Li Xun whispered: "Five hundred thousand taels are probably not enough!"

Sheng Shitong said: "For local governors, they will not be enough for them no matter how much money you give. Moreover, during the period when the tax and silver are received every year, local governors and governments will write to the court to ask for money and grain. If the hands of the money are looser, it will be even less than enough."

Li Xun nodded, understanding Shengshitong a little.

The local tax silver of the Jin Dynasty was transported to Fengjing twice a year. The first time was in April and May, and the second time was around November.

The fiscal taxes of the Jin Dynasty were mainly physical goods, and the materials were very rich. The court could receive about 30 million dan of corn every year. In terms of silver, in the past ten years, it has been maintained at about 20 million taels, and there are also physical goods such as silk, cloth, and cotton. Therefore, the salaries of officials were not just distributed silver, but were mixed with food and other physical goods.

For example, Shengshitong said that he would take out 500,000 taels, but that it was not all silver, but silver, grain, silk, cloth, cotton, etc., which combined, with a total value of 500,000 taels.

"Li Xiangguo, wait a moment, I'll get some things."

"Please."

Sheng Shitong got up and left, and after a while, he came back, holding a letter in his hand.

"I thought about finding an opportunity to send it to the Ministry of War in a few days. Today you are here and I will give it to you."

Shengshitong handed the letter to Li Xun.

“What content?”

Li Xun opened and watched while asking questions.

Sheng Shitong said: "It is your Ministry of War's fiscal budget this year."

The Ministry of War’s fiscal budget was completed at the end of last year, and it successfully passed the resolution of the Political Affairs Hall and the emperor’s permission. The government order documents were sent to the Ministry of Revenue. Shengshitong quickly signed the order, but the money and food were not in place. The reason was very simple. All levels were completed, but the Ministry of Revenue had no money.

After reading the letter, Li Xun looked up at Sheng Shitong and asked in surprise: "The budget of the Ministry of War is only 1.2 million taels. Why did you approve 2.2 million taels? Did you write it wrong?"

"You read that right, I added a million."

Sheng Shitong clearly told Li Xun that the number was not wrong, and he added another million to the original basis.

Li Xun put the letter aside and said in a low voice: "Sir, if you don't go to the Ministry of War without going through the Political Affairs Hall."

Li Xun asked himself that he had no personal relationship with Shengshitong and was not politically close. Now that he suddenly added so much money, Li Xun suddenly became alert and doubted Shengshitong's purpose.

Sheng Shitong glanced at Li Xun, and did not rush to speak, but raised his hand and signaled Li Xun to drink tea, and then picked up the tea cup by himself.

Li Xun picked up the teacup and drank water, thinking about Shengshitong's intention and purpose.

Sheng Shitong has a straightforward personality. After drinking two sips of water, she put down the teacup, and then said directly: "Li Xiangguo, I know you have some doubts in your heart, but I did all this not for you, nor for some ulterior motives. The reason why I didn't get to the Political Affairs Hall to say that Li Xiangguo should also know that if I really want to go to the Political Affairs Hall, let alone increase the budget by one million, even if it is a basic budget of one million, I am afraid it will be greatly reduced."

Li Xun asked, "Then what are you doing?"

“For the country.”

Shengshitong said in a deep voice: "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Although I am in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, I am not unable to see clearly the situation in the world. Although there is no big noise in the local area, small riots occur from time to time. The governments and military governors' offices in various places are under great pressure. The country's power is unstable, and military military forces are the priority. After the Second Battle of Longyou in the Seventh Year, five years have passed. The troops, weapons, equipment and defense materials in Anbei, Longyou and other places are old and dilapidated, need to be updated, and local military resources are also needed. These are all required by the Ministry of War. Therefore, I hope the Ministry of War can have enough money and food to build weapons and equipment and store enough weapons and equipment. In this way, if something happens, the Ministry of War can quickly distribute weapons and equipment to enrich local military forces."

After hearing Sheng Shitong's words, Li Xun looked admirable on his face.

The annual fiscal budgets of each department need to be approved by the Political Affairs Hall and the Emperor, but in this situation, Sheng Shitong said it well. He took the budget to the Political Affairs Hall to discuss it. The Ministry of War’s fiscal budget will definitely be suppressed because it was like this last year. The original budget of 1.1 million yuan was not even half. The extremely difficult finance caused the Ministry of War to fail to operate normally. In the end, Zhao Xun took 500,000 taels of silver from the palace treasury. The Ministry of War barely operated, but life was still very hard.

Li Xun and Zhao Xun are obviously in the same political circle, so the Ministry of War's fiscal budget and political affairs meetings will definitely suppress Li Xun and the Ministry of War's minimum money, or even a penny. If something really happens to the Ministry of War, the first thing that is anxious is not someone else, but the current emperor, Li Xun and the Ministry of War are his, so he naturally won't see that there is any problem. Therefore, if Li Xun can't get the money, Zhao Xun will take out the money from the inner treasury to make up for the gap.

Shengshitong was neutral in the court. He was not interested in political struggles and just wanted to do things well. If he had less selfishness, he naturally wanted to do something for the country.

Li Xun smiled bitterly and said, "You gave the money directly to the Ministry of War. This does not comply with the procedures. If you really want to do it, you and I will have to bear a lot of responsibility afterwards."

Sheng Shitong smiled and said, "If the procedure does not match, then make it match. I will approve one million taels of silver and the remaining one.2 million taels..."

Renovating the palace is just an excuse, but the money will be given to Li Xun directly. Li Xun asked Zhao Xun to coordinate this matter, but it is not a big problem. As for the basic fiscal budget of 1.2 million taels of liang of the Ministry of War, Shengshitong has his own methods and means, and Li Xun does not need to bear anything.

Li Xun really didn't expect that when he came to the Ministry of Revenue today, he would have such a great surprise, but at the same time, he had a deeper understanding and understanding of Shengshitong.

Li Xun came out of the Ministry of Revenue, then went to the palace and told Zhao Xun about this matter. Zhao Xun immediately agreed and praised Shengshitong.

After the matter was done, Li Xun left the palace and returned to the Ministry of War. There were too many things recently, and they were all very urgent matters. Li Xun did not have the time to be lazy. For several days, he worked until very late before he went home to rest.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the military department, Li Xun turned over and dismounted. At this time, a man ran over from the opposite side quickly.

"See the lord."

Liu Xie bowed halfway.

Li Xun nodded: "What's the matter?"
Chapter completed!