A meeting about expenditures just came to an inconclusive end; the Laines Empire's fiscal revenue was merely a pittance, and thus fixed expenses could scarcely be reduced.
For instance, the investment in education. Under the influence of the Great Tang Empire, all countries were striving to establish schools, believing this was the main way to catch up with the Tang Empire's technology and retain talent.
Emphasizing education and retaining talent... had become the direction in which the monarchs or rather the ruling classes of all countries were willing to invest heavily.
Unfortunately, despite these years of effort, apart from raising a group of ingrates who always sang praises of the Great Tang Empire, the results were very limited.
The budget for education could not be reallocated, the investment in agriculture, the nation's foundation, was even more unshakable, and industrial matters... were even more immune to changes.
