Chapter 1967

Hearing Xiao Xiang's words, Xiao Yuan immediately stood up and poured the wine in the cup on the ground. Seeing this, all the people present also got up to follow suit.

Xiao Xiang took up his second glass of wine and said to Xiao Yuan and the princes, "this time, I would like to thank brother Erwang and all the princes for their great help. Without your help, I'm afraid the imperial court will have to work hard to calm down the Hongyue rebellion."

Xiao Yuan and the princes quickly picked up the wine glass and said with a smile, "Xiangmei, you don't have to say two words in your family!" "Yes, your royal highness is very polite."

Xiao Xiang looked up and laughed and said, "dry!"

The crowd drank the wine out of the glass. Putting down the cup, Xiao Xiang suddenly remembered something and said to Xiao Yuan and the princes with a smile: "by the way, there is another gift for you in this palace." As she spoke, she raised her hand and slapped her hands twice.

Soon, a bodyguard came near from outside, holding a square brocade box in his hand.

The bodyguard went all the way to Xiao Xiang, then put the brocade box on the table and bowed down. With a smile on his face, Xiao Xiang patted the cover of the brocade box, looked at the princes, and asked with a smile, "do you know what's in it?"

What can be displayed in public by Xiao Xiang must be rare treasures. The princes laugh and guess everything. But Xiao Xiang always shakes his head, which means that they are not right.

Finally, Xiao Yuan said with a smile: "Xiangmei, don't sell the key any more. Let's open our eyes quickly."

"Good! Now that brother Wang has opened his mouth, let's have a look. " While talking, Xiao Xiang threw her head to the bodyguard beside her.

The guard came forward and slowly took off the cover of the brocade box. At the moment of removing the box cover, all the walls of the brocade box are also scattered. If you look at the brocade box, it is not a rare treasure at all, but a pale and bloodless head.

Seeing that the box contained a broken head, all the people present were shocked, especially the princes, who were shocked at the same time. Several people screamed out.

Xiao Yuan even jumped up. His eyes were wide and round. He looked at Xiao Xiang without blinking. He was surprised and asked, "what's the meaning of Xiang Mei?"

Xiao Xiang smiles and looks down at the broken head on the table. He says: "this is the head of Hong Yuetian, the rebel party. This thief is bold and reckless. He brings his troops back to the capital and colludes with the king and brother to cause trouble to the imperial court. His heart is hateful. All the princes have made great contributions to the fight against Hong Yuetian. Naturally, this palace will show you the achievements of this rebellion." As she spoke, she glanced at Xiao Yuan and asked with a smile, "what does brother Wang think Wang Mei means?"

Xiao Yuan first looked at Xiao Xiang, then looked at the broken head on the table. After a long silence, the other side laughed and slowly sat back. The princes on the scene were more and more ugly. Unconsciously, they were all sweating.

Hong Yuetian's accusation is convicted on any one of them. Today, Xiao Xiang can kill Hong Yuetian with such a charge. Then tomorrow, she can get rid of herself with the same accusation. It is absolutely impossible to say that the princes are not afraid of it.

, at this time, Xiao Yi trembling and owes himself to his body. He said, "princess, your old man, the old minister, intends to return to the Changshan army in recent days."

, he has not finished speaking, Xiao Xiang has smiled back and waved, "what is Wang Shuji? Since he has come to Zhaoyang, he will stay longer."

Xiao Yi, the Marquis of Changshan, and Xiao Xiang belong to the same family. In terms of seniority, he is indeed one generation higher than Xiao Xiang. The latter is right to call him Uncle Wang.

But Xiao Yi was called by her whole heart are shrinking into a ball, sweat beads a strength of the fall, a time also do not know what to say.

Xiao Xiang took back her eyes. Suddenly, she said, "recently, it has been a troubled time in our country. In the north, there is the wind country. In the west, the Zhen people are rebellious. In the south, there are frequent floods. Just yesterday, the head of Xiuyang County, Mr. Gao, sent an urgent letter to the court. The heavy rain in Xiuyang county and the flooding of Tianjiang River have already affected the whole territory of Xiuyang county. Please allocate money and food for disaster relief. "

The princes didn't understand why Xiao Xiang suddenly talked about the disaster in Xiuyang county. The monk of zhanger was confused. Xiao Yuan turned his eyes and said, "Xiangmei, but now the Treasury is empty, not enough for disaster relief?"

After listening to his words, the princes suddenly realized that Xiao Xiang was taking advantage of himself. But then again, as long as he could keep his head and lose some money and food, what would it be? Hou Shan Yi, Chang Shan, first came out and said, "Your Royal Highness needs no worry. Since it is difficult for the imperial court, I shall be very helpful." After a little pause, he immediately said, "Wei Chen is willing to give 5.8 million Liang silver to help the victims of the disaster in Xiuyang county."

As soon as he had finished speaking, the Princes Rose one after another to declare their positions. People were scrambling one by one, and the minimum number was 500000 taels.

Xiao Xiang laughed and said, "thank you. First of all, thank you for your help. However, the government can still afford to provide money and food for the people affected by the disaster. The reason why we put forward this matter here is that the disaster relief alone is a temporary cure, not a permanent cure. Every rainy season in southern China, floods flood every year. Every year, the disaster is affected, and the disaster relief every year consumes me The money, food and strength of the country. ""Princess highness means"

"repair the canal!" Xiao Xiang zhengse said: "build a large canal between Tianjiang River and Shangjiang River to lead the water from Tianjiang River to Shangjiang river. In this way, it not only solves the worry that Tianjiang river is easy to flood, but also solves the hidden worry that Shangjiang river is becoming increasingly dry. This is a matter of benefit to the people of both places and is also the last wish of the king in the future."

When the princes heard the words, they all took a breath of cool air. Tianjiang and Shangjiang rivers are the two largest water systems in the south of Sichuan. As Xiao Xiang said, the land where Tianjiang flows is rainy and flooding is common. While Shangjiang river is gradually drying up, many tributaries have disappeared.

If a large canal can be dug between the Tianjiang River and the Shangjiang River, it will be good. The surplus water of the Tianjiang River can be channeled to the Shangjiang river where the water source is insufficient. However, the distance between the Tianjiang River and the Shangjiang river is more than a thousand miles. To connect the two rivers, it will take a lot of work and consume less manpower and financial resources, which can not be solved by millions or tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Even when Xiao Xuan was alive, he only dared to think about it. At best, he took the idea to the court to grind his teeth with the ministers, but did not dare to implement it. Now, it sounds like Xiao Xiang has the intention of digging a "heaven still canal".

All the princes thought that this was too unconventional, but no one dared to stand up to oppose or question it. They could not protect themselves. How dare they openly confront Xiao Xiang.

Seeing that all the princes were drooping their heads and silent, Xiao Xiang frowned slowly and asked, "why, don't you agree with the digging of Tianshang canal? Are you not willing to fulfill the will of the late king? "

listens to her to ask this question, everybody's body is shivering, hurriedly looks up, says: "no, no, no, the princess's mistaken understanding, this is the great good for the people of southern China, how can the minister oppose it!"

Xiao Xiang's face finally showed a smile and said, "so, all the Marquis support the resolution of this palace?"

"But verbal support is not enough." Xiao Xiang said slowly.

understood what she meant. Xiao Yi hated her heart and grated, and said, "to help the princess to fulfill her last wish, the old minister will give three million and two."

The three million taels in the back were squeezed out of his teeth by Xiao Yi. His face turned purple with sauce. He had already lost his fortune and donated to the outside world.

Listen to him say to donate 3 million taels, the other princes are in the heart secretly curse mother, you shout out 3 million Liang, how should you say?

The princes bravely called out an astronomical number that they could not accept.

Looking at the princes who were cut off, Xiao Xiang laughed in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face at all. She shook her head helplessly and said, "the Treasury is abundant now. Is it money that is short?"

"Is that lack of food?"

"Ha ha!" Xiao Xiang laughed and said, "our country is rich in land, and when did it lack grain?"

"I don't know what the court lacks now?"

"People!" Xiao Xiang narrowed her eyes and said, "what we lack most is labor! As long as there is abundant labor, it will be easy to dig the Tianshang canal. All the princes should know that our country is suffering from internal and external troubles, so we can't spare so much labor to dig the Tianshang canal. The idea of this palace is that the family army of each Marquis can be temporarily lent to the imperial court. After the imperial court completes the Tianshang canal, the family Army will be returned to the princes. What do you think of it? "

Ah? When Xiao Xiang finished, the faces of the princes and even Xiao Yuan changed greatly.

It turns out that this is the purpose of Xiao Xiang's banquet. She does not want to kill the princes, nor does she want to blackmail the princes for a sum of money, but to seize the military power in their hands. What's rare is that she even found such a high sounding reason.

"Princess highness, this" Xiao Yi instinctively stood up, looked at Xiao Xiang, hesitated to know what to say is good. The family army is their own. It's the capital accumulated by each family after decades or even hundreds of years. Now Xiao Xiang lion has opened his mouth and asked them to contribute all the family army to the Tianjiang River and the monk River to serve as laborers. How can they accept the nonsense of Tianshang canal?

Looking at Xiao Yi, who was standing there, and looking at the other princes with similar facial expressions, Xiao Xiang was smiling and did not speak. She just picked up a chopstick and gently tapped Hong Yuetian's broken head on the table.

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