"Second Highness, the emperor invites you in."

The second prince knelt on the ground when he entered the imperial study, and De'an hurriedly stopped what he was doing and walked a few steps to the side.

"Son-in-law, see father!"

The emperor glanced at the second prince, and a hint of warmth flashed in his eyes, "Hmm! What are you doing today? But for the sake of the household? ”

The emperor has taken care of the recent affairs, could it be that the second child has recently taken over the errand of the household department, and he is not up to the task? The second child is pure and good-natured, and I am afraid that he will not be able to suppress those old ministers.

"Father, the son has just taken over the affairs of the household department, and found that our treasury is very empty. Although in recent years, more taxes have been charged on land than in previous years, but it is still a drop in the bucket! In recent years, the country has repeatedly violated the border, and from time to time the border has been detained, and the soldiers guarding the border are short of food and grass, and their salaries and silver have been postponed from time to time, and life is even more difficult! ”

As soon as the second prince arrived at the household, he wanted to show himself in front of his father. However, although he has selfish intentions, he is still very worried about the emptiness of the treasury, and without silver, it is easy to cause turmoil. Otherwise, Dayan would not tolerate Daxing's invasion from time to time, isn't there enough food and grass?

In fact, he still had a lot of things in his stomach that he didn't say, and he heard that the soldiers who guarded the border had not been paid silver for months, and even wore thin jackets on cold winter days, and even had to withhold food.

Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while. Although there has been no war recently, the soldiers are not well fed and clothed, and their foundation is poor, and when they go to the battlefield, the possibility of survival is greatly reduced. And those Tartars are fat and strong, and even the horses are sturdy BMWs, and when they fight, they still suffer from the Dayan Dynasty!

The emperor's forehead jumped, he knew that the second child wanted to make some political achievements to show him, but didn't he know about these?

Even every official of the household department knew very well that in order to replenish the national treasury, it was necessary to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. It's just that now the household department can't come up with any good solutions, how can his money bag be full?

Everyone knows that the treasury is empty, but when the second prince said this, he spread it out naked in the sun, so how could he have the face of the emperor?

The emperor sighed in his heart, the second child is still too honest! The third child has taken over the position of the household department for more than a year, of course, he knows the situation of the household department, regardless of the express and implicit expressions and hints of those ministers in the court, the third child has not even mentioned a word, this is the difference between honesty and tactfulness.

If it's the boss, he won't talk about it. At least they won't bring it up so directly, and it will definitely save him some face.

This temperament is too straightforward, I'm afraid that the eldest and third don't want to calculate him, how can such a temperament be able to suppress those old treacherous cunning?

The emperor's face turned cold, "The treasury is empty, I already know it, do you have a good plan?" ”

The second prince's face suddenly tightened, in fact, what good plan did he have? This is a problem that dozens of officials can't solve, and he alone can't think of a good way to add the staff in the government!

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the emperor, whose face was getting more and more ugly, and the second prince suddenly felt anxious. Immediately, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he remembered a sentence that one of the staff members in the palace had said.

"Enlighten the father, although the sons have no good way, but the sons feel that there is one person who may have a way."

Dean glanced at the second prince and couldn't help but sweat for him. The emperor is in a bad mood these days, and the dragon body is also unsafe, the second prince came to mention this at this time, isn't it to touch the mold?

The emperor was even more ugly, and he thought that the second prince wanted to perfunctory him and pushed this matter onto others.

"Oh? Who is the man you are talking about? ”

"That person's name is Gu Chengyu, and he is the candidate who participated in the examination this time."

The second prince was uneasy in his heart, afraid that his father would blame him. He is still too anxious for quick success, and the mess left by the third child should not be left for him to clean up, although he still has to be punished by his father at the end of the year, but after all, it is a day to delay!

"Gu Chengyu?" The emperor was very surprised, what does this matter have to do with Gu Chengyu? Could it be that Gu Chengyu alone can fill the treasury? It's just nonsense.

The emperor endured the throbbing forehead, suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "Why do you say that he has a way to say it?" ”

"Father, I heard that Gu Chengyu was originally just a farmer's son, and his family was very poor, but now the Gu family can be regarded as a rich party. That Gu Chengyu is very good at collecting money, and his family can rely on him, I heard that the restaurant opened in the capital is a daily profit! ”

The second prince looked at the emperor's increasingly soothing face, and breathed a sigh of relief in his chest.

The emperor was already a little interested in Gu Chengyu, but now after listening to the words of the second prince, he also felt that it was really not easy for such a poor student to come to this point on his own. I heard that he still has the ability to make money, and he thinks that Gu Chengyu is a talent.

It's just that no matter how good the business of the restaurant is, how much money can be earned in a year. The silver needed by the imperial court is huge, Gu Chengyu earned the silver and threw it into the treasury, not even making a sound.

"Second brother, do you know how much silver is a year in today's taxes and how much silver the imperial court uses in a year?"

Of course, the second prince has done his homework on this, "Originally, the annual tax revenue of the imperial court was converted into silver, which was 13 million taels a year, but now because the tax on grain has risen, it was 15 million taels of tax last year. ”

The founding of the Dayan Dynasty has only gone through two generations of emperors, and the original war has led to the misery of the people. In fact, it is no wonder that Emperor Huiming, after all, when the first emperor left the country to him, the treasury was not full.

All the money from the treasury was used to fight wars, but it was only after recuperation that taxes were slowly raised.

The emperor nodded and motioned for the second prince to continue.

"As for the expenses of the imperial court, it is about fourteen million taels of silver per year." For this number, the second prince was also shocked when he first saw it, it turned out that the imperial court raised so many people.

There is only about one million taels of silver left in a year, but don't think that one million taels is a lot. If there is an emergency, it is simply not enough. For example, when the river embankment is repaired once every four or five years, where there is a disaster, the imperial court will allocate money to go down to provide relief.

In addition, the palace in the inner courtyard of the palace has to be repaired from time to time, the birthdays of the emperor and the queen, the idle clans, the court officials, etc., and the others will not be repeated.

If there is not enough for any year, the father will also allocate silver taels from the private treasury to fill it.

Therefore, the emptiness of the treasury is already a very serious problem, and the second prince also knows that his father is often worried about this matter and cannot sleep at night.

"It is impossible to fill the void in the treasury on your own. Maybe he had some good ideas, but they were far from the amount of money that the court spent every year. ”

The emperor sighed when he thought of this, he has been refining less often in recent days. But the elixir must be practiced, and the Taoist chief said that one day he will practice the elixir. He is now old, and all the princes under him can't stand it.

He really wanted to borrow another five hundred years from the sky, and he had been guarding his Zhao family's country, so that the Dayan Dynasty would prosper and reach an unprecedented peak of prosperity.