Chapter 653 The princes of the world pay tribute first!

Hearing the three words of Xiyun Hou, everyone in the hall looked a little strange, speaking of which, the collapse of the Jingtian system is indeed closely related to Xiguo.

However, it was not for other reasons, but that the Marquis of Xiyun dedicated the art of iron smelting to benefit the world and greatly increased grain production, which was due to the Celestial Empire.

If the responsibility is shifted to Xiyunhou, it is too far-fetched, and the ministers on the side have discussed a lot, and they don't agree with it in their hearts, but no one opposes it on the surface.

At this time, if you can find someone to come out and take the blame and reduce the pressure, why not!

Emperor Du of the Son of Heaven showed an interested expression, and said without being salty or indifferent: "Jiang Gong, why do you say this?"

Jiang Gong swore and said: "Qi Yu Sheng, as early as a few years ago, the well field system in Xi has existed in name only, Xiyun Marquis will not give the fief to the people in the country to cultivate, with the family as a household, each household divides the field, even the original division of the well field is also divided to the people to cultivate, and now there is no one acre of public land in the country.

Many princes in the world are vying to follow the example of Xiguo, so the Jingtian system has collapsed, and the bad is in Xiguo!"

Jiang Gong said extremely indignant, it seems that Wang Tian is wasted, and the crime of non-harvest of public grain is all in Xiguo, and in the end, he will also pull Xixinghou out as evidence: "Shengshang, Xixinghou told the Shengshang and Zhugong a few years ago that Xiguo ignored the system of the Jingtian system, and it was not easy for the Shengshang to think about Xiguo at that time, and he didn't care, and now he has buried the root of the curse!"

Four or five years ago, in the second year after Yao Yun took charge of the Xi Kingdom, due to the high grain yield attracted the favor of the auspicious beast Dangkang, the Xi Kingdom appeared in front of the Manchu Dynasty for the first time.

At that time, Xiguo was very weak, even if Xiguo changed the "Jingtian system" of the Zhuxia Dynasty without authorization, the ministers didn't care, and the Son of Heaven just turned a blind eye and reprimanded him without a word.

But now, when the "Ida system" began to collapse and began to divide the pots, everyone remembered this again.

At the beginning, the ministers didn't think of this, and began to be instructed by Jiang Gong, and the ministers had an epiphany at once, and they followed Jiang Gong's steps one after another, and "verbally and penally criticized" Yao Yun.

"Holy Lord, Jiang Gong's words are reasonable, Xiguo has been thriving over the years, and the national strength is at its peak, relying on deducting the wealth of tribute, this is a great rebellion, and Xiyun Hou should be punished to set an example!"

"This statement is reasonable, it is said that many princes saw the prosperity of the Xi Kingdom, so they rushed to the Xi Kingdom to travel and study, and the princes of the world competed to follow suit, this is the root cause of the collapse of the Jingtian system, Jiang Gong is right, Xiyun Hou made a bad start, shaking the foundation of the Celestial Empire!"

"Holy Lord, this matter really needs to be held by the Marquis of Xiyun to take the first responsibility......

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For a while, the voices of attacking Xiguo and criticizing Yao Yun were endless, and the ministers who were thieves saw that Xiguo could share the responsibility, so they didn't care about 3721 and frantically put the pot on Xiguo's head.

At first glance, the words of the ministers were very reasonable, Xiguo took the lead in crossing the line, ignoring the Jingtian system, and the others saw that Xiguo had risen and followed suit, so the Jingtian of the entire Celestial Empire collapsed.

This set of rhetoric is very plausible and seamless.

When Emperor Tianzi heard this, he also frowned, when he learned that the Xi State reformed the well field system and gave the land to the common people and slaves to cultivate, he was afraid that Yao Yun was a descendant of the Xi family, if he was severely punished, he was afraid of being criticized by the princes of the world, so he just reprimanded and did not investigate deeply.

But now it's a big mess.

The countries of the world are competing to emulate the Xi Kingdom, and the emperor has long known about it.

If it is really as the ministers said, Xiguo has brought a bad head, and all countries are vying to follow suit, then Xiyun Hou is indeed not guilty.

Emperor Dusk's eyes suddenly sharpened, Xi Guo is a descendant of the previous generation of the Son of Heaven, as a contemporary Son of Heaven, he must be fair and just to treat the descendants of the previous generation of the Son of Heaven, and he must not be tongue-in-cheek, but if Xi Guo did make a big mistake, then he will not be polite, and he will be severely punished!

However, Emperor Twilight of the Son of Heaven is not a mediocre and incompetent person, and he will not listen to one-sided words, and then turned his head and asked a white-haired old minister in the hall: "Situ, how much food has been supplied to Xiguo over the years?"

Emperor Twilight of the Son of Heaven was not concerned about whether the Jingtian system was shaken or not, but about whether the princes of the world did not provide him with enough food and wealth.

When Jiang Gong and the ministers heard this, their faces changed drastically, and the only thing that was missing from Jiang Gong's "seamless" rhetoric was the number of tributes paid by Xi State, and the number of tributes paid by other vassal states.

The things on the list of princes' tributes every year are just some strange things that the princes from all over the world offer to the world for fun, and they can't be taken seriously, and the tribute is grain, grass and wealth, and outsiders have no way of knowing, and if the general minister does not govern this matter, he will not know too much.

Hearing the Son of Heaven's question, everyone's eyes fell on Situ.

The old Situ served the Son of Heaven for several dynasties, and he also served as Situ in the Emperor Xi of the Son of Heaven, so the old man had a good impression of Xiguo, and he was already a little dissatisfied when he saw that the ministers were besieging Xiguo against their will.

So, Situ arched his hand and said: "Qiqi Shengshang, in recent years, the grain provided by Xiguo has doubled every year, and the amount is amazing, far exceeding that of ordinary vassal states, especially this year, the territory of Xiguo has increased dramatically, and the grain supplied by Xiguo has doubled, which really scared the old minister at that time."

According to the old minister's view, although Xiguo took the lead in changing the Jingtian system, Xiyun Hou was loyal to the Celestial Empire, and when it came to paying tribute, the Jingtian system took one of the nine and never slackened. ”

Master Situ was upright and said a fair word for Xiguo.

When Jiang Gong and many ministers heard Situ's words, their faces immediately changed, and they were quite surprised, they concealed their private land, so they took it for granted that Xiguo was the same as them, and they also concealed it and did not report it, so they swore that they were ready to detain the basin on Xiguo, and let Xiguo bear the anger of the Son of Heaven.

Emperor Tianzi squinted, turned his head to Jiang Gong and said, "Jiang Gong, you said that Xiguo had a bad head, how can you say this?"

Jiang Gong swallowed his saliva and said, "Holy Lord... This... Master Situ, you won't be blinded. ”

Situ blew his beard and glared, and said, "This matter can still be fake! Holy Lord, the minister asked to summon the treasury steward and present the number of tributes paid by the princes of the world, which is clear at a glance. ”

Emperor Twilight: "Accurate!"

Soon, a sergeant summoned the treasurer.

In the main hall, the faces of the ministers were different, many of them were a little trembling, panicked, they didn't know how much tribute was paid by the Xi Kingdom, but their own family members knew their own affairs, and the tribute of the vassal states behind some ministers had increased, and there were not a few who had decreased by one or two percent.

Soon, several treasury stewards came to the Golden Palace with a book of accounts and presented to the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven picked up the account book and swept his mind.

The year before last, Xiguo paid tribute to grain, grass and wealth, and ranked 27th among the princes in the world.

Last year, Xiguo paid tribute to grain, grass and wealth, and ranked twelfth among the princes of the world.

This year, Xiguo's tribute grain and grass wealth is ranked first among the princes in the world, and the grain and grass are as high as one million stones!

Looking at the other vassal states, few vassal states have paid a significant increase in tribute in the past few years, on the contrary, a large number of vassal states have paid a steep decrease.....

The accounts are clear and clear at a glance!

For a while, the evidence was ironclad, and the breath in the hall was solidified.