to be so unforgiving.took a deep breath. Wang Fu-fu wanted to talk again, but he heard Wan Jiaojiao say impatiently, "Prince Wang wants to see Lord Wang. Lord Wang just goes. Where do so many words an...Chapter 303 Xu Changqing cries for poverty

"so fierce, are you not afraid to cause a backlash and public anger"

long Tiande sank into a voice.

long Huaiyu smiled and said, "once such a person ascends the throne and wins the world, he is either an emperor through the ages or a subjugated tyrant."

long Huaiyu saluted to long Tiande: "so father, on this trip, we should go."

"he killed a man and spread the word, implying that he did not intend to take the second path at present, or at least there was room for compromise, so what if we went to the capital and the East Palace and gave him such a face Interests are what we really want to take down. "

long Tiande frowned and said, "but if he goes, won't he admit defeat and be slaughtered at will"

long Huaiyu said proudly, "Please father rest assured that if there is a child, even if he is respected as a crown prince, he will not try to pinch us at will."

"now that I have read his mind, it is impossible for him to gain the upper hand everywhere. The child has his own way to deal with him."

long Tiande smiled happily and said, "well, since you are so confident, then you and I will go to the East Palace together. When will we leave"

"now!"

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"your Highness, the treasury is empty again."

Li Chen felt a severe pain in his temples when he looked at Xu Changqing, who was standing on the hall of Xi Zheng with his hands spread out and his face sad.

closing her eyes slightly and waving Wan Jiaojiao to rub her swollen temples, Li Chen said, "Xu Changqing, your household department is a bottomless pit. I can see a sound even if I copied tens of millions of taels of silver from my house a few months ago. How much time now, you tell me that you have no money again"

Xu Changqing said with a sad look on his face, "your Highness, you also know that now the imperial court wants money everywhere, and the micro minister is already careful, cutting some unnecessary expenses again and again, but he is still stretched."

"if nothing else, disaster relief money from various places alone has lost more than half of its savings in the past two months. coupled with natural disasters, local taxes cannot be collected at all. moreover, last year, the Holy Master issued a decree that tax corvee should be reduced by 50% in all disaster-stricken provinces to lighten the suffering of disaster victims for three years, and it was only the second year that there was no tax revenue."

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"there is no accounting on one side and huge expenditure on the other. At present, the court is so difficult that it is difficult to pay salaries to officials at the end of the year."

Xu Changqing secretly glanced at Li Chen's face and ventured to say, "as the New year is approaching, according to the usual practice, Chinese New year gifts will be given to officials on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. After a rough calculation of this account, there is still a shortfall of about 700,000 to 800,000 taels."

"Why do you need so much silver"

Li Chen opened his eyes and said angrily, "seven or eight hundred thousand taels, how much is that enough to do"

Xu Changqing hurriedly explained, "your Highness, the total number seems to be more, but there are more officials, and there is not much left if you share it with each official. In previous years, no matter how difficult the court was, the gift was slightly reduced at most, but there was always some return, but it was not easy for many officials since last year. It is not easy for many officials themselves. The court owes a lot of salaries yet, and the Lunar New year is approaching. Never let officials borrow money for the Spring Festival."

Li Chen snorted. Although he was extremely upset, he also knew that what Xu Changqing said was true.

the greed of being an official is endless, and Li Chen did not expect to build a court in which everyone is clean and every official is honest.

it is possible to put an end to widespread corruption and bottomless corruption, and there is hope through the reform of the system and supervision.

but fundamentally, it is still necessary to solve the problem of officials' own survival.

seeing that the family is unable to open the pot, how incorruptible officials can be expected

officials are people, not immortals, and they have to eat whole grains, so this expenditure really cannot be saved.crease their establishment. For example, a local guard station, according to the size of the guard area, if the imperial court stipulates that the full strength is 5,000, they will find all kinds of e...