Wu Yue, who turned back to the dragon chair, looked around at the hundred officials present, and said in a deep voice, "What do you think?" ”

The hundreds of officials glanced at each other, and one by one lowered their heads again. Silent.

Wu Yue ignored them, shook his head, and looked at Chen Tingjing, the head of the household department.

"Chen Tingjing, talk about it."

Chen Tingjing heard Wu Yue's words, slowly straightened up, and said with a fist towards Wu Yue, "Master, Lord Fushan's plan can be implemented, but the worries of the Zhongtang really need to be taken into account. ”

"At the moment, the country's strength is difficult, and all aspects need to be taken into account. The major expenditures of the state treasury should be saved as much as possible where they can be saved. As Chen Tingjing spoke, a cunning light flashed in his eyes.

Baiguan also seemed to hear the meaning of Chen Tingjing's words, and quietly turned their faces one by one and peeked at Chen Tingjing.

Wu Yue also heard Chen Tingjing's voice. What he meant was to cut the military spending of the three feudatories.

Although Wu Yue wanted to do this, he didn't even want to give San Fan a penny. But as things stand, it's a fantasy. After all, for now, they are still under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and they are stationed in the barracks of the border army, and they still need money and food supplies from the imperial court!

Chen Tingjing frowned and was silent when he saw Wu Yue, and then said, "Master, the territory where the three feudatories are located, over the years, has never thought that the imperial court would pay taxes and silver. Almost all of the income from taxes is swallowed up by them. ”

"The meaning of Weichen is that the three feudal lords of the king have a will underground, first, to order the three feudal domains to reduce the number of troops and try their best to reduce military spending. Territorial taxes must be paid to the imperial court in full! to solve the urgent needs of the imperial court. ”

"The military expenses required by the three feudatories in the future will be measured by the imperial court and distributed in due course!"

Chen Tingjing's words made the bodies of a group of court officials such as Ji Bilong tremble.

"Master, please think again!" Ji Shi, whose hair was already gray, kowtowed deeply to Wu Yue and shouted.

"Tell me." Wu Yue looked at Ji Shi and said in a deep voice.

After Ji Shisan kowtowed, he straightened up and arched his hand towards Wu Yue and said, "Master, although the use of the three feudal domains has used nearly half of the revenue of the national treasury, they have ensured the stability of the entire southern region of my Great Qing Dynasty. ”

"Over the years, if there were no feudal lords, the imperial court would have struggled. Sending troops alone to deal with the remnants of the former dynasty and the bandits who have fallen into trouble will be a vast and difficult errand. The current imperial court does not have the energy to do these things. ”

"Therefore, the imperial court must not reduce the military expenses of the three feudatories, so as not to make them dissatisfied and not have to do errands for the imperial court in the future."

"This old thing must have accepted bribes from the three feudatories, otherwise, how could he say such good things to them?" Wu Yue greeted the eight generations of ancestors of the world one by one, and said viciously in his heart.

"What do you think?"

Wu Yue looked around at the other officials.

The other officials present bowed their heads one by one and remained silent.

At this time, Nalan Mingzhu straightened up, clenched his fists and said, "Master, what Lord Chen means is not to allocate silver to the three feudal clans for military expenses. His intention was that the imperial court could use this as an excuse to block the open mouth of the three feudatories, and do its best to reduce military spending. ”

"As a subordinate of the Qing Dynasty, as the ministers of the humerus of the Qing Dynasty, the three vassal kings will definitely consider the imperial court and do their best to reduce military spending." Nalan Mingzhu said and bowed to Wu Yue.

Wu Yue nodded. After pondering for a moment, he looked at the hundred officials present and stood up.

"Listen to the order!"

"Slave Waiting!" Baiguan put his hands on the ground, his head was deeply clubbed on the ground, and he responded in a deep voice.

"It is decreed that the tax revenue of the territories of the three feudal domains will be in charge from now on. Military spending has plummeted by 50%! If there is any objection, please ask the court to discuss again. ”

Wu Yue's holy decree was struck, and the expressions of the hundred officials changed dramatically, and they suddenly knelt in place in a daze, and no one dared to receive the decree to thank them.

Wu Yue frowned and looked at Fu Shan.

"Minion Command!" Fushan shouted and bowed deeply in response.

Seeing this, the officials followed Fushan and led the order in a deep voice!

Wu Yue smiled coldly and strode out of the Qianqing Palace.

Inside the upper study.

Wu Yue, who returned from the next dynasty, sat on the dragon chair with a solemn face, looking at the special drawings for the management of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River placed on the dragon case.

Su Mala Gu walked over slowly and lightly placed the teacup on top of the dragon case.

"The master's decree to the three vassal kings seems reckless, but it is actually to probe the bottom line of these three. The masters don't need to care about those court officials, they are worried that these three vassal kings will hate the court because of this matter, thus laying the root of the curse. Su Malagu said in a deep voice.

Wu Yue smiled coldly, "Could it be that if I give them silver and food, they won't turn back?" ”

"Ridiculous!" Wu Yue stood up, strode to the Bogu shelf next to the upper study, which was placed with green plants, raised his hand and gently moved a pot of bonsai that grew luxuriantly, and said with a sneer.

Su Malagu followed behind Wu Yue, bowed down and said, "Why does the master firmly believe that the three feudatories will be opposed? ”

Wu Yue's eyes narrowed slightly, and he slowly turned around and looked at Su Malagu, "Imperial Aunt, the three feudal clans occupy the southern part of the Great Qing Dynasty, and their territories occupy nearly half of the territory of the Great Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the imperial court was not allowed to send people to take over local government affairs. If they didn't have different intentions, why did they control the taxes of their territories over the years and not teach the court a single thing? ”

"The army under his control, starting from the domination of the territory, has not been reduced for twenty years, and not a single soldier has been reduced. And there is also a tendency to strengthen and become bigger. ”

"Does a simple bandit need hundreds of thousands of soldiers?" Wu Yue's eyes widened and asked.

Su Malagu nodded, "These questions from the slave and maid are exactly what the officials of the imperial court want to ask. ”

Wu Yue smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Su Malagu continued, "Master, the hundred officials love and hate the three feudatories!" ”

"Love, because if the three feudal clans are in the court one day, then they can continue to receive all kinds of filial piety from the three feudal clans, such as ice respect, carbon respect, etc., which is a lot of silver."

And they are afraid, first, that they have been deprived of their wealth, and second, they are worried that the imperial court will not be able to defeat the three feudatories. Once the imperial court loses in the future battle of the three feudatories, then they will not only lose their wealth, but also their lives! ”

Therefore, they did their best to protect the three feudatories, and even curry favor with them. At the end of the day, they're just trying to protect themselves. ”

Su Malagu's reply made Wu Yue feel helpless and let out a long sigh.

"I don't know what you're talking about. But at the moment, what can be done to deal with it? Only the cadres are arbitrary and arbitrarily issue decrees to let them carry them out. As Wu Yue spoke, he raised his hand and grabbed the young leaves of the bonsai and the green plants, and tore them down fiercely.