"Big brother, what's wrong with him?" In Li Weijin's eyes, his eldest brother is a very patient person, why is it that the third brother has not moved yet, and the eldest brother can't sit still first?

"The eldest prince met with the general of Hexi in private, and as for what he talked about, his subordinates were too close to him, and he didn't hear the content of the conversation, and asked His Royal Highness for forgiveness. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info"Although Yeyi's light skills are first-class, the place where the eldest prince arranged to meet is really inconvenient for Tibetans, and it is not easy to see who he is meeting with.

"It's okay, eldest brother has always been cautious in doing things, and it's normal that you can't hear it. However, the Hexi staff general only entered Beijing to report on his work because of the first battle of Jiayuguan, and he hasn't left at this time?" Li Weijin instinctively felt strange, as a local general, how could he stay away from the territory for a long time?

"This subordinate doesn't know, but the debriefing should have ended a long time ago, I'm afraid there are other plans. ”

Li Weijin nodded, "Send someone to keep an eye on that general, I want to see what tricks he is going to play." "A general at the border did not guard the border at this time, but had a private meeting with the prince, which made Li Weijin's first impression of him very bad.

"My subordinates understand, do you want to inform General Zhao about this matter?"

Li Weijin hesitated for a while, but still shook his head, "Forget it, Yuhe is also on the cusp now, let's keep a low profile, so let's wait for this matter to find out and then tell him." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand. After saying that, Ye Yi retreated, leaving Li Weijin alone to ponder the matter.

At the same time, Ye Qichen encountered a lot of difficulties in the household department, although the war with Northern Liao was won, but the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that the household department had saved were spent. Seeing that it was the time when the farming was busy, the household department had no taxes to collect at all, and in addition to last year's floods, the emperor exempted many places from farming taxes, and this year there was no input.

In fact, it is not a secret that the household department has no money to spare, this is known to the ministers of the DPRK and China, but this year's emperor coincides with his 50th birthday, and the emperor can't hold a birthday banquet and pay for it from the private treasury.

In previous years, the emperor's birthday was simple, but this year it is half a hundred, and there are happy events such as the imperial examination and the victory over Northern Liao, so it is really unreasonable to hold a big one. So this is sad for Ye Qichen, originally at the beginning of the year, the silver of the household department was enough, who knew that Beiliao came to attack, this silver disappeared before it was hot, and now where can I make up the money for most of the birthday banquet?

It's strange to say, today's saint is not a faint king, although he is not a hard worker, but he has never done anything arrogant and lascivious, why can't this treasury be filled?

Ye Shuyao thought about this issue carefully, but women were not allowed to talk about political affairs, so she didn't tell Ye Qichen what she thought. The Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, and there are too many shortcomings in the DPRK and China, and the finances are rotten, but the ministers are accustomed to it, and they have never felt that there is anything wrong, or they are unwilling to change.

Shu Yao had also heard Wu Shaohuai talk about the prosperity of Jiangnan before, but the annual taxes paid by Jiangnan to the imperial court were not more than other places, and there was no need to think about it to know that there was something strange about it. But the officials in Jiangnan are colluded, the relationship is complicated, and the whole body is affected, the emperor failed to shake them when he was young, and now that he is middle-aged, he is even more reluctant to touch this mess, if it endangers the government because of this, it is too worthless.

There are also many cases of officials in other places forming cliques for personal gain, but none of them are as serious as those in Jiangnan. But if the emperor continues to let it go like this, it will only make the officials in Jiangnan more and more fearless, and officials everywhere will follow Jiangnan's example. In the long run, it is reasonable that the imperial court's taxes are not as good as a year.

If you want to get a large amount of silver, it is perfect to start from Jiangnan, but no one in the court will want to touch this mold. Many families in Jiangnan have existed since the beginning of the dynasty, and all of them can be called rich and rival countries, and they have been operating in Jiangnan for a long time. If the imperial court wants to attack Jiangnan, I am afraid that Qin Cha will die on the way before he reaches the boundary of Jiangnan.

Therefore, even if someone in the DPRK sees something, for their own safety and the interests of everyone, they will not act against Jiangnan. Most of the Beijing officials chose to oppress the local officials in the poor and remote areas, because the people on duty in such places did not have any background. But in this way, it will only make the poor places poorer, and the rich places more unscrupulous.

In fact, if the emperor is more resolute and resolute today, Jiangnan can still be reversed, in the final analysis, the emperor's personality is biased towards keeping the success, and he just wants to keep the existing situation and worry

If something goes wrong, it will become a laughing stock in the history books.

However, this evasive mentality will not solve any problems, but will only make the situation more and more serious, and when the next emperor ascends the throne, it will be more difficult for the new emperor with an unstable foundation to deal with these problems.

Shu Yao looked at the emperor and didn't seem to think about his sons at all, just sit firmly in his own dragon chair. Come to think of it, where did the royal family affection come from? Didn't the princes also think that they could ascend to the throne as soon as possible.

Due to the limitation of his identity, Shu Yao has not much information to access now, and what he can think of is limited. Even what she can discover, those ministers who have read poetry and books will not be unaware. However, most of the ministers in the court were promoted by the emperor when he ascended the throne, which is very consistent with the three views of the current emperor. And the pattern of officials above the third grade has not been changed for many years, so naturally no one wants to change the law.

Although Shu Yao has never seen what the court is like, she can also imagine that lifeless scene, many of her ideas may not even be acceptable to Li Weijin, let alone let the emperor know, if some selfish ministers know her plans for Jiangnan, they are afraid that they will not know how to die.

Now Ye Shuyao is only a subordinate who can make money for Li Weijin at most, and in ancient times when women had no rights, it took a lot of thought to make the superiors recognize her political views.

The only tax revenue that the imperial court can directly manage now is the capital area, and the taxes in other places have to go through the hands of local officials at various levels, and the disadvantages are very obvious in the era when there is no complete review mechanism.

Often, the tax and silver of several provinces is not as much as that of the capital, and when there is a natural or man-made disaster, all localities will immediately think of asking the imperial court for money. Shu Yao roughly calculated the accounts, and it is very rare that the Great Zhou Dynasty can still roughly maintain a balance of income and expenditure until now.

"Miss, Miss, what are you thinking? I've been screaming for a long time and there is no response, it can't be that I fell asleep with my eyes open! Wu Gongzi is really, what are you doing with so many accounts, and you are tired of Miss like this. Banxia's voice was still clear, pulling Shu Yao's thoughts back to reality. She looked out the window, and before she knew it, it was already dark.

"It's so late, where's dinner?"

"Miss, you still know that you haven't eaten dinner, I'm here to bring you food, but you ignore me when the food is cold. Banxia raised the tray in his hand with a look of grievance.

"Okay, can't I eat it!" said Shu Jiao was about to move his chopsticks, but was stopped by Banxia.

"The food is cold, I'll go and give you a hot one, and I've put away this ledger, but I can't read it so late." After saying that, Banxia started to lock up the account books.

A warm current surged through Shu Yao's heart, maybe he didn't have to care so much, just protect the people around him.