Chapter 18 Air Pay for the Forbidden Army
Zhao Huan took a deep breath, and it seemed as if there was a volcano in his heart that was about to erupt at any time.
He had heard of the bloated bureaucracy and exaggerated officialdom in the Song Dynasty, but he never thought it would be so serious. If this continues, let alone the Jin thieves invade the south, even if Wanyan Zongwang's wild dog, the Song Dynasty would be left with nothing to the sacred scholars and officials!
Just say that the Song Dynasty claimed to have 600,000 imperial guards. The report from the Privy Council yesterday was actually only 130,000! But the military pay was paid in a very small way at 600,000. Where did the remaining 470,000 go?
The tax reports given by Bai Shizhong were actually spent on arms expenses.
This is simply a huge hole. Even if Zhao Huan digs three feet into the entire empire, he will not be able to fill it. If this problem is not solved, even if the Jin thief is destroyed, the Song Dynasty will collapse within ten years.
It seems that it is right to send Zhao Gou to Hangzhou for shipping in advance, and this fucking day cannot be delayed.
There is also the army, which must be reformed!
Such a bastard style will undoubtedly be defeated even if there is a 10 million army!
The ministers were very depressed. The emperor called him to the morning court early in the morning for the New Year. The new emperor was really troublesome. It was better when his father was there, and he didn't care about anything. He left everything to Cai Jing and others. The ministers could almost sit at home and enjoy it.
Zhao Huan was upset. Looking at the decently dressed and hypocritical ministers, he was like slashing people with a knife.
I also seemed to feel the gloom of the emperor. After the ministers finished their rituals, they dared not say a word.
After a stalemate for a while, Zhao Huan finally spoke: "Do you guys have something to report?"
But no one spoke below, even the Chief Censor He also took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, I have important matters to report!"
When the ministers saw that it was this evil star again, they immediately greeted He Ye's whole family politely in their hearts.
"you say."
When Dazai Bai Shizhong saw the boss of the Censorate speaking first, he secretly shouted that something was wrong. He was afraid that He Ye would cause trouble again, but it was too late. He Ye said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Dazai Bai and Huang Shuao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Liu Changqing, the Minister of the Privy Council!"
As soon as he said this, all the ministers were so scared that they were roaring, and they were whistling in their hearts: Mad! You are so stupid, can you stop calm during the Chinese New Year?
As soon as this is impeachment, there will be no three important officials, and they are all ministers of the two governments!
While sighing that since the new emperor ascended the throne, the ministers were as excited as if they had taken aphrodisiacs, they also scolded him for being shameless!
Bai Shizhong, Huang Shuao and Liu Changqing stared at He Ye with three pairs of eyes that could spit out flames, but He Ye looked unaware of it and continued to open his mouth that could be destroyed and said, "Your Majesty, I, the Song Dynasty, claim to have 600,000 imperial guards! However, according to the latest statistics from Mr. Li, there are only 130,000 people on duty! There are 470,000 yuan a year and are taken away by someone! To calculate the specific amount of money, it is as high as 2138,000 yuan a year!"
As soon as he said this, the ministers were shocked.
Even though Zhao Huan already knew this number, when he heard He Ye say it again, he couldn't help but be angry. The face of Song Dynasty was thrown away by these zombies!
More than 20 million taels a year, according to the ancient unit of measurement, it was about one tael of silver, which means that more than 20 million taels of silver would disappear for no reason in the Song Dynasty!
Shameless! What's more shameless than this!
Zhao Huan could no longer help but throw the report to the ground, and said with a murderous look on his face: "Damn, I just discovered today that there are actually hundreds of thousands of people cheating my money!"
In Bai Shizhong, Huang Shuao and Liu Changqing were both so scared that they knelt on the ground.
Liu Changqing said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not what Lord He said."
Blue veins burst out from Zhao Huan's forehead, and a few words were squeezed out from his teeth: "Mr. Liu, tell me!"
"Back to Your Majesty, our dynasty is fighting every year, and people die in the battlefield every year, and we need to continuously replenish the number of soldiers. The flow of soldiers is very fast, but it does not mean that these people do not exist. There are indeed 600,000."
Bai Shizhong also said: "Your Majesty, what Lord Liu said is not false. In recent years, wars have been constantly and soldiers need to be replenished. Some soldiers have just joined the army and were counted and died in battle. I wonder where the statistics of Mr. Li came from and how do you do the statistics?"
Huang Shuao also attacked Li Gang: "Mr. Li, why are you 120,000 people in your share? And in this share, except for the number of people who died in battle in the past month, there are 550,000 people?"
Li Gang came out and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not speak lies. This statistics are absolutely true!"
Bai Shizhong shouted angrily: "Gong-in-law Li, as a Privy Councilor, you have no evidence and dare to slander the ministers in the court. At this time, the Jin thieves went south, and we should be united. But you falsely accused your colleagues and took the opportunity to cause trouble. Your heart would be punished!"
Liu Changqing, the head of the Privy Council, said: "Mr. Li, there is also a statistics here. I wonder where yours comes from?"
The implied thing about the three of them was that Li Gang deliberately fabricated the facts and falsely accused them of the incident.
Seeing that these three guys were still making excuses, Zhao Huan asked: "Liu Qing, do you mean that Li Gang was deliberately framed you?"
"Your Majesty is wise. Now that the Jin thieves are heading south, I should be united in the Song Dynasty. The election of Li Xianggong provoked civil strife at this time, which is unstable. I suspect that Li Xianggong could be a spy of the Jin thief!"
When his subordinates were criticized on the spot, Li Gang was angry and said, "Liu Changqing, don't talk nonsense!"
"Mr. Li, did I say nothing about God know that Your Majesty is the Son of the Ming Dynasty and cannot tolerate villains like you!"
Zhao Huan can no longer listen. Just be shameless, don’t insult my IQ!
"Thank you!"
Whenever the emperor called this name, the ministers felt nervous. This time, everyone knelt down and began to guess, is the emperor going to kill Li Gang?
Liu Changqing showed an invisible smile on the corner of his mouth, and Bai Shi also took a breath slightly in the center. Huang Shuao also felt that Li Gang was having fun this time.
"Drag Liu Changqing out of me and throw him into the heavenly prison!"
Liu Changqing looked surprised and hurriedly crawled on the ground: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I am wronged!"
Zhao Huan widened his eyes and said angrily: "I am wronged! If you ask him to tell me, are you wronged?"
It turned out that Xie Dahai was dragging a person in his hand. This person had been tortured to death. This person was no one else and Zhang Chaoyang, the Minister of Revenue, who was the Minister of Revenue after Chen Xian.
When they saw that Zhang Chaoyang had been beaten to death, the nails of ten fingers were pulled out. Bai Shizhong, Liu Changqing and Huang Shuao were so scared that they were shaking and their whole bodies were trembling.
"The sinners bow to your Majesty for peace!"
"Zhang Qing, tell me, did I wrongly accuse Liu Changqing!"
"Your Majesty is as wise as the sea. I dare not speak out. Since I took over as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue six days ago, Lord Liu and Lord Huang have found Weichen and asked Weichen to make a vacant amount in this year's military pay, a total of 250,000 yuan, and 220,000 yuan of imperial guards are not up to the standard at all. On the edge, Li Xianggong counted according to the strict imperial guard standards of the imperial guards of the court, so it is more reference!"
Chapter completed!