"Lord Xue, what do you think?"

Xue Yu shook her head at this time, and was seen by Princess Jingming, and she immediately asked keenly.

"Brother Lu's method," Xue Mi shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work, this is equivalent to letting the emperor pay out of his pocket to fill Tian Ning's shortfall, besides, the royal family also has a lot of expenses, you calculate, how many people are in the palace, food and clothing, these have to spend money."

Hu Benwei, Neiwei, these have to spend silver, now that the first emperor has just been buried, this silver was paid by the emperor himself, and Shaofu is probably not easy now. ”

Lu Qiao's face was slightly red, but he was a little unconvinced, and protested: "No one in the imperial court knows about the situation in the Shaofu, but some institutions in the imperial court should be reduced in order to reduce expenses. ”

"Some institutions, those institutions?" Xue asked rhetorically.

Lu Qiao's face was slightly red, but Wang Fen agreed loudly in support: "That's right, the imperial court should reduce expenses, when Taizu and Wuzong, how many institutions and how many expenses did the imperial court have, and now, how many institutions and how many expenses did the imperial court have."

The imperial court always says how much the tax revenue will be reduced, but it does not mention the expenditure, and also, how much does the tiger benwei and the internal guard spend every year? If the tiger benwei is still necessary, what about the internal guard, I think the internal guard should be abolished. ”

Xue Mi's face changed slightly, and he quickly glanced at Qiu Ge, who lowered his head and drank as if he hadn't heard.

Abolish the internal guard, this matter is not the first Wang Fen to put forward, hundreds of years ago, after Taizu created the internal guard system, after the two dynasties of Taizong Renzong, it was proposed in Wuzong, it was strongly suppressed by Wuzong, depressed for more than 100 years, and then put forward it again when Daizong, and was vetoed again, and then almost every emperor ascended the throne, there were always courtiers who put forward this proposal, including Emperor Taiding, but none of them succeeded.

"The inner guard is the eyes and ears of the royal family, and you want to make me deaf and blind!"

This is Wuzong's answer to the abolition of the internal guard, and historically, every time this proposal is proposed, the emperor quotes the words of Emperor Wuzong as an answer.

"If you are virtuous, you will have nothing to hide, and if you govern the country with virtue and benevolence," Wang Fen continued, "and the system of internal defense violates the teachings of the sages, causing the etiquette and music to collapse, and people look sideways and dare not speak." ”

During the banquet, there was silence, and when she heard Wang Fen's generosity, Princess Jingming pursed her lips and smiled: "This abolition of internal guards is not a good suggestion, and it is impossible for the imperial brother to agree." ”

Then she added: "Let's continue to talk about what is the solution to the financial problems of the imperial court? Brother Lu proposed to reduce expenditures, but I think this may be a solution, there are too many institutions in the imperial court, there are too many officials, and the expenses are complicated, if we can reduce them, we may be able to alleviate the current difficulties of the imperial court." ”

"Difficult," Xue Yu shook his head: "Improving the financial difficulties of the imperial court is nothing more than two ways, open source and reduce expenditure, the new tax system is considered open source, many ministers in the court oppose it, if according to Brother Lu's method, the court institutions are abolished, whether it is the internal guard or the tiger guard, it is very difficult, and the effect is not necessarily good, why? This part did not occupy the expenditure of the imperial treasury, but the expenditure of the emperor's internal treasury. ”

The internal guards were abolished, Xue Mi didn't dare to think at all, the entire imperial court, except for the emperor, everyone else, including the royal family members like Princess Jingming Princess Jiatai, hated and feared the internal guards, if the internal guards could be cut, I am afraid that the whole court would be happy.

"Then is it feasible to hand over part of the tax revenue in the hands of the inner treasury to Du Zhicao?" Xue Yu asked himself, and then admitted very frankly: "I haven't thought about this question, I don't know what to say, please ask Brother Wang, what do you think." ”

Wang Fen looked at Xue Mi and felt that Xue Mi was different from what was rumored, it was rumored in the imperial capital that Xue Mi was a gentleman who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, if it wasn't for the queen's cousin, it would be impossible to enter Shangshutai at all.

Xue Mi entered Shangshutai, and Shilin also laughed for a while, but Dajin Xiang has a tradition of relatives in power, and Shangshu Ling Pan Lian is also a relative, so Shilin gradually lost his voice after discussing for a while.

Judging from these words, Xue Mi is not unlearned and unskilled as rumored, although he is still relatively immature, he is also very frank.

"In my opinion, it is possible to abolish the degree of use, first of all, there are officials in the imperial court, there are too many officials, think about it, not to mention Taizu, even if it is the Wuzong period, now the court officials are twice as many as those in the Wuzong period.

Secondly, the military budget can be cut partially, after the first battle outside the Saiwai, the Xianbei people may not have any more action during this time, the imperial court can take a breath, as for Liangzhou, Tubo's attention is in the Western Regions, within two years, they have no energy to invade Liangzhou, so, within two years, there should be no war.

Third, at present, all states and counties have county soldiers and state soldiers, and the number is getting larger and larger, and some of these can be abolished, not to mention more, cutting one-third can save a large amount of military spending for the imperial court. ”

Wang Fen told the story, it was obvious that he had studied this, and everyone listened carefully, only Qiu Ge was drinking heavily.

Each state of the Great Jin Dynasty has state soldiers, and each county has county soldiers, and the county soldiers are large and small, with more soldiers in large counties and fewer soldiers in small counties.

In addition to these state soldiers, county soldiers, county magistrates and state magistrates, there are also city guards, so there are many soldiers in various parts of the Great Jin, which is also a huge expense.

"Eliminate the county soldiers and city guards?" Xue Yu thought for a while and shook his head slightly: "Now the displaced people in various places are in trouble, and the natives in the south have also made some moves recently, Jingzhou reported that several tribes in Jingzhou had clashed with the local Jin people, and Jingzhou Assassin Shi Jinshun reported to increase the state soldiers, not to mention Liangzhou and Yongzhou." ”

Without waiting for Wang Fen to refute, Qiu Ge put the wine jar on the table and shouted: "Happy! Happy! It's better to burn knives in Liangzhou, okay!

Princess Jingming smiled slightly, a maid holding the altar of wine, and walked quickly to the table of Qiu Ge, Qiu Ge grabbed it, was about to pour, shook his head and said: "This Liangzhou burns a knife with a bowl, this is not good!"

The exquisite wine cup on the desk is small and exquisite, but in Qiu Ge's eyes, it is not the most suitable, the maid quickly brought a beautiful white porcelain bowl, Qiu Ge rolled his eyes: "No, no, drink the burning knife to get the earthen bowl, forget it, forget it!"

The maid was a little at a loss, and looked at Princess Jingming with a little grievance, the earthen bowl, the princess's mansion is not carefully selected, exquisite and gratuitous, the kind of earthen bowls that are everywhere on the street, can you enter the princess's mansion!

Qiu Ge grabbed the wine jar and poured it into his mouth, his throat couldn't help swallowing, and in the eyes of the maid, half of the jar of wine was gone.

Wiping the wine from his mouth, Qiu Ge shouted drunkenly: "Happy! The ancient sages are all lonely, only the drinker leaves his name!"

After speaking, his head slammed on the desk, and he fell asleep, and the maid Zhang Huang looked at Princess Jingming at a loss.

Princess Jingming smiled slightly, motioned for the maid to serve on the side, and then said to Wang Fen: "Prince Wang, what Lord Xue means is that the state soldiers and county soldiers cannot be cut!

Xue Mi rushed to the front: "It's not that it can't be cut, for example, Jiangnan, Yangzhou can be cut, and some counties in Yuzhou can also be cut, but Qingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and other places, if you want to cut them, you have to be careful." ”

Xue Yu hesitated, and then said: "And can it be cut, Shang Shutai's opinion is not the most important, Taiwei Mansion is the most important, the emperor will definitely ask Pan Ji Qiuyun Cao Huang's opinion." ”

"That's the reason," Wang Fen nodded, Xue Mi didn't wait for him to continue, then interjected: "Reducing the army, this is more difficult, and it is easier to dismiss officials and officials, but the problem is, Liu Cao, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cut that, Wang Sanye, this is probably more difficult than implementing a new tax system!"

"It's very difficult, but it must be done," Wang Fen nodded and admitted, the imperial court is huge, the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Taishi Mansion, the Taiwei Mansion, and the Yushitai, each of which is a huge organization.

The Prime Minister's Office is in charge of Liucao, which can actually be said to be the prime minister, responsible for administration;

The Taiwei Mansion, which is actually the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, is responsible for the country's army;

Yushitai, which is equivalent to the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Ministry of Supervision, etc., is responsible for supervising hundreds of officials;

Maybe the institution is a little less is the Taishi Mansion, this position has a lot of honor, and he usually doesn't take care of things.

In addition to these, there are also Shaofu, Zongzheng Mansion, etc., the entire imperial court, not counting the Sili School Captain's Mansion, there are thousands of officials in the imperial capital, not counting the small officials' secretary office, the officers of the Bishan battalion of the Tiger Benwei Forbidden Army.

"Third Master Wang, you are painting cakes to satisfy your hunger. Princess Jiatai sneered unceremoniously, Wang Fen was a little surprised, turned his head to look at her, and Xu Shu pulled her sleeves on the side, the meaning was obvious, let her be polite.

Princess Jiatai smiled at her, and then said: "According to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, the prefectures, counties, and counties, the imperial court only divides the fields into posts, and at the county level, only three or five people have the fields for the posts. ”

Xue Mi's eyes lit up, and when he remembered it, he was not only impressed by Princess Jiatai.

According to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, the state, county and county of the Great Jin Dynasty, the third-level officials, the imperial court did not pay salaries, but granted the post field, and generally only the official gave the post field, and the officials did not have the post field.

Officials, officials, officials and officials are not the same, taking the county level as an example, only the county commander Bo and the county lieutenant, these four people have a position, and the subordinates of these four people are officials.

The imperial court does not pay salaries to officials, not people in the system, and the salaries of officials are self-raised at all levels, and the imperial court does not give half a dime.

Therefore, if Wang Fen wants to reduce expenses, the emperor can lay off some people, but the following places are useless at all, but if he only lays off people in the imperial capital, how effective can it be? I'm afraid Wang Fen himself can't believe it.

Sure enough, Wang Fen nodded: "The princess is reasonable, the effect of dismissing officials is probably not great, and another method, reducing the expenses in the palace, can be considered, and the effect should be great." ”

"In the palace?" Princess Jingming frowned slightly: "Are you still playing the idea of internal guards?"

Wang Fen nodded silently, Xue Yu sighed softly, he felt that it would be easier to dismantle the army.

The conversation reached an impasse, and no one dared to continue, and no one knew the consequences.

Princess Jingming's eyes wandered, and she raised her wine glass: "Come and drink everyone, but it's just to say, it doesn't matter." ”

Everyone raised their glasses accordingly, Princess Jingming drank three glasses in a row, then put down the wine glass, and continued: "In fact, whether it is the new tax system or the abolition of institutions, it is to improve the finances of the imperial court, brainstorming, and always find a way that everyone is satisfied with. ”

Speaking of this, she sighed, and there was a layer of sadness between her eyebrows: "A few days ago, I went to see the imperial brother, the imperial brother lost weight again, I inquired, the imperial brother only sleeps two hours a day now, alas, the queen mother is the imperial brother's draft, but the imperial brother is in the mood."

Alas, the imperial brother is almost thirty years old, and he still has only one daughter, alas, so, everyone, as the emperor's courtiers, we should share the emperor's worries. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was a little embarrassed, since the emperor ascended the throne, he could not find the slightest problem in the diligent government, which was recognized by the imperial court, sleeping three watches a day, getting up five watches, and being diligent in the government.

"Your Majesty!" Wang Fen muttered to himself, not knowing what to say, and finally just sighed deeply.

In the middle of the moon, the banquet was dispersed, and everyone did not leave that night, and they couldn't walk, so on such a night, even if they were near the imperial capital, it was very unsafe to walk at night.

Everyone was accompanied by a beautiful dancing girl, and Xue Mi was not polite, he had a night of entertainment, and entered the city refreshed the next day.

Halfway down the road, I saw Qiu Ge's carriage, this carriage was a little strange, there was no carriage, it was like a board car, the driver was an old man, and Qiu Ge was lying behind, bare-chested, humming a little song, looking like a prodigal.

(End of chapter)