I was looking through the official documents and worried, and the officials on duty from each department were ordered to come. People's livelihood is the foundation of the country. The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of people's livelihood and has a heavy responsibility. Therefore, there are also officials on duty at night in each department under the Ministry of Household Affairs. The officials who came this time

There are more than a dozen people in total, most of whom are in charge of various departments.

The chief officer is not the chief officer of each department, but the doctor. However, the chief officers of each department usually do not work at night, so most of the ones left behind are deputy positions.

Everyone didn't know why they were summoned in a hurry at night, they came in a hurry, they greeted him tremblingly, and they only replied.

At this time, the matter of confiscating the property of the guilty minister has not yet been completely concluded. It is not that the officials and servants are slacking off in their duties, but that there are too many people involved in the case. There are more than 70 officials above the fifth rank alone, and there are even more officials below the fifth rank. Since

It has only been two days since the emperor issued the decree. The house has been confiscated and the things have been shipped back, but the inventory and calculation of the family property has not been completed.

However, the amount of gold, silver and coins has been calculated and is approximately 32 million taels.

After listening to the report from his subordinates, his mood improved slightly, and he ordered everyone in the hall to make a conservative estimate of the corrupt official's property that had not yet been converted. This was really a bit difficult, but fortunately, what he wanted was a conservative estimate, and it would not be a fault to say that it was less.

After whispering, everyone came to a more reliable number, which should be 20 million taels.

He breathed a sigh of relief. This time, he found more than 50 million taels of silver from the investigation of corrupt officials. In addition to what he had collected and donated by the Ni family, after deducting the 3 million taels allocated during the day, the imperial treasury still had six million taels of silver.

Ten million taels.

Before the eunuchs were eradicated, the imperial treasury had less than two million taels of silver. Now it has 60 million taels of silver, which is thirty times more than before. As the saying goes, one white can cover up all the ugliness. If the emperor hears this news, he will be in a good mood.

This single move was enough to dilute the emperor's dissatisfaction with him and Longhushan for helping the Ni family move away to avoid disaster.

After learning that officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs had been summoned overnight, two ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs and various ministers came to hear the news. By the time of the second watch, more than 30 officials had gathered in the middle hall.

He ordered people to prepare late-night meals for the officials present, and then discussed matters with everyone all night long. There was only one topic of discussion, and that was how the money should be spent. Although sixty million taels is a lot, it is not a lot. At present, finance and people's livelihood are everywhere.

Deficits and gaps, which holes should this money be used to plug.

Regarding the distribution of money, the officials present had very different opinions. He didn't understand the reason at first, but he soon realized that although these officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs were officials in the capital, they came from different places and had little relationship with him.

As the prefectures, prefectures, and counties are close to each other, they have their own preferences and priorities. They are also affected by the disaster. Chief Zhang suggested that Huai'an Prefecture be given priority, while Wang Langzhong suggested that Lingnan County be given relief.

In addition, there are also the needs of various ministries. The Ministry of War needs money to pay military salaries, the Ministry of Industry needs money to build palaces, the Royal Horse Supervisor needs money to buy horses, the Ministry of Internal Affairs needs money to maintain the royal family's expenses, and so on, there are countless, and these yamen also have followers.

We have a relatively good relationship with each other. We can say hello in private and there will be someone to help us talk when we share money.

Regarding this situation, I feel helpless and disgusted. As the saying goes, there is no justice when there is human kindness. As an official of the imperial court, you should consider priorities when dealing with official affairs, rather than being close and distant.

Everyone in the audience was talking so much that they were so annoyed that in the end, they simply ordered that all the official documents in the country requesting money and food be counted and listed. The total number needed was first calculated, and then the allocation was considered one by one.

There is a saying that when an official becomes a soldier, his legs will be broken if he becomes a soldier. This is true. This decision directly caused the officials and officials of the Ministry of Revenue to work non-stop. In the end, the total required allocations were calculated.

There were more than 400 silver taels, and the total required silver taels were 20,000 taels.

Now that the statistics are out, the next thing to do is to cut down. We can’t directly give the government agencies and local governments as much as they want. We should delay what we can, slow down what we can, and prioritize what we have to do, like building a river.

The funds must be allocated, but now that there are still four months until the rainy season, this amount can be postponed appropriately.

When he first arrived, he had little understanding of the errands of the Ministry of Accounts. He knew his shortcomings and did not act arbitrarily. Instead, he proposed all the funds one by one and solicited everyone's opinions.

Except for him, all the other officials in the Ministry of Revenue are very familiar with their respective responsibilities. They all have a sense of which one can be postponed and which one can be reduced. They can set the tone after a brief discussion.

There are also local officials who lie and sell themselves out. In order to get more money, they have to exaggerate. It is impossible to judge whether they lied about the disaster. However, these officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs are well-informed and can make decisions based on the local harvests in previous years and even the local government.

The official's temperament is used to judge the truth and falsehood.

Those who petitioned for disaster relief all asked for grain, but the court had no grain. Even if they provided disaster relief, they would mostly allocate grain and silver to buy grain. They didn’t know much about the prices of grain and rice in various places. Fortunately, the Ministry of Household Affairs also had the Cangbu Department and the Cangbu Department.

The officials of the department understand the situation and can calculate it more accurately.

Although he was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, his eyes were completely blank. In his impression, there was a large-scale disaster all over the country, and the entire Tang Dynasty should be short of food. However, it was inconvenient for him to ask such a naive question directly, so he could only

After a little detour, an official came forward to explain. It turned out that there was still rice, but most of it was in the hands of merchants and wealthy households. Merchants always had to buy low and sell high to make a profit, so they could not be criticized for being rich and unkind.

After all, the imperial court was not a bandit. Even if it needed rice, it could not steal it openly or covertly. It could only buy it from wealthy merchants with silver taels.

He already knew that the errands of the Ministry of Revenue were more complicated and cumbersome than the Yushitai, but it was not until this moment that he realized that this errand was far more cumbersome than he imagined. Yamen all over the country, including the ministries directly under the imperial court, all yamen that needed money

Official documents will be sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs, which will be weighed and reported to the emperor for approval. Previously, when the Eunuch Party controlled the government, it still needed to go through the three levels of Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province. Now that the Eunuch Party is gone, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province are no longer in power.

The provinces and ministers are both under the control of the emperor, and can be implemented as long as the emperor nods.

However, as officials of various ministries and departments, when handling official affairs, we cannot just leave the mess to the Emperor and ask the Emperor what should be done. Instead, we must come up with specific countermeasures and then ask the Emperor for instructions on whether this can be done.

The left and right ministers are all deputies of the minister. Although the two deputies and a group of subordinates are present, their opinions are not solicited on all matters. All expenses related to the emperor, including the Ministry of Industry's maintenance of the emperor's palace and the equipment of the imperial guards.

Military supplies, including food, clothing, housing and transportation for the palace, all these funds will be allocated in full.

There are far-reaching considerations in doing this. He must let the emperor know that he puts the emperor first. The emperor himself can be frugal, but he must not be forced to be frugal by his subordinates. There is an essential difference. The silver must be allocated in full, and the emperor does not need it.

It is the emperor's attitude to withdraw after finishing.

The minister and other officials had no objections to the finalized matter. The top leader had absolute power. This was a custom and custom that had lasted for thousands of years. The deputy had no complaints about this, because whoever made the decision was responsible.

When something goes wrong, it would be the chief officer's misfortune to hold him accountable.

Even if the reduction plan is made one by one, the amount of silver that must be paid in a short period of time still exceeds 10 million taels. The palace's annual expenses, including the military salaries of the imperial army and the garrison, will only be only 5 million taels even if the full amount is allocated.

One of the two expenses is the military

wages, and the second is disaster relief.

The total amount of military pay requested by the Jiedushi in various places was about 50 million taels, and the silver taels required for various disaster relief were also close to 50 million taels.

At this time, he began to worry again. The Ministry of Household Affairs currently had 60 million taels of silver, but he could not release all of it. According to his original intention, he wanted to focus as much as possible on disaster relief, because the people are the foundation of the country, and if he does not provide disaster relief, he will

People will die, and the soldiers and horses in the hands of Jiedushi are no longer controlled by the court. Giving them military pay and food is like raising tigers and adding fuel to the fire.

However, if military pay is not paid, these military envoys will have an excuse to rebel, and the imperial court currently does not have the strength to quell the rebellion.

Although the powerful eunuchs headed by Yang Fugong have been expelled from the court, Yang Fugong has not yet surrendered to the law. This man has many adopted sons who are leading the army outside. Those Jiedu envoys named Yang Shou should all be this person's adopted sons.

There are five people in total, with a total strength of more than 200,000, stationed in different areas.

Seeing that it was time to go to court, he finished the discussion and went to court with the officials of the fifth rank and above. Except for him, the other officials were all civil servants with imperial examination background. They all went to court in sedan chairs. The original Minister of the Ministry of Revenue also had a sedan chair.

After a long meeting in the chariot, I felt dizzy and dizzy. When I left the central hall, I remembered that I was in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and that the black master had also been given to Ni Chenyi by him, so he could only go to court in a sedan chair.

Since he was not wearing official uniform, he had to go back to the Yushitai. He sat in the sedan chair to brace himself and thought anxiously about how to divide the money. There must be spies of Jiedushi in the court, and he wanted to provide disaster relief.

It is necessary to report the national treasury of silver, and once the treasury of silver is reported, those military-respecting Jiedushi envoys will know that the imperial court has silver and only provides disaster relief without paying military pay, which may also trigger a mutiny.

But deep down in his heart, he also knew very well that no matter how much silver he allocated to those Jiedushi envoys, it would be like beating a dog with meat buns, and in the end it would be the court that would be unlucky.

Putting it all off? No way, right now there is a shortage of supplies, and disasters are serious in various places. Many people will starve to death every day. If money is not allocated for disaster relief, more victims will starve to death. He was born in poverty, and he is well aware of the hardships of the people. Now,

He holds a high position and has the ability to help these victims. If he delays doing so, it will be a waste of human life.

When he returned to the Yushitai, he happened to meet Yang Kai who wanted to go to court. After Yang Kai took the medicine, the remaining poison was gone, but his spirit was still a little sluggish. Seeing this, he ordered him to stay at the Yushitai to rest, and he changed into official clothes and rode.
Chapter completed!