Datang: I was exposed by Princess Changle

Even if it is a wealthy private businessman, maybe all the deposits exceed this figure?

Where did all the money from the household department go?

Why has the money in this household been in short supply?

There must be something tricky in it!

Last year, the tax revenue of the household department had reached its peak. Now that it is only summer, it is said that the household department is empty of money, which makes Li Shimin have to doubt.

At this time, Li Shimin shouted angrily: "It's just such a small amount of money, what is it enough for?"

Li Shimin slapped the table violently, and said coldly and furiously: "The household bank is empty again?! What great achievements have you done with so much money?"

"There is only so little money left in the entire household department, it is so poor!"

"If the folks find out about it, they won't be laughed to death by those wealthy businessmen!"

"The face of the imperial court has been lost by you!"

"Then Wei Guogong, tell me, how much money is needed for this disaster relief?"

"You say the least, say the least!"

The voice just fell.

Fang Xuanling hesitated in embarrassment and said, "Your Majesty, I have already done the calculations repeatedly last night."

"This disaster relief, even if it is at least 180 million taels!"

180 taels!

For ordinary people, this may be a huge sum of money.

But for things like disaster relief, it is really very little!

We need to open warehouses, repair dams, pay pensions, and help disaster victims rebuild their homes.

All these things add up, and the budget of 180 million taels is simply too much!

Li Shimin pondered for a while when he heard the words, and said with a solemn face: "The household department has a shortfall of 130 million taels of silver, where did it come from?"

All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay when they heard the words, and were silent for a while.

Your Majesty's words are too straightforward, right?

Fang Xuanling bit the bullet, and said with reverent hesitation: "Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the past practice, it is nothing more than reducing the salaries of officials."

"Also, it is to hold a grand court meeting and encourage everyone to donate money."

"Then, it is to encourage wealthy private businessmen to donate. In previous years, it was basically the same methods."

Open source and reduce expenditure, nothing more.

Li Shimin continued to ask in awe after hearing the words: "How much money is estimated to be raised?"

"Can you get 180 million taels?"

Fang Xuanling's expression darkened when he heard this, and he fell silent.

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Du Ruhui sighed helplessly, and then said with a heavy face, "Your Majesty, obviously not."

"Such measures have been used in all dynasties, but at most they can make up a fraction, and it may not even be possible to make up 10 taels, let alone 180 million taels?"

"My Majesty, fundraising has always been a huge problem."

A penny stumps a hero, 180 million taels stumps even an emperor!

As soon as this word comes out.

Li Shimin also had a faint headache at this moment, feeling that this matter was very difficult.

180 million taels?

I can't get so many of these things in a while!

After thinking about it for a while, Li Shimin said slowly: "Let's think of a solution together. Disaster relief is nothing more than a matter of money, food and manpower."

"For the food problem, maybe we can use the harvested food in the treasury to meet the emergency first, and then plant a batch of auspicious seeds immediately. Not to mention solving the problem, at least it can solve the urgent need?"

"As for the manpower, let all the officials of Henan Province work together, from the governor of the state capital to the lower-level yamen servants, everyone will go up!"

"If it's still not enough, we should urgently recruit a group of corvees in the local area and arrange for them to rebuild their homes as soon as possible, so that people's dissatisfaction will not boil over, right?"

"With this calculation, can the disaster relief expenses be greatly reduced?"

"If you really don't have enough money, you should act urgently, and get some from the treasury first."

After hearing Li Shimin's words, all the ministers' eyes lit up and their faces were filled with joy.

Changsun Wuji replied happily when he heard the words: "If that's the case, then we only need to raise the money needed to strengthen the dam!"

"Most of the silver taels needed for this disaster relief are actually used to buy food, which is the most important expenditure."

"If Your Majesty can solve the food problem, other expenses will actually be minor problems!"

"Perhaps this can really handle it!"

In the budget of 180 million taels, at least 120 million is needed to buy food!

Because eating is the biggest problem, starving to death will cause mutiny!

As long as the food problem of the victims is solved, other problems will naturally be solved.

The voice just fell.

Fang Xuanling took out a small notebook, and muttered happily: "Indeed."

"Because in the minister's budget, the cost of buying food is about 120 million taels."

"Because the fields of these people were washed away before the autumn harvest."

"That is to say, from now until next year's autumn harvest, they will not have the money to eat, and all of them will need relief and subsidies from the imperial court."

"The 120 million taels in the budget will last until the end of next spring at most."