The Directory of 500

The directory's revenues and expenditures were a source of tension between republicans and conservatives. The legislative councils technically controlled the budget, but the directory itself executed tax collections through its treasury ministry. Together with allies in the councils, the conservatives started annulling, cutting off and or depriving the directory of all its various revenue streams. None of this was lost on the triumvrate who were now feeling like the conservatives were successfully outmanoeuvring them.