"Is everyone alright?"
Wei Yunyi looked at everyone and said with a smile, "It just so happens that I have something to announce as well."
These words made all the university scholars present look serious. They all turned around and wanted to listen attentively.
Your Majesty has been out of court for a month, and some matters are conveyed through memorials.
I finally waited for the imperial court meeting and was able to meet His Majesty.
Now I have something to announce.
Naturally, everyone did not dare to neglect it.
This is especially true for Song Gongwen and Zhang Zhengming.
In their hearts, His Majesty is the true sage king of all ages.
Every decision made will have a significant impact on the entire country.
Just like before, the construction of the Grand Canal and the Wei Straight Road.
It seems to be a waste of time and money.
In fact, it will benefit future generations.
Therefore, the two of them were very much looking forward to what His Majesty would announce.
Wei Yunyi didn't know what they were thinking, so he just said directly: "My dear ministers, you should know that I summoned the young Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain to come to the palace to make elixirs some time ago. Now that it has shown initial results, I have issued an edict to appoint him as the Imperial Master."
"At the same time, I have decided to allocate a sum of money from the Ministry of Revenue to repair the Longhushan Taoist Temple. What do you think?"
After these words were spoken, everyone present was a little confused.
The story of the young Taoist priest of Mount Longhu being named the Imperial Master.
They had heard of this.
The court ministers had no objection to this.
After all, the title of Imperial Master is not an important official position and has nothing to do with the imperial court, so it can be conferred.
But repairing the Longhushan Taoist Temple was a completely different matter, as it would cost a lot of money.
Although this may not be a big deal for a country, the problem is that there is already a huge hole because of the two major projects underway, the canal and the straight road.
If the property of those Jiangnan gentry had not been confiscated, I'm afraid they would have no money to continue.
Now, His Majesty has actually found a place where money needs to be spent...
This made everyone a little confused.
Especially Song Gongwen, who was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, had a bitter look on his face.
Because the silver and wages that were confiscated before were directly allocated to the two projects in compliance with His Majesty's orders. How could there be any extra now?
He hesitated for a moment, then stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, Longhu Mountain is a secluded sect that has never been involved in worldly affairs. Now that Your Majesty has summoned the Little Heavenly Master and appointed him as the Imperial Master, it is already a great honor for Longhu Mountain."
"So, I still think that repairing Longhu Mountain is unnecessary. All I need to do is issue an imperial decree to praise it."
This statement made the other cabinet ministers nod in agreement.
Longhu Mountain has no relationship with the imperial court.
It doesn't belong to any underworld forces.
There is really no benefit in repairing the Dragon and Tiger Taoist Sect, and it costs money.
Giving a young master the title of national master is actually enough.
They believed that even if His Majesty liked to make elixirs.
But too much is as bad as too little.
If the imperial court really spent a large sum of money to repair the Longhu Mountain Taoist gate, people would probably think that Your Majesty worships alchemists, which would give you a very bad reputation.
This would also undermine the dignity of the imperial court, so they felt that it would be better for His Majesty to retract his will.
Wei Yunyi had anticipated all of this, so his expression did not change at all.
He continued with a smile, "The Imperial Master has made great contributions to me by refining elixirs. So what if he repairs the Longhu Mountain Taoist sect? How much silver did it cost? Okay, this matter is settled."
To be honest, Wei Yunyi knew that doing so would definitely not work.
After all, the court’s money is not so easy to come by.
But there is no way if you want to ruin your luck.
Some things have to be done.
As for whether he could convince his ministers, he didn't care.
At this time, one needs to become a complete tyrant and enforce the order forcefully even if the entire court disagrees.
The university students below were genuinely confused by this order. But His Majesty had already made the decision, and it seemed it couldn't be changed. Based on past experience, no matter how much they spoke, it would be useless.
Therefore, Song Gongwen sighed inwardly and could only say, "Your humble servant obeys your order."
In his eyes, every decision His Majesty made had a purpose.
But now, I have no idea what His Majesty is thinking.
Could it be that my thinking is not sharp enough?
Don't you realize what Your Majesty means?
But no matter what.
The most important thing now is to respect your majesty's orders.
As for where the money to repair the Longhu Mountain Taoist sect comes from, this is indeed a problem.
Nowadays, the Ministry of Revenue has given almost all its money to Song Yingxing, and it is difficult to take out any more.
However, Song Gongwen thought that Zhang Kejian was already conducting border trade and everything was going very smoothly.
If nothing unexpected happens, the money will come out soon.
Use the money there.
It shouldn't be a problem to fill in and repair the Longhu Mountain Taoist Gate.
After all, it is just a repair, not a direct rebuild, so it won’t cost too much money.
At most, it would be just a few hundred thousand taels of silver.
As for the other Grand Secretaries, seeing that the official documents from the two Song dynasties had already agreed, they naturally did not say anything more.
However, Minister of War Lin Yuansong was still a little hesitant. Now the northern border was fighting with the grassland, which cost a lot of silver every day. Moreover, in the coastal areas, it was hard to say when they would have to fight with pirates.
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