What Zhao Xi said was not an exaggeration, it was basically a statement of facts. The cabinet ministers did not think that the officials were too ambitious. On the contrary, they were also touched by the officials' ambitions.
How many years have passed? It was even said that during the last cabinet, the country had the strength to regain Yanyun, but the court has not made any move.
Wang Anshi believed that this was the credit left to them for this term. After all, the previous cabinet had already accomplished the great feat of destroying Xixia and annexing the Southwest.
But after the new cabinet was confirmed, the court has been busy with affairs, and the officials have been implementing various new policies in the country, which has led to the repeated postponement of the recovery of Yanyun. The officials have never expressed their position, even if
Speaking of it, officials will also talk about him.
When inspecting the management of the Yellow River, the cabinet mentioned it again, and the officials approved the plan for Northern Liao.
For a long time, Wang Anshi thought that this was the nature of the royal family and an innate tradition... When the dynasty was founded, the army was so powerful that Taizu would chop down the Dadu River and stop the Song Dynasty.
Now it seems that this is not the case. The officials cultivated the ambitions of their ministers and workers in order to expand the territory of the Song Dynasty to a level comparable to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties at this stage...
Now, the comprehensive strength of the Song Dynasty has indeed accumulated to a considerable extent.
Finally, we no longer have to look at such a cramped territory and feel so shabby.
"The official family is now about to recover Yanyun, and the imperial court has already sent troops to Hebei. During the Taizu Dynasty, a sealed pile warehouse was set up to recover Yanyun, which is now the left and right warehouse. Since it was set up to recover Yanyun, today
Is it enabled?"
Wang Anshi had been keeping an eye on Fengzhuangku for a long time. When he was still the Third Envoy, he had been eyeing Fengzhuangku. It is hard to figure out Taizu's thoughts, whether he really wanted to use Fengzhuangku to regain Yanyun.
Shi Jin cut off Youyan and bribed the Khitan, leaving the people of one side alone in the outside world. I feel very sorry for him. I want to send an envoy to make an agreement with the Khitan as soon as Siku has accumulated three to five million yuan.
Then I should use all the gold and silk to pay for the redemption value. If this is not possible, I will scatter the stagnant wealth and recruit warriors to capture Er... This is what Taizu said in the record.
However, when Wang Anshi was in charge of the court's money and grain expenditure, he only considered the so-called sealing treasury to be the official's private treasury, and some money and grain had to be allocated from tax revenue to replenish it every year.
Therefore, it is Wang Anshi's obsession to cancel the closure of the pile warehouse.
Officials have also said that the royal family is the royal family and the imperial court is the imperial court...
"Seal the pile warehouse?"
Zhao Xi was a little stunned when Wang Anshi asked him this question. After so many years, he had almost forgotten that there was such a thing as sealing the pile warehouse.
Zhao Xi has never asked the court to add any money or food to the pile-sealing warehouse. He believes that the court will not take the initiative to add any money or food to the pile-sealing warehouse without him asking.
Nowadays, no one, whether it is the royal family or the court, seems to care about the money and food in the so-called sealing warehouse.
"Prince Xiang, do you need the ancestral foundation to make up for the current reserves of the imperial court? No need!"
Before Zhao Xi expressed his position, Lu Huiqing spoke first.
Unfortunately, this time Lu Huiqing guessed the official's psychology wrongly.
I originally thought that if the official appointed a spokesperson to run the royal business, he would naturally be very interested in money. In other words, the official had considerable ideas about how to manage money and food.
As the royal private treasury, how can the government let go of it? Besides, the court really doesn’t need any sealing treasury now. The official reserves have made the court quite wealthy for so many years. Isn’t it just to keep the sealing treasury?
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"How can we intentionally violate Taizu's last wish?"
No one could have imagined that Wang Anshi and Wang Jiefu, who shouted that their ancestors were not worthy of the law, would actually take their ancestors' last wishes seriously.
Wang Anshi had no choice... Zhao Xi was stunned for a moment. Wang Anshi thought that the officials were unhappy, so he had to find a reasonable excuse.
"Who is in charge of this warehouse now?"
Zhao Xi didn't target anyone when he asked. As a result, all the cabinet members looked at each other and were stunned. Shouldn't this be a royal matter? Why did you ask about the cabinet?
"In the official family, the Fengzhuang Library was originally established under the leadership of the royal family. It was successively renamed Zuozangku, Youzangku, and during the reign of the late emperor, it was renamed Neizangku, which was under the direct management of Neiyuan!"
"Oh...what's going on?"
Zhao Xi paused for a moment. He really didn't care about this. When he was still the prince, the money and food he could control had already exceeded that of his father as a king. Who would care about such scraps.
"Zhongzheng, go ask..."
Seeing that the atmosphere in the meeting hall was a bit awkward at this time, Zhao Xi simply solved it on the spot. How big of a deal? Maybe Taoniang knows these trivial matters...
The atmosphere was very strange. Ever since the war against Liao was planned, the council chamber had never been so peaceful. Even if there was nothing major, the cabinet would make some random jokes.
But now, the meeting hall is eerily quiet, and even the auxiliary officials and internal supervisors no longer dare to vent their anger loudly.
Fortunately, Wang Zhongzheng came back in time...
"When I got back to the official's house, I didn't know much about it. I only found out about it after asking the steward in the Queen Mother's palace. I asked about it clearly..."
As he spoke, he glanced at Wang Anshi. Wang Zhongzhong was so upright that he did not dare to glare at the chief minister of the cabinet. He just expressed his emotions to let the officials know his loyalty.
I don’t even think about it. When the official family was still in the East Palace, they had money and food comparable to that of the imperial court. Who would care about the rags in the sealed warehouse? When did the Queen ever worry about money and food?
Now that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has enough money and food to support this war, who would think of sealing the warehouse?
"Then let's take a look together. I'm also curious about the Fengzhuang Library..."
A group of people, including the officials, the cabinet, and the chief officials from the Ministry of Revenue and other relevant yamen were also summoned, and they entered the inner garden in a mighty manner.
"Tao Niang..." I didn't expect Tao Niang to be waiting here.
When the elders and empress saw the ceremony, they all turned their heads away.
What are these people thinking...
"What? Are you worried about the money and food in the inner treasury?"
This embarrassment needs to be resolved, so Zhao Xi can only tell Tao Niang like this.
"Guan, this is my fault. I haven't paid attention to the sealing warehouse for many years. I really don't know the details. I originally wanted to find out first and then inform the officials."
It was so grand that Neiyuan didn't even care about sealing the warehouse!
"What's going on?"
As soon as he entered the sealed warehouse, Wang Anshi couldn't help but be surprised.
Even Zhao Xi, when he saw the situation in the so-called sealed warehouse, wanted to ask: How could this be?
I thought that the pile-sealed warehouse was full, but what I saw was a sparse collection of jewels, gold and jade. It was not at all what I imagined, the scene of a warehouse filled with gold, silk, pearls and jade...
Is this the sealing warehouse where all the treasures of the separatist forces were plundered? Is this the plan to redeem Yan Yun, or to recruit warriors to recover Yan Yun's money and food?
To be honest, not to mention the imperial court, even the relatively large-scale businessmen in the imperial court couldn't get a little interested when seeing such a situation.