Shangguan Wan'er took away 100,000 taels of silver from the small treasury, and promised Shangguan Wan'er to allocate 100,000 taels of silver to Shangyuan Palace from the household department in the near future, Wang Mang was a little unwilling to be let go by Shangguan Wan'er.

Eternal inheritance!

Wang Mang walked on the way back, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, he thought that he was not confused by Shangguan Wan'er's peerless appearance, but the big cake that Shangguan Wan'er drew for him was too tempting.

One day without incident, Wang Mang reviewed the folds as usual, and on the second day, Wang Mang came together, and was led by Deng Fang with a group of small palace maids to dress up according to the emperor.

Looking at himself in a dragon robe in the mirror, Wang Mang couldn't help but say, handsome!

Today is the Great Dynasty Meeting, and the content of the meeting has been decided a long time ago, studying the distribution plan of the silver escorted to the household department in the second quarter of the imperial court, and all the yamen are gearing up, and Wang Mang is also ready to make a sum of money in this silver, at least get Shangguan Wan'er's money first.

Since the completion of the imperial study, all the court meetings, except for the necessary special court meetings, such as worshipping the sky, have all been held in the imperial study by Wang Mang.

The imperial study is large, in good condition, refreshing and cool, and the ministers are comfortable, and even the most conservative ministers have never objected to it.

This point also makes Wang Mang firmly believe that the so-called conservative school is by no means abiding by the rules left by the ancestors, but only its own interests.

Ministers knock to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!

After a burst of mountain shouts, Li Hong took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, Li Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, has asked Your Majesty to study the plan for the use of tax and silver in the second quarter at the court meeting today. ”

As soon as Li Hong's words landed, the ministers of the DPRK and China suddenly looked sideways, and even Wang Mang looked at Li Hong a little strangely.

You must know that according to the previous rules, the household department would only report to the imperial court how much money it received in the second quarter, and then the imperial court meeting would study the use plan, and finally the household department would distribute the silver according to the decision of the imperial meeting.

Although it is true that one of the responsibilities of the household department is to be responsible for the use of the imperial court's tax and silver, the household department may not have used this responsibility for hundreds of years, especially in recent years, and the household department has not used his duties once.

And this time, the household department suddenly exercised power according to its duties, which made everyone wonder, but the courtiers thought whether this was ordered by His Majesty, and Wang Mang thought whether this was the result of the courtiers' tandem.

Deng Fang took the report from Li Hong and passed it to Wang Mang, Wang Mang opened it casually and glanced at it, then looked at Li Hong and said: "Li Shangshu, you can talk about the basic situation and the thoughts of the household department." ”

"Obey. Li Hong said respectfully, then straightened his waist and introduced to the courtiers: "The household department collected a total of 1.5 million taels of national tax silver in the second quarter, which is 300,000 taels more than the first quarter, mainly because the south has recovered a lot of lost land, and the imperial court has more ways to collect taxes. ”

"Considering the actual situation of the imperial court, the household department made the following distribution opinions on this money, 200,000 taels to the military department for the southern war, 200,000 taels to the ministry for the payment of 100 official salaries, 200,000 taels to the Ministry of Industry to renovate the river and repair roads, 200,000 taels to the household department for the pacification of the victims in the south, 100,000 taels to the criminal department to renovate the prison of the criminal department, 100,000 taels to the Ministry of Rites for this year's scientific research, 100,000 taels to Shangshutai for changing the law, locally, Nanyang Ling reported that the imperial court had a rebellion among the people, and damaged countless villages, and reported to the imperial court to allocate 100,000 taels of silver to relieve the people。 Li Honglang gave a brief introduction to the distribution opinions of the household department.

After Li Hong finished his introduction, Wang Mang said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what you think about the distribution of the household department?"

Other people's opinions, Wang Mang doesn't know for the time being, but for this distribution plan, Wang Mang is not satisfied, the court has collected so much money, and the result is not related to Wang Mang's half a dime when the money is divided, Wang Mang is very dissatisfied with this, but Wang Mang can't say, he has to let the ministers say, anyway, Wang Mang is not the only one who is not satisfied.

For example, the urgent vanguard who asks for money at every court meeting, the king of the military department is still in the army.

Sure enough, as soon as Wang Mang's voice fell, Wang Yongji stood up on the other side, first bowed to Wang Mang, and then turned his face to look at Li Hong and said: "Li Shangshu, I don't know if this distribution plan of the household department is the intention of His Majesty, or the meaning of which adult in the imperial court, or the meaning of you Li Hong and Li Shangshu?"

Li Hong's face changed, Wang Yongji was a punishing word, when he shook his head and said: "Lord Wang, if you have something to say, don't chase the wind and catch shadows, guess randomly, this distribution plan is drafted by the household department according to the responsibilities of the household department, neither Your Majesty's will, nor the intention of any adult in the court, let alone my intention, this is the result of the joint discussion between the official and the two servants of the household department and the six foreign langs, if Lord Wang is not satisfied, you can mention that the plan of my household department is only a draft." ”

"It's not that I'm not satisfied, it's that everyone is dissatisfied. Wang Yongji said loudly: "What do you mean by the household department, without everyone's research, especially with the approval of His Majesty, your household department will draft the text, what do you want to do?"

Wang Yongji's words made the eyelids of all the adults in the court jump, and Li Hong immediately said: "Lord Li said carefully, the household department is the household department of Great Qin, the household department of His Majesty, not our household department, Lord Wang said this, do you want to say that the military department belongs to Lord Wang?"

Wang Yongji's face turned pale, and he immediately shook his head and said, "I didn't say that." ”

Zhang Jian stood up slowly, and said unhurriedly: "Two adults, this is a meeting in front of the monarch, don't be rude in front of Your Majesty, and say something." ”

"Yes. Wang Yongji saw Zhang Jian come out to relieve the siege, cast Zhang Jian a grateful look, and then looked at Li Hong and said: "Lord Li, let's not say whether the 200,000 taels of the war in the south is enough for the time being, let's just say a little, you should see the request of Dingbei Hou Mengtian." ”

"See. Li Hong nodded.

Meng Tian's instructions were in duplicate, one was handed over to the Ministry of War, and one was handed over to the Ministry of Household by the Ministry of War, Meng Tian said in the request that some things have happened in the grassland since last year, and these things are not known to be good or bad, but according to common sense, the northern grassland must strengthen its defense, and the Yunzhong County where the Dingbei Hou is stationed also needs to rebuild the city wall to prevent the grassland from attacking, these households should know about it. Wang Yongji said again.

"I know, but after comprehensive consideration, the household department thinks that this money is not the money that the imperial court is in urgent need of at present. Li Hong opened his mouth neither hard nor soft.

"Li Hong!" Wang Yongji suddenly called Li Hong's name and shouted loudly: "The major affairs of the military state, how can you consider it as a household settler?"

As soon as Wang Yongji finished speaking, all the officials in the court changed color, and Li Hong was even more pale.