Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 1040 1041 New People in the Office

 “The lower official’s proposal...” A few days later, in the office of the Imperial Finance Department of Wenhua Palace, Wang Yucai saw the beautiful imperial concubine Alice with some anxiety.

Frankly speaking, apart from her blond hair and blue eyes, Wang Yucai had to admit that the imperial concubine who was known as the most beautiful woman in Beiling at that time was indeed beautiful.

With the blessing of nobility, Alice sitting there can be said to fully meet all the fantasies a man has about a female boss in the workplace. She doesn't look like a mother of several children at all, and her figure is perfectly maintained.

But what made Wang Yucai nervous was not Alice's beauty, but what she was holding in her hand, a grant proposal he submitted yesterday.

 Chen Jing, the new vice minister, submitted to him a construction plan to expand the throughput of Beiyuan City Port. This plan was so ambitious that he even applied for a construction grant of 150 million Tang Yuan.

God knows where this guy Chen Jing got the confidence to ask for more than 100 million gold coins with just one mouthful: He Wang Yucai has been the Minister of Household Affairs in the Dahua Empire for so many years, but he has never seen what a real 100 million gold coins look like.

"Next time, just ask the secretary in the Attendant's Office to send this kind of proposal directly to you. Vice Minister Wang, are you bored? Send the application documents yourself?" Alice was already used to documents with such an expression.

 The Ministry of Industry really no longer treats money as money. A random project application exceeds 100 million, and some projects even cost billions or tens of billions.

This type of appropriation is actually not paid directly in one lump sum, but in installments. In fact, it is not that much. After all, the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Empire also served as the Ministry of Construction. The whole process was the Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Empire...

 What’s interesting is that this department is obviously two departments, but they have been developed together: the minister of the Ministry of Industry is Matthews, and the minister of the Ministry of Construction is Parker.

They are both ministers, and they have been partners all the way. Now there is an additional deputy minister, Chen Jing, but he has the weird title of "Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Construction".

“I think it is more appropriate for such an important application to be submitted by myself. If His Highness has any questions, there is no need to delay...” Wang Yucai explained. He felt that when dealing with such a huge amount of money, it would be better for him to come forward in person, expressing the importance he attached to the funds and maintaining good communication with the chief officer.

"If you make this little money yourself, you won't have to work in the future." Alice reminded her subordinates: "The allocation for the military can easily reach hundreds of millions, the funds for agriculture are also hundreds of millions, and the funds for industry are also hundreds of millions. There is a lot of money to build this place...You personally deliver it every time, isn't it because you occupy the position of deputy minister and do the work of the secretary in the attendant's office? "

"Next time you just need to read similar applications again and add your judgment and reasons for the decision." As a minister, Alice felt that most of the time, her deputy minister was not used to it, or was being used by those who were not familiar with it. The "deputy ministers" at work were fooled.

Wang Yucai bowed his head and said yes. After returning to his office, he saw another funding application from the intelligence department.

This funding application is very interesting: the funding application from the industrial construction department is very detailed, listing almost all the places where the money is used, and the money requested is well-founded. After reviewing it, Wang Yucai Venture seconded the agreement.

 He was a little worried that there was something wrong with his job, so he sent it to Alice. As a result, Alice also agreed to the application for the fund.

This application for activity funds from the Imperial Security Bureau is interesting: it is vague and barely mentions the specific use of the money. It just simply applies for 75 million expenses.

Wang Yucai, who has been working in the Household Department of the Dahua Empire, immediately became sensitive: Compared with the diligent and responsible industrial construction department, this Imperial Security Bureau is obviously a typical negative example: asking for so much money without explaining the clear purpose, your empire is safe. Are you kidding me?

Wang Yucai, who seemed to have caught a big fish, ignored Alice's reminder just now and came to Alice's office again with an application from the Imperial Security Bureau.

 He felt that this time, Alice would be furious, scold the Imperial Security Department, and reject the application.

Facts proved that he was wrong again: Alice told him that the expenses of the intelligence department would be as much as he needed... Until this moment, Wang Yucai finally knew how the entire Dahua Empire had been corrupted and destroyed.

It is only logical and natural that the Tang Empire’s defense budget is used for bribery and infiltration this year...

In addition, Wang Yucai finally realized how rich the Tang Empire was: the deposits in the financial department were bottomless, and the empire's ability to make money was even more astonishing. The Tang Empire didn't need to worry about its own expenses at all, because as long as Tang Mo issued treasury bonds and started borrowing money, there would be countless rich people outside waiting to take over.

In another office, Chen Jing was also crazy: he deliberately expanded the expansion of Beiyuan City port on the grounds that the Tang Empire did intend to build Beiyuan City and lay a solid foundation for a series of actions in the north in the future.

Chen Jing believes that since there is intention to expand, it is better to directly expand to the best condition and then connect a railway from Beiyuan City to Pingning.

This will put pressure on the original budget, so Parker decided to apply for an additional 150 million in funding. Chen Jing really didn't expect that such a huge investment would be approved as soon as it was approved. Even, he saw that his chief officer Parker did not show any expression of joy when he heard the news.

 In the Great China Empire, if the state allocated funds to the Ministry of Industry, everyone at the Ministry of Industry would be excited. Because this means that there are many more opportunities to get involved, everyone will get a lot of benefits, and everyone will make a windfall.

 But on the Tang Empire's side, the empire's huge increase in funding does not seem to be an exciting thing: it is just an ordinary job, and the money can only be used on projects.

Chu Muzhou was actually surprised. He and Roger got familiar with the work of the imperial prime minister, but found to their despair that the prime minister of the Tang Empire seemed to be just a mascot.

Roger has always been focused on agricultural work, and he rarely interferes with other matters. He is more like a minister of agriculture than a prime minister.

"Is it that the prime minister is stipulated to have only these responsibilities?" Chu Muzhou felt that he understood a little bit why Tang Mo dared to give him the position of deputy prime minister.

Hearing Chu Muzhou's problems, Roger felt a little embarrassed: "I don't have a strong mind, and I'm not very good at management, so I just don't care about those things and focus on the agricultural production of the empire... I can't let the people go hungry. Are you right?"

Chu Muzhou was stunned. He didn't expect Roger to say such words so directly. In fact, after hearing what Roger said, Chu Muzhou looked at Roger with admiration.

 A person can recognize his own shortcomings, avoid these shortcomings, and play his role in an appropriate position. This in itself proves that this person is a smart person.

 Throughout the ages, how many fools have thought they were smart? At this moment, Chu Muzhou suddenly understood why Roger could sit in the prime minister's position as secure as a mountain.

 Suddenly, Chu Muzhou remembered what Tang Mo said to him a few days ago: "Please help Roger, sir."

At this moment, Chu Muzhou even felt a little envious of Roger in front of him: he had gained the emperor's trust, and even the emperor was willing to say "help Roger more" for him.

 A prime minister has shortcomings in ability, but he can make the emperor prefer to find a deputy prime minister to help him rather than replace the prime minister - what kind of honor is this?

 “If I’m involved in finance, engineering and construction...” Chu Muzhou thought about it for a while and then asked tentatively.

"Of course, I can study on the side and see how Vice Minister Chu handles various government affairs." Roger said with a smile.

"Will it cause dissatisfaction from the departments below? After all, before..." Chu Muzhou felt that the other party was honest with him, and he should also learn to speak directly.

"No, if Vice Minister Chu thinks it's inappropriate, you can use my name. Your Majesty has given me the authority, but I'm afraid of causing trouble, so it's been useless." Roger said, "We don't have to express our opinions. When you understand the work of each department, it is considered supervision.”

Hearing that Luo Jie was willing to let Chu Muzhou intervene in other government affairs in the name of prime minister, he really felt that there was a huge difference between the court of the Tang Empire and the court of the Dahua Empire.

 The court of the Tang Empire was "simple and primitive", but it had almost no internal friction. Work is work, and everyone cooperates with each other. There is absolutely no fighting for power and intrigue within the Great China Empire.

This made Chu Muzhou feel very relaxed, and even felt like a "dead tree blooming into spring". It seems that he has been waiting for most of his life and finally has an opportunity that allows him to display his political ambitions and make the entire national machine work at his fingertips!

 In the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nangong Hong looked depressed at his newly arrived deputy Jiang Run. He can be said to be the most frustrated person in this "official supplement".

Originally, he thought that the position of deputy prime minister belonged to him, but the arrival of Chu Muzhou took away his position as a "counselor": Frankly speaking, in terms of ability, Nangong Hong, a village man from the mountains, was compared to the old-school king in the court. There is still a certain gap in Chu Mu Prefecture.

So this made Nangong Hong angry but couldn't let it out: the other party was indeed a more suitable option than him, and he really couldn't refuse to accept it.

Therefore, he could only hold back his resentment and instill the basic content of imperial diplomacy into Jiang Run with murderous intent: "Remember! We will never compromise! If the other party cannot meet our requirements... we can hand over the work to General Staff!"

 (End of this chapter)