382, monthly salary
382, monthly salary
After the Ministry of Revenue finished accounting at the end of the year, there was still some money left in the treasury.
This little bit of spare money was saved by everyone in their household department after more than half a year of hard work.
Of course, this also includes a large amount of silver obtained from the confiscation of property, as well as silver returned by some officials in the court. The silver collected from taxes in various places this year was not much, and this little silver was not enough to subsidize the people.
When Lu Mingfei led people to check the accounts before, he discovered that many officials in the court still owed money to the Ministry of Revenue, and they naturally had to get the money back.
Because he brought people to collect debts, he knew that the officials were quite dissatisfied with him and privately gave him the nickname "debt collector ghost".
You may be a debt collector, but returning the money is more important than anything else!
But there are also advantages, that is, the Ministry of Revenue has money!
Seeing that there was still some money left, Lu Mingfei wrote a letter to His Royal Highness the Regent. After obtaining His Royal Highness the Regent's approval, he took out a sum of money to pay salaries to officials in the court.
When he became the Minister of Revenue, he realized how poor the country was. The Ministry of Revenue not only owed the military pay, but also the monthly salaries of officials in the court.
So he first took out a sum of money to pay the officials' salaries in order to shut them up, and then took out another sum of money to pay part of the military pay to the soldiers in the army.
Otherwise, if they directly took out the money to pay the soldiers in the army, it goes without saying that the officials in the court would object.
However, because the Ministry of Revenue owed the soldiers too much military pay, the little money it had left was not enough to pay them all, so it could only pay out part of it and wait until next year to pay out the rest depending on the situation.
Sure enough, after receiving their monthly salaries, the civil servants in the court, including those following Prime Minister Wan, did not say much about his payment of military salaries to the soldiers.
As for the territories of those vassal kings, they are no longer under the jurisdiction of their Ministry of Revenue.
After those vassal kings declared themselves kings, they were essentially independent. They had long since stopped paying any taxes to the imperial court, so the imperial court naturally had no reason to pay them any tribute.
However, Lu Mingfei still knew a lot about the snow disasters that occurred in the vassal kings this year.
Although he sympathized with the people affected by the disaster, they had just settled down. So even though he sympathized, he was powerless.
[However, next year, can they come up with some policies that benefit the people and attract the people from the vassal kings' territories to come over to their side? Once all the people have fled, he doesn't believe that those vassal kings can continue to be kings!] Lu Mingfei pondered this matter in his mind. It was a bit difficult to implement, so he could only go back and think about it slowly.
***
After a busy period, it was already the end of December.
On the 26th day of the 12th lunar month, the six government offices were closed and officials were given a holiday to go home and celebrate the New Year.
The morning court session was also stopped, and these officials no longer had to attend the morning court session for half a month before and after the New Year.
For Lu Mingfei, it was a great thing that he didn't have to get up so early to attend the morning court.
He had originally planned to sleep until he woke up naturally in the morning. However, the next morning after the morning court session was suspended, he was still woken up by the early risers around him.
Seeing that the young man on the bed was woken up by him, Zhao Lang walked over and said apologetically, "Sorry for waking you. I have to go to the military camp for a few days. If you have nothing to do, you can sleep a little longer."
"..." Lu Mingfei pulled the quilt up to his shoulders, then sat up with it rolled up. He said to the people who had already dressed and were about to go out, "I've prepared some food for the New Year. Find someone to take it to the army and have the cooks cook it for the soldiers."
"Okay, thank you, Lord Lu." Zhao Lang lowered his head and kissed Lord Lu, his eyes full of smiles. Only their Lord Lu would be so concerned about the soldiers in the army.
"Would you like to come with me to the army to see the soldiers?"
"I go? That's not appropriate, right?" Hearing this, Lu Mingfei became a little more sober.
But he saw that Zhao Lang looked serious and didn't seem to be joking, so was this person really inviting him to the military camp?
"What's inappropriate about it? If it weren't for you, Lord Lu, would those people have received their military pay?" Zhao Lang naturally knew what Lu Mingfei was worried about.
But in his opinion, there was nothing shameful about their relationship. He also wanted to take Lu Mingfei to the army to show the soldiers and recognize his face.
If something really happens in the future, if he encounters an accident, he also hopes that the soldiers in the army will rescue the person he loves because of the favor he received today.
But at this time Lu Mingfei didn't know what Zhao Lang was thinking.
After thinking about it, he finally shook his head and said, "I won't go with you. I have a lot of things to do here. You go by yourself. I'll sleep for a while and then get up to go to the study to work." After saying that, he fell back on the bed.
Zhao Lang looked at the person lying on the bed and refusing to get up, so he just gave up.
"Okay, then don't go. You can sleep a little longer and get up later." He bent down and kissed the young man's face and lips several times before he straightened up reluctantly.
"I'm leaving."
"Well, be careful on the road and come back early."
"good."
Zhao Lang looked at the young man who raised his upper body and waved to him while lying on the bed. A doting smile appeared on his face before he turned and left.
Hearing the sound of the door outside opening and closing, and the footsteps leaving, Lu Mingfei knew that Zhao Lang had gone out.
He lay in bed for more than half an hour, took a nap for a while, and then got up from the bed.
But the weather today is not very good. The sky outside is gloomy, so there is no sun in the morning, which makes it seem like time is especially early.
The wind outside was quite strong.
Standing on the corridor, looking up at the sky, Lu Mingfei said with some worry in his heart: "It looks like it's going to snow again today."
"Yes, it looks like it's going to snow, and this snowstorm will probably be quite severe." The guard standing behind continued.
Looking at the weather, Lu Mingfei felt a little worried about the people going out, and also a little worried about the people outside.
"With such a snowstorm, who knows how many people will freeze to death." He said with some concern.
Although local authorities issued early warnings for snowstorm preparedness this year, this doesn't mean officials will fully implement them. Furthermore, the most important issue is that the people lack warm clothing and food for the winter.
Therefore, if we want the people to be able to spend the cold winter safely, we must find ways to improve their material lives.
"Sir, you've done your best. You don't have to blame yourself." Guard Ma knew that their master was a kind and good man. When they lived in Li County, no one starved to death during the winter. At most, there were only a few who froze to death.
Those who froze to death died in accidents.
But they also knew that now that their master had become the Minister of Revenue, he was no longer in charge of the people of a county, but the people of the whole world. How could it be as easy as governing a small county?
Moreover, their master has only been the Minister of Revenue for a short time, and it is already very good that he has achieved what he has achieved now.
People outside don’t know that their master comes back every day and works in the study until midnight before going back to sleep, but they all see the hard work of their master.
"It's not enough." Having said that, Lu Mingfei shook his head.
This time, Guard Ma looked at their master and didn't know what to say.
After standing outside for a while, Lu Mingfei walked towards the study.
Zhao Lang was not at home that day, so he was alone in the study handling official business.
Although the Ministry of Revenue was sealed, he still had a lot of work on hand. It was just right to take advantage of the half month of the New Year holiday to finish these tasks, otherwise when he returned to work next year, he would have new work to do.
His Royal Highness the Regent, like him, was not one to sit idle. The army was in operation year-round, so his Royal Highness the Regent had gone to the barracks early this morning for training.
Rather than sitting in the study to deal with these trivial matters, Zhao Lang would definitely prefer to go to the military camp.
He didn't say anything about this. They were originally responsible for different things and were good at different things. It was fine for everyone to do what they were good at. He didn't expect Zhao Lang to be like him and stay in the study all day.
However, he thought about Zhao Lang's invitation to go to the army today and felt that it was a bit inappropriate. Because he was in charge of the affairs of the court now, if his reputation in the army was too great...
If their relationship could remain this good and they could trust each other, that would be fine. But if one day, Zhao Lang had doubts or thoughts about him...
Sometimes it’s not that Lu Mingfei doesn’t trust the person next to him, but that he doesn’t want to gamble on someone’s humanity.
So there are some things that he shouldn't interfere with, and he thinks he should stay away from them for the sake of each other.
He was so busy that someone knocked on the door and asked, "Sir, it's noon. Do you want to eat?"
"Huh? It's already noon?"
Looking at the timer on the table, Lu Mingfei realized that half a day had passed so quickly. "Okay, have someone send the meal to the next room. I'll be right there."
He never ate in the study because he was afraid that food would fall onto the table or the floor and attract ants and insects to gnaw on the books in the study.
These things are all very important.
"Yes, sir, it's snowing outside." The person outside reminded again when he was about to leave.
"Okay, got it." Lu Mingfei knew that the people outside were reminding him to remember to dress well before going out.
There is a fireplace and a fire in the study, so it doesn't feel too cold staying in the room.
Knowing that it was cold outside, he put on his scarf, cloak and hat before coming out of the study.
When he went outside and saw the heavy snow falling like goose feathers, he realized that it was really snowing outside.
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