The word "lead" was used very well, showing Li Zhuo his determination to take charge of this task without appearing too strong.
Of course, no matter how tactfully he said it, the meaning would not change. Lu Chen would personally take control of this business.
"Are you kidding? I worked so hard to make something like this, and I want you to just take all the fruits of your labor?" Lu Chen sneered in his heart.
If when he just came here, all he wanted to do was lie down and live a leisurely life relying on his small achievement of praying for rain, then after experiencing the incident of Wei Yong impeaching him, Lu Chen suddenly realized that a real man cannot live without power for a day.
In this feudal dynasty where the strong prey on the weak, if you want to live comfortably, you must have power in your hands.
Power is something very tempting, but also very abstract.
The allure is that a little power can make your life better.
The abstract thing is that many people don’t understand what rights are.
In his previous life, Lu Chen had to struggle in society for many years before he suddenly realized what rights were and how to obtain them.
In fact, to put it simply, as long as you manage people, you have power, and the size of your power depends on how many people you manage.
Li Zhuo was right. Looking at the history of the world, it is unprecedented for the state apparatus to directly promote a certain drug.
It is precisely because of this that there is enormous power involved.
A brand new department will be set up. As the director of this department, Lu Chen will be the boss in this department. This is such a pleasant thing.
The average life expectancy of the people will increase by five years. This pie is too tempting. As long as the civil and military officials and the emperor want to swallow this pie, they will agree to all the reasonable or unreasonable requests put forward by Lu Chen.
What's more, he even gave the emperor the responsibility of naming the elixir. How could the emperor have the nerve to stop him on this matter?
As expected, after hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Zhuo laughed heartily. "Master Lu is willing to make a greater contribution to Da Qi. This is naturally excellent. Moreover, it was you who developed the Holy Grace Pill. It is most appropriate for you to be in charge of this matter."
Upon hearing this, the bosses from the three departments looked at each other in confusion. After looking at each other, they realized that they probably had nothing to do with this.
Even if they wanted to join by force or bring the newly established government office under their command, the other two departments would not agree.
"Since everyone has no objections, then it's settled. Starting today, a new government office will be established, and its focus will be on promoting the Sheng'en Pill. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Works must fully cooperate. Master Lu can go to these three departments to select the personnel he needs. In addition, the Ministry of Revenue will allocate 500,000 taels of silver to the new government office."
Five hundred thousand taels of silver! ?
Upon hearing this, Liang Licang immediately refused.
The financial situation of the Great Qi court was relatively good, but it could not withstand the continuous disasters of disease and drought.
Now as the Minister of Revenue, he has to break every copper coin into two halves and spend it carefully.
He was very happy that he finally had some surplus in his hands. But now, the emperor promised to give him 500,000 taels without saying a word.
Liang Licang objected at the time: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has almost used up all the tax silver this year and cannot provide so much."
"You can't even come up with 500,000 taels?" Li Zhuo frowned slightly. He didn't expect that his treasury had become so empty.
The Minister of Works beside him quickly chimed in, "Your Majesty, the border conflict has been intense over the past two years. Providing wages and rations to the soldiers, as well as replacing military equipment, requires a significant amount of money. Under these circumstances, it's truly remarkable that Lord Liang has been able to maintain a balance between income and expenditure."
"Yes, yes. In addition, there have been severe droughts in the past three years, and some places also need to build some water conservancy projects. Under such circumstances, Lord Liang can still maintain a balance between income and expenditure. It can be said that he has made great contributions." Lu Zhengping also came out to help.
It’s not that the three of them want to target Lu Chen, it’s just that life is difficult for everyone these days.
Not to mention the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works, the remaining government offices also require a large amount of funding every year.
Whether or not they can obtain more activity funds every year is one of the most important tasks for these six department heads.
If you have more money, the people below you will be willing to listen to you and work for you wholeheartedly.
As long as they can eat their fill, they are really willing to make friends with Lu Chen, but the prerequisite is that they are full.
Li Zhuo was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect things to get stuck at this point. He thought he was rich but he was actually penniless.
After thinking for a while, he sighed and said, "Then let's pay this money from the treasury first."
Li Zhuo's heart was bleeding when he thought about how little treasury he had left. He was afraid that his life in the palace would be difficult from now on.
Lu Chen glanced at Li Zhuo and thought to himself, this buddy is great. When I make money, I will give you some, so that you will know that I am a decent person.
Thinking this, Lu Chen bowed to Li Zhuo and said, "Also, could Your Majesty please select a few men from the palace guards? Once the existence of Sheng'en Dan is known to hostile nations, they will surely send spies to steal the formula."
Li Zhuo thought about it and agreed that this made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll assign you another hundred guards to command."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Chen bowed and saluted, a smile already plastered on his lips.
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