Take this year's military pay for each army as an example.
Military pay can be issued close to the end of the year for nearby places, but for distant places, it is already October, so even if it is issued immediately, it will not be delivered before the end of the year.
At a glance, it was clear that the Ministry of Revenue was once again dragging back the pay of those troops.
If you want to say that there is no money in the national treasury, then your Ministry of Revenue is simply poor and no one wants you, so we have nothing to say.
But it happened that two months ago, the Southern Canal was built with embankments, and the Ministry of Revenue allocated five million taels of silver to it without any hesitation.
Originally, this was okay. Building embankments was for the benefit of the people, and it was also what the court should do.
What's more, five million taels is a lot, but in the face of the salary of the entire Qilin Kingdom's entire army, it is really not enough.
Therefore, the Ministry of War did not react at first, and neither did the military attachés.
Unexpectedly, less than half a month later, a piece of news came out:
——The section of embankment that the Ministry of Finance allocates money to build has only been repaired once in the past few years. Moreover, there has not been a major flood in the past few years since the embankment was repaired. There is no possibility that the embankment will be repaired again.
It got to the point where it was in urgent need of repairs.
Naturally, the Ministry of War was not stupid enough to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs just because of a rumor, so it sent people to investigate.
This investigation was incredible. It turned out that the river embankment there a few years ago was rebuilt with inferior materials.
The best way to build a river embankment is to use stone as the base and glutinous rice slurry as the bonding material between the stones; worse, it has to be mixed with gravel and glutinous rice slurry and then wrapped in sacks; but those
People actually only filled ordinary soil in sacks.
Whether it is a good building or a poor building, after it is completed, its strength will be able to protect the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait for at least several decades.
As for the soil, even if there is no flood, after being continuously washed by the river water, as soon as the sack is corroded, the soil in the sack will naturally be washed away by the water flow.
No, after persisting for several years, the river embankment had to be repaired.
Of course, it can be said that this has nothing to do with the Ministry of Revenue.
But it happened that people from the Ministry of War found out that among the people who had embezzled the money for embankment construction, there were people from the Ministry of Household Affairs; moreover, the Ministry of Household Affairs had quietly handled the matter.
At that time, we didn't bring it to the court to report it, only the top few knew about it.
The reason why the Ministry of Finance clearly found out about the embankment embezzlement case but did not dare to report it was because the Ministry of Finance did not find the money that had been embezzled.
I can't afford to lose that person.
The Ministry of Revenue felt guilty for the people there and was also afraid that the matter would be exposed, so as soon as there was a problem with the embankment, he immediately transferred the money.
Come on, the people in the Ministry of War are not unreasonable. They insist on saying that you are at fault in the Ministry of Revenue or something like that. At least you did it without covering up your own people. In today's officialdom, this is already very rare.
things.
But, in the end, it’s hard to get over it.
It's just that building the river embankment is something that the emperor has agreed to. No matter how innocent the people in the Ministry of War are, they will never trouble the Ministry of Household for this reason.
It's overwhelming, that is, when I look at the people in the household department, I don't like them. When they meet, they either snort in an obviously unwelcome manner, or say a few unpleasant words.
Even so, Hubu still put on small shoes for the Ministry of War.
Either today, the evidence that people from the Ministry of War do not want to see people from the Ministry of Household Affairs has been witnessed by all the ministers, or tomorrow, like what happened to Qi Baoer, official documents forwarded by the Ministry of War after approval will always be used for various reasons.
And dismissed.
Speaking of this, the Ministry of Human Resources is really not targeting Qi Bao'er himself. There is no grudge against Qi Bao'er. Qi Bao'er was a popular person in front of the emperor when he was a child. When he grew up, the emperor even entrusted him with important tasks and was suspected of becoming the Minister of Humerus.
The future star would be foolish to offend her at this time.
It's your own business to give authority to the newly appointed officers. What do they care about what you guys do in the next room?
It hurts to be so idle.
It's a pure misunderstanding.
The people in the Ministry of Household Affairs never expected that the documents recently coming from the Ministry of War would pass through the hands of the newly appointed Minister.
According to normal people's thinking, whenever a new person takes office, he will be entrusted with important responsibilities. Doesn't he have to show his authority first?
Who knew that Shang Chengfeng was a weirdo who was eager to throw away whatever he was doing?!
Qi Baoer: "..."
It turns out that the Ministry of War is so annoying?
Is it too late for her to resign now?
It was obviously too late.
While listening to Minister Qian talking about the glorious past of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs, Shang Chengfeng's close servant Dahu came over to convey that Lord Shangshu was looking for them.
"Sir, I'd better come here to have oral sex."
It was lunch time at this time, and Shang Chengfeng's attendant had just brought his food and put it on the table. When Minister Qian came in, he was not polite, so he sat down and picked up his chopsticks to eat.
"You are so thick-skinned that you come here to beg for food all day long." Shang Chengfeng glared at him angrily, rolled up his sleeves and sat down.
He pointed to the seat on the other side of him and called to Qi Bao'er: "Please sit down quickly, Mr. Qian. Ignore Mr. Qian, he is always so shameless."
When he spoke Mi Tai's words, his tone was full of connivance.
Maybe in other places they would be thought to be so unruly, but Qi Baoer likes it because there is less calculation and precaution and more intimacy between people.
These days, Qi Bao'er would often be called by Shang Chengfeng to have a meal with him, and he would naturally sit down together.
They don't have a rule of thumb.
Mr. Qian kept using his chopsticks and gave a thumbs up, "Sir, what we eat is the same as what you eat."
After pausing for a moment with his chopsticks, he suddenly remembered that there was someone sitting here who was richer than Lord Shangshu.
Suddenly I felt that the food in my mouth was not so fragrant.
Each department has its own canteen, but the food in the canteen is not free, and you have to spend money to buy food. However, compared with outside, the food in the canteen is cheaper and tastes better.
Qian Shilang's family was poor, and all three brothers went to the battlefield. Unfortunately, the eldest brother died, leaving behind a young sister-in-law and a nephew who was only three years old. The younger brother is still just an ordinary soldier.
There is an elder and a younger one, and they have to support the widow and nephew left by the elder brother, and the younger brother is temporarily unable to help; it can be said that the whole pressure of food, drink and clothing for the whole family is on him.
