In the strange gaze of the courtiers, Lu Chen slowly stretched out his hand and unhurriedly opened the music in front of him.

"Your Majesty."

He first arched his hand to Jiang Chengwan, and said indifferently: "Last year, Taihe County, Yongping County, Mengjin County and other states and counties that were the first to build cement roads communicated with each other, and they interacted frequently with each other, and the rapid development of industry and commerce, coupled with the smooth opening of the South Straight Road and the East Straight Road, the states and counties along the way became more and more prosperous, hundreds of people benefited, and the local tax revenue increased significantly. And building roads can greatly reduce the cost of marching, and the benefits are simply numerous. ”

"Therefore, Weichen believes that this year we should take advantage of the low-cost and high-efficiency characteristics of cement in roads, water conservancy and urban construction, and continue to increase investment in infrastructure construction to promote the development of industry and commerce, benefit the people, consolidate the national capital, and increase R&D investment in transportation, medical technology, celestial phenomena, aura, armaments, agricultural and livestock output......

One suggestion after another came out of Lu Chen's mouth, and almost every suggestion was followed by a good reason.

And every time he said a budget input, everyone's faces stiffened.

The faces of the bigwigs of the Ministry of Officials, the Criminal Department, and the Ministry of Rites became more and more heavy, and even Liu Dongyang and Wu Yue showed a wry smile on their faces.

According to Lu Chen, this year, the Ministry of Industry will not be able to spend 8 million taels of silver budget at all, and it will have to continue to invest in the future, which is even higher than military spending!

What's more, this R&D investment... His mother's entire Tiangong Division belongs to the emperor, and the ghost knows how much of this R&D investment will end up in the empress's small treasury.

When I think of this, many people grit their teeth.

Wu Yue, this guy is really damned!

If the Tiangong Division is a yamen subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, the imperial court will definitely be able to save a lot of R&D expenditures, and it may even be profitable, although the Ministry of Industry is basically Lu Chen's final say, but this product is a real righteous gentleman, public and private are clear, he is just a secretary of the Ministry of Industry, as long as the Tiangong Division is under the management of the Ministry of Industry, this golden mountain will sooner or later fall into the hands of the civil official group.

However, now... But they could only watch the empress make a lot of money, and the treasury was really short of money, so they could only beg the empress to lend some silver to the treasury in the name of righteousness.

What a sorrow!

When the emperor did not control the treasury, as important ministers of the court, they demanded that the emperor give generously, and if they did, they would be tantamount to admitting their incompetence in shame.

But the matter has come to this, it is useless to regret it, now that Daxia is thriving, this will undoubtedly make the empress's prestige skyrocket, the initiative is lost, and naturally there is no right to speak, before there is an irreparable huge mistake, if the empress is determined to take Lu Chen's advice, they really have nothing to do.

Now they can only hope that Lu Chen can raise his noble hand and leave them some soup, so that they can tighten their belts and stay up for another year.

"Wechen and his colleagues in the Ministry of Industry calculated it together."

Lu Chen's speech lasted for a quarter of an hour before he finally came to the final conclusion.

"This year, the Ministry of Industry needs at least 9 million taels to ensure the smooth development of various project plans, and I hope Your Majesty will approve it."

Hearing this, Qian Yiqian and the others couldn't help but shudder.

Sure enough, it's still a bad year...

The Ministry of Industry, the department at the bottom of the six ministries, actually took away nearly 10 million taels of budget...... The treasury is now, even if you add the wealth taken back from the Queen Mother, it is only 17 million taels at most, and Lu Chen will take more than half of it at this time, as well as the bulk of the military salary expenses, and he will also have to set aside some money as a reserve for dealing with natural disasters...... In this way, don't other departments have to tighten their belts and live a hard life?

Liu Dongyang, who was the secretary of the military department, wanted to speak again and again, and finally looked at the empress silently, his face slightly bitter.

Although the empress used the massive wealth that Gu Simiao recaptured from the Empress Dowager Zhao last year to make up for the arrears of the various armies at one time, because the Empress Dowager Zhao had been in chaos for too long, except for the Praetorian Guards of the descendants, the treatment of other armies was extremely poor, and some weapons and armor had been used up and had not been replenished.

Liu Dongyang originally wanted to ask for more budget at the court meeting and change the clothes of the soldiers, but he didn't expect Lu Chen's lion to open his mouth...... That's not going to be easy.

After thinking about it, he still didn't object in the end, anyway, the financial court meeting can't be concluded in a day or two, and it is better to discuss it with Lu Chen after the next court meeting is over.

Everyone had different thoughts, frowning and pondering, but Jiang Chengwan nodded very naturally.

"Lu Qing is right, this year is the time to increase investment in people's livelihood construction."

As always, I resolutely agreed.

Then Jiang Chengwan asked the compilation on the side to draw up the will, and the matter was decided in the court meeting on the first day, and then went to the Ministry of Officials to report this year's financial budget.

That is, the officials of the whole Great Xia and the nobles and so on.

Then go to the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment.

Although Lu Chen was already about to leave most of the national treasury, they did not change the budget plan temporarily, not only because the budget was already calculated and it was not easy to change it casually, but even if it was not passed, it could be discussed and adjusted later.

Regardless of whether it can be passed or not, it is better to report it first than to change the budget temporarily.

By the time the meeting was over, the sky outside was already full of sunset.

"Let's get here today."

Seeing that it was getting late, and Lu Chen had no intention of speaking, Jiang Chengwan took the lead in standing up.

"You Aiqing have worked hard, go back early to rest, and continue to discuss tomorrow morning."

When the words fell, everyone's faces relaxed slightly, and many people showed a slight fatigue on their faces.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Jiang Chengwan nodded lightly, then looked at Lu Chen at the head of the lower place, and said softly: "Lu Qing, listen to Hongyu, you have stayed up too late late, and your liver is so hot that your body is a little uncomfortable?" ”

The corners of Lu Chen's eyes twitched slightly, but he still responded honestly: "It's just a small problem, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it." ”

"Sickness is no small matter."

Jiang Chengwan shook her head.

"Later, I will send a few imperial doctors to your house, check your pulse, and prescribe some prescriptions to recuperate."

"Also, things can't be done, the body is important, you have to rest when it's time to rest, no matter what happens, even if the sky falls, you have to rest, but don't stay up late, big things are not as important as your health."

Seeing Jiang Chengwan telling Lu Chen to take care of his body in such a serious manner, many courtiers stiffened.

The fist is hard.

My heart felt like I had eaten a hundred lemons, and it was so sour that I couldn't do it.

However, Lu Chen felt a little numb in his scalp.

"Thank you, Your Majesty cares, and Weichen can save it."

(End of chapter)