"Then let me take charge of the preparations for the establishment of these two departments. Although I'm a bit old, I still want to contribute my remaining energy to the country."
Lu Yijian did not want to miss the opportunity to seize power.
Zhao Jun glanced at him and said, "Prime Minister Wang is also a pillar of the country. Let Prime Minister Lu and Prime Minister Wang work together on this matter."
He didn't want Lu Yijian to interfere.
Since Lü Yijian had previously been in charge of personnel, he had many students and former officials in the more than 50 departments of the Song Dynasty. Although his power was basically reduced by half after Lü's death, he was no longer a person of the time.
However, Lu Yijian's second son, Lu Gongbi, was already the Hebei Road Transport Commissioner, and his third son, Lu Gongzhu, was already the Imperial Edict Editor, and their promotions were very fast.
Old Lu is not just making use of his remaining energy, he is obviously trying to pave the way for his son.
"Um."
Old Lu just responded without objecting.
In the current situation, it would be good enough for him to get some power. After all, his health is getting worse and worse, and no one knows how long he can live.
"That's it for today's meeting. Next, have each ministry formulate its own development plan for this year and submit it to the Constitutional Yuan for approval. While revenue is increasing, there are still many fixed expenses. Money must be spent wisely."
Zhao Jun stood up and adjourned the meeting.
Despite last year's fiscal revenue of 100 million, the Ministry of Education built schools and promoted the teaching system. The Ministry of Works repaired canals and roads, and local governments also invested heavily in water conservancy and road construction.
Adding to this the salaries of officials and military expenses, the annual fixed expenditure is still around 50 to 60 million strings of cash, and the remaining half can be used for other investments and construction.
But even so, it is still pretty good. At least it is better than the previous Song Dynasty when five-sixths of the financial resources were invested in military expenditures, and the remaining one-sixth was occupied by officials' salaries and other redundant expenses. The country had no construction funds at all and was completely exhausted.
The Constitutional Yuan issued instructions in the new year, requiring all departments to submit their plans for the year, such as how many teachers the Ministry of Education will recruit and how many schools will be built this year, how many canals the Ministry of Industry will repair and how many roads will be opened, etc.
Only after the plan is submitted without any problems will the Constitutional Yuan ask the Ministry of Finance to approve funds as funding.
And so on.
In the sixth year of the Qingli period, the Song Dynasty was once again in the midst of vigorous construction.
(End of this chapter)
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