Not once did I ask about the Navy.

In the military department, the navy is the army that grandma does not love and uncle does not love. The military department has said several times that it will purchase more warships and increase personnel.

However, all the proposals were quickly resolved by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Military Ministry also had its own ideas. The Army was constantly expanding, and this funding was also

There is only so much. If it is allocated to the navy, the army will reduce the corresponding payment. All the money is fixed.

In recent years, the royal family has spent a huge amount of money on large-scale construction of some palaces and so on. They want the navy to be the same as before.

It is absolutely impossible to expand. Even if it is temporary maintenance, it will not be much. The navy's salary can be seen.

Come out and see how big the gap is between their armies.

"Your Majesty, the Navy has not increased its military expenditure at all in the past 300 years. The warships are very old and usually

Maintenance is not timely, so they can only conduct some patrol activities in the offshore. When encountering pirates, there is no way

During the operation, our Military Department also discussed with the Ministry of Revenue many times the idea of ​​increasing military expenditures, but the Ministry of Revenue refuted them all.

It is said that the navy has no use now. The southern coast is very safe and there is no need for a large-scale military force there.

The navy's military expenditures are required to allocate 5 billion taels of silver every year according to the regulations of the empire, but now there is not even 5 million taels of silver.

Received, most of the money has been misappropriated by the Ministry of Household Affairs to other places, and our military department has no other way to raise funds.

Pay is the most important thing." The Minister of Military Affairs said helplessly. He actually didn't pay much attention to the navy, but

Now His Majesty the Emperor is angry. This matter cannot be brought to his own head, so he can only push everything aside.

When it comes to the Minister of Hubu, the Minister of Hubu became anxious when he heard this. What does it mean that I have misappropriated funds? The money of the Ministry of Hubu belongs to the state.

I will never touch a penny from my family. These funds are all used by His Majesty the Emperor, but he can’t say anything about this situation now.

If you come out and say anything, you will offend His Majesty the Emperor. What impression will it leave on the working people?

Everyone will think that the emperor has used military funds for his own trivial matters. What is this but a foolish emperor? The emperor wants the most.

What matters most is his reputation. Of course he will not bring this matter to himself. A minister will be in trouble. The emperor

The emperor is infallible at all times; the only ones who are at fault are their ministers.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the people around him angrily. The ministers below also knew that today's matter could not be that simple.

It was solved. A few people sat around and looked around. No one wanted to come forward to take on this matter. In the end, they all looked away and stood aside.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, saw the eyes of these people and understood what was going on? You want me to take the blame?

.That’s impossible. I didn’t make any mistakes, and I didn’t gain any personal benefits myself. This matter doesn’t matter to me.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance was also looking at the ministers around him, wondering who could help him take on this matter. He saw in the corner

One of the ministers is the minister of the Construction Office. This person may share some of the burden with himself. In fact, except for the minister of the Construction Office

The military department itself is also responsible for this matter. According to the regulations of the empire, they should make a plan every year, but

All matters in the military department are in favor of the army, and the military department does not have much thought about the navy. At this time, the Minister of Hubu was worried.

When the other people saw the look in the eyes of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, they all froze for a moment. It seemed that

This old boy wants to make this matter bigger. It’s no wonder. We didn’t help this boy at all just now.

Yes, it's not surprising that he has this idea now.

"Your Majesty, I am not confused about this matter regarding the Navy. I indeed have an unshirkable responsibility. I would like to apologize to your Majesty."

, I beg your Majesty to convict you of the crime, but I still have some thoughts of my own regarding the navy." Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance knelt down and said that he also

He is a veteran of two dynasties, and his words will have some weight in the court. His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand and asked this guy to stand up.

Said, the other ministers were going crazy. You, an old boy who relies on his old age and betrays his old age, began to explain his sins.

I guess we should find someone to shoulder the responsibility for the rest. The skills of such a guy are really amazing.

Sure enough, what this guy continued to say had little to do with himself, but a lot to do with other people.

"Your Majesty, the military department is also responsible for this matter. They only wrote in the plan to expand the sea in the first few years.

The plan of the army, but later on, they did not have any involvement in the matter of the navy. Our Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for managing the national economy and people's livelihood.

Naturally, it is impossible for our yamen to manage the affairs of the navy. Since they don’t have such a plan, why should we do this?

There is also the Manufacturing Office to be responsible for this matter. The Manufacturing Office has not been able to design new warships for the navy for several years in a row. Until now

Only the navy still uses the old models from decades ago. If you really want to buy a warship with silver configuration, you will have to use the old models from the past.

Model, what is the difference between this and no increase?" After hearing the words of the Minister of Household Affairs, the Minister of Military Affairs and the Minister of Manufacturing Office

People’s eyebrows were raised, you old guy, you really dare to say that. The two of them were worried before

I'm sorry, but I didn't expect that this old guy would speak so harshly, and they would target themselves first.

His Majesty the Emperor glanced at these two guys. These two guys should pay the price for their behavior. These two families

Everyone is also looking at the ministers around them. What should be done at this time is to involve more people. If this is the case

I guess you don’t need to listen to so many people. They may blame others for everything. At that time, it won’t matter.

If there are too many people who gossip, it is also an axiom in the court that the punishment should not be punished. The most important thing is to bring in a few powerful officials.

, in this case the emperor would probably pick it up heavily and put it down gently. This is also a way.

"Your Majesty, I think it is meaningless to discuss this now. No matter how we deal with this matter, it is basically

There is nothing we can do to save anything. What we must do is to find out who these people are and strengthen the South

For coastal defense, the empire immediately ordered the people in the manufacturing office to design the latest and fastest warships, and also allocated money from the treasury.

It takes time to earmark funds to do this. But if we don’t do it now, we will lose even more time.

"The grand master stood up at this time and said, he was thinking about the empire, of course, he also knew that this matter was going to happen.

If he continues to investigate, he will definitely be implicated. He'd better stop this matter. Grand Master can

He is a veteran of three dynasties. From the time of the emperor's grandfather, the grand master has been the grand master. Until now. So many years have passed.

Now, the official position has reached the highest level, the title is Grand Duke, and it is hereditary. It can be said that it has already reached the highest level.

He has reached the highest level. He has nothing to improve. Now his thoughts are just like this.

"That's right, even though I'm in a humble position, I believe that the Grand Master's words are reasonable, Your Majesty. This is a troubled time for our empire.

If you are held accountable, I am afraid that the entire imperial government will be thrown into chaos. This is not worth the gain, so

What we have to do now is to solve the problem instead of causing trouble within ourselves. I know your majesty

It's a very irritating matter. Why don't you just leave it to the Military and Household Departments to discuss it? If they do a good job, let them do it.

After they have made atonement for their sins, if they don't do well, then we can just forget it together." This is what the doctor in charge always does.

He often just comes out and messes around with things. Many ministers feel that this guy has nothing to do with anything.

How can he have such a high position? Now it seems that this guy also has his own affairs. At least he and Xini are very involved.

Okay, no one in the court said anything now. Everyone understands that this guy is still very good and does a good job, especially

Especially when it comes to His Majesty the Emperor, the Emperor himself is riding a tiger and is unable to dismount. If this matter is investigated, there may be a large number of people.

Officials have been implicated, but if they are not investigated, they will face difficulties.

But before any of these guys could come up with anything, something urgent happened again. A palace guard outside the door quickly ran in. It could be seen from what he was holding in his hand.

This is important news from the military department. Such things will not appear normally. They will only appear when there is an emergency war. Many people are whispering to each other at this time. What happened? This kind of thing has been happening for at least several decades.

It has never appeared before. The last time it appeared was the border dispute between the Southern Empire and the Northern Empire. Did something big happen again? His Majesty the Emperor obviously saw this too. The ministers who were talking saw the look in His Majesty's eyes.

I didn't dare to speak immediately. I couldn't remember it at this time, otherwise my end would be very tragic.

"His Majesty the Emperor, gentlemen, an urgent document has been sent from the Southern Province. Several counties and cities in the Southern Province were attacked on a large scale at the same time today, but nothing similar to robbery occurred. However, the common people

The panic is so great that many people have dragged their families and families out of the city and are preparing to go to the countryside. Especially the most severely attacked Yila County. Hundreds of thousands of people in the entire county have evacuated the city.

, became refugees, and the defense of the county and city has been accepted by the local militia, because all the regular troops have been killed." The soldier said, his words shocked many people here, damn, who did this?

Yes, why haven’t we investigated this matter clearly yet? Here it comes again.

It was really too much, too much. The Emperor of the Southern Empire couldn't control his anger at this time. He threw the top-quality tea cup to the ground, regardless of whether it was an antique that was hundreds of years old? How precious is such a thing?

, Among the common people, a teacup like this can allow them to live a stable life, and it is still popular for drinking spicy food. However, under the anger of the emperor, such a teacup also turned into pieces. She looked at this angrily.

The soldier who reported the news asked, "Who did it? Didn't the southern province send a detailed report?" The soldier shook his head in horror. He didn't know these things at all. He was working in the capital, how could he know about the southern province?

What happened in Xincheng, the emperor was also stunned at this time. What level was this soldier? How could he know that?

This is another plan of Li Cong. You must take this matter absolutely seriously. More than a dozen counties and cities are within Li Cong's attack range. However, these places have little robbery value, and they are not the same as the counties and cities in the Eastern Empire.
Chapter completed!