Daming: I have a showdown, my father-in-law is the emperor

Chapter 73 How about a fight?
Just when everyone congratulated Li Yizhi one after another.

There was a discordant voice in the hall.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that all the silver earned by the Ministry of Commerce should be handed over to my household department. After all, my household department has always been in charge of Daming's finances."

It was Yang Chengye, Minister of the Ministry of Households who spoke.

An old man in his sixties with white beard and hair.

When His Majesty said that the Ministry of Commerce handles tens of millions of taels of silver every year, Yang Chengye had a bad feeling in his heart.

really.

He listened to His Majesty's wishes, and had no intention of handing over the tens of millions of taels of silver to the household department.

All of a sudden, Yang Chengye became anxious.

If this is done, which official will take the Ministry of Households seriously in the future and all go to curry favor with the Ministry of Commerce.

When Li Yi heard it, he was not happy on the spot, and stared at the Hubu Shangshu with a beard.

"Mr. Yang, what you said is wrong. Our Department of Commerce is responsible for the goods transactions with the Immortal Realm. This money will naturally belong to our Department of Commerce. There is no reason to hand over the earned money to your Department of Accounts!"

Li Yizhi had already started to scold Yang Shangshu secretly in his heart.

Old man, I have finally been promoted to the real power minister, and I can manage tens of millions of taels of silver every year. You, Yang Shangshu, started to stop me. Do you still take me seriously?

Yang Chengye ignored Li Yizhi's dissatisfaction, and continued to advise Chongzhen:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs has been in charge of the country's financial power since ancient times, and there is absolutely no reason to hand it over to other departments."

When Chongzhen heard what Hubu Shangshu said, he was a little embarrassed for a while.

After all, what Shangshu Hubu said made sense.

The Ministry of Households was established in the Ming Dynasty to deal with the country's financial problems.

If the Ministry of Commerce is allowed to be independent, it is really unreasonable.

Chongzhen looked at the Book of the Ministry of Rites, and then the Book of the Ministry of Households. He didn't know how to make a choice for a while, so he fell into deep thought.

Li Yizhi and Yang Chengye looked nervously at Chongzhen.

Including the other ministers present, they all wanted to know who His Majesty would hand over tens of millions of taels of silver to take care of it.

The scene suddenly became tense.

Li Yizhi and Yang Chengye looked at each other, their eyes full of gunpowder.

Chongzhen thought for a long time, but still had no idea.

Turning to look at Chen Fan beside him, he asked:

"Brother, what can you do about this matter?"

Chen Fan was enjoying watching the two ministers quarreling over tens of millions of taels.

Hearing Chongzhen suddenly calling him.

Chen Fan thought for a while, then said with a smile:

"Otherwise, if Li Shangshu and Yang Shangshu fight, whoever wins the fight will hand over the ownership of the tens of millions of taels to that department."

As soon as the words fell, the ministers in the hall looked at Chen Fan in disbelief.

Especially Shangshu Li Yizhi and Shangshu Yang Chengye looked at Chen Fan with wide eyes.

As if to say, let's fight, are you serious?

At this time, Chongzhen coughed.

"My dear brother, don't be rude. The two adults are highly respected people. Let them fight each other, and if word spreads, their reputation will be ruined."

Chongzhen was speechless at Chen Fan's incomprehension.

He figured it out. When he first came into contact with this virtuous brother, he was quite polite.

But after he had been in contact with Xiandi for a long time, and the two got acquainted with each other.

He found that this virtuous brother was sometimes out of tune.

Seeing everyone staring at him inexplicably, Chen Fan smiled awkwardly.

"Hehe! Didn't I see that the atmosphere at the scene was a little tense? Just kidding to liven up the atmosphere, I hope you don't mind."

"Actually, Master Li and Master Yang don't have to quarrel for the benefit of the Ministry of Commerce. The Ministry of Commerce can be said to be a brand new department, which is responsible for trade with Huaguo and has nothing to do with the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"The Ministry of Commerce is in charge of China's trade, and the Ministry of Households is in charge of Daming's finances. The two do not interfere with each other. That's fine."

Before Yang Chengye could speak, Li Yizhi hurriedly said:
"What the national teacher said is true!"

Hearing this, Yang Chengye looked anxious and was about to refute.

However, it is a pity that it is a step too late.

"Well, that's right, Brother Xian is right. The Ministry of Commerce will be responsible for the goods transactions with Huaguo, and the silver taels earned will not be handed over to the Ministry of Households."

Chongzhen looked suddenly enlightened.

Yes!

Brother Xian is right.

The two departments are in charge of their own affairs, and it is enough that they do not interfere with each other.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Seeing His Majesty's golden mouth open, Li Yizhi quickly knelt down to thank him.

Yang Chengye on the side looked extremely disappointed, and wanted to say something.

But in the end, it turned into a heavy sigh.

Because he knew that His Majesty had already decided this matter in front of everyone.

There is absolutely no possibility of going back on his words.

Looking at the disappointed Yang Chengye, Li Yizhi secretly smiled triumphantly.

Chongzhen didn't pay too much attention to the petty quarrel between the two ministers.

In his view, the Ministry of Commerce will inevitably have a lot of money in the future, and it is inevitable for the two ministers to compete for this.

"Okay, that's it for today. The few things I said, I will leave it to you, the first assistant, and you must do it well."

Finally, Chongzhen gave instructions to the chief assistant Li Banghua.

Li Banghua bowed quickly and said:

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust!"

Chongzhen nodded silently.

Seeing that everything has been explained, he raised his foot and was about to walk out of the side hall.

At this time, Chen Fan spoke.

"Brother, you arrange someone for the younger brother, and the younger brother will hand over the [-] million stones of grain."

Chongzhen's raised legs stopped instantly, and a look of sudden realization appeared on his face.

Yup!

They are discussing in full swing here, and [-] million stones of food are still not there!
Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen and ordered:

"Big Companion, take your virtuous brother and Li Aiqing, Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, to the treasury to hand over the grain, and take 3000 million taels of silver and hand it over to your virtuous brother."

"The slaves obey!"

After finishing speaking, Wang Chengen took Chen Fan and the two to the treasury.

The handover of food was relatively smooth.

Under the shocked eyes of Wang Chengen and Li Yizhi, it didn't take long for Chen Fan to fill the treasury with bags of grain.

Fortunately, Ming's treasury is large enough.

otherwise.

Really can't hold so much food.

Seeing that the [-] million shi grains had been processed, Chen Fan turned around and looked at the two with a smile and said:
"Eunuch Wang, Master Li, [-] million shi of grain is here, do you two need to count it?"

Looking at the two stunned, Chen Fan secretly laughed.

Just this little food will keep you down?

Wang Chengen, who recovered from the shock, stammered and said:

"My lord... my words... my words are too serious... I don't need to count them... I believe this servant... my lord..."

"That's right! Director Wang is right, and the lower officials also believe in Master Guoshi."

At this time, Li Yizhi, who was dumbfounded, quickly echoed Wang Chengen and showed his favor to Chen Fan.

When the two saw the food that was almost filling the treasury, they were already shocked.

Although the two had heard of [-] million stones of grain before.

But I haven’t seen it with my own eyes. I only know a lot, but I don’t know the specific concepts.

(End of this chapter)