Chapter 631 Chapter 630

Take the military pay of each army this year as an example.

The distribution of military salaries can be made closer to the end of the new year in nearby places, but in faraway places, it is already October, and even if it is issued immediately, it cannot be delivered before the year.

It is clear at a glance that the household department is dragging the salaries of those troops again.

If you want to say that there is no money in the treasury, then your household department will simply be poor to the end, and no one wants you, so we have nothing to say.

But two months ago, the Ministry of Household Affairs allocated 500 million taels of silver to repair the embankment of the southern canal.

Originally, this was fine. Building embankments was for the benefit of the people, and it was also what the court should do.

What's more, 500 million taels is a lot, but in the face of the military salary of all the first troops in the entire Qilin Kingdom, it is really not enough.

Therefore, the Ministry of War did not respond at first, and the military officers did not respond either.

Unexpectedly, in less than half a month, a piece of news came out:
——The section of embankment to be repaired with the money allocated by the household department was repaired only a few years ago, and there has not been a flood in the past few years after the embankment was repaired. Rushed to the point where it was in dire need of repairs.

Naturally, the Ministry of War was not stupid enough to trouble the Ministry of Households just because of a rumor, so they sent someone to investigate.

This investigation is terrible. It turns out that the reconstruction of the embankment there a few years ago was all made of inferior materials.

The best way to build river embankments is to use stone as the base, with glutinous rice pulp as the bonding material between the stones; worse, it must be mixed with crushed stone and glutinous rice pulp and then wrapped in sacks; but those People, actually only packed ordinary dirt in sacks.

Regardless of whether it is a good construction or an almost construction, after it is done, its firmness can at least protect the people on both sides of the strait for decades.

As for the soil, even if there is no flood, after being continuously washed by the river, as long as the sack is corroded, the soil in the sack will naturally be washed away by the water.

No, it persisted for a few years, and the embankment had to be repaired.

Of course, it can be said that it has nothing to do with the Ministry of Household Affairs.

However, people from the Ministry of War found out that among the people who had been greedy for the embankment repair money back then, there were people from the Ministry of Households; At that time, I didn't bring it to the court to talk about it, only the top few knew about it.

The reason why the Ministry of Household Affairs clearly found out the case of embezzlement of ink by repairing embankments but did not dare to report it was because the Ministry of Household Affairs did not find the embezzled money.

Can't afford to lose that person.

The Ministry of Households felt ashamed of the people there, and also feared that the matter would be revealed, so when there was a problem with the river embankment, it immediately allocated the money.

Well, the people in our Ministry of War are not unreasonable. You have to say that your Ministry of Accounts is wrong or something. At least you did not cover up your own people. In today's officialdom, this is already very rare. things.

But, in the end, it's hard to get over it.

It's just that the emperor agreed to build the embankment, and the people in the Ministry of War would never trouble the Ministry of Households for this reason.

The sky is the limit, that is to say, the people in the household department are not pleasing to the eye. When they meet, they will either snort or babble a few unpleasant words.

Just like this, the Ministry of Households still put on small shoes for the Ministry of War.

It's either that the people from the Ministry of War don't want to see the people from the Ministry of Households. The ministers have seen it with their own eyes, or that tomorrow, as happened to Qi Baoer, the official documents passed by the Ministry of War will always be rejected for various reasons. And dismissed.

Speaking of this, the Ministry of Human Resources and Accounts really is not targeting Qi Baoer himself, there is no grudge, Qi Baoer was a celebrity in front of the emperor when he was a child, and when he grows up, the emperor entrusts him with a heavy responsibility and is suspected to be the minister of the humerus A future star would be a fool to offend her at this time.

It's your own business to disown the newly appointed officials. What do they do with you in the next room?
It hurts to be idle.

But pure misunderstanding.

The people in the household department never thought that the documents from the Ministry of War would be handed over by the newly appointed minister.

According to the thinking of normal people, there is no one who will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility when he takes office. Don't they all have to be disowned first?

How could he know that Shang Chengfeng was a weirdo who was eager to throw out the things in his hands? !
Qi Baoer: "..."

So, is the Ministry of War so annoying?

Is it too late for her to resign now?

Obviously it was too late.

While listening to Qian Shilang babbling about the glory days of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, Shang Chengfeng's valet, Duhu, came to pass on the news, and Master Shangshu looked for them.

"My lord, I'd better come to your place for oral administration."

It was lunch time at this moment, Shang Chengfeng's servant had just brought his food to serve, when Qian Shilang came in, he was rude, he sat down and ate with chopsticks.

"It's just that you have a thick skin, and you come to this official to beg for food all day long." Shang Chengfeng gave him an annoyed look, rolled up his sleeves and sat down.

Pointing to the position on the other side of him, he greeted Qi Bao'er: "Qi Shi Ling, sit down quickly, and ignore Qian Shi Lang, he is used to being so shameless."

Speaking of Mei Tai, there is no lack of connivance in his tone.

Perhaps in other places, they would feel that they are so unruly, but Qi Baoer likes it, because there is less calculation and defense all the time, and more intimacy between people.

These days, Qi Baoer is often called by Shang Chengfeng to have a meal together, and she sits down naturally.

They don't have a rule of thumb.

Qian Shilang kept chopsticks, and gave a thumbs up, "Master, what we eat is the same as what you eat."

The chopsticks paused, and he suddenly remembered that there was someone richer than Master Shang Shu sitting here.

Suddenly, I felt that the food in my mouth was not so fragrant.

Each department has its own canteen, but the food inside is not free, and you have to spend money to buy food, but compared with the outside, the food in the canteen is cheaper and tastes better.

Qian Shilang's family was poor, and all three brothers went to the battlefield. Unfortunately, the elder brother died, leaving behind a young sister-in-law and a three-year-old nephew, and the younger brother is just an ordinary soldier.

There are old and young, and the widow and nephew left by the elder brother have to be raised, and the younger brother can't help for the time being; it can be said that the pressure of the whole family's food, drink and clothing is all on him.

The annual service of the servant is not low, but there are so many people to support, but the life of the servant is very tight without money.

It's not just Qian Shilang who is like this, but more than half of the people in the Ministry of War are living in poverty.

In the past, Shang Chengfeng was the richest person in the entire military department.

When his wife married in, she had a lot of dowry, including several shops in the capital.The Shang family is usually frugal, and Mrs. Shang's shop income has exceeded the daily expenses of the family.

No, Shang Chengfeng's annual bonus is all his own private money.

In the eyes of outsiders, Shang Chengfeng is lonely, he never socializes with others, and he doesn't spend much on drinking and tea;

The most expensive thing is to eat and drink when starting work.

As long as he is not on official business, he is easy to talk to his own people.

As a result, he became a big household that was often 'robbed' by his subordinates.

(End of this chapter)

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