Obviously, Sun Chengzong proposed this matter not to make it happen.

Everyone knows that the new army is the lifeblood of the emperor now. At this time, it will definitely make His Majesty bored with his hand. Sun Chengzong would not do such unwise things. He simply wanted to mess up Xu Guangqi's affairs.

Xu Guangqi wanted to give his Majesty more money to raise soldiers, but Sun Chengzong would say that it would be better to give the soldiers to the Ministry of War to support them. Once things get messy, neither side can do it, and the money can't be divided.

Xu Guangqi looked at Sun Chengzong calmly, and hated this old guy in his heart.

However, Xu Guangqi also knew that this was suppressing himself. If he had to do it, the two guys left here would definitely not stand idly by and would follow Sun Chengzong to step on him.

Even if His Majesty favors him and wants to agree to his own conditions, he may not be able to do it.

Xu Guangqi also snorted coldly and said directly: "Let's discuss these things in front of the emperor. We are not a minister in private."

After saying this, Xu Guangqi stood up, shook his sleeves and walked into the inner room.

His meaning is very obvious. If you don’t want to discuss it with me, don’t discuss it. Everyone will break up.

Huang Kezhang and Han Du looked at each other for a moment, and they all smiled.

The two of them were happy to see the struggle between Sun Chengzong and Xu Guangqi. But now is not the time to reach out, otherwise the two old foxes might have joined forces to bite themselves.

"Then let's talk about it tomorrow." Han Yu stood up and said with a smile: "Now, go and do other things. There are so many things in this cabinet, and we should do them all, so we should be more attentive."

Sun Chengzong smiled, stood up and walked into the inner room.

It would be enough for Sun Chengzong to not let Xu Guangqi do things well. As for the fact that he was so stupid to fight Xu Guangqi with death, he would not do that. If he did everything, wouldn’t Han Du get a bargain?

People like you can fight, but you can't fight too much. If you really anger Your Majesty, no one will have any good results.

At the same time, the news that the money was about to be distributed instantly spread throughout the entire capital.

For the officials who tighten their belts to live, this is a huge piece of good news that is worth raising a glass to celebrate. Everyone's hands can finally be relaxed.

Nowadays, there are people from Tongzhengsi who are watching in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, there is a secret memorial system, no one dares to be as greedy as before. But if the money passes through your hands, you can always get some money.

For everyone, it is a good thing to share money and can give everyone a full meal.

"It is not easy to live in the capital" is not just a word. It is not easy to live in a city with a population of millions like Beijing.

Even for officials, it is already difficult to live in the capital with their low salary, let alone live a decent life. If you want to live a decent life, you can't live without some extra money.

Not to mention anything else, honest and obedient people can’t solve the problem with just one house.

So everyone is looking forward to it, hoping that the people above can make more money to give everyone a share.

Similarly, this is also a matter of fierce competition in the court. If you can’t make money, the people below will complain. If the people are dispersed, it will be difficult to lead the team.

In this kind of public opinion environment, every senior official is under great pressure. Whether it is a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet or a Secretary of the Six Ministry, everyone is thinking about this matter in their hearts and they are hostile to each other.

On that morning, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Six Ministers of the Ministry of Justice entered the palace.

The people from the Staff Office, the Six Ministers and Tongzhengsi, etc., even Dali Temple and Shuntian Prefecture arrived.

Everyone smiled and bowed, but they were thinking about how to kick each other.

After the time came, everyone entered the palace with a smile on their faces.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon throne and looked at the ministers who were worshiping below, and was also full of heads.

Although I got a lot of money back this time, I got more than 17 million yuan in the early stage, and I will have more income in the future.

This money sounds a lot, but in fact it is also a lot. If you only give it to one person, you will be a wealthy person. But in such a big country, if you spill out this money, it will be a drop in water on the lake. If you want to do what you want to do, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

The most important thing is that there are more wolves and less meat. How to divide the money is a problem.

"You all love me, please don't give me a gift." Zhu Youxiao looked at everyone and said slowly.

When everyone stood up, Zhu Youxiao continued, "I think you are here to find all your dear friends today. I believe you know what it is for. I will not go around the corner. Each department will report the money they need. Let's discuss it."

"Let's start with the Ministry of Rites. Shen Tingjun, Minister of Rites, you can tell me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Tingjun agreed and hurriedly walked out of the crowd and said, "Your Majesty, there is not much work in the Ministry of Rites, and the silver required will not be too much. It only takes three million taels."

Hearing Shen Tingyun say this, everyone's eyes fell on him.

Not too much?

You are the complete lion's mouth! It's just a fatal way to do it!

The total is only more than 17 million taels. Even if the six divisions are divided equally, the family will not be divided into three million, let alone the emperor. As well as the Shuntian Mansion and Dali Temple, the yamen, should they also be mixed with some rain?

"Shangshu Shen is careful." Zhou Jiamo, the Minister of Personnel, could not bear it anymore, and took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Why does the Ministry of Rites want so much money?"

Shen Tingjun was not angry, but smiled and said, "Don't worry, please listen to my official finish his words."

"The Ministry of Rites did not use so much money when it was normal. But now it is different. There is a place that spends more money under the Ministry of Rites, and this yamen is the Royal Academy."

"This Royal Academy in the capital is just a pilot project, and all the ministers present must know it. It has been almost a year, and you must have seen the effect of the Royal Academy in the Capital. This time, the imperial examination, the court admitted a total of 296 students, and our Royal Academy in the Capital won 76 people. It can be seen that the education achievements of the Royal Academy in the Capital also show the merits of His Majesty's establishment of the Royal Academy."

"Since the effect is so good, it is naturally necessary to open more. The Ministry of Rites decided to create a royal academies in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, build another one in the capital city, build two in Nanjing, and build one in each other province."

"The two royal academies in Beijing and Nanjing are based on the current old rules. A total of sixteen royal academies are needed. Among them, the construction of academies, the purchase of various items, and the hiring of teachers is all costing. Three million taels, and I am already talking about it less."

Everyone looked at Chen Tingyun, feeling helpless.

This guy really has a reason. However, this time the incident of the Confucius Family in Shandong broke out, and His Majesty must pay more attention to the Royal Academy. If it is expanded, His Majesty will definitely be willing. So the reason Chen Tingyun found really made everyone say nothing.

But the amount of three million taels is too outrageous! Why do you need three million taels of silver?

It's just a few royal academies, why do you need so much money?

This is clearly the lion's mouth wide!

But everyone knows that Chen Tingyun is cutting room for the court. It is obviously necessary to have one million, so I want three million, even if the court cuts two million, it is enough; if the court cuts one million, then I will make a profit.

"I'm afraid this matter is not that urgent, right?" Sun Chengzong took a step forward and said, "Now, our Ming Dynasty has frequent natural disasters, and the borders in the northern region are not stable. The imperial court's money is still used more."

"In Liaodong, wild boar skins are even more rampant. How long has it been since the border paid the full amount of military pay? Bian Junjun, you can't let them go to war on hunger, right? This time, the northwest earthquake, many passes were damaged, so we must repair it, right? In my opinion, the construction of the Royal Academy is enough."

"Sun Ge Lao's words are wrong." Feng Congwu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, took a step forward and said: "This time Shandong rebelled, and countless people followed him. What is the reason?"

"The reason is that they actually believe in the incense-smelling religion, which shows that there is insufficient education in various places and the people are not enlightened."

"If the people who have achieved enlightenment and understand etiquette and righteousness, they will naturally not do such things and will not be deceived by them. In this way, how much money can they save for the imperial army? Education is the top priority, how can it be considered light?"

Everyone turned around and saw that it was Feng Congwu, the Minister of Rites and the President of the Royal Academy.

This incident was very beneficial to Feng Congwu. Once the Royal Academy was expanded, his power would increase greatly. In this case, he naturally had to support it.

Of course, there were many people supporting Sun Chengzong, so the two sides started arguing.

This incident caused a loud noise, and the chickens talked to each other, which made a big noise in a while.

Zhu Youxiao sighed helplessly. The competition for everything involved money was indeed very fierce.

"Okay, stop arguing." Zhu Youxiao looked at everyone and said in a deep voice.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao’s authority was becoming increasingly important, so naturally he would not be like before. Now, as long as he spoke, the following will be quiet in an instant.

Everyone took a step back and waited for the emperor to make a decision.

"What the two dear ministers said makes sense, but Master Sun is now discussing the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. Let's talk about the affairs of the Ministry of War later. Don't get the two things together, as this will be messed up." Zhu Youxiao said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Chengzong quickly agreed.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, looked at Chen Tingyun and said, "As for what the Ministry of Rites said, it should be done. But three million taels are too much. You can't always focus on money when doing things. You have to find a way. If you have money, you have to do things, and if you don't have money, you have to do things."

Zhu Youxiao looked at everyone and said slowly: "Who is your dear friend who can solve this problem? I will not be stingy with the reward."

After this sentence came out, everyone was silent.

Everyone understands that if you want to succeed in this matter, you have to spend money; if you want not to spend money, you have to use some tricks.

However, this kind of damage move is probably not easy to think of, and even if it can be thought of, someone may not dare to say it.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan."
Chapter completed!