Build a pole hall, three zhang high, hundreds of feet wide in the hall, more than 100 ministers are lined up on both sides of the civil and military lineups. Mu Hong sat high on the throne, and he was in a very bad mood at the moment, because there were dozens of people sitting on either side of him. These people had different expressions, but none of them showed the slightest respect for the emperor.

"Your Majesty!" Mu Tianjiao sat under him, and her lips opened lightly, "Lianyun is in ruins now, and it is the time when he needs money and food, and he also asks His Majesty to stamp the jade seal on the edict of tax increase, so that he can go to the world as soon as possible." ”

Mu Hong was very unhappy in his heart, although Mu Tianjiao was his aunt, he was not much older than him in terms of age, and he was now the emperor in terms of status, and Mu Tianjiao was just a princess. In terms of strength, he is already in the late stage of the virtual realm, while Mu Tianjiao is only in the divine realm, and the virtual realm is still far away.

At this time, this aunt not only did not have the slightest intention of helping him say a word, but took the lead in attacking. He cleared his throat and said slowly in a very nasal voice, "I think that the tax increase is related to the well-being of the people of Dawn, so it is better to listen to the meaning of the ministers." ”

Mu Tianjiao snorted lightly and stopped talking.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a word." What came out was the imperial history of Lantai Temple, an old guy in his sixties, trembling, bowing to him, "At this moment, the treasury is empty, and officials from all over the country have self-control, and they are disobedient to the decrees of the imperial court, and they are deceived and concealed, and they need the deterrence of the army at this time." ”

"For the sake of Lianyun's thousand-year-old foundation, I also ask Your Majesty to increase taxes and expand armaments." After that, the old imperial history knelt to the end.

At this moment, Mu Hong, not to mention how annoyed he was, his eyes pressed to look at the minister under him, and his voice suddenly increased, "Does anyone else have any other opinions?" Speaking to me, I also want to know if there is a better way. ”

After Mu Hong finished speaking, hundreds of people in the hall fell into silence, and only the sound of breathing from countless mouths and noses could be heard.

"Hong'er, since the ministers have the same opinion, you should add the jade seal, so that the decree can reach the world as soon as possible." Mu Jinxuan sneered in his heart, at this time he had already figured out that Mu Hong's coup d'état did not get Wang Lang's support. Since this unscrupulous junior does not have a strong backer, then this Lian Yun should still be subject to his Mu Jinxuan's opinion.

Although he had known that this situation would occur in today's court, after seeing it with his own eyes, the anger in Mu Hong's heart still rose. Wang Lang, Wang Lang, haven't you forgotten about today's court meeting? With a gaze of infinite resentment, he examined the direction of the Wang family.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is late because of some trivial matters at home, please forgive your Majesty." Wang Lang strode into the hall and arched his hand at Mu Hong.

"King Xinyuan doesn't need to be polite!" After Mu Hong saw Wang Lang, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Xia Shouzhong beside him, "Add a chair to King Xinyuan and put it a little closer to me." ”

Not to mention the doubts in the hearts of Mu Tianjiao and those guys in the elder group, Mu Jinxuan's heart was wavering at the moment, he didn't know what Wang Lang came here for, but he definitely didn't come to support him, they didn't have such a good relationship yet. Could it be that he came to support Mu Hong's kid, thinking of this, his eyes turned to Wang Lang, who was sitting under Mu Hong, squinting at Erlang's legs.

Mu Jinxuan this time, it is not to raise taxes, he is tempting, testing whether Wang Lang will come forward, if he does not come forward, it means that Lian Yun is insignificant in Wang Lang's eyes, and Lian Yun will still be what they say in the future. If Wang Lang appeared, then what the result would be, he really couldn't say, the worst plan was that Mu completely lost Lian Yun and became a rootless Ping, which was a situation he tried his best to avoid.

"King Xinyuan, there is one thing now, the ministers have already expressed their position, I want to hear what you mean." Mu Hong glanced at Mu Jinxuan, and finally turned his gaze to Wang Lang, who was hanging his son.

"What's the matter, Your Majesty, please say, the minister must know everything." Wang Lang's butt did not leave the chair, and arched his hand at Mu Hong.

"Xia Shouzhong, it's better for you to explain the situation to Your Majesty." Mu Hong nodded at the old eunuch beside him.

Xia Shouzhong's introduction is very simple, and he said that the ministers and the elders mean to raise taxes, and now that the people are suffering from the monsters of the underworld, they are poor.

Wang Lang nodded, "Your Majesty, the people are in difficulty, please don't raise taxes, let them have a hard livelihood." ”

As soon as he heard Wang Lang say that he did not agree to the tax increase, the first thing that came to his reaction was the old Yushi who agreed to the tax increase, which was very excited for the old man in his sixties, pointed to Wang Lang's nose and scolded, "King Xinyuan, as a minister, you completely ignore the safety of Your Majesty, and the society is stable, and you want to sell your name and sell your reputation, which is really not a minister." ”

"Your Majesty, who is this?" Wang Lang looked like I didn't know this old man, and asked Mu Hong.

"King Xinyuan, this is the imperial history of Lantai Temple, an old minister of the Three Dynasties." Mu Hong was very enthusiastic to introduce Wang Lang, "This old man has an upright personality and is also very loyal to Lian Yun. ”

"Oh, it's Mishi-sama. Disrespectful and disrespectful. said this, but Wang Lang's eyes were not respectful.

Of course, the old imperial history knew who Wang Lang was, and as the leader of the official face, he already knew the people who could affect the situation in Lianyun. If Lian Yuncheng said who could not be offended the most, the old imperial history ranked Wang Lang first, but at this moment, he had to stand opposite Wang Lang. Without him, he has countless protégés under him who are looking forward to raising taxes, but he swore allegiance to Mu Tianjiao, if he doesn't stand up, he will be abandoned by everyone tomorrow.

"King Xinyuan, the army needs to be trained, the disobedient princes who want to be divided need to crusade, the walls of the capital need to be maintained, and the soldiers who died in battle need to be compensated. If you don't raise taxes, dare to ask the prince, where does this money come from? Speaking of this, the old imperial history became more and more reasonable, as if he was a representative of worrying about the country and the people.

"Dare to ask the boss how much he earns in a year?" Wang Lang looked at the old imperial history and asked slowly.

The old Yushi didn't reply, and turned his face away.

"Lord Wang, the imperial historian of Lantai Temple is the second grade, and the age is 4,800 stones." Xia Shouzhong said softly with a smile on his face.

"Oh, I can't see it, this old imperial historian has such a good appetite, he can actually eat fifteen stones a day." Wang Lang's eyes were very sharp, like a sharp blade, looking up and down on the old imperial history.

"The old man still has a big family to raise, and he doesn't have such a big belly." The old Yushi's nose snorted coldly, and immediately, countless officials in the audience discussed.

A moment later, someone stood up and accused Wang Lang, as the king of the county, of earning ten times more in a year than the old imperial history.

"Then let's do it, I have only been on this throne for more than a month, and I have not yet received a catty of Lu rice from Taicang." Wang Lang said with a smile, "Since the country is in difficulty, I don't want this rice, so I can save less taxes." ”

(End of chapter)