Chapter 291: The Treasury is empty
"Simple, a farewell, I originally planned to find His Royal Highness King Wu to go to the household to have a relationship, but His Royal Highness King Wu is now in the barracks, and he can't see it, but now he has entered your study and found out about this, His Royal Highness King Wei You can also do it." Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xuan Shijing said with a smile, his eyes fell on the name thorn on Li Tai's book, and the payment was made by the household servant.
Li Tai saw Xuan Shijing's gaze, picked up the famous thorn on the bookcase, and said with a smile: "If you want to find an errand in the household department, come at another time, Lone really can't help you, but now, it's time to come, sit down and say." ”
When he saw the famous thorn, Xuan Shijing felt a little strange, Li Tai didn't like to deal with the affairs of the court, how did the people from the household department find Li Tai's Wei Palace.
"Someone from the household department has come to see you?" Xuan Shijing sat across from Li Tai and asked.
"Yes, as soon as it entered February, there was something wrong with the household department, and a while ago, I received the will of my father to investigate the affairs of the household department." Li Tai smiled helplessly: "The stall of the household department this time is not easy to clean up." ”
"The household department is in charge of the world's money and grain, looking at your embarrassment, could it be that there is something wrong with the treasury?"
"That's right." Li Tai sighed: "Now the officials of the household department are running to my Wei Wangfu every day, and Gu's head is already big now." ”
"What the hell is going on?" Xuan Shijing was a little confused by Li Tai's words, it stands to reason that it is a very serious matter that there is a problem with the treasury, but in Li Tai's expression, except for helplessness, he can't see any other emotions.
"The treasury is empty, to put it simply, the household department has no money, and now it is just spring, and when the next batch of taxes comes up, how can you wait until after the autumn, during this period, the household department should have coordinated with the military department, responsible for the food and ordnance of the standing soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, but now the treasury has no money, and the people of the household department as a whole have been full of thoughts to fight the idea of the internal affairs government, no, the father issued an order to let Lone, investigate the money in the treasury of the household department, where is it used, so Lone has been checking the account books sent by the household department in the house for the past few days."
"Did you find anything wrong?" Xuan Shijing asked.
If it is said that the people of the household department embezzle the money of the treasury, then there is no need for that, the officials who can enter the six departments are not the candidates who are not one in a hundred, either they are officials from the great family, or His Majesty Li Er personally picked up the micro end, no matter what their background, the officials of the Tang Dynasty cherish their feathers very much, especially the scholars who believe in Confucianism, and embezzle the money and grain of the treasury under the nose of the emperor of Chang'an City, which is tantamount to asking for a dead end.
"No, everything is fine." Li Tai said: "It's just that at the end of last year, it cost a lot of money, and this year's Chang'an Dynasty came to congratulate the Quartet more than last year, and naturally, the rewards that were distributed were more than two percent, and furthermore, the bulk of the palace expenses this year was Tubo, first the reward, and then three times twice in the palace to arrange a banquet, because the Tang Dynasty wants to be close to Tubo, the household also needs to prepare a dowry, and so on in the future, after the person who is close to the family is selected, this dowry will also have to be sent to Tubo, and the father and emperor are king, the internal affairs government out of sixty percent, the treasury out of forty percent, the Ministry of Internal Affairs accounted for the majority, the people of the household department naturally can no longer shirk, the year ago also related to the internal army of the food and salary, after the turn of the year, the emperor is a big line, and it is a lot of expenses, so now the treasury is about to bottom. ”
"The money used in these things, except for the dowry of the relatives, has not been paid out at all?"
Now Datang belongs to the Li family, the treasury belongs to Datang, and the Internal Affairs Office is royal.
Li Tai shook his head: "No, the Internal Affairs Office is the royal treasury, and now in the court, my father has strictly controlled the expenditure of the Internal Affairs Office. ”
When Xuan Shijing heard this, he narrowed his eyes, what Li Tai said was right, it seems that the treasury is about to bottom out, His Majesty Li Er is doing it on purpose, if this is the case, then the current Internal Affairs Office must be the oil flowing from the lungs.
Could it be that His Majesty Li Er is about to make some big moves, preparing for this? Xuan Shijing guessed, and silently listed the current and upcoming events in his heart.
The most recent is the case in the eastern suburbs, which involves officials in Changzhou, which leads to the fact that His Majesty Li Er is going to toss the family.
Moreover, the spring festival is coming, which is the most important thing for the imperial court at the beginning of spring this year.
Then, in the summer, the candidates who are close to Tubo will also be selected, and then the envoy of Tubo will return to Tubo with the princess of the Tang Dynasty.
Down...... Not for now.
"What do you think?" Li Tai saw that Xuan Shijing didn't speak, and sat alone opposite in a daze.
Xuan Shijing came back to his senses and said in a low voice: "I'm wondering, could it be that Your Majesty is preparing for something." ”
"Prepare?" Li Tai reacted and was stunned, what to prepare? Now that the Tang Dynasty has decided in all directions, after the envoys of Tubo return to Tubo in the summer, even if it is the border of Hanzhou, it should calm down.
"Yes, otherwise, His Majesty Li Er would ignore such an important matter of the treasury from the beginning and allow the treasury to allocate money and grain without restraint? In my opinion, the Internal Affairs Office must be sufficient now, and it is very ......" Xuan Shijing smiled: "So Your Highness doesn't have to worry about the affairs of the household treasury, and Your Majesty should already have a spectrum in his heart at this time." ”
Li Tai nodded: "I thought about it before, but then I thought about it, why did my father ask me to check the account books of the household department?" Now it is somewhat clear that the father and emperor are doing this to show the household department and the ministers of the court. ”
"Now that you have seen the account book of the household department, you can guess these things, but there are many smart people in Chang'an City, since Your Majesty wants to make a play, Your Highness, who is a son, it is better to continue to accompany this play." Xuan Shijing said with a smile.
"That's right." Li Tai responded: "By the way, as soon as you came in just now, you said that you were going to find someone from the household department to do something, what's the matter?" ”
"This." Xuan Shijing took Marshal Zhao's body out of his arms and handed it to Li Tai.
Li Tai took the piece of paper in Xuan Shijing's hand, skimmed it roughly, and then raised his head to look at Xuan Shijing: "The son of the richest man in Chang'an City?" ”
Xuan Shijing nodded.
"You know him well? Otherwise, you would not have come to my Wei Mansion for a businessman, and you would have to go to the Ministry of Industry to send favors. ”
"It's a bit of a relationship, I was saved when I was painting in Xuanwu Lake, and I also saw it in Yanlai Tower, two days ago, Marshal Zhao ran to my Shenhou Mansion to invest in the bank." Xuan Shijing replied. (To be continued.) )