As soon as this news came out, it was like a bolt from the blue. The treasury of the www.biquge.info is out of money, doesn't it mean that their money is gone?

After the establishment of the Supervision Department, officials not only lost most of their grey income, but even halved their income. Many ministers are counting on Yulu to get by, and now you tell them that the court's money bag is empty, can they still be calm? Immediately, the court seemed to have exploded, and the spearhead was directed at Lu Chengqi's new policy.

It is true that the new policy of the little emperor has increased the revenue of the state treasury several times, but it is equivalent to making ends meet. As if they had made an agreement, the civilian clique slandered the New Deal one after another. Of course, they will also avoid the important and trivialize, and they dare not criticize the ten-grade official system and commercial taxes, and only dare to talk about "reckless military force". This is their psychological trouble, watching the military attachés live more and more nourishing, the money and silver of the court have been tilting towards them, and those civil officials who are used to the treatment of their mothers suddenly have to endure the treatment of their mothers, how can they balance psychologically? The civil and military disputes probably came from this. To put it bluntly, it is a conflict of interests between the two groups, and they are both staring at the treasury to see who can pout more, whose position will be more respected.

Lu Chengqi glanced at the dark miasma in the court with cold eyes, and did not speak. The civil officials made a fuss for a while, and some people noticed that the little emperor had a straight face, so they didn't dare to speak anymore. Just as laughter is contagious, so is silence. When the civil officials noticed the little emperor's black face, they all fell silent and closed their mouths tightly.

When no one said anything in the entire Daqing Palace, and he could even hear a needle dropped, Lu Chengqi slowly sat back on the dragon chair and said coldly: "Noisy, why don't you continue to quarrel?" ”

"Bang !!"

Lu Chengqi patted the dragon chair and shouted angrily: "Look at what you look like, just like the merchants and vendors in the market!" Are you like a ruler of the court, like a courtier? Monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, have you ever had it in your eyes? ”

"Your Majesty is angry!" When the civil and military officials heard this heart-wrenching sentence, they all raised Chao Wat, bowed their heads and said in unison.

Lu Chengqi restrained his anger and sneered: "If you don't solve the problem, you know how to make noise here, so what do I want you to do?" Since you said it, tell me what your plan is? The latter sentence is obviously said to Tao Thoqing.

In fact, Lu Chengqi also knew that this Tao Tho was just a pawn of Lin Zhenzhong and Xu Chongguang, and the real masterminds behind the scenes were the two of them. The purpose of doing so was naturally to make this matter public, and then force Lu Chengqi to make concessions. Once Lu Chengqi gives in, this matter will become a lever to leverage the new deal, and it will be very difficult for Lu Chengqi to launch any new deal in the future.

Everyone knows very well what they want, just like speculation, you are greedy for other people's interest, and others want your capital. There is nothing in the world that only takes advantage of the advantages and does not suffer losses, only by seeing through and thinking clearly, can there be a game. Now it is the civil officials headed by Xu Chongguang who are playing with Lu Chengqi. In terms of numbers, Lu Chengqi is at an absolute disadvantage, and those military attaches can't be counted on at all. But in terms of power, Xu Chongguang and his gang are at a disadvantage, as long as Lu Chengqi can hold on, they have no choice. Even if they want to kidnap public opinion, the little emperor can control the "Da Shun Min Daily", and they have little effect except for sporadic counterattacks in the rest of the newspapers.

Tao Thoqing obviously got Xu Chongguang's instructions, and said unhurriedly: "Back to Your Majesty, there are still two months of tax revenue in the autumn, and the household department has estimated that it can collect about 30 million yuan in taxes. ”

Lu Chengqi nodded and said, "Thirty million guan, which is not a lot." Coupled with the monthly commercial tax and customs duties, this is not a problem at all? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know that the salary of the forbidden army in August is as high as 8 million. Coupled with the salaries of the border army, they all went to 12 million. Combined with the appropriations for the Yellow River, the Royal University, the Royal Military Academy, the Ordnance Superintendent, and the various yamen, 17 million guan is far from enough......"

Tao Tho Jing is like a few treasures, and he is very honest, many civil officials nodded and said in their hearts: "It's all caused by the New Deal!" ”

Lu Chengqi was a little displeased: "Then according to Tao Qing's opinion, how should it be solved?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, all the minister can think of is to open up sources and reduce expenditure."

Tao Thoqing's sentence is quite quintessential, open source and reduce expenditure, who wouldn't say? Lu Chengqi sneered and continued to ask: "Then how does Tao Qing think it is open source and how to reduce expenditure?" ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, I think that Your Majesty's new policy, commercial taxes, and tariffs are already an excellent open source move. Nowadays, the only way to do this is to throttle money. In the minister's opinion, among these estimates, only the military salary expenditure is the highest. As long as the expenditure on military salaries is cut, it will not be a problem for the state treasury to last for another two months. Tao Tho talked eloquently, as if everything was under control.

Lu Chengqi had long known that he would say this, and sure enough, as soon as this remark came out, the civil officials below were in a commotion, obviously very excited.

"In this way, I asked Tao Qing to go to Fengsheng Prefecture to assist the state pastor Han Fan. I won't pay you enough for the army, and the food and grass are enough, do you think it's okay? Lu Chengqi squinted at him, what was his reaction, "Serving the country, what the husband did, Tao Qing is a dignified five-foot man, shouldn't he resist the decree?" ”

When Tao Tho heard this, cold sweat broke out on his head, and he said, "This ...... This...... The minister doesn't know the art of war, nor does he know martial arts, so Your Majesty should take it back......"

"Bang !!" Lu Chengqi patted the dragon chair and shouted: "Tao Qing knows that fighting is to kill people, and even the military salary is not guaranteed, who will work for you?" If you look at it, even if the money and silver of each yamen are less, you can't shorten the military salary! Compare hearts to hearts, everyone is flesh and blood, soldiers are fighting life and death on the front line, but you are dragging them back. Logistics cannot be guaranteed, and military salaries are not sufficient, how can soldiers fight bravely to kill the enemy? The Khitan people are not dead, the Goryeo people are ready to move, but you are still dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Festival!! ”

Lu Chengqi's words, righteous words, were so ashamed that Tao Tho was embarrassed.

Lin Zhenzhong saw that his henchmen were humiliated by the little emperor, and he couldn't see it, so he came out with a court wat and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have different opinions!" ”

"Lin Qing, I know what you want to say, it's nothing more than a martial artist sitting big and a lesson from the previous dynasty. My Great Shun Talisman is in the hands of me and the Privy Council, and without my will, who can mobilize a single soldier? The hearts of men are made of flesh and blood, and how can they rebel as I treat them? What everyone is worried about, I'm afraid it is also true! I might as well make it clear, what to cut, military salaries can't be cut! ”

Lu Chengqi blocked the road, and there was a frustration in the center of Lin Town. Unwilling, he continued to attack: "Your Majesty, what about the treasury?" ”

"Since throttling can't be done, let's open source!" Lu Chengqi said lightly, "My only requirement is that the agricultural endowment will not increase, do you have a clever plan?" ”

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other, they were okay with money, but they would not be able to make money. If they don't even increase the agricultural tax, what can they do?

Lin Zhenzhong said tentatively: "Your Majesty, how about raising the commercial tax?" ”

Lu Chengqi thought about it seriously, then waved his hand and said: "Thirty taxes and one, one levy in one month is already a very high proportion, and it cannot be levied again." (To be continued.) )