Accounts of the household?

After Wang Yongji finished speaking, he felt that he was speechless, not to mention the feelings of other people at the moment, especially the officials of the household department, who felt the deepest.

Li Hongqi's face turned red, and at this time, an official stood up, grabbed Li Hong, looked at Wang Yongji coldly, and said: "Lord Wang, the household department is in charge of all the country's financial revenues and expenditures such as land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, salaries, and salaries. ”

Wang Yongji raised his eyebrows and looked at the official, "Who are you?"

"Xiaguan is the new right attendant of the household department. King Fan Li Chong arched with auspiciousness: "Let's not talk about the distance for the time being, just say that everyone present, who eats is not collected from all over the country by the household, and the draft does not forget to dig wells, my lords." ”

"You...... Bold!" Wang Yongji shouted: "This official is talking to your family, when is it your turn to speak." ”

"Above the Golden Palace, there is no statement that your lord and my lord say that the palace is all His Majesty's courtiers, and they should be loyal to His Majesty. Fan Li did not speak softly or hard.

Wang Yongji's face turned red, and Fan Li's big hat was really badly buttoned, but if he wanted him to admit his mistake to a right servant of the household, he couldn't save such face.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Jian once again spoke slowly: "In the main hall, the ministers are discussing, don't talk about those useless things, my lords, we are talking about the distribution of taxes and silver in the second quarter." ”

"Yes, let's talk about distribution. Wang Yongji immediately said: "Lord Fan, I don't agree with the suggestion of the household department, give 200,000 taels to the military department, too little is not enough." ”

"If it is not enough, it can be discussed again, the household department is only a preliminary distribution plan, and the final decision is still based on His Majesty's opinion. Fan Li said indifferently: "However, this money is not enough if the Ministry of War says it is not enough, and if you think it is not enough, you have to come up with a reason why it is not enough." ”

As soon as he returned to the court, he used his own means to send out his voice to the entire court, and everyone remembered him for a moment, even Wang Mang felt that this Fan Li was indeed a talent.

"Okay, I'll explain why. Wang Yongji pondered for a while, and said: "The war in the south is before the final decisive battle, although before, the imperial court has raised a part of the silver before and after escorting to the south, but for the whole war, that bit of silver is far from enough, in addition, the grassland area defended by the Marquis of Dingbei, the Ministry of War believes that the appropriation should be given to strengthen the defense, to put it mildly, the rebels in the south will not be able to fight in front of Chang'an City for a while and a half, but as long as the cavalry on the grassland breaks through Yunzhong City, only a few days, they can come to Chang'an. ”

"Your Majesty. Fan Li turned to look at Wang Mang and said, "Weichen thinks that what the Ministry of War said is reasonable, but everything is still up to Your Majesty to decide." ”

Wang Mang looked at Fan Li with a little surprise, he couldn't understand why Fan Li said this, but looking at Li Hong, who was a little ugly on the side, Wang Mang understood a little, it is estimated that on the issue of how much money to give to the Ministry of War, these two bigwigs of the household department had some contradictions.

There are contradictions that are not afraid, what the emperor is most afraid of is the unity of the officials below, so Wang Mang nodded happily and said, "I will consider it." ”

Seeing that Wang Yongji's opinion played a role in the emperor, Zhao Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the scientific examination is a triennial prosperous era of the imperial court, especially this year's scientific examination, it is the first scientific examination since Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, and it should be held more solemnly." ”

"Lord Zhao, in the last scientific expedition, the imperial court allocated 100,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites did a very grand job, listening to Lord Zhao's meaning, it will not be possible to give 100,000 taels to the Ministry of Rites this year?"

"Master Li, the last scientific expedition was three years ago, and others don't know about that time, but you still don't know, at that time, 100,000 taels of silver was enough, and now 100,000 taels is not enough. Zhao Xin glanced at Li Hong, then turned to face Wang Mang and said, " Your Majesty does not know that three years ago, the total number of scholars who participated in the imperial court scientific examination was 1,800, and this scientific examination is still a month away from the scientific examination, but the Ministry of Rites has received more than 1,600 candidates, according to the situation of previous years, the number of scholars participating in the scientific examination this year will reach more than 2,500 people, Your Majesty, it is not that the ministers are afraid of difficulties, it is really not the same thing to organize the examination of 1,600 people and organize the examination of 2,500 people, and the household department also gave the Ministry of Rites 100,000 taels of silver, which is definitely not enough. ”

"There are so many people this time? What's going on?" Zhang Jian looked at Zhao Xin with some surprise, and the other officials were also surprised, they were really surprised by this number.

"The cause of the war in the South. Zhao Xin said with a smile: "The war in the south is about to end, and the powerful families in the south are in order to avoid being held accountable by the imperial court after the war, so this time the exam almost sent the family to Chang'an, and strive to achieve good results in this scientific examination and contribute to the continuation of the family, so this time the number has increased a lot." ”

"In this case, it seems that it is not enough to return 100,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Rites. Zhang Jian nodded.

The officials and officials all nodded, what could Li Hong say, he could only grit his teeth, and scolded these bastards in his heart for falling into stone, and not telling himself what happened in advance.

Li Hong had known that the Ministry of Rites had already registered so many candidates, and he would definitely have to increase the budget.

Fan Li glanced thoughtfully at the ministers in the palace, and understood a little in his heart that this was probably a continuation of the impact of Fang Xizhi's case, and the officials of the court were very wary of the household department.

Today, where is the financial meeting of the imperial court once a quarter, it is clearly the court yamen to the household denunciation meeting, I think the adults have discussed it before the meeting, just waiting for one by one to make the household make a fool.

Fan Li felt that the household department could not be so passive, otherwise he would be the entire court of the six departments, and the household department could only be at the bottom and be bullied.

Seeing that Yuwenkai, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, stood up at this time, Fan Li's eyes rolled, and he stood up before Yuwenkai, and said respectfully to Wang Mang: "Your Majesty, the distribution plan of the Ministry of Household does have a lot of flaws this time, but the Ministry of Household did not know that the number of scientific expeditions had increased before, although he knew that the Marquis of Dingbei needed money, he did not pay attention to it, but there was something that was about to be reported to His Majesty." ”

"What's the matter?" Wang Mang glanced at Fan Li, he was sitting on the high platform, any wind and grass in the hall was in his eyes, he had already seen Yu Wenkai was about to stand up, but was interrupted by Fan Li taking the first step.

Fan Li said loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for the renovation of the roads in the capital and the surrounding areas the day before yesterday, and allocated 100,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry to repair the roads, but after calculation, the Ministry of Household felt that 100,000 taels of silver was far from enough, so I was about to report this matter to Your Majesty, and asked Your Majesty to allocate an additional 100,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry for road repair." ”

As soon as Fan Li's voice fell, Yu Wenkai stopped first, looking surprised, while the other adults looked at Fan Li with faint eyes, and even Li Hong was shocked at the moment.