The Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner.

It was a good day for the family reunion, and everyone should be in a happy mood, but in fact, the court officials were all serious and upright, and they were too busy to care about the festival.

Jiang Muyuan was not idle, he didn't sleep all night, practiced morning exercises with Gu Yunjin, solved breakfast and went to the palace.

He was in good health, and he came back by boat this time, and he didn't look tired, so he listened carefully in the Wenying Hall all morning.

Yesterday, Sun Qi explained the situation, but today the situation is still not very obvious.

To fight or not to fight, the saint has no clear bias, or rather, he asked them to "bluff" in private, but on the bright side, the saint is still holding it.

Jiang Muyuan also understood the intention of the saint's move, after all, no matter how fierce the competition in the court was, the clever ministers could see that the saint was unwilling to press Nanling at first, and Sun Qi's statement did not change his mind.

If the Holy Lord suddenly made his intention to attack clear, it would have become too fast.

The Holy One could not find a suitable reason.

In order to nourish the Heart Palace, it is categorically unspeakable, this matter cannot be put on the table, and it has to be carried out quietly.

It is said that it is for the sake of the imperial court and the national fortune......

I can't talk about it!

The people are the most easily instigated, the saint said that Sun Bi and his son privately opened the iron mine and ruined their luck, and tomorrow someone will say that the imperial court has reached the end, and then the peak of the pole building is in the mountains of Nanling, and then the next day, that is, the iron mine is the dragon vein, so that Sun Bi will be dug up, and the Sun family will lose the world.

One day at a time, for a few more days, the health of the saint's body can be passed on to the end of the strong crossbow.

What was the time?

Arrest the people who talk nonsense?

No matter how much you catch, it will not be easy for the chaotic people's hearts to settle down again.

Therefore, the saint can only put on the appearance of being persuaded by the main combatants "gradually", and cannot be in a hurry to fight Sun Bi.

Jiang Muyuan could see it, but he was not in a hurry, Sun Rui was also an old god, but Sun Zhen couldn't sit still, and before noon, he left Wenying Hall under the pretext of being injured and unwell.

Since the saint is still hesitating, the ministers in the Wenying Hall will inevitably fight for favor again.

Jiang Muyuan listened for a while and asked Hubu Shangshu: "Lord Qi, how is the autumn harvest this year?" ”

Qi Shangshu replied: "It is the autumn harvest season, and the local state government has not yet reported the specific harvest, but according to the previous preliminary investigation, the harvest may not be optimistic. It is good to have a flat account in the end.

Nanling can not be harvested, the north of the year is in trouble, the field is seriously damaged, after the Di people retreat, that is, barely recover some losses, and Jiangnan, this year's lack of water, a few months have been shouting that the harvest is not good, and the tax pressure is too heavy......

Our two largest granaries, Jiangnan and Lianghu, are not reliable this year. ”

Sun Qi listened, glanced at Jiang Muyuan, and said, "When A-Yuan and I returned to Beijing, we passed through the two lakes and looked at the situation on both sides of the strait, which is not like a bad harvest. ”

"Your Highness," Qi Shangshu explained, "the two lakes have only eased up a little, and it seems that there is no underharvest, but in terms of the harvest that the two lakes should have, it is a poor harvest." ”

All in all, in short, the treasury has no money, and don't wait for the autumn harvest to make up for it.

It happened that it was time for lunch, so the frozen topic was put aside, and everyone ate separately.

Qi Shangshu was still thinking about things in his mind, this meal didn't know the taste, and the chewing was not meticulous, he was a handful of age, and he felt very uncomfortable when he put down his chopsticks, so he went outside to walk around to eat.

Jiang Muyuan saw it in his eyes, and after half an hour, he got up and went out to find Qi Shangshu, and saluted: "The old man borrowed a step to speak?" ”

Qi Shangshu responded.

The two of them walked out of the Wenying Hall and found a quiet corner.

Before Jiang Muyuan could speak, Qi Shangshu waved his hand at him and said, "The old man knows what the little grandfather means.

What is the state of the treasury, you know it well, little grandfather, in order to replenish the treasury over the years, you have really thought of a lot of ways, if it weren't for your help, the books would be even more messy at this time.

Thou hast raised money, and thou hast known how hard it comes; You've used it too, and this coin looks heavy, but it's not used at all!

It's not that the household department is unwilling to support the front-line soldiers to conquer the city, but、It's that I really can't support it! ”

Qi Shangshu's old face was red, it was urgent and difficult.

In terms of his own heart, of course he also wanted to fight Sun Bi, how could he make Sun Bi the king and damage the court like this?

Among the officials who went to investigate Nanling, there were also his acquaintances, his descendants, and even the students he had selected during the main examination in the early years, and he was also heartbroken.

But he sits in the household department, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, he is worried!

Just such a little money, and it is still used indiscriminately, if there is any natural disaster in the next year, how can the court bear it?

The court went downhill, and the future history books wrote that the Sun family was folded in the world without money, and he had no face in the ground, and he was ashamed of the ancestors and the people of the world!

Jiang Muyuan didn't say anything, and patiently listened to Qi Shangshu talk about his concerns, and then slowly spoke: "What you said is that I have raised silver and know that it is not easy to raise or save silver.

You know the composition of the imperial court's income, there is no chaos and no disaster, there are so many in a year, and then you reach out and ask the people to ask for it, there is also a degree, and it is not appropriate to pass.

The expenses are also here, and the profit and loss are clear at a glance, but no one can say for sure about wars and natural disasters, and the surplus you racked your brains to save is not enough.

That's not the way to do it!

Open source and reduce expenditure, four words are simple, it depends on luck, you also said, in the past two years, I have helped get some silver, those are not the silver that can be calculated on the books, they are all moved back with a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, and the court wants to recover its vitality, it can only rely on these 'side doors'. ”

Qi Shangshu touched his beard: "What does the little grandfather mean is that Nanling is also regarded as a 'side door'?" ”

"Sun Bi dares to rebel, can he have any savings in his hands? Dong Zhiwang has been in Nanling for so many years, if he wants to make money, Jin Peiying can't compare to him, the southernmost part of Nanling is the sea, relying on the sea, he and Sun Bi can save gold and silver. No matter how bad it is, there is still the iron mine. Jiang Muyuan said.

"What you said, the old man has also thought about it," Qi Shangshu said, "But if Nanling can't be defeated, then the military funds thrown in it can't be recovered. ”

"I can't guarantee that," Jiang Muyuan finished speaking, seeing that Qi Shangshu was anxious, he smiled again and said, "Just like you can't guarantee that there will be no disasters next year or the year after, the surplus on the books can really be completely integrated into the treasury." ”

Where can Qi Shangshu guarantee this!

Natural disasters and man-made disasters, if he wants to have this ability, he is not a household secretary, but a great teacher of the imperial court.

can say that the war is about the right time, place and people, how can Jiang Muyuan guarantee it......

"Hey!" Qi Shangshu sighed, "The little grandfather asked the old man to think and think again." ”