Kenrin Sakura sat silently on the throne, her face as gloomy as the sky before a storm.

Dark clouds are falling.

Everyone could see that Her Majesty was angry.

But the ministers standing in the court did not look the slightest fear.

On the contrary, they all watched her silently, watching Her Majesty the Queen high up and waiting for her.

From the time Kenrin Sakura succeeded to the throne as the first-ever woman, there has been controversy.

Many people think that she does not have the ability to handle the affairs of a country well.

To be precise, it is to think that a woman does not have the ability to handle the affairs of a country well.

No matter how strong this woman is, she is still a woman after all.

What's more, since she succeeded to the throne, a series of problems that can almost be said to be a catastrophe such as the invasion of pirates, the rebellion of vassals, the inexplicable disappearance of coastal fish, and violent typhoons have deepened the doubts of the people and courtiers about her.

There are even many people who call her the queen of disaster in private.

Thankfully, it turned out well, and the swordsman-turned-queen showed remarkable tenacity and determination to resolve all of these problems, which made those who tried to remove her from the throne temporarily shut their mouths for a while.

However, now they had another chance to speak, and this time the momentum was huge, and the vassals and courtiers lined up from inside the main hall to outside the palace gate, and outside the Tianyun Square, densely packed with people.

When the new tax bill was passed, Kenrin Sakura encountered similar massive resistance.

As proposed by the Emiya, more money was levied from the rich, and this money was then used to buy food, filling the existing food shortage.

It was the powerful who offended, the people who held eighty percent of the wealth of the Dream Sword Country, and although their numbers were small, they had great power.

If it weren't for the recovery of military power, the military strength of the royal family is strong, and Kenrin Sakura has no doubt that those people would have wanted to overthrow her in one fell swoop, throw her off the throne, and even put her in a cage and beat her as a sinner in history.

In the end, under the compromise of each side, the standard of taxation was set within a reluctantly acceptable range, after all, those who possessed wealth also knew that if the people below starved to death, they would be the next ones.

At the same time, in the name of the state, Kenrin Sakura used a large part of the money they advanced as a national debt.

Although this debt may not be repaid, at least, the country of Dream Sword will be preserved, and their future wealth will be preserved.

During the period when the new tax system was introduced, there were even cases of wealthy people defecting with their families.

In response, Ken Rin Sakura issued a new decree, and once the defectors were caught, they were punished with raiding their homes.

Under the thunderous iron fist and brutal military rule, the matter came to an end, and there were no defectors behind.

In the short term, the money obtained through tax collection and borrowing money has renewed the life of the Dream Sword Country, and the people on the verge of starvation can be fed by purchasing food.

Those doubts about her were gradually drowned out with the tide of support and love from the people.

As the largest inland grain exporter, Jingjian is also the first time to receive such a large order.

In order to effectively alleviate domestic pressure, Jian Rin Sakura signed directly with the other party for ten years.

In addition, Jian Rin Sakura also signed contracts for grain imports from the Ghost Sword Country, the Book Sword Country and the Barbarian Sword Country respectively, and at the same time, the Dream Sword Country was burdened with a large amount of foreign debt.

In ten years, 80% of the food in Mengjian Country has to be imported from overseas.

Indirectly, it is equivalent to handing over the lifeblood to someone else.

At the time of this cooperation, some of the courtiers questioned that if it was not possible to increase the yield of crops in the country tenfold in ten years, then it would inevitably remain under the control of the other party.

If the Jing Sword Kingdom is willing, they can sit on the ground at any time, tear up the treaty, and then squeeze every drop of blood out of the Dream Sword Kingdom through continuous economic erosion.

However, due to the national conditions at that time, there was no better way, and even if those opponents put forward their opinions-for-tat, they could only agree.

After all, no one wants to be the executioner who starves millions of people to death on the streets.

And now, when the Sword Emperor was assassinated and the 200,000 troops of the Sword Country attacked the Jing Sword Kingdom, they finally had the opportunity to stand here and bring up the old matter again and accuse their Majesty.

"In terms of the current national conditions of Jing Jian Country, either they are destroyed, or they destroy Chong Sword Country, but no matter what the situation is, it is estimated that they will not be able to take care of themselves, let alone remember, oh, we still have to feed a large group of people from the Dream Sword Country."

Kashiwagen Hou and the Minister of the First Cabinet led the Songzhou Mu, Xue Xingchen took a step forward, stood up, and looked at Her Majesty the Empress with a fierce expression.

"In two months, we are about to run out of food, Your Majesty should not still count on them to save us, right?"

Kenrin Sakura glanced at him with a deep headache.

Although he was old, his face was full of wrinkles, and there was a lot of white mixed between his eyebrows and beard, but his body was unusually tall, and he was very strong in exercise, giving people an incomparably heavy sense of oppression.

Especially between the words, it is sharp.

This is the important minister that the emperor relied on, and he was also a loyal minister, and Ken Rin Sakura never doubted his loyalty at all, and it was because of him that the new tax law at that time was implemented.

Even his proposal to go to war against the Lijian Kingdom was to help her solve the problem.

It's just that this person's methods have always been fierce, which makes Jian Rin Sakura feel a little headache.

No matter what the problem is, in the end, it will become a force to solve it.

"Yes, I said it a long time ago, but it's a pity that the ministers don't listen to me, this is the curse of handing over their lifeblood to others!"

The person who spoke had two mustaches on his lips, his clothes were meticulously arranged, his figure was slender, his face was delicate, and he looked elegant.

He was so much younger than the other courtiers that others had almost forgotten that he was already a young man—

Cheongju Mu Guo Kaiyu.

Kenrin Sakura glanced at him in disgust.

Although it seems that Xue Xingchen is talking about the same issue, the two of them stand on different positions.

This was one of those whose interests were harmed by the introduction of the new tax law, and they were also representatives of large landowners and vassals.

Jian Rin Sakura frowned, she knew very well that between the people at the bottom and the local lords, she chose the former, which would definitely intensify the contradiction between the latter.

And today, this day, I am afraid that it will become an incident in which contradictions erupt.

"However, what kind of problem can you solve by using troops against the Sword Country?" She perked herself up and looked at them with a fierce expression.