Chapter 370 (1/2)

”This...”

Knowing that the Treasury reserve, which had always been so thick in my mind, was only half a million gold. Ying Ji's body was shaking and he suddenly felt black in front of him.

You know, at the beginning of this year, when a series of imperial revenues such as taxes were added, Ying Ji clearly remembered that at that time, Shang Jun and Wei Ran were full of confidence and reported to themselves that the total revenue of the imperial treasury reached 56 million gold this year.

However, I didn't expect that a series of empire building plans had been carried out, and it was a waste of nine out of ten of the Treasury's reserves.

You know, it was glittering gold. More than five million gold was lost all of a sudden. How could Ying Ji, who was originally a businessman, not be heartbroken?

However, Ying Ji also understood that if he was not in charge, he did not know that fuel, rice, oil and salt were expensive. Now, all the plans and constructions of the Empire were progressing steadily, and none of them could stop. Therefore, he had to spend money.

We don't have enough money here. We don't have enough money there.

In short, it's just a word, smash money, smash that in death!

Although the truth is clear, Ying Ji is still heartbroken.

Originally, Ying Ji thought that he was a pauper in front of the system, but he did not expect that he was still a pauper in reality. It was helpless.

Don't think that the imperial treasury also contains the legacy of several generations of the Qin Dynasty.

Ying Ji can say responsibly that it is impossible.

We should know that in the period of King Wu, although the military strength had developed, the people's livelihood was in dire straits, and the National Treasury was empty. It was simply beyond the means of living.

The reason for all this lies in Ying Ji's cheap father, King Huiwen of Qin, Ying Si.

During the reign of King Huiwen of Qin Dynasty, he attacked the two countries of Bashu, fought against the state of Chu, and with the three Jin Dynasties.

After years of continuous war, Ying Si had already lost all the family background that he had not easily handed down during the period of filial piety. This is the main reason why the imperial treasury has nothing left.

That is why the imperial treasury is now in a state of financial distress and financial emptiness.

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”As the Minister of the navy has said, there is no time to delay the construction of the Navy. No poor person can impoverish the Navy. Even if it has been going on for ten thousand years, we should try our best to bring out the Navy.”

Above the court, Ying Ji solemnly said that there was no doubt in his tone.

Ying Ji came from modern society. He knew that most of the humiliations in China were caused by the lack of a powerful navy.

Strong Qin is gone, Han and Tang Dynasty is like a dream, mourning song of Jiawu, setting sun of Empire!

Therefore, Ying Ji's heart is naturally filled with feelings for a kind of giant ships and cannons galloping in the sea.

We also understand the absolute importance of the navy to a country.

”Even the tiny city-state of Athens had a powerful navy. How could the Empire fall behind?”

Bismarck did not know that what he had just said, coupled with the present situation of the Empire's financial distress, actually gave Yingji a feeling of contention between civilizations.

”But your majesty, the Treasury of the Empire...”

”Needless to say!”