Chapter 200

Shen Yunqing is not stupid either. Thinking of something wrong with Bai Xian today, she immediately reacted. Maybe Dayin will fight with other countries recently. She excitedly gathered up to Bai Xian's ear and said, "sister, you said, you must take me this time."

Bai Xian looked at the excited Shen Yunqing and touched her head: "Yunqing, it's hard to go out and move. You must exercise hard in order to cope with the high-intensity life."

Leaving aside Shen Yunqing, who was still immersed in excitement, Bai Xian thought silently. If the emperor really sent the prince to the south for disaster relief, would Shaoyue let himself go with him?

At this time, in the imperial study of the Imperial Palace, Prime Minister Lin was also painstakingly advising the Emperor: "emperor, please think twice about increasing taxes. Emperor Gaozu only increased taxes once after setting the tax share. Do you remember the riots caused at that time?"

The Emperor gave Prime Minister Lin a cold look. Although Prime Minister Lin had been his companion for more than 30 years from friends to confidants to monarchs and ministers, he couldn't help but want to drive people out when he heard Prime Minister Lin's nagging.

"Oh? What's the prime minister's plan to deal with the tens of thousands of people in the South who are waiting to eat?"

Seeing the displeasure on the emperor's face, Prime Minister Lin immediately knelt down: "emperor, please calm down. I know that you are increasing taxes in the north to alleviate the disaster in the south, but this..." no matter how severe it is, Prime Minister Lin dare not say it face to face.

Of course, the emperor understood what Prime Minister Lin thought. He also knew that this was a way to cure the symptoms rather than the root causes. However, after years of war, Dayin's national strength had begun to decline. If he did not increase taxes, there would not be enough silver and food in the Treasury. In case any country attacked Dayin again, what would he do to drive the soldiers.

Do not want to hear these objections, the emperor waved wearily to Prime Minister Lin to withdraw. Prime Minister Lin had to kneel down and salute, and respectfully withdrew from the imperial study.

The emperor, who got a moment of peace, pinched his forehead in person. When he heard the voice of the Chinese imperial concubine outside the door, a shallow smile hung around his mouth. Where can there be true feelings in the imperial family? He has some feelings for the Chinese imperial concubine and king an, and what others don't see is true.

Although imperial concubine Hua is not as beautiful as the queen, not as gentle as soft concubine, and not as generous as Lady concubine, since she entered the palace, she regarded herself as the emperor's woman and served the emperor seriously. Only then did she win the emperor's favor and gave birth to king an and princess Shuya.

His eyebrows wrinkled slightly. If the woman could be one tenth as docile as imperial concubine Hua, wouldn't it be like this between the two of them? The emperor's thoughts were disturbed by the enchanting imperial concubine Hua. The plump beauty held a small soup cup in her hand: "emperor, my concubine came to send you iced sweet soup to relieve your fatigue."

The emperor smiled and waved to imperial concubine Hua, "come here quickly."

Huaman in the imperial concubine's palace is a strange woman who makes the whole palace gradually rise by her own strength. She knows from a sweep of her eyes that Prime Minister Lin must have stopped his plan to increase taxes proposed to the Emperor just now, but she can't speak ill of prime minister Lin openly. She can only please the emperor.

"Emperor, my concubine, I see that you have lost some weight for the sake of the south these days. You must take care of your dragon body. In my heart, tens of thousands of people are not as important as you."

The emperor certainly knew what the appearance of imperial concubine Hua meant, but when he heard two comfortable words, he couldn't help easing his mood, so it wasn't so difficult to speak next.

"Concubine AI, you told Gu that you could increase taxes to alleviate the disaster in the south. It's a big deal. The prime minister and several cabinet ministers don't agree. Gu can't risk universal condemnation and suddenly increase taxes. Let's discuss this later."

Of course, Gong huaman is worried, because her brother Gong shunze is the magistrate of Yangcheng. His brother is greedy for money. He has secretly sold more than half of the grain in the official warehouse and replaced it with several boxes of gold bars. If the emperor doesn't order to increase taxes, but asks local officials to open their warehouses and release grain, what will Gong shunze give to the people.

However, Gong huaman knew that the Emperor didn't like her to interfere in the government too much, so he had to look a little wronged: "my concubine is just a little woman. The prime minister is not satisfied with my proposal. It should be."

The emperor liked the way she looked like a little woman. He hugged Gong huaman and became intimate. There were only a few men and women. The emperor worked hard to wreak havoc on Gong huaman's small mouth. Finally, he was afraid of people coming and going outside before he let go.

The moved Gong huaman was like a puppy, lying on the emperor's lap and looking at the emperor with full admiration. The emperor comforted: "don't think too much. When Prime Minister Lin can't think of any good idea, he will still increase the taxes in the north. There's no way."

Gong huaman reluctantly suppressed her joy. She didn't laugh until she went back to her palace and hid in the inner room. No matter how noble she is, she is also the daughter of the palace family. It's enough to keep her brother's official position.

Prince he Jincheng, who had just been instructed by Bai Xian in another hospital, was at Wang Min's house, the Minister of household, and told him in detail about these days. When he heard that the emperor planned to increase taxes according to the proposal of imperial concubine Hua, Wang Min stood up in surprise.

"Taxes must not be increased easily, and the emperor does not think about it. This will involve a wide range. If it is really made public, it will leave a sum in the historian's office, which will make people comment later."

Wang Min used to be the grand Fu of he Jincheng, so he Jincheng knew that he was embarrassed to directly criticize the emperor's behavior, so he found such a reason for the emperor. He Jincheng sincerely looked at the teacher who had taught him for five years and said, "you must dissuade your father and Emperor."

Let's not mention how the prince persuaded Wang Shangshu. Bai Xian and Shen Yunqing, who returned to Bai's house in the afternoon, were surprised to see several large boxes in the outer yard.

Housekeeper Li hurried over and reported to Bai Xian: "Sir, these are some boxes of good silk and satin and a box of jewelry from the palace today, which were personally sent by Duke Li next to the queen. He also asked you to attend the Mid Autumn Festival dinner."

Bai Xian didn't know the queen, but only knew that the queen was her uncle and sister. At first, she suspected that her aunt had told the queen her true identity, but even if she recovered her true identity, it didn't seem to have anything to do with the queen. She was a little confused.

"OK, let Ziyun receive it in the warehouse. Yunqing, go and choose some jewelry and cloth you like, and my sister will make new clothes for you."

Shen Yunqing understood that the queen only invited her sister, and her sister only asked her to choose first because she only cared about herself. Therefore, she didn't show any loss. She happily chose what she liked and asked the servant girl to report directly to her room.

Looking at housekeeper Li's appearance of wanting to talk and stopping, Bai Xian gently took a few steps aside. Housekeeper li really came up and said, "Grandpa Li also said, thank you for your help."

Bai Xian was really surprised. Unexpectedly, the queen gave it because she helped the prince think of some ideas. Did the prince go to see the queen as soon as he entered the city? Suddenly he felt that the queen was not as lost as Shao Yue said. Bai Xian trembled and marveled at the Queen's clever mind.