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Every word that Hu Xiao said was something that she needed to consider at the moment, but Qin Shuo also didn't have a good idea for a moment.

Sky Disaster usually could not be cured, but in the past, it was always an emergency. When the Sky Disaster descended, the imperial government hastily thought of a countermeasure, but this was the first time it was using the Sui City!

It had already been a month, and the people's homes would definitely no longer have any food left over. The food that could have been harvested this year would have all been dead. If that was the case, it would truly be a big problem.

"What does the empress think?"

Hu Xiao was so intelligent a few times, so she guessed that she must have some sort of plan now, so she casually asked, but to her surprise, Hu Xiao just said it with a serious expression.

In Chenqie's opinion, the three years of tribute for the Sui City have been exempted, and from Chenqie's point of view, the road to Sui City should be repaired as well. This way, you can gather a few robust men to help you repair it.

The Sui City was a remote place to begin with, and this road was even harder to traverse. This was precisely the reason why there was not much traffic in and out of the Sui City, and if the road was built in the name of the imperial government to strengthen trade, then it could save the people of the Sui City.

"Tax reduction? The empress knew that there had never been a capital that had a tax cut since ancient times. If Zhen had made this opening, then wouldn't the other cities have to make excuses to follow suit? "Then, what dignity does this Emperor have?"

Hu Xiao said that it would be possible to use the imperial government's name to summon the commoners and build a road, but this tax reduction was absolutely out of the question! If all of the cities claimed that they had suffered from natural or man-made disasters, and that they were unable to pay their tribute normally, wouldn't the East Court be a mess then?

Moreover, the imperial government had to raise so many people. If it were to end because of this, wouldn't the imperial government become an empty shell?

Hu Xiao was just standing in front of the position of a citizen of Sui City, thinking about this matter. After hearing Qin Shuo's words, she was stunned, but she quickly recovered.

The commoners outside the city had no fixed residences, and there were many beggars in the city; Hu Xiao was truly at a loss as to what to do in such a situation.

"Your Majesty, Minister Wen has brought someone."

Without waiting for Hu Xiao to speak, Wei Shi spoke out.

Seeing that, Hu Xiao got up and walked behind the screen. Upon seeing this, Qin Shuo did not say anything, but obviously, Hu Xiao wanted to take part in this matter, if she were to force Hu Xiao to leave, Qin Shuo believed that Hu Xiao would do everything she could to eavesdrop, and listening from the side.

Since Hu Xiao was the only one who wanted to intervene in the matters of the Sui City, there was no way she could simply ignore it.

"Greetings, your Imperial Majesty."

Wen Fuchen led his men and walked forward before he sat down by the side.

"Do you all have any thoughts on this matter?"

The matter of the Sui City was a little tricky, and now Qin Shuo was telling them that everyone was gathered here for this matter.

Your Majesty, this humble subject was giving out food just now, but from what I see, this humble subject thinks that there are too many refugees in Sui City, and the food in Prefect's yamen is already insufficient for a few days, but there are still a lot of refugees, so what should Your Majesty do?

One of them hurriedly said after hearing his words. He originally thought that he could hold on for a long time with more food, but it turned out to be just these few days.

He clenched his fists. He could only hold it on the chair, but there was no need for the court officials to do so.

After waiting for everyone to fill up slowly, Qin Shuo slowly let go of the fists that his robe was tightly clenched.

"My beloved officials, do you have a way out of this?"

They had been arguing for so long, but now they were venting the fear and discontent of entering the city. No one was discussing what to do in all seriousness. They immediately stopped talking.

Seeing her feigning death at this time, Qin Shuo's originally somewhat quiet anger began to rise again.

Kacha, the sound of a teapot breaking sounded in the silent hall, everyone looked at Qin Shuo in fear, only to see that Courtier Wei had called palace maid to go forward and bind him up, and just as he was about to lower his head to call for the imperial physician, he was stopped by Qin Shuo.

"It's just a small wound, no need."

It seemed as if it had been a long time since Qin Shuo had gotten so angry, and in an instant, the entire group of officials became quieter. Qin Shuo slightly closed his eyes, and his officials were actually weaker than Hu Xiao by just a bit, as if they did not care about the safety of their citizens at all.

The amount of people in the imperial court all year round was less than a woman who stayed in the palace all year round. He did not know if he should rejoice in having Hu Xiao, or unluckily, he had raised so many court officials who could not think on their own.

The current Yin Fufeng and Zhao Qiyan both came over, seeing the strange atmosphere in the hall, the follower went forward and whispered to the two of them what he meant.

"Your Majesty, tax breaks are needed to store the food! "If the warehouse has already opened, then the next step would be to reduce taxes!"

After Zhao Qiyan finished listening, he kneeled in the hall and spoke loudly.

If not for Qin Shuo knowing that Hu Xiao and Hu Xiao had never met, he would have suspected that Zhao Qiyan and Zhao Qiyan's thoughts were exactly the same, and even the logic behind it was the same.

Just as he was about to say something, Yin Fufeng also kneeled down.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject feels that … "No way!"

When these words came out, it was as if a stone had been smashed into the hearts of the ministers and Qin Shuo, causing ripples.

Yin Fufeng and Zhao Qiyan had never argued over serious matters before, and this was the first time that they had openly challenged someone like that, but after hearing what Yin Fufeng said, the person who was swayed by what Zhao Qiyan had said started to waver.

The fact that tax cuts are too much requires caution.

Although Zhao Qiyan was a little dazed, he still looked at Yin Fufeng the same as always.

"Your Majesty, this subject feels that what General Zhao said is true! "It's time to cut taxes!"

"Your Majesty, what Master Yin said is reasonable! It can't be like this, for the sake of long-term consideration, the imperial government can always feed the citizens, but not reduce taxes, your majesty! "

Seeing Qin Shuo's brows twitching in anger, a few of the people who were used to observing the situation quickly jumped out and said.

Now, he was thinking that if he wanted to protect himself, Qin Shuo would hate him.

At that moment, everyone was in an uproar.

"Shut up!"

Unable to endure it any longer, Qin Shuo smashed the teacup that he had just changed into once again.

Qin Shuo had already smashed two cups together, which showed how dissatisfied he was at the moment. But even though he was sitting in the middle of the hall with such ease and self-control, he couldn't help but admire him a little.

Hu Xiao, who was behind the screen, went even further. Even if they were to continue their discussion, there would be no conclusion to it, so Hu Xiao gave up. She stood up and wanted to say something to Qin Shuo, but she accidentally stepped on a curtain and fell towards Qin Shuo.