I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 479 It's Actually About Money
Today is the construction day, which is the day that the workshop city construction team asked Qin Tian to supervise.

Zhao Xi had no choice but to wait in the Chui Gong Palace today... the princes must be going crazy.

Anyway, after working for almost a month, I finally finalized the structure of the new palace complex.

In the past month, he, Su Song, and Li Jie have been discussing almost day and night, and finally they are done.

Otherwise, it cannot start work.

As for the accusation of the Zhengshitang... I have to talk about it.

"All the ministers in the political affairs hall have an audience..."

Zhao Xi woke up from the stupor at the inner prisoner's shout, and rubbed his face with his hands... this time may not be easy.

Sure enough, the husbands were angry, as if they should have the anger to run into a wall at the construction site.

"Officials, why did you build the palace without the Zhengshitang?" Han Qi asked scoldingly.

His tone was not that harsh.He couldn't explain the reason, anyway, when facing the officials, he couldn't be as strong as he was when he faced the first emperor, even if he was right, he couldn't be strong.

But Zhao Xi was upset.

If Han Qi said that this season is not suitable for large-scale construction, he still has the heart to explain, but he can directly say "We have not been in the Zhengshitang...".Why?
"In the early years, the renovation of the inner garden was not connected with the imperial court. What's the difference now? Besides, the imperial court's permission is not required for the repair of houses by the imperial court."

What Zhao Xi was talking about was that in the early years he remodeled that piece of private houses, enclosing them all in inner gardens and turning them into food factory buildings.

"The two cannot be compared. The renovation of the inner garden in the early years did not involve the imperial court, did not use the imperial court's money and grain, and did not consume left and right treasuries...~"

Han Qi had already thought of such an excuse from the officials.

"Then dare to ask Mr. Han, did you report the money and food to the Zhengshitang for this construction? Or do I have a purpose and need to use the left and right treasury?"

The official's words made Han Qi depressed, and his already unhappy mood became even more depressed.

What the officials said is correct, the imperial court has always borne the burden of repairing the royal houses, so the Zhengshitang took the bottom line, leaving the imperial court with no spare money and food.

But the government didn't mention the expenses to the Zhengshitang at all.

"The Tian family has no personal affairs! Even the money and food in the internal treasury, don't do anything recklessly, spending too much!"

Seeing that Han Qi was at a loss for words, Sima Guang took over the conversation directly.

Tianjia has no selfish business?Zhao Xi really wanted to throw the tea bowl on Sima Guang's face.Is it possible that because they are emperors, the husband and wife London also need to report to the court?

But there is no way to say this.

"Mr. Sima's words are wrong. The so-called Tian family has no private affairs, which refers to matters related to the court, such as marriages, sacrifices, rewards, etc. It does not mean that the court should also know what dinner is eaten in Neiyuan today."

"For example, I don't care that the courtiers have maids who specialize in chopping onions, and they are paid five guan a month."

"As for the ministers and workers who are repairing and building houses, the specifications exceed the imperial court's regulations by a lot. How have I ever punished them?"

Zhao Xi's tone was calm, but the question he mentioned was very sharp.

So far, he is still presenting the facts and reasoning, hoping that the gentlemen will judge others by themselves, and worry more about political affairs when they have time, and don't get entangled in construction matters.

Zhao Xi really didn't want to trample on Zhengshitang's face too hard.

On the contrary, this sentence seemed to have stepped on Sima Guang's tail, and it became more and more exciting.

Then he started chattering...

The meaning is very clear, that is to say, the ministers and workers have acquired their current background and accumulation through several generations of farming and studying.Now is the golden age, and some enjoyment is also deserved.

Sima Guang is not a courtier who enjoys himself, so what he said is no longer out of his heart, it is purely a sophistry of persuasion.

Then I started rambling about using the past to explain the present, dragging out the sages one by one and starting to compare them.It made Zhao Xi feel that building this palace would become what he called a fool...

From the fact that the first emperor destroyed the Qin Dynasty because of the construction of the Afang Palace, to the fact that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty perished in the Sui Dynasty because of the construction of the Grand Canal... It means that after repairing the palace, it will be the end of the Great Song Dynasty.

At this time, Zhao Xi admired the legendary Wei Zheng and the former Emperor Taizong, and also admired his father for being able to do it with his mouth.

Because, at this time, he really wanted to throw the tea bowl on Sima Guang's face, and then kick the ground, slapping his face left and right.

Sima Guang was still talking for quite a while, and he didn't intend to stop.

Now is the time to discuss the current situation of the country, starting from the three redundant, talking about the threat of Liaoxia; from the severe drought in Hebei, talking about the rotation of armaments...

Zhao Xi suddenly lost the anger he had just now.Regardless of whether Sima Guang and these ministers were angry because of losing face, or worried that the court would be in debt due to large-scale construction projects, or simply for the purpose of persuading them to avoid making mistakes, their intentions were good.

As for the method...it doesn't matter to honest people.

"Zhongzheng, buy some tea for Mr. Sima... All the other ministers also watch the tea together..."

Zhao Xi quickly interjected at the stop where Sima Guang paused.During Sima Guang's debate, it was really not easy to interrupt.

I admire Wang Anshi a little bit, that's why he can fight old man Sima.

It is estimated that Sima Guang's mouth was indeed parched, and he was not polite with the tea, so he drank it in one gulp.

"Sima Xianggong, since the Taizu, it has been counted as five dynasties. My Zhao family should have some savings, right?"

"As Mr. Sima said, today's prosperous age...~ This seems to be inconsistent with what you said later about state affairs."

"Since the first emperor no longer received the court's salary due to the embarrassment of the court, the inner garden has always been self-sufficient and struggling to make ends meet. Due to the earthquake in the early years of Yanfu Palace, only the main hall is left usable, and it should be classified as a dangerous building."

"Besides, at the moment, Mr. Sima thinks that this is a large-scale construction project, which is a waste of people and money. But is it really a waste of people? Whose money is it hurt?"

"Nearly [-] disaster victims, nearly half of them are young and middle-aged. So many young and middle-aged people are gathered outside the city like this, and any disturbance will lead to catastrophe!"

"The Afang Palace of the First Emperor mentioned by Mr. Sima, or the Grand Canal of Sui Yangdi, are all caused by the turmoil caused by the whole country's civil service."

"The construction of the Yanfu Palace has activated a civil servant? You don't need to store money and food in the treasury, and you can find some livelihood for the young and middle-aged victims of the disaster, so as to avoid riots, and you can take advantage of the cheap manpower during the disaster year. Why can't it be done?" ?”

Every sentence of Zhao Xi was aimed at refuting Sima Guang's arguments.

I don't know if Sima Guang was distracted by a cup of tea, or if he was really persuaded by Zhao Xi, he didn't say anything, and he still held the tea bowl... It didn't quench his thirst.

Zhao Xi motioned to Wang Zhongzheng to continue pouring tea for the gentlemen.

"Officials, Taizu sealed the pile storehouse for Yanyun sixteen states..."

Wen Yanbo took advantage of this opportunity to block other channels for officials to spend money.

In fact, when the officials stated that they did not need imperial money and food, no one among Han Qi, Wen Yanbo and others felt the need to stop it.

In other words, the government has so many industries and earned so much money and food, it should be spent.

"As Wen Xiang said, earmarked funds are for exclusive use, how can the sealed pile warehouse be used to build palaces?"

It seemed that Sima Guang had also figured it out, and instead of continuing to argue, he continued to moisten his throat silently.

The next step is for Zhao Xi to explain to the ministers how to use the disaster victims and how to manage the disaster victims entering and leaving the city.

After all, the husbands came here because of money.

(End of this chapter)