As soon as Liu Yong saw Emperor Lizong's frown, he knew that he had tasted the benefits of printing and distributing a large number of huizi, after all, it had reduced the financial pressure on the imperial court.

"Liu Aiqing, do you know that the financial situation of the imperial court is not very good?" Emperor Lizong asked Liu Yong.

Liu Yong groaned and did not answer immediately.

At this time, Prime Minister Right was still kneeling, but he turned his head to look at Liu Yong and smiled slightly, which means what else can you say? If the meeting is not printed, the financial pressure will be very great. What else do you say to stop triggering meetings? What a shame!

"Right Prime Minister, you get up first." Emperor Lizong glanced at the right prime minister.

"Thank you, Holy Lord." The right prime minister slowly got up.

"Liu Aiqing, the finances of this imperial court are already a drop in the bucket." Emperor Lizong added a sentence.

Liu Yong nodded, then frowned.

Seeing Liu Yong frowning, Prime Minister Right smiled secretly on the side.

At this time, Emperor Lizong looked straight at Liu Yong, waiting for him to solve the problem.

Liu Yong thought about it and said: "Shengshang, the most important thing at the moment is to open up sources and reduce expenditure, so as to increase financial revenue." ”

"Hmph." The right prime minister laughed uncontrollably, "Prime Minister Zuo, you are really ashamed!" Increasing sources of income and reducing expenditure is not something that can be just lip service. ”

Liu Yong ignored the taunts of the right prime minister and said to Emperor Lizong: "Holy Lord, Weichen has come up with several strategies to ease the pressure on the imperial court's finances. ”

Emperor Lizong immediately became excited and said with a smile: "Liu Aiqing, you can talk about it quickly." ”

Liu Yong nodded, arched his hand, and said slowly: "Back to the saint, the minister thinks that the first thing to do is to throttle, and then open source." ”

"Liu Aiqing, you can tell me specifically." Emperor Rijong seemed even more excited.

The right prime minister on the side pursed his lips and squinted his little eyes, he wanted to see what Liu Yong was capable of.

Indeed, after Liu Yong was promoted to Prime Minister Zuo, he did not make any achievements except for doing some general government affairs. At this time, it is the time for Liu Yong to show his talents. And he was waiting for this opportunity. This is also a good time for him to succeed in overpowering the right prime minister in the court. Because although the right prime minister issued a large number of meetings to relieve the financial pressure of the imperial court, it was just drinking to quench thirst.

"Holy Lord, the first thing to throttle is to start from within the court." Liu Yong said a word and looked at Emperor Lizong.

Emperor Lizong waved his hand and continued.

"Shengshang, Weichen thinks that he will start with the officials' fortunes first. It is to reduce their income as appropriate, so as to reduce the financial expenditure of the imperial court. That's the first point. This second point is for the Holy Lord to control the use of the royal family. In fact, there is no need to reduce the royal use in large quantities, just reduce it as appropriate in some dispensable places. This needs to be decided by the Holy God himself. Third, it is necessary for the imperial court to eliminate redundant personnel, which will also reduce some of the expenses of the imperial court. These three points are Wechen's proposal to throttle. Please also ask the Holy One to decide. Liu Yong arched his hand after speaking.

Emperor Lizong frowned and nodded slightly, he agreed with Liu Yong's suggestion from the bottom of his heart.

However, the right prime minister on the side was a little disdainful, according to his past experience, starting from the court and the royal family would be met with strong opposition.

"Well, okay, then I'll listen to Liu Aiqing's open source suggestion." Emperor Lizong said.

"Shengshang, open source, Weichen also put forward a few suggestions. First, increase the tax burden, of course, it depends on the industry, how to increase it as appropriate. For example, the city department will increase more, and the agricultural tax will be less. There are also some small industries that mainly add a little bit of it. The second point is to increase the price of the goods. For example, the salt that the people can't do without should be added a little less, and tea and wine should be added more. Third, there is a planned reduction of the border troops, and the minister's intention is to reduce them as appropriate. For example, at a border gate that is not very important, we can only use 60 people if there were originally 100 people. Fourth, the imperial court should vigorously mine copper ore and make copper coins to stabilize the value of the Huizi. At the same time, it can also really increase fiscal revenue. The minister summed up these points and asked the Holy Lord to decide. ”

After speaking, Liu Yong gave up his hand again.

After listening to this, Emperor Lizong couldn't stop nodding, he already approved of Liu Yong's suggestion.

The smiling face on the side of the right prime minister gradually became solemn. Because Liu Yong's suggestions are all real dry goods, they are much more clever than his single-minded initiation of meetings.

"Old Prime Minister, what do you think after listening to Prime Minister Zuo's suggestion?" Emperor Lizong asked.

The right prime minister pondered for a moment and said: "Back to the saint, the left prime minister's suggestion is good, I'm afraid it's not very easy to implement!" ”

Emperor Lizong listened and nodded, with a smile on his face.

"Old Prime Minister, I think Prime Minister Zuo's suggestion is very good, and these aspects are dealt with as appropriate, which can naturally serve the purpose of opening up sources and reducing expenditure. Let's start with my palace. From today onwards, I'm going to tighten my belt and get by. And those princes, too, will follow in my footsteps. Emperor Lizong laughed, obviously pleased to have a solution.

"In this case, the old minister also agrees with Prime Minister Zuo's suggestion." The right prime minister had nothing to quibble about, so he had to agree with Liu Yong's proposal.

This was Liu Yong's first victory in the court. And it was a resounding victory.

According to Liu Yong's suggestion, the next day in the court, Emperor Lizong discussed with all the courtiers again, and they all agreed, and Emperor Lizong began to take responsibility from the royal family, and his subordinates had to follow suit.

And the running tide that was about to break out also subsided after the imperial court took out the treasury silver for exchange. In accordance with Liu Yong's instructions, the household department stopped printing and distributing new huizi, and at the same time sent out the recovered huizi in batches, so that the imperial court did not lose anything at all.

And these suggestions were personally issued by Emperor Lizong and supervised by Liu Yong himself, and things were done smoothly and quickly. It only took more than a month to successfully implement the throttling. And the open source policy has also begun to bear fruit.

And when it came to the Chinese New Year, there was a slight appreciation in the Huizi of Lin'an Mansion, and the price returned to the original level.

Similarly, Liu Yong's Songshang Bank's profitability was worse than before, with an income of only a hundred thousand yuan. However, considering the instability of the imperial court's fiscal policy, it is gratifying to have such an achievement.

Of course, the happiest person was Emperor Rijong. The happiest person is the one who is unhappy, and that person is the right prime minister. His policy of frantically printing and distributing huizi was a complete failure in Liu Yong's case.

The ministers have bright eyes, and they see it all. They all applauded Liu Yong, and even the right prime minister had to admire Liu Yong at this time. Moreover, they have a good relationship with Liu Yong. Don't look at Liu Yong's lack of faction and selfishness in the court, but he really has a party, that is, the entire court.