Bi Ziyan could not make the decision by himself with such a reduction, and Sun Chengzong nodded, which led to a cabinet resolution that "deducted" the money and grain given to Bei'annan.

At this time, King Ping wrote a letter to ask for money and food. Regardless of whether it was really not enough, the memorial was coming.

Just a few days after Sun Chuanting entered the cabinet, many things were not cleared. At this moment, he looked at the expressions of the two cabinet masters and said thoughtfully: "Can you know, there are still twists and turns here?"

Bi Ziyan looked up at Sun Chuanting, pondered for a while, and said, "Immigration in Liaodong has been saturated, and it is difficult to accommodate too many in a short period of time. Bei'annan was initially decided, Dorgon promoted the killing, and King Ping was in charge of Shenglong. It would be no problem to accept two or three million people in two or three years. This will be of great benefit to the disasters across the country and greatly reduce the burden on the court..."

These Sun Chuanting naturally knew that he had been in Liaodong for many years, and one of his main tasks was to reclaim wasteland and accept disaster victims. But what did this have to do with Bi Ziyan's "deductance" of the money and food arranged for Bei'annan? Shouldn't he be strongly supported?

Bi Ziyan saw Sun Chuanting's doubts, and his expression was slightly dark, saying, "In the middle of the year, the emperor used more than 100,000 troops to conquer Annan. This was a matter of preparation. In addition, Annan was divided into pieces and there was no effort. Therefore, he successfully shocked the various vassal states in the southeast. The amount of money and grain they paid tribute was 6 million stones and 7 million taels of silver. In addition to rewarding the army and making up for the blessings, Jian, Guangdong and Guangxi, the rest were given to Bei'annan. Logically speaking, it was enough to use it by the middle of next year. In addition, the imperial court also allocated 500,000 stone rice and 200,000 stone sweet potatoes from Dacang, Yunnan..."

Sun Chuanting understood and thought to himself, "Is he worried that King Ping would use the money and grain for other purposes? Have you ever sent someone to check? Did King Ping not report the details?"

Bi Ziyan glanced at Sun Chengzong and said, "Yes, very complete, without any flaws, and a big gap. The people sent were already on the way. It is expected that they will arrive on the 16th day of the first lunar month."

Sun Chuanting looked at Bi Ziyan, then looked at Sun Chengzong, knowing what they meant in his heart

The more the King Ping did, the more uneasy they made, the more the emperor was far away. The emperor had enough money and food, as well as the military power of the Southern and Northern Annan, and if necessary, he could even hold the king's order arrow and mobilize Dorgon and others, with a total of 160,000 troops. How powerful is this?

Sun Chengzong seemed to see what Sun Chuanting thought, shook his head and said, "We are not worried about King Ping. This person is not a hero, but worried that he will be confused and controlled by others, and if the feudal states are formed in the south, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Sun Chuanting understood, but disagreed, saying, "Two sirs, King Ping has a great responsibility in Bei'annan, just like the Xiaguan was in Liaodong a few years ago. He must not be restrained. In addition, the emperor is probably already known."

Bi Ziyan looked calm and said, "Although the Ming Dynasty's finances are facing a constant decline, they are still far beyond Tianqi in general. They have been catching up with the Jiajing period. In addition, the top ten warehouses established by the emperor over the years, if it were not for a large amount of money, even if the disaster is in excess of three or five years, it would be possible to save a little. Although the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War have tried their best to compress, there will not be a significant reduction within one or two years. Therefore, the only thing that can be saved is Bei'annan."

Sun Chuanting said: "But the disaster situation in the six provinces including Shaanxi, Xi, Gansu and Su is like fire. The victims must be removed as soon as possible. Otherwise, the civil unrest will recur. I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be spent to pacify them. The emperor's immigration strategy should not be interrupted, even if it is restricted."

"I know this,"

Bi Ziyan explained to Sun Chuanting patiently, saying: "The ten warehouses cannot be moved lightly. That is our foundation. We have life-saving grains. However, the taxes of the court are decreasing. We must go through the buffer period of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works. Once the expenditure of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works has been greatly reduced, I can free up more money and grain. Even if it is given to Bei'annan, it doesn't matter, but now I can't get more."

Sun Chuanting was able to understand Bi Ziyan's difficulties. Although the Ming Dynasty did not have the threat of Liaodong, it was difficult to make a comeback within. To turn the situation around, it required enough patience and sufficient stable taxes. Both were indispensable.

Although the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were severely rectified by the emperor, salt tax, tea tax, mining tax and commercial tax were all taken to the court, the disaster situation was changing drastically. After experiencing the peak, the taxes of the court and money and grain were sharply reduced. Next year, it may be less than 16 million. Tax exemption, disaster relief, and the expenses everywhere are a huge astronomical figure that the court cannot afford at all, so it is necessary to reduce expenses!

If it were other places, Sun Chuanting would not object, but he, the former Prime Minister of Liaodong, felt uncomfortable, but he, as the former Prime Minister of Liaodong, felt.

Sun Chuanting's eyes moved slightly, looked straight at Bi Ziyan, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, the official believes that this matter is inappropriate. No matter what the specific situation in Bei'annan is, it should not be reduced before it is found out. Moreover, the emperor may have other ideas."

Sun Chuanting has not been in the cabinet for a long time, but he also vaguely felt a crack between the emperor and the cabinet. The trust between each other is very fragile. Once the emperor thinks that the cabinet is doing something wrong and intervenes in strongly, the cabinet will be extremely embarrassing and will be very unfavorable to the cabinet!

Bi Ziyan naturally knew this and looked at him and said, "I am aware of this matter. You don't need to worry. When the emperor wakes up later, we will go together."

Bi Ziyan had obviously made up his mind, and Sun Chuanting did not persuade him much, saying, "Okay, by the way, Zhang Bingwen was in the mountain. Dongdong wrote several letters to the lower officials, accusing some local yamen of deceiving superiors and concealing subordinates and maliciously defrauding the court of disaster relief money and food. Shandong Governor's yamen was suspected of not reporting the information."

“This is not only in Shandong, but also in the whole country.”

This time, Sun Chengzong said, "I have long noticed that the governor's yamen needs more money and food to support the government, and turn a blind eye to the disaster reported by the subordinates. This is their tacit understanding."

Sun Chuanting looked unexpectedly, and looked at Bi Ziyan and Sun Chengzong, but his expression was still, but his heart was very moved.

The water in this cabinet is much deeper than he expected. How many things are there that he doesn't know?

Zhu Xu slept until it was dark, and then he woke up in a refreshing mood. After washing up, he ordered some food, and sat on the desk table and picked up the memorial.

Zhu Xu was tea and snacks while pulling on tea. Cao Huachun waited for a while before saying, "Emperor, King Jing is asking for a meeting when you are sleeping."

Zhu Xu flipped through the memorial in his hand and said without raising his head: "What's the matter?"

"I didn't say it." Cao Huachun said.

"Call him to see me." Zhu Xu reviewed the memorial and said.

"Yes." Cao Huachun responded, and was about to turn around, an internal supervisor walked in outside the door and said, "Report to the emperor, Master Bi Ge, Master Sun, Master Sun asked for a visit."

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "Please, if there is nothing important in the future, the old master will just knock on the door when entering here, and there is no need to inform us."

Bi Ziyan and Sun Chuanting both felt comfort in their hearts. Although the emperor was "willful", he respected them and never blamed them.
Chapter completed!