Zhou Yanru regarded the Prime Minister as a cabinet and coughed, and it was considered a formal discussion.

A group of small eunuchs who had just stood in the corner like puppets in the hall immediately stepped out softly.

"It's still the same rule." Zhou Yanru said in a low tone and spoke slowly. "Let's calculate how much more expenses you need this year, and then let the prince contact Sihai Bank and appropriately increase the amount of bonds to raise money according to the expenses."

"Wait a moment!"

A voice interrupted Zhou Yanru in an inappropriate manner.

Zhou Yanru just started to look at the tone, and he felt good about himself, but Liu Jun interrupted him rudely. He still had a lot of things he had thought about long ago and couldn't say it all at once, and it was blocked in his throat, which was very uncomfortable.

His face was flushed and he almost slapped the table.

Turning his head over and glaring at Liu Jun angrily.

"What does the prince have to say? I can't wait until I finish talking about it? This is the Prime Minister's Office, not the vegetable market! What about the court etiquette and the demeanor of the minister?"

However, Liu Jun was not suppressed by his big hat at all, but just smiled coldly.

"Since the Prime Minister wants to be etiquette and demeanor, then I ask, since today's meeting is a meeting of the Prime Minister and all the participants are important officials in the court, why does the Prime Minister not invite His Majesty to come and listen to the affairs of such an important meeting?"

Liu Jun's sudden attack made Zhou Yanru stunned at that time. The emperor who had just ascended the throne was only twelve years old. It was because of his young age that he had a life-threatening minister. What did the emperor know?

But Zhou Yanru couldn't say this directly. After all, even if the emperor did not take charge of the rule, he had the right to follow the rule. Regardless of whether the emperor understood it or not, he had the right to attend the meeting. Liu Jun pointed out this, but Zhou Yanru could not openly refute it.

Originally, Zhou Yanru was too lazy to go through this motions. Anyway, the emperor couldn't understand it even when he came.

"My dear lords, I believe that it is better to abide by the etiquette of the court. Eunuch Wang, please ask Your Majesty to come and listen to the government." Liu Jun said to Wang Chengen, "Although Your Majesty is still young, it is because of this that he needs to listen to the government more and more. It is not the way of a minister to put the emperor aside at such an important meeting."

"What the prince said is that our family has neglected, so we will go to invite Your Majesty in person right away." After Wang Chengen said that, he ignored Zhou Yanru and bowed directly to Liu Jun and went out.

As soon as Wang Chengen left, the other eunuchs in the eunuch also followed behind.

Zhou Yanru stood there, looking left and right, and finally had to glar at him hatefully and sit back. Sitting there, gasping heavily and staring, blowing his beard and staring, very depressed.

Zhou Yanru thought in his heart that the Prime Minister's Office was the same as the cabinet, and he was the chief minister in the cabinet. In the Prime Minister's Office, he was also the chief minister of regent. Therefore, he should have the final say here. Zhu Ciye was just the last minister of regent, and he was still a martial artist, just sitting there obediently.

The emperor had already moved into the Qianqing Palace, only a Qianqing Gate was separated from the Prime Minister's Office. He was a little surprised to see Wang Chengenlai invite him.

When Wang Chengen said what had just happened at the Prime Minister's Office, Zhu Cilang was amazed. He was only twelve years old and was a boy. He was the most sensitive at this age, especially when he had just lost his father and ascended the throne and became the emperor. He had not yet adapted to the change of identity.

But in his heart, he still hoped that his ministers would respect him, the new emperor.

Originally, if Wang Chengen had not invited him to attend the meeting of the Prime Minister, he would not have thought of anything. But now Wang Chengen came here to invite him and then said Liu Jun's words at the meeting, Liu Cilang immediately felt that Old Man Zhou was a little disregarded, and the emperor's brother was his own person after all, and he was willing to stand on his own side and speak for him at this time.

When he thought of the 200,000 silver dollars given by the emperor's brother a few days ago, he later donated 300,000 silver dollars several times, which totaled 500,000 silver dollars, which made his treasury much wider. He wanted to reward a palace maid and eunuchs and give gifts to the two palace queen mothers and concubines, so he no longer had to worry about having no money to use it.

Zhu Cixuan immediately dropped the book and sat in a carriage to the General Office Hall on the west side of the square outside Ganqing Gate.

"Long live my life when I meet your Majesty."

The ministers quickly knelt down to worship the emperor, and Zhu Cilang was a little unfamiliar and let everyone calm down.

Wang Chengen welcomed Zhu Cilang to the top and sat down.

After a while, the hall calmed down again.

"The meeting began." Liu Jun first asked Zhu Cilang for advice. After getting his nod, he turned around and said loudly to everyone.

Zhou Yanru's tone had not yet been suppressed, but he stood up and was about to speak.

But Liu Jun suddenly interrupted him.

"Please wait a moment."

"What's the matter?" Zhou Yanru felt that Liu Jun did it on purpose.

Liu Jun stood up and bowed to Zhu Cilang first, and then replied to Zhou Yanru, "That's right, I found that the meeting was still missing. Your Majesty, my grandparents, the meeting of the Prime Minister is very important. Of course, someone must record it truthfully and archive it."

"The prince said it is reasonable." Liu Zongzhou expressed his support, "It should be recorded and recorded truthfully and completely. It should not only be used as archives, but also the meeting minutes of the Prime Minister's Office can be submitted to His Majesty for browsing and reviewing in the future, which is also a way to learn governance."

Finally, Wu Yan agreed and the matter was settled.

The Prime Minister's Office added a group of officials to specialize in recording the content of the meeting and sorting out the archives. Originally, Wang Chengen proposed that some small eunuchs could be transferred from the Sili Supervisor to be responsible for this work, but Liu Zongzhou directly refused.

The Prime Minister's Office is so important, how can a group of eunuchs come in, even if they are officials. Finally, it was decided to select a group of young Shujishi from the Hanlin Academy to take on this simple but important task.

Finally, it was even confirmed that each of the four ministers of the Responsible Affairs had a team of officials who served them to assist them in their work in the Prime Minister's Office. After all, the four ministers of the Responsible Affairs still held other important positions and could not be completely entangled in the affairs of the General Office.

"What else do you have to say? Let's finish what you have."

Zhou Yanru opened his mouth and was about to continue, but stopped again, then turned to Liu Jun and asked him.

Liu Jun smiled, "Since Master Zhou asked, I really have a few words to say first." Liu Jun was not polite. If he sat in the prime minister honestly, he would definitely not have any say at that time. He took such a hard time as the minister, and he was not here to be the audience.

Take the initiative and have to fight for it yourself.

Today's first meeting of the Prime Minister's Office was a good opportunity that should not be missed. I had already started a good start just now, and what I need now is to take advantage of the victory.

"Your Majesty, all the sirs." Liu Jun took the conversation without hesitation. "Today's meeting was mainly financial issues. Although Master Zhou only mentioned it, he also mentioned some plans. Master Zhou planned to calculate the expenses this year first, and then issue bonds based on it, and add more."

Speaking of this, Liu Jun paused for a moment and then smiled.

"Although Mr. Zhou only mentioned this plan, I have to tell you first. This plan is really infeasible. Finance is a big problem, especially when the court's financial situation is so difficult, how can it be so casual?"

Zhou Yanru didn't expect that Liu Jun would fire a cannon at him as soon as he came up, and he was extremely angry.

He couldn't help but shout, "Why do you mean so casual? The prince must make the words clear, or if you have any better plans, say it, if you have one, listen. If not, then don't stand by and say sarcastic words."

"Gei Master, I really have some plans for this." Liu Jun smiled. The more Zhou Yanru showed anger, the more he would lose points in front of the emperor and everyone.

"Your Majesty, financial issues can be said to be the top priority. Especially now, you can't be careless. If you follow Master Zhou's plan, you will be a mess. Even if you are a small family, you know that you have to be careful in your calculations. The more you are on the tight end, the more you need to plan well. How can you be so casual?"

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the current financial situation of the court is at a very critical moment. The bandits in the northwest are in chaos, tax resistance in the southeast, and famine in the Central Plains. The court needs a lot of money and food to restore the defense of western Liaoning outside the pass. The capital and border towns also have serious owes. If you don't pay food and food, you're afraid that there will be trouble at any time."

"In the past two years, the imperial court has issued 50 million silver dollars in bonds. It is not realistic to issue a large amount of bonds to solve the financial crisis in a short period of time. Moreover, many of the bonds issued before have expired this year and need to be repaid. In short, the imperial court must raise funds from multiple sources, make careful calculations, and allocate the funds carefully to overcome the current difficulties."

The court is a bottomless pit. If they really let them ask for it, no matter how much money Liu Jun has, it will not be enough for them to squander. Liu Jun's money can be lent to the court, but it must be led by him. Moreover, if the money is lent out, it must be exchanged for enough things.

Must get value for money.

One hand is a cannon, the other hand is silver dollars, and money plus cannons. This is the capital for Liu Jun to establish himself in the court and usurp power step by step.

"Then what good ideas do you have?" Zhou Yanru was about to be angry today.

"Increase the source and reduce expenditure, and be careful in budgeting. Spend all the limited silver dollars on the edge. The cabinet will first and report the budget items needed this year, and we must do a detailed and thorough job. Then, we will review these budget tables and allocate the silver dollars in our hands, and do the most important distribution first."

"Geor, what do you think?"

Zhou Yanru disagreed with Liu Jun's words. The court was waiting to use money everywhere. The more than one million troops newly reorganized by the court needed a large amount of food and pay every month. Now almost all the soldiers and horses in various places owe pay, two months or more, more than half a year. Moreover, although the western Liaoning has been replaced by peace talks, it is necessary to rebuild the defense in western Liaoning, and a large amount of money, grain and materials are needed.

In addition, which one does not need money to suppress bandits and rescue disasters and people in the northwest and Central Plains?

Although it has passed more than half this year, it is absolutely impossible to solve the problem without 20 million silver dollars. In a word, you can't afford to pay for the money. No matter how beautiful Zhu Ciye's words are, it is useless. Zhou Yanru even wants Zhu Ciye to say more beautifully and make more high-profile so that he can blow his face hard. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!