Compared with the past, the current emperor seems to have more people at today's small court meeting. The more people present at the Pilgrimage, the more important the resolution to be dealt with that day. The courtiers who often appear at small court meetings are mostly important positions of the three princes and nine secretaries or major officials involved in a certain decision. Of course, sometimes there will be a relatively unfamiliar face on this small court meeting, needless to say, this person must be a new upstart in the court, a new celebrity in front of the emperor or a frontier general, and a big official returning from afar.

Today's people are all familiar faces, the three princes and nine kings are in their places, and a total of more than ten people appear in front of the emperor.

After some etiquette, the emperor cleared his throat and said casually: "Ladies and gentlemen, what was the resolution on the issue of Mount Tai sealing Zen the day before yesterday?" What's the news today? ”

As soon as the words fell, no one answered. The Emperor frowned slightly. Regarding the matter of Mount Tai's enshrinement of Zen, since the unification of the six countries, after crowning himself as the emperor, he proposed it to his ministers. However, at that time, the world was initially decided, the national policy had not yet been formulated, and the six countries were not yet stable, so it was not suitable to travel far. was advised by the ministers, and the emperor gave up.

But as the empire got on the right track, the emperor, who was so happy, couldn't hold back his temperament and proposed it again a month ago. Among the ministers, there were those who agreed and those who opposed, and both sides insisted on their own words and refused to back down, so that there is still no decision.

The appropriators naturally wanted to cater to the emperor's preferences. It is believed that the emperor has covered the three emperors and the three emperors, and the territory of the three emperors and five emperors in the past is only thousands of miles, and he is still sealed Zen. Today's emperor swept the six countries and unified the world, and he should respond to the people of heaven and earth with this great ceremony of sealing Zen and sacrificing heaven and earth.

Most of the opponents believe that the country has been decided, the north has not yet been decided, the south has not yet been pacified, the remnants of the six countries are about to move, and the treasury is empty, so it is not appropriate to be extravagant and wasteful at this time, and consume national strength.

Most of those who supported the former were Confucian doctors and scholars recruited by the emperor. The representative in the imperial court is the prime minister Wang Xuan, who has just been reactivated by the emperor. Wang Juan is the great Confucian of the world, has always been to promote the royal way to govern the world as his own responsibility, Feng Zen is the ancient sage king, he naturally hopes that the first emperor can follow the example of the virtuous king, the implementation of royal politics, the emperor is very supportive. The right prime minister, Kui Lin, has always been looking forward to Wang Wanma, so naturally there is no reason to object.

Most of the opponents are military generals. They were not interested in the false name of red tape, but knew that the military expenditure in the north and south was extremely large, and the emperor was crowned with Zen, and the cost must be large, so the embezzlement of military expenditure or the surge of civil taxes could bring great trauma to the empire, so they strongly opposed this matter. For this reason, the two sides carried out a series of arguments, and the emperor was tired of listening to the words of both sides for more than a month.

Seeing that the two sides were speechless, the emperor's face was gloomy. The matter of sealing Zen is without further ado. Although this move is a bit of a rush for quick success, it is suspected of great success. However, the emperor also knew that the Six Kingdoms of Shandong had not yet returned to his heart, and he had to find a reason to patrol and show the remnants of the Six Kingdoms of Shandong the strength and demeanor of the emperor of the new dynasty, so that the world could return to the heart and deter the small ones, so that the imperial army could completely free up their hands and feet to deal with the war from the north and south.

"The minister has his own music." Seeing that the emperor's face was so gloomy that water was about to drip out, the right prime minister Kui Lin hurriedly stood up from the seat and bowed to the emperor and said.

"Say."

"Taiwei, Imperial Doctor and others feel that it is not feasible to seal Zen for the time being. The main reason is the fear of depleting the national treasury. But now the minister hereby tells the emperor and his colleagues that the income of the Shaofu this year is enough to cope with the emperor's enshrinement next year. Kui Lin was a little old, but when he said this, he was full of anger.

"The matter of sealing Zen has to be exhausted at least 200,000. Shaofu's annual income is only more than 300,000 gold, and the daily expenses of repairing the emperor's mausoleum, palace, and palace are huge, and some need to be transferred from the imperial treasury every year to meet the expenses, how can 200,000 gold be left empty this year? Imperial Doctor Feng Zai stood up and said puzzled. Not only was Feng Zheng puzzled, but the ministers and emperors present were also stunned.

"Doctor Yu Shi is not impatient." Kui Lin said with a smile on his face: "The remaining 200,000 gold, Chen Sheng, the county guard of Minzhong County, has earned it for Shaofu. Kui Lin took out a roll of bamboo slips from his wide sleeve and raised it high at the emperor. The sharp-eyed eunuch next to him ran over in small steps, took the bamboo slip, and passed it to the emperor's desk.

"This is a report sent back by Cheng Yinghuo and Han Dongqing, the county supervisor of Minzhong County, this is the income of Shaofu in Minzhong County in the spring and summer." Kui Lin had already memorized the contents of the bamboo slips. He smiled and said: "Minzhong County guards Chen Sheng, opened a tea mountain, set up a salt field in Minzhong, and built a paper ...... paper mills, and three other silver mines. Shaofu is in charge of the world's good stubble and the benefits of salt and iron, so part of the income belongs to the inner government. In the past few months, Minzhong County has made profits from the tea mountains alone, and Shaofu has received 10,000 gold. The salt farm got 14,000 gold for Shaofu...... The biggest profit is the three silver mines, authorized to the Longxi Wu family and the Bajun Ling family, and collected a deposit of 180,000 gold, in addition, three years later, Shaofu still has a profit every year" Kui Lin's voice was subdued, and the audience was silent.

A faint smile appeared on the emperor's face. The ministers present had a look of surprise on their faces. In fact, in the eyes of some Wenchen, the emperor's southern expedition to the barbaric land of Lingnan was actually to satisfy his achievements in martial arts. The Lingnan area was barbaric and backward, and the victory of this war was also a loss. I didn't expect that Minzhong County had only been pacified for less than half a year, but it had already made Shaofu so full that it had to impress the courtiers.

"Good boy!" Hearing Chen Sheng so competitive, the emperor nodded in praise. In the eyes of the emperor, Minzhong County is a place where birds don't, and throwing it to Chen Sheng is just to try Chen Sheng's ability. Unexpectedly, Chen Sheng arrived not long after he took office, and his governance was remarkable, and it was also very good to make money for him. Under the joy of Long Yan, the emperor no longer let the ministers discuss, and said: "Prime Minister Kui, since money is not a problem, then start arranging, you can travel in February next year, there is still half a year, shouldn't you be tight?" ”

"Half a year of preparation is enough!" Kui Lin bowed down and sat down on his knees.

"Even if the money and food are sufficient, but the emperor travels and the team is huge, this road is not easy to walk!" Taiwei Wang Ben stood up worriedly and said to the emperor. He had been using troops in the Six Kingdoms for many years, knew the geographical environment of each place well, and understood the difficulties of the emperor's travel road. In Wang Ben's heart, he also did not want the emperor to leave Xianyang. The world has not yet been settled, and who knows if the emperor's travel is safe? ”

"If you start to renovate the gallop road now, the minister is sure that he will be able to repair a spacious gallop road within half a year!" Li Si glanced at Wang Ben, stood up, bowed to the emperor and said.