Of course, Tang Ting's fiscal expenditure was made at the end of last year. Tang Ting's financial system adopted later methods, which can be said to be the most advanced of this era.

However, the so-called plan is not as good as change. The total budget for Hongwu in five years is 100 million silver dollars, who would have thought that it would have exceeded 20 million in a year?

Spending money is like flowing water.

Li Luo pondered and said, "The Great Inner Cannot Spend so much money and grain for the time being. The 29 million entrusted gold this year will be borrowed into the national treasury. When the treasury has a surplus in the future, it will be returned to the internal government."

Upon hearing this, the ministers stood up and knelt down together, and said in unison: "Your Majesty, you can't. Giving gold is the filial piety for the royal family and nobles. How can the foreign court borrow the offering gold?"

Cui Xiuning said, "Get up. Your Majesty has this intention long ago. Now the Tang Dynasty has to spend a lot of money everywhere, and the treasury is no longer enough to make ends meet. His Majesty is about to do anything. Of course, his Majesty is anxious. Fortunately, the royal family and nobles cannot spend so much for the time being, so let's lend it to the treasury. For His Majesty, the palms and backs of his hands are flesh."

The ministers stood up together, "Thank you Your Majesty, thank you Empress."

They were really moved. Since ancient times, the royal family has regarded the treasury as an internal treasury and said whatever they wanted. Often, nearly half of the world's annual income is used by the royal family, so that the royal family and royal family members are extremely extravagant, but the money used to do the job is too short.

But His Majesty and the Empress are exactly the opposite. Not only did they set up a system of offering gold, they only spent 20% of the national treasury, but they also took the initiative to lend the gold to foreign courts for use.

The emperor and the emperor are also very different.

If the ministers are loyal and filial, they should increase the offerings when there is insufficient gold in the future to share the worries of the king and father.

What they didn't know was that in later history, the Ming Dynasty used one-third of the total treasury income to support the royal family. There was a foreign dynasty called the Qing Dynasty who used 30% of the treasury income as the iron-core crops of the Eight Banners.

After the ministers thanked him, Li Luo ordered Fan Zhi, the Minister of Revenue, to organize northern refugees to return to the north after the New Year, rebuild their homes, and restore the governance of the north. He also ordered the Ministry of War and the Military Advisors to prepare for the Western Expedition next spring.

In short, you must grit your teeth, tighten your belt, take the opportunity to fight the battle, and seize the strategic opportunity.

Then, Li Luo was preparing to do a few more things that he should have done.

"…When the Tang Dynasty was in Haizhou, it vigorously promoted the education of literacy. Now, nearly 20% of the people read. From now on, the Datang Newspaper will be established, with officials drawn from the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Tiandaofu as the newspaper editors and interview envoys (Reporters). The Datang Newspaper specializes in issuing the Datang Newspaper, and issuing an issue every ten days."

"This is the Xinbao of the Tang Dynasty, similar to the imperial court's official newspaper, but it is very different." Li Luo picked up the teacup on the Long Case, "Zi Tong, come and continue talking."

Cui Xiuning continued: "The Tang Dynasty reported last year, first, it is necessary to publish imperial decrees, publish emperor's edicts, and official documents. Second, it is necessary to praise honest officials and good officials, and to attack corrupt officials and promote the righteousness of the officialdom; third, it is necessary to praise the people's righteousness of respecting the Tao and attacking the unhealthy style of losing virtue and chastity."

"Fourth, we must promote martial arts, praise the military morale of the soldiers, and encourage the morale of the military. Fifth, we must publish customs and folk customs, the farming lunar calendar. Sixth, we must publish major overseas events..."

"There are eight major sections, two large papers squared with one-point letters, and both front and back sides must be printed. News is published every ten days, and 100,000 copies are temporarily printed in each issue, and they will be sold at various places on behalf of selling points, each of which is priced at 20 cents of copper coins."

"The president of this Tang Dynasty newspaper is a fourth-rank official, so Zhang Yanghao, the imperial guards, served as the general. Zhang Yanghao, do you have any education in this matter?"

Zhang Yanghao replied in surprise: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I understand. This Tang Dynasty Xinjuan is an unprecedented good deed, which is beneficial to the world and the court. It is really a wonderful idea of ​​stone turning into gold. It is actually an innovation that has been created throughout the ages, which makes me suddenly enlightened."

"Your Majesty is wise. As soon as the Tang Dynasty report came out, the people's wisdom was greatly improved. Not only could the people know the government orders of the temple and the great affairs of the world, it would not be easily deceived by the local government. The court could also educate the people, gather the spirit of the people, unify the people's hearts, and make the government orders clear."

"This matter is just that although my Tang Dynasty had the technique of printing lead movable type, the smallest characters were only two cents. If we use small characters with one cent big flies, we would have to re-engrave the font. It would take several months to print the first ten-day report."

Cui Xiuning smiled and said, "It's okay, then let's solve the problem of a single-word model with the Ministry of Works first. It's not too late to print it after the single-word model is carved. I'll give you a charter. The newspaper's interview is very important. The interview is necessary to seek truth from facts, and it is strictly forbidden to make up random things, make things happen out of nothing, and turn black and white. Otherwise, it will be absurd."

Zhang Yanghao bowed: "I remember what Your Majesty the Queen said in my heart. This interview envoy will definitely screen it strictly. However, I cannot be dedicated to the interview envoy's level of the interview envoy, so I ask His Majesty the Queen to make a decision."

Cui Xiuning had already made a decision, "News and interviewers are divided into four grades: A, B, C and D, belonging to literati, ninth rank to 7th rank. All interviewers will start from D and be promoted to A before they can serve as editor, deputy editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief. Interviewers will recruit from this year's Jinshi. As for the establishment, they will first determine fifty people. The Ministry of Finance will allocate 50 silver dollars to the first."

"Interview envoy, issue interview envoy tokens, you can go to and from all over the place, interview people of all kinds, etc...."

"Abide by the order!" Zhang Yanghao knew it, "Please rest assured Your Majesty and the Queen, I will definitely do my job in the Tang Dynasty newspaper!"

Li Luo put down the teacup, "The second thing is that the Wenyi Temple and Taile Administration are responsible for selecting a group of students from the Opera Academy to establish a military art troupe."

"This military art troupe is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and is only used by the army. Each battalion has a military art troupe, which is under the jurisdiction of the Military Art troupe of the Ministry of War. Perform in the army or tour the border. Well, military art troupe should be mainly young women and fewer men. I won't talk about the reason for this."

However, Du Lie, the Minister of War, obviously misunderstood the emperor's meaning.

"Your Majesty." Du Lie went out and said: "There are so many romantic women in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion in this world. It is certainly inappropriate to force them to be good. It would be better to let them join the military and art team and play in the army."

What?

The queen's face immediately turned dark.

The minister who knew the true meaning also looked at Du Lie in shock, looking amused and laughed.

That's not what Your Majesty meant.

Grand Sima, you would have misunderstood.

Li Luo said angrily: "Du Lie, are you confused? The military art team of the military art troupe is an art sage in the army! Art sage! Not a military prostitute! How can you confuse it!"

Du Lie was so scared that he knelt down quickly, "Your Majesty, the Empress, is a fool, I don't know that Your Majesty's holy heart is the only one..."

Wutu, who was also the Jurchen minister, also blushed for Dulie.

"Okay, get up, I don't blame you." Li Luo was still reluctant to embarrass the oldest confidant Yuan Cong.

This is actually no wonder Du Lie said the wrong thing. There are hundreds of court officials in the palace who have thought this apart. There are many people who are far from Grand Sima.

Why?

Because military prostitutes have existed since ancient times and are not uncommon. The emperor mentioned that military art troupes often use young women, so they don’t blame them for thinking wrongly.

"The military artists only perform singing, dancing and opera for the soldiers. They not only have to be able to play and sing, but also try to learn to ride and shoot. They are like military doctors, but they are in the military, but they will not participate in the battle unless they have to. Do you understand now?"

"I understand." Du Lie said ashamed, his face was burning, "Don't worry, your Majesty, I will work with Wenyi Temple as soon as possible. Let the soldiers in the army, even in poor mountains and rivers, have a military art team to sing songs."

Li Luo nodded and talked about the third thing again.

"Our Tang Dynasty governs the world with Tao and the people with scholars. The way of heaven must demonstrate the talents of all kinds of scholars. Therefore, I want to set up the Nine Tripod Medals as the highest medal. Each scholar has its own two-level medal, and with the Nine Tripod Award, it is a third-level medal."

"The Nine Tripod Medals are divided into nine types, each with one tripod. The Nine Tripod Medals are selected every three years, and if no one is selected, they will be vacant. The winner of the Nine Tripod Medal will be given a first-class baron and will be rewarded with 20,000 silver dollars. The title can be reduced to inheritance."

"The highest true Taoist award is the Nine Dings True Taoist Award. It is awarded to the wise men who have made great contributions to the true Taoist objects. Whether it is the physical Tao (physics) or the alchemy (chemistry), as long as the contribution is large enough, they are qualified to obtain the Nine Dings True Taoist Medal. The Nine Dings True Taoist Award will be replaced by the Yongzhou Ding."

"In addition, there are the Jiuding Medical Medal, Jiuding Cultural and Dao Medal, Jiuding Mathematics Medal, Jiuding Craftsmanship Medal, Jiuding Martial Arts Medal, Jiuding Humanitarian Medal, Jiuding Master Medal, and Jiuding Agricultural Road Medal."

"It is better to be short of things than messy when the selection is selected. Any item without great contributions will be vacant. The Nine Tripod Medal is the highest prize of the Tang Dynasty. It is a famous instrument of the court and should not be awarded indiscriminately. During the selection, the selection meeting must be held to fully discuss it."

The ministers were very moved when they heard this.

The Nine Tripod Medal makes people feel admired by the mountains.

It only takes one selection every three years, and it can be left vacant and not issued. It can be seen that the weight of this medal is as heavy as Mount Tai.

More importantly, those who award the Nine Tripod Medals can also be awarded the first-class baron and rewarded 20,000 silver dollars!

This is simply a step to reach the sky.

There are seven levels of titles in the Tang Dynasty, including the fifth-class noble title and the second-class lord. Now there are only more than two hundred noble titles in the Duke, Marquis, Bozinan, and the fifth-class noble titles in the Duke, Marquis, Bozinan, and only more than one hundred lords in the second-class lords, which adds up to three or four hundred schools.

Moreover, most of them were Yuan Cong from the Dongzhou period.

The titles of the state dynasty will never be over-the-top. With the expulsion of the Tartars and restoration of the Central Plains, the country of the Tang Dynasty became increasingly stable, and it became increasingly difficult to grant titles in the future. Not to mention the fifth-class noble title, even the sixth-class seventh-class lord, it was very difficult.

However, the establishment of the Nine Tripod Medal gives us more opportunities to be awarded titles in the future. Although it is not a hereditary founding title, it can be passed from a first-class man to Yunqiwei, and it can be rich for four generations!

This will definitely force all kinds of scholars to study the truth.

After Li Luo said this, he felt a little proud.

He wants to make the Nine Tripod Medal the world's top award and become the representative of the highest award.

However, considering the moisture and tricks of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Peace Prize, and Economics Prize in later generations, Li Luo did not forget to add:

"The achievements of those who win the award must be obvious to all. Especially the three awards of literary, teacher and humanity are difficult to evaluate, have different standards, and are prone to fraud. Therefore, the selection of these three awards must be extra cautious. Even after the award is awarded, it must be observed for life. If there is any inappropriateness, the medals and rewards must be collected."

This kind of institutional design is of course necessary.

Because these three awards are not like science awards such as true Taoism, medical Taoism, craftsmanship Taoism, and agricultural Taoism, which have standards for quantitative evaluation, nor are they based on easy-to-verify military achievements like martial arts awards.

For example, the Agricultural Road Award, whoever improves rice is worth a lot or not, you can tell if you look at how much the yield per mu increases. It is true and can’t be fake at all.

But what about humanity awards? A hypocrite can pretend to be a perfect person in morality, be a social model and a national model in front of others, but may be a thief in private.

What about the teacher’s award? A teacher is full of talents and respected all over the world, but may be a hypocritical scum.

As for the Wendao Award, even if anyone has written immortal poems and magnificent masterpieces, who knows whether it is plagiarism? Is it really worth it? Is it the best literary work?

All lack objective standards.

"I will announce this matter to the world, and the first Nine Tripod Medals will be evaluated in the ninth year of Hongwu. At that time, several people will be randomly selected by various prefectures, departments, provinces, and academic palaces, and will form a review hall to review it in turn... I or the queen will personally preside over it."

The ministers felt awe-inspiring. Such high-standard reviews are truly unprecedented.

Although it took several years to start the first selection, it is conceivable that once everyone in the world knows, how many people will show their skills and be eager to the Tao for the sake of the Nine Tripod Medals.

After discussing these matters with the important officials, the officials on duty in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites entered the palace to report with their license.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Yuan Dynasty envoy has arrived in Luoyang. He is eager to return to the Western Regions and hopes to meet His Majesty as soon as possible."

When the Yuan envoy comes, it still makes the difference.

Li Luo immediately looked slightly calmer and said with a little thought: "Since the Yuan envoy is eager to see me, let him enter the palace immediately."

This is his acquaintance. Although he had heard the spy report that the agents had come, he still felt a little strange in his heart.

Back then, Li Luo was still a magistrate of Haining Dalu and the official position of the Censor General, and inspected coastal prefectures and counties as an imperial envoy. He was once deceived by Li Luomeng and admired Li Luo very much.

Later, when Li Luo became successful in the Yuan court officials, he had a strong impact on his own.

However, after Li Luo raised his troops to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty, he was implicated as one of Li Luo's "benefactors". He was demoted from the high position of the Censor and never gained heavy use by Kublai Khan, and was completely kicked out of the core decision-making circle of the Yuan court.

He has lost power for many years since he got out of harmony. This time, Kublai Khan asked him to serve as an envoy to the Tang Dynasty, which shows that Kublai Khan is still a very pragmatic superior.

A quarter of an hour later, wearing a fox fur, Bobhidun, and his deputy envoy, came to the hall under the guidance of officials of the Ministry of Rites.

"The envoy of the Dayuan Dynasty, I have seen the lord of the Tang Dynasty." The deputy, using the ordinary etiquette of the Mongolians, stroked his chest and bent down to salute.
To be continued...