After listening to Li Yu's words, Tang Ji, who was about to start writing, also stopped and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Didn't the Ministry of Finance transfer the money?"
The expenses of the army are already large, and the Imperial Army uses the best equipment, gets the most money, and has more abundant food in comparison. In addition, the materials purchased a few days ago to make training equipment, renovate school grounds, etc. are not exaggerated at all.
It was said that it was a waste of money, so the Minister of War also approached Tang Ji, but in the end he was angry and left.
Subsequently, a memorial from the Ministry of War requesting an increase in military expenditures was handed to Emperor Ning, but was kicked to the Ministry of Revenue. Fortunately, Song Kui could not resist the pressure and finally agreed.
It has been four or five days, and the money should have arrived by no means!
Li Yu took out the seal from his sleeve and handed it to Tang Ji. He glanced at Song Yao and then said softly: "Although Song Shangshu promised to allocate funds, he only added ten thousand taels. When it came to the Ministry of War, Chu Hong said
Sun Tzu also said that the silver will be divided among the nine guards, but in the end it will only be more than a thousand taels in our hands!"
"More than a thousand taels? Where are the beggars?" Tang Ji exclaimed.
"Yes, Xiao Linwei has ten thousand soldiers, and these more than one thousand taels are indeed too shabby." Li Yu shrugged helplessly, and then added: "Chu Hong also said, 'Master Tang is rich in wealth, if he really lacks military spending
, It shouldn’t hurt to pay some money yourself, or you can go to the Ministry of Revenue in person to ask for it.’ Well, Sister Yao, why don’t you go talk to Song Shangshu?”
Song Yao pursed her lips and glanced at him: "Dad never mentions household affairs at home. If I go to talk about it, I will only get scolded by him."
Tang Ji patted the table: "Is my money brought by the strong wind? Xiao Linwei is not mine, why should I pay for it? I don't know how much I have to pay for Jiranju's store alone in a month
How much will the Ministry of Revenue be short of in terms of tax money? His surname is Chu, and he doesn’t dare to ask for it, so I’ll go and ask for it myself!”
After saying that, he put the pen in his hand on the pen holder, got up and walked towards the outside of the account.
Looking at his back, Li Yu quickly reminded: "Hey, hey, you should be polite when talking to Song Shangshu!"
Song Yao didn't care. After all, her old man also had a bad temper. It was not easy for Tang Ji to get money from him. After resting for a while, he got up and went to the rear of the school to continue supervision.
In the afternoon, in the Hubu Yamen.
"No money!"
A crisp and loud voice came from the innermost government room, causing the two officials who came to report to quickly retreat to the door and listen furtively.
Seeing Song Kui's tough attitude, Tang Ji also put away his smile and sat down on the chair: "I don't care, anyway, my military budget is tight now. It is His Majesty's decision to establish the Xiaolin Guard. If Song Shangshu is unwilling to allocate funds, he will
Go and explain to His Majesty yourself."
Song Kui, who was sitting inside the long table and browsing official documents, raised his eyebrows slightly. There was no expression on his dull-looking face: "What? Is Mr. Tang trying to threaten me?"
Immediately, he withdrew his gaze, continued to look down at the rice paper in his hand that was filled with dense handwriting, and casually added: "Military expenses are paid on January 1st. This month's military expenses have only been distributed for ten days. Three days ago, I gave you another 10,000 taels of silver."
, I haven’t seen other Imperial Guards complaining about military expenses, what’s the matter? Are you, Xiaolin Guard, special?”
"No, apart from the Yunxiao and Xingchen guards, there are still nine guards left in the Forbidden Army. The nine guards divided the ten thousand taels of silver. After calculation, it is only more than one thousand taels. This is not even enough to fill the gap between the teeth!" Tang Ji put a hand on it!
At the table, I talked to Song Kui about the truth.
The latter did not want to pay attention to him, and said bluntly: "I don't care about this. All the affairs of the court require money, and the national treasury is tight. If I can give the Ministry of War an additional ten thousand taels, it is the utmost benevolence. If there is more, it will be gone. If you are dissatisfied,
Just go and talk to His Majesty."
"You" Tang Ji was speechless for a moment, then hummed softly and put his hands on the chair: "If you don't give it to me, I won't leave today!"
"Master Tang, please!" Song Kui spread his hands and replied, then raised his eyes and looked out the door: "Okay, have you heard enough?"
After hearing this, the two people standing outside the door immediately walked in with a smile: "Master Shangshu, Master Tang."
Immediately, the two of them put the memorials in their hands on the table, finished what they wanted to report, and left in a hurry to avoid being accidentally hurt by the arrogance between the two.
After a long time, Song Kui finished handling the matter at hand, but saw Tang Ji folding a paper boat with the scrap manuscript he left behind, and he frowned: "I thought you were a smart man, but now I see
Come on, I really overestimated you. You want money, right? I will give you a clear path."
Tang Ji folded out the last paper boat in his hand and placed it on the table: "If Song Shangshu had spoken earlier, there would be no need to waste our time. I wonder what the path is?"
Song Kui raised his eyes and looked out the door, then said calmly: "Jiran Bank!"
