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"The first battalion of war soldiers in Yongwei Camp, and according to His Majesty's order, replace the city defense of Deshengmen!"
A soldier rushed from the palace, and the general of the Yonggu was cheering loudly. The general of the inspection camp stationed at the city gate immediately ran out and took the flag, but hesitated for a while. In the end, he couldn't help but ask: "Do you dare to ask the general, is there a transfer order from the Ministry of War?"
"What a shitty Ministry of War transfer order? You guys open your eyes and see, I'm Yongwei Camp. When did the Yongwei Camp need the Ministry of War transfer order?"
"You boy dare not respect His Majesty's will?"
The general drew his sword and put it on the neck of the general of the inspection camp.
"I dare not!"
The general immediately softened, raised the order flag, and with a command, a group of soldiers from the inspection camp retreated from the city gate one after another.
"You guys know each other!"
The general of the brave guard snorted coldly, returned to the scabbard, turned around and looked around at the brave guards. With a loud shout, the brave guards rushed in.
This scene was also staged at the Nine Gates of the Capital, with the imperial guards coming out of the palace, holding the emperor's flag, and taking over the major gates of the capital that were originally guarded by the inspection camp.
The Dazhai, the Beijing Army outside the city, was transformed into a state of preparation for war, and the small amount of food and grass left in the treasury was transferred in all directions under the coordination of the General Staff.
Everything seems to clearly indicate that another "war" seems to be coming.
In the cabinet, under the leadership of the two cabinet ministers, the entire cabinet was also busy.
As the end of the year comes, the most important thing for the court is naturally the annual tax and income statistics and the fiscal budget for the coming year.
The statistics officials of the Ministry of Revenue were almost busy day and night, and the data summarized were also handed over to the table of Liu Qiyuan, the Minister of Revenue and the second assistant to the cabinet.
The data were extremely clear and came into Liu Qiyuan's eyes. After reading it page by page, Liu Qiyuan's brows became tighter and tighter. Even though there were predictions, the real financial summary was still far beyond the lower limit in his mind.
"This year's taxes are another bad debt, and it's a terrible sight!"
Liu Qiyuan held the tax statistics summarized and couldn't help but rub his head. This number looked like a headache!
"In the past two years, Zhaowu collected only 220 stones of grain and 1.8 million taels of silver!"
"In a year, disaster relief consumed 800,000 stones of grain and 380,000 taels of silver. The Ministry of Industry has built the road from Tongzhou to Beijing. The original budget was 300,000 taels of silver, but now it consumed 600,000 taels of silver."
"The Ministry of Revenue sent a land statistics to cost 560,000 taels of silver."
"There is also the reconstruction of the inspection camp...and..."
"This is still the military's silver salary, food and grass, as long as we count it, there is no need for the imperial court to supply it..."
"Even if the money that Your Majesty transferred to the treasury has been seriously overspent this year. If the taxes are still like this in the coming year, the court will do nothing and pay the salary, which may not be enough to pay back the debt..."
"If His Majesty knows, he will probably be furious!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the two of them were silent. The statistics officials who were seconded from the hall also subconsciously slowed down.
"How much is the tax revenue in other local areas this year? Are the statistics clear?"
After a while, I came to Zongdao to ask.
"I don't know yet that the taxes in those places are directly responsible for His Majesty's treasury. If you want to know the specific numbers, you have to live some time."
Liu Qiyuan shook his head and then said, "But it should be similar to last year. This year, there have been wars throughout the year, and wars have been swept by everywhere. For this reason, Your Majesty even exempted taxes from several places. Moreover, there have been earthquakes in Sichuan this year, and countless casualties have been killed or injured. Almost most of the food and grass transported by the Denglai Navy was sent to Sichuan for disaster relief."
“There is also a great possibility that this year is less than last year.”
Speaking of this, Liu Qiyuan shook his head: "But no matter how few it is, it is definitely an excusable normal range. Moreover, those places, under the constant war, have also provided this year's war of rare size!"
"But the tax revenue of the court..."
"This is completely ruined, and it's not that His Majesty and those martial experts look down on us!"
"I didn't do anything big, and the war was just on the border. The biggest war that consumed money and food was also paid by His Majesty's treasury!"
"We, in charge of such a big place, do nothing, but we can't even support ourselves!"
"The inner court is also working overtime to count taxes."
"In a few days, it will be the first day of the morning. At that time, Your Majesty will inevitably raise taxes. How can we speak up in the court?"
When Liu Qiyuan thought of the scene of taxes in the court, he couldn't help but tremble. Daheng, in all aspects, was erect and rushed forward with his desperate attempt at the command of the emperor.
They not only did not move forward, but also tried their best to drag them down!
When Lai Zongdao was silent, he always had a premonition, or a certain fact, that no one who is capable would turn a blind eye to this rotten thing and ignore it.
I used to turn a blind eye because the foreign enemy knocked on the edge and had no time to take care of it. But now, the foreign enemy has been pacified, and the Jiangnan side is just a stagnant.
His Majesty, who has even made such a big reform plan that is so rude to the world, wouldn't he care about these officials who have long been his chopping board?
Tax summary, in general, it is probably the wealth, life and life of countless people, and the heads of countless people.
As their thoughts circulated, the two looked at each other, but they both saw the endless worries in each other's eyes.
Just as the two were worried, an official hurried in and looked panicked: "Sir, Lord, Lord Second, Lord, something big happened!"
Such a terrifying look immediately made Liu Qiyuan, who was already worried, even more uneasy.
"Yongwei Camp, Jinwu Guard, and Yulin Guard, took over the nine gates of the capital under the will of Your Majesty. The inspection camp was ordered to return to the camp and was not allowed to move without any action."
"The tens of thousands of troops of the Beijing army have been reorganized and prepared for war, and the grain treasury in the inner treasury is opened, and the grain and grass are transported everywhere..."
As soon as these words were said, Lai Zongdao and Liu Qiyuan stood up suddenly. After a while, Lai Zongdao said in a deep voice: "The war has just passed, and Mongolia cannot knock on the edge now. If it is pacified by Jiangnan, it is not a good time now, and the treasury does not have the money to support the consumption of pacifying Jiangnan."
Liu Qiyuan was surprised and asked: "It may be neither, so what else is there? Is this kind of situation needed?"
As they looked at each other, the unknown premonition in their hearts became stronger and stronger.
I'm afraid... the drunkard's intention is not to drink.
His Majesty, they can always turn over the table and kill people, so they never say a word of nonsense.
Chapter completed!