The Smelting Bureau announced the suspension of work, and the impact of this news was even more shocking than that of King Su being trapped in the clan.
You know, today's Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau is no longer the bottom-of-the-bottom department it used to be. It is also responsible for the construction of Bolangsha and Xiangfu Port, as well as shipbuilding for the Ministry of Household Affairs, and assisting the Military Foundry Bureau in building that
It batches weapons, develops new weapons, armor, war weapons, etc. It has become a huge organization with thousands of craftsmen and officials.
As soon as the Smelting and Manufacturing Bureau announced the suspension of work, the most anxious person was the household department. After all, with the opening of the Sanchuan trade line, the profits of the household department had more than doubled compared to previous years?
After tasting the sweetness, on the one hand, the Ministry of Household Affairs placed a huge order with the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau to build hundreds of transport ships, and on the other hand, it reached an agreement with the Ministry of Works to pay for a huge allocation and asked the Ministry of Works to transfer Yingshui to
Several main currents in the water area are dug deeper and wider.
If nothing goes wrong, the next plan of the Ministry of Revenue is to use water transportation to transport the specialties of Sanchuan to various parts of the Wei State. Even the excess materials can be traded with the allies Qi and Lu, or even with the temporary
Transactions with Chu that ended the war.
Therefore, the household needs a large number of ships.
However, the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau suddenly announced a temporary suspension of all construction projects. This was like a slap to the Ministry of Household officials who had rolled up their sleeves and prepared for a big fight, making them dizzy.
No, when Li Liang, the Minister of Household Affairs, heard the news, he immediately felt a strong sense of chest tightness. He immediately summoned the left and right ministers and the ministers of various departments and held a meeting in a secret room.
"What should I do?" Looking at the subordinates present, Li Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, asked with a headache.
In the secret room, all the household officials looked at each other, and then Yan Zheng, the director of the department, shook his head and said lightly: "What a coincidence... King Su is trapped in the clan mansion, and Wang Fu from the Smelting Bureau is there.
The Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau announced a temporary suspension of work due to lack of money..."
"You can't say that." Zuo Shilang Cui Can heard the words and said with a smile: "It's not surprising that the Metallurgical Bureau is short of money. After all, in the past, all expenses of the Metallurgical Bureau were borne by His Highness Prince Su. For this reason, His Highness Prince Su
I already owe millions of taels to my household department..."
When they heard this sentence, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue present all had strange expressions.
Because they have never heard of any royal family member owed such a huge debt to the Ministry of Revenue for the sake of national construction.
"Prince Su is too stubborn, too domineering, and too... angry."
Duzhishi Lang Heyang smiled bitterly and shook his head, but there was no trace of anger in his eyes, only admiration and helplessness.
Nowadays, the Ministry of Household Affairs has been dealing with King Su Hongrun, and the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs have gradually realized that King Su Hongrun is really an extremely independent and opinionated person, and he is also very stubborn and stubborn.
For example, regarding the Sanchuan commemorative coin, Cai Lu, the director of the Jin Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs who was responsible for casting domestic common copper coins at that time, verbally vetoed it.
Because Cai Lu felt that the cost of casting those exquisite coins in accordance with Su Wang Hongrun's requirements was too high, but the effect was too low, which was a bit sensational.
However, Su Wang Hongrun overruled Cai Lu's veto and clearly informed the Ministry of Household Affairs in a letter: If the king said that he wanted to cast it, he must cast it!
The Ministry of Revenue had no choice but to say, OK, you can build it, but we, the Ministry of Revenue, will not pay for it.
Then Su Wang Hongrun said, I will bear it myself!
As a result, in just ten days, the Sanchuan commemorative coins were quickly produced. The Smelting Bureau cast the molds according to Su Wang Hongrun's order without complaint, and Su Wang Hongrun owed a huge debt to the Ministry of Revenue for this.
Prince Su Hongrun was such a stubborn, domineering and stubborn person. Even though he was rich and wealthy, he was still very angry even though he already owed a huge debt to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Not to mention, this matter has already become one of the hotly discussed topics within the Ministry of Finance.
"I don't think the Smelting Bureau is really short of money..." Cai Lu, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, spoke at this time and shook his head.
As soon as he finished speaking, Duzhijiang Heyang grinned and said: "It's easy to test whether this matter is true or not. Anyway, my household department's income and expenditure are sufficient, so I lent a huge sum of money to the Smelting Bureau. If Wang Fu
If you are smiling all over your face, that means you are really short of money. If Wang Fu stares at us and hates us with all his teeth, then it is fake..."
Hearing this, there was silence in the secret room. Everyone turned their heads and looked at Duzhishi Lang Heyang intently. They hesitated to speak several times, looking extremely strange.
Seeing this, Duzhisi Lang Heyang said sarcastically: "I'm just joking, why do you do this?"
"This joke is not funny." Kurabe Shilang Kuangke glanced at He Yang, looking a little unhappy.
It’s no wonder, after all, the shutdown of the Smelting Bureau will have the biggest impact on the warehouse responsible for domestic freight and storage. After all, the ships that the Smelting Bureau is building are for the distribution warehouse.
It is no exaggeration to say that the person in the worst mood at the moment is probably the official Kuang Ke and Kuang Si Lang.
But secondly, it was He Yang's branch office, and the Ministry of Finance, which was responsible for minting coins and coordinating domestic market prices, actually had little influence.
Shaking his head, Shangshu Li Liang said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I invite you all to come here for discussion, not to quarrel, but to come up with a countermeasure... What do you think of this, Mr. Cui?"
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Cui Can, the left minister, thought for a moment and said: "Wang Fu's move was probably to rescue King Su. If our household department sabotaged it and offended Wang Fu, it would be the same as offending King Su. But there is no need for our household department to help."
If King Su offends the clan, all we have to do is follow the current..."
"How to push the boat along with the current?" Li Liang asked.
After hearing this, Cui Can turned to look at Du Zhi Si Lang He Yang and asked: "Master He, how is the situation of Du Zhi in my household department recently?"
He Yang, the Toshishiro, nodded when he heard this and said: "It's OK. Although I bought a lot of things from Sanchuan, but because Kuangbu quickly sold them in various places, it's not like I can't make ends meet. There is still a sum of money..."
"We announced to the outside world that we can't make ends meet, and that's solved." Cui Can said calmly.
Shangshu Li Liang and the officials present looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"good!"
On that day, when the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry jointly submitted a petition to Chui Gong Hall, asking the Emperor of Wei to intervene in the case of King Su being trapped in the Zongfu, there was also suspicion in the court about why the Ministry of Revenue did not fund the Smelting Bureau.
In response, the Ministry of Household Affairs stated that they had recently purchased a large amount of special products in Sanchuan, but these goods had not yet been sold and converted into money, leaving the national treasury empty and unable to support the Smelting Bureau.
After hearing these remarks, the smart and insightful courtiers shut their mouths and stopped talking.
Obviously, the Ministry of Revenue does not want to get involved in this matter.
Is the Ministry of Household Affairs short of money? The national treasury is empty? What a joke! Your Ministry of Household Affairs just paid a huge sum of money to ask the Ministry of Works to dig deeper and widen the river!
However, unexpectedly, Chui Gong Palace accepted the joint petition from the Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Household Affairs, and sent the President of the Three Guards Army to lead Li Zheng to the Zongfu, hoping to resolve the matter as soon as possible so that Su Wang Hongrun could return to the clan. Smelting and Manufacturing Bureau to avoid greater losses caused by shutdown.
Ever since, the court officials also understood.
It is undeniable that when the situation evolved into this situation, the Zongfu started to have some headaches.
Not to mention that Emperor Wei ordered Li Zheng, the president of the Three Guards Army, to personally supervise this matter.
Even though Li Zheng was also born in Zongwei and was raised by the Zongfu, he was taught all the skills. But as the saying goes, the water thrown out by the married daughter, Zongwei who walked out of the Zongfu will only be loyal to them now. Just like Li Zheng was loyal to Emperor Wei and Shen Yu was loyal to Zhao Hongrun.
Because the clan has taught these clan guards this way since childhood.
On that day, Zhao Hongrun's third uncle, cousin uncle, and younger uncle met Li Zheng in the hall.
Since these elders of Zhao Hongrun were all important figures who held power in the clan when Li Zheng was in the clan, even though Li Zhenggui was the president of the Three Guards Army, he was the number one person in the military power of the Wei Dynasty. I have to respect it respectfully.
"The three elders will be entrusted by His Majesty to come to supervise this matter... I believe that several elders have also heard about the various rumors outside. Your Majesty hopes that the clan will negotiate this matter as soon as possible."
Due to the evolution of the situation, Emperor Wei followed suit and began to put pressure on the clan, and the reason was so righteous that no one could find fault: Your clan detained my son, which prevented my son from finding ways to earn money to support the Smelting Bureau. Now, The Metallurgical Bureau had to stop work due to lack of money, which implicated the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry, causing the court to suffer huge losses. How long do you want to delay? How much more losses do you want the court to suffer?
In response to this, Zhao Hongrun's third uncle, cousin and younger uncle were speechless.
Although no one is a fool, the other party is very reasonable and upright. Even if Zhao Hongrun's third uncle knows what is going on, it is difficult to explain it straightforwardly.
After all, although the Zongfu could sometimes even limit the imperial power, it could not truly override the imperial power and the court.
Solve it as soon as possible... That boy is so stubborn, how easy is it?
The third uncle frowned, feeling very unhappy.
But now, he has nothing to do. After all, if this incident continues, even if he is Zongzheng, the previous president of the clan, he may not be able to undo the bad impact.
In desperation, the third uncle, his cousin, and his younger uncle led Li Zheng to the meditation room.
"Please step back."
Carrying the candle holder and using the light of the candle, he walked into the stuffy meditation room. The third uncle waved away the Zongwei Yulinlang who was standing next to Zhao Hongrun and was holding a ruler.
Then, he stared at Zhao Hongrun who was sitting cross-legged on the mattress.
Zhao Hongrun stayed in this hot and stuffy meditation room for seventeen full days.
Even the third uncle had to look at this son with admiration at this kind of willpower.
Sighing silently, the third uncle said in a deep voice: "Hongrun, let's talk about it."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun's closed eyes slowly opened.
In his eyes, there was no calmness after seventeen days of self-cultivation here, but they seemed to be filled with endless anger.