Sure enough, it was the purpose, Xiao Yao's mind recalled such a sentence. However, "However, there are also many women in the capital who are ordinary eunuchs, why ......"

"Why did you find the Xiao family, didn't you?" He Yu raised his eyebrows.

"Yes."

He Yu put down the things in his hand, looked at Xiao Yao, and smiled, "What if I say it's for money?" ”

"What?" Xiao Yao felt that she had heard it wrong, "Do you say it again?" For what? ”

"For, for, money." He Yu said it word by word very clearly.

“…… Why? For others, this argument may be valid. But, "You are the prince, are you also short of money?" ”

"Isn't the prince short of money?" He Yu was amused, Xiao Yao blushed, but he was still puzzled, "The prince is deeply favored by the emperor, presumably this big and small reward will not be less, how can he ...... it?" Xiao Yao really couldn't understand the truth in this.

Hearing this, He Yu's smile became a little mocking, he snorted coldly, and then said, "If I say that the imperial court is short of silver, then can you believe it?" ”

"What?!" Xiao Yao was completely shocked by He Yu's words, and her face was full of disbelief, "How is it possible?" How could the imperial court be short of silver? Doesn't that big tax revenue go into the treasury every year? ”

"Taxes? Treasury? He Yu sneered, there was the slightest hint of affection to hide in front of Xiao Yao, maybe it was not necessary at all, "Do you know how much the country's taxes really need to go through to enter the treasury?" ”

"......" Xiao Yao thought for a while, and finally shook her head honestly, "I don't know the specifics, but from the local area to the imperial court, you have to go through at least three or four roads." ”

"Three or four, that's less." He Yu shook his head, "Every tax has to be exploited and concealed by the local government, and after so many layers of exploitation, I am afraid that the real amount that enters the treasury is less than fifty percent of the real collection." ”

He Yu said these things that Xiao Yao had never thought of, she never knew that one day she would actually come into contact with these so-called national events, He Yu did not wait for Xiao Yao's reply, but said to himself, "The foundation of today's sainthood is based on the foundation of Taizu Taizong's first emperor, and it is naturally a peaceful and prosperous world." The emperor likes to go out to visit, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, plus excellent face, the little silver in the treasury is not enough for the emperor to spend himself. After saying these words, only a wry smile and deep helplessness remained on He Yu's face.

How can a little prince who only knows how to ask the willow to say such profound words? Xiao Yao felt a little abrupt, could it be that the children of the Heavenly Family who were mixed in the capital were all masters of pretending to be pigs and eating tigers like this? Sure enough, this intrigue is the catalyst for precociousness......

Xiao Yao shook her head, "That's ...... However, this little money of our family is nothing more than a drop in the bucket for the national treasury......"

"You're wrong," He Yu interrupted Xiao Yao's words, "I don't want to marry you to fill the treasury with the Xiao family's money, the money and power of the eunuchs in the capital are traded, and a random copy of the house of an important minister in the court is enough for the treasury to eat for three or five years." ”

"Then you ......"

"Do you still remember, Master Xiao, oh, that is, your father, once donated silver to the government to build roads?" He Yu asked.

Xiao Yao thought for a while, "Oh, it seems that there is such a thing, it was before I was seriously ill, in fact, I don't remember much." I only heard my mother say that because the second brother was going to Beijing to take the exam, in order to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, it can be regarded as praying for the second brother to be able to be named on the gold list, so my father paid to repair a section of the road leading to Nanping from the north. However, it's been more than half a year since that incident, what? Any questions? ”

People who do business give back to their hometown and fund the construction of roads for their families. There is nothing wrong with this kind of thing in Xiao Yao's cognition, and even Xiao Yao heard, "Oh, by the way, a few months ago, I didn't want to attack the barbarians, and we recruited soldiers here, but many of us here went out to do business." I can't recruit so many soldiers, so Liu Qingshan's task can't be completed, and then my father united with the Chamber of Commerce in Nanping to donate a lot of money, grain, and silver, which is enough. ”

"Here's the problem." He Yu smiled bitterly, "Don't you know that it is taboo for ordinary rich people to donate money, food and materials?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yao was at a loss, "Didn't you say that the court was short of money?" Then we donated money, although it is not said to solve the urgent need, at least it is better than nothing, right? Why is it taboo again? ”

"A country, a court, when the war is fought, the military salary, money and food still need ordinary people to make money, so how can the royal face be saved? What is the majesty of a great country? He Yu's voice was not loud, but it made Xiao Yao's face paler and paler.

"Let's ......" Xiao Yao remembered a story about Shen Wansan that she had read in her previous life, wasn't that after she funded Zhu Yuanzhang to build Nanjing City and reward the army, Zhu Yuanzhang made a killing move? If it weren't for Queen Ma's persuasion, Shen Wansan would have been in a different place long ago. Rao did not escape the fate of the final exile.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yao was already a master of the six gods, and she unconsciously grabbed the hem of He Yu's clothes, "Then what are we going to do?" There was already a crying voice in her voice, the knuckles that were dragging the hem of He Yu's clothes were already white, and she was trembling, she looked at He Yu, the pleading in her eyes made He Yu unbearable, Xiao Yao said in a mournful voice, "You have a way, right?" Otherwise you wouldn't be here, would you? ”

"......" He Yu hesitated for a moment, met Xiao Yao's pleading eyes, and then let out a long sigh, "Yes, now you can only avoid it if you marry me." ”

Xiao Yao's eyes lit up for a moment, and then she hesitated again, she bit her lip, and hesitated for a while, "Is there no other way?" ”

"I don't want to force you," He Yu also looked at her helplessly, "Now that Liu Qingshan has been deposed, Liu Qingshan is a distant relative of the Liu family in the capital, and now that the fat in his mouth has been lost, do you think the Liu family will let you go?" If this news comes out, no one will be able to protect you. ”

"But this is ...... if I marry you"

"If you marry me, then you are the relatives of my He family, and when Xiao Mo Xian arrives in the capital in the future, then this matter belongs to the justifiable official donation of military salaries, and so on, it is justified." He Yu said.

However, after Xiao Moyi arrives, won't it be the same effect if she doesn't marry him? Xiao Yao was still puzzled.

He Yu smiled knowingly, and continued, "Do you think that your second brother can really protect the Xiao family in such a tangled place as the capital, a fledgling? ”

That's right, I'm afraid it's hard to protect itself.

Xiao Yao hung his head and was silent, He Yu didn't speak, and at this time he didn't need to add firewood to the fire.

Sure enough, after a long silence, Xiao Yao raised her head, her eyes had changed. She took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I promise you, I'll marry." ”