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Volume 1: Eagle Chapter 372: The last day of this year

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    The affairs of the Ministry of Personnel were over, and everyone's eyes turned to Xu Guangqi, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.  At the beginning of the year, the Minister of Industry was not Xu Guangqi, and he is not Xu Guangqi now. He just had a title.  The real Minister of the Ministry of Industry is Yuan Yingtai, but Yuan Yingtai's inspection of the Yellow River is not over yet. Now Xu Guangqi is in charge of all matters of the Ministry of Industry.  Everyone knows very well that the total budget at the beginning of the year is 3.4 million taels, and each department will save what it can spend, and not spend what it can and cannot spend.  The imperial court has done too many things like this over the years, and everyone knows it.  It¡¯s no longer a day to tighten our belts, and it¡¯s not officials¡¯ belts that are being tightened.  But no one expected that there would be so much overspending this year, a total of six million taels of silver, of which the Ministry of War overspent by 400,000 taels and the Ministry of Personnel overspended by 2.2 million taels.  However, these two parts of the expenditure were approved by Emperor Tianqi, so there was no doubt about it.  But the overspending of 6 million taels is only 2.6 million taels, and there are still 3.4 million taels that are still unaccounted for.  Everyone's eyes were all focused on Xu Guangqi. If all the money was spent from the Ministry of Industry, everyone would be relieved.  After all, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel has been replaced by another person, and the person has gone bankrupt. Even if Emperor Tianqi pursues it, he will not be able to trace him.  "It seems that the biggest expenditure is still on the Ministry of Industry, but it seems that the Ministry of Household Affairs also has expenses, let's talk about it!" Emperor Tianqi did not look at Xu Guangqi, but looked at Wu Liangsi aside.  Although the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the national treasury and is nominally in charge of the world's money and food, the spending in the six departments is not much.  After listening to Emperor Tianqi¡¯s words, everyone¡¯s eyes were focused on Wu Liangsi. Is Emperor Tianqi going to attack Wu Liangsi?  "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue does not have a budget at the beginning of the year. According to past practice, unless something big happens, the Ministry of Revenue does not need to participate in the budget. However, the Ministry of Revenue will overspend every year. Because all the disaster relief money and food from various places must be accounted to the Ministry of Revenue.  There were many wars in the imperial court this year. Although Liaodong did not need to allocate money and food, the Ministry of Finance allocated money and food for the battle of Zunhua, which was equivalent to a total of 500,000 taels of silver. In addition, there was a fire in Hangzhou City this year.  , the fires burned almost half of the city of Hangzhou. The cabinet should have a record of this matter. The disaster relief cost was about 400,000 taels. In September, the disaster relief cost was 300,000 taels, and the Ministry of Household Expenditures totaled 100,000 taels.  Two hundred thousand taels." Wu Liangsi told him all his expenses with a calm face, without the slightest hint of worry.  Everyone nodded. They were not afraid of you spending money. As long as you could explain it clearly, it was no big deal.  These expenditures of the Accounts Department are all documented, and they are all major matters, so there is no problem in thinking about them.  The Ministry of Household Affairs overspent by 1.2 million taels.  The rest is all the work of the Ministry of Industry, with an overrun of 2.2 million taels.  It seems that the affairs of the Ministry of Industry are very troublesome, and everyone seems to have nothing to do with it. In fact, a lot of money is spent and no one knows where it has been spent.  "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry's budget at the beginning of the year was not large, only 400,000 taels. However, these 400,000 taels were spent within two months, and were used to make artillery and firecrackers. Later, the border troops from various places requested the allocation of artillery, and the Ministry of Industry  It cost one million taels to cast guns. Later, the navy in Liaodong was short of ships. Ten ships were built in Fujian and Zhejiang, and the ships were now handed over to the Ministry of Industry.  The overspend was 2.2 million taels." Xu Guangqi did not pick up the bill from the Ministry of Works, his face was gloomy, and it was obvious that he was not in a good mood.  Everyone felt a little strange, why did Xu Guangqi's face look so ugly?  There is nothing wrong with these expenses, and they are all used in the right place.  Officials from the Ministry of Works cut corners and withheld some money.  Or simply overpaying, which is understandable.  There are so many people there, there is nothing strange about it, as long as nothing goes wrong, these are just small details.  But Emperor Tianqi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, understood in his heart.  There is a reason why Xu Guangqi is so angry.  All the money from the Ministry of Works was spent on generals as supervisors, but most of the money went into the pockets of officials, and some went into the pockets of generals.  The artillery and muskets were indeed cast, but let alone quality, they were simply defective products.  Even many of them were originally discarded cannons, which were repacked and returned to the border town.  As long as the military attach¨¦s sign for it, it's done.  As for the damage to the artillery, there are many reasons. Wear and tear due to use are all reasons.  As for the ships built for Liaodong, let alone them. A ship costs hundreds of thousands of silver. Although it is not a good warship, there is still no problem in building a big fortune ship.  Using the same method as the firearms, the items were delivered on time, and the receiving party did not say anything, and all the money from the court was drained into the pockets of these people.  Xu Guangqi has always suspected that there is something fishy here. Yuan Yingtai also wanted to investigate the Ministry of Works after he took office. Both of them saw the corruption of the Ministry of Works.  This time Xu Guangqi was ordered to take over the supervision of the general from the Ministry of Works. Although there was noProblem, but when he saw those artillery and firearms, he understood in his heart.  Naturally, the issue of firearms could not be hidden from Xu Guangqi. He was extremely angry, so these people sent these things to the border.  Now that I think about it, his face is also extremely angry, which is why he looks like this now.  Looking at the angry Xu Guangqi, Emperor Tianqi smiled. This old man was really sincere.  Sighing softly, Emperor Tianqi said in a deep voice: "The Ming Dynasty was so big, and there were so many places to spend money, so it is understandable to overspend. But my dear friends, six million taels of silver is not a small amount. In your heart  Be careful. Let's do this this year! After you go back, think carefully about how to spend your money next year. If you continue to overspend like this, you can weigh it yourself." Emperor Tianqi had no expression on his face, and his voice was very calm, but these  All the ministers knew that Emperor Tianqi was serious.  No one dared to fool the young emperor, because it would really kill someone.  "I will obey your Majesty's teachings!" Several people saluted Emperor Tianqi and said in a respectful tone.  Nodding with satisfaction, Emperor Tianqi put down the tea cup in his hand and said in a brisk tone: "The Chinese New Year is tomorrow. I won't keep you dear friends for a few years, so I will go and prepare for it! Next year is a new year.  , I hope you, my dear friends, will not follow the same old path!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take my leave!¡± Now that Emperor Tianqi was seeing off his guests, these ministers were too embarrassed to stay any longer, so they all bowed to Emperor Tianqi and left.  After everyone had gone out, Emperor Tianqi slowly leaned back on his chair and sighed softly.  All the eunuchs in the hall were there. They all lowered their heads and no one spoke.  After a long time, Emperor Tianqi rubbed his forehead and said in a deep voice: "Except Wang Chengen, all of you, please go out!" "Slave, please leave!" Several eunuchs didn't think it was a big deal. After all, Wang Chengen has always been by Emperor Tianqi's side.  .  Everyone is used to the old Chen Hong and the current Wang Chengen.  The eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department is Wang An. He is the oldest and had contributed greatly to the establishment of the emperor.  On weekdays, there is nothing to fight for, and the position is secure.  Some people want to say something bad about Wang An in front of Emperor Tianqi. The lighter ones will be scolded, and the more serious ones will be killed with a stick.  Although many people want that position, few actually have the ability.  Now the palace is very stable. Chen Hong is in Liaodong, Wang Chengen is with Emperor Tianqi, Wang An is the chief minister of rites, and Wei Chao is the governor of Dongchang.  Several people have their own affairs and are keeping each other in check.  Wang Chengen has a good relationship with the Wei Dynasty, and Chen Hong has a very good relationship with Wang An.  Emperor Apocalypse didn't want them to fight, and they didn't have the guts to challenge Emperor Apocalypse's dragon power.  Emperor Tianqi may have scruples about the ministers outside, but the eunuchs do not.  Emperor Tianqi was not soft-hearted in killing the eunuchs. In their position, they would naturally not make such low-level mistakes.  Slowly walking to Emperor Tianqi¡¯s side, Wang Chengen gently knelt on the ground, moved Emperor Tianqi¡¯s legs into his arms, and pinched them.  "Your craftsmanship has improved, you have worked hard!" Emperor Tianqi closed his eyes and said in a calm tone.  "The emperor works day and night on state affairs, and that's all this servant can do!" Wang Chengen smiled and said matter-of-factly.  With a rather helpless sigh, Emperor Tianqi fell into deep thought. After a while, he asked: "Has the money from the supervisor been sent?" "Go back to the emperor, it has been sent! This time, sixteen people's houses were ransacked by the supervisor."  The total price of the items confiscated was about eight million taels, of which three million taels were sent to the national treasury, and the remaining five million taels were sent to the inner treasury. The silver from Zhangjiakou also arrived last time.  With this year's annual income, there are probably more than ten million taels of silver in the treasury!" Wang Chengen's tone was very calm, and there was no trace of any emotion.  After thinking for a while with his eyes closed, Emperor Tianqi asked: "Wang Chengen, what do you think I should do with a few more copies?" After hearing Emperor Tianqi's words, Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses.  Reaching out and squeezing it gently, Wang Chengen said with a smile: "Your Majesty has promoted your slave. How can a slave say such a thing? Your Majesty did it for your own reasons, and those people did go too far. If Your Majesty doesn't do it, then what will happen?"  It's the emperor's kindness. A slave is just a slave, and the emperor's holy heart still has to decide these matters." Emperor Tianqi looked at Wang Chengen deeply and said with a smile: "Yes, you are a good slave. I'm not wrong about you!  I won't treat you badly!" "Thank you, Your Majesty! I will take good care of you!" Wang Chengen's face suddenly burst into laughter, as if being praised by Emperor Tianqi was the happiest thing.  "The Chinese New Year is tomorrow, and the new year is coming!" Emperor Tianqi's eyes flashed with a strange light,?Muttered to himself.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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