In the early morning of the next day, the palace was bulging, and the ministers entered the court

In the past three days, there have been a lot of things, but what everyone cares about the most is naturally that His Majesty the Emperor met with the envoys of the two countries' missions yesterday

The courtiers all know that today's court meeting must always come up with a result, and who to form an alliance with can no longer be delayed

The eunuch on the Taiping Hall came out with a whisk of dust and shouted: "The Holy Lord has arrived"

The courtiers who had been waiting in the palace for a long time immediately cleaned up their clothes, bowed to the ground, and shouted in unison, long live, the emperor turned in from the side, sat down on the dragon chair, waved his hand and said lightly: "All flat"

When the ministers got up, at the emperor's signal, the eunuch said loudly: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat from"

Of course, it won't be nothing

It's just that there are some anomalies in recent days, in the past, the imperial historians of the imperial history platform always had to come out and play something as soon as possible, and then impeach some people, and then fight with each other in the court

However, today, the imperial historians did not take action, and stood in the queue one by one

As a big freak in Yan Kingdom, the group of scolding guys in Yushitai quieted down, which made the court have a strange weirdness

A sneer crossed the corner of the emperor's mouth, and he guessed in his heart, what kind of topic will today's court meeting begin?

After a period of silence, Shang Xiao Huaijin of the Ministry of Industry finally came out of the court: "Initiate the saint, the minister has something to do"

The emperor frowned slightly, he didn't expect that the first person to come out today turned out to be Xiao Huaijin

"Recently, the Donghai Zhenfu Army sent an official letter to the Ministry of Industry" Xiao Huaijin said respectfully: "Han Xuanling reported that five warships of the Zhenfu Army have been seriously damaged, and I implore the Ministry of Industry to send someone to repair it. ”

The emperor suddenly understood in his heart that the matter of dismantling the Donghai Zhenfu Army had already started from Xiao Huaijin, and he couldn't help but look at Han Xuandao's side, only to see Han Xuandao's expression calm, like an old monk in a fixed place, without a trace of discoloration

The emperor said lightly: "Hasn't this matter always been handled by your Ministry of Industry?" Why do you want me today? ”

"Back to the saint, if the five warships want to be repaired, it will also take a lot of silver, the minister is considering, now the situation at the border is different from the past, everything must be done with the Northwest Army first, but I don't know if the household department can still pull out the silver and go to the East China Sea to repair the warship?" Xiao Huaijin glanced at Han Xuandao, smiled coldly, and continued: "If it is because of the Ministry of Industry, when the Ministry of Industry is short of silver, and it will supply a lot to the northwest, Wechen is worried that the Ministry of Industry will blame the Ministry of Industry for spending money indiscriminately, so Wechen is bold, please ask the Holy Lord to call the shots in this matter."

The emperor let out an "oh", looked at Han Xuandao, and said calmly: "Han Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Han Xuandao said: "Qi Shengshang, what Xiao Shang said, but it made Wechen quite surprised that there are a lot of projects in the Ministry of Industry this year, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry are also urging the Ministry of Household to say that they are not afraid of the Holy Surrender, there are several officials in the Ministry of Industry, almost every day in the Ministry of Households, always urging the project money, Wechen want the Ministry of Industry to set up a project, and build a few courtyards for several officials of the Ministry of Industry in the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, so that they can live in the Yamen of the Ministry of Households. That's also to raise money for the Ministry of Works......"

As soon as he said this, many people immediately laughed, and the originally stiff atmosphere was suddenly relieved a lot

When Xiao Huaijin heard this, he couldn't help but glare at Han Xuandao fiercely

"Today, Xiao Shang wants to invite the saint to renovate a few warships, and Weichen is surprised" Han Xuandao said slowly: "The Ministry of Industry has never been worried about the silver of other projects in the Ministry of Households, but why should I worry that the Ministry of Household will find trouble with the Ministry of Industry in the future because of the lack of silver?" This...... Wechen really don't understand"

Xiao Huaijin frowned and arched his hand: "Back to the saint, the minister is just strange, now there is no war in the Donghai Town, but why are the warships always damaged?" Every year, they have to ask for silver to repair warships...... The minister is worried that if our Ministry of Industry asks for money from the Ministry of Household every year for this reason, I am afraid that my colleagues in the Ministry of Household will be bored."

"Compared with repairing the warship, the minister is tired of Xiao Shang sending people to ask for silver every day in the household department" Han Xuandao said calmly: "And Xiao Shang doesn't seem to know the situation of the East China Sea Division, don't hide it from Xiao Shang, the warship of the East China Sea Zhenfu Army, even if there is no war, it is also a great consumption, immersed in the sea every day, affected by the waves, and in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of my Dayan Water Division, the warship also needs to be used to train the water division...... There is that sea banditry, the Zhenfu army has to go to sea every month to patrol, withstand the impact of strong winds and waves at sea, these will make the sailor warship damaged, so repairing the warship, that is also a reasonable thing, although the household department is short of money and food, but if the Ministry of Industry initiates the project to repair the ship, the household department will not turn a deaf ear, but Xiao Shang himself is too worried."

At this moment, a person came out of the middle of the queue and said respectfully to the emperor: "Holy Lord, the minister has something to play"

The courtiers looked over, only to see that it was Xiao Tongguang, the head of the household

Xiao Tongguang is the younger brother of Xiao Taishi, the father of Xiao Wanchang in the Criminal Department, and the errand of the household servant

Xiao Tongguang's ability is far inferior to his brother, even his son Xiao Wanchang, that is not as good as that, in fact, this Xiao Shilang's biggest hobby is to take advantage of the Xiao family's momentum to play with some women in Beijing, he is by nature. Hobby cooked. Woman, secretly I don't know how many beautiful matrons I have played. woman

Although he is not very capable, he is a very senior person in the Xiao family after all, and he does not look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, because there is a powerful Xiao clan behind him, so not many people dare to ask about the dirty things he did in Beijing

Some people want to attach themselves to the wealthy officials under the Xiao family, and they want to go to the door of the Xiao family, so they go to meet this Xiao Shilang, and it is natural to send silver, and some people who know Xiao Shilang's hobbies are doing everything possible to find some beautiful and familiar. Woman, specially sent to play with this squire

There is no doubt that the power of the household department is naturally in the hands of Han Xuandao, but Xiao Tongguang's nail is in the household department, which also makes Han Xuandao very uncomfortable

Xiao Tongguang's existence naturally made a group of people in the household department follow him because of the Xiao family, so the household department has always been divided into two parties

It's just that Han Xuandao's methods are much higher than Xiao Tongguang's, so in addition to restraining Han Xuandao from leading the household department alone, and letting Han Xuandao be more careful in the accounts of the household department, Xiao Shilang and his party can't pose too much threat to Han Xuandao's position in the household department

In the past, at the court meeting, this household servant rarely spoke, even if he fought fiercely in the court, he hid in the crowd and did not speak

After all, his eloquence is not good, and the more he talks, the more chaotic he becomes, and there is no shortage of eloquent figures in the Xiao clan in the court, and there is no need for him to come out when it comes to arguing

He came out suddenly today, but it made the courtiers a little puzzled, but many people knew that Xiao Tongguang's departure was probably going to harm Han Xuandao

After all, Xiao Tongguang is in the household department, and what he says can only be the business of the household department, since Han Xuandao of the household department came out to speak, he naturally does not need others, and when the household servant comes out, there is a □□□ chance that he will go against the household department

Sure enough, I only heard this beautiful woman's household waiter say loudly: "Qi Song Sheng, this year's Yichun flood, not only can not collect the full amount of taxes, but I am afraid that I will have to paste a lot of silver into deal with the matters after the flood, this time, the household has been addicted to hundreds of thousands of taels for the post-disaster reconstruction of Yichun, compared with previous years, the household department will collect taxes this year will be greatly reduced" His face looked slightly meaningful, after all, in the court, there are few times when he shows his face, "But this year, the border pass was suddenly surprised, to guard the border pass, Naturally, we can't wait for the border soldiers, money, food and equipment are indispensable, so the household department is actually very nervous about state affairs, and I want to reduce the useless use, so I looked through the household expenditure account, and wanted to see where I could reduce some of the use, so that I could get through this pass......"

"Can you find out?" The emperor was on the Jinluan Palace, looking down on Xiao Tongguang from a high position

Xiao Tongguang immediately said: "Back to the saint, the expenses of the household department are almost just right, and there is not too much abuse, Han Shang is doing his best, the accounts are clear, and there is nothing wrong with using it."

Many of the courtiers frowned

The Xiao clan was naturally surprised to say good things for Han Xuandao, but the Han faction felt a hint of conspiracy between the lines

The shrewd person had already thought that this Xiao Tongguang's speech was smooth and clear, which was very different from the usual wine-colored excessive speech, and □□□ was rehearsed in advance

Now say two good words about Han Xuandao, and then I'm afraid it will be difficult

Sure enough, he listened to Xiao Tongguang's words, and said with a solemn expression: "But Weichen has a glimpse from it, there is an extremely large expense, every year the household department has to pull out a large amount of silver, this alone has brought a great burden to my Dayan, if this item is compressed, it will be of great benefit to the household department and Dayan."

The emperor understood that the main topic had already come out, and his right hand gently stroked the golden dragon head on the handle of the dragon seat, and asked lightly, "Which one are you talking about?" ”

"Donghai Zhenfu Army" Xiao Tongguang said loudly: "Shengshang, the annual military salary of the Donghai Zhenfu Army, the use of patrolling the sea, the repair of warships and the supply of weapons and armor equipment, that is the military salary of the Donghai Zhenfu Army, which costs a lot more than the defenders of the county town, and now the soldiers of the Donghai Town Fujun are three taels of silver per month, since the Wu County Naval Division was assigned to the Donghai Zhenfu Army, the soldiers have reached 15,000 people, and the annual salary is only 500,000 taels of silver, plus other expenses, only the cost of the Donghai Town Fujun every year, That's nearly a million taels of ......"

Speaking of which, everyone in the DPRK and China understood that the Xiao family was going to take the Han family's Donghai Zhenfu Army under the knife

Many people were surprised, the Xiao family's knife was a direct stab at the heart of the Han family

It is necessary to know that the Han family was able to occupy a place in the East China Sea because they had a powerful sailor behind them, which was an army that had been retained since the Han family's ancestor Han Tianya, the king of the East China Sea, was alive

Few people thought that the Xiao family would suddenly stab the foundation of the Han family at this time

And, in today's situation, this knife ...... It seems that the stabbing is also timely

Many people looked at the two brothers Han Xuandao and Han Xuanchang, and thought to themselves: "Can you catch this sudden move of the old Xiao family?" ”