"Your Highness, I have checked with the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the Ministry of Works has not applied for funds from the Ministry of Household Affairs."
On one day at the end of December, Liang Xu, the chief of the imperial guard of Xiang Wang Hongjing, said this to Xiang Wang Hongjing in the study of Xiang Wang Mansion.
Hearing this, Xiang Wang Hongjing looked surprised and asked doubtfully: "Who are you asking about?"
"It's Master Li Liang, the Minister of Finance." Liang Xu, the chief of Zongwei said.
Xiang Wang Hongjing frowned slightly when he heard this.
To be fair, the relationship between Zhao Hongjing and the Minister of Hubu Li Liang is still good. The reason is that after Zhao Hongjing took charge of the Ministry of Hunan, he did not rush to seize power from Shangshu Li Liang. On the other hand, Zhao Hongjing respected Shangshu Li Liang very much.
The management of the department has never been directed at him. At most, he occasionally exploits the loopholes of the household department, using the user department's trading ships to transport some of his own private goods, or to help his mother clan "Zhongyang Liu Family" - anyway, the household department
The family has a big business, so occupying a few large transport ships is not a big deal.
At least Li Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, thinks so. In the opinion of the Minister, as long as King Xiang Hongjing does not seize power and occupy some resources of the Ministry of Revenue, Li Liang does not care about it.
After all, the Ministry of Finance is no longer as embarrassed as it was back then.
As long as they were not in conflict with each other, King Xiang Hongjing did not think that Li Liang, the minister of household affairs, would deliberately hide it from him. Since the minister said that the ministry of industry did not pay the Ministry of household affairs, it means that the ministry of industry did not.
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"What...is going on? Is Lao Ba planning to raise the funds himself?"
Xiang Wang Hongjing frowned, thoughtfully.
The eighth eldest among the brothers, King Su Zhao Hongrun, was a man of great influence in Daliang, and his every move was under the attention of the Daliang court and the public.
Therefore, a few days ago, King Su Zhao Hongrun hosted a banquet for officials from the Ministry of Industry, the Metallurgy Bureau, and the Ordnance Casting Bureau at his Prince Su's Mansion. The next day, the news spread throughout the court, and everyone could guess that His Highness, Prince Su,
It looks like another big move has been made.
Although the officials of the Ministry of Industry were said to be very strict, they could not withstand the many favoritism. No, the news that "His Royal Highness King Su was preparing to lay a nationwide road network" finally came out.
Even the first batch of four routes ready for construction have been excavated - "Daliang to Fenyin, Hedong", "Daliang to Luocheng, Sanchuan", "Daliang to Shangshui", "Daliang to Hedongshan"
Yang (including Tianmenguan and Tianmen Mine).
When they learned about this incident, the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government were amazed. They really did not expect that His Highness Prince Su's ambition was so huge that he actually wanted to start the paving of four roads at the same time.
After learning about this incident, Qing Wang Hongxin sent someone to ask Xiang Wang Hongjing for one thing - the approval of the payment from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
The reason is very simple. Although the dispute between Yuanling Hou Feng Shu and other domestic nobles and Su Wang Zhao Hongrun was temporarily suppressed by Chui Gong Palace, the grudge between Qing Wang Hongxin and Su Wang Hongrun has not been resolved. Zhao Hongrun made an excuse to move the Bing Zhu Bureau out of Daliang.
The batch of armaments prepared by King Qing Hongxin for the Second and Third Northern Army is still stuck.
In fact, in the opinion of Xiang Wang Hongjing, this matter can be easily solved. It is nothing more than Qing Wang Hongxin bowing his head and admitting his mistake. If it were him, he would have gone to Prince Su's Mansion in person to plead guilty.
What does face mean? Can it be eaten?
It's a pity that Prince Qing Hongxin couldn't make him look like this, so he had to let the weapons and equipment from the Bingzhu Bureau drag him down.
But now, he suddenly learned that the Ministry of Industry was about to start a huge project, and Qing Wang Hongxin's mind suddenly became active - you, Zhao Hongrun, can use my military equipment, and I can also use your road construction funds.
As a result, Xiang Wang Hongjing got involved in this troublesome matter.
Of course, although this matter is troublesome, it is not impossible to solve in the opinion of King Xiang Hongjing.
He could clearly see that the conflict between Lao Wu and Lao Ba was caused by the ownership of the "Four Orders of Hedong" - Zhao Wu hoped to get at least one city from it to win over the country's big nobles such as Yuanling Hou Feng Shu.
But now, the troublesome matter of the "Four Orders of Hedong" has been easily resolved by their father. In other words, there is no conflict of interest between Lao Wu and Lao Ba. At most, it is just about face.
It's just a matter of gain and loss - Lao Ba resents Lao Wu for stabbing him in the back, while Lao Wu resents Lao Ba for disturbing his banquet and embarrassing him in public.
To put it bluntly, the rest is just a battle of emotions.
Therefore, in the opinion of Xiang Wang Hongjing, as long as he acts as a peacemaker, the dispute between Lao Wu and Lao Ba may not be insurmountable.
Therefore, he decided to hold up the funds approved by the Ministry of Industry and let Lao Ba come to the door on his own. Then he took this opportunity to let Lao Wu and Lao Ba have a meal and drink a few glasses of wine together, just for face.
The gains and losses are not life-and-death enemies, so a few glasses of wine should be enough to solve the problem.
Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Industry has not yet submitted the funding for the construction of the four official roads to the Ministry of Household Affairs. What is the reason?
Although because of Lao Ba's relationship, the Ministry of Industry already has its own treasury and does not need to submit to the Ministry of Household Affairs for approval for every project. It is reasonable to report to the Ministry of Household Affairs in advance for such a costly project as building four official roads at the same time.
You are right. Although the Yu Manufacturing Bureau of the Ministry of Industry has made considerable profits in recent years, it certainly cannot afford such a huge project.
Not to mention the Metallurgical Bureau. Their stalls are so big. Although they can earn money quickly, they can also spend it quickly. As far as Zhao Hongjing knows, those lunatics in the Metallurgical Bureau don't use money as payment at all.
"Is it possible that the delay was due to the Chinese New Year?"
After much deliberation, Zhao Hongjing could only come up with this result, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was unreliable.
However, patience and calmness are his greatest strengths, so he is not in a hurry.
This wait spans the New Year.
It has to be said that the scale of the New Year celebrations in Daliang in the 22nd year of Hongde can definitely be regarded as the largest since Emperor Wei came to the throne. The reason is that, first, last year, the Wei State defeated the powerful enemy that had been weighing on its head.
South Korea; secondly, because of the "Four Orders of Hedong", a large number of domestic nobles stayed in Daliang.
The nobles who stayed in Daliang were also very sensible, and they prepared a batch of tributes and presented them to Emperor Wei. Finally, they had a reasonable excuse for their unreasonable stay in Daliang - they came to pay tribute.
It's not because of anything else, such as Hedong Siling or something like that.
Of course, this kind of cover-up is just to deceive some ordinary people.
But no matter what, at least on the surface, all the forces showed love for each other and harmony, jointly creating a scene of Wei State's prosperity and prosperity.
It is worth mentioning that in the last few days of December, the nominal tribal chiefs of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance - Amutu, the chief of the Qingyang tribe, Halegoh, the chief of the Aries tribe, and Lu Balong, the chief of the Lun tribe,
He also came to Daliang as a representative to pay tribute to Emperor Wei, the leader of the alliance. It is said that there are ninety-nine ibex, 10,000 war horses, 5,000 cattle, some strange-shaped bone carvings, and some living on the grassland.
strange beast.
The most precious ones among them are a complete white tiger skin and a white fox skin. I don’t know where they came from.
I have to say that this tribute is really astonishing, especially the ninety-nine ibex. After all, in Sanchuan culture, ibex are equivalent to the servants of the gods and will never be given away easily. They will only be given when welcoming distinguished guests.
, the tribe will respectfully slaughter an ibex after offering sacrifices and praying to entertain distinguished guests.
To send out ninety-nine ibexes at once like this time is absolutely unprecedented in the history of the Sanchuan people.
In the final analysis, Emperor Wei's identity is somewhat special because he is the leader of the Wei-Chuan Alliance.
Compared with the ninety-nine ibex, which is a hugely significant tribute, Zhao Hongrun is more jealous of the 10,000 war horses and 5,000 cattle. I believe others are the same, but it is a pity that these are tributes and no one has them.
He was so brave that he could only watch the eunuch who was serving as the eunuch's ceremonial officer smiling happily as he took the tributes into Emperor Wei's private treasury.
At first, Zhao Hongrun thought about discussing with his father to bring 10,000 war horses and 5,000 farming heads to his Shangshui city, but after thinking about it, he gave up because as far as he knew, the Junshui Army
We are preparing to expand the cavalry army. There is a high probability that these 10,000 war horses will fall
In the hands of the dredging army, there are 5,000 oxen. Since the imperial court is vigorously promoting animal-powered plows to replace the original human plowing method, these 5,000 oxen should be distributed to various counties, with the title of "official oxen".
The method is rented to cooperative farmers who cannot afford to raise cattle, or small landowners.
As the leader of the alliance, Emperor Wei hosted the three clan chiefs from Sanchuan Luocheng in the Zichen Palace.
However, that night, Amutu, the chief of the Qingyang tribe, Halegoh, the chief of the Aries tribe, and Lu Balong, the chief of the Lun tribe, followed Zhao Hongrun to Prince Su's Mansion.
Oona was very happy about this, because he finally saw his father and elder brother again - the patriarch Amutu and the young patriarch Wuwu of the Qingyang tribe.
At first, others didn't care about this. After all, they also knew that there was a mistress in Prince Su's mansion who was from the Qingyang tribe in Sanchuan. There was nothing wrong with Prince Su's father-in-law coming to see his daughter.
But after that, when several other groups of distinguished guests were invited to Prince Su's Mansion, those who were interested felt that something was wrong.
Because these distinguished guests include Chengling King Zhao Shen, Anping Hou Zhao Tan and other princes who changed their banners a while ago and defected to King Su. There are the "Waihuang Sun Family" from the mother clan of Yan King Zhao Hongjiang, Concubine Shen Shu's brother Shen Xu, and the Anling Zhao family.
The head of the family, Zhao Hongrun's third uncle Zhao Laiyu, and the head of the Yangtishi family of Shangshui, Yangtishitao.
After Oona and Yang Yanxing met their long-separated father and grandfather respectively, Zhao Hongrun invited these invited guests to the side hall. After serving wine and food, he got straight to the point and told the real purpose of inviting everyone.
Purpose.
"Are you interested in contracting an official road? The Ministry of Industry will provide people, the Metallurgical Bureau will provide technology, and you will provide funds to build four official roads from Fenyin, Sanchuan, Shanyang, Shangshui, and Daliang?"
Yes, Zhao Hongrun never thought about obtaining funds from the Ministry of Revenue from the beginning. After all, he felt that the Ministry of Revenue suffered extremely serious losses in the national war between Wei and South Korea last year. If he could raise funds on his own, he would be able to do something about it.
Reduce the burden on the country.
He believed that as long as he believed in introducing the convenience of direct access to the official road and rail carriages, he believed that everyone here would not refuse the temptation to monopolize this trade route.