My husband is sour every day

Chapter 1095: The Grand Tutor Retires and Returns Home

After breakfast, the group walked forward.

When we arrived at the Tai Chi Hall.

The four of them said goodbye.

Gu Zizhan went to the Imperial Guards.

Song Ming and the other three walked into the hall from outside.

As His Majesty, Shen Xia can just go in through the side door when the time comes.

Shen Xia went to sit in the back.

I want to sleep again.

As a result, Chief Steward Sun said: "Your Majesty, the time has come."

"Ah... okay!"

Shen Xia shook his head.

Then go into the Daji Hall from behind.

The sharp voice of Chief Steward Sun: "Your Majesty has arrived."

"I see my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

Shen Xia raised his hand: "Stand up."

I learned this sentence from TV.

Shen Xia sat above and looked down at the ministers below.

She did not see any benefit from this supreme power except the safety of her family.

I just felt my shoulders suddenly become extremely heavy.

She has to take responsibility for the future lives of the people.

Shen Xia took a look.

Why didn’t I see the princess?

I'll ask you later.

The point is, Shen Xia didn't know how many officials were attending the court.

But she still knew those first-rank officials.

At a glance.

Master is not here?

Shen Xia looked at Chief Steward Sun and asked, "Why didn't the Grand Tutor come to court?"

Steward Sun: "Your Majesty, the Grand Tutor has written a letter to ask for resignation and return home."

Shen Xia frowned?

Taifu, what do you mean by this?

Is he dissatisfied with the empress, or does he have other reasons?

She would have to ask the princess mother about this later, as she didn't know the tutor very well.

Besides, Taifu is Xiaotian’s grandfather after all.

"Um,"

Then he looked at the officials below and said: "If you have anything to report, please report it. If not, please leave the court."

Everyone looked quietly at Shen Xia who was sitting at the top.

Lord Xu from the Ministry of Rites said, "Your Majesty, you exempted the whole country from taxes, but the national treasury is already not well-off. Your Majesty, please think twice."

Shen Xia: "I have spoken, and I cannot take it back. The reduced taxes will be raised from the business side in the future."

Everyone felt that His Majesty was too young and did not understand state affairs, and was simply acting arbitrarily.

At this time, the Minister of War spoke up: "Your Majesty, the military pay should have been paid at the beginning of the year, but because the treasury is empty, it has not been paid yet."

This military pay is just the food rations for a million-strong army.

At that time, all the soldiers were from poor families.

Not to mention monthly wages, it would be good enough to just be able to eat.

So the military pay is just the food rations for these soldiers.

Shen Xia looked at Fan Zifu and said, "Master Fan, how much money is left in the Ministry of Revenue?"

Fan Zifu stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, the total expenditure for this coronation ceremony and your Majesty's wedding is 50,000 taels of silver, and there are still 650,000 taels of silver in the account."

Shen Xia: "How many does the Ministry of War need?"

The Minister of War is Su Yan’s father.

When Lord Su heard this, it was more than 600,000.

God!

How could he open his mouth and say that more than 600,000 was not enough.

Besides, there are other expenses.

Shen Xia looked at Lord Su: "Just tell me."

Su Yan's head was almost lowered to the bottom.

The soldiers haven't received monthly wages for several years, and this is not even enough to cover their military salaries.

Lord Su said, "The normal monthly ration for 10,000 soldiers is 5,000 taels."

Shen Xia calculated that Xiao Bei had 300,000 troops, General Tu also had 300,000 troops, and Qin Han had 400,000 troops.

The equivalent of 30 taels of silver for food per month is taels of silver.

This amount of money will be 500,000 taels of silver in just one month.

The treasury is clean.

Shen Xia suddenly felt so poor. It had been a long time since she felt so poor.

Third brother is not at home.

He also didn't know how much money she had over the years.

It seems that the royal family also needs to have industry!

Otherwise, without money, how can she take care of people's livelihood.

She also thought about sending her third brother back.

What Beijing lacks the least is rich people.

So a glass factory was built in the capital.

Search the pockets of the rich.

The national treasury is fine.

Su Yan thought, it’s over.

Your Majesty is angry.

But he had no choice.

The Northern Qi army was strong and powerful.

Although Dongli is now an ally.

But the princess sent it back.

If the two countries knew that the Jin treasury was empty and the soldiers were hungry, it would be difficult to maintain peace!

The peace of the frontier depends on those soldiers.

So you can reduce money on anything, but you can’t reduce money on these!

Shen Xia thought about it and realized that Tu Yi had the support of his third brother’s glass factory.

And I have already told them about the method of using soldiers to support soldiers, so they can wait over there for a while.

Then Shen Xia looked at Doctor Fan and said, "Give 350,000 taels to Lord Su."

Master Fan nodded: "As you command."

Fan Zifu is not like Xu Xiner's father. He would complain about being poor whenever the emperor talked about spending money.

In Fan Zifu's eyes, the money in the Ministry of Revenue belongs to His Majesty, and His Majesty can use it however he wants. Besides, the previous Ministry of Revenue had a mess of accounts.

He checked the accounts for the past ten years and reported all the deficits and bad debts to His Majesty.

Shen Xia looked at Lord Su and said, "First, send 150,000 taels to General Xiao, and another 200,000 taels to General Qin."

Xiao Bei implemented the practice of enclosing land to support soldiers many years ago, so it is possible that the money has been returned to the soldiers as military pay over the years.

But she didn't know what the situation was on Qin Han's side.

After all, Qin Shaochuan also contributed to the last incident, so she would not treat them unfairly in terms of military pay.

She would not let the soldiers guarding the border be discouraged just because she was worried that the Qin family might have ulterior motives.

When everyone heard this, three hundred and fifty thousand taels were spent at once.

A national treasury?

There are still three hundred thousand taels.

Let’s see what Your Majesty does.

Every month, all officials receive tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Without any income, the treasury will be empty next month.

Fan Zifu knew that His Majesty would not sit idly by and wait for death. Since this was the arrangement, there must be other arrangements.

But are other officials already starting to worry about whether they will get their salaries next month?

Shen Xia looked at everyone and asked, "Does anyone have any ideas about the empty treasury?"

The whole place was quiet.

It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Seeing that no one spoke.

Fan Zifu said: "Develop business."

If he were the old him, he would definitely look down on business.

But he saw with his own eyes how His Majesty used business to develop a poor and destitute town into a prosperous one.

It all depends on business.

So if we want the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

You must first have a job, and only with a job and income can you achieve a stable home.

The Minister Xu from the Ministry of Rites sarcastically said, "What a joke! Scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans, how can the royal family be involved in such vulgar things?"

The Minister of Personnel also agreed and said, "I second the motion."

Fan Zifu said: "If you want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, they must have jobs. Only with jobs can they have income. Only when the income is high can the people live in peace and contentment."

Half of the court officials disagreed with Fan Zifu's words.

They are all scholars.

What I despise the most are businessmen, who reek of money. How can I be in the same boat with them?

The two sides were arguing fiercely.

Only two or three people shared the same opinion as Fan Zifu.

For example, Song Ming and Song Jiang.

Because they all knew that Shen Xia preferred business.

They have also experienced how business has enabled the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

As a result, someone started to keep an eye on Song Ming and Song Jiang.

Duke Pei stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Shen Xia watched as the quarrel finally stopped: "Speak."

"As we all know, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. Since these two Song concubines have moved into the harem, shouldn't they have access to the former court?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials looked at Shen Xia.