"The previous King Kui and Su Chi Rebellion, hundreds of thousands of mobs were forgiven. It was unreasonable how long it took to start another riot. I think the court cannot be ruthless this time. It should focus on the rule of law and chaos. Only when the beaten hurts and is afraid of them will these riots become honest and dare not do anything again in the future."

Xie Shiyuan said coldly.

Li Xun glanced at Xie Shiyuan. After a period of time of getting along, he had already gained a rough understanding of Xie Shiyuan. This is a person with great political ambitions. If a person's interest is too strong, he will often be very ruthless, because in his opinion, anything, including family affection, also makes concessions in the face of interests. From his words, it can be seen that the lives of the people may not be as good as a dog in Xie Shiyuan's eyes.

"It's not a big deal. I think it's better to use the old method to let the local governor watch and deal with it."

Prime Minister Zheng Renjie expressed his attitude.

Prime Minister Liu Congji said indifferently: "The local governor's attitude is becoming more and more presumptuous, and he no longer complies with the court as before. If they were asked to do their best, they would be afraid that the lion would open their mouths and ask for a price everywhere. If so, it would be better than the court to send troops directly and fight quickly, and it would be better."

"Kou Xiong led 30,000 imperial troops to Jiangnan. Now the imperial court has less than 60,000 troops available. If it is a rash move, the pass will be empty and the country will be shaken. The relationship will be too important, so it will never work."

The political affairs officer of the magistrate Zhan Taiyi Heng said, "Things that can be solved with money are not a problem. What Zheng Prime Minister said is reasonable. It is better for local governors to deal with the matter in Henan."

He Zhongkai, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said coldly: "It sounds nice, where does the money come from?"

Xie Shiyuan frowned and said, "As far as I know, the imperial court has transported huge amounts of money from the Western Regions six times, and at least tens of millions of taels of taels. How can we say there is no money?"

"There is a lot of money, but more money is needed. In the past two years, the court was in financial difficulties and the salaries of officials were owed for two years. The emperor first became the 95th century. How could he owe it like this? Two months ago, the emperor ordered the Ministry of Revenue to immediately make up for the salaries of officials and make up all at once, totaling 3.5 million taels. There were also the nobles, princes and emperors ascended the throne and rewarded them twice. There were so many such people, and they spent more than 5 million taels. In the previous king Kui and Su Chi rebellion, Huang Xian gave 500,000 taels, Yun Ji gave 700,000 taels, Wang Huailei gave 1.2 million taels, the resettlement of mob captives and the follow-up handling of the war. From the beginning to the end of the war, the court did not dispatch troops, but it also spent nearly 4 million taels, and......

He Zhongkai settled the accounts one by one. After talking for a long time, he told everyone that the imperial court has spent so much money recently. Although the money he got from the Western Regions is extremely considerable, he spent more money. After all, he still couldn't make ends meet. In short, it was just a matter of saying that the Ministry of Revenue had no money.

Everyone listened to He Zhongkai settled the score, and talked for a long time, and their faces were full of impatience. If they had no money, they would have no money. Why did you say so much?

However, some people listened very carefully, Li Zhong, Liu Congji and others listened very carefully, and Li Xun also wrote down all the accounts that He Zhongkai had just calculated, and then thought that the money he should spend in some places does need to be spent and cannot be saved, but in some places it is wasted without spending so much money.

Li Zhong said at this time: "He Prime Minister, two days ago, the emperor invited you to the palace and asked about the military expenditures in Jiangnan. I was also present at that time. I remember you told the emperor that the Ministry of Revenue still has more than three million taels of silver, and it should be possible to take out one million taels of silver to allocate it to the Jiangnan area for Zhao Bai'an, Kou Xiong and others to serve as military resources."

He Zhongkai said coldly: "Li Xiangguo, you said too. What I told the emperor is that it should be OK, not necessarily. Before speaking, please ask Li Xiangguo to think clearly and don't let others misunderstand me. He Zhongkai hides it."

Li Zhong remained silent. He Zhongkai's words were very rude and even mean, but he did not get angry. If it were not necessary, Li Zhong did not like to argue with others. Moreover, Li Zhong was indeed not capable enough on matters about literature and politics, so many times, except for military affairs, Li Zhong generally did not express his opinions.

Liu Congji frowned and looked at He Zhongkai, then said, "The three million taels of silver left by the Ministry of Revenue are of other use."

He Zhongkai nodded and said, "This year's Lantern Festival, the emperor is preparing to reward many honors and royal relatives again, and it will cost about 200 taels of silver. The Ministry of Revenue still has 3.46 million taels of silver. Apart from the allocation of one million taels in the Jiangnan area, there are still 2.46 million taels left. Two million of them must not be moved. Money is needed everywhere. The money available in my hand is less than 500,000. I said that the Ministry of Revenue has no money, which is not a false statement. You should know the details now."

Li Zhong said: "The civil unrest broke out in Henan again because local governments were very strict with the people who participated in the Wang Kui and Suchi riots in the previous period, and the taxes and labor were doubled, which led to the public's anger and eventually caused the riots. Since the Ministry of Revenue still has money now, we should take out a part to provide relief to the prefectures in Henan. This can not only calm the anger in the hearts of the people, but also eliminate the riots on their own, but also help the people to rescue the next batch of money in the Western Regions..."

He Zhongkai interrupted Li Zhong's words and said coldly: "I have said it clearly just now. The two million taels are useful and cannot be used. If you, Li Xiangguo, think it is OK, I will give you all the remaining 460,000 silver. However, I will not care about the salary of all officials next month and the daily expenses of various yamen. You, Xiangguo, will do it yourself."

Li Zhong looked at He Zhongkai coldly: "Do you ignore the lives of the people?"

In the previous period, Shengshitong thoroughly investigated the corruption case of the Ministry of Revenue, and Li Zhong expressed his support, so that the matter eventually became a big deal. Therefore, He Zhongkai was very resentful to Li Zhong. Although he had a cold attitude in the past, because Zhao Zhi was still alive, he was somewhat scruples, and it was still past. After Zhao Zhi's death, Zhao Xun obviously had a distant attitude towards Li Zhong. In addition to the matter of Shengshitong, He Zhongkai's attitude towards Li Zhong was already very bad.

He Zhongkai sneered and was about to speak, when Li Xun suddenly laughed.

Everyone looked at Li Xun. Qin Anming, who had not spoken, asked in confusion: "Why is Li Xiangguo laughing?"

Li Xun looked at everyone and said indifferently: "The situation in Lingnan is unpredictable. Henan has natural disasters and man-made disasters, and civil unrest has erupted again. With so many urgent matters, we still have time to chat here and have endless arguments. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Li Xun's words obviously point to He Zhongkai.

He Zhongkai said coldly: "You Li Xun despise us so much that you don't know what you have. Let's listen carefully."

Li Xun is not Li Zhong. Faced with He Zhongkai's sarcasm, he directly retorted: "Those who are not very good at it, I, Li Xun, dare not be arrogant, but as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, you are the Minister of Revenue, and the Prime Minister of the State of Revenue, and you are in charge of the world's money and grain. Now something happens, you only know two words and have no money. If you just need to fool things like this, then you, the Minister of Revenue, are you too easy to be, and you can say it yourself?

At the end, Li Xun couldn't help laughing.
Chapter completed!