After the enthronement ceremony, the founding ceremony was held, Qin Dong led the ministers of civil and military affairs to climb the palace gate and city wall to participate in the military parade, after the military parade, there are many artistic performances, horse races, singing and other performances on the square in front of the palace, tens of thousands of citizens who came to watch Saidika were amazed after watching these performances, and the envoys of the embassies of various countries in Saidika were also feasting their eyes, and everyone couldn't help but mutter, when did these Hu people also have such high artistic attainments?

On the fifth day after the enthronement ceremony and the founding ceremony, the first regular meeting of the Standing Dynasty after the founding of the People's Republic of China will be held on this day, and all the courts, ministries, temples, and military generals in Beijing will enter the imperial palace to meet the emperor and report on the political affairs that need to be discussed in the past few days.

Before dawn, the officials who had a little status in Beijing gathered at the gate of the palace, and at about six o'clock, the gate of the palace was opened by the palace guards wearing silver armor and holding stainless steel spears, under the organization of the eunuchs on duty, the officials were divided into civil and military lines to line up in two columns to go to the depths of the palace. It was quiet all the way, and it wasn't until after Andingmen that many eunuchs and palace maids were preparing for the court meeting.

The civil and military officials stopped at the door of the Qinzheng Palace, the side hall of the government affairs hall, at this time the door of the Qinzheng Palace has not been opened, because the time has not yet come, and there are eunuchs and palace maids in the Qinzheng Hall to prepare for the court meeting, and the civil and military ministers are gathered together in groups at the entrance of the palace to talk, some are joking, and some are discussing the topics to be discussed at today's court meeting.

It didn't take long. The door of the palace of Qinzheng was opened, and the civil and military officials once again lined up in a neat formation to enter the hall in turn and stood on both sides. This time, on the smooth floors on the left and right sides of the main hall were covered with a thick blanket for every meter, which was spun from wool and embroidered with patterns, about half a square in size, just enough for one person to sit.

At this time, Qin Dong had not yet come, and a eunuch came over and said with a smile: "Morning everyone! ”

"Morning!" The ministers greeted the eunuch one by one.

The eunuch pointed to the blankets on the floor and said, "Your Excellency must have seen these blankets, this is for you to sit on." His Majesty the Emperor was sympathetic to all the adults, and in order not to overwork the adults during the court meeting, he ordered the small people to prepare these blankets. During the festival, the adults kneel on the blankets, and the villains give a demonstration to the adults, which you will have to remember later. His Majesty the Emperor asked the lords to be exempted. Adults can kneel on the blanket, adults must stand up and walk to the middle if they want to report on business, facing the emperor above the emperor Xià first report their position and name, the emperor Xi à allows the person to report to speak, and the adults can then report what they want to say, now the villain will give you an example! After saying that, he made a demonstration of the rules and regulations, and the ministers basically knew after reading it that this set of etiquette was formulated by the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, Taichang Temple and many other yamen. It has been formulated a long time ago, but today it is the first time that it has been officially implemented at a court meeting.

After the eunuch is gone. While the ministers were whispering about this set of court etiquette, a loud chant suddenly came from the small door in the northeast corner of the main hall: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived."

All the ministers of civil and military affairs knelt down together and shouted in unison: "See Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!" ”

Qin Dong appeared at the small door with a solemn face, followed by four palace maids holding huge fans, as a superior, an emperor, and the most powerful man in the world, Qin Dong knew very well that he could not show the slightest expression on this occasion, once there was an expression on his face, the ministers and these spirits could guess their inner thoughts from the expressions on their faces, and only by making the ministers unable to figure out their own reality could they control the ministers well and firmly control the political situation.

After walking to the wide golden throne and sitting down, Qin Dong raised his hand and said, "All the ministers are exempt!" ”

The gold throne was made of pure gold, weighing 2,998 pounds, including the armrests, backrest, four retreats and the patterns on it, the caster first poured the gold melt into the mold, and when the gold melt cooled down, the mold was removed to appear the prototype of a wide seat, and the carver began to carve the pattern and armrests on it with a carving knife, and after the carving was completed, it was polished to polish the surface and ornamentation of the entire dragon chair to be smooth and round.

The ministers thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Then he got up and sat on his knees.

After the ministers finished kneeling, a eunuch standing behind Qin Dong stepped forward and said loudly: "Something is coming!" ”

As soon as the words fell, an official got up and walked out and saluted Qin Dong and said, "The Ministry of Ministers' Shangshu Valenti has something to do!" ”

Qin Dong opened his mouth and said, "Quasi! ”

"Qi Xiyi, because of His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, our country has expanded its territory since last year to this year, and added a lot of land, and now it has more than a month of spring, and after harvesting winter wheat, it is necessary to plant other crops, so these new vast areas of farmland urgently need to build farmland water conservancy facilities and irrigation facilities, need a lot of money, a lot of money, a lot of money, and the household department does not allocate funds, the minister of the Ministry of Industry is really powerless!"

As soon as Holmes heard that Valenti had put the blame on himself, of course he didn't agree, but he couldn't immediately refute it due to the rules, and was about to get up and walk out to explain the reason, Qin Dong's eyes had already looked over, and he saw Qin Dong asking: "Household Shangshu Holmes!" ”

Holmes immediately got up and walked out to salute Qin Dong: "The minister is here!" ”

"Now is the time to build water conservancy and irrigation facilities, the Ministry of Industry needs money, how can you drop the chain on the side of the Ministry of Households?"

Holmes hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister refuses to allocate funds, it's really that there are too many places that need money, Valenti only took 800,000 gold yuan from the minister a few days ago for the river dredging project, and soon this month's military expenditure of 2 million gold yuan will be paid, and the salaries of the officials will be 600,000 gold yuan in a few days, and part of the imperial city of His Majesty is still under construction, and he is in urgent need of money!" ”

One asks for money, the other cries poor, all the ministers are silent, the Hu Empire has just been founded, although there is no obvious faction in the court, but there are already signs of factions, having factions is not necessarily a bad thing, the key is to see whether the emperor has the ability to control the political situation of the government and the opposition.

Qin Dong asked Valenti: "What are the places where water conservancy facilities and irrigation facilities need to be built?" How much does it cost? ”

Valenti said: "Your Majesty, the Thracian province and several Germania provinces need to build farmland water conservancy and irrigation facilities, these provinces are vast, but there are many rivers that pass through, and the aqueducts that need to be dug are not very long, and the amount of work is much smaller than the amount of work in several provinces of Scythia in previous years, and the minister asked people to calculate that a total of about four million gold dollars are needed!" ”

"Hiss-" The ministers couldn't help but gasp when they heard this number, although they were already important ministers of a country, but it was the first time they had heard of such an astronomical amount, after all, this was the first time they had heard of it at the court meeting, and they had used a lot of money when they were repairing water conservancy facilities in Xixu Ya before, much more than four million gold dollars, but at that time there was no court meeting, and it was all handled in the regent's palace, so the amount of money spent was not announced, and many ministers and generals did not know.

Qin Dong looked at the head of the household department and asked Holmes, "How much money can your household department take out at most now?" ”

Of course, Holmes understood what Qin Dong meant, that is, how much money could be used to build farmland water conservancy and irrigation facilities without embezzling other funds that needed to be allocated immediately, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister here can only come up with a maximum of 1.6 million gold yuan for the time being!" ”

Qin Dong asked Valenti again: "How many years can this water conservancy facility and irrigation facility be managed after it is completed?" ”

Valenti replied: "Your Majesty, these facilities must be completed before June in order to catch up with the irrigation season and time, after the completion of the construction generally does not need to spend more money for at least five years, after five years, depending on the situation, some places will definitely need to be repaired, and it may be necessary to rebuild them all!" ”

After hearing this, Qin Dong thought for a while and said, "Homs, the construction of the imperial city will be stopped for the time being, how much money can be moved in total?" ”

Holmes said: "About 300,000 gold dollars!" ”

Qin Dong nodded and said, "Okay, the previous 1.6 million, plus the current 300,000, a total of 1.9 million, Holmes, you first allocate 1.9 million gold yuan to the Ministry of Industry!" ”

Holmes promised: "Yes!" ”

Qin Dong said again: "Valenti! ”

"The minister is here!"

"You first take 1.9 million yuan to build water conservancy and irrigation facilities, and now it's March, and by early April, you will get another 1,100,000 gold dollars from me, and then in early May, you will get another 1,100,000 gold dollars from me, and the project must not be stopped for a moment, and the construction must be completed before the irrigation in June!"

Valenti was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I thought of such a method of appropriation in installments, which can not only start construction immediately, but also solve the difficulty of not being able to take out so much money for the time being, as long as the installment appropriation can be made in time, and the money can be allocated in time, the project will not stop!" ”

The other ministers saw Valenti patting the fart, of course, they didn't let go of this opportunity to pat the fart, and shouted together that the emperor was wise and martial, Qin Dong felt that it was really cool to be the emperor at this time, sitting on the high throne, watching the civil and military ministers below bow and worship, and the whole world was prostrate at their feet.

Next, the ministers successively reported on the affairs of their departments, and if there were problems, they would solve them, and if they could not be decided for the time being, they would be put aside for the time being and left for later resolution.

After the ministers finished reporting, the ministers thought that Qin Dong was going to announce his retirement from the court, but they didn't expect Qin Dong to say again: "If your ministers have nothing else to do, let's talk about another important matter related to your ministers!" (To be continued......)