Su Bi was in a good mood, not only was the poisoning case closed, but one of her worries was over, and now Liu Yu made a proposal to the emperor that she didn't even dare to think about and it was approved, and she also knew that if she said this proposal, the new emperor would definitely veto it directly.

This is the weight of Liu Yu in the mind of the new emperor.

"I can live with my mother and concubine, thanks to Commander Liu's words in front of the emperor, after the state funeral, I will invite you and the sister of the Xu family to come over and drink a glass of water and wine." Su Bi kept a natural smile on her face, and said, "Commander Liu seems to have something on his mind, is he thinking about bringing the fourteenth sister of the palace and Concubine Lin to the mansion?" Why don't you mention it to the emperor? ”

Liu Yu walked in the sun and was exposed to the sun, sleepy and sleepy, but he didn't expect to be teased by Su Bi in this way, and said with an embarrassed smile: "The subordinates are not worried about this matter. ”

"Oh, that's thinking about my seventh brother." Su Bi's face returned to his usual coldness, "King Chu, but you took it back?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, what do you mean by this?"

Liu Yu didn't expect Su Bi to suddenly question him about this matter, and he was a little weak-hearted. The royal family brothers and sisters broke the bones and tendons.

"Commander Liu must not misunderstand the meaning of the palace, the palace is sincerely pleased with the new emperor's accession to the throne, as for the king of Chu, Commander Liu should take it back earlier, so as not to cause extraneous branches."

Liu Yue sounds very comfortable with this, this is the position that a political ally should take.

"The subordinate knows how to do it." Liu Yu arched his hand and smiled.

Liu Yu didn't see Chai Jin with him, Su Bi still had the intention to talk to him in parallel, Su Bi suddenly sighed and said: "It's rare that my father will set things right before his death, and set up his son-in-law as the prince." So. The ministers of the court and the central government will not have too much criticism. The ninth brother ascended the throne. There are many places to rely on the ministers, and in the future, Commander Liu should consult with the palace more if he has something. ”

Liu Yu nodded knowingly, the two looked at each other and smiled, and saw the palace gate, and the sedan chair on the fourth princess's mansion was also waiting.

Seeing Su Bi leaving in a sedan chair, Liu Yu was also pondering the meaning of Su Bi's words.

Now that Su Yan has ascended the throne, Su Bi does not have much resistance, which is related to Su Yan's ability and original status in the court. Su Yan has no henchmen. In addition to Liu Yu, there are only a few hairy pawns such as Sui Yi, and the opinions of the people around him are basically consulted on big and small matters, and Su Bi, as a Xinzhu Jun who has been on mission in the Liutai Yamen all the year round and has countless staff around him, has a higher status in the court than before.

And Su Bi said "more consultation", the meaning is also very clear, now the emperor is relying on her, Liu Yu, Yuan Bolang into a tripartite horn, as long as she and Liu Yuyu have discussed and agreed in advance, then Yuan Bolang's right is equivalent to being hollowed out in major matters.

Liu Yuxin said that Su Bi deserved to have been in the officialdom for many years, and his tricks were not inferior to him at all. He therefore could not take this ally lightly.

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The situation in Chang'an City quickly stabilized, and martial law was imposed on the morning of the sixth day of August. By noon, martial law had been lifted throughout the city.

The lives of the common people have been restored to their original state, and the curfew and the ban on weddings in Chang'an City under the state mourning have had little impact on ordinary people. In these years, there were few entertainment activities, and at night, ordinary people were reluctant to even light candles and tung oil lamps, so they rested early to prepare for the busy days ahead, and those who had the money to go out to the night market and even patronize entertainment venues were at least the wealthy class.

The seventh day of August.

There is still no trace of the Royal Forest Army, and there is no new news from the King of Chu. Liu Yu arrived at the palace early in the morning, because he was too tired, he originally planned to go to the palace in the second half of the night to accompany the guard, but he slept until morning.

There is nothing unusual in the palace, but the rotation and training of the Imperial Forest Army have been temporarily canceled, the security has been doubled, and the palace gate is still only open to the main entrance. Although there was no noon dynasty on this day, the ministers were still dressed in filial piety clothes and entered the palace early to guard filial piety for the emperor.

At the gate of Zhengying Palace, I met Su Yan and Xiaoyu, who were keeping the spirit all night and preparing to go back to rest. The husband and wife were in Zhengying Palace all night last night, and now although Xiaoyu is not the queen, she is also keeping a wake as the new queen. Seeing Liu Yu, Su Yan hurriedly ran over.

"Be careful." Liu Yu saw Su Yan coming over and reminded in a low voice.

"Oh." Su Yan straightened his waist, took out two copies of the recital from his arms and said, "Master, these are the two copies of the recital that Yuan Xiang gave me today, there is some trouble, master quickly help come up with an idea." ”

Liu Yu opened, one of them said about the drought in Guanzhong, because of the shortage of disaster relief food, the people in many areas have exhausted their grain reserves, and the hungry began to pull out the newly sprouted Nanyang Gan to eat, and the local government repeatedly urged the imperial court to allocate disaster relief food. The other is the new emperor, and the court has not issued the salary of civil officials for three months, and wants the emperor to solve it quickly.

To put it bluntly, both of them are talking about one thing: lack of money!

"Have you checked with the people in the household department?" Liu Yu raised his head and asked.

"Yuan Xianglai said when he came to the book that because of the drought in Guanzhong this year, his father exempted the taxes in Guanzhong, and the summer fu from other places has not yet been transported to the capital. Yuan Xiang also said that even if Xia Fu was transported, it would not be able to relieve the urgent need. ”

Liu Yu understood what Yuan Bolang meant, some time ago the imperial court went to various places to collect grain because of the drought in Guanzhong, in fact, many areas have advanced this year's summer grain, which is paid in advance by local landlords and wealthy households. In addition, there is no tax collection in Guanzhong, which means that this batch of summer taxes will be much less.

The granaries of the rich families are rotten, but the people are hungry, and the imperial court can't even pay the officials' salaries, which is the current situation of the Dashun Imperial Court. What the old emperor left behind was a complete mess.

Seeing that Liu Yue was silent, Su Yan asked, "Master, is there a way?" ”

Liu Yu said: "Summoning your fourth sister and Yuan Xiang to discuss together." ”

Su Yan immediately asked the accompanying Gonggong Wu to summon him.

In the Yaqian Palace, a three-party discussion pattern has been formed. Yuan Bolang spoke first, and talked about the drought in Guanzhong and the financial difficulties of the imperial court one by one, and the oral expression was much more detailed than what was said in the recital. Later, Yuan Bolang asked the emperor to solve this problem as soon as possible.

Originally, the role of Xiangguo was to preside over the state affairs and share the emperor's worries, and these money and grain matters were the foundation of the country, but Yuan Bolang's predecessor Xu Han had already come up with a reasonable plan to ask the emperor for a holy judgment. And Yuan Bolang will only gather the following questions and truthfully play them to the emperor, which is tantamount to shirking responsibility. However, Yuan Bolang also has his advantages, that is, he is upright and will not conceal it, that is, the emperor will not be ignorant of the suffering of the people below. No matter how shrewd Xu Han is, some unsolvable problems will be pressed down and solved by unconventional means, such as levying harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, or simply ignoring and letting things develop.

In the face of Yuan Bolang's invitation, Su Yan didn't have the slightest idea, so he had to look at Liu Yu and Su Bi for help.

Liu Yu said: "Your Majesty, this batch of Xia Fu is here, it is better to use it for disaster relief first, and as for the court officials, the distribution can be postponed." ”

Yuan Bolang refuted: "Officials are the foundation of the jurisdiction of my Dashun Imperial Court, why should they be postponed? ”

Liu Yu sneered: "What does Yuan Xiang mean, if you can't get Yulu today, there will be no rice at home?" ”

Yuan Bolang was speechless. In the Dashun court, although the officials did not have many salaries, they basically gave the court property, had a house to live in and clothing to wear, and in addition to the rice every month, they did not have to worry about food and clothing, even relying on the rent collection of land property alone would not make them starve to death. And that's not even counting the huge revenues from corruption and bribery. Officials cry poverty to the court, and most of them are hypocritical.

Yuan Bolang's breath was a little unsmooth and said: "Even if the official's salary can be postponed for some time, even if all the summer fu arrives in Guanzhong, it will not be enough to solve the drought in Guanzhong." So what? ”

Liu Yu wanted to say: "How to solve this matter, whether you are the minister of state, do you ask for help from a military general?" When he thought that this world is now Su Yan's world, he still won't do this kind of thing of pushing 625.

Liu Yu looked at Su Bi, who had been silent, and said, "I don't know if His Royal Highness Xinzhujun has any good opinions?" ”

Su Bi pursed his face and saluted: "Back to the emperor, the concubines have no opinions. Or Commander Liu has a lot of ideas, so Commander Liu might as well come up with an idea. ”

This matter does not involve her fundamental interests, so she is too lazy to intervene, and it is difficult for anyone to solve this trouble.

Liu Yu also understands that it is not that the Dashun court has no money now, and the country is stable and rich, but it is not rich in the country, and the wealth is monopolized by those big businessmen and big landlords.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of the selling official?"

Su Yan: "Huh? He was taken aback, even with his little knowledge, he had heard of such a thing as selling officials, which could only be done by a faint king when the kingdom was about to die. (To be continued......)