The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded, knowing that Guo Ye's lion opened his mouth, but the lion opened his mouth, he really spent the money, and he also made merits, what else can you do? You can't be too expensive at this time, tell people, forget it, I don't want your weapons and ammunition, and I won't give you money like this, the current twist bandits have not been wiped out, and there is an even more arrogant Shi Dakai in the south! In this way, once it is exported, I am afraid that Guo Ye will definitely pick on it again!

Yixin continued: "The arsenal once provided an offer for the imperial court, each new musket is worth thirty taels of silver, which is nearly thirty percent lower than the price of the musket from the West, and the same is true for artillery, three types of artillery, each of which is cheaper than the Western, and this quality and power are no worse than the Western weapons, this, Guo Ye is still very measured......"

"But ......"

Cixi asked: "Even if it is cheaper by 30%, what can we do, 1 million taels of silver, where do we raise it?" How much silver is left in the treasury now? ”

Yixin also shook his head helplessly, one million taels of silver, there are still in the treasury now, but it is used to distribute money to the courtiers and emergency use, once the military salary is paid, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, even if it is the two palaces, will go to drink the northwest wind......

"Tell me, what else is there to do?"

Cixi asked.

Everyone was silent, specially, last time, everyone almost offended Guo Ye, and now let himself stand up and come up with ideas, and he knows about it, then he will be unlucky, how many powerful people have blood mold in his hands, and even the arrogant Prince Yiyun was beaten up, not to mention others? And this matter is not so easy to solve, using other people's things and paying other people's arsenals, it is a matter of course, can you still let the court play a scoundrel and eat overlord meals?

"You guys!"

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Cixi suddenly rushed up with anger and roared angrily: "You are usually arrogant, but when you encounter something, why are you all wilting?" Do you want to let the mourning family go to Baoding Mansion this time? ”

Going to Baoding? Cixi wants to go, and she can have a good time with Guo Ye in Baoding Mansion, but that is impossible, if she wants to go, these courtiers will definitely not do it, where is the queen mother of a country out of the capital? Something that never exists!

"Death penalty, capital offense ......"

Above the court, she knelt down a lot, Cixi's face was pale, she was so angry that she was **** together, gritting her teeth, this group of waste, none of them are useful!

Ci'an on the side said softly: "Okay, sister, don't be angry, things can always be solved......"

Cixi snorted coldly and replied, "Sister, it's really annoying to them......"

Now Yixin doesn't have any ideas, a penny is a hero, not to mention more than a million taels of silver, even if he is a big housekeeper, he can only sigh in vain now.

Cao Yuying, who was on the side, suddenly brightened her eyes, bowed down and said, "Queen Mother, Regent, the minister has a way, I don't know if it will work?" ”

Cixi's eyes lit up, Cao Yuying was an old man who was planning the country, and she was capable among the courtiers.

"Lord Cao, if there is any way, just say it and listen to it."

Cao Yuying hurriedly replied: "Queen Mother, first, please take credit; Let's first reward the meritorious soldiers under Guo Ye one by one, promotion, gift, you can do it, as for the reward, you can reduce it, I think the Yasukuni Gong is dedicated to the country, and he can also understand; Second, the military salary, the minister thought that it could be divided into two parts, the first part, which could be allocated according to the expanded strength of the Yasukuni Gong, and temporarily allocated for three months, the minister thought, 300,000 taels is enough, although the treasury is tight, the 300,000 taels of silver can still be squeezed out; The second part is this part of the weapons and ammunition and the silver taels of grain and grass, and the treasury really can't get this part of the money, and the minister thinks that the tax from the future arsenal can be used to offset the amount that the imperial court should approve, so that the problem should be solved......"

Cixi and Ci'an glanced at each other, although this method is not very clever, but it makes sense, as long as you bring a few high hats to Guo Ye, it is a big deal that Cixi will scream a few times to Guo Ye and send a few words, she can always deal with the past, although it has lost the dignity of the queen mother, but now Cixi has even been touched all over her body, why do you care about such a little face?

Yixin said in a deep voice: "Ziyu, this method is not impossible, but, after all, the arsenal was first built, and we took away hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels of silver from the arsenal in one go, so how can the arsenal be turned around, after all, we have been delaying it for a year......"

Cao Yuying pondered for a moment and replied: "Lord Wang, there is money in the Qilu Bank of Jingguo Gong, the big deal is to ask him to turn around from the Qilu Bank, and Zuo Admiral will send them troops, isn't it the money and grain allocated from the Qilu Bank first?" Don't bother the two masters, let's let Qilu Bank abolish the god, of course, we owe this favor, the minister thinks that when the tax is offset, more offset as appropriate, that is, it can be regarded as the favor of the imperial court......"

Yixin nodded and replied: "In that case, then make this favor look like this, well, so that the tax revenue of the arsenal in the next three years can be offset, in three years, with the current scale of development of the arsenal, the tax is far more than that......"

Ci'an asked: "Then, Sixth Master, next, how will those soldiers under Guo Ye's command be rewarded?" ”

Yixin pondered for a moment and replied: "Queen Mother, the minister thinks that he can ask the Ministry of Rites to determine the reward at its discretion and set the reward a little higher, or, press it down first, and wait until Guo Ye completely exterminates the bandits, and then make a decision. As for now, Guo Ye can be allowed to consider promotion in the army at his discretion. Guo Ye has already mentioned in the compromises that it is a little inconvenient to want to award several major generals under his command to the registered general army and control the various departments after the expansion of the army. ”

Ci'an rubbed his temples and said, "Okay, I'll leave these things to you, and when the time comes, just inform me and the queen mother, well, the mourning family is a little tired, go back first!" ”

Ci'an said this, stood up, the rest of the court affairs are naturally presided over by Yixin, there is no need for her to worry about Cixi, only very important matters need the two of them to make decisions.

Ci'an retreated first, and Cixi glanced at Ci'an and walked out.

(To be continued.) )