The latest population and official status of the royal family have not been updated for a long time. According to the plan, it should be reported in the middle of next year.

So when Zhao Xu suddenly revealed the data, everyone was stunned.

"There are not many people!"

Someone shouted dissatisfiedly, "It's only more than a thousand people..."

This person's words were immediately approved by many people. Zhao Xu said calmly: "It's not much, but do you know how much money and food he will spend in the court in a month?"

"You know this, too?"

Some people are lucky enough to think that Zhao Xu is just a big fool.

You young doll want to fool your grandpa and me?

This is not an insult, because there are people with higher seniority among the crowd.

"Of course I know." Zhao Xu saw Su Shi, and this guy was squeezing inside on the periphery, probably because he was about to come in and help him.

Zhao Xu felt a little warm, but he felt that he didn't need it: "The monthly money, monthly materials, marriage, birthday, and suburban rewards that the royal family had every month. Someone in the Sansi had calculated that the monthly salary of the officials in Beijing was more than 30,000 guan, the monthly salary of the soldiers was 90,000 guan, and the royal family... the monthly salary was 50,000 guan. This still did not calculate the marriage, funeral, birthday, clothes for the four seasons... and various rewards."

He looked at the royal men with satisfaction and looked panicked. He gave himself a thumbs up in his heart, and finally gave them a blow: "If it remains unchanged, will the Song Dynasty afford to support these people in another fifteen years?"

Zhao Shu smiled bitterly from behind and shook his head.

This son! Even now he is still burying a pit.

He didn't say that he couldn't afford to support the royal family, but he just left a pit. When he mentioned this matter later, he casually told him that it was difficult to support officials and soldiers every month. Should he innovate?

Zhao Xu in front of him finally said: "This is the world of the Song Dynasty. The palace is constantly reducing expenses, and the officials are constantly reducing their expenses, because we all know that this Song Dynasty... is the world of everyone. I have heard this saying that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Is the royal family responsible for the rise and fall of the world?"

He nodded slightly, then turned around and went in.

The group of royal men were stunned.

"Did it cost so much?"

No one dares to believe that the royal family consumes more than the officials.

What is this a disaster?

The person who was justified before is now depressed.

Despair!

Everyone felt desperate.

If you are used to eating big pot rice and iron rice bowls, you will suddenly be told that your descendants need to make a living by themselves. These people are panicked.

Someone shouted in despair: "The official will not agree..."

This was terminated after Zhao Shu stood up from the city gate.

He stood there with his hands behind his back, his eyes cold.

What is the attitude of the government on this matter?

At this moment, everyone was looking at Zhao Shu.

Zhao Xu was also watching.

His eyes looked straight, without sorrow or joy.

Closer.

He stopped.

Zhao Shu was looking at him and suddenly stretched out his hand slowly.

What does this mean?

Zhao Shu stretched out his hand slowly, but he was very firm.

He patted his son on the shoulder and smiled, "You're fine."

"The official has approved it!"

The royal family men were as if they had lost their parents, and someone whined, "Where are the prime ministers?"

"The prime ministers are eager to support us!"

Someone said hunchedly: "It was originally safe, why did this happen?"

"It seems that Shen An's first suggestion..."

"That beast!"

Su Shi in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Long live the official family!"

"Long live the official family!"

Everyone shouted. The group of royal men were stunned for a moment, and then shouted listlessly.

Su Shi smiled proudly and then slipped away.

Later he showed up at a friend's house.

"Brother Zhongli."

My friend was drinking, but when he saw him coming, he pulled him over and poured a pot without saying a word.

Su Shi burped, rolled his eyes and asked, "Can Brother Zhongli help me?"

A friend pointed at the wine pot, and Su Shi said with a bitter face: "Forget it."

He drank another pot of wine, and then he really rolled his eyes, "Brother Zhongli has many friends, and the wine bottles at home are not empty. Today, I am here... Uh! The king said just now outside the imperial city..."

"...The king criticized the royal family's expenses one by one, and the dilemma of Dingkou's increasing number of dilemmas, and the royal family was speechless... but they would definitely fight back..."

Brother Zhongli held the wine glass and looked at him with a smile, "When did you Su Zizhan do things for that king?"

“That’s a friend.”

Su Shi drank another pot of wine, slapped his forehead, and stood up and said, "I would like to ask Brother Zhongli to spread the benefits of restricting the royal family. The main thing is to talk about the king's painstaking efforts and difficulties. When Fan Lou greeted him, he would not return without getting drunk."

"Don't go back if you don't get drunk?"

Brother Zhongli lowered his eyes, "I don't have any karma."

Su Shi was anxious and said, "How can we take action?"

Brother Zhongli asked, "Shen An has more means, why don't he look for him?"

"He has more troubles." Su Shi smiled bitterly, "The people in the royal family will then go to cause trouble for him, so... let's talk about something, right? For example, some friends I know, including you, can always shout about this matter. Whether it is better than nothing or the mainstay, I finally do my best."

Brother Zhongli smiled and said, "I didn't like to fight against power, but you, Su Zizhan, are generous, but you are in line with your character. Just, I agree with this."

Su Shi bowed and thanked him, and then staggered out.

Later he went to a few friends' places and reminded him one by one.

When he returned to the Censorate, he was half awake.

"Su Shi!"

Cheng Hao was about to go out when he happened to run into Su Shi.

He covered his nose and said, "Drink?"

Su Shi burped and smiled and said, "It's nothing."

"Who has drunk?"

With this voice, Lin Jian, a talented man from the Censorate, came.

Cheng Hao said a little embarrassedly: "Things are nothing..."

He didn't want to give Su Shi out, but Lin Jian had a good nose with a keen sense of smell. He sucked his nose and pointed at Su Shi and said, "You Su Zizhan, you actually drank in broad daylight. Can you do anything? Ah!"

His voice suddenly rose, and there was a burst of noise in the censorate, and the result was soon released.

"Su Shi, you can't pass this issue."

If you have to survey every three years, you will have to waste another three years if you can't pass it.

"All right."

Su Shi calmly accepted the punishment.

Yang Jinian called him over.

He was curious about the young man and felt that his ideas were different from most people.

"You have a generous personality and many friends. It seems to be beneficial, but you can easily offend people."

A generous personality is one way of expression, and another way of expression is careless and heartless.

There are many friends like this, but there are also many rivals.

Yang Jinian saw this clearly that his personality was not an official material.

"You have a good relationship with Anbei, I will just say something..." Yang Jinian didn't care much about other people's affairs in the Censorate. If Su Shi hadn't had a good relationship with Shen An, he would have probably stood by and watched.

"Drinke less alcohol in the future."
To be continued...