Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it comes to Zhengdan.

It's time for the annual court meeting again, and the whole court, even the officials who can only wait outside the palace, or even in front of the palace gate, are extremely excited at this moment.

Money and food! Money and food!

In the first place, it is naturally the head of the household Shangshu Emperor Fu Wuyi.

At this time, Huangfu Wuyi is undoubtedly much happier than when he first took office.

The reason, of course, is that there is money.

The gold and silver he got from Yamato made him a little rich, but then there was a problem on Yamato's side, and the pockets of the household department were almost empty again.

But there was always a time when difficulties were overcome, and soon, the gold and silver of Yamato appeared again.

Yamato itself didn't have time to smelt? It doesn't matter, just dig out the ore, let's pull it back to Datang to smelt it ourselves, is this little thing a problem?

"Your Majesty, last year, the total income of the household department was 8,619,110 guan, of which 2,443,600 guan was collected in taxes, 2,100,000 guan was minted in local mines, 3 million guan was minted in Haidong provinces, and 1,075,510 guan was minted in Korean provinces."

Hiss......

When the ministers heard this number, they were shocked or shocked, and the money came too quickly, right?

Everyone knows that coinage comes quickly, but who would have thought that the income from local mining and taxation would be the same as the income from new overseas places?

They all know that opening up overseas can bring huge benefits to Datang, but let them say it in detail, and no one can say it in such detail.

But now, when everything is shown through data, they really understand that the overseas development area is less than one-third of Datang's territory, but now it has brought Datang half of the annual income, and it is only the income from mining.

This time, everyone is excited, the court has money, which means that they can get more funds in the coming year, and many things can be launched, and they don't have to worry about money anymore.

Huangfu Wuyi continued: "Last year, the total expenditure of the imperial court was 6.69 million guan, and the surplus of the household department was 1.92911 guan. In terms of expenditure, officials and units directly under the imperial court accounted for 967,169 yuan, military expenses 3 million yuan, and railways and cement roads 2 million ......"

Well, the payouts are pretty scary, too.

But when you think about the madness of the second half of last year, you don't think this number is so scary.

Railways and cement roads are one-time investments, at least the money will not come out again in the short term, and then it will yield huge benefits.

Beginning in the second half of last year, the entire Datang territory began a vigorous road repair campaign, although the capacity is limited, but the first thing that needs to be repaired is to connect the roads between the counties, with the provinces as a unit, the imperial court is responsible for thirty percent of the total funds, and the rest of the province is divided by itself.

However, most of them follow a unified template, with the provincial government responsible for 20 percent, the states responsible for 20 percent, and the counties responsible for the remaining 30 percent.

The railway is the overall responsibility of the imperial court, although it has spent so much money, but many roads have not been repaired, and they will continue to be repaired this year, so this cost will not be less.

But with last year's income as the basis, if you work harder, this year's income may still exceed 10 million, which is very spiritual.

Next, Huangfu Wuyi said about the problem of food, which is still good news, the wind and rain are smooth, coupled with mechanized production, a large number of mechanical inputs, to ensure that more farmland can be irrigated, which means that the output will rise.

As a result, the local Chang Closed position unsurprisingly liquidated again.

To this end, in the previous plan for the next year, the Ministry of Household even included the expansion of the scale of standing positions at all levels, of which the scale of the provincial level of standing positions should reach 600,000, the scale of state level permanent positions should reach at least 300,000, and the scale of county level should be 200,000.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Shidao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up and reported.

The total strength of the Tang Dynasty has reached 1.2 million, of which 760,000 are guarding the mainland, 150,000 are in Korea, 150,000 are in Yamato, 40,000 are in Jeju, and 100,000 are in the Western Regions.

This number refers to combat units, garrison units and other combat units, and the 200,000 people of the construction corps are not counted, but these 200,000 people are indeed eating military expenses.

Therefore, on average, the military expenditure to be eaten by each person per year is nearly 500 yuan, which is still a bit tight.

So, in the end, Yang Shidao asked for next year's military spending to be increased to 4 million, and Li Yuanji agreed seriously, in fact, this matter has been discussed a long time ago, if it weren't for the economic tension, Li Yuanji even wanted to increase the military spending more in one go.

Watching the military department eat meat in a big gulp, and eat half of the income of the household department in one bite, a large number of ministers began to blush in their eyes.

But there is no way, this increase of one million guan still does not fall on these soldiers, this money is used to form armored forces, and it is far from enough.

Then there is the Ministry of Industry, how many factories have been built, how many roads have been built, how many things have been done, and the outlook for the coming year.

Anyway, it's said that it's the past, and it can be summed up as a paragraph.

Datang is rich, very rich, the kind of nouveau riche, Datang has no money, the money is not enough to spend, and money must be used everywhere, summing up, even if all this year's income is put into it, according to the plan put forward at the court meeting, next year's fiscal deficit has exceeded two million yuan.

So, those ministers who have ideas, can wash and sleep.

It is not their turn to compete for funds here, and only four provinces and seven ministries are qualified to compete for funds at the court meeting, and all the remaining departments are under the jurisdiction of these four provinces and seven ministries.

As for the Academy of Sciences, now is the time when people have a lot of money, and the income they get from releasing some of their technologies is enough to support their research funds and normal expenses for a year.

That part of the money will not be included in the state treasury, but it will be subject to the supervision of the Ministry of Households, and those who exceed the prescribed amount cannot be spent indiscriminately, and before that, they will also have to make plans for the next year.

The current Datang is a poor man among the rich.

But Li Yuanji is not worried at all, there is no need to worry at all.

In order to save transportation capacity, Li Yuanji even ordered the construction of smelters in the two places, where preliminary smelting was carried out, so as to load more gold and silver back to China, and then after returning to China, the secondary smelting was carried out to purify and complete the coinage.

The advantage of the gold standard is here, as long as you have gold and silver in your hand, you can mint as much money as you want, and you don't have to worry about inflation at all, and credit money will not work.

In addition, the market in Southeast Asia will almost open up next year, and Datang can give priority to pulling some excess capacity there to dump, well, except for grain, there is no excess capacity for the time being.

However, grain cannot be exported, and the imperial court must make sufficient reserves, even if it is used to reduce the price of domestic grain, it is also beneficial.

As a result, this year's court meeting has become a time for various departments to show off, and everyone is trying their best to brag about their achievements in the previous year, and those who envy them don't want it.

And Li Yuanji is also happy to see this scene, he is happy, there is no quarrel, how harmonious this picture is.