Please, let me be a fool

Think about if you do well in the future.

Give him a promotion, and give him some rewards or something.

Immediately, he stopped thinking about these things, but turned his head and said, "Okay, is Aifei anything else?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the concubine is fine." Zhao Lingying bowed slightly.

Wei Yunyi nodded, then turned and left immediately.

After a few days of delay, the refining of the Great Return Pill must also be put on the agenda, and I still have to rely on those pills to find a way to break into the seventh-rank realm of martial arts.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is leaving." Cui Guo came from the side and said.

Zhao Lingying straightened up, with a puzzled look on her face, and murmured, "Why does Your Majesty favor Sun Kejian? Is it just because of the Queen Mother, it shouldn't be."

"Could it be that Sun Kejian has an unknown talent that hasn't been manifested?"

At this moment, her eyes were full of confusion, and she really didn't understand.

Because in the past few days, I have also known this person.

It can be regarded as a prodigal son.

With the Sun family behind the scenes, the business can still lose money.

Several 10 taels of silver is not something ordinary people can do.

What talent would such a person have?

...

The capital, not far from the imperial city, has a patch of palaces that are not tall.

These temples are where institutions such as Liubu, Yushitai, and Dali Temple are located.

Because it is not far from the imperial city, whenever there is something to do, you can enter the palace to report back at any time.

The household department is located on the east side. Because it is the money bag of the imperial court, it looks not only magnificent, but also decorated with red bricks and gold tiles.

At this moment, in the hall of the household department, Song Gongwen was alone, sitting on the main seat.In front of him is a huge pile of accounts.

Because he had been dealing with reforms before, he hardly dealt with the affairs of the household department.

In fact, as a minister, the person in charge of the household department does not need to check the accounts in person, but only needs to hand them over to the officials under him.

But now that the imperial court is about to go to war in the northern border and the Liaodong area, money will be used in almost all aspects, so he is not very relieved to let other people come.

Of course, there is a more important point. Song Gongwen thought about whether he could rely on these accounts to raise some money.

But what surprised him was that although these accounts looked messy.

But in fact, the entries are very clear.

Even the whereabouts of 100 taels of silver can be checked clearly.

Don't think it's very small, but this is the Ministry of Accounts, and the money you get every day is quite huge.

And the source is also very complicated, there are taxes from various prefectures, surplus from other government offices, and so on.

It is a huge project to record all 100 taels of silver.

This is not only due to the hard work of the household officials.

The most important thing is the means of those in power.

And the last minister of the household department was Li Fang.

Song Gongwen sighed, although this person has some problems in character, he may indeed be very powerful, but it is a pity that he was dragged down by his family, otherwise he would not be reduced to the end of being exiled.

Of course, he didn't care much about it, after all, things had already happened and couldn't be changed.

So after just sighing a little, I will clean up some big accounts.

What disappoints Song Gongwen is that it is only from the book.

The Ministry of Finance's money has almost bottomed out.

It is impossible to get some money out.

Unless, to embezzle the money that was used for disaster relief in the disaster year.

But he didn't have the guts.

The money has too much to do with it. It seems that all the prefectures and places are safe and sound, but God knows what will happen tomorrow.

Once the people were damaged and the imperial court couldn't come up with relief money, it would be a big deal. If it was more serious, it might cause a civil uprising, so the money was not within his consideration at all.

But now is when money is needed.

Song Gongwen did the math.

If the Northern Territory and Liaodong started a war at the same time, with the current deposits in the Ministry of Accounts, it would be good to last for three months.

But in war, besides burning money, the most important thing is enough time, that is, comparing who can afford it.

The prairie tribes are unrestrained, and they can grab wherever they go.

But Dawei can't do it.

It's impossible to rob the people, right?

"Sigh, it's really not easy to be the Minister of the Household Department." Finally, Song Gongwen put those accounts aside, rubbing the center of his brows, his face full of sadness.

The previous reforms had at least one clear goal, which was to deal with the gentry.

It's just that the Ministry of Households couldn't find a way to raise money.

Because the imperial court's fiscal revenue is just that.

Even though Song Gongwen is capable, it is very difficult to find a way in a short time.

As for Zhang Zhengming, he said he would think of ways, but he didn't expect too much in his heart.

Because the time left for him is only three months.

These three months.

Not only must food, grass and silver be guaranteed on the two fronts, but other expenditures must also be maintained.

Another point is that Song Gongwen still has reforms that need to be implemented.

His scalp was numb just sitting in the chair.

But also know.

No matter how difficult it is, you must continue. Since you have reached this position, you cannot retreat.

In fact, in Song Gongwen's mind, there are some ways to get money, but the key is that there is not enough time.What about for a short time?There are also, but once implemented, it will bring some hidden dangers to the court.

So now, he doesn't do it, he doesn't do it...

"Is Song Ge old here?"

However, at this moment, a voice came from outside.

Song Gongwen was puzzled when he heard the words, because the voice was very strange and he had never heard it before.

Also, it's not the right way to speak.

Is it?

Suddenly, he was startled.

Immediately afterwards, the people outside spoke again: "Sun Kejian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Households, please see Elder Song Ge!"

Sure enough, it was the Empress Dowager's cousin, the new servant of the household department!

"come in."

Song Gongben couldn't think of it, because although he didn't know the other party, he still listened to the other party these days.

After this person worked in the household registration department, he did almost nothing, and often went to the place of Fengyuegoulan. Although he knew that this kind of thing happened frequently in the court, but as a clean and self-conscious person, he always kept a respectful distance from this kind of place.

Think about it, after all, Sun Kejian is a person promoted by His Majesty, and he is also the cousin of the Queen Mother.

So after careful consideration, he let the other party in.

"My subordinate, Sun Kejian, has met Elder Song Ge."

Soon, Sun Kejian walked in, with a haggard look on his face. In addition, he already had a mischievous look, even though he was wearing an official robe, no matter how he looked at it, he was unpleasant.

Song Gongwen is a scholar, and on weekdays he comes into contact with great Confucians like Zhang Zhengming.

Seeing each other, he couldn't help frowning tightly.

Of course, superficial skills still need to be done, so I stood up and said: "It turns out to be Mr. Sun, I don't know what's going on here, what's the matter?"

Having said that, he felt that Sun Kejian must have come to seek connections.

After all, businessmen have this characteristic.

Let's take how to become the servant of the household department as an example.

He had heard rumors that he got this position because of his eloquent words and eloquence, which made His Majesty happy, and the relationship with the Queen Mother.

And Sun Kejian lived up to expectations, immediately with a smile on his face, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I heard that all the accounts of the elders of the Pavilion have been collected today. I just thought that there are so many accounts, and you must not be able to read them all, sir. I am going to take a look." Is there anything I need help with?"

Sure enough, being eloquent, he was able to say even such a reason.

Song Gongwen felt very helpless when he heard this.

Originally, because of the money, it was already enough of a headache.

Now that Sun Kejian came under his command again, he couldn't help but rubbed his forehead, and said, "Master Sun, don't worry, I can still handle these things well."

After finishing speaking, he turned his back.

A discerning person saw that this was about to see off guests.

However, Sun Kejian lived in a wealthy family since he was a child, so it is difficult to understand this.

So he took a step forward and said, "No, I must help you, Mr. Ge, you have worked too hard."

"When I just came in, I saw that you, Mr. Ge, were frowning. You must have encountered trouble. Talk to the lower official. Maybe the lower official can help you!"

can you help

Just leave me alone.

Although you haven't been in the capital for long, who in the court doesn't know your name?

There are even rumors that the reason why you, Sun Kejian, came to the capital was because you lost money in business, and you came here to seek refuge because you were afraid of being punished by the head of the Sun family and the clan elders.

Now, you still want to help me?

Can't help but.

Song Gongwen smiled, continued to shake his head and said, "There's nothing to help, just go and do your own things."

"But I have nothing to do as an official." Sun Kejian said: "Your Majesty said before that after I was appointed to the Ministry of Households, I will wait for you to arrange specific matters. Now that I see you worrying, I will naturally come forward. .”

"So, Mr. Song Ge, you really don't have to be polite. If you have any difficulties, just tell me. I will definitely handle it well."

Do you think I am being polite?

Song Gongwen, who heard this, suddenly became a little impatient, and couldn't help saying: "Okay, since you want to help, then I won't hide it."

"I believe you should know that the imperial court is about to use troops against the grassland and Gaoyang, right? If you want to maintain the war between the two places, you must have enough money, otherwise you will starve and suffer from cold."

"And the problem now is that the household deposits have bottomed out and can't last for three months."

"You should think of a way for me, how to get enough money!"

After speaking, he stared at each other closely.

There was a little mischief in his eyes.

joke.

What can you do if you, your teacher, and other ministers can't solve it?

At this moment, he could already predict that the other party would retreat despite difficulties.

"It turns out that I was worried about this matter, Mr. Ge, you should have said it earlier!"

At this time, Sun Kejian heard the words and immediately smiled and said: "The matter of Yinzi is actually very easy to solve."

The matter of silver is easy to settle...