When it was Wei Yang's turn to report, Ouyang Shuo pointed out.

"Tell Pei Yun that the Civil Affairs Bureau should urge all counties to prepare for disaster relief grain and use it as one of the assessment indicators for civil affairs officials. In addition, the court should take out one million gold coins and set up a disaster relief emergency fund, which will also be managed by the Civil Affairs Bureau in case of emergency needs."

Since Gaia released the natural disaster system, it is impossible for him to be without action.

In the past four years, the wilderness has been in good weather and there has been basically no famine. Even Daxia has been neglected at the disaster relief and has no preparations. It seems that good weather has been taken for granted.

Therefore, Ouyang Shuo wanted to propose it specifically.

"clear!"

Although Wei Yang was a little confused, he still nodded.

Next, Finance Minister Fan Li mainly talked about the issue of Gaia's transfer payments. Fortunately, the court had no intention of provoking a civil war in Gaia for five years, and subsidy expenditures would not increase much.

Datou is still in iron ore procurement.

Previously, domestic iron ore only counted the mining cost, and purchasing from Australia would cost real money. Including coal and other metal ores, it is estimated that 8 million gold coins would be required to prepare a purchase of 8 million gold coins.

Although this expenditure is basically in the accounts of [Shushan Iron and Steel Group] and [Canglong Military Industry Group], the real money and silver that needs to be prepared is real.

Currently, there are only eight territories left in China. [Yanhuang League] and Luofeng City's weapons and equipment are self-sufficient. They will not place orders from Daxia, so they can basically only digest them internally.

Of course, the highlight is still in the Privy Council.

The military expenditure is huge and has been criticized by the Minister of Finance Fan Li. Military Minister Du Ruhui has already developed a "shame-skinned" and remained unmoved, saying directly: "There are several major wars next year, including the war against Annan, the national war against Japan, and the battle for the Hawaiian Islands."

"There are still several wars that are unpredictable, such as fighting against Nanzhang and Zhenla near Annan, whether to fight or not, it will take until Annan to decide. There are also Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Algeria, where the royal family of Moroccans, are all unstable factors and may provoke the end of the battle at any time."

"There is also the country. If the [Yanhuang Alliance] uses troops to the Western Chu, we will be involved in it even if we cannot do it. How to fight and what extent it will be determined by the time."

"There are also the problems of Tubo and Western Turks, as well as the problems of the three royal cities of Quanzhou, Dali and Chengdu, and the foreseeable problems of Western Xia and Mongolia, and there are too many uncertainties."

Du Ruhui talked endlessly, but Fan Li's face became darker and darker. If we really wanted to follow this situation, the Finance Yuan's money would not be enough for the army to consume.

But every sentence Du Ruhui said was reasonable, which made Fan Li unable to argue.

The words are not over yet.

"It can be foreseen that Gaia needs to expand its troops by more than 300,000 in five years. At least one corps vacant from the Imperial Guards and three corps vacant from the Flying Bears Army. Then there is the navy's dressing, especially the three ocean liners. It is urgent to change clothes, which is a huge expense."

"The Privy Council estimates that Gaia's five-year military budget is at least more than 28 million."

Du Ruhui's words are definitely not empty talk. It seems that Gaia only needs to expand his army by about 300,000 in five years, but his military expenditure has increased by 10 million gold coins at once, which is somewhat unimaginable.

In fact, the Eagle and the Feixiong Army were only formed at the end of the fourth year of Gaia, and the Imperial Guards, City Guards and other armies were only completed in the second half of the year.

Therefore, these troops did not occupy the entire year's military pay. A small half of Gaia's 18.5 million military expenditures in four years were spent on the battlefield and post-war pensions, and the army was reorganized.

It was only in the five years that Gaia had huge military expenditures gradually showed its power.

When Fan Li and others heard this, they took a breath. If this is the case, even if Gaia's fiscal revenue in five years reached 100 million gold coins, there would be no surplus.

Even if one is not properly operated, any budget may be overspent, and it is no wonder that Fan Li's face became worse and worse, and the financial pressure was pressed on him, the Minister of Finance.

Ouyang Shuo was unmoved, "To add, in the future, the Navy will purchase more than 2 million gold coins from Lemoria every year, and this expenditure will also be included in the military budget."

“…”

Fan Li was already speechless.

If the amount of iron ore is also considered as military expenditure, then the entire military budget will account for 40% of fiscal revenue, a very terrifying proportion.

This is also impossible.

The world is not peaceful and war is inevitable, so military expenditures will naturally rise. Even in peacetime, Russia's military expenditure in the 21st century accounted for about 14% of fiscal expenditure.

Speaking of which, Ouyang Shuo has paid great attention to controlling the size of the army. Not only has he significantly abolished the local security divisions, but he has also eliminated a large number of soldiers.

Otherwise, the Imperial Guards and Feixiong Army would have already reached full franchise.

After finalizing the fiscal budget, Ouyang Shuo concluded: "The dynasty's achievements today depend on your sincere work and loyalty to the country. It is just a road to kingdom. If you don't advance, you will retreat. You still need to continue to work hard and prepare the annual fiscal budget before the Spring Festival break."

"Abide by the king's order!"

The ministers responded with a loud bang and looked excited.

"Scattered!"

Ouyang Shuo stood up first and walked towards the back hall.

"Greatly send me the king!"

Only when Ouyang Shuo disappeared completely did the ministers disperse. On the way, there were also people who gathered together to talk, and there seemed to be differences in closeness and distantness.

Among the ministers, Yan Song, the new cabinet master, was the most lonely, walking slowly on the marble steps.

Among the ministers, Yan Song, the "treacherous prime minister", was really criticized. Ouyang Shuo made arbitrary decision and sent Yan Song directly to the cabinet. The ministers below were very complaining.

Qingliu like Wei Zheng and Hai Rui were even more angry. Especially Hai Rui, the governor of Qiongzhou County, not only lived in the same era as Yan Song, but also had direct intersections.

Hai Ruike has made a lot of efforts in the "reverse strictness" actions in history.

When Hai Rui learned that Yan Song had entered the cabinet, he wrote a letter, which was rejected by Ouyang Shuo. He only replied: "Do you think I am Emperor Jiajing?"

Hai Rui immediately silenced.

After a few years in Daxia, Hai Rui certainly knew that Daxia was really different from the Ming Dynasty in history. The king's civil and military achievements were rarely seen, and it was comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu.

Compared with the King of Kings and Jiajing, that is really an insult.

After thinking about it, Hai Rui could only understand that the king valued Yan Song's talent, and did not intend to indulge the Yan father and son as abusing power as Jiajing.

Later, when he learned that the king Yan ordered Yan Shifan not to enter the officialdom, Hai Rui was both ashamed and excited, looking north and bowing, and said affectionately: "The king and the father are wise!"

Yan Song seemed to be very concerned about the criticism of the outside world, and was familiar with the officialdom of the Daxia step by step. After a long time, he saw that Yan Song did not do anything out of the ordinary, so he naturally had less criticism.

Besides, talking about the misunderstanding of the cabinet master is an extremely dangerous thing in itself.

Not criticizing does not mean being close. You can see Yan Song's lonely figure.

…………

Ouyang Shuo returned to the imperial study room. As soon as he sat down, Qingyi handed over a cup of hot tea.

There is a tacit understanding between the two.

"Thanks!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, and half of him was a subordinate and half of him a friend to Qingyi.

The relaxed atmosphere in the imperial study room was exactly what Ouyang Shuo liked. He didn't want to hold the airs of King Xia in front of his minister's door at all times. It was really tiring.

After rubbing his head, Ouyang Shuo remembered the court proposal just now.

It is strange that among the seven ministers, Jiang Shang was born in the Western Zhou Dynasty, Kou Zhun came from the Northern Song Dynasty, Yan Song came from the Ming Dynasty, Xiao He was from the Han Dynasty, Wei Yang was from the Warring States Period, Fan Li was from the Spring and Autumn Period, and Du Ruhui came from the Tang Dynasty.

No pair came from the same dynasty.

It seemed that there was a group of people gathering behind them. The context of the factions in the court had begun to become clearer, and Xiao He and others were also seen in Ouyang Shuo's eyes on the intentional or unintentional alienation of Yan Song.

"In addition to factions, there is also a dispute over clarity and turbidity!"

Ouyang Shuo is now very satisfied with the practice of putting Yan Song into the cabinet. A pool of stagnant water, although it is clear and clear, it may not be energetic. Only by putting a catfish can the water be muddyed.

Yan Song is that catfish.

In addition to this, Ouyang Shuo also vaguely saw the figures of various schools of thought.

As the ancestor of the hundreds of schools, Jiang Shang had a unique status. Kou Zhun represented Confucianism, and there was a shadow of Taoism behind Xiao He, Wei Yang was a Legalist, Fan Li was a merchant, and Du Ruhui was a military strategist.

The collision of ideas of various schools and sects has created the prosperity and enlightenment of Daxia.

Through this court discussion, Ouyang Shuo seemed to understand something, but he didn't seem to understand it much. As for the annual budget itself, it was not the real core matter.

Gaia's fiscal revenue in the five years is expected to reach 100 million gold coins, which is a wealth that more than 99% of adventurers will never be able to obtain in their entire lives, and they can't even think about it.

As the saying goes: If you don’t be in charge of the family, you don’t know that oil and salt are expensive.

The family in Daxia has a big business, earns a lot, and spends a lot. This family is not as easy as the outside world imagines.

As the "head of the family", Ouyang Shuo even wants to give it a balance.

I heard that some ministers in the court were already secretly discussing, hoping that the court would shift its focus from external conquests to internal affairs construction, with internal affairs as the main focus and military affairs as the auxiliary.

Ouyang Shuo didn't know how many of these thoughts were sincerely considering the future of the dynasty, and how many were for their selfishness.

External conquests will inevitably greatly enhance the status and prestige of military generals.

Not to mention the commanders such as Bai Qi, Han Xin, and others. Although they did not go to the court, their status was slightly equal to that of the cabinet masters, and they were even a little higher. Even the commander of the legion was confident and showed his domineering spirit.

In contrast, the civil service group appears a bit weak.

Not to mention anything else, just by judging titles, military generals far surpass civil officials.

If the court shifted its focus from external conquests to internal affairs construction, it would naturally increase the weight of the entire civil servant group invisibly, and every civil servant could make a profit.

Therefore, the upper and lower surfaces of the court are peaceful, but in fact there is an undercurrent.

Just as Ouyang Shuo was pondering about the government affairs, the guards came to report: "Report to the king, the commander of Shanhai Guard, Shen Buhe, asked to see the king if there is an urgent matter."

Ouyang Shuo was stunned, not knowing what happened again, "Please come in."
Chapter completed!