Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

There is a fight for the carriage!

There are also people in Di Bao who are secretly printing!

As for the road construction team, there were also obstacles!

What kind of abuse of people's power...

What costs too much of the country's money, or the court's financial resources are insufficient...

All this is done by the Ministry of Revenue to settle accounts for Zhu Di and all the officials in the court!
  Of course, there were also a few censors among them, with pitiful faces, which made Zhu Di very upset!
  "Okay, okay!"

"Ministry of Revenue, we know that the court spends a lot of money every year, but don't you know how important the cement straight road is to the Ming Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, even the humble ministers know that a straight road is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

However, every year the Ministry of Revenue issues year-end bonuses to hundreds of officials, year-end bonuses to the feudal princes and clans, and millions of dollars in salary to the soldiers and generals at the border...

In addition, last year, Raozhou Prefecture and Guangxin Prefecture were hit by floods. The imperial court spent [-] silver for disaster relief and [-] dan for food!

There was a drought in Yan'an Prefecture and Pingyang Prefecture. The imperial court spent [-] taels of silver for disaster relief and [-] dan of grain..."

Above, Zhu Di's face turned dark as he looked at Yu Xin, the Minister of Household Affairs, who had numerous treasures.

"We are aware of the difficulties faced by the imperial court, but we will also contribute half of the money from our internal funds. Last year, if we had a cement straight road, we could have completed the disaster relief for Yan'an and Pingyang Prefectures with only half the silver and grain!"

Zhu Di knew that Yu Xin was different from other officials. He was an official recruited by his father with civilian talents. From the beginning, he made Yu Xin the head of the household branch to handle internal funds.

Moreover, his father had a very good eye for people. Yu Xin was a wise minister, moral, well-founded in everything he did, and he thought about the Ming Dynasty!
  Unlike other officials, especially those censors who have been noisy on the side!
  He talks about benevolence, justice and morality all day long, but in fact, men steal and women prostitute behind their backs, they are selfish and have no morals at all.

He was just too lazy to argue, but he was not a confused emperor.

Yu Xin looked at Zhu Di with a serious face, "If your Majesty really cares about the people, I will ask your Majesty to use all internal funds to lay cement roads!

Your Majesty, the New Year has just passed, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has to allocate a large amount of money, but it is already empty. I really can’t stand the trouble! "

Zhu Di: "..."

He was already extremely distressed to ask him to pay half of the fee, but now he was asked to pay it all?
  How can this be?

On the side, a group of officials watched with bright eyes and admiration.

Mr. Yu is really the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and he can be so tough on His Majesty, and what he says is well-founded, making His Majesty speechless!

In fact, what they didn't know was that Yu Xin was also worried.

He was so determined to contradict Zhu Di. He also had selfish motives. Hubu really had no money!

He can only be a person who likes to do practical things and does not like to be in the limelight.

Now, the money coming in from the Ministry of Household Affairs every year is not as good as the money coming in from internal funds!

However, the money spent by the Ministry of Household Affairs is several times the internal funds!
  Every day, he couldn't sleep day and night when he saw so much money entering the internal funds, but it was buried in the dark!
  Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Zhu Gaochi who was standing aside. "I have such great trust in you. It's time for you to join me in defending Yu Xin, this stubborn ass!"

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but lower his head, "Father, when you told the teacher, didn't you want all the money to be paid from internal funds?"

He is responsible for the cabinet affairs, and he also knows how difficult it has been for the Ministry of Household Affairs in recent years!
  Seeing that there is so much money hidden in the internal funds, he, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, also wants to spend it
  As the teacher said, money that is hidden and not used is just a pile of dung, which is useless!
  Seeing this, Zhu Di's eyes widened and he was disappointed!
  This useless traitor actually unites with outsiders to fight against him!

The more he thought about it, the angrier Zhu Di became, and he waved his hand heavily, "We will discuss this later!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

……

That night.

Inside Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Di called Zhu Gaochi over and scolded him angrily.

Zhu Gaochi defended stubbornly.

……

The next day.

Zhu Di took Zhu Gaochi and angrily came to Dinghaihou Mansion.

"I have met His Majesty! I have met Your Highness!"

"Sit down and talk!"

Zhu Di still looked unhappy.

"The minister obeys the order!"

After Yi Yan sat down, Guo An slowly looked at Zhu Gaochi aside, his eyes full of questions.

Zhu Gaochi had a sneer on his face. Guo An understood something, and slightly raised his hand to Zhu Di, "I dare to ask your majesty, but what troubles have you encountered?"

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly and roughly recounted what happened yesterday. The more he spoke, the angrier he became.

"Guo Qing, you traitor, we have saved so much money just so that we can live a prosperous life in the future!

This treacherous son is very good. He actually doesn’t help us. He also feels that it’s a pity to keep all the money in his heart. He doesn’t want to help us at all..."

Guo An couldn't help but look helpless, standing in the same camp as Zhu Di.

"What your Majesty said is correct. His Royal Highness is indeed doing something wrong in this matter!"

Zhu Gaochi was startled.

Zhu Di looked satisfied.

In the Ming Dynasty, only Guo Qing understands him best!

Guo An continued: "Since ancient times, there have been allusions about promoting rice's kindness and fighting against rice's hatred.

Your Majesty's move is also to let all the court officials know that the internal funds are your Majesty's personal purse, and the Ministry of Revenue is the Ming Dynasty's purse!

To pave concrete straight roads for Ming Dynasty, Ming Dynasty’s money should be used!
  These two cannot be confused!
  Otherwise, the more such things happen, the more those courtiers will focus on His Majesty's internal funds.

This wind cannot last long..."

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Zhu Gaochi was thoughtful.

Guo An continued: "The most important thing is that His Majesty is not wrong in this matter, and what His Highness thinks is right, but Your Majesty is both a king and a father.

No matter what, when facing outsiders, His Highness should fully support His Majesty..."

Zhu Di was even more happy and glared at Zhu Gaochi, "We have let you, a traitor, study with your teacher for so long, but you, a traitor, haven't even learned this yet!"

Zhu Gaochi had a sneer on his face, "Please forgive me, dad, it's the child's fault!"

Zhu Di looked proud.

But at this time, Guo An said: "However, Your Majesty, I also feel that what Your Highness said is reasonable. Money that is hidden and not used is like dung, worthless..."

"..."

Zhu Di looked at Guo An with a surprised look on his face, his eyes full of thoughts.

Guo An said again: "Your Majesty, I think that since your Majesty has enough financial resources to pave roads, then all the internal funds should be used!"

Zhu Gaochi was taken aback.

Zhu Di's face stiffened and his eyes widened, "Didn't Guo Qing just say that the internal funds should be separated from the household funds?"

Guo An smiled softly and explained: "Your Majesty is absolutely right, but Wei Chen didn't explain it clearly!"

Zhu Di stared at Guo An closely to see what thief Guo could tell!

Guo An also understood what Zhu Di meant, and just smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty, you can regard this straight road as a project or a profitable business, and invest in its construction!"

"Engineering, company name?"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi both frowned.

"What Guo Qing means is that we use this straight road to make money?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An flattered.

Zhu Di asked with a puzzled look on his face: "How can Zhidao be used to make money?"

Guo An smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, as long as business flourishes, the straight road will be very profitable!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were still puzzled.

Guo An had already expected this.

After all, in this era, except for those 'mountain guys' who only know how to make money roughly, no one would ever think of making money on straight roads!

Little do they know that fair and honest fees are the most profitable projects!
  ... (end of this chapter)