"Reply to the emperor, I earn more than 80 million taels per year in the Qing Dynasty, but the expenses are far from over. In addition, the governors and governors of various places intercepted the capital, and the silver was only 607,700,000 taels per year, which was about 50 million taels per year. The officials gave it to them and the local disaster relief was more than 10 million. According to the Sino-British Treaty and Tianjin Treaty, compensation for the British and Geely Kingdom was limited to the Sino-British Treaty. From now until the 32nd year of the Guangxu period, there were still nearly 30 million taels per year. In addition, the children of the Eight Banners gave it to them, which was millions of taels per year.

The Huai Army, Green Camp and other places spent nearly 20 million taels of silver, and the Beiyang Navy military expenditure was 12 million taels per year. The Qingyi Garden project budgeted another 20 million taels of silver. The day before yesterday, Prince Chun reported that the project still had a shortage of 7.5 million taels of silver... This year, Shandong Hegong still lacked 2.88 million taels of silver, and there were also various places to build railways and build schools... Nothing does not require money, the emperor..." Yan Jingming was already breathing a little when he said this.

After hearing this, I took a deep breath. By this calculation, the money for every year is basically not enough. I frowned and interrupted him and said, "Mr. Yan, my Qing Dynasty... isn't it a great land and abundant resources?"

"Your Majesty, I didn't take care of this money and money matters, so I'm worried. I'm dying..." Before I could reply, Yan Jingming smiled bitterly again: "Your Majesty, today the Censor Zhu impeached the empress, but I dare not feel any blame. Instead, I am happy. Even if Your Majesty does not punish him, I don't want to be the Secretary of State."

I didn't say anything, but just looked at the faces of everyone. The study room of Yangxin Palace was the private study room of Emperor Guangxu. It was very light. In addition, the weather was very good today and the sun was shining. It was an excellent place to talk. But as soon as I asked about the annual income and money, the good atmosphere was brought into the ice cave by Yan Jingming's words.

Haha, what are you talking about revitalizing the country in this economic situation? Hey, there are still headaches in front of you that cannot be solved. Qingyi Garden is Cixi's birthday celebration project, Beiyang Navy is the gateway to the country, and the barrier on the sea is a headache. No wonder Yan Jingming has a headache. It's all right. Seeing that he looks like a loyal minister, he wants to leave... just leave.

Neither the two princes nor Li Hongzhang spoke, and each faced each other and didn't know what they were thinking.

"Forget it, Yan Aiqing, according to you, who should take care of the Ministry of Revenue?" I thought about this question and asked casually.

"I don't know." Yan Jingming pursed his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he held back and didn't say it. I knew he had something to say, so he said, "Go back and write a memorial and hand it over. I think about it again, you go down."

Yan Jingming immediately left.

Next is Li Hongzhang. Although he also wants money, it is easy to get away. He knew that the court could not get money. As soon as he opened his mouth, I knew that all he wanted was a name: "Your Majesty, the old minister has not had much shortage, only one million taels. Just now, he heard from Lord Yan that the court was short of money. The old minister thought that he could not cause trouble to the court at this moment. It happened that the old minister had told Lord Zhang Zhidong that he could borrow silver, but he lacked a guarantor. The old minister thought that if the emperor could serve as the guarantor for the old minister with the respect of the emperor, Lord Zhang would definitely help. He also asked the emperor to sage."

I nodded and said, "I will give you this guarantee. I will write a memorandum on this matter. I will sign it for you."

"Thank you, if nothing else, the old minister will surrender immediately. It is rare for the old minister to come to the capital. It is time to visit the Empress Dowager."

This old guy said in front of me that he would pay tribute to Cixi. Alas, everyone knows that the biggest person in the world is not the emperor, but the Empress Dowager Cixi. I looked up at him and said with a smile: "Then don't worry, I'll go with me to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager. Just wait outside."

The eunuch led Li Hongzhang out. I smiled at the two princes and said, "On the country, you are the princes of my Qing Dynasty. You should work hard for me and work together to make the country well. On the family, I won't say anything. Are you unwilling to help me?"

The two princes looked at each other and hurriedly saluted: "I dare not let the emperor down even if I die."

I said to Prince Gong, "I can't bear to accept the matter of King Gong's resignation, so I agree. Will I say it after I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager?" Yi Xin also knew that I, the emperor, had no right to speak, so she smiled and then stepped back.

In the study of Yangxin Palace, only we "father and son" were left. Prince Chun Yihuan is a middle-aged man with a slightly fat body. He always smiles on his face and a bright look in his eyes from time to time. People know that he is a shrewd and restrained person at first sight.

I adjusted my expression and tried to lower my voice and said, "Ama..."

Yihuan was sitting on the stool just now, but now he felt like he was thundering, and suddenly jumped up and looked around. After finally seeing clearly that there was no one around, he replied calm and acted to kneel down.

How dare I let him kneel against me alone like this? After all, he is my biological father of Guangxu, so I quickly helped him to listen to him.

"Emperor, the king is the king, the minister is the minister, the king is the father... the minister... the minister Yihuan... how dare you..." In just one sentence, Yihuan stuttered, obviously feeling extremely excited.

"Ama, don't be afraid. If we are alone, why should we talk about those false rituals?" I helped him to the stool and sat down. I was full of thoughts, but I don't know where to start.

"Your Majesty, the Qingyi Garden project was built for the Empress Dowager's 60th birthday. It's not the fiftieth birthday, so you must not make any mistakes in the future." I was shocked. Sure enough, I made a small mistake in the court. But this is not bad. I can explain the past by worrying too much and occasionally making mistakes.

"Your Majesty, the Sixth Brother's resignation is the Empress Dowager's intention. You should do it as you please."

"Emperor, the top priority at the moment is to build a garden. This is the empress dowager's always wish. Tongzhi Dynasty made a fuss. The sixth brother also violated the empress dowager's taboo in this matter. The emperor is now trying to grasp this matter, which is very good."

"Emperor, Li Hongzhang is the most powerful person in this dynasty, but he is very cunning. You must hurry up and review the water affairs. If the empress dowager agrees, the emperor can do it more."

"Emperor, the Empress's father, Chenggong, is the emperor's uncle. He is currently the deputy governor of Mongolia with the Yellow Banner. He told me a few days ago that he wanted to move. It happened that the Minister of the Interior was missing. Can the Emperor..."

"Emperor, Yan Jingming from the Ministry of Revenue, I heard that he was not in harmony with Master Weng. Both of them were military ministers. However, your teacher has more than one co-organizer. Therefore, Master Weng is usually more jealous. Because Yan Jingming opposes the cultivation of the garden, Master Weng argues about the empress dowager's meaning, so... Yan Jingming is closer to Lao Liu..."

After a long time, Yi Huan was talking, and I kept listening. He was Guangxu's father, so he naturally would not hide anything from me. From his words, he could gradually understand the personnel and context of the dynasty. I didn't stop Han nodding and wrote down one by one. Even though he was a father and son, Yi Huan only said half of the words, which made me feel a little troubled to guess what he really meant.

For example, when talking about Weng Tonghe at the end, it seems that he does not respect Master Weng very much. Although Yan Jingming's actions are not very consistent with what he said about vigorously building a garden, he can't hear any special opinion of Yihuan.

His mental state seemed to be not very good. His speech was always intermittent, and his eyes often showed reluctance to leave. He gasped during his speech, and his body looked not much better than Yi Xin.

Although I talked with Prince Chun for a lot of things, it didn't take long. Yihuan didn't dare to leave here, and everyone was afraid of gossip. Besides, he, a person with a sensitive identity, left before lunch. Before leaving, I specifically asked about Princess Chun, my younger brother Zaifeng and others about the situation. He was particularly reluctant to ask him about the use of silver for projects, so there should be no need to worry.

Thinking of his many words and bad body, I was shocked that he would not be going to go... I had time to see him, maybe he was about to die, and his words were good, so I might be able to solve this dilemma. (In history, Prince Chun inspected the Beiyang Navy in the 12th year of Guangxu, and died in the winter of the 16th year.)

After seeing off Prince Chun, I remembered that Li Hongzhang was still waiting outside. Seeing that it was noon, I greeted the eunuch and led us to Chuxiu Palace.

It was not until I heard Li Hongzhang call the eunuch "Eunuch De" that I realized that his name was Xiao Dezi.
Chapter completed!