The Imperial Palace, above the Golden Palace.

Emperor Daoyuan Min Ning asked: "Yesterday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs handed over a memorandum, saying that the Ministry of Revenue deliberately seized the second wave of budget payments for the first year ceremony of Gan Wang. Yu Aiqing, is there any such thing?"

As soon as Min Ning said this, the hall suddenly talked about it.

Even the people know how important King Gan was in the current dynasty, let alone the court?

It can be said that no prince in the Great Chu has ever had as grand as King Gan’s first year ceremony. Since the beginning of spring, the biggest thing for the court is probably to prepare for the King Gan’s first year ceremony.

The Ministry of Revenue dares to deduct this money?

The Minister of Revenue Yu Shuyang made a list and said, "Report to Your Majesty, there is something wrong."

When Min Ning heard this, he looked at several cabinet ministers in the ranks of civil officials and said, "Why is this? When the court made a budget at the end of last year, it was not a matter of agreement. For the first year ceremony of King Gan, one million taels of silver was transferred from the national treasury and transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in two times..."

Yu Shuyang shouted: "Your Majesty, the plan cannot keep up with the changes. The Great Chu region is vast and the people are over tens of thousands of people. There are too many places where the imperial court uses silver.

How much money was spent on the construction of Huangling and holding national funerals? So much money was lost after the last year's income was not included in the budget.

In this way, the budget for this year is not enough.

Your Majesty, the treasury has been deficit for two consecutive years!

Even so, no matter how short the court lacks silver, the Ministry of Revenue will not dare to seize the silver for His Royal Highness Gan’s first year ceremony.

However, before the beginning of summer this year, news of severe droughts has been frequently heard in several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. Seeing that this year is another disaster year, what should we do if the imperial court has no silver available?

Regarding the first year ceremony of His Highness Gan King, I also think that it should be done in a big way, but I always feel that the Cabinet’s defence on this matter is too high, so that it is suspected that the national strength is consumed!

You know, even the money spent on His Majesty’s throne ceremony was only 1.2 million yuan. And His Highness’s annual ceremony alone was two million yuan, and half of it was borne by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Revenue…”

When Min Ning heard this, he was also a little bitter. Yes, the succession ceremony of his dignified emperor was not as expensive as the one-year ceremony of his emperor brother. I am afraid that in the eyes of his father, the Grand Tutor and others, I am just temporarily in charge of the emperor brother. When he grows up, he will naturally return it to him...

Yu Shuyang continued: "Of course, Your Majesty and the Masters have other plans, and I have nothing to say. But at this time when the country uses silver, I dared to ask Your Majesty to make plans for the country and the people of the world to slightly reduce the cost of the one or two of the first year ceremony of the kings and leave more silver for the court for necessary purposes!"

After Yu Shuyang finished, he was kneeling on the ground holding the tablet in his hand, with a sincere voice.

His meaning was very clear, which was to ask the court to reduce the budget for the first year ceremony of the Ganwang.

The court fell into silence for a while, and many ministers were impressed by Yu Shuyang's statement. Yes, is a child's first year ceremony really that important?

If there really is a major disaster this year and the court has no money, wouldn’t it happen?

But some court officials secretly worry about Shu Yang. Since King Gan was born, he has been almost a taboo in the court and the people, and no one can violate it.

The importance of King Gan can be seen from the last emperor's will on His Highness Gan's nobleman just by the Queen Mother's hand.

If it were a turbulent era, all the ministers would have doubted whether the empress dowager was the queen and secretly created the order of the late emperor to cause trouble.

But soon the actions of the four auxiliary ministers of the cabinet proved that those were really the last emperor's will!

Moreover, without exception, the several cabinet masters treated His Highness Gan as if they were an old hen to protect the little chicken. All the officials of the court were all talented, so they naturally knew that His Highness Gan was actually the successor whom the late emperor really liked...

There are too many guess-provoking inside stories in this.

Unfortunately, only a small number of people who know the reason fully.

Yu Shuyang is a practical Shangshu, and he just does what he thinks is right.

Min Ning looked at the four elders, and they all frowned slightly but didn't speak.

He looked at the "family members" of Jia Qing and Wang Ziteng, among the military officers. Wang Ziteng and others had similar expressions to Li Zhen and others. Jia Qing looked like an old god, as if what Yu Shuyang said had nothing to do with him.

Min Ning felt embarrassed.

On the one hand, he felt that Yu Shuyang was right, but on the other hand, he did not dare to make his own decisions...

The scene fell into silence for a moment.

The right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue came out and said: "I think what the emperor said is reasonable. The court is the center of a country, so we should leave enough silver for emergencies. Moreover, regarding the first year ceremony of His Royal Highness Gan, the Ministry of Revenue has allocated 300,000 taels, plus the one million taels of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which has reached 1.3 million taels, which is enough to hold a ceremony for His Royal Highness Gan."

What he meant was that the remaining 700,000 taels would not be given.

The first year ceremony of King Gan was a matter of the royal family, and it was reasonable to pay the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The transfer from the treasury was also to alleviate the financial pressure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When the Minister of Rites heard this, he refused to agree and immediately said, "You are talking about it easily. Now that the regulations have been laid out, you need money everywhere. If you don't give it, you won't give it. If you make a joke, who can bear this responsibility?"

The Minister of Revenue said: "What does it mean to say that you don't give me if you don't give me? This is for the national plan. If a large number of victims appear this year like the 11th year of Zhengqing and the court has no money, who can bear this responsibility? It's just a temporary solution.

Besides, more than one million yuan of silver is not enough? As long as Lord Qian and his colleagues in the Ministry of Rites are a little frugal, they will not use the money they shouldn't use. This ceremony can be handled in a grand manner. Without delaying it, Lord Qian cannot think about the court?"

Qian Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites almost became anxious. The other party clearly said that their Ministry of Rites was extravagant and wasted. He replied coldly: "What you said is light. Your Ministry of Revenue will cut 700,000 taels when you cry when you are poor. When you turn around, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will cut 700,000 taels when you are poor. When you cry when you are poor, you will cut off hundreds of thousands. I think you don't need to do this ceremony!"

Jia Qing, who was ranked first in the military officers, smiled slightly when he heard this. It was interesting to have these ministers quarreled. If you want to treat Da Chu as a family, then the court will be the family. If you really want to talk about it in detail, the so-called national affairs are actually no substantial difference from family issues.

But they are all things like "oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea".

After several rounds of confrontation between the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue, Li Zhen finally stood up and spoke:

"Okay, Your Highness Gan is the crown prince of the country. Nothing wrong is possible about the first year ceremony of King Gan. Lord Yu, the remaining 700,000 taels must be transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs as soon as possible. The Ministry of Rites shall not deliberately reduce regulations, nor shall it be greedy for it. Otherwise, all of them will be treated as national laws..."

Although Li Zhen is over seventy years old and his voice is very old, his words are authoritative at this time, even more authoritative than Minning.

"Taifu!! Ministry of Revenue..." Yu Shuyang was still kneeling on the ground, looking up at Li Zhen in confusion, and still wanted to speak.

Li Zhen interrupted him and said, "Okay, the matter of the lack of silver in the treasury, as the primary issue of the court, is to discuss and resolve it. At present, the first thing is to do is to hold the first year ceremony of His Highness Gan Wang. This is the fundamental matter of the country. You should not be perfunctory again!"

Yu Shuyang was still a little dissatisfied and looked at Min Ning above.

Min Ning glanced at the bosses in the top below. Seeing that they were all meaningless, they obviously had an agreement on this matter, so he had to say embarrassedly: "The Grand Tutor's words are reasonable, and the King of Gan is the crown prince of the country. If you can't be careless, just do what the Grand Tutor said."

"Yes, I'm following the order!" Yu Shuyang got up tremblingly, feeling a little discouraged for a moment.

Before, he felt that the court attached too much importance to King Gan, so how could he say that two million taels of silver were used to hold a year-old celebration for a prince? However, the big guys in the court one and two columns unanimously decided to pass it. Although he was dissatisfied, he had to endure it.

However, the current drought in several provinces in Jiangnan is the truth, and it was not deliberately fabricated by him. He felt that at this time, the officials in the court should be awake and should stand up to support his proposal.

But just now, except for his own subordinates, there was no one who stood up to discuss him!
Chapter completed!