Chapter 484 Complaint

After the Mo family's affairs were revealed in a few words, Nan Xi invited the three of them to accompany her to the imperial garden.

All kinds of flowers in the garden are in bloom, and the garden is full of fragrance.

Her Majesty the Queen, who had just ascended the throne but had not yet taken over government affairs, invited her to enjoy the flowers. They chatted mostly about her daughter's family. The atmosphere was relaxed and leisurely. It was a rare leisure moment in the palace.

At this time, the atmosphere in the Imperial Study Room was not very good.

Xuanyuan Yao, who was supposed to be training in the military camp, was dressed in a brocade white military uniform. He stood upright in front of the dragon case with an extremely ugly expression. His usually calm and elegant face was covered with frost, and the corners of his lips were tightly pursed, with a look of anger on his face.

"The King of Huainan has been guarding Huainan all year round. The Huainan army consumes nearly one million taels of national silver every year. Now that the prince of Huainan is stationed in the imperial capital, he also controls the military and consumes the national silver. This is a big expense." Mr. Su said, "According to the rules, the soldiers and horses in the hands of Prince Huainan belong to the Huainan Army. The military salary should be taken from the Huainan Army's military salary. Calculated based on ten thousand people, twenty thousand taels will be allocated this month."

"Starting from this year, the army in my hands has officially separated from the Huainan Army." Xuanyuan Yao said coldly, "And what I want is not only the soldiers' pay, but also the equipment that needs to be replaced and purchased, and sophisticated war horses and saddles. Soldiers’ armor and weapons made of heavy gold—”

"Is it your family that Prince Yao will be the emperor?" Su Ce frowned, as if he had heard some joke, "You are such a big talker, I have to allocate one hundred thousand taels to you, one hundred thousand taels this month, and another ten thousand taels next month. Ten thousand, your mere 10,000 soldiers and horses have to consume the salary of 50,000 ordinary soldiers. Do you think the treasury has inexhaustible money? "

Xuanyuan Yao's voice was cold: "I have told you clearly that the equipment will only be paid out of this month's military pay. Starting from next month, the Black Obsidian Army only needs to be paid according to the normal pay. Mr. Su is hard of hearing and can't understand." My words?"

"You are so presumptuous!" Su Ce shouted angrily, "In front of the regent, is Prince Yao so unreasonable?"

He is in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs and has always been praised by others. All expenditures required by the Ministry must be approved by him. Even the generals in charge of the military often have to look at his face. Who dares to shout at him so rudely in these years?

The emperor is in charge of the dynasty, and the six ministries under him each perform their own duties. Under normal circumstances, the emperor will not interfere with the decisions of the six ministers. Unless the ministers do something contrary to the dynasty, act against the emperor, deceive superiors and deceive subordinates, violate laws and disciplines, otherwise it will be regarded as The emperor cannot always intervene.

The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of land, taxation, people's livelihood and other financial powers, so the power is naturally not small. As long as the officials of each ministry use money, they have to apply to the Ministry of Revenue. Officials under the Ministry of Revenue will review it layer by layer, and can not allocate it until the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue approves it. Out of silver.

Therefore, the Minister of Hubu has great power, and even the generals who have the power of military affairs often have to look at his face to act, because military pay is related to the livelihood of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers. If there is any violation of the rules, the case can be blocked or re-tried, which will delay the case for an unknown amount of time. Even if the case is brought to the imperial court, the Minister of Revenue can use various excuses to evade it.

If you want to get money directly, in addition to building a good relationship with the officials from the Ministry of Revenue, you also have to learn to be patient.

This time the Black Yao Army wanted to pay military pay, and they also needed to apply to the Ministry of Revenue according to the procedures. This process was complicated, but the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue felt that Xuanyuan Yao wanted too much and was against the rules, so he turned it back without thinking.

But he didn't expect that Xuanyuan Yao was so young and energetic that he would directly complain to the regent.

But Su Ce didn't worry about anything. He always acted in accordance with the rules and regulations, and had no intention of deliberately making things difficult. Even the regent couldn't blatantly violate the rules.

"The Obsidian Army is going to change its equipment this month?" Xie Shoufu, who was also discussing matters in the imperial study, turned to look at Xuanyuan Yao, seemingly surprised, "Why?"

Xuanyuan Yao said calmly: "No reason."

Xie Shoufu raised his eyebrows: "Prince Yao is quite angry today."

When Xuanyuan Yao heard this, his expression suddenly changed slightly. He immediately realized that there was something wrong with his attitude. He glanced at Rong Yu subconsciously, pursed his lips, turned around and bowed to Xie Shoufu to apologize: "Young general's words are meaningless. To the Shoufu Apologize, sir.”

Xie Shoufu smiled lightly: "Prince Yao is young and energetic, which is understandable."

Is that understandable?

His master probably doesn't think so.

Xuanyuan Yao quietly glanced at Rong Yu again and couldn't help but reflect in his heart on his gaffe today.

Fortunately, he is only staying in the imperial capital to train troops, and his temper has improved a lot recently. If it had been left in the past, with his attitude just now, I'm afraid he would have received a severe beating.

The most taboo thing on the battlefield is to be easily irritable and easily aroused by others, which will only cause immeasurable consequences. It is an unforgivable mistake for Rong Yu.

It's all because Su Ce, who has a lot of troubles, relies on a little power to dominate.

Xuanyuan Yao secretly made a note in his heart.

"The equipment of the Obsidian Army was replaced by my king's decree, because I want to build a sophisticated cavalry." Rong Yu held one memorial after another. At this time, he finally raised his head from the memorial, and his voice was so faint that he could hear it. Without any emotion, he said, "Mr. Su, just give the Obsidian Army money, you don't need to worry about the rest."

Su Ce's expression changed slightly: "But this is against the rules -"

"Whose rules are you violating?" Rong Yu glanced at him indifferently, and his tone of voice was not even higher, but it made people feel the pressure that could not be ignored, "Does this king's decree work?"

Su Ce's face tightened, he hesitated for a moment, and had to lower his head to accept the order: "Yes, I will order someone to dial the silver when I turn around."

Xuanyuan Yao couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips. At that moment, he really felt the pride of someone in the court. However, in just a moment, such pride disappeared.

Rong Yu's expression was calm and unperturbed.

But after Xuanyuan Yao briefly experienced the feeling of a villain's success, he couldn't help but start to worry. Would the master think that he was not doing a good job and complained about such a small matter and asked the regent to come forward to solve it?

If Su Ce was just a person in Huainan, he would have ordered people to drag him out and beat him up. However, the officialdom in the imperial capital is complicated and full of unexpected obstacles.

Today, it was just a question of military pay that stumped him. Will there be more things that he needs to deal with court officials in the future that he can't handle?

At this time, Xuanyuan Yao thought of Xie Jin for no reason.

He felt that he was really not suitable for the officialdom. If the same thing was put on Xie Jin, that guy would definitely be able to come up with a hundred solutions and easily make Su Ce suffer.

But I can only file a complaint.

Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Yao sighed deeply.

It is true that comparing yourself with others makes you angry.