At the next day's court meeting, Yun Dingxing took the initiative to stand up and ask for exemption from the payment for the purchase of tools by the people, and he roughly summed it up, about more than 600,000 yuan, maybe more.

Wei Jin, the waiter of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, stood up and said: "Others talk about it, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has a broken leg, more than 600,000 yuan, and if you say that you will be exempted, Yun Shaoqing does not think that the money in the treasury belongs to your family?" ”

Yun Dingxing said: "After several big searches, the treasury has a large balance of money now, the north has been working for many years, the people are tired, and there are some policies to benefit the people, and Wei Gong should support it." ”

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs is in charge of the treasury, and the expenditure is not bad, and we dare not make any difference," Wei Jin said: "When we turn the abacus, every particle must be weighed and weighed repeatedly, Yun Shaoqing's mouth is 600,000, is his tone quite big?" ”

In the early days of the Great Sui Emperor, the calculation tool was called the calculation chip, which was calculated by placing small wooden sticks in a certain shape, which was like this: 〣, 〦, 〨, 〨.

Yang Ming felt that it was too rough, so when he was very young, in front of his teacher, Dr. Xiao Gai, Guozijian, he used a bunch of small stones to show the appearance of the abacus and the carrying method, and deliberately let Xiao Gai see it.

As a result, Xiao Cai's joint secretary of the province's Taishi Ling Zhang Xuanxuan, doctors Liu Zhuo, Wang Xiaotong, Zhen and others really invented the abacus.

The abacus that just came out had a base plate behind it, and the carrying method was very backward, so Yang Ming secretly wrote down the abacus addition and subtraction formula behind the bottom board.

Therefore, the abacus has existed for fifteen years in the Great Sui, and it has begun to be popularized among the people.

When Wei Jin finished saying this, he looked at the other two bigwigs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Shangshu Cui Zhongfang, and Pei Yun, the imperial historian and waiter.

Cui Zhongfang's eyes looked at his nose and nose, and Pei Yun's face was expressionless.

Last night, Yun Dingxing was left alone by the prince, Cui Zhongfang knew about it, but at today's court meeting, Yun Dingxing came up with such an idea, needless to say, it must have been instructed by the prince, so what else do I mix?

As for Pei Yun, he is more cautious, and he still can't understand what is going on at the moment, so it's better not to speak.

Wei Jin felt that something was wrong, and I was not alone in the special Ministry of Civil Affairs, you two pretended to be deaf and dumb, what do you mean?

At this time, Yun Dingxing continued:

"The matter of building roads, the loss of tools, is a huge number, a pickaxe and a spade are nothing to the court, but it is something that the people rely on to make a living, and the minister thinks that the reduction of this item can show His Majesty and the prince's benevolence and love for the people."

After saying this, Wei Jin looked at Yang Ming and watched Yang Ming's expression change.

And Yang Ming also looked at Wei Jin at this time and asked, "How much is the current balance of the treasury?" ”

Wei Jin didn't have time to speak, but Cui Zhongfang took the lead and said:

"Prince Yu, the treasury is saving money at the moment, 31.25 million guan, and after putting aside all the budget expenditures that have been reported this year, there should be a balance of 14.5 million guan, according to the system, 7 million is the emergency reserve of the state treasury, which cannot be moved, then the available balance is 7.45 million guan."

Yang Ming nodded and said, "Then it is appropriate to allocate 600,000 yuan to Taifu Temple to make up for this shortfall?" ”

"Of course it's appropriate," Cui Zhongfang said, "The prince is sympathetic to the people, and this money should be spent." ”

Wei Jin couldn't wait to kick him over in the past, old thing, did you already receive any news in advance? Why don't you say hello to me, can you just make a look?

So he hurriedly turned the rudder and stood up and said: "The prince is benevolent, it is really a blessing for the people." ”

"Then it's decided," Yang Ming looked at Yun Dingxing and said: "For specific matters, I will discuss with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and everything is focused on reducing the pressure on the people. ”

One handful, one depreciated.

Wei Jin chuckled in his heart, knowing that Yang Ming was scolding him.

Cui Zhongfang took the opportunity to hurriedly say some good things for the family, which is probably those two sentences, what is to relieve the worries of the king, cherish the people and so on.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the three bigwigs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs left together and discussed the appropriation on the road.

Not long after Cui Zhongfang returned to Beijing, he asked the two people beside him:

"I see that although the prince is weak in age, he is rigorous, old and capable, resourceful and decisive, and the prince is so far, the country is fortunate."

The ruthless side of people, you haven't seen it yet, you just came back, slowly grow your knowledge, Pei Yun nodded and said:

"But it's not an ordinary person, the prince enters the court to attend the conference, it seems to be fifteen years old, right?"

Wei Jin shook his head and said: "No, at the age of fifteen, he only participated in the court meeting sporadically, and he officially participated in the meeting, at the age of seventeen, the prince went to Jingzhou as the chief manager as soon as he became an adult, and almost two years later, he came back to serve as the provincial governor of the sect, and concurrently served as the general of the right leading army, and now he is twenty-three, and in six years, the prince has done a lot of great things." ”

"The old man doesn't know much about the prince, and he will have to rely on the two of them in the future, so remember to remind him a lot when it matters," Cui Zhongfang said with a smile.

Remind the mud horse, did you remind Lao Tzu of the meeting today? Wei Jin smiled: "That's nature. ”

At this time, an attendant came over and called Pei Yun away, saying that the prince had been invited.

Cui Zhongfang hurriedly pulled Pei Yun's sleeve and whispered: "If the prince has an important order for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Doctor Pei must inform him in time." ”

Pei Yun smiled and nodded, and then followed the waiter.

"I said, you write," In the palace, in addition to Yang Ming, there is also the new Inner History Squire Wang Xuan.

Yu Shiji always restrained Lu Chu, making it difficult for the latter to move forward in the Inner History Province, so Yang Mingzuo asked his father to kick Yu Shiji out and make up for Wang Guan, who was born in the Langya Wang family.

After Pei Yun came in, he didn't bother, but listened quietly on the side.

"Ordnance is the country's heavy weapon, the loss over the years is quite heavy, Taifu Temple flashes and moves not to the needs of the loss, but the smelting kiln is old, the process bottleneck is difficult to overcome, the son of the minister Xiao Treasury is difficult, please private smelting kiln in Wenxi, dig the mine in the middle, in order to make up for the lack of inventory, in order to prepare for the future needs"

Pei Yun listened on the sidelines, and probably understood.

Private placement, Wenxi, Zhongtiao, this should be the purpose of the prince to summon him.

After Wang Zhou finished writing, he handed it to Yang Ming to read, then sealed it and sent it to Luoyang.

"Sit down, don't stand," Yang Ming beckoned Pei Yun to sit down, and then asked the inner servant to serve tea, and said with a smile:

"Pei Gong is not here, there are some things that need to be discussed with you."

Pei Yun nodded and said, "But what His Highness just said about the private smelting kiln?" ”

"That's right," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I always need to say hello to you." ”

Pei Yun hurriedly waved his hand: "Your Highness is too outward, the Pei family is full of courage towards you, you can do whatever you want to do when you hear it, and the Pei family must fully support it." ”

The daughters of the head of the family are married to you, but you are the son-in-law of our Pei family, we don't support you, who do we support?

Yang Ming knew that what the other party said was just a scene, and the interests of this thing still had to be made clear, besides, Pei Yun's status in the Pei family was not good at all, he was not even as good as Pei Xizai's status in the clan, and even worse than Pei Renji.

It is a matter of family interests, and Pei Ju has to think about it.

Yang Ming said with a smile: "There are some things that still need to be made clear, I built a mine and a kiln, which was originally a private placement, so I intended to involve the Pei family, I heard Ah Yun say, you have a lot of mines in Wenxi?" ”

Pei Yun nodded and said, "Don't hide it from Your Highness, there is, but the minister doesn't know how much." ”

Yang Ming said: "In this way, you discuss it with the people in the clan, you raise 500,000 yuan, and I will prepare the rest, counting Dugu Huaien, the three of us will cooperate." ”

How can you still count him? What kind of green onion is he? Pei Yun was curious: "General Dugu also has this intention?" ”

"The matter was brought up by him, and I also intended to involve him, of course, he is in an important position, and he can't go to Hedong," Yang Ming said with a smile: "This kind of thing still has to be handed over to the experts to do, we are just investing." ”

Pei Yun nodded and said, "Okay, I will discuss with the clan as soon as possible and give His Highness an answer as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, then you can get busy," Yang Ming raised his hand.

Zhongtiao Mountain in the Hedong region is the closest to Jingshi, and it is also the largest distribution of ore veins, along the entire Zhongtiao Mountain, Taifu Temple has at least more than ten mines, but Wenxi does not.

Why? Lao Pei's family obstructed.

If the imperial court wants to do something in the local area, it is in vain that the local clan does not agree.

For example, a mine has just been built, and bandits come to find trouble in three days, burning your barracks at every turn, killing your craftsmen, and you send officers and soldiers to arrest them, but ~~~ can't catch them.

After a long time, the mine in that place was abandoned, and as soon as the Pei family took over, there was not a single bandit.

This is the local force.

The officials who have always been in Hedong to take office, no matter how big or small you are, you have no acquaintances in Pei, Liu, and Xue, and you are not as good as a fart, unless you are a royal descendant like Yang Ming.

Even a relative like Dou Qing, in the first year of being a taishou, he first had to visit the clan bosses of the three families and establish a good relationship with others.

That's it, if it makes the family a little uncomfortable, Dou Qing's Taishou is not easy to do.

However, Yang Ming has no problem, Pei Shuying, as the daughter of Pei Ju, was born in Wenxi, and she is a pure orthodox descendant, and the weight is enough.

And Yang Ming is now completely in control of the Hedong Military Mansion, and whoever of the three dares to make trouble is definitely itchy.

After dealing with some government affairs, Yang Ming returned to the East Palace to visit Chen Shuyi.

This girl, along with Yang Yinjiang and Pei Shuying, are the three women in Yang Ming's heart, and now she has no heirs, so Yang Ming is very happy about her pregnancy.

Let's have a daughter, I really don't want to have a son anymore, and at the moment, one more son will be one more trouble.

Chen Shuyi's grandmother, Liu Jingyan also came, this old woman, born in the east family of the Liu family in Hedong, her ancestor of this branch is the most awesome wave of people in the Liu family in the entire Northern and Southern Dynasties period, not to mention the generals, there are many three princes and three divisions.

Liu Shu's branch is the western family.

(End of chapter)