However, Li Si and Feng Quji did not expect Ying Chen to bring up a question that was not easy to think of at his age and experience.
This was going to be interesting.
Li Si and Feng Quji exchanged glances.
In the end, Feng Quji's expression changed, and a line of tears flowed down his face."Your Highness, if you have seen it for almost four months, you should know how empty the treasury is!”
"Although the Guanzhong region has a bumper harvest and there will be nine million dans of grain stored in the treasury, the Guanzhong region is still in the middle of the war.”
"But Your Highness, you released 1,500,000 commoners and gave each of them a stone of grain. Now, 1,500,000 stones are gone!”
"The 300,000 commoners in the south who are repairing the spiritual canal and the 500,000 commoners in the north who are repairing the Great Wall require a million dans of grain a month!”
"Adding on the fact that Great Qin still needs to feed an army of one million or so, the amount of food that this army needs every month is at least one million dan!”
"There's also the salaries of the various officials and the money and food that Great Qin needs!”
"Right now, Great Qin's treasury is unable to make ends meet. There's no money or food at all!”
It had to be said that Feng Quji was able to throw away this face and actually cried about being poor in front of Ying Chen.
At the same time, Feng Quji was right.
However, Feng Quji only mentioned the money and grain in the national treasury. He did not say that a considerable portion of the money and grain was actually reserved and allocated by the local prefectures and counties.
Otherwise, if the soldiers and officials of Langya County wanted money and food, how could they transfer it from Xianyang, the capital thousands of miles away?
In the end, Feng Quji wanted the national treasury to have more profits.
After Feng Quji finished crying, Li Si coughed and said,""Your Highness, the world is poor and the treasury is in dire straits. There is simply too much money and grain that needs to be allocated.”
"Now that this subject sees that the inner mansion has sufficient money and food, Your Highness is thrifty and loves the people, and has the style of an ancient Saint King, so in this subject's opinion, it is better to consider the needs of the national treasury.”
Li Si and Feng Quji had been arguing so fiercely just now.
Now, when faced with the struggle between the Inner Residence and the National Treasury, they quickly united.
Furthermore, their coordination was so tacit!
One was crying, while the other was supporting him!
Good heavens, if his ears were slightly softer, he would probably have directly waved his pen!
"Alright, we'll do as you say!”
Therefore, the position of emperor was not so easy to hold.
The supreme being in the world would inevitably face the schemes of the world!
Because as long as they took a little from you, it would be a huge benefit for others.
Fortunately, Li Si and Feng Quji were doing this out of public interest!
The more money there was in the national treasury, the more stable the imperial court would be.
However, to the Emperor himself, the Inner Residence was short of money, so naturally, his life would be worse!
This was the contradiction between the ministers and the emperor.
Although Ying Chen was only the Crown Prince, as the Crown Prince, he had the full authority of the Emperor when Ying Chen wasn't around!
As such, he would have to face a struggle that would run through the entire feudal dynasty!
The struggle between the imperial power and the power of the subjects!
Most of the time, this kind of struggle was unbroken, but it continued from beginning to end.
At this moment, Ying Chen suddenly laughed!
He looked at the two prime ministers meaningfully.
"Are you done?"
Ying Chen was a little sarcastic!
Thud!
Li Si and Feng Quji were a little numb!
Ying Chen slammed the table." As important officials, you two are bullying me because you are young. You don't know politics, you don't know money, you were born in the palace, you don't know pain!"”
Li Si and Feng Quji were stunned!
It was over!
Ying Chen, the Crown Prince, understood all their thoughts!
Then what should he do?
Thinking of this, Li Si and Feng Quji immediately bent down and did not dare to say anything else!
Ying Chen had been the Crown Prince for close to four months. Whether it was Li Si or Feng Quji, they both had great respect for this Crown Prince!
Seeing the two prime ministers admit defeat, Ying Chen said,"I know that the national treasury is difficult, but you took my Quyuan Li so easily and still refuse to give me some money. Isn't that too much?”
Hearing this, Li Si and Feng Quji completely understood!
This person in front of him was not easy to fool!
"Your Highness, this…This subject…"
Feng Quji was more obedient than Li Si, so he was at a loss for words.
Li Si could not help but secretly look down on this cowardly old fox.
Unfortunately, Ying Chen wasn't prepared to let any of them off.""And Minister Li, I saw that you and Feng were fighting fiercely just now. Why are you working together now?”
When Li Si heard this, he did not bother to mock Feng Quji anymore and quickly lowered his head even more.
Ying Chen watched as the two prime ministers started to play non-violent non-cooperation with him. Ying Chen didn't want to continue to go around in circles with these two old foxes.
"40% of Qu Yuanli's money will go to the Inner Residence and 60% to the National Treasury!”
"It's settled then!"
Li Si and Feng Quji's eyes lit up!
"Your Highness is wise!"
In any case, good words did not cost money, but it was better than anything to be able to get more money and food for the national treasury.
Hearing this, Ying Chen smiled and shook his head,"You guys!"
Ying Chen smiled and shook his head. After which, he didn't say anything else.
From then on, the price of Qu Yuan Li was set.
Ying Chen did not ask about the specific promotion process. After all, this matter was left to Li Si and Feng Quji to handle. There was nothing that could not be done.
As expected, Li Si and Feng Quji were very efficient. Compared to the corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes that needed time to mature and bear fruit, as long as they figured out the structure, they only needed to pile up people to make the curved shaft plow.
As for the curved shaft plow that the government had introduced, it only cost 300 yuan to buy it. Countless people said that it was simply too kind.
For many farmers who did not even have cattle, this was simply an existence like a divine weapon!
After experiencing the benefits of this curved plow, many farmers were full of praise!
Just think about it, two oxen had to work themselves to death to plow one mu of land. Now, only one ox or even one person was needed to plow two or three mu of land. This change and difference was simply shocking!
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