"Report!"

Not long after Zhang Feizi's front foot, an Imperial Guard Hou ran into the imperial study room in a hurry. Before Ying Chang could ask questions, the Imperial Guard Hou knelt on one knee to compile the report: "Your Majesty, something is wrong, and Secretary Jiang and Secretary Jia are fighting outside Chengde Gate!"

"What?" Ying Chang couldn't help but glared.

Fight? These two actually fought?

Ying Chang quickly calmed down, looked at the Imperial Guards and asked, "Why is it because of the fight?"

"Your Majesty, the villain is not particularly clear. However, from what the two ministers said when they quarreled, it can be guessed that they quarreled because of the Ministry of Works' budget!" The Imperial Guard Hou lowered his head and replied.

"I understand, let them both come in!" Ying Chang waved his hand calmly, unable to detect his true thoughts or his emotions on the matter from the surface.

"As for the order!" The Imperial Guards responded respectfully, then stood up from the ground and quickly left the imperial study room. Ying Chang waited quietly and asked the palace maids to make a cup of tea.

After about one stick of incense, Jiang Haiyou, the Minister of Works, and Jialuo, the Minister of Revenue, finally arrived at the imperial study room. The two of them were more embarrassed than the other, especially Jiang Haiyou, whose official hat was crooked, his hair was scattered, his face was blue and purple, and his official uniform was crooked, so Jialuo was not much better than him.

These two people all have anger on their faces, and they just have to write three words of dissatisfaction on their faces. They don’t look like important officials of the court now. They are clearly like the ones who have just finished fighting. If they take off their official uniforms, no one knows that they are the second-rank ministers of the court!

"My Me Jaro pays homage to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

"I Jiang Haiyou pays homage to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Even though the two of them were not convinced by each other, they still did not dare to be rude in front of Ying Chang. They knelt on the ground to perform the bow of worship. Ying Chang, who was sitting on the dragon throne, looked at the two kneeling on the ground with expressionless expression. Ying Chang did not say a word, and Jialuo and Jiang Haiyou did not dare to speak.

The atmosphere became strange and suddenly fell into a stalemate. After a long time, Ying Chang asked calmly: "Who did the move first?"

Ying Chang didn't let them get up, just let them kneel.

"It's my minister!"

"It's him!"

Jaro and Jiang Haiyou spoke in unison. Jaro directly admitted that it was his first move. Ying Chang heard the two of them and fell silent again. Leisurely picked up the fragrant tea that had just been brewed on the imperial desk, held the tea cup and put it in front of his nose and smelled it.

In fact, tea is not fragrant, it depends on the person's mood. Tea drinkers are in a good mood. Tea brewed with inferior tea leaves is fragrant. Tea drinkers are in a bad mood. Tea brewed with even better tea leaves will not smell fragrant, and the same taste will be true.

Of course, tea is not so mysterious. It’s just that when the tea drinker is in a bad mood, his heart cannot calm down. How can he taste the deliciousness of tea if his heart is not calm?

Ying Chang is in a bad mood now. Although he looks like he enjoys it, he is not actually tasting fragrant tea at all, he is just doing it. He is very annoyed now. The reason for his anger is naturally that Jiang Haiyou and Jaro are fighting.

Two important officials of the court actually fought outside Chengde Gate, and they were not afraid of being seen and spread. They were simply dissatisfied.

Ying Chang pretended to behave and sipped the tea, then gently put down the tea cup, looked at Jialuo and Jiang Haiyou with a calm expression and asked, "Why?"

As soon as he heard about the fight, Jiang Haiyou suddenly felt energetic and looked up at Ying Chang and replied: "Your Majesty, I will convey the grant document to the Ministry of Revenue, but the Ministry of Revenue refuted it and said that the account was wrong. When I learned that the account was wrong, I immediately transferred the Ministry of Works from the left and right ministers to the head to review it all, and the result was no mistake!"

"I thought it was because of the mistake of Jia Shangshu, so I delivered the grant documents and the reviewed accounts to the Ministry of Revenue. As a result, it was rejected by the Ministry of Revenue again. I said that the accounts were wrong and rejected twice. I thought there was something wrong with the officials below, so I checked them myself. The result was the same as before twice, and the accounts were not wrong at all!"

"I sent someone to deliver the grant document to the Ministry of Revenue, but it was rejected again. I thought it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was the Ministry of Revenue that it was willing to allocate funds by 10 million taels of silver!"

"Your Majesty also knows that the Ministry of Works' budget is 170 million taels of silver, which was approved by Your Majesty and the Right Prime Minister. How can you reduce it if you say it? I was so angry that I cursed... and scolded Shangshu Jia, who was relying on his seniority, and then I wanted to enter the palace and find Your Majesty to make the decision!"

"Who knew that Shangshu Jia also followed and wanted to find Your Majesty to make the decision. He said that he had scolded him and wanted Your Majesty to punish me for his crimes. I thought that Shangshu Jia was so angry that he beat me up. I endured it again and again, and finally couldn't help but fight back. Your Majesty knew everything that happened next!"

After hearing Jiang Haiyou's words, Jaro also looked up at Ying Chang and said, "Your Majesty, you should know that when Shangshu Jiang first entered the officialdom seven years ago, he once said that if he wanted to complete the national water conservancy road project within three years, it would take 160 million taels of silver!"

"Now seven years have passed, it actually costs 170 million taels of silver. I also know that the current salary is generally twenty cents more than seven years ago, but it is not an extra 10 million taels, right? Moreover, the national water conservancy road project also included Shangyang County. Now the water conservancy in Shangyang County has been repaired. According to the principle, the budget should be reduced. How can it not reduce but increase!"

"I feel that the Ministry of Works is lying about the budget, and it is not ruled out that the Ministry of Works has rich rats. I ask Your Majesty to order the Censorate to investigate and deal with the Ministry of Works and find out the money rats that lied about the budget!" After Jaro finished speaking, he knocked heavily on the ground.

When Jiang Haiyou heard this, he felt uncomfortable. He didn't care about Ying Chang here and turned to Jaro directly and scolded him: "Shangshu Jia must be responsible for his words. What is a rich rat in the Ministry of Works? Every budget of the Ministry of Works has been repeatedly checked. You can't knock a big hat on our Ministry of Works because of stinginess!"

After saying that, Jiang Haiyou turned his head back and looked at Ying Chang excitedly and said, "Your Majesty, officials from the Ministry of Works have recently gotten up earlier than chickens and slept later than dogs for the national water conservancy road project. For the entire project, who is not a person from the Ministry of Works has worked hard and worked hard. If you have a thorough investigation of the Ministry of Works because of Shangshu Jia's words without investigation and certificate, you may be disappointed in the Ministry of Works, including the ministers!"

As he spoke, Jiang Haiyou's eyes couldn't help but become wet, and tears flashed in his eyes.
Chapter completed!