Moreover, in the past few months, the household department and the military department have done their best, and sent a lot of food and grass to Yu Yunwen and Xin Qiji, and Zhao Yan has no reason to blame them.

But the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household hit Zhao Yan with the idea, which still made Zhao Yan feel very uncomfortable.

Why can't the hundred officials pay it this month, the winter subsidy has not been settled, there are no materials in the east and west workshops, and they can't make ordnance and military supplies, etc., it is obvious that they are staring at Zhao Yan's royal inner treasury.

Through the return to the trade place, Neiku has indeed accumulated some wealth over the years, which has attracted the greed of all departments, and the battle of the Northern Expedition has caused some people to beat the idea of Neiku.

Now Hedong, Guanzhong, and northern Shaanxi are in urgent need of grain, grass, and military supplies, and the household department and the military department are crying and complaining in public, and the prime minister Shi Hao is not silent.

Zhao Yan sighed secretly in his heart, he was frugal, and the money he had saved up with great difficulty had to be taken out this time.

"Liu Xi, how much money is still in the inner treasury, can you allocate some to the household department to purchase grain and grass, so that the military department can purchase materials?" After a moment of silence, Zhao Yan asked.

Liu Xi hurriedly came out of the ranks when he entered the inner province, raised his hand and replied: "Back to the Holy Lord, the inner treasury has allocated several sums of money to the household department every year over the years, and the annual expenses in the palace are also very large. If you pick up and pick up, you should be able to have 8 million. ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers in the palace obviously didn't believe it, and their eyes were full of doubt when they looked at Liu Xi.

"Eight million guan should be able to tide over this year's difficulties. In this way, allocate 4 million guan to the household department, let him requisition grain and grass, and transport it to Hedong and Guanzhong, and the officials and subsidies of the capital will also be drawn from these 4 million li. In addition, another 2 million guan was allocated to the Ministry of War, which was used to purchase materials, make ordnance and armaments, recruit new soldiers, and train the army. With such a large amount of money allocated, Zhao Yan was very reluctant in his heart, and his brows jumped involuntarily.

Who knew that as soon as his voice fell, he didn't wait for the household department and the military department to speak, so he heard the squire of the Ministry of Engineering come out and say: "Your Majesty, the Yellow River almost burst its embankment this autumn, once the embankment bursts the consequences are unimaginable, it is urgent to dredge the river and strengthen the embankment, otherwise it will be difficult to break the ice and start construction when the Yellow River freezes, and when it thaws next spring, the spring flood is coming, and dozens of state capitals along the Yellow River are in danger!" The minister asked the emperor to allocate funds, so that the Ministry of Industry could organize manpower to prevent and control the flooding of the Yellow River. ”

After the waiter of the Ministry of Industry finished speaking, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, now that Guanzhong and Hedong have been recovered, hundreds of prefectures and counties need officials, and now although Bianjing has opened the imperial examination, but culture and education are not prosperous, and talents are withering, and the selection of each subject is not enough to fill the existing vacancies, and it is even more difficult to say that Hedong and Guanzhong are sent abroad." Please rebuild Taixue immediately and cultivate talents! ”

After the two finished their prayers, Zhao Yan's face instantly turned ugly.

All of them are waiting for the money from his inner treasury!

"Shi Xiang, in your opinion, how to deal with the reconstruction of Taixue and the flooding of the Yellow River?" Zhao Yan did not reply to the request of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry, and instead threw the question to Prime Minister Shi Hao.

Shi Hao walked out of the queue slowly, and waited to stand still in the hall, already having a plan in his heart.

I just listened to him: "Your Majesty, at this time, it is the time when the Song and Jin are at war, and the Great Song has just occupied some advantages, so we urgently need to concentrate on dealing with the Jin people, and we should not be distracted, let alone disperse our limited financial resources in other matters." The reconstruction of Taixue is a major national event, involving a wide range of aspects, and it is not appropriate to rush it, and it is not too late to rebuild it when the world is calm. As for the shortage of talents in the north, you might as well make another recruitment order, there are many talents in Jiangnan, and you can find a way to recruit some of them and use them for the time being. ”

After talking about the issue of the Ministry of Rites rebuilding Taixue, Shi Hao paused slightly, and then said: "The Ministry of Industry said that the prevention and control of floods in the Yellow River cannot be delayed, and the construction must start within the year." But now that the imperial court can't come up with the money, it can only think of other ways. As far as the minister knows, there have been many wealthy businessmen in the people in recent years, and they can think of ways to get them to donate some money to prevent and control the floods of the Yellow River. ”

After listening to Shi Hao's suggestion, Zhao Yan couldn't help but nod and said: "Yes, there are many talents in Jiangnan, and the Ministry of Rites can reopen the Recruitment Hall and recruit talents from all over the world for Bianjing." ”

The court had no money, and the servants of the Ministry of Rites had no choice but to accept the suggestions of the prime minister and the emperor.

"It is an expedient measure to ask businessmen to donate money to prevent and control the flooding of the Yellow River." Zhao Yan had concerns and did not completely agree.

"Your Majesty, this matter is not appropriate." As soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, some officials quickly came out to refute them.

Zhao Yan looked at it and saw that the other party was the official of the Imperial History Stage.

After the official of the Imperial History Observatory stood still, he immediately said: "The floods of the Yellow River often implicate dozens of state capitals on both sides of the Yellow River, involving a wide range of areas, and the prevention and control of the floods of the Yellow River is a major matter of the imperial court. If businessmen from all over the world are asked to donate money, which businessmen will donate and which will not? Is it mandatory or voluntary? If the imperial court apportions the donation money to each state capital, each state and government will inevitably make compulsory donations in order to complete the task, and in the end, it is probably not the big businessmen who really donate, but the common people! There are too many such things, not to mention far away, let's just say that the flowers and stones in the Huizong period were all voluntary donations from all over the country, what is the result? The people were miserable, civil unrest broke out everywhere, and hundreds of prefectures and counties were poisoned, which lasted for more than 20 years, almost destroying the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty. The north has just been pacified, and the people still need to rest and recuperate, and it is not appropriate to make a big move. The minister thinks that it is not advisable to donate to prevent and control the floods of the Yellow River, and it must not be implemented! ”

After saying this, the air in the Daqing Hall was stagnant.

The flooding of the Yellow River must be prevented and controlled, otherwise once the embankment bursts, it will affect the people of hundreds of prefectures and counties, and the imperial court will be empty of national strength, and there will be no relief at all, and no one dares to imagine what kind of chaos will happen in the end.

The Ministry of Industry needs money, and the Ministry of Household has no money to allocate funds, the emperor's inner treasury savings to the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, after supporting Hedong, Guanzhong, and northern Shaanxi, there is not much left, the palace has to spend money, and some must be left in case of emergency, how can the emperor's inner treasury be stared at?

Shi Hao quickly coughed lightly, and then said: "The money donated to repair the Yellow River embankment naturally cannot be distributed to the local government, and the imperial court must take the lead in co-ordinating. The Ministry of Industry first calculated how much people's manpower, how much materials and money were needed to repair the Yellow River embankment and dredge the river, and then unified the following by the imperial court, calling on the gentry and businessmen to donate money and materials, and the household department accepted the donation, and the accounts were supervised and compiled by the Ministry of Industry, and the household department managed it in a unified manner, and the special funds were earmarked, so that the ordinary people could not be disturbed. ”

The ministers did not speak, and the official of the Imperial History Observatory no longer refuted, and the Daqing Hall was very quiet.

If there is no objection, it will be done accordingly. The Ministry of Industry must complete the reinforcement of the Yellow River embankment before the spring flood next year. Zhao Yan made a final decision, there have been too many things in the DPRK and China recently, and he has no leisure to have endless discussions and quarrels with them.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites has re-established the Recruitment Hall to recruit talents from all over the world, which will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources. Nowadays, Hedong and Guanzhong are in urgent need of talents, and the Ministry of Rites is short of money, so it may be difficult to do it in a hurry. Zhao Yan's voice fell, and the ministers retreated to the court, and he was about to announce the dissolution of the court, but he didn't want the waiter of the Ministry of Rites to stand up again.

There is no doubt that the Ministry of Rites is still staring at his money.

Zhao Yan was helpless, since he had opened his mouth, the money in the inner treasury could only be dispersed.

"Liu Xi, think of a way to allocate 500,000 yuan from the inner treasury to the Ministry of Rites for the purpose of resetting the recruitment hall."

Liu Xi, who entered the inner service province, came out to receive the order, and in a blink of an eye, the money that the inner treasury had finally accumulated was divided among the ministries, although he was unwilling, he could not disobey.

"What else is there to discuss today?"

There was no one in the hall to reply.

In the early days of today, the emperor suffered a big loss, and no one wanted to stand up and touch the mold again.

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhao Yan immediately got up.

"This morning is over, so let's disperse!" Seeing that the emperor was leaving, the chamberlain immediately announced the dissolution of the dynasty to the civil and military officials.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Liu Xi, who entered the inner service province, was called into the Qinzheng Palace.

After a long time of dispersion, Zhao Yan was still unhappy in his heart.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, who don't have thousands of family wealth, no money for one year, two years, three or five years, they can live well, it is at the critical time of the Northern Expedition, and they still have to discuss it in the court if they can't make it in a month, this is not a question of whether they have money or not, it is a problem that they do not support the Northern Expedition, how can this not make Zhao Yan angry.

Also, they feast endlessly every day, the court is so difficult, not to mention donating some materials and money, they just know to stare at the money in the inner treasury, and when the inner treasury money is spent, see what else they have planned.

"Liu Xi, how much money does Neku have?" Seeing Liu Xi enter the hall, Zhao Yan couldn't wait to ask.

Although Zhao Yan is thrifty, the backyard of the palace is also very frugal, and he doesn't spend too much money every month, but he has no money in his hand, which makes him feel bottomless, especially now that the court really has too many places to use money, every time he thinks about it, it makes him feel panicked.

"The inner treasury has an income of nearly one million guan every month, and after removing the monthly expenses of each palace and hall, it can also save about 500,000 guan, plus the money handed over by the return office, the inner treasury now accumulates about 30 million guan. In addition to cash, there is also a batch of jewelry and jade that cannot be used temporarily, and if needed, it can also be exchanged for money, and it can also be exchanged for four or five million yuan. Liu Xi reported respectfully.

When Zhao Yan heard Liu Xi's reply, his heart was a little relieved.

Thirty million yuan, although it is not a lot, can still come in handy when necessary.

It seems that the Northern Expedition is really not able to rely on the national treasury, and in the end, the Northern Expedition needs to rely on the inner treasury to supply, and now it seems that Yang Congyi's judgment was right.

Only if the inner library is large enough, the Great Song Dynasty can make the Northern Expedition, if there is no inner library savings, it is really difficult to say whether the newly recovered Hedong and Guanzhong have the confidence to hold on, let alone recover Yanyun and unify Guanwai and Hexi.

"The fleet should be back soon." The money in the inner treasury is far from enough to support Zhao Yan's ambitions, Yang Congyi drew a big blueprint for him, he needs money, he needs people, he needs food, and now the most lacking thing is money, and the fastest and easiest thing to get is money, and he cares more about money.

"Since last year, the Hui Yi Department has tried to send a fleet to the South and Western Seas every winter, and the fleet that went south last year, if there is no accident, it will be able to come back in June or July next year." Liu Xi replied.