Chapter 316 When I was in the dynasty, many officials ate the dim sum from the Qin Mansion Dim Shop, which was delicious.

After attending court, Zhang Liang was the first to stand up and said that the Ministry of Works has no money now, and hopes that the Ministry of Works can provide some support. The Ministry of Works is still short of 300,000 guan.

Zhang Liang had just finished speaking, and the ministers all looked at Zhang Liang in shock, even His Majesty.

"Zhang Liang, you, did I hear it wrong? The Ministry of Works lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash? You are still short of 300,000 guan. What's going on?" Li Shimin stared at Zhang Liang and asked. What's the matter? Is this too confused? Where is the money? Is it gone?

"Your Majesty, I have spent a lot of money these days. Compared to the matter, we have set up 14 working groups, which are dedicated to the reservoir construction.

In addition, two governance groups were established, one was used to manage the Yellow River and the other was used to manage the Huai River!

For 14 working groups, we allocated 350,000 guan and 2 governance groups, and allocated 100,000 guan.

However, next year, the Ministry of Works will need to prepare a large amount of materials for production. We will pay about 300,000 guan to the workshops below to purchase supplies. Pingjing each workshop will cost about 3,000 guan.

Of course, when it comes to workshops sold to the outside world, there is more money, and it specializes in the production of royal goods, because the materials purchased are relatively less, so there is less!

We have basically spent all this money, and now we have the money left for the Ministry of Works to build the official residence. We really have no money. We ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to provide support to us. There are also the expenses needed by other departments next year, including the armor production and weapons production in the arsenal. This requires money. It is not much, only 300,000 guan is enough!" Zhang Liang stood there, bowing to Li Shimin and said.

"What? All the money is spent?" All the ministers looked at Zhang Liang in shock.

"It's not enough!" Another minister said, "The Ministry of Works spent hundreds of thousands of stagnant coins in three days, and there was no one else at this speed.

"You, you!" Li Shimin heard it and pointed at Zhang Liang, not knowing what to say.

Tang Jian looked at Zhang Liang in a daze. This was so cruel that he planned to ask Zhang Liang for some money before the New Year. Well, not only is there now, Zhang Liang also wants to take care of his money.

Changsun Wuji and Lawyer Pei were also staring at Zhang Liang. They were going to propose that Lawyer Pei serve as the Minister of Works and replace Qin Huaidao with the goal of the money, including the subsequent money earned by the Royal Supermarket.

But unexpectedly, it's gone!

"Your Majesty, this is the work we need to carry out next year. We have a lot to do next year. I hope the Ministry of Civil Affairs can give us more support!" Zhang Liang stood there, looking at Li Shimin with a righteous face and said.

"This is, the work has been developed a lot, but Tang Jian!" Li Shimin nodded. The work has indeed been developed a lot, but I don't know whether the Ministry of Civil Affairs can give Zhang Liang money.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs really has no money now. Our Ministry of Civil Affairs has less than 1,000 guan. There are still many things to do next. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and other departments also need to give rewards. This?" Tang Jian was confused, so cruel that he Zhang Liang was too cruel.

"It's okay, Your Majesty, I have no money now. Just wait until the spring is coming next year, so I will give it to us. Many things will be done until the spring next year!" Zhang Liang said generously, as long as their Ministry of Civil Affairs promised to give it to me. As for when to give it, it doesn't matter, they will definitely give it to me next year.

"This, Lord Zhang, isn't it right? Didn't your money be spent now?" Changsun Wuji thought, something was wrong, and he said he had spent it. In fact, the money was still in the Ministry of Industry.

"Yes, the working group is organizing people to conduct measurements. After the beginning of spring, it will be launched. Now we need to do the preliminary work. After the weather gets warmer, we will start to repair the reservoir!" Zhang Liang nodded and said.

"So, can the money be called?" Changsun Wuji continued to look at Zhang Liang and asked.

"Hey~How can I call it? It's not enough now, no, no, if it's called, our Ministry of Works will not be able to do anything next year. Not only can I call it, I will also add more money to them based on their actual situation so that they can finish the work quickly.

According to our plan, if these fourteen reservoirs are repaired, they can irrigate more than 1 million mu of fertile fields, which can ensure that there will be no drought around our Chang'an City.

And under normal circumstances, floods can be reduced. After all, we are all built large reservoirs this time, which can store a lot of water and regulate the flow of the river!" Zhang Liang waved his hand seriously and said, wanting to call, Zhang Liang would not agree.

"This?" Li Shimin also felt very strange. Zhang Liang reacted too quickly, right? He finished all the money in a short time. Of course, he just divided the money on the books and the money was still in the Ministry of Industry.

"Your Majesty, the construction of Shuili is for the sake of the people of the world. According to our plan, the Ministry of Works will need to build 100 reservoirs of various types in the next five years to ensure that 10 million mu of fertile land can be irrigated!

Especially in the northwest and north, where there is less rain, reservoirs need to be built even more. In the south, where there is more rain, reservoirs need to be built as a way to regulate floods!" Zhang Liang still emphasized the importance of reservoirs.

"Well, I know the importance of the reservoir, which is indeed beneficial to the country and the people, and I support it!" Li Shimin nodded. It really needs to be repaired, otherwise, the losses will be greater due to droughts every year.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has no money, and the New Year's money is gone. Today I originally wanted to say that I would second 150,000 guan from the Ministry of Works! Look, my memorials have been written!" Tang Jian said, taking out his glasses and putting them on, and then opened his memorials, which were indeed written!

When Changsun Wuji saw it, he said, "Okay, now everyone has glasses, but he doesn't have them. Even Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, Li Jing and others are all wearing glasses, and Tang Jian also has them, so there is no need to say Zhang Liang. He just took out the memorial, opened it and reported to His Majesty.

"No money, our Ministry of Works has no money!" Zhang Liang stared at Tang Jian and said firmly, just guarding against him.

"This, your Majesty, the court taxes are quite a lot this year. The officials of the Civil Affairs Department have been tired for a year. I can't say that they don't even have a bonus, right?" Tang Jian was a little anxious. In order to raise military funds, he asked the paper mill, printing factory and all workshops, and the Royal Supermarket to pay taxes. Now the tax has been paid.

The military paid enough, and it also paid a lot of other money. Tang Jian just thought that the Ministry of Works had money and wanted to borrow some to send money to everyone. Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Works spent it in advance.

"Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, look at what you said. Our Ministry of Works has not given bonuses for more than ten years. We don't want to live a life?" Zhang Liang looked at Tang Jian with deliberate contempt and said, "Tang Jian was speechless." The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of money, but he didn't have the money to pay bonuses. It's unreasonable.

"Your Majesty, look, what should I do now? There are six days left, and the holiday is about to take place!" Tang Jian stood there, staring at Li Shimin and said in great embarrassment.

In six days, there were about 2,000 officials in the other departments of the court. According to the previous rewards, it would cost at least 70,000 guan. Now Tang Jian went there to get 70,000 guan?

"Well, your Ministry of Civil Affairs thinks about a solution. The Ministry of Works has not spent much money this year, and has also supported you 150,000 yuan!" Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian and said, Tang Jian was about to cry.

"Okay, are there anything else?" Li Shimin didn't want to discuss this topic anymore. This is the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and they must do it themselves.

Anyway, the important money has been distributed now, and the rewards from the officials are left. They have already taken out 100,000 jin of treasurys. What else do they want? In addition, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has increased so much income this year, and now they are in charge of the money themselves. If they have no money, who else can blame?

Li Shimin then listened to reports from various departments. After listening, he retired from the court.

After falling off the dragon throne, Li Shimin took out a towel wrapped in his sleeve and ate it, and picked it up and ate it.

This was delivered by Li Lixian in the past two days, and was eaten by Yizi and Xincheng. Each one was delivered almost 100 kilograms. Li Shimin left 50 kilograms each, and the rest was delivered to the inner palace.

Now, Li Shimin likes to eat now. He has nothing to do and doesn’t want to eat anymore, so he just tastes those little snacks. Anyway, his daughter sent them to him, so he feels at ease.

"Your Majesty, are you from the Qin Mansion Dim Shop?" Changsun Wuji came to Li Shimin and asked.

"Well, my daughter sent it. I heard that the girl opened a snack shop in East City, and it sold well!" Li Shimin said happily.

"Yes, we bought them all, it's delicious. Didn't the old minister bring some to prevent him from getting hungry?" Changsun Wuji also took out a cloth bag and took it out to eat. Then Li Shimin saw a large number of ministers taking out to eat.

"Buy it?" Li Shimin stared at Changsun Wuji and asked.

"Didn't you buy it?" Changsun Wuji nodded and said.

"Xian'er is not so good, and I don't know how many pounds you give to your uncle?" Li Shimin said deliberately as if he was unhappy, but he was so happy in his heart.

Anyway, I didn’t buy my own, but my daughter gave it to me, so I’m happy!

Changsun Wuji heard this and was depressed. What's the point of giving a few kilograms? But when he thought, the Qin Mansion would probably not be bad for giving gifts this year, and it must be all kinds of delicious food.

"Your Majesty, the old minister likes this sesame popcorn. It makes you bite, it's crispy and delicious!" Cheng Yaojin was also eating with a snack at this moment.

"Did Boping give it?" Li Shimin stared at Cheng Yaojin and asked.

"No, I haven't started giving it yet. Anyway, when giving gifts, I have to go to his house for a walk. I will pick up delicious food by myself!" Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said,

Li Shimin was very happy when he heard the previous sentence, but he was unhappy when he said the next sentence: "Old man, are you going to pick gifts by yourself? Do you want to have a good face?"

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