"fart!"
Emperor Wen angrily rebuked the fourth and second sons, "Without my approval, what right does the Crown Prince have to mobilize troops? Are you going to slander the Crown Prince for colluding with Zhao Ji? What, do you want me to depose the Crown Prince?"
Emperor Wen looked sternly at the second and fourth sons.
He knew that the second and fourth sons were starting to get anxious.
But he had already made up his mind to let Yun Li be the regent.
This will never change!
"Your son... I dare not!"
Facing Emperor Wen's gaze, the two men's momentum suddenly weakened.
Slandering the prince for colluding with border generals is a serious crime.
Even if they really think so, they dare not say it out loud unless there is hard evidence.
...
...
"Put away your little thoughts!"
Emperor Wen gave the two of them a warning look, then glanced at the ministers: "I am not feeling well, so I ordered the Crown Prince to be the regent, not to abdicate! I have made up my mind, there is no need to discuss this matter any further! Now the Crown Prince still needs to be tempered, you must assist him well!"
After saying that, Emperor Wen directly helped Yun Li up from the ground.
Under the astonished gaze of his ministers, Emperor Wen personally pressed Yun Li into the chair next to the throne.
Seeing this scene, the second, fourth and others suddenly looked as pale as death.
It’s over!
Everything is settled!
"Today's court meeting will be presided over by the Crown Prince!"
Emperor Wen announced loudly, while slowly walking towards the screen behind the throne.
As Emperor Wen sat down behind the screen, the matter of the Crown Prince acting as regent became a finalized matter.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Xu Shifu shouted loudly and was the first to kowtow.
As Xu Shifu shouted, everyone came back to their senses with difficulty.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
All the ministers kowtowed and bowed to the emperor.
Yun Li sat there in a daze, enjoying this wonderful feeling.
Even though he already knew that Emperor Wen had asked him to be regent, he still felt like he was in a dream at this moment.
The only regret is that he did not sit on the throne that represents the highest power.
However, he finally sat down in the court!
Only one step away from the throne!
In the past, even though he was the crown prince, he could only stand under the imperial throne!
After a long while, Yun Li finally came back to his senses and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, my lords!"
It feels so wonderful to sit here and give orders!
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
The ministers slowly stood up.
Some people were secretly happy, while others sighed in their hearts.
Some people have already started considering retreating.
Yun Li suppressed his excitement and pretended to be calm. "My father and I have not been in the court for the past few days. Do you have anything to report?"
Facing Yun Li's question, the ministers couldn't help but look at each other.
Originally, some people wanted to impeach Xu Shifu in the court, but now they dared not to move.
Everyone knows that Xu Shifu is the core figure of the prince's party. Now that the prince is regent and holds great power, anyone who wants to impeach Xu Shifu will probably bring disaster upon himself.
Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Yun Li felt unhappy.
He has just started to govern the country!
How could the ministers have nothing to report when the father and son have been away from the imperial city for such a long time?
Are they trying to intimidate me by not speaking now?
"Your Highness, I have something to report!"
Finally, Xu Shifu stepped forward to support Yun Li.
"allow!"
Yun Li smiled and nodded.
Xu Shifu walked out slowly and began to make his presentation.
There was a flood in the south last year, and post-disaster reconstruction costs a lot of money.
The imperial court also needed money to build river embankments to prevent floods from happening again during the summer flood season.
The Ministry of War has also released this year's military budget, and is still waiting for the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds...
Silver is needed everywhere, but the Ministry of Revenue simply does not have that much silver.
It all comes down to two words.
Short of money!
Listening to Xu Shifu's report, Yun Li felt like cursing.
Who doesn’t lack money?
Looking at the entire Dagan Dynasty, he, the crown prince, is the one who is most in need of money!
The four million silver coins promised to Lao Liu must be given!
Otherwise, that bastard would definitely dare to come to collect the debt from me with the IOU and troops.
After a preliminary understanding of Meng Yunqi's situation, he found out that he would need to advance at least 1.2 million taels of silver!
This adds up to more than five million taels of silver!
He also wanted to ask the Ministry of Revenue for an advance of some money!
The Ministry of Revenue is still asking him for money?
“That’s enough, that’s enough…”
Yun Li interrupted Xu Shifu who was still reporting, "I know the Ministry of Revenue is short of money. The court is short of money everywhere. Even I and my father are short of money! The key is, does the Ministry of Revenue have any way to raise money?"
"this……"
Xu Shifu frowned and replied, "No matter how much the Ministry of Revenue raises, this amount of money is far from enough. I think that if the Ministry of Revenue wants to raise money, the court must also find a way to increase tax revenue, and also cut spending."
Yun Li nodded slightly and asked again: "Which areas of expenditure do you think should be cut?"
Xu Shifu replied: "I think that we must guard against summer floods. We should give priority to satisfying the silver required by the Ministry of Works to build river embankments. The rest can be put aside until this year's tax silver is deposited into the treasury, and then..."
"From what Lord Xu said, this blow is going to hit the head of the Ministry of War?"
Xue Che was unhappy and interrupted Xu Shifu directly.
Xu Shifu was helpless: "Each ministry needs silver, but the Ministry of Revenue has only so much silver on deposit. There has to be a priority, right? Last year, there was a flood in the south, and many riverbanks were destroyed. If the riverbanks are not repaired first, who will bear the responsibility if there is another large-scale flood this year?"
"Master Xu is right!"
The Minister of Works Song Bixian immediately agreed.
Repairing river embankments is definitely a top priority.
We suffered from the flood last year, are we going to suffer again this year?
"Yes, yes!"
Xue Che also nodded, and immediately stepped out to make a request to Yun Li: "Please ask the Crown Prince to order the garrisons in various places to sell all their armor and weapons to His Majesty the Sixth Prince of Shuobei! This way, not only can we greatly reduce the military expenses, but we can also raise a large amount of silver to support the various departments!"
Yun Li's face turned green after hearing Xue Che's words.
Isn't this just a test of his power?
"Master Xue, please be patient."
Yun Li comforted him, "Not only will I not cut the military budget, I will also increase it!"
Xu Shifu's face twitched, and he quickly said, "Your Highness, this..."
Yun Li raised his hand to stop Xu Shifu: "We can find another way to get the money! But the military budget of the Ministry of War must be increased! I went to Fuzhou a few days ago and saw that many of the soldiers stationed there don't even have armor! If the Ministry of War's spending is further reduced, the court will be at the mercy of Old Six!"
Xu Shifu paused slightly, not knowing what to say.
Of course he knew that he had to increase military spending to prepare an elite army.
If possible, he hoped that Yun Li would prepare an army of three to five million to destroy Yun Zheng in one fell swoop.
But the key is, there is no money!
He is not a magician, how can he make silver appear?
"Okay, it's settled!"
Yun Li raised his hand gently and said to the ministers, "We will discuss the silver issue later! This time when I went to Fuzhou, I also talked to Lao Liu about bringing ground potatoes into the interior of the country! However, Lao Liu wants the court to give out 5 million dan of grain in exchange for 10,000 jin of ground potatoes. I know that the ground potatoes are very useful, so I have agreed to Lao Liu for the time being, but I still want to hear the opinions of the adults!"
As Yun Li finished speaking, all the ministers were stunned.
Five million dan of grain?
Isn’t this a threat to the imperial court?
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