Now, according to His Majesty's order, he went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask for money, and Shen Jun was confident when he ascended the throne.
Our Criminal Department will not open the Qingshui Yamen this year. We will be paupers!
"Then I have to worry about it." Shen Jungao bit him to death.
I'll slap the financial statements on your face later.
Chen Shushen: "Aha?"
Immediately he looked at Li Xingchen with a sad face: "Brother-in-law, it's too much, it's really too much! It's the end of the year, and the Ministry of Finance has no money!"
The corner of Li Xinchen's mouth twitched. Seeing how this guy was acting so carelessly, his "brother-in-law" appeared, and he just hugged his thigh and cried. It seemed that he was really in trouble.
"When the war subsides in the second half of this year, how can the household department still be tight?" Li Xingchen asked directly, ignoring this guy's rudeness.
Anyway, your sister will scold you if she finds out, so I won't bother to speak.
Chen Shushen sniffed, bowed, and shrank his body, as if he were a victim, which made Li Xingchen want to take a few steps back. I didn't do anything to you.
Don't come here, the worst I can do is not complain to your sister!
After all, Chen Shushen was not a person who really had any intentions in that regard. His brother-in-law had been working in the court to handle government affairs since the establishment of the Three Views. He was actually a straight man.
The crying just now was naturally an expression of true feelings.
After hearing Li Xingchen's question, Chen Shushen took a deep breath and said slowly:
"Since the end of the war in the north, local construction that had been postponed either due to lack of money or lack of young men has been restarted. All of these require financial support from the imperial court. In addition, the inner government is now also building academies and hospitals.
Promote more reforms, especially His Majesty, who also followed Dr. Sun’s advice to promote reductions in medical expenses, which is another huge expense.
In addition, the war is not really over. There are still enemies in the northwest and Liaodong. Everyone knows this, so the military expenditure still does not dare to reduce too much. The artillery, muskets, etc. that should be produced are
It cannot be less at all. Therefore, what the Ministry of Revenue actually lacks is the expenditure on military expeditions, but what it has increased is expenditure on more aspects, and funds are still extremely tight."
Li Xingchen nodded: "Is infrastructure construction in various places so active?"
"Under the current situation, who dares not to be active?" Chen Shushen said with a bitter face. For him, a big steward, if the people below are too active, it will naturally mean that the money is flowing away, so he is the least likely to do so.
I hope the people below will work actively.
Li Xingchen was startled, this is true.
It turns out that the imperial court was still engaged in foreign wars, so many local officials were able to use excuses such as lack of money and lack of people to delay the process. Now that the war is over, this excuse is no longer valid.
What is the fastest growing thing in the imperial court now?
Undoubtedly industrial and commercial.
Industry and commerce stimulated the development of cities and towns, and also required more convenient and faster connections between cities and towns. Therefore, it was necessary to dig canals in the south and build speedways in the north.
Whichever place builds faster will naturally be able to integrate into the trade system that the Han Dynasty has established based on Jiankang Prefecture, Luoyang, Chang'an, Chengdu and other places, and enjoy the convenience brought by trade earlier.
, and can also attract a large amount of foreign investment.
When merchants place their banks and workshops in a certain state capital, they will naturally use it as a center to radiate to the surrounding state capitals. In this way, the development speed, job opportunities, etc. of this state capital will be determined.
It is much faster and more abundant than other state capitals, so it will naturally attract more people and create more wealth, ultimately forming a virtuous cycle.
So now everyone is vying for banks and workshops, hoping to attract these Gods of Wealth to settle here with their better infrastructure.
However, after three hundred years of war, the local states, counties, and counties were almost completely destroyed. Whose treasury was rich? Therefore, the idea of "to get rich, build roads first" is certainly correct at this time, but in many places even
Even if we can’t get the money to build roads, what can we do?
In the end, this demand naturally has to wait for the Ministry of Accounts to resolve it.
The problem is that it is far from just two places that have this kind of demand. Jiangnan, Jingxiang and other places that were taken over by the Han Dynasty in the early years have recovered a lot of their vitality in recent years, while places such as the Central Plains, Qingzhou and Jizhou are still in the process of being settled.
The stage of being a refugee.
The manpower is there, but the money is really not.
It just so happens that now is the time for the Han Dynasty to encourage the development of industry and commerce. Whether it is Li Xingchen or the Ministry of Household Affairs, raising taxes is something that cannot be said out loud, and is it not equivalent to pouring cold water on people's hot hearts?
Therefore, the current pressure on financial expenditures can only be borne by the Ministry of Revenue. Fortunately, the rapid development of Jiangnan and other places and maritime trade have still brought a large amount of funds. Otherwise, the Ministry of Revenue may not have had an easier time than when the army was on the expedition.
Where to go.
When everything is exhausted, what is lacking most is money.
In other words, what today's big men lack is actually time to make money.
As long as there is enough time, with the current development speed of Han Dynasty's industry and commerce, as well as the mining of Nanyang and other places, the internal and external circulation of overseas trade, the Silk Road, etc., money can really generate a lot of money.
This nation in history has fallen from heaven to dust countless times. Every time it stands up again, it requires several generations of rest and recuperation.
It has only been five years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and Li Xingchen is actually very pleased that it has developed to this point.
Although industry and commerce can drive the rapid recovery of society, and the Chinese nation is a hard-working nation, how can it be so easy to stand up from the ruins of three hundred years of continuous war?
"The development of Nanyang should be accelerated." Li Xingchen said directly, "In addition, there is the Northwest Silk Road, which must be restored as soon as possible."
Li Xinchen doesn't care how much time and money the big man needs now. This is an issue that the Ministry of Revenue should be concerned about. What Li Xinchen needs to do is to obtain as much money as possible for the Ministry of Revenue and the world at the level of national strategy.
, which naturally shortens the time required for development.
Chen Shushen and Shen Jungao both nodded.
The development of Nanyang and the Silk Road may sound good in theory, but it is not that simple to implement. Otherwise, the officials of the imperial court would have already promoted it with all their strength.
After following His Majesty for so many years, their vision has long been no longer limited to China. Everyone also sees the real benefits brought by Nanyang.
Developing Nanyang may require investment in the early stage, but it will definitely be profitable in the later stage.
Shen Jungao cheered up, Nanyang is a land of alienation.
If their generation can truly make Nanyang their own, it will be able to leave a name in history. After all, the most impressive people in history books are not the big bosses who managed the world and benefited the people - the heroes in peacetime are often dismissed.
Ignore - but those heroes who opened up new territories.