That night, after dinner, with the benefit of Xiao Zhuangzi, the maids immediately tidied up the room and closed the door.

Liu Xuan naturally didn't mind much, he was naturally full of joy to have such a concubine, and stayed overnight

Changchun Palace, where Empress Li Yuelian lived.

The next morning, there was a coquettish scolding voice inside, "What? Liu Xuan actually went to the 'Qingyue Palace' last night and went to the palace of that cheap woman? ”

Last night, Li Yuelian still thought that the emperor didn't have to wait if he didn't come to her palace, and she was relieved.

But early the next morning, her maidservant hurriedly came to report the incident: Last night the emperor went to the 'Qingyue Palace' and stayed overnight.

Where did she think that Liu Xuan would go to Qingyue Palace and stay overnight, isn't it obvious?

In her eyes, Liu Xuan should have forgotten about the concubine a long time ago, and, even if she hadn't forgotten, she didn't dare to go to her if she borrowed ten guts from him, but now it's good, she hasn't slept with the emperor, but she was taken away by that Wu Qingyue.

Li Yuelian looks down on Liu Xuan very much, this is true, she doesn't even bother to say a word to such a useless puppet emperor, now she is the queen, the queen of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and she has to marry each other for the sake of the great cause in the future.

He Liu Xuan was a waste in her eyes.

Now she has cheapened that martial arts maid without her consent, where can she bear it.

"You waste, how do you look at the emperor, come on, come on!" Turning his gaze to the few maids kneeling in the hall, his heart was already angry.

As soon as these words came out, the maids below trembled, and hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The queen spares her life, the slave knows it, and the queen spares her life."

Two eunuchs in long clothes walked in outside, and Li Yuelian looked at them indifferently and said, "Drag them out, and each of them will be hit with thirty boards." ”

"The queen spares her life, the queen's mother" The eunuchs agreed, directly pulled up the kneeling maids and dragged them out, and at the same time there was a voice of pity.

Li Yuelian's delicate face was cold, and when she thought of Wu Qingyue, she clenched her silver teeth, "Slut, this is what you provoked this palace." ”

After saying this, she took the lead and walked towards the outside of the palace, followed by a dozen or so maids and eunuchs

As soon as the morning dawned, Liu Xuan was called up by Xiao Zhuangzi, and the maids entered to dress up, although they were a little reluctant in their hearts, they still reluctantly said goodbye to Wu Qingyue.

He has just ascended the throne now, has no real power, and is forced to go to the morning court every day, and it took more than an hour to wash and dress up and eat breakfast.

When they arrived at the court, the ministers were already waiting in the palace.

"Something's up!" Xiao Zhuangzi stood beside the throne and shouted in a shrieked voice.

"Wechen has a play." At this time, a man of half a decade walked out of the hundred officials, only to see him bow down and reply, "The great drought in Liangzhou has caused the people to linger, and many have starved to death, so the ministers ask the emperor to make a decision." ”

After speaking, he raised the fold in his hand, and Xiao Zhuangzi immediately took it.

Alas, what era is there such a drought, Liu Xuan took the fold, looked at it carefully for a while, looked up at Baiguan and said, "Where is Zhang Ke, the head of the household." ”

"The minister is here." Behind Li De, Zhang Ke immediately stepped forward and bowed back.

"There has been a great drought in Liangzhou, and it has been more than half a year now, you are in charge of finance, and you will allocate one million taels of silver to help." Liu Xuan said casually, although he didn't know if one million taels of silver was enough, but he knew that this one million taels was enough for the people of a state to eat for a year.

"This" At this time, Zhang Ke's face changed, and he hesitated, "Back to the emperor, now that the treasury is empty, I'm afraid there is no such thing as a million taels." ”

"No" Liu Xuan thought that he had heard it wrong, isn't it even a million taels in a huge country?

"Your Majesty, now that the border is in full swing, the treasury has long been in deficit, not to mention one million taels, even if it is one hundred thousand taels, I'm afraid it will take several months to raise it."

As soon as they heard this, all the ministers were silent, obviously this was not a lie, even Li De, who was usually the most provocative, was silent.

Liu Xuan looked at the hundred officials below in shock, 100,000 taels had to wait for months, so why did he still eat so well every day, he was not only a puppet emperor now, but also a poor jingling puppet emperor.

"Is there a surplus in the surrounding provinces and cities?" Liu Xuan asked, but the ministers were still silent.

Liu Xuan saw that they had come to embarrass him.

Now in the Nine Shadows, there is chaos, the heroes are all eyeing each other, each of them is conservative, he is just a little emperor who is about to fall at any time, where will he still put him in his eyes, the big powers outside are about to fight, maybe one day they will destroy their Nine Shadows Empire.

The current ministers are trying to protect themselves, if they can not mix, they will not mix, if they can not cause trouble, they will not cause trouble, but if there is a drought in a state and county, they will allocate a million taels of silver to help, in their opinion, the emperor is too naïve.

Thinking of this, Liu Xuan calmed down a little, and looked at Li De, who looked like a middle-aged Confucian on the side, and now he is the most powerful in the court, and even Li Moshang, the commander of the Praetorian Guard in the capital, has something to do with him.

"So, don't you Aiqing have any solution?" They threw this question to him, and Liu Xuan immediately threw the question to the ministers.

The ministers looked at each other and discussed, they really can't advise on such things, in the event of a drought, there are generally only two plans, one is to allocate funds, and the other is to allocate grain.

Now that the treasury is empty, internal and external troubles are in danger, not to mention allocating funds for grain, even if there is, it cannot be avoided and light, and such a huge amount of money is allocated for the sake of a mere state and county.

Of course, Liu Xuan knew what they were thinking, and after a pause, he said calmly, "Now that the treasury is empty, since there is no money, people always have it." ”

The ministers listened quietly, only to see Liu Xuan say, "If I remember correctly, there is a long river that leads directly to the east and west thirty miles away from Liangzhou, called Tonghai River." ”

"Back to the emperor, there is such a Tonghai River that leads directly to the East China Sea." Zhang Ke was stunned, and hurriedly bowed back.

"Now I have issued an order for the prefect of Liangzhou to gather the people to dredge the Tonghai River and dig a dam. The surrounding areas, Chuzhou, Bianzhou, Suzhou, these three states each allocated 10,000 stone of grain, which can be tax-exempt for one year, 20,000 stone can be tax-exempt for two years, and so on, while the people of Liangzhou who participated in the canal repair project are permanently exempt. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the ministers changed and they were shocked.

You know, a court relies on constant taxation to manage the country, which country has implemented this tax exemption policy? Or is it permanently tax-free? This is ridiculous.

"Your Majesty, won't such a decision be impossible to collect taxes in the future?" They can't figure it out, in this case, how can they still collect food and money, and won't the country lose a lot of property in vain?

"Your Majesty" And at this moment, Xiao Zhuangzi on the side suddenly ran over from behind and whispered to Liu Xuan, "Something happened in the harem." ”