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Once again, his gaze was on He Shen, and Li Ye's gaze became even sharper.
Li Ye was not allowed to continue to say anything.
He Shen, who was already well versed in the way of judging the situation, bowed his head and cupped his hands: "My Majesty, this year, the Ministry of Households budget for the internal treasury is 100 million taels of silver and [-] grains..."
"kindness!?"
Li Ye stared lightly.
Li Ye didn't say anything, he just stared at him, but His Highness He Shen was shocked at the time: "No, no! Just now, I was wrong, it was silver, 500 million taels of silver, and 50 shi of grain... ..."
Now, the corner of Li Ye's mouth was smiling again: "How much have you allocated so far?"
All at once.
Li Ye directly silenced He Shen again.
Seeing that Heshen was silent again, Li Ye's eyes were still sharp: "Why, Heshen, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, your memory is so bad? Even how much money was allocated to a mere internal treasury? Can’t you remember clearly!?”
Li Ye's tone became more serious in an instant.
He Shen on the side could be said to be complaining endlessly, and could only look at Cixi with pitiful eyes.
But here it is.
Cixi could only give him a sideways glance: "What are you doing looking at Aijia? The emperor should be in charge of the matter of the internal treasury, so tell the truth."
"However, the majestic Compassionate Palace of the Ai Family, don't go to the point where you can't even afford to eat!"
Li Ye curled his lips: "The Queen Mother is joking, even if I suffer from hunger, I won't let the Queen Mother go hungry, right?"
Can't afford to eat?
Refers to more than 100 delicacies per meal?One hundred cooks and hundreds of palace servants serving one meal?
If Cixi is qualified to say that she can't afford to eat.
Wouldn't everyone in this world starve to death?
After Cixi's sentence, He Shen lowered his head again: "Return to Your Majesty, the internal treasury withdraws money and food from the household department on time every month. This year, it has withdrawn 50 taels of silver and more than [-] stones of grain... ..."
Here, Li Ye waved his hand directly: "Transfer 40 taels of silver from the internal treasury, and [-] shi of grain to go back!"
"emperor!"
Cixi stood up suddenly, clenching her molars tightly: "Don't go too far! Breaking the rules will not benefit anyone!"
At this moment, Cixi looked like an angry tigress, with a hideous expression on her face.
With a wave of his big hand, Li Ye transferred most of the money and food in the inner treasury! ?
You know, the money and food in the internal treasury at the moment is still "understanding the righteousness" of Cixi. Considering that after the defeat of Tumubao, "sympathizing with the people's sentiments" and "out of kindness" have been cut in half.
50 silver per month is not enough for Cixi who is used to living a good life.
Right now, Li Ye has gone so far as to take more than half of it?
How did Cixi bear this?
Ever since, Cixi was really anxious at this moment.
Unfortunately.
What he was facing was Li Ye, who was reckless.
"Too much? Does the Queen Mother think I am too much?"
Li Ye sneered, and said in a deep voice: "During the past emperors, the internal treasury never took any money and food from the Ministry of Households, and they could support themselves by relying solely on the Huangzhuang! The entire palace cost less than 8 taels of silver every month." ! Relying on the income of Huangzhuang, even a large amount of money and food can be saved every year."
"Why do you have to withdraw tens of millions of taels of silver from the household department every year when you come to the Queen Mother!?"
"The queen mother said that I broke the rules!? May I ask whose rules are these rules!?"
"The rules of the emperor!? The rules of the previous emperors!?"
"Or, this is your rule, Queen Mother!?"
At this moment, Li Ye can be said to be full of witty words.
Backed by righteousness, facing Li Ye's output, Cixi can only parry, but has no power to fight back.
His chest rose and fell.
Because of anger, even with heavy makeup on her face, she could not conceal Cixi's flushed face.
He stared fiercely at Li Ye in front of him, but he could only clenched his fists, and he couldn't even say a word of rebuttal.
a long time.
That's the heavy sentence: "Even if all the money and food in the internal treasury are taken away!? It's still a drop in the bucket!"
Cixi's seemingly sarcastic words.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with that.
Even the 50 taels of silver in the internal treasury were all taken away.
For a big battle with the Huns, it is still not enough, far from enough!
Don't say anything else.
The mere 40 taels of silver withdrawn from the internal treasury is probably not enough to pay the [-] soldiers of the Fifth Army Battalion.
In Daxia right now, an ordinary soldier's annual salary is a full ten taels of silver.
Not to mention, it was an elite army like the Fifth Army Battalion.
Each soldier's annual salary is as high as 18 taels!
In other words.
The 45 soldiers of the Five Army Battalion, who have not been paid in the past six months, are a full [-] taels of silver.
The 40 taels of silver in Neiku were all put in, but it was not enough.
Let alone.
There are [-] forbidden troops, and other large expenses...
If you want to resist the Huns, the 40 taels of silver in the inner treasury alone is naturally far from enough.
But Li Ye, from the very beginning, didn't intend to solve the problem just by relying on the money and food from the inner government.
"Great Xia is in peril. As the Son of Great Xia, I naturally have the responsibility to do my due."
Li Ye raised his head and said word by word: "So, as early as yesterday, I sold all the useless things in the bedroom, including the palace where I lived before. "
"This time, I can donate 10 taels of silver to use as military funds to resist the Huns."
while talking.
Li Ye's eyes are on Cixi, Lu Zhi...
And the ministers of His Highness all swept across, just for a moment.
These people instinctively tightened their bodies.
A bad thought flashed through my mind...
So, this is also in Li Ye's plan? (Hee hee, handsome Yanzus, beautiful female stars, please use love to generate electricity for free, please ask Shuhuang Square history system to classify and follow posts to promote)
Chapter 74 1000 Taels?Where did you send the beggar?
One step at a time, one step at a time.
Since Cixi can think of the problem of money and food, to punish Li Ye.
How could Li Ye not have thought of the same problem.
In fact.
Long before going to court.
Regarding the so-called money and grain issue.
Li Ye already had countermeasures in his contact with Cao Cao, Sima Yi, Lu Zhi and others.
As expected.
Li Ye's words of donating money here were just spoken.
Sitting next to Li Ye's right hand, Lu Zhi, who had never spoken, spoke directly: "Your Majesty understands righteousness so well, and the family and country are in trouble. As the Empress Dowager of Da Xia, Ai Jia naturally cannot be stingy."
"The Ai family can donate 9 taels of silver and [-] shi of food and grass!"
Cao Cao and Sima Yi looked at each other, with smiles flickering across their mouths.
"Chen Cao Cao can donate 5 taels of silver!"
"Minister Sima Yi, donate thirty thousand stones of food and grass!"
The two court leaders both spoke.
Qiwang of the five surnames under Lu Zhi's command, as well as some ministers from the faction of Cao Cao and Sima Yi, also spoke one after another.
for a while.
The donation scene is very lively, but a very strange phenomenon has formed.
The ministers of Li Ye's faction came out together.
Or donate money and food, or donate goods!
Only the group of people under Cixi's command.
But he stood there in embarrassment, watching Li Ye's people actively move.
Subsequently.
Those ministers who have already donated.
It doesn't matter what Li Ye said.
They all turned their heads one by one, staring straight at the ministers of Cixi's faction who did not participate in the donation.
It is obvious that he is in a Qianqing palace.