Sun Jiao actually told Zhao Huang in disguise that it was best not to mention this matter.

But Zhao Huang is also the same as Sun Jiao, he never flinched in case of trouble, and directly told the new emperor at the next day at the court meeting that the new emperor sent someone to secretly build a train.

There was no uproar in the court, but inexplicable.

Everyone knows that the emperor sent people to open mines, but what is it to build something that can run along the railroad tracks? Engaging in invention?

Is this what an emperor should do?

Let's come out against it, we don't understand.

Zhu Si sighed, "If Zhao Qing's family doesn't say it, I plan to talk about it after a while...... I'm really building a train."

Zhao Huang said, "Your Majesty, you have worked so hard and hurt your money......

Zhu Si raised his hand to interrupt what Zhao Huang was about to say, but his tone was not very anxious: "You said that this is a loss of money for the people, dare to ask who is working and whose money is being hurt?" Has the household department allocated a penny in this matter?"

As the emperor turned his attention to Sun Jiao, many people realized that the initiator of this deliberation was not Old Man Sun.

Originally, many people thought that although Zhao Huang was nominally a neutral faction in the court, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household were actually one, and Zhao Huang was probably bewitched by Sun Jiao, so he jumped out to mention this matter, because the way and method of his suggestion was a bit like Sun Jiao's opposition to the emperor's increase in spending in the southeast coastal defense.

Could it be that Zhao Huang thinks that Sun Jiao's move can work, so that the status of the household department in the DPRK and China will rise rapidly, and the Ministry of Industry also wants to paint a scoop according to the gourd?

Sun Jiao came out and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the household department is not involved in this matter."

Zhao Huang was about to continue, when Zhu Si grabbed the white and said, "I know that some people should be suspicious, that is, I transferred money and food from the inner mansion, but in fact, it is not. Speaking of which, the money and grain allocated by the household department to the Inner Government this year are not as much as the money and grain transferred from the Inner Government to the northwest, and the Inner Government has no surplus now."

No balance?

Where does the emperor's usual expenses come from?

The whole palace is drinking the northwest wind?

Who believes?

Zhu Si continued: "Regarding the train, the use of nothing more than iron and coal, iron can make the rails, locomotives, frames, wheels, etc., and coal is used to burn to propel the train forward, these are all things produced by the Xishan Coal Mine and the iron mine of Yongping Province, and it does not use too much capital."

After listening to this, everyone knew that the emperor opened the mine in order to build this kind of train and be self-sufficient?

Iron was used to make the hull, which is understandable, and coal could be burned to propel the train forward...... How is this done?

I've only heard of using coal to burn the stove, but I've never heard of burning coal and still running, this is fooling us all literati and not understanding the magic skills of craftsmen?

But in any case, the emperor explained in public, the court did not use a penny, the so-called labor and loss of money is not valid, then Zhao Huang's performance is meaningless, probably at this time, Zhao Huang should stop in moderation, go back and say no more.

In fact, it was difficult for Zhao Huang to propose anything.

At this time, Jiang Mian came out of the ranks, with a heavy face: "Your Majesty, the troops in the northwest were used last year, and the border army is still short of weapons, and if there are iron weapons, they should be used in armaments, rather than embewling elsewhere."

Jiang Mian is the second assistant of the cabinet, he represents the cabinet, and it can even be said that he represents the will of Yang Tinghe.

The ministers were a little confused, why did Jiang Mian come out to speak for Zhao Huang at this time? Zhao Huang won't be no longer a wall-riding faction, but chooses to abandon the dark and turn to the light, leaning on Yang Shoufu's side, right?

Zhu Si smiled and said, "Elder Jiang Ge, what you mean, I don't really understand...... Northwest ordnance casting, has always had a fixed source, I opened a coal kiln in Xishan, opened an iron kiln in Yongping Mansion, there are many people who oppose it, no one is optimistic about what I can achieve, in the mining industry, I didn't let the court pay a penny, just like that, the iron produced will be used for the court expenses?

It's a head-to-head confrontation.

Debate between kings and ministers.

Jiang Mian was also a little angry when he heard this, and his tone was aggressive: "Your Majesty, the mining kiln opened in the name of the imperial court, whether it is built by the household department with money or manpower, has always used the relationship and resources of the imperial court, and any output should also be attributed to the imperial court, in fact, it is attributed to you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Sidao: "Hey, I can't agree with Jiang Ge's words. The imperial court is the imperial court, I am the imperial court, the household department and the inner government are still separated, how come it is time to open the mine, I find someone to open the mine, and the output will all go to the imperial court? Can't it be that I arrange for someone to take care of it, and I will take care of it at my own risk, and I will arrange and dispose of what I produce?"

Jiang Mian said unceremoniously, "Your Majesty, it is so unruly."

"Huh."

Zhu Si smiled, "This rule is really a basket, you can put anything in it, but anything that dissatisfies you is not in accordance with the rules, right?" Are you going to say that if I don't agree to use what the kiln produces for the expenses of the court, then you won't allow me to open the mine? The next step is to find a group of people to play, saying that I am fighting for profits with the people by opening mines? Hehe, I really know your face."

Zhu Si said with a smile, but there was a sadness in his tone.

What I mean is that you are targeting me, and you want me to follow the course you have set, but whatever I decide for myself, you have to mess around with all kinds of nonsense, right?

At this time, Zhao Huang, who was the initiator, couldn't help but glance at Sun Jiao.

He finally understood what Sun Jiao meant by "making a fuss".

If he hadn't insisted on coming out to play this matter, it would not have caused the emperor and the second assistant to quarrel in public at the court meeting, in fact, if you think about it carefully, it's really nothing, the emperor found someone to open the mine on his own, even if he used a little manpower, but it didn't seem to harm the interests of the court, why did he, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, come out to trouble the emperor without knowing each other?

Now I'm going to be cannon fodder.

Zhu Sidao: "As for the construction of the train, I think that as long as the court does not use manpower and material resources, then everything is reasonable, and I don't need to explain it to you. As for what you are talking about competing with the people, let the people who are fighting for profit come out and say for themselves, and I may hand over the mine to them and see who can keep the mine alive!"

"The mine kiln is nothing in the hands of the people, only in my hands can it shine, if you don't believe it, you can find someone to try it!"

"As for you asking me to stop mining, it's better to say it directly, anyway, it's not once or twice, I also put it here, if you want to stop this matter, weigh your own identity first, anyway, I firmly disagree!"

The emperor so openly expressed his dissatisfaction with his courtiers that many ministers felt tremendous pressure.

But Jiang Mian did not mean to be stunned at all, and continued to speak: "Your Majesty, even if the mining is done by the Inner Government, and the manpower and material resources of the Inner Government are also used, how can it be regarded as irrelevant to the imperial court?"

Zhu Si smiled and said: "Elder Jiang Ge, you are really wrong about this, I have relied on the imperial court to allocate money and grain every year to support so many people, and I have said before that this year, the inner government has transferred more to the imperial court than the imperial court, is this the inner government supporting outsiders, or outsiders supporting the inner government?"

Jiang Mian said: "The revenue of the inner government mainly comes from official land, Huangzhuang, Huangdian and other industries, which is also the inherent foundation of the imperial court."

When Zhu Si heard this, he had an eye-opening feeling.

"Hey, listen to what Elder Jiang Ge meant, is my palace also the capital of the imperial court, and any benefits generated by the palace have become the end of the imperial palace? Is it that I handed over the imperial village and the imperial shop to the imperial court, and if I have any output, the imperial court still thinks that I have earned it by relying on the emperor's face, and it is still not the income of Zhengda Guangming, and I still have to hand it over to the imperial treasury?"

Zhu Si's tone gradually became cold.

His eyes burned, as if he wanted to kill!

Jiang Mian was very polite: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, but the king's land and the king's ministers still belong to the court."

Zhu Sidao: "Then what belongs to me?"

"The court belongs to Your Majesty." Jiang Mian said.

Zhu Si said angrily, "Then you still have the face to tell me this? Don't say that the mining is not carried out by me from the imperial court, even if it is, it is justified, what is it to do with me? Isn't it because I saw that I had made money from opening the mine and wanted to return the mine to the imperial court? Let a Ministry of Work come out and play, thinking that I don't know your little bit of care?"

Now the contradiction broke out completely.

Zhao Huang's intestines are all repentant at this time.

It's really used as a gun, or do you take the initiative to send it to the door and let someone do it, isn't this self-defeating?

"If I want to take the mine back, I won't agree, I have the ability to find someone to drive it myself...... What is produced by the industry in my name, I have the power to distribute it myself. But the official land and the imperial store, etc., I am not rare, starting next year, this income, I can temporarily return to the household department for the overall adjustment, and then the household department will allocate the inner government, so there should be no problem, right? Retreat!"

Zhu Si was impatient and ended the court meeting.

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The emperor did not give the ministers a chance to continue arguing.

With the help of Zhao Huang's performance, Jiang Mian can be regarded as a good lesson to the emperor.

Jiang Mian felt very relieved, but when he turned back to look at Yang Tinghe, he found that Yang Tinghe's face was full of helplessness, obviously the process and result of Jiang Mian's argument with the emperor were not what Yang Tinghe was willing to see.

The emperor was willful and walked away, which seemed to be the courtier's victory, but in fact it also reflected the incompetence of the courtiers.

In the past, the courtiers opposed the emperor's mining, and although in the end they also tacitly let the emperor open it, everyone felt that the emperor's behavior of opening the mine would not have any results, and it would end abruptly in the end.

As a result, now that the emperor has opened the mine, the minister has used Zhao Huang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to play and want the emperor to hand over the mine to the imperial court to take care of, which leaves people with a feeling that the courtiers are quite unreasonable.

For the nobles or private miners, it is completely reasonable for the ministers to do this, which is to take advantage of it.

But now it has taken the emperor's head......

Don't you know that the official level crushed people to death?

The emperor can't suppress Yang Tinghe, and it's no problem to suppress most of the courtiers, right? Besides, even if Yang Tinghe is not the emperor's courtier?

Now it seems that the income of the imperial village and the imperial store has been won over, but it is the courtiers who have failed in the field of public opinion, especially the cabinet princes.