"The two Aiqing have worked hard and worked together to expand the territory of millions of miles for my Great Zhou, even Ban Dingyuan and Huo Yao, I am very happy. ”

In the Wenyuan Pavilion, Emperor Xiaode of the Great Zhou Dynasty said lightly.

"The ministers are loyal and dedicated, and they are deeply favored by the emperor, and they dare not serve to die?"

Tian Congdian and Lin Zhao bowed their hands and looked modest.

Emperor Xiaode saw that the two of them were not arrogant or impatient, and nodded with satisfaction. But his face was really tired.

In fact, in the Wenyuan Pavilion, there are not only a few monarchs and ministers, but also Zhang Tingyu, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhao Zhenhai, the third assistant, Xu Ben, the secretary of the household department, and Zhang Yunfei, Wang Chuyi, and others.

In addition, there are several officials, but in Lin Zhao's opinion, they are all small in position and light in power, so they are not worth mentioning.

In fact, it is indeed a good thing to open up millions of miles of territory, and it is of course a great good thing for an emperor who is very happy.

But although Emperor Xiaode is eloquent and strategic, he is a pragmatic person.

Millions of miles of territory has been expanded, but in fact, the population is only a few hundred thousand, and they are only herdsmen, but because the Eros people are eyeing them, they must not be caught.

In fact, it's just chicken ribs.

It's just a waste of military spending.

But because it had to be a buffer with the Eros, it had to be set up.

As for the Turghut tribe of Wobasi, it stands to reason that he wants to get rid of the Tsar's rule and lead the people east to the embrace of the motherland, which sounds very morale-boosting, showing that he has a good reputation of filial piety and tolerance of the whole world, but he will occupy the pastures and cause violent conflicts among the nomads.

Since ancient times, the nomads of northern Xinjiang have troubled China, which time was not the result of the connivance of the previous Han rulers to allow the northern nomads to move south?

Besides, this Turghut Department is one of the four divisions of Errot Mongolia, no matter how it is pulled, it is also related to Genghis Khan, Dayan Khan and the like, and it is hostile to the Han nation!

Although Xiaodetian Khan wants to tolerate the four seas and swallow thousands of miles, this is all about consuming money and consuming the treasury.

In the absence of new financial resources to develop, is it impossible to exploit the people?

Wouldn't I have become a faint king who "measured the material resources of the Great Zhou and knotted the nomadic heart".

So at the same time as summoning Tian Congdian and Lin Zhao, the emperor called the cabinet and the household department to see if he could open up sources and reduce expenditure and solve this problem.

"Xu Ben, you are the head of the household, I have already given you the bottom line for the expansion of the territory in the Western Regions, how to open up financial resources, what strategy do you have?"

Emperor Xiaode looked at Xu Ben and asked.

"Your Majesty!" Xu Ben, the head of the household department, took a step forward and gave his hand: "Your Majesty has made great efforts to govern the country, and the treasury revenue has increased substantially, which is unprecedented in ancient times, but the treasury income has increased, and the various measures of the state have also increased. ”

The righteousness that Xu Ben, the secretary of the household department, said was awe-inspiring and impassioned, and even everyone in the cabinet looked at it, and several household officials nodded their heads again and again, as if what Xu Ben said was the words of the old man seeking the country.

"Bastard!"

Emperor Xiaode shouted angrily, stood up, grabbed a pen holder next to him and smashed it, the pen holder was carved from jade, and the weight was not light.

And the emperor is in the prime of life, and his arm strength is not small.

I saw that this arrow went to the meteor and smashed straight towards Xu Ben's forehead, if it hit it this time, it would be a bleeding head immediately.

said that it was too late, it was fast, or Lin Zhao reacted quickly, walked over with an arrow step, and ripped away Xu Ben, the head of the household.

At the court meeting, whether it was the eunuch or the minister, as well as Tong Lin in the corner, they all knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty is angry!"

Of course, Lin Zhao did not kneel.

But in the hearts of everyone, it feels normal.

"I have set a quota in Yangzhou, and I have pressed the rules in Guihua City, and my life is more relaxed, so you can't see it, Yangzhou used to collect so much tax and silver? In the past, Guihua City was so obedient? Can't you live your life? Don't you want to make more money and pay less, you don't dare to bully those rich salt merchants, and you can't deal with the grassland men with knives, so you are grinding here?"

Emperor Xiaode's scolding made the Hubu Shangshu below turn from a red face to a pale face, and finally kowtowed to the ground, he sneered and continued: "Yangzhou's tribute is not less, and the tax silver has been reduced for three consecutive years, without Lin Ruhai to suppress the salt merchants in Yangzhou, your household department will not collect tax silver?

Seeing that there were cabinet scholars who wanted to speak, Emperor Xiaode said again: "I will give you a bottom, saying that this year's salt tax silver can also be four million, why, not a few inspections and clerks, this is all honest, no matter how hard you do it, I have many capable people, all of them will be sent out! When the time comes, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will open an IRS, I will see how you civil officials still have face!"

Most of the imperial family, military attachés, and eunuchs in the internal affairs office have never accepted civil officials, so they are the most resistant to the courtiers and the localities.

Xu Ben, the head of the household department, was even more pale, not long after he did this position, the taxes became less, and the treasury became empty, he couldn't think of any way, so he pondered making a fuss about the royal treasury, anyway, he put the responsibility on the royal family, and he had no responsibility.

However, after all, he is a new appointment, and some taboos are not so clear, and he touched the mold as soon as he came up, and it also caused Emperor Xiaode's words.

Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a state organ, in essence it can only be said to be a royal organ, and it only needs to be responsible to the imperial family, and there is no need to think about the state at all, and it is not necessary to collect money from the local government.

This time, Xu Ben caused this matter, and he will inevitably be hostile to officials up and down, and there will be more troubles in the future.

Xu Ben shirked his responsibilities in the limelight, but he was almost beaten, and he had to kneel down and shout to His Majesty to calm his anger, this kind of embarrassing situation of throwing people home, I am afraid that it will become a joke of the government and the opposition, but the emperor wants to arrange for the internal affairs government to collect taxes in the local area, this is to compete with the people, even if it is embarrassing, it will have to be argued.

However, Zhang Tingyu, Zhao Zhenhai and others could see that although the emperor was powerful, he also knew how powerful the landlords and gentry in the world were, so this was just angry talk.

Not only did they see it, Tian Congdian and Lin Zhao both bowed their heads and were silent.

Emperor Xiaode sighed, looked at Lin Zhao, and said, "Lin Zhao, you just pushed Xu Ben away, do you want to recommend yourself and think of some open source methods for the country?"

Lin Zhao was stunned and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

MMP, you're too shameless as an emperor!

If I hadn't pushed Xu Ben away, you, the emperor, would have been infamous as a tyrant!

You still want me to take the blame!

What is the principle of heaven?

The other ministers were also stunned, and they randomly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lin Zhao together.

The emperor shifted his attention to Lin Zhao, and everyone's burden could be relaxed.

Speaking of which, Lin Zhao is a good money boy in Da Zhou, and he can get a large amount of money in three moves and two styles, whether it is Yangzhou or Naturalization City, it proves this.

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Lin Zhao had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, the matter of opening the port in Songjiang should be on the right path, right?"