"Your Majesty, Huang Bo, comes to see you. Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty..."

"Huang Aiqing is alive."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Huang Bo got up, Guo Tianyi said displeasedly, "Isn't it true that my beloved also came to complain to me about my poverty?"

Hearing this, Huang Bo said awkwardly, "Your Majesty, because of your large-scale transformation of farmland, reclamation of wasteland, and the development of the Yunchuan Road area, this year's tax revenue has increased significantly compared to before, reaching 200 million yuan..."

This news really satisfied Guo Tianyi.

You know, on the eve of Guo Tianyi's accession to the throne, Dafeng's annual income was only tens of millions of dollars.

The annual revenue of the treasury has increased several times compared with before.

This is an inevitable situation for vigorous development.

Another part is also related to the benefits brought by opening up the Silk Road in the south for business.

"Twenty million dollars is not enough?" Guo Tianyi frowned and said, "In all the policies in recent years, I have not spent all the money from the national treasury. I also spend a lot of money in my inner government. Why can't I make ends meet?"

"Your Majesty, you are not a householder and don't know how expensive oil and salt are..." Huang Bo said bitterly, "I have compiled a large account here. Your Majesty, please take a look..."

"Send it up."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Guo Tianyi took the account from Huang Bo's hand and after browsing it for a while, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

The large-scale development of Yunchuan Road alone cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Moreover, the large-scale development is not over yet.

We need to build bridges, roads, and houses here, but the local finances simply cannot support it.

Does it all depend on central funding?

Huang Xin is in charge of the development of Yunchuan Road and has already kept the budget to a minimum.

This is without corruption.

If there is corruption, I am afraid it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

The mountain roads in the Yunchuan Road area are rugged, and the construction of water conservancy, roads and bridges is a major project.

And those immigrants, numbering in the millions, all have to eat.

the other side.

Guo Tianyi built dikes and dams, and there were many rivers in Dafeng.

In order to develop agriculture, the cost of building water conservancy and transforming the water conservancy network is astronomical.

In addition, the expenses of the governor's office are not small.

Next, there is the salary and expenses of the army...

Calculated in this way, according to the current rate of spending, it will need to reach one billion dollars to operate normally.

This does not include fighting a protracted war.

Vigorous development of internal affairs requires a large amount of economic foundation to support it.

Without money, who among the workers below is willing to do work?

If a protracted war breaks out, finances will be in dire straits in an instant.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing..." Huang Bo frowned, "According to my statistics, the amount of food flowing into Guanzhong this year has been greatly reduced, and the public food supply in various places has been reduced, especially in Hedong Road, where the food is less than in previous years.

Fifty percent, as well as Hebei and Henan roads have all decreased..."

"What?"

"Fifty percent?"

"I ordered people to renovate farmland, reclaim wasteland, and improve water conservancy. Is there still insufficient food?"

Guo Tianyi's pupils shrank and he asked sternly.

He knew that this was not Huang Bo's problem, but something down below.

Hedong, Henan, and Hebei are all areas rich in grain.

There are actually fewer major grain-producing areas than in previous years?

So what do our hundreds of thousands of troops eat?

The country's grain reserves are the lifeblood of a country. If this continues, there will be a big crisis.

If there is a famine next year, there is no surplus food in the imperial treasury, and the people are not full, how can we not rise up?

I thought it was simply a financial crisis.

But I didn’t expect that there is still a food crisis.

"Your Majesty is wise, I have also realized that the matter is not that simple." Huang Bo knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly."

Huang Bo was an upright person, and he was able to achieve the position of Minister of Household Affairs. Not only did the late emperor trust him, but Guo Tianyi also trusted him.

His son Huang Weiyin is still working as an editor at Hanling Academy, and his ability will definitely be higher than that of Huang Bo in the future.

These are all my loyal ministers, and there is no way I can just talk nonsense.

"Here comes Xuan Caixuan."

"promise!"

After a while, Cai Xuan hurried to the imperial study room.

Upon entering the Imperial Study Room, Cai Xuan noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere.

First of all, there are Lu Gaofeng and Huang Bo. One of them is in charge of His Majesty's internal affairs, and the other is in charge of the treasury.

Since they are all here, there must be something wrong.

Moreover, the emperor's face was sullen, and the invisible dragon's power made people dare not look directly at him. Cai Xuan was even more sure of his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, Cai Xuan, comes to see you. Long live your Majesty, long live, long live..."

"Cai Xuan, immediately send Jin Yiwei to thoroughly investigate Hedong Road, Henan Road, Hebei Road and other places."

"Not only do we need to thoroughly investigate why the public rations here have decreased, but we also need to thoroughly investigate the royal guards here."

"Do you understand?"

"No!" Cai Xuan responded quickly, "I will do it now."

Are the Jinyiwei in Hedong Road and other places all shit eaters?

Or are they all bribed?

It’s not just once or twice that Jinyiwei has internal problems.

Guo Tianyi decided to rectify the internal laws of Jinyiwei.

Otherwise, Dafeng is likely to repeat the mistakes of the Ming Dynasty.

Jinyiwei’s current system does have many problems.

In the past, Guo Tianyi thought too simply.

Just because when Jinyiwei first developed, it attracted a large number of people with low educational level and criminal records.

These people are destined to have improper thoughts.

And it's easy to go wrong.

As soon as the emperor gave the order, the imperial guards in the capital set off overnight and traveled to various places.

A few days later.

Already found out.

"Your Majesty, it has been verified that Tang Bo, a giant businessman from Hedong Road, cooperated with the governor of Hedong Road. From last year to this year, Tang Bo occupied tens of thousands of acres of land under various names and acted in an extremely cryptic manner. These lands are in the names of his family members and relatives.

..”

"According to my rough estimate, the money and grain embezzled by Tang Bo and the governor of Hedong Province are worth as much as 200 million..."

After Cai Xuan finished speaking, he said no more and waited for Guo Tianyi's instructions.

However, Guo Tianyi didn't say a word, and his expression was extremely gloomy.

Suddenly, Guo Tianyi said, "Cai Xuan, do you know your guilt?"

Hearing this, Cai Xuan hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die for my crime. It is because I did not discipline myself strictly and did not discover the problem of the local Jin Yiwei in time..."

Cai Xuan felt miserable.

In this era, information is underdeveloped, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.

After leaving Shuntian Prefecture, intelligence from many places in Guanzhong could not reach the capital immediately.

Not to mention places outside the customs.
To be continued...