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Chapter 1173 I was so busy and excited that I didn't even have time to ask... (first update)
Chapter 1182

"Shut up, soldier. This is a major matter for the country. Now all the ordnance workshops in the Song Dynasty have been abolished, and all ordnance production has been transferred to the Ordnance Supervision. If the money from the Ordnance Supervision is used for disaster relief, what should we do if something happens?"

"Why do you suggest this?"

"Mr. Zhang Shu, this lower official has a heart of serving the country with fists and fists, sharing worries for the country. I don't know why you want to criticize this lower official, Mr. Zhang Shu?" Loyal minister.

"That's enough. You keep saying that you are thinking about the court and all the people in the world. If we, the Song Dynasty, are short of weapons and something happens on the border, can you bear the responsibility of losing land and people at that time?"

"Master Zhang Shu, didn't you explain it to me just now? Xixia has retreated to Xingqing Mansion to survive, and the civil strife in Northern Liao is turbulent. It is precisely because they have no time to look south, so I dare to make such a statement. Is it too much to ask?"

"That's right, Mr. Zhang Shu, I don't know much about new weapons and ordnance in the Song Dynasty. After so many years, except for the frequent wars along the North Shaanxi Road, the other border troops always have some savings..."

"Temporarily diverting the money from the Military Weapons Supervision to help the people's livelihood and clean up the dredging is also a matter of immeasurable merit, and it can also let the people feel the grace of His Majesty..."

The emperor Zhao Xu had a gloomy face, watching the ministers and servants fighting in the ring below, and he felt as if a dog was pissed, and he really wanted to pick up the soles of his shoes and beat them.

The gang of civil servants obviously seem to be concerned about the country and the people, but in fact they want to continue to cut military expenditures in different ways.However, there are not many military officials in the court, and most of them lack the right to speak, and their mouths are not as sharp as those civil servants, so they are naturally at a disadvantage.

Emperor Zhao Xu knew very well that the military expenditure of the Song Dynasty had been reduced by hundreds of thousands of Xiang troops, saving millions of dollars. However, those ministers could always find reasons to spend the money again.

And taking back the ordnance workshops in various places has already saved a lot of military expenses and handed them over to the military inspector for expenses. Under such circumstances, those ministers didn't even want to let go of any money.

This makes the emperor very angry, but the problem is that those officials always have reasons of one kind or another, and they make a lot of nonsense, and they are justified. I guarantee from my chest that there will be no major disasters in the Song Dynasty this year.

Naturally, the result was a stalemate. Su Dongpo, Zhang Kai, and other ministers led by military officials all believed that military expenditures should not be spent.

However, if the military expenditure is not used, is it really possible to rely on the 300 million yuan saved by saving money?You must know that Da Song has often been unable to make ends meet for decades.

Finally, his emperor, Zhao Xu, had just turned a negative number into a positive number, and in the end he wanted to throw money in. From the bottom of his heart, Zhao Xu was really reluctant.

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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here to greet you..." Xu Degong, who walked into the Spring and Autumn Palace lightly, saw the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao, who was wearing presbyopic glasses and practicing calligraphy, thought for a while and added in a low voice. said a word. "Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood."

"I guess it must be because of those refugees..." Gao Taotao, the Queen Mother, finally stopped writing, carefully looked at the Diamond Sutra she had copied today, nodded with satisfaction, and put down the book in her hand. Zihao pen, took off the glasses, at this time, the emperor has already picked up his courage and stepped into the house.

"Grandson has met the emperor's grandmother." Seeing the empress dowager Gao Taotao stood up, the emperor Zhao Xu hurriedly walked a few steps, and after saluting, he respectfully supported Gao Taotao's arm.

"Your Majesty may have encountered some worrying things again. You look gloomy, which shows that you are not in a good mood." Gao Taotao asked after taking the emperor's hand and sitting down with a smile, carefully looking at the emperor's expression.

"Grandmother, grandson is indeed a little bored. The resettlement of those refugees really makes grandson feel at a loss."

"Just now Ai's family was still thinking about this matter. It seems that the ministers in the court have not been able to share His Majesty's worries."

"Share the worries, haha, those ministers, all they are thinking about is how to use the money that I, the Song Dynasty, use to make weapons and equipment to resettle the refugees."

"Why is this? Didn't you say that you can save about 300 million guan this year? Isn't that money enough?" Gao Taotao couldn't help raising his gray eyebrows, a little displeased.

Those courtiers are really too much, right?

"Sun'er wants to resettle those refugees to Huanglongze, let those people manage that area, and dredge the silt into fields. But the officials and workers in the court told me that if they want to do that, they will need to pay at least more than 300 million guan money, and this is the first investment..."

Listening to the emperor complaining angrily, the Empress Dowager finally knew what the emperor was thinking.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to clear the silt and treat Huanglong Lake? This is a good strategy, but it is indeed not a one-time achievement to clear the silt..."

"The Huanglong Lake is a swamp that has been formed during the reign of Renzong. It is about 35 miles long, more than ten miles wide, and has a radius of more than 300 miles. If it can be dredged into fields, it can add two more to the court. More than [-] acres of fertile farmland.”

"However, if you want to dredge up all the silt and turn it into fields, it is indeed not a one-time achievement, and the property consumed must be huge..."

"What the imperial grandmother said is absolutely true, and my grandson also thinks that this is a move that will benefit the country and the people, but he didn't expect that we would encounter such a big problem before it was implemented." Emperor Zhao Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head. He shook his head and said.

"This is really... the cost of managing such a large swamp is indeed a big problem." The Empress Dowager Gao Taotao couldn't help but frowned.

This is not hundreds of thousands of guan, but several million guan, such a number must be cautious for the court.

"Guan family, which Qing family member made this suggestion? Did he come up with a solution?"

After hearing this question, the emperor raised his head and looked at Gao Taotao, seeming to purse his lips in embarrassment. "This strategy comes from Wang Wushan."

"It turned out that the boy suggested the method to you, so didn't he point out how to solve the funds for you?" The Empress Dowager Gao Taotao was a little puzzled.

With the virtue of Wang Yangwang Wushan, although he is somewhat out of tune in terms of small matters and personality, he has always been very thoughtful in major matters and will never fight an uncertain battle.

Seeing the doubtful look on the Empress Dowager's face, Emperor Zhao Xu felt his tender face burning a little. Damn it, he was too busy being excited at the time that he didn't even have time to ask.

The empress dowager Gao Taotao saw the emperor's increasingly embarrassed smiling face, and couldn't understand what was going on, so she couldn't help covering her lips and laughing lowly. "I think His Majesty wants to pose a problem for himself, to see if he can gather the ideas of all the officials to solve this problem."

"I just didn't expect that instead of giving appropriate solutions, those ministers were bent on reducing the military equipment of the Song Dynasty. Is the Ai family right?"

(End of this chapter)