Although Jiajing doesn't like the court, it is more difficult for the slightly younger officials to see him on weekdays than to ascend to the sky, but every year before the holiday, all the officials from the third rank and above are called to have a small meeting. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info is a bit similar to the year-end summary meeting, the center is to review the development of the year, what are the achievements, what are the shortcomings, whether the budget is over or leftover, if it is exceeded, it is necessary to say where it is exceeded. After talking about this year, everyone is looking forward to next year, seeing what major things will be done next year, how much money will be spent, and making a budget.

Xiaotian is the first time to participate in this kind of occasion, the best thing is that he doesn't even have a serious official uniform, you see in this room, even a wild goose can't be found (the rusty four-grade official uniform is Yun Yan), do you say that you are embarrassed to stand forward in civilian clothes?

Fortunately, Jiajing had already thought about this problem, and as soon as he entered, Huang Jin took out an official uniform and gave it to him, saying that it was rewarded by Jiajing, and asked him to quickly change into it.

Xiao Tian took a look, hey, it was actually a unicorn's complement, the unicorn's complement is not among the civil and military, it belongs to the prince's complement, this is obviously telling everyone, we will be a marquis in the future.

Xiao Tian was wearing his unicorn robe, and he immediately felt refreshed, and he seemed to be quite tall when he walked, and he stood up in stride. Although we are unicorn robes, we still have to be humble and stand at the end.

Which Cheng thought, Huang Jin beckoned to him vigorously, what are you doing? Xiaotian hurriedly trotted over, thinking about what to command.

"You're on the wrong side, you should be on this side"

What? This way? You're all eunuchs here. I should have stood with the officials.

Huang Jin knew that he didn't understand, and explained: "In the past, the small court meeting, the master of ceremonies and the brocade guard were all standing together, and Lord Lu hadn't come yet, so he would be there in a while." The prince is also standing here, and we are the ministers."

Oh, so that's the case, Xiaotian thought that only the eunuch was a minister.

Sure enough, after a while, Lu Binglai also stood in this row, he stood first, Huang Jin second, the other two of the celebrant stood the third and fourth, and Xiaotian stood fifth. Don't say it, this position is quite high, much better than the tail of the foreign ministers just now.

If you want to say which one is stronger in this pretending B technology, looking for Jiajing in Yuxi Palace, Jiajing pretending to be B has already pretended to be high, and the pretending is called a fresh and refined, how can Jiajing at this time have the appearance of yesterday's kind eyebrows, you can't see him at all, as soon as the thick curtain is placed, you can see a shadow inside.

That's not all, he didn't speak yet, but he knocked it with the magic weapon in his hand, and there was a bang, which was very crisp and beautiful.

After knocking, Huang Jin said: "Let's discuss it"

I'll wipe it, it's a matter of discussion, Jiajing's B is full of points.

What is a Pilgrimage? The court meeting is a quarrel, the big court meeting is a big quarrel, the small court meeting is a small quarrel, no wonder the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are reluctant to go to the court, there are only more than 20 people on the civilian side, but they can quarrel into a pot of porridge, how do you hear that everyone is quite reasonable, but after careful pondering, I found that most of them are nonsense, the most interesting thing is that they quarrel very fiercely, they take off their hats when they quarrel, and they resign at every turn, and they are alarmist, as if he can't implement this policy, and the Ming Dynasty is about to die. It's not an isolated case, it's like this.

When has Xiao Tian seen this? His row of eunuchs is not surprised by this situation, only Xiaotian feels fresh, a group of high-powered old men rolled their arms and sleeves, foaming at the mouth and scolding the street in front of the emperor, you say, how interesting this is.

Dangdang, Jiajing behind the curtain knocked three more times, and the ministers were quiet. Huang Jin said: "Deliberations are deliberations, don't be involved in the dismissal of officials at every turn, they are all for the sake of the country, let's just talk about things."

Big brother, he knocked out three times, how did you translate so many words? Xiaotian gradually realized that a successful person who pretends to be B must have a very good reputation, so that your B can be different.

What exactly are they arguing about? One word, money.

Basically, all the problems of the Jiajing Dynasty were money problems in the final analysis. In fact, the same was true of the successors after him. When I reported the bill, this said, why do you spend so much, how do you let me give you a ticket. He said, "I'm in a special situation, and I have difficulties like this and that." This one said, when was this money spent, why don't I know, that one said, I spent it in a certain year and month, and I can't spend it if I don't spend it. In short, those who manage money don't give money, and those who do things still want it.

After arguing for a long time, I finally figured out this year's situation, and after calculating, there was a deficit of more than two million taels. I'm not in the mood to discuss next year's budget.

When Jiajing knocked again, he agreed to this year's budget. Huang Jin also spoke: "Since there is no problem, then trouble the cabinet to draw it up, and the celebrant will wear a red seal, and this year, even if it is over."

Yan Song, as the first assistant, was going to summarize his speech at this time, and said: "In the past two years, the imperial court has indeed been difficult, fighting Tatars in the north, fighting Japanese in the south, SD just suffered a disaster last year, and this year Lianghuai has sent water again, and the salt tax has not been collected, to be honest, I don't know how to survive this year, fortunately, this year is in the past, I hope that next year, we can have a smooth wind and rain." It's not easy for everyone, let's be more considerate of each other, it's difficult for you, it's difficult for me, it's even more difficult for the emperor, big guy, it's hard for it."

Huang Jin opened his mouth and asked: "Is next year's budget made, can you make up for the deficit of two million taels?"

Sure enough, there was another quarrel on the other side, and Chen Fang, the squire of the military department, said: "The military expenditure of one million taels to resist the Tatars in the north cannot be less in any case, and the 800,000 taels of military expenses reported to fight the Japanese in the south cannot be less, and the news came from the west that the Tusi of YN Yuanjiang also rebelled, and the mountains and roads are far away and difficult to negotiate, so how can you get one million taels of military expenses, plus the regular expenses of other defenders in various places, it must also cost 1.2 million taels, adding up to four million taels, this is a major military matter, no matter what, it cannot be less."

Yan Shifan from the Ministry of Industry also reported: "This year, the Xin'an River embankment must be completed before the rainy season, and in any case it cannot be less than 1.3 million taels of silver, and the repair of the Wanshou Palace for His Majesty will also cost 1.1 million taels, plus the large and small projects in various places, it will cost 2 million taels anyway, which has been discussed by the cabinet." I'll ask for at least 4,400,000 taels.

Next, the Ministry of Officials, Rites, and Criminal Departments reported their accounts one after another, and there was no less than one million taels. And when they were added together, it was more than five million taels of silver. And that's just the budget, in case one of the pieces suffers a disaster, which toast makes a trouble, and a lot of money will be paid. Everyone has turned their attention to the household, although everyone knows it, but what if there is a miracle?

Liu Wenshi, the head of the household department, said stubbornly: "This year, the two Huai will send water, and the silver for disaster relief will be borrowed with the guarantee of the salt tax of the two Huai, and next year the two capitals and thirteen provinces, if it goes well, will be able to collect 18.32 million taels of silver."

Sure enough, there is no miracle, more than 18 million taels sounds like a lot, but there are more than 7 million taels to be used to support the vassal kings and clansmen in various places, princes and nobles, in order to deal with emergencies, let alone leave a few million taels in your hands for emergencies, everyone calculates in their hearts, not to mention that this year's deficit cannot be made up, and next year's budget is overspent by more than 3 million taels.

No way, let's reduce the budget. There was only so much silver, everyone reached out and asked for it, let's make a noise, so the hall became a vegetable market again.

Xiao Tian finally understood why Jiajing hid himself behind the curtain, in this situation, if Xiao Tian had to be noisy, he would have to blow up his brain, and it is estimated that Jiajing's face inside was green.

After arguing for a long time, it was reduced and reduced, and even the money paid by the officials to the officials was reduced, but there was still a difference of 1 million taels, plus more than 2 million taels this year, that is to say, it had to be subtracted from the expenses of more than 3 million taels. Everyone didn't pay attention, knelt down towards Jiajing together, and said in unison: "Please Your Majesty."