Sending Chekov away, Ferdinand admired himself a little, and his ability to carry private goods was already perfected. Things that are not related to each other are simply pulled together, and they make so much sense!

……

Chekov is in a very bad mood now, the Ministry of Education's grant application was suppressed by the Ministry of Finance, and honest people are also angry! With only 500,000 leva, the Ministry of Finance dares to say that there is no money and wants to suspend the appropriation, isn't it a clear lack of face!

At that moment, Chekov angrily broke into the Treasury and went directly to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kennedy Ivanov.

"Mr. Kennedy, can you tell me why the Ministry of Education's funding has been suppressed this time, don't tell me that it's only half a million leva, and the Ministry of Finance doesn't have it!!"

Although he had tried his best to suppress his anger, the meaning of Xingshi's questioning was still very obvious.

Kennedy was not annoyed by Chekov's questioning, and the Ministry of Finance had seen a lot of this kind of thing. Still smiling and saying:

"Mr. Chekov, believe it or not, now our Ministry of Finance really can't come up with this money. Of course, it's not that the Ministry of Finance has no money now, the problem is that the money ~ has been determined! You don't have to wait long, as soon as the income of the tax department is credited next month, I will immediately allocate funds to you!! ”

Chekov did not agree with Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement, he was clear about Bulgaria's finances, how could he be short of 500,000 leva!

He looked at Kennedy with a sneer and said dissatisfiedly, "Yes! Then bother Mr. Kennedy and explain it to His Excellency the Grand Duke himself! ”

Hearing this, Kennedy's face changed greatly, he knew that Chekov was really angry, and he still didn't have the confidence to be tough in the face of Ferdinand's close cabinet ministers. So he opened the safe, took out a stack of materials, handed it over, and said with a wry smile:

"Mr. Chekov, now Bulgaria is spending money everywhere, and in addition to the previous budget, how many project allocations have been added later, you should know! No matter how much money the Ministry of Finance has, it's not enough! If we continue, we will face a financial crisis in the near future, and we are preparing to report to the Cabinet!! ”

Chekov took the document and looked at it carefully, the more he looked at it, the more amazing it became, he never thought that the government could spend so much money! After half a ring, he closed the file and said incredulously, "It's all true?" ”

"Of course! Every expense on this is clear, especially after the outbreak of the economic crisis, in order to get out of the crisis as soon as possible, we launched many projects in advance, which greatly exceeded the budget, and the previous accumulation and loans are now about to be exhausted! Kennedy said cautiously

Chekov knew that there was a big trouble, and now the financial crisis will not be great, but many projects will be affected in the later stage, or abandoned or postponed! This means that the rapid development of Bulgaria is about to come to an end, which is absolutely unacceptable to the current government!

"I see! Since the problem is so serious, why don't you guys report it in advance?? Chekov asked suspiciously

Kennedy said with a wry smile: "Mr. Chekov, we didn't expect that there would be so many new projects in the last two months, and many of them were outside the 'Second Five-Year Plan'!" ”

Speaking of this, both of them decisively shut up! This is all Ferdinand's pot, and many of the projects behind him were personally approved by him, and if he continues to discuss it, he will blame his own boss.

……

At the cabinet meeting in August, after reading the report sent by the Ministry of Finance, everyone was distressed! On the surface, there is nothing wrong with it now, as long as no new Gold Eaters are added, it can be handled completely.

But this is impossible, not to mention anything else, the "arsenal expansion" project that will be launched at the beginning of the year, can't it be stopped? Five million leva is indispensable!!

There is also the big wedding behind Ferdinand, which is another big expense, and this can't be saved, the face of the Grand Duke can't be lost, and the face of the woolly bear can't be left ungiven!! Wait a minute......

Konstantin broke the silence and said: "Gentlemen, everyone has read the analysis of the Ministry of Finance! If we are to continue with the rest of the project, according to the most optimistic estimates:

In 1894, we faced a deficit of 12 million leva; In 1895 we will face a deficit of thirty-five million; In 1896, we faced a deficit of 50 million leva; And in 1897 this figure will reach 80 million leva, which is already more than half of our current revenue!!

That is, the financial crisis of our Bulgaria is coming!! This problem has plagued Bulgaria many years ago, and now it is coming back, what should we do ?? ”

There are only two options before the cabinet: either to get money and solve the fiscal deficit that may explode in the future; Or cut out some of the items and save money!

Well, now the Bulgarian government's international debt is already as high as 150 million leva, and 11 million leva is paid annually in interest alone. Compared with the more than 600 million in neighbor Greece, Serbia's more than 300 million is nothing!!

But for external loans, everyone is out of the way, not to mention the high interest, the key is to mortgage the sovereignty!! The people here are all high-ranking and powerful, and no one wants to carry the infamy of traitors.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I propose to suspend certain projects that are not particularly important and wait for the fiscal situation to improve before starting them!!" Chancellor of the Exchequer Kennedy said cautiously

"No, I'm against it!!' The success of the Second Five-Year Plan will determine whether we in Bulgaria can complete industrialization! We can't procrastinate or even give up because of the difficulties in a short period of time!! The Minister of Industry immediately retorted

"I support!! Now that the government's financial situation is really not going to start so many projects blindly, otherwise the follow-up funds may press us to bankrupt!! The Foreign Secretary chimed in

"I'm against it!! Now is the most critical moment for Bulgaria, as long as it gets through this difficulty, there will be nothing to stop Bulgaria from becoming stronger!! The Minister of Transport said angrily

……

Konstantin slapped the table with a "pop" and then said, "Enough!!" If you continue to make such a noise, I guess everyone will still be sitting here tomorrow!! The old rule is now to vote by show of hands, the minority obeys the majority, and there can be no abstention! If you agree with the Chancellor's opinion, please raise your hand!! ”

As soon as the words were finished, the people who supported the idea of reducing the project raised their hands one after another, and Konstantin glanced at the audience, and slowly raised his hand, and said: "Five votes for it, four votes against, passed!" ”