Hear the words.

Zhang Cang's eyelids jumped.

He already had a premonition that something was wrong, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the others.

He was clear in his heart, what was the matter with this money and food.

But he knew that no one else knew.

When Du He said the word money and food, it instantly caused many reactions from many people present.

Feng Qu said quickly: "Du Shaofu, what you said is true?" Does His Highness really want to interfere in the matter of money and food? Do you know what that means? The matter of money and food, the court has already decided, and it has long been properly distributed, and now the distribution of money and food has made me and others think hard, if it is changed again, the dissatisfaction caused by the time may not be small. ”

"And all the time."

"Once the money and food are disposed of, there are too many things to change."

"It involves the large and small official offices of the court."

"It also involves the imperial court."

"How can such an important matter be decided so hastily?"

Zhaoping also said urgently: "Yes, the matter of the disposal of money and grain, the imperial court has already decided, how can it be changed, isn't this treating state affairs as child's play?" This is absolutely unacceptable. ”

Linghu Fan also followed: "Shaofu, you must not agree. ”

"There are so many things involved in money and food."

"And many things have long been decided, and they have long been conveyed, the major official offices of the imperial court and the local government are arranging the corresponding ministries according to the money and grain set by the imperial court, and now the imperial court suddenly says that the change will definitely cause an imbalance, and then the local officials in the court are all dissatisfied, isn't this creating turmoil?"

"It's a must."

Other officials also chimed in: "This is shaking people's hearts, if His Highness insists on forcibly reforming, I will risk death to admonish." ”

“.”

Time.

The crowd in the hall was excited.

Everyone was in a state of emotion, and they were in charge of money and food.

If you go out on a business trip, you're going to lose your head.

How can you not be careful?

And their opposition is not justified.

Money and food are related to the lifeblood of the country, how can they be changed so hastily?

Even if it is the money and grain collected by the Shaofu, a first-line court will be arguing, not to mention that it is necessary to directly move the established plan, if this is moved, the impact on the court is too great, and the impact on the local area is too great, how can they explain this? How to convince?

None of them can be held accountable for this.

I really didn't dare to predict what would happen.

I don't want to make a lot of trouble.

Looked at.

Duch smiled bitterly.

How could he not know the thoughts of the officials present?

However, it was precisely when he heard the opposition of these officials that he was shocked to realize that the ministers who managed the economy in the court were now the same, and they were all the same as him, in line with the view that more things are better than less, which is why Fusu was so dissatisfied.

And this is probably the real reason why he was dismissed by Fusu.

The officials in charge of the economy in Great Qin were less enterprising and less flexible, and all became complacent, content with the status quo, unwilling to take risks, and even disagreed with anything.

However, since the founding of the Great Qin, what has been advocated is innovation.

It's aggressive!

By this time.

Duch slowly closed his eyes.

There was no more thought of struggle in my mind.

He knows.

My career has reached the top.

There will be no change, and these officials in front of them, their careers, may also come to an end, because His Royal Highness is not His Majesty, His Majesty may look at their past merits and let them continue to serve, but His Highness will not, His Royal Highness has a tiger in his heart, and he has the great ambition to succeed His Majesty to reform the world, how can he continue to let them stay in the court?

He wasn't the first.

It won't be the last.

And Your Majesty probably can't tolerate them.

Otherwise, Hu Wujing, Dun Weak and others would not have been removed from the court, or the rumors of suing the old man would have been spread early.

But they are still obsessed and still haven't reacted.

When these people were almost arguing, Du He tapped his finger on the desk and said in a deep voice: "Your thoughts are the same as I did at that time, and I also spoke out against them, and stated the reasons, but Your Highness was unmoved, and insisted on letting me free up excess money and food. ”

"I still refuse."

"Just when I thought that His Highness would retreat in the face of difficulties, His Highness took the initiative to mention a few ways."

"As soon as these methods of pooling money came out, I was instantly speechless."

"And these methods that His Highness said came from Zhang Cang and Zhang Yushi in the palace, and now he is in the palace, let Zhang Yushi himself talk about the relevant situation."

The voice fell.

Everyone in the audience looked at Zhang Cang.

Zhang Cang's face, which was already red in front of him, became even more bright red, and the red seemed to be able to drip water.

If he could, Zhang Cang would like to find a place to get into, but according to his shape, this hole would probably be bigger.

"Zhang Cang, what idea did you give His Highness?" Feng Qujian said curiously.

Others were also suspicious.

Looked at.

Zhang Cang snorted, quite helplessly said: "What Du Shaofu said is true, His Royal Highness just came out of the study today, and summoned me to the past, the first thing he asked me in the past is that there is another way to find money and food, although I Zhang Cang is in charge of the world, but for money and food, I am not proficient, let alone boast in front of the ministers." ”

"Just like what Shaofu has experienced, His Highness is also determined to let me conspire."

"At that time, His Royal Highness had just walked out of the study, and his body was still very weak, how could I, Zhang Cang, dare to anger His Highness, so I used my initial insight and said a few suggestions, but I never thought about it, His Highness really listened to it, and told Shaofu these ideas."

Zhang Cang was also very frightened right now.

Zhang Cang simply excused himself with a few words, and then continued: "The advice I made to His Highness is just from the ordinary, I will see the twelve golden figures in the past dynasty, and under the wind and sun, frost and rain, those twelve golden figures have long been rusty, and they are not worthy of the expectations of the past imperial court. ”

"Therefore"

"I suggest that these twelve golden figures be re-smelted."

"Then reforge the Twelve Golden Figures."

"It's just that the recast gold people will change from the solid iron and copper in the past to the inner stone and outer copper, and the remaining iron and copper can be used to cast Qin half a tael, so as to increase the finances of the imperial court for a short time."

Hear the words.

Everyone's eyes were slightly different.

This is indeed a solution.

And it didn't take much of the original budget.

Everyone couldn't help but soften slightly.

Zhang Cang said again: "In addition, the construction of Afang Palace should not be continued. ”

"It is true that Afang Palace was hand-picked by His Majesty, but at present, Afang Palace has only built a foundation, and many buildings on it have not been built, and the imperial court has allocated a lot of money and grain for this, if the construction of Afang Palace can be slowed down, or even simply stopped for a few years, the imperial court can save a lot of money and food."

As soon as this suggestion came out, the other ministers couldn't help but nod.

Only the Gongfu and the Gongda showed displeasure on their faces, because it was the fortification in their hands that was broken.

Zhang Cang didn't stop there.

He continued: "In addition to these two methods, there is another point that is the Great Wall in the northern Xinjiang. ”

Hear the words.

Everyone's faces changed in unison.

The Great Wall is related to the national defense of Great Qin, how can it be easily changed?

Zhang Cang said in a deep voice: "I actually just said it casually, just one thing mentioned by His Royal Highness, which makes me feel that it is feasible to postpone the construction of the Great Wall, because the Xiongnu now have plans to reconcile with the imperial court, perhaps in your opinion, the Xiongnu clearly have wolf ambitions and intend to plot against them, but the Xiongnu are in the north, and now they can only lick their wounds is a fact." ”

"The construction of the Great Wall in the past few years has actually been preliminarily completed."

"It's just not fully connected."

"If Qin reconciles with the Xiongnu, the imperial court can conduct a certain amount of trade with the Xiongnu, profit from it, and slow down the progress of repairing the Great Wall, so that the people can rest, and also save some money and grain for the imperial court, which can be described as a multiplicity."

"Of course, I only suggest that the Great Wall be repaired later, but it does not mean that the Great Wall will not be repaired."

"There's a clear difference."

"Money should be spent where it is right, and it must be used where it is critical."

"Admittedly."

"Reconciling with the Huns will cause a lot of controversy among the people, and it will also attract criticism from all over the world, but governing the world is never black and white, and the ultimate foothold is interests."

"As long as you can profit and reconcile with the Huns, what is it?"

"As long as Great Qin can become more and more prosperous, why should the Xiongnu be afraid? If Great Qin can expel the Xiongnu once, he can expel the Xiongnu a second or three times, until the Xiongnu are completely eliminated, and when the imperial court is financially well-off, it can continue to build the Great Wall and complete the unfinished feat before, which can also be both. ”

"And this is the trick I proposed to His Highness to make money."

After speaking.

Zhang Cang retreated to his original position.

His mind was already very calm and open.

If he hadn't said it, he would have been uneasy, but now that he said these thoughts, he was at ease, at least, he didn't have to be so twisted anymore.

As for what others would think, there was nothing he could do.

The temple was quiet.

Everyone's eyes were no longer on Zhang Cang.

Their hearts were set on these workarounds.

If it is really according to what Zhang Cang said, the imperial court can indeed intercept a lot of money and grain, which is not a bad policy.

Only Feng Quji's eyes moved slightly.

He glanced at Du He lightly, then at Zhang Cang, his brows furrowed, he had already noticed something unusual, because the two of them had never said what His Highness was going to do, and how much money His Highness needed.

How could His Highness's deliberate calculations be for them to spare money?

He was silent.

He didn't ask.

It's just that my heart is secretly in my heart.

Quell.

The sound of cords sounded in the temple.

It was these ministers in charge of the economy who were discussing how to allocate the money and food they had saved.

Looked at.

Duch sighed in his heart.

These people have all fallen into the eye of money, but they can't see that there is a shrouded shadow above this eye of money, and now it is slowly devouring them.

He coughed lightly, interrupting the discussion.

He said coldly: "Ministers, is it a little too much? ”

"Your Highness is so bothered to plan money and food, how can he plan for you?"

"And the reason why His Highness is so concerned about money and food is because His Highness wants to build several large warehouses in Kanto for centralized storage and hoarding of some materials related to people's livelihood."

"That's the main reason I refused."

The voice fell.

It immediately aroused everyone's exclamation.

"Building a warehouse in Kanto, this will never work."

"Since the founding of the Great Qin, the strategy has long been set, and the Kanto region will never be given any chance to become bigger, if there is a warehouse in the Kanto region, won't it give the Kwantung rebel forces a chance to gain a firm foothold? This is absolutely impossible. ”

"It's impossible."

"I wouldn't agree either."

"Your Highness, isn't this messing around?"

"The imperial court's strategy for the Kanto region has long been decided, how can His Highness be allowed to change it at the slightest moment? If such an order changes overnight, then what is the great policy of Great Qin? Where is the prestige of Great Qin in the world? ”

"National politics is not child's play!"

“.”

The ministers were excited.

They all expressed their strong dissatisfaction and opposition.

Hear the words.

Feng Qujian also looked suspicious.

Because it was also completely unexpected.

He thought that Fusu wanted to save some money and food to appease the people at the bottom, or to award it to the army as a meritorious reward, but it turned out that he was going to build a large warehouse in Kanto, which really made him a little stunned.

He looked at Du He and said in a condensed voice: "Du Shaofu, does Your Highness have any explanations?" ”

Duch shook his head.

He smiled bitterly: "No, His Highness didn't say much about this, just asked me to raise money, and judging by His Highness's attitude, I am afraid that he did not want to announce the specific matters." ”

"I don't know."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Cang.

Zhang Cang is friendly with Fusu, which has long been known to the whole dynasty.

And this time Fusu also looked for Zhang Cang first, Zhang Cang is reasonable, and he should know more than him.

But Zhang Cang also complained bitterly at this time.

What does he know?

Fusu didn't say anything at all.

As soon as he came up, he directly asked if he could get money, and when he told him the suggestion, he let himself go, and he didn't reveal any unnecessary news to himself at all.

Zhang Cang also shook his head.

He smiled wryly, "You really think too highly of me. ”

"His Highness did summon me first this time, but he only asked about the trick of making money, and as for the specific reason for building a warehouse in Kanto, His Highness also did not reveal anything to me."

"Zhang Cang really doesn't know."

However, for Zhang Cang's words, everyone did not believe it.

The relationship between Fusu and Zhang Cang is very familiar, Fusu used to go to Zhang Cang's staff for big and small things, but this time he found Zhang Cang early, how could he not know? It can only be that they don't want to say.

Looked at.

Zhang Cang also secretly complained.

It's not that he doesn't say it, it's that he really doesn't know.

If he knew, he wouldn't have thought about why Fusu did this.

Only now all his words are blank.

Even if they did, no one would believe it.

It's better not to say it.

Zhang Cang sat in a muffled voice.

Let these people be suspicious and dissatisfied.

Seeing that Zhang Cang remained silent, these people also changed their direction and decided to jointly write a letter to persuade Fusu to give up this idea and use the saved money and grain for other purposes to alleviate the financial shortage of Great Qin.

That's just at this time.

Outside the hall, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.

Immediately followed.

It's a mid-air shout.

"Your Highness has arrived."

Everyone was distracted and quickly stood up.

At this time, Fusu had already entered the temple.

He calmly swept the hall and said lightly: "Since the ministers are so interested in Fusu's thoughts, then Fusu will tell you personally." ”

"The Kanto side must be built."

"It's indisputable!"

(End of chapter)