The monograph is devoted to the study of Russia's policy strategy in the first quarter of the 19th century, during the formation of the ministerial system. Based on a wide range of sources, a significant part of which is first introduced into scientific circulation, financial plans and projects of M. M. Speransky, D. A. Guryev and other statesmen were considered, aimed at stabilizing the financial system of Russia, eliminating the budget deficit and the directions of the financial policy of the first ministers of finance of Russia and their practical activities, aimed, in particular, at subordinating to the financial department the institutions on which the flow of state revenues depended. The main directions of the policy developed by the Ministry of Finance under the leadership of D. A. Guryev, which consisted in maintaining an effective financial system during the Napoleonic Wars and during its recovery after their end, stimulating domestic trade and industry, were investigated.