Chapter 624: The foreign image made by the Ministry of Rites

Chang'an City Imperial City!

Li Shimin was convening an emergency meeting. He heard the shocking news that General Qin and Du Pushe came to the palace to report. His Majesty the Emperor temporarily forgot the annoyance of his subordinate Yuchi Gong being sent to the cell of Dali Temple.

Looking at the extremely excited Emperor, a group of important officials were also happy. Finally, there was a better news. Changsun Wuji smiled and spoke;

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty. Now the Ministry of Revenue has only more than 20,000 guan left. In the past half day, we will have another three million guan. We don't have to worry about many things anymore."

Li Shimin walked around the side hall for a few times before sitting down again, nodding happily;

"Yes, this time our monarch and ministers can be at ease for the time being. Wuji, we can't spend money with great force anymore. I still have many major things to do. I must keep this money well and not move around."

Changsun Wuji was also extremely depressed. His Majesty the Emperor finished all this alone. Without the emperor's order, would he dare to be so generous?

"It's Your Majesty, I remember it, but... Your Majesty, you know that the floods in the south are in trouble every year, and they have to allocate funds to build river embankments every year. If the floods in the south are caused by disasters, our granary..."

Changsun Wuji closed his mouth halfway and hurried to look at the two of Fang and Du. Du Ruhui sighed and helped! When he asked His Majesty for money to change the armor, they all stood up to help, and now they had to help, not to mention that the land in the south has always been the granary of the world, so how can they ignore it?

Du Ruhui sighed and stood up;

"Report to Your Majesty, it's not enough to hurt. The floods in the south must be allocated. I know what Your Majesty wants to do. But I must pay attention to the seriousness and spend money hard. I don't want to say more, but I have to ask Your Majesty to take a clear look."

Li Shimin, who was happy just now, turned a blind eye again for two or three million guan of silver. Without saying a word, the three million have not been obtained yet, and there is a place to spend here. It's so fucking...

Just when His Majesty the Emperor was unhappy, Fang Xuanling also stood up;

"Your Majesty, I have to report it again if you have something. I am in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and many things are related to the face of the court.

The two years ago and last year, I reported to Your Majesty three times, but Your Majesty wants to replace the weapons and armor of the Sixteen Wei Erlang, and build the whole world's charity warehouse and take care of the floods in the south...

I have been suppressing the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and everyone can only bear it again and again. At this moment, the matter of the Sixteen Guards has been arranged, and the charity warehouses in the world have been built. I really dare not to endure it anymore. If I endure it any longer, it will be disloyal to Your Majesty!"

Why didn’t Li Shimin know what Fang Xuanling was going to say? He could guess with his toes. This was to ask for money, but he couldn’t block others’ mouths. They were talking about his motherly serious things. Li Shimin, who was extremely depressed, said something angrily;

"Tell me, you can't stop your dear friends from speaking, right?"

Fang Xuanling was as shameless as Du Ruhui asked for money last year. He couldn't see the emperor's expression as impatient as a blind man. He stood in front of the emperor and bent down to salute again;

"Abide by the order!"

"Report to Your Majesty, what I want to say is about the use of yamen at all levels in the world. This matter has been delayed for two or three years. Today, I must report it to Your Majesty clearly.

The same goes for the words, from the fees at court meetings and the court uniforms of civil and military ministers, to the ceremonies of government offices at all levels, official uniforms, salary, etc., these are all the faces of the court and the face of His Majesty, so the minister has to keep talking with shame!

Our Heavenly Kingdom has always been the master of the world who surrendered to all directions, but the court's etiquette is still the same as the ones that the Emperor of the Supremes had bought many years ago.

The civil and military ministers also wore old court uniforms to the hall. This matter is related to the majesty of our heavenly dynasty and the face of the court. If you don’t change the cost, when the world comes to congratulate the eight deserts at the end of the year, you may be criticized a lot and always be ridiculed like this... I feel ashamed of the court, ashamed of the king, ashamed of Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin was just unhappy at first, but now it turned out to be ugly and embarrassing. He also felt... His Majesty the Emperor finally lowered his head and did not look at anyone's face...

The civil and military members of the Qin Palace all looked at Fang Xuanling with great admiration. What a guy! Fang Pushe really dared to describe His Majesty's civil and military officials as beggars wearing rags... admiration...

Fang Xuanling was about to continue talking, but before he could speak, Cheng Yaojin, who was sitting in the crowd over there, looked carefully at his clothes, then stood up and shouted at the top of his throat;

"That's right? Your Majesty, look at my court uniform? What's the point of being broken? This is just a little better than the beggar. I've been wearing it for seven and a half years. Your Majesty, look at me, look here, I've been sewing it several times..."

Niu Jinda has always been Cheng Yaojin's fart bug, and he was still a person who was afraid that the world would not be in chaos. He quickly stood up and pointed at his clothes to verify that the emperor was really not lying;

"Your Majesty, look, this is the case with my clothes..."

Before Niu Jinda finished speaking while pulling his clothes, Li Shimin couldn't help it and looked at the two fools here coldly;

"No one thinks you two are mute if you don't speak. Shut up and sit down!"

"oh."

"yes."

The two men shrugged their shoulders like rogues, agreed and sat down. When they were about to sit down, they pulled their clothes and showed them carefully to their colleagues around them several times to prove that they were not lying! Their small movements made Li Shimin extremely disgusting! It was ugly enough. These two guys were still like this, which was like slapping the emperor in the face! Li Shimin had a cold face and wanted to go up and slap them a few big mouths!

Seeing dozens of important officials unable to help but observe their old clothes, Li Shimin also blushed and had a thick neck. He pretended to pick up a memorial and checked...

Fang Xuanling bowed again without waiting for the emperor to speak and continued to stimulate His Majesty's face;

"I may have said something, but I did not say a lie, which could withstand the investigation of Your Majesty. This is still a phenomenon in Chang'an City, and it is somewhat of a bit of shame.

The officials in the prefectures and counties below were ridiculous. A while ago, the officials from the prefectures and counties came to the Ministry of Rites for our Ministry of Rites. Many of them came to the Ministry of Rites in patched uniforms. Fortunately, they were in the Ministry of Rites. If they were elsewhere... If they didn't know, they thought it was a beggar party!

That's not all. Your Majesty, you don't know. There are more than twenty ridiculous things. You don't have official uniforms and even wear your usual clothes! But those dozens of idiots are really intentional. They actually came to my Ministry of Rites to meet in the official uniforms of the previous dynasty. They made the ministers laugh and cry at the time. They scolded them. I don't know where to start. If you don't say it, it's not like that..."

The more Li Shimin heard, his face turned redder, and he changed into a big book and stretched out, covering his entire face. Before Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he was interrupted by the crazy laughter of Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda.

"Hahahahahahahaha!"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

Is it funny? It's really funny!

Many civil servants lowered their heads and tried to hold back their laughter. The generals also kept their faces and necks red, and some generals pinched their thighs hard.

Only Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda laughed wildly. Cheng Yaojin laughed so hard that he was still crying, and while smiling, he wiped his cuffs...

This time, even Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, but fortunately there was a generous copy covering it, and no one saw it, so Li Shimin was helpless!

When there was no money, everyone lived a pitiful life. Since Li Dalang tried to make a lot of silver, money and silk, he not only did not make the court comfortable, but instead came out to ask for money everywhere. Since Li Dalang became active in Chang'an, he almost saw that none of the emperor's officials were asking for money. They were complaining intentionally or unintentionally, making Li Shimin one or two big!

However, this kind of thing cannot be avoided. Li Shimin also knew that there were too many bottomless pits in the court, and it was indeed not a problem to keep suppressing it and not solve it. Helplessly, Li Shimin put down his memorial and wanted to face the reality directly. Just as the two laughing generals over there finally stopped and lowered their heads in a low voice.

"well……"

Li Shimin, who sighed a long time, finally opened his mouth;

"I am also concerned about what I said, and I want to solve it openly, but I am not able to use gold and silver. I can't use a big knife to block the road, right?"

Fang Xuanling stood forward anxiously, and he couldn't help but be anxious. Looking at the emperor, he probably didn't want to agree to his request.

"Your Majesty, you don't have much money. I'll give you three million yuan. My Ministry of Rites will not ask Your Majesty for ten years..."

This time it was Li Shimin's turn to be shocked;

"What? Three million coins? My dear, you really dare to open your mouth? Shu Bao just sent good news. The evil man found out two or three million yuan of people's fat and cream from Ci'en Temple. You asked for it all. I said Xuanling! If the amount returned from Ci'en Temple is less than three hundred, will I want to demolish the house and sell tiles for you to get it together?

All my dear friends also said, when Li Dalang didn't appear, our monarch and ministers could still be at peace, and the court could still live a life.

Since the evil deeds emerged, one after another, he has also made more than 30 million yuan for the court, right?

Not only did the famine not be solved, it was getting less and less than enough. Now I am living this life, and I have been tens of millions of dollars more. Isn’t it possible to get these numbers in two years?

Not only did it not make the court rich, but it was getting less and less money? I really couldn't understand. If there was no folk fat and ointment from Ci'en Temple, would the Ministry of Revenue still arrange the flood problem in the south?

How can the Ministry of Rites still care about the face of the court? It is said that it is to eat the king's fortune to share the worries for the king. All my dear friends can speak freely, let me share my worries and solve my problems!"

Okay! His Majesty the Emperor didn't want to shoot money for the servants. The fool saw it and threw out the hot potato. How could he answer this?

Toward the Emperor, you will offend the servants in the room, and you will continue to wear beggar clothes to attend court meetings. Is this an obvious thing?

But... I'm going to shoot at the house servant, and I'm going to offend His Majesty again. Now the emperor's mind is on the table. It's a matter of openness to break into the grassland to avenge his previous shame. The generals set out from the bottom of their hearts and still look to the emperor. Why do the generals do not want to fight? Besides, they are all waiting to make military achievements and win their wives and children again. If they don't have any war, they can make a fortune?

"Report to Your Majesty, I think what Fang Pushe said is very reasonable and is of great importance. You should take into account the face of the Heavenly Dynasty. Please consider it carefully."

"That's true, I'll discuss it."

"I'm going to discuss it."

A group of civil servants emerged to support Fang Xuanling, and the scene began to turn. The generals were holding back and saying nothing. After a while, Cheng Yaojin's voice finally rang out again;

"Your Majesty, I, Old Cheng, thinks that this is a flower-skinned clothes that can be worn for a few more years. Your Majesty's major affairs are important, so you can't spend money randomly."

Li Shimin finally heard the voice of opposing the money and nodded with satisfaction, but no matter how he thought about it, he felt that the words of Demon King Cheng were extremely awkward!

Niu Jinda also stood up and agreed;

"Yes, Your Majesty, war is a country's important weapon and cannot be used lightly, but it must have sufficient deterrence. Otherwise, how can it intimidate the villains of four years? The cost of the Sixteen Wei Erlang is still in short supply. Your Majesty, you cannot spend money randomly."

Li Shimin happily praised Niu Jinda;

"What I said is very true, and it is very suitable for my wish!"

Du Ruhui is no longer domineering this time. The Ministry of War has taken more than 20 million from the court. If it continues to greed and exploit it, it may cause public anger. Thinking of this, Du Ruhui spoke without hesitation;

"Your Majesty, I will report to Your Majesty that the face of our court is also crucial. Isn't what Your Majesty thinks is also a matter of facialism? Please give it a clear look!"

"this……"

After hearing Du Ruhui's words, Li Shimin was extremely confused. Isn't it? He broke into the prairie for the sake of face. The affairs of the Ministry of Rites are also face-to-face, and he is also face-to-face-to-face!

Helplessly, Li Shimin sighed casually;

"Oh! It would be great if the Ci'en Temple could get five or six million guan of silver and silk. I would openly allocate 300 yuan to the Ministry of Rites. The problem is that there is not that much, Shubao, how much did the servant sent back by the evil deed say? Have you figured it out?"

Li Shimin's words successfully led everyone's eyes and eyes to Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong stood up seriously;

"Report to Your Majesty, when the first wave of people came back, they only said that there were probably a lot of money, but they did not clean up and checked, so the specific amount was not allowed. After I sent out four accountants, I checked it out. The servants who came back for the second time had more than 20,000 yuan. I also reported it to Your Majesty clearly that it was Dalang who prepared pension money for the more than 100 suffering women..."

Qin Qiong's loyalty to the court and the emperor was obvious to all. He never told a lie. He had already reported this matter clearly. The ministers also knew it clearly. No one thought Li Yu was doing something wrong, and even His Majesty the Emperor nodded and agreed;

"Well, this matter has been explained clearly just now. I also agree with the evil deeds. I will not mention these annoying things at this time, but only talk about the specific amount of money. Did you figure it out?"

"If you say to Your Majesty, the servants who came back later reported that there were about two or three million. As for the specific number, they could only be known by the Ministry of Revenue sent by Your Majesty to count it back. I did not go to Ci'en Temple to preside over the affairs and dare not draw a rash conclusion!"

Li Shimin nodded and muttered to himself;

"Oh, if only more could be produced!"
To be continued...