The affairs of the Ministry of Officials were over, and everyone's eyes looked at Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works. At the beginning of the year, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry was not Xu Guangqi, and now he is not Xu Guangqi, he is just hanging a title. The real secretary of the Ministry of Industry is Yuan Yingtai, but Yuan Yingtai's investigation of the Yellow River has not yet ended, and now all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry are managed by Xu Guangqi.

Everyone knows that the total budget at the beginning of the year is 3.4 million taels, and all departments have to save money that can be spent, and nothing that can be spent or cannot be spent will be spent. The imperial court has done too many such things for so many years, and everyone understands it in their hearts. It's not a day since you tighten your belt, and it's not an official's belt that you have tightened.

However, no one expected that this year there would be so much overspending, a full 6 million taels of silver, of which the military department overspent 400,000 taels and the officials overspent 2.2 million taels. However, the cost of these two parts was approved by the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so there was no doubt.

However, the overspending of 6 million taels is only 2.6 million taels here, and there are still 3.4 million taels to be found. Everyone's eyes were all focused on Xu Guangqi, if all the money was spent from the Ministry of Industry, everyone would be relieved. After all, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials has changed, and the account is rotten, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse can't catch up with him.

"It seems that the big expenses are still on the Ministry of Industry, but it seems that the Ministry of Household also has expenses, so let's talk about it!" The Emperor of the Apocalypse did not look at Xu Guangqi, but looked at Wu Liangsi on the side. Although the household department is in charge of the treasury and nominally controls the world's money and grain, it does not spend much in the six departments.

After listening to the words of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, everyone's eyes were focused on Wu Liangsi, could it be that the Emperor of the Apocalypse wanted to attack Wu Liangsi?

"Back to Your Majesty, there was no budget at the beginning of the year, and according to the past practice, there were no major things, and the household department did not need to participate in the budget. However, the household department will overspend a little every year, because all the disaster relief money and food in various places must be counted in the household department's account. There were a lot of wars in the imperial court this year, and although Liaodong did not need to allocate money and grain, the Zunhua War Household Department allocated money and grain, equivalent to a total of 500,000 taels of silver, which was overspent by the Household Department. In addition, a fire broke out in Hangzhou this year, and the fire burned almost half of Hangzhou City. There should be an archive in the cabinet of this matter, and the cost of disaster relief is about 400,000 taels. In September, the Yellow River breached, and 300,000 taels were spent on disaster relief, and the total part of the household overrun was 1.2 million taels. Wu Liangsi's face was calm, without the slightest worry, and he said all his expenses.

Everyone nodded, not afraid that you spent money, as long as you can make it clear, it is nothing. These expenses of the household department are all accounted for, and they are all big things, and there is no problem when you think about it.

The household department overspent 1.2 million taels, and the rest was all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, an overrun of 2.2 million taels. It seems that the affairs of the Ministry of Industry are very troublesome, and everyone looks like they have nothing to do with themselves, but they don't know where to spend a lot of money.

"Your Majesty, the budget of the Ministry of Industry at the beginning of the year was not much, only 400,000 taels. However, the 400,000 taels were spent in less than two months, and they were used to make artillery and firecrackers. Later, the border armies in various places asked for the allocation of artillery, and the Ministry of Industry spent another 1 million taels to cast the artillery. Later, the sailors of Liaodong lacked ships, and ten ships were built on the shipbuilding in Fujian and Zhejiang, at a cost of 1.2 million taels. Now that the ship has been handed over to Liaodong, this is the 2.2 million taels overspent by the Ministry of Industry. Xu Guangqi didn't pick up the bill of the Ministry of Works, his face was terrible, obviously he was not in a good mood.

Everyone felt a little strange, why was Xu Guangqi's face so ugly? All these expenses sound like nothing wrong, and they are all being spent in the right place. The officials of the Ministry of Industry cut corners, deducted some money, or directly overreported the money, and these are understandable. There's nothing strange about everyone being so much, as long as you don't miss something, these are small sections.

However, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who was sitting on the dragon chair, understood in his heart that there was a reason why Xu Guangqi was so angry. All the money of the Ministry of Industry was spent on the generals, but most of the money went into the pockets of the officials, and some of it went into the pockets of the border generals.

It is true that the artillery and the gun are cast, but not to mention the quality, it is simply defective. Even many of them were original waste guns, and they returned to the border town after cleaning them up. As long as those military attachés sign for it, it's done. As for the damage to the artillery, there are many reasons, and the wear and tear of use and the explosion are all reasons.

As for the ship built for Liaodong, not to mention, a ship of more than 100,000 silver, although it is not a good warship, but it is no problem to build a big lucky ship. In the same way as on firearms, the things were delivered on time, and the receiving side did not say anything, and all the money in the court was drained into the pockets of these people.

Xu Guangqi has always suspected that there is something greasy in this, and Yuan Yingtai also wanted to check the Ministry of Industry after taking office, and both of them saw the ** of the Ministry of Industry. This time, Xu Guangqi was ordered to take over the general of the Ministry of Engineering as a supervisor, although there was no problem on the books, but when he saw those artillery firearms, he understood in his heart.

Naturally, Xu Guangqi couldn't hide the problem of firearms, and his heart was extremely angry, and these people sent these things to the frontier. Now that I think about it, my face is also unusually angry, so that's what I look like now.

Looking at the angry Xu Guangqi, the Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled, this old man's sincerity was really sincere. Sighing softly, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said in a deep voice: "The Ming Dynasty is so big, and there are so many places to spend money, it is understandable to overspend a little. But ladies and gentlemen, six million taels of silver is not a small amount, you must count it in your hearts. So be it for this year! After you go back, think about how you will spend your money next year, and if you continue to overspend like this, you will weigh it yourself. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse did not have the slightest expression on his face, and his voice was very peaceful, but these ministers knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was serious. No one dared to fool this young man, because that would really kill people.

"Ministers obey His Majesty's teachings!" Several people saluted the Emperor of the Apocalypse and said in a respectful tone.

Nodding with satisfaction, the Emperor of the Apocalypse put down the teacup in his hand and said in a brisk tone: "Tomorrow is the New Year, and I won't leave you Aiqing for a few years, so I'll go and prepare!" Next year is a new year, I hope you don't take the old road! ”

"Wait for the resignation!" Since the Emperor of the Apocalypse had sent off the guests, these ministers were embarrassed to stay longer, and gave a salute to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and all of them retreated.

When everyone had gone out, the Emperor of the Apocalypse slowly leaned back in his chair and sighed softly. All the eunuchs in the main hall were there, and they all bowed their heads, and no one spoke.

After a long time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse rubbed his forehead and said in a deep voice: "Except for Wang Chengen, you all go out!" ”

"Slave and maid retire!" A few eunuchs didn't think there was anything, after all, Wang Chengen had always been by the side of the Emperor of the Apocalypse. The original Chen Hong, and now Wang Chengen, everyone is used to it.

The eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant is Wang An, who is the oldest and has meritorious service in supporting the emperor at the beginning. I don't fight for anything, and I want to be stable when I do it. Some people want to say that Wang An's is not good in front of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the light ones will be punished, and the heavy ones will be killed with a rod. Although many people want that position, there are few who really have that ability.

Now the palace is very stable, Chen Hong is in Liaodong, Wang Chengen is next to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wang An is the master of ceremonies, and the Wei Dynasty is the governor of Dongchang. Several people have their own affairs, and they hold each other back. Wang Chengen had a good relationship with the Wei Dynasty, and Chen Hong had a very good relationship with Wang An. The Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't want them to fight, and they didn't have the courage to provoke the Emperor of the Apocalypse's dragon might.

For the ministers outside, the Emperor of the Apocalypse may have scruples, but the eunuchs do not. The Emperor of the Apocalypse killed the eunuchs, but he was not soft-hearted at all, and in their position, he naturally would not make that kind of low-level mistake.

Slowly walking to the side of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wang Chengen knelt lightly on the ground, moved the leg of the Emperor of the Apocalypse into his arms, and pinched it up one by one.

"Your craft has improved, and you have put your heart into it!" The Emperor of the Apocalypse closed his eyes and said in a calm tone.

"The emperor works for state affairs at night, and these are the things that slaves and maids can do!" Wang Chengen smiled and said as a matter of course.

Sighing rather helplessly, the Emperor of the Apocalypse fell into deep thought, and after a while, he asked, "Did you send the silver over there?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it's sent! This time, there were 16 houses in Jingcha, and all of them were agreed upon by the cabinet. The total value of the copied items was about eight million taels of silver, of which three million taels were sent to the treasury and the remaining five million taels to the inner treasury. The silver in Zhangjiakou also arrived last time, and counting this year's annual income, there are probably more than 10 million taels of silver in the treasury! Wang Chengen's tone was very indifferent, and he couldn't hear the slightest emotional fluctuation.

After closing his eyes and thinking about it, the Emperor of the Apocalypse asked, "Wang Chengen, how about you say that I should copy a few more?" ”

Listening to the words of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reflected it. Stretching out his hand and pinching it gently, Wang Chengen said with a smile: "The emperor has promoted the slave maid, where can the slave and maid say such a thing." The emperor's reason is that the emperor did it, and those people did go too far. If the emperor doesn't do it, that's the emperor's benevolence. Slaves and maids are just slaves and maids, and these things still have to be decided by the emperor's sacred heart. ”

After taking a deep look at Wang Chengen, the Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled and said, "Yes, you are a good slave, I am not wrong about you!" Do a good job, I won't treat you badly! ”

"Thank you, Emperor! Slaves and maids must serve well! Wang Chengen's face suddenly bloomed with a smile, as if it was the happiest thing to be praised by the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"Tomorrow is the New Year, and the new year is coming!" The Emperor of the Apocalypse's eyes flashed with a strange light, and muttered to himself. (To be continued.) )