minister Lin Changxin replied to Ye Qianqiu: "Ye Gonggong doesn't know, last year's budget report did not calculate this year's eventful. First the Cangjiang River flooded, and then the earth dragon turned over. The war against the wolf clan in the north is fierce again. The construction of the imperial tomb cost a lot of silver, and a garden and three palaces were built in the palace......"

"Lin Xiang, I don't like to hear this. This year, the Imperial Mausoleum was repaired and the palace was repaired, but it was because last year's financial report expected that there would be a surplus of 2.5 billion gold yuan this year, so His Majesty agreed to build the Great Interior. Ye Qianqiu was a little displeased, but his face was still tepid.

"Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, have you ever overhauled the palace? The 67th year of His Majesty's accession to the throne was also the first time that the garden was repaired. Is this basin of budget overrun going to be deducted from Ouchi's head?"

Ye Qianqiu's words were a bit heavy.

But he had to say heavy. Because the expenses of the three provinces and six ministries are reasonable and measured, and they should be seen. And what should not be? Of course, His Majesty the Emperor's private enjoyment is unreasonable if it is used too much.

For example, the garden is repaired, the palace is repaired, and the luxurious imperial tombs are repaired.

Originally, because last year's fiscal revenue was calculated to be 2.5 billion gold dollars, His Majesty used 1 billion gold dollars to renovate and renovate Ouchi's living environment. Because it has been sixty-seven years since His Majesty ascended the throne, there has been no large-scale renovation of the Ouchi court.

Just last year, the Longyuan Palace, where His Majesty the Emperor lived, actually leaked rain in a place in the main hall!

Ye Qianqiu was aggrieved for His Majesty the Emperor.

"If this basin is buckled on Ouchi's head, Ouchi will not take it. Your budget for this year is not up to par, and you can't get through the approval. His Majesty will not agree. ”

Ye Qianqiu's words were very direct.

Over there, Lin Changxin whispered on behalf of the officials of the six ministries of the three provinces: "The six ministries really have no money." ”

"Huh, what does Lin Xiang mean?"

"I can only use the money of the sixty-seventh year of Tianyuan to make up for the hole of the sixty-sixth year of Tianyuan. ”

Ye Qianqiu stared at Lin Changxin with his eyes narrowed.

After a long while, Ye Qianqiu gasped evenly: "The right phase can't break the rules." ”

"But the money ......"

"I'll go and ask Your Majesty for advice. ”

In fact, where to use Ye Qianqiu and Li Deming for instructions, as a master of the Heavenly Rank, Li Deming can hear all the conversations in the hall clearly.

After Ye Qianqiu came back, he didn't open his eyes.

"Long live the lord, they are forcing you to settle their accounts with the money from the inside!"

Li Deming slowly opened his mouth and said something without a beginning or an end: "There is news from the Thousand Machines Hall today. ”

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