"Li Jiantai is the Minister of the Ministry of War. Although his hometown is not Kyoto, he lives in Kyoto. What does he mean by this?"
"Li Jiantai usually cares very much about his status as Minister of War. Now he actually wants to submit his resignation. It's so abnormal!"
The officials whispered in low voices.
Lin Fan was secretly happy in his heart: "It has begun! This good show has finally begun! The Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of Finance are facing each other, haha!"
kindness!
Emperor Chongzhen was still confused when he heard what Li Jiantai said. After hearing Lin Fan's voice, Emperor Chongzhen was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that this matter was probably related to Lin Fan.
He said in a deep voice: "Li Jiantai, why do you want to submit your resignation?
Could it be that you are dissatisfied with me and the imperial court?"
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Li Jiantai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am a humble minister with limited abilities and may not be able to take charge of the Ministry of War. If this continues, the Ministry of War will exist in name only!"
"However, I have already thought of a candidate to take charge of the Ministry of War for Your Majesty. Ni Yuanlu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is the most suitable. Please approve it!"
kindness!
Ni Yuanlu was stunned, what does this mean?
He and Li Jiantai have been secretly competing with each other. Whoever this old boy can take advantage of can't take advantage of him!
Could it be that there is some fraud in this?
All the officials were confused. They didn't understand why Li Jiantai recommended the Minister of Hubu to take charge of the Ministry of War.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan, and saw Lin Fan staring at Li Jiantai and Ni Yuanlu with a wicked smile. Emperor Chongzhen looked at Ni Yuanlu and said: "Ni Aiqing, do you know this?"
Ni Yuanlu said hurriedly: "Reporting to your Majesty, this is the intention of Li Shangshu alone. I didn't know it before."
"Li Jiantai, you have to give me a reasonable explanation for this matter."
Emperor Chongzhen said displeased.
Li Jiantai said: "Your Majesty, since the humble minister took charge of the Ministry of War, there has been a lot of money shortages in the Ministry of War. Now, it has reached the point where there is no supply!"
"The soldiers in military camps everywhere do not have enough food and clothing to keep them warm. The soldiers guarding the frontiers cannot eat meat even once a month! Now, they can't even eat!"
"Wei Chen is incompetent! Wei Chen is a waste! Wei Chen is really incompetent. Please allow Your Majesty to allow Wei Chen to retire and return to his hometown!"
ah!
After Li Jiantai said that, Ni Yuanlu was petrified there. This Li Jiantai was obviously complaining about not giving him money!
wipe!
This old guy, I’m not done with you!
Officials from various ministries, including those from the Ministry of Household Affairs, all looked at Ni Yuanlu with cold eyes, "Look at how hard you are forcing people?"
In their eyes, Ni Yuanlu, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, held money in his hands, but left the soldiers of the Ministry of War hungry!
Li Jiantai endured it for a long time, feeling ashamed of the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of War, so he tendered his resignation and voluntarily gave up the Ministry of War to Ni Yuanlu. This is a great act of justice!
Tsk tsk!
All the officials lamented that it was good to have money in their hands these days. They now felt less resentful towards Lin Fan for confiscating the officials' property and cheating them of their money.
However, Ni Yuanlu was embarrassed. If Li Jiantai directly reported it, he could still make some sarcastic remarks, and at least the officials from the Ministry of Revenue would help him.
Li Jiantai submitted his resignation directly. He had no choice but to do so.
"kindness?
People in the Ministry of War can’t afford to eat?
Lin Fan! Is this also the case with you?"
Emperor Chongzhen asked.
"Ahem! Your Majesty, the Xuanjia Army and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are the elite of our Ming Dynasty. I have already prepared military expenses for them for a year. There will be no problems for the time being."
"However, it is true that the Ministry of Accounts did not allocate one tael of silver to us. At the same time, all the money earned by the Ministry of Salt Industry in the past few days was given to the Ministry of Accounts."
"If my guess is correct, the Ministry of Revenue should have no less than five million taels of silver at this time. Although this year's taxes have already been paid to me, the income from salt alone is enough to maintain the operation of the Ming Dynasty.
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Lin Fan coughed twice and said.
What!
Five million taels of silver!
The Ministry of Hubu is so rich, but he pretends to be a grandson here and forces the Minister of War to submit his resignation. This Ni Yuanlu is really cruel!
Ni Yuanlu really wanted to curse now. If he didn't understand what was going on at this time, he would be really stupid!
He knew that Li Jiantai took people from the Ministry of War to Baihu Division yesterday. At first, he thought that the two sides were going to break out and re-examine, but in the end he happily left with his people. This damaging move should have been done by Lin Fan.
He came out.
Li Jiantai cried loudly at this time and said: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent. Please allow your Majesty to approve my proposal!"
Emperor Chongzhen said displeased: "Huh! I submit my resignation when something happens. If everyone is like you, how can I govern the world!"
"Ni Yuanlu, the Ministry of Household Affairs clearly has money, why don't you give it to the Ministry of War?"
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was really angry, because he had told Ni Yuanlu not once about the money matter, but Ni Yuanlu actually went against it and refused to allocate funds to the Ministry of War.
Ni Yuanlu knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, after all, our taxes for the next two years have been given to Lin Fan. If I don't find a way to save some money, how can the Ming Dynasty still operate!"
"Master Ni, there is no need to worry about this. The money earned by the entire Salt Industry Department is the income of my Ming Dynasty, and it will also flow into the Household Department. The Household Department will not be short of money!"
"As long as this money can be used in the right place, it will be more than enough. Of course, if someone enriches his own pocket, no amount will be enough. However, I will never allow this to happen!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
When Ni Yuanlu heard what Lin Fan said, she was stunned for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "What Mr. Wuhou said is absolutely true. It's my fault that I didn't think well. I will change it now!"
"Your Majesty, I will allocate money to the Ministry of War when I return!"
Li Jiantai heard Ni Yuanlu relent and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty! The money our Ministry of War currently lacks is at least three million taels of silver. We will talk about the follow-up."
Lin Fan also said: "Your Majesty, my three armies are the elite of our Ming Dynasty. I also need money from the Ministry of Revenue. For the time being, I can give them one million taels a month."
wipe!
Ni Yuanlu wants to curse now!
Lin Fan, Lin Fan, I know you are His Majesty's illegitimate son, so I always turn against you. I didn't expect you to be so cruel to our household department and not leave any money for us!
Lin Fan saw the look in Ni Yuanlu's eyes. Why did this old guy look at him like he was sad?
Do you feel wronged?
Why should you feel wronged to yourself? No way!
Doesn’t this Ni Yuanlu have any special hobbies and is fond of herself?
hiss!
Thinking of this, Lin Fan took a deep breath, turned his head, and stopped looking at Ni Yuanlu.
Emperor Chongzhen said: "Ni Yuanlu, the most important thing in our Ming Dynasty now is the Ministry of War and the three armies. There must be no mistakes in their money. You can take care of it yourself!"