Huo Lian, who was sparkling with carriages and horses, had already entered the imperial city.

Because of the emperor's orders, he went straight to the imperial study.

The court meeting has been dispersed, but there are many officials in the imperial study, and there are many things in the big court meeting, but the details need to be agreed by the small court meeting.

The officials gathered in twos and threes to talk and wait, and when they saw Huo Lian coming, some people turned their eyes away, and some greeted them with a smile.

"Hodudu is here." The eunuchs smiled and said, stretching out their hands to ask, "Come on."

Several important ministers were still waiting under the corridor, and they were not allowed to enter without a pass, and seeing that Huo Lian didn't have to go straight to the pass, some officials were dissatisfied.

"No rules." They said.

Another official smiled: "Don't care."

The cool officials are just the domestic animals and hounds raised by the emperor, and the livestock love pets naturally do not need to talk about the rules, condone when they are useful, and discard them when they are useless.

For Huo Lian, there are only a few words, everyone doesn't talk much, and now this cool official is still in full bloom, so he can't touch it, so he stays away.

The sight and discussion of the officials outside were cut off by the heavy door of the imperial study.

The sound in the study room was a little noisy.

Several officials were each reading something, and the emperor frowned slightly as he listened, and from time to time he reached out and pressed his forehead.

"Your Majesty, Hodudu is here." The eunuchs said.

The officials' voices stopped, and the emperor motioned for him to stand aside, while he continued to press his forehead and asked, "Don't read so much about this and that, just say it, how much is the military spending?"

The officials exchanged glances, and one stood up and said, "Nine million four hundred and seventy thousand pieces of money, seven million and eight hundred thousand pieces of cloth, and two thousand three hundred stones of grain and grass......

Before he could finish his words, the emperor covered his face with his hand.

"Do you know the income you just reported?" He asked.

An official smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the ministers are clear, so there is no way to ask Your Majesty.....

"There are so many of you who can't help it, what can I do alone?" The emperor put down his hand, looking helpless, "I don't have my father and eldest brother, who will I ask for money?"

He was also very wronged when the treasury had no money, and after he ascended the throne, he faced a deficit treasury, and it was easy to survive the past five years.

The officials sighed.

"Think again." The emperor said to several officials in a kind voice, "I don't ask for any more, so let's compare the military expenses with the year before."

Officials reluctantly replied.

"Still." An official thought of something and said, "There is a matter of urgent need for money to be allocated, and it has been reported for a long time.....

When he said this, he glanced at Huo Lian.

See what he's doing? They never ask the household department for money, and they need money to solve it themselves.

Huo Lian didn't move.

The emperor was also a little puzzled, and asked, "What is the matter?"

The officer glanced at Huo Lian again and said, "The northern naval border city defense has been damaged a lot over the years and needs to be repaired."

The Northern Navy, the emperor is a little funny, knowing that everyone cares about Huo Lian's former background, and they are all cautious when it comes to the Northern Navy.

"It's not a big deal." The emperor said, "It is very important for the Northern Navy to guard the border."

There is a pause at this point.

"They didn't deduct their military spending, did they?"

The official hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, the soldiers' salaries, food and grass have been fully allocated." ….

The Emperor nodded in satisfaction and asked, "How much does it cost to repair the defenses?"

The official hurriedly took out a booklet and flipped through it, saying, "700,000 is almost enough."

"Compared to the amount of money just now, this is indeed a small amount." The Emperor said with a smile.

The officials laughed too.

"So be it." The Emperor said, pointing to the pamphlets in the hands of the officials, "Add them to the pile of money you have reported in due course, and they will be published together when the time comes."

Smiled at this.

"It's already tens of thousands, and if you add another 700,000 yuan, I don't think it's a big deal

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The official hesitated for a moment, and was about to say something, but the official next to him had already glared at him and leaned over to salute: "Wait for the order."

The Emperor pressed his forehead: "Okay, you go down, let me rest, I see you now, there is money in front of me, and I am dizzy."

The officials saluted: "Your Majesty has worked hard, and the ministers will retire."

The official stopped talking and retreated with everyone, and when he came out, he was scolded by the official who stopped him: "Du Langzhong, you too, you don't have the eyesight to see, what else do you have to say?" Got it now? It would be nice to allow you to add to it this year."

The official known as Du Langzhong looked helpless: "Lord Huang, it's not that I don't have eyesight, this...." He shook the booklet in his hand, "This request was made the year before last, it's been two years, and it will be pushed back for another year.....

In this way, Lord Huang glanced at him, "So you really have no eyesight, have you forgotten what His Majesty Shicai said?"

What did Your Majesty say? His Majesty asked whether the salaries and grain of the Northern Navy had been deducted, and it was evident that he did not mean to ignore them harshly.

Lord Huang smiled, "Your Majesty said that the military expenditure is the same as the year before."

He accentuated his tone the year before.

"Do you think Your Majesty has a bad memory? Your Majesty has directly quoted the amount of the year before last year, down to every item."

Several officials nodded, they knew more clearly than others that His Majesty's mind and memory were very extraordinary, and this young emperor was very smart.

"So, will Your Majesty not remember that you don't know what kind of defensive repairs in the Northern Navy didn't report last year?" Lord Huang patted the booklet in Lord Du's hand.

Yes, Master Du came back to his senses.

So.....

"If you want me to say that the Northern Navy is almost done." Lord Huang let out a snort from his nose, "Over the years, the soldiers' salaries, grain and grass have been given enough, and the court will recognize as much as they report the military register, so what else do you want?" What kind of city defense repair, so much money, defense? Isn't defense what people should do? Without a defensive wall, this northern border can't be defended? So what use do you want them?"

Speaking of which, I flicked my sleeves.

"Do such things, you can still keep them, raise them, never deduct military expenses, and pay a lot of money for the gifts of the great festivals, Your Majesty is magnanimous, not to let them be dissatisfied and unmeasured."

Other officials also nodded, these generals just like to exaggerate, they just want to make contributions themselves, and they don't care about the weapons of the soldiers, how much money they have to spend on the treasury, and how much share of the expenditure.

"It's time to settle the matter of our bloated armaments."

"What should be streamlined must also be streamlined."

"This year's military spending will be recalculated."

The household officials left, and the imperial study was much quieter.

The emperor did not send other officials in.

"It's almost noon, let the imperial dining room arrange the meal." The emperor instructed the eunuchs, "Let the adults wait, and I will rest for a while."

The eunuchs withdrew.

Huo Lian looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty has worked hard."

The emperor sighed: "Being an emperor is easy to say, but difficult to say."

Huo Lian, who hung her head, understood that this was something to order.

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(Thank you Lazy Ling for the two silver alliances rewarded by the little rope, thank you very much, you are really bankrupt, and I will say a few more words here, many readers said, I came for Jiao Niang, Xue Qing came, Li Minglou came, I want to see the first candidate like the Great Emperor Ji, but I'm really sorry, they can only have one, I am still full of enthusiasm for storytelling, thinking and trying, but I can't always be as you expect, thank you for the reward, thank you for liking.) ）.

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